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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1953
Page
4
London reports that while Princess Margaret was in Rhodesia, a flood of sensational writing claimed hidden royal truths. Margaret Saville, author of The Royal Herimrr, argues much of the gossip is baseless.
Plainview High School vocational agriculture teacher Tom Duffey has been chosen by the Texas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association to receive a 25 year distinguished service award. He will be honored August 6 at Dallas along with five other teachers with gold pins and citations for community service. Duffey, a 30 year veteran, organized agriculture improvement efforts in Plainview and has been active with area FFA livestock shows.
A $22,307 bid from Cardwell Miller and Jexander of Lubbock won the job to build a new cafeteria at Roosevelt Rural High School, 12 miles east of Lubbock. The project, brick and tile, includes a modern kitchen, dining area, and a visual aids room, financed by a prior school bond.
In Lynn County showers last week helped some spots but did not break the drought. About one third of the county has moisture for a late feed crop and irrigation. Towns with rain include West Point Petty Lakeview New Home Wells Draw Red wine and Joe Bailey. July 17 18 and 22 totals brought 1.09 inches, June 0.11 and May 0.52 inches. Year to date rainfall is 3.68 inches. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi returned to Tehran from Europe with no officials at the airport, amid prior accusations of opposition to Mossadegh.
Gideons will hold an 11 a m service with the First Nazarene Church of Muleshoe and another Gideon meeting with Pentecostal Mission attendees. A L King and J C Leech will present the Gideon cause, with W M Petticolas and J K Salser also slated to speak.
New York July 25 Actor Lawrence Tierney and ex-boxer Mike Sands were arrested for throwing ferocious pugilistic gestures and hurling insults on Broadway in front of about 200 spectators. Police hustled them to a station and charged them with disorderly conduct. No one was hit and the cause of the quarrel remained unclear.
Washington July 25 In its final days the Office of Rent Stabilization led by Glenwood J Sherrard will complete its liquidation and remove federal rent controls nationwide by Friday with five states still under local or state rules New York Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey and Kansas plus Philadelphia and Baltimore continuing controls The AFL and CIO oppose the roll back expecting higher rents while Sherrard projects about a 10 percent city by city rise amid remaining controls in defense areas and select communities across the nation.
Fort Worth livestock market reports show mixed changes across categories. Slaughter steers and heifers largely steady to lower, fat lambs steady to higher, and feeder stock mixed with strong feeder lambs and rising stocker prices. hogs and sows fell, while stocker and feeder cattle saw gains amid varied demand.
West Texas Construction Co of Lubbock secured a Tahoka contract to retop up to 84 blocks of asphalt streets with seal coat of asphalt and crushed rock at 13 cents per square yard. Total cost is estimated between 17 000 and 18 000 dollars. The work should start within a week as materials are assembled.
Sheriff deputy reports Horace Browning 42 drew a pen knife after Claude Roberts 51 struck him twice with a sharp object. The July incident occurred Friday night in a documented slaying case.
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