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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1966
Page
9
On page one economic stability, Johnson urges restraint in workers' demands and asks Congress to consider that a small raise may be eroded by rising prices. He warns that wage gains must keep pace with inflation to preserve real earnings.
Lubbock programs provide noncredit classes via Texas Tech after dark and through KTXT V with enrollment open to those meeting standards. TV courses cost 15 to 25 dollars and include accounting Spanish and English. Local groups also offer sewing typing driver education and Bridge.
Merchants meeting in Reynosa near the Rio Grande discuss higher liquor costs. Nuevo Laredo reports Bacardi light rising to 1.75 and 80 proof USO Negro gin to 1.50, tequila to 1.20 up 20 cents. Piedras Negras and Juarez show no current increases but likely soon. Brownsville shops list Bacardi at 4.19 per fifth and gin and tequila higher. The article also notes community education and adult programs at local centers and churches.
Lubbock police investigated a string of thefts and property damage reports Monday. Orville Harris reported 281.71 stolen from his car in the 1000 block of Main Street, with evidence of a pried glove box. Other incidents included stolen tools, a record player, a glass breakage, and tires. A man questioned in a FBI impersonation case was traced to a northeast home. arrest pending FBI review.
Thursday features a Dunbar High School string orchestra assembly and Mackenzie Junior High School concert by Coronado High School band. Wolfforth Elementary hosts a P-TA meeting and classroom tour. Bean and Alderson P-TA programs run at 7 30, primary grades featured. Friday closes with Dunbar High School choral PTA program and Struggs Elementary open house. Guadalupe Elementary open house 7 to 9 pm. Many elementary and junior highs invite parent visits. City Council of Parents and Teachers plans apples for teachers and a breakfast and luncheon to honor staff.
A school maintenance worker dug up a valve and shut the gas off late Friday to fix leaks, cutting gas to Big Lake Texas. Deputies police and firefighters conducted door to door checks to prevent asphyxiation while crews relit pilots and heaters, with repairs continuing past midnight.
A 64 year old prisoner identified as T. E. Williams died of a heart attack in the county jail about 8 a.m. Monday. Peace Justice F. R. Land announced after an inquest. Williams, from Anson by address but with a California license, was brought from Slaton jail Friday on a misdemeanor charge. Deputies sought relatives as the body was taken to Sanders Funeral Home with services pending.
Don Jones resigns as vice president of iFirst National Bank of Plainview after approx two and a half years. Fred Conner, formerly with Plainview Production Credit Association, is appointed to succeed him. Jones will join Liberty National Bank in Oklahoma City. Conner is a Floyd County native and Floydada High School alumnus who earned a BBA in accounting from West Texas State University in 1954 and served in the Korean War. He later became Floydada county auditor in 1956.
The speaker argues that neglecting the vertical dimension and removing God from the universe risks losing vision and integrity. A supposedly improved world could enable its own undoing by eroding moral foundations.
The forthcoming nuptials of Crown Princess Beatrix and Claus van Amsberg are marked by gifts from presidents and kings, plus two Dutch children Evetien and Egbert Bussche who sent a candy box that was displayed among the items from world leaders.
Tommy Lundin, 20, of the Swedish army unit became separated during maneuvers in Lapland. He fell into an icy brook, wandered four days in bitter cold, and was spotted by a helicopter after a search team used two matches to locate him. Rescuers credit the two matches with aiding the rescue.
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