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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1970
Page
13
Section B of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal published in Lubbock Texas on Wednesday morning July 29 1970 with regional news notes summaries and briefs across multiple columns.
Rickey Alexander announces leadership for the Texas Youth Conference session in Sequin. Coronado High junior Vicki Bruce and Holt Coronado High senior serve as junior counselors. A 12 member Lubbock delegation travels by chartered bus for the three day event starting Friday.
Rickey Alexander a 17 year old Lubbock High senior is chosen as one of 10 youth chairmen for the White House Conference on Children and Youth. He leads the legal rights and justice committee and works with an adult co chair. The conference meets once a decade in Washington with prep sessions in Texas and fall. Alexander also serves on the governor's state steering committee credentials panel and leads the Texas Youth Conference, while preparing for a summer leadership event in Austin. The report notes toxaphone concerns about water and wildlife in the Canadian River watershed affecting Lake Meredith and Lubbock’s water supply proportions.
Professor Dan M. Wells of Texas Tech warns that a blanket ban on 16 toxics including toxaphene could threaten the Lubbock water supply if rangelands are affected and land ownership at Port New Mexico is involved. The Interior Department ban targets DDT Aldrin 2 4 5 T dieldrin endrin heptachlor lindane and other toxic compounds. Risk hinges on water runoff and enforcement reaching the Water Resources Center.
Irons says coord in a plan approved for this year allows pant suits and pant dresses as acceptable student attire. Committees of students parents and staff will review dress policies to reflect current fashion and ensure policy updates.
Ed Irons Lubbock School Superintendent Attorney Charles Cobb and others meet in Austin to present a desegregation plan deemed acceptable by a Dallas examiner. Federal officials warn they will sue 48 Texas districts within days to enforce desegregation, as Lubbock prepares to discuss compliance at a nine a.m. meeting with a federal team.
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