Educators warned of a legalistic state at teachers convention
More than 4,500 West Texas teachers heard Republic Steel Corp. official L. C. Michelon urge educators to balance discipline with freedom as he labeled the nation’s policy as an administrative, welfare, garrison and legalistic state. The address opened the District of Texas State Teachers Association one day convention at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum with leaders from 17 West Texas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Usry
Avalanche-Journal
Steel Company
West Texas
Republic Steel Corp
L. C. Michelon
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
District of Texas State Teachers Association
Wells
West Texas Coun
Post Office seeks bids for Wolfforth building
The Post Office Department invites bids on a new Wolfforth post office site with documents available Tuesday from W E Bell real estate officer at Lubbock main post office. Bids due by 2 p.m. April 5. winner to procure land construct building and lease to the Post Office.
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Post Office Department
Wolfforth
W. E. Bell
Lube Beck
Carrs Airplane Catches Fire On Houston Stop
Waggoner Carr, a Democratic primary candidate for governor, was delayed en route to Galveston when his Cessna 182 erupted in smoke and flames after takeoff from Andrau Air Park. Carr, Robertson, and two staff members leaped clear as the fire was fought, then the party continued to Galveston for a Texas AFL-CIO COPE convention appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Waggoner Carr
Galveston
Carr
Andrau Air Park
Guy Robertson
Robertson
Walter Jefferson
Bill Morse
Texas
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Fire causes 1300 in Levelland damage at Darrell Street
A Levelland fire at 221 Darrell Street Friday afternoon caused about 1300 in damage to a structure owned by Mrs. Hester Garrett. Fire crews from Levelland Fire Department arrived around 3 p.m. and extinguished the blaze in roughly 45 minutes. The cause remains undetermined.
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Statler Bros. Food
Idalou Rd
Levelland
Harnae
Darrell St. Hee
Levelland Fire Dept
Hester Garrett
Houston Livestock Show grand champion steer brings $16700
A Shackelford County 4 H Club boy won the grand championship with a 947 pound Hereford named Golden Boy sold for 16700 to Bill Williams, a restaurant owner in Houston. The sale set records for grand champion purchases and included a reserve grand champion Angus named Stroley selling for 8010 to Mrs. Edgar Brown of Orange.
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Houston
Holloway
Williams
Dan E. McBride
Llano
Golden Boy
Musselman
John Musselman
Donald Strole
Abilene
Holly
Harris
Fort Davis
Texas
Bert Ficker
Don Faust
Barrow
Hampshire
Theresa Seaton
Larbuddie
Helen Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
Stuart Tackitt
Happy
R. T. Herrin
Ringo Starr exits Maharishi meditation retreat early
Ringo Starr and wife Maureen left the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi retreat on India’s Ganges after 10 days in a three month meditational course. He called the center comfortable and compared it to a holiday camp while noting they missed their children and do not care for spicy food. Paul McCartney may leave next week with Lennon and Harrison likely to be the last Beatle to graduate as Maharishi's guru.
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Maureen
India
Ganges
Ringo
Himalayas
Butlin
Maharishi
Wiggins Complex Open House Sets at Texas Tech
Open house 2 30 to 4 p m Sunday March 3 at Texas Tech Wiggins Complex to view the new 11 million housing facility with lobbies lounges and some student rooms open Hosts will be student officers and residence complex supervisors Honored at the dedication are Pr Dassie M Wiggins Chansler Weymouth Lubbock Amarillo the late L N P Coleman Colorado City and Richard M Chitwood Tech's first business manager Coleman and Chitwood helped secure the 1923 Texas Tech creation Also notes new gambling laws in London Tec
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Texas Tech
Wiggins Complex
Millon
Tech
Pr. Dassie M. Wiggins
Lubbock
Chansler Weymouth
Amarillo
I.n P. C. Coleman
Colorado City
Richard M. Chitwood
Coleman
Chitwood
Boy Scout Earns Tenderfoot Badge After Kidney Transplant
Brian McGinnis an 11-year-old who joined the Boy Scouts four weeks ago earned a Tenderfoot badge in Denver after receiving a kidney transplant from his father Lt. Col Keith R. McGinnis of Lowry Air Force Base eight weeks earlier. The family moved from Big Spring Texas for the surgery as Brian faced terminal kidney disease. His mother notes he was eager to become a Scout like his three older brothers.
