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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
5
A series on basic farm legislation discusses debates on the Howse floor and Senate Agriculture Committee work on a new farm bill to replace the Agricultural Act of 1965. The piece traces farm programs from the 1930s to modern acreage diversions and cotton surpluses under changing policies.
A lengthy list of marriages and district court actions appears, naming couples from Lubbock Reese City and surrounding areas. The record lists license holders such as Harry Swannack and Mise Cindy Low aby meda, Michael Anthony Coogen and Misa Lay oe Rosemarie Cangelosi, James Grady Lambright and Helly Loraine Cole, Lee Blankenship and Carolyn Otis Bobbitt, Glenn Meyers and Imogene McNeely, Domingo Garcia and Doris Alicia Monten, Hermit Smith and Ruth Cordelia Acker, Glenn Porter and Lynn Fielding, Rene Prade and Kathy Parson, Robert Kemp and Deborah Sue McPhearson, plus various court actions including divorces and injury suits. The Amarlas Amarillo court items include divorces granted, suits for damages, and injunctions, with names like William J. Shaver, John Burnside, J.A. Reese Jr., Leland Bouldin, Howard Davison, Roy Thrasher, and many others. The document covers district court proceedings across multiple courts and lists several divorces granted, suits for damages, injunctions, and upcoming oral argument dates in Amarillo.
Washington special report notes a proposed amendment to cap federal farm payments to any one farmer at 10000 dollars was defeated in the Senate by 45 to 19. Cotton officials and Sen John J Williams indicate possible revival when basic farm legislation is taken up. Only Sen Albert Gore supported the limits. The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Allen J Ellender, suggested a basic farm bill may reach his panel this week.
G C Clapp, director of public information for schools, reports enrollment across five instruction programs including summer school and three levels of instruction. Coronado High shows 410, Hutchinson Junior High 134, Dupre Elementary 57, with 722 in driver training. Pre-enrolled last spring were 434 in the free classroom phase and 288 paid for behind the wheel training. Summer homemaking projects at five high schools and eight junior highs total 253 girls in the free program. Special education lists 49 students including 37 with minimal brain damage at Dupre Elementary and 12 educationally mentally retarded students at Bozeman and Guadalupe Elementary. A six-week extended first grade program is newly announced.
The Post Junior Rodeo resumes after a hiatus, affiliating with the Post Stampede Rodeo. A street parade starts Friday at 5 p.m. followed by an opening rodeo that night. Three rodeo performances are planned for Saturday morning afternoon and night with three age divisions. A rodeo queen will be crowned and rodeo dances are set for Friday and Saturday nights.
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