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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
6
In Colfax County tests dibrom killed 40 to 70 percent of range caterpillars, while Santa Fe reports an 81.3 percent average after 48 hours. Test plots in Springer area sprayed dibrom under USDA supervision as ranchers seek a pesticide alternative to toxaphene.
Eighteen high school students from twelve towns join a one week photojournalism workshop in the Texas Tech Journalism Department with Ralph Sellmeyer as instructor. Three sponsors support participants: Margaret Smith of Edinburg, Ann Simmons of Miami Oklahoma, and Minerva McGee of Beaumont. The student towns include Lubrock Beaumont Abernathy Monahans Miami Crosbyton Plains Roosevelt Sweetwater Edinburg Quitaque Brownfield. A second one week session follows and a third starts August 3.
AP reports Texas will set a record in 1970 for bankruptcy filings as 1200 cases fill the first half of the year. U S bankruptcy referee Elmore Whitehurst notes an average of 250 yearly filings previously, while lawyers Jim Mahon Ed Creel and William Rochele warn the trend will continue despite any economic upturn.
Senti nel Resources Corporation announced a natural gas discovery within Corpus Christi city limits. The well yielded nearly 5 million cubic feet of gas and over 200 barrels of distillate daily with a 8714 percent working interest in a 2000 acre block. The well bottomed at 10615 feet.
Four Lubbock residents three men and a woman pleaded guilty in 110th District Court to the February 9 1970 Roaring Springs burglary of Lee's Department Store. McCullar Allen Daigle and Miss Thomas received three year sentences in the state penitentiary while Allen appeals.
A trash bin blaze at the J. B. Stinnett Food Market at 2841 Clovis Road damaged the checking stand and interior, with heat and smoke destroying much stock. Firemen estimated damages exceed a large amount.
The Cancer Research Institute reports 7,500 Finns die of cancer each year. It also warns that about one in five people in Finland, a population near 5 million, may face some form of cancer during their lifetime.
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