Sign Regulation Debate Shapes City Planning Study
Council member Jack Eastman opposes C-2A sign limits and will not seek reelection. A special advisory committee studies business property signs in the C-2A district on 50th Street, with a March 11 session and a plan to deliver recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
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P&i Commission
Oy ‘Council
Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
50Th Street
Jack Eastman
Eastman
City
Hall
Clovis Votes On Water System Sale And City Posts
Voters in Clovis go to the polls today amid a heated water system dispute with Southwestern Public Service Co owning since 1925. Four city offices are contested from a 17-candidate field, including municipal judge and district chair positions, amid plans to hire an independent firm to appraise the water system for potential sale negotiations.
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Clovis
New Mexico
Southwestern Pub- Me Service Co
Basic Education Program Enrolls 45 Migrant Workers in Lubbock
Forty five Lubbock area adult migrant farm workers begin a six month basic education program funded by a $161000 federal grant. Enrollment continues through the month with total anticipated at 144. Classes run 4 to 10 pm five days weekly, covering English, reading, writing, spelling, math, citizenship, health and safety, plus counseling and consumer tips. Abel Acosta leads the effort at Sanders Elementary with future sessions at Guadalupe Elementary.
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Lubbock Area
Lubbock
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Abel Acosta
Sanders
2Nd St
Ave. F
Guadalupe
Supreme Court weighs free speech in school and armbands cases
The Supreme Court took on free speech questions in cases about teaching evolution in Arkansas schools and Iowa students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The court also considered draft card burning and other orders after a five week recess, while declining to hear claims against auto manufacturers in accident liability. Arkansas and Mississippi laws on teaching evolution remain in play.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Iowa
Dayton, Tenn
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Powell v Texas could redefine drunkenness punishment
Supreme Court hears Powell v Texas where Leroy Powell argues that criminal penalties for voluntary drunkenness violate the Constitution. The case probes state power, medical versus police handling of drunks, and hints at wider disputes over church state aid in sectarian schooling. The docket signals about two dozen oral arguments ahead.
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Contreesional
Wenserer
Washington
Leroy Powell
Supreme Court of the United States
Powell
Texas
United States
New York
City of bids on test holes near Lubbock for industrial water
Bids opened for drilling 15 test holes southeast of Lubbock to assess land for industrial water production. Low bid by ID White at 90 cents per foot, drilling to 1500 feet total with geologist Ed Reed present. City funds of 10,000 approved for preliminary engineering and groundwater study.
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Lubbock
White
Sam Wahl
Wahl
Ed Reed
Midland
Lub
Texas Tech
Southwestern Public Service Co
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