Reese Base Payroll Bolsters Lubbock Economy Through Local Spending
The Reese Air Force base payroll exceeds $17 million annually with about 80 percent spent in Lubbock. Officials estimate a high payroll turnover, noting purchases from local merchants and contracts with area small businesses. For Fiscal 1971 the base spent nearly $1 million with Lubbock area small firms and about $2 million with local small businesses overall, with utilities and service contracts sustaining regional commerce.
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Lubbock
Reese
Jim Comeaux
Richard W. Moseley
Comea
Moseley Ad
Comeaux
Moseley
Lubbock Area
Slaton
Shallowater
Plainview
Littlefield
O'Donnell
Tohoka
Ralls
Snyder
West Texas
Weeks
South Plains
Air Force Wide
Defense Department
Southwestern Public Service Co
Ines
Tom Martin
Burglaries Reported Across Lubbock Including Safe Attempts
Police investigated several break ins in Lubbock on Friday. Farmers Supply and Rovers Bros. Motor Co. faced attempted safe burglaries with minor damage. M. B. McKee Co. lost tools and a portable air compressor. Donald Jones and Rose Marie Duran reported thefts from homes, including electronics and records valued well over a thousand dollars.
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Lubbock
Farmers Supply
Ave
Rovers Bros. Motor Co
Texas Ave
M. B. McKee Co
Donald Jones
39Th St
Rose Marie Duran
48Th St
County seeks to abolish office in school district reform
Bill TU Cann would abolish the office and transfer duties to county superintendents and the county school board. Records would move to the county clerk. The plan ends a year of county efforts following rural districts becoming independent in 1971. Supt Roy Boyd had retired last June.
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Jones
Pio Pi
Roy Boyd
WASP WASP reunion marks events and officers elected
The WASP reunion opened with a reception and meeting where officers for the coming year were installed. Nancy Batson Crews was elected president, Betty Pettitt Nicholas secretary treasurer, Mary Anna Martin Wyatt historian, and Lola Perkins Ricci editor. Instructors attended, including Al Yates, now a United Airlines DC10 captain. A marker dedication, parade, air show, and tribute were planned for Saturday with a missing man fly over and banquet hosted by Bob Cummings and George Had Daw ay.
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Nancy Batson Crews
Hawthorne
Calif
WAFS
Wasps
Betty Pettitt Nicholas
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary
Productivity Falling Short in U.S. Offices
In Louisville, Harold W. Naned of Serge A Birn Co. says firms show about 60 percent clerical output. He notes executives aim to raise productivity to a four day week, not cut back to a three day week.
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Louisville, Ky
UPI
Harold W. Naned
Serge A. Birn Co., Inc
Miami council rejects protest campsite plan after fierce debate
The Miami council vetoed designated protest campsites despite pleas from rabbis and community leaders. Shouts and applause filled the chamber as a man warned liberals would trigger conservative counterprotests. Chicago 7 figures Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman appeared but mostly observed.
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Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hollman
Chicago 7
Chicago
Plan to split districts sparks big education dispute
In Austin a Harris County group seeks secession from Houston ISD and a smaller white district while Edgar overturns a trustees decision to create a new Weatheimer School District amid security concerns ahead of August events. Local officials designate Bayshore and Flamingo Park as staging areas for National Guard and free speech programs ahead of protests near the convention site.
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Campares
Tha
Clifford O
Bayshore
National Guard
Flamingo ‘Park
Modern Goldilocks Carries Off Bowl in Political Con Diversion
In Tucson Arizona the incident involved a disturbance during a Democratic convention where a councilman Rosen and spokesman Jett Nighthyrd spoke amid accusations of provocation. Nightbyrd claimed a break in at Lloyd's home was to distract from the real issue as a breakfast cereal claim rose in the chatter.
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Isaac Obecures
Vattack
Rosen
Tucson
Aris
Eyrnion
Jett Nighthyrd
Vince
Lloyd’s
Nightbyrd
Goldilocks
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Mark R. Arcuri
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Amert
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Watson Island
Miami‘Beach
the Youth International
Parthe
Ne Woreen
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Smal
Roses
Televisions
Oony TV
U .S
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Marantz
Fisher
Fisher XP
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