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Denver
Colo
Brian McGinnis
Boy Scouts
Brian
Keith R. McGinnis
Lowry Air Force Base
Big Spring
Tex
Colorado State University
Colorado
Kelly
Scott
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Doug
University of Texas
Tenderfoot
Coin Show Opens Today at Koko Palace
The eighth annual South Plains Coin Show starts today at Koko Palace, a two day event featuring exhibits from ancient Greek money to modern U S currency. About 40 dealers from Texas to California will attend, with educational displays and coins of Biblical interest such as the Thirty Pieces of Silver and the Widow's Mite. A complete type set of U S gold coins and silver dollars from the 1870s will be on display.
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South Plains
United States
Koko Palace
South Plains Coin Club
Lubbock
Texas
California
U.S
Construction Due on Snyder Plant
Ground breaking ceremonies for a multi million dollar magnesium plant seven miles west of Snyder are set for 11 a m Wednesday. Roger Wheeler president of American Magnesium Co and five directors will attend a discussion at Scurry County Coliseum at 8 p m Tuesday about the project costing over 20 million with Snyder Housing and Industrial Development. The plant will employ 220 people with a monthly payroll of 124000 dollars.
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Snyder
Roger Wheeler
American Magnesium Co
Scurry County
Five Pleas Of Guilty In Lubbock Courts
In Lubbock Friday five defendants pleaded guilty in county courts with two others pleading innocent. Judge Denzil Bevers handled guilty pleas including Luke Tannery for driving while intoxicated with a 125 dollar penalty and three days in jail. Stella Romero faced a 45 dollar fine for a check law violation. Bonds were set at 500 dollars for Ruben Martinez Garcia and Robert Lee Griggs, both pled not guilty on weapons and gaming device charges respectively. Domingo Guzman Jr. pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated with 125 dollars and costs for three days in jail.
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Lubibock
Denzil Bevers
Bevers
Ruben Martinez Garcia
Edwin H. Boedeker
Robert Lee Griggs
Ave. C
D.N. Stroud
Hazlewood St
Ann Miller
Ave. H
Boedeker
Domingo G. Guzman Jr
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Violent Teacher Strikes Close Schools Across States
Violence flared as teachers strikes across Florida California and Pennsylvania closed many schools keeping hundreds of thousands of students home. In San Francisco crowds smashed windows at Balboa High while other districts moved to limit closures and reopen plans amid a disputed education funding package and NEA involvement.
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Associated Prats
Balboa High School
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Florida
Cabinet Board of Education
Floyd Christian
Clearwater
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Christian
The
Florida Education Association
Striking America Federation of Teacher
Afl‘cio
San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Board of Education
Tostrike
Levelland Chamber Banquet Tonight At South Plains College
The Levelland Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held at 7 30 p m today in Texan Hall at South Plains College. Speaker will be C C Mitch Mitchell of Odessa. Awards for outstanding citizen and outstanding farm family expected. Attendance may exceed 300.
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Levelland
Levelland Chamber of Commerce
Texan Hall
South Plains College
C.C
Mitch
Mitchell
Odessa
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Snyder Savings and Loan Community Room
Sterling Willams
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Donny Biggs
13Th St. Slaton
Marvin Blaylock
Quirt Ave
ABC
Denzil Rovers
County Court-at-Law No. 1
County Commissioners Court
Patt. Moore
72Nd District Court
Gary Hess
Larbbock
Jack Hazelwood
Aimarillo
Labcock County Bar Association
Pioneer Hotel
Whitfield Tank Lines Tack
Parkway
Frank Poole
Phoenix
Yellowhouse Lodge
Lamesa
Midland
Plainview
Nick Kyprocos
Charles Pond
Ities
George Wells
Brownfield
Michelon
E. C. Leslie
Sue Jo Cole
Pat N. Walker
Post
William T. Vardeman
J. W. Watson
Muleshoe
Bob Hudson
Abernathy
Douglas Reed
Morton
Charlie White
Petersburg
TSTA
Marietta Montgomery
Wilburn Martin
Flamet
BU Bickle
Mary Beth Dunn
G. C. Clapp
G. B. Morris
Inez Moore
Municipal Coliseum
Estacado High School
Clifford Brown
Isla Fore
Virginia Dudley
Melba Ivy
Emaline Spain
Marietta, Gahangat
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Ringo Starr
London
UPI
A. V. Blake Record Center
Ava
BOS
Ozark Mtns
Claude ‘Kirk
Kirk
Democratic
NEA
DRS
English & Hunt & Upshaw
Association OF
M. Attar, M.D
Main Lubbock, Texas
South Plains Electric Cooperative
WLI
South Plains Electric
Amarillo Road
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