Council Seeks To Modify Study Of Economic Base
A proposed modification of a study of Lubbock's economic base would be financed by a $100,000 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration. The study is expected to cost about $50,000, said Dr. Jack Steele, dean of the Tech School of Business. Inquiries will be made to see if the remaining funds could support an industrial study planned by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.
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Economic Development Administration
Jack Steele
Tech School of Business
Lubbock Chamber of Com
Shamrocks for Dystrophy Days Proclaimed in Lubbock
Lubbock mayor James Granberry designates Saturday to Wednesday as Shamrocks for Dystrophy Days. About 500 Lubbock teenagers will seek donations across major shopping centers, aided by Iota Xi and Alpha Gamma chapters of Epsilon Sigma Alpha and a March 18 awards banquet at Van's Catering to honor volunteers. Ray Billings, Monterey High School senior, is teen chairman. Funds support this year’s Muscular Dystrophy Association camp and local clinics and purchase of braces and wheelchairs. The drive also funds a one-year program for employment of service workers, while other notes touch city planning and utility improvements.
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Lubbock
James Granberry
Iota Xi
Alpha Gamma
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
South Plains
Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America
Van's
Ray Billings
Monterey High School
Billings
MDAA
Rainmaker Rancher Supports Berry Contract Extension
Charles Abernathy of Stonewall County says he will back Homer Berry's rainmaking plan as long as funds exist. Berry's five inch in 30 days contract was extended 60 days, with escrow expirations and partial fund retention noted. Abernathy, who invested $300, also signed to become Berry's agent for Texas financing and new contracts.
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Aspermont
UPI
Charles Abernathy
Stonewall
Homer Berry
Abernathy
Berry
Texas
Arkansas
Tom Boles Day Honors Carlsbad Pioneer 90th Birthday
Carlsbad celebrated Tom Boles Day with a luncheon at La Caverna Hotel honoring Col. Thomas Boles a former U S National Parks official and first Carlsbad Caverns superintendent He also led Hawaii and Hot Springs National Parks and helped run area potash mines after retirement in 1949 setting a lifelong government service record.
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Carlsbad
Tom Boles
Carlsbad Caverns
Thomas Boles
U. S
National Parks Department
la Caverna Hotel
Boles
Parks Service
U.S
Hawaii National Park
Rotary Club
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Teachers Attend State Meeting in Dallas
About 21 Lubbock and area teachers from the Lubbock County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association travel to the TSTA convention in Dallas. Delegates include Jerrell Snodgrass as president, Supt. Ed Irons, Dr. E C Leslie, and faculty from Lubbock Christian College and Texas Tech University. The group lists many Lubbock teachers such as Wy man Richey Don Morris Phyllis Howard Berhl Robertson John Richey George Bond Sharon Reed Woody Powell Dorothy Higgins and others.
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Lubbock and Area
Lubbock County
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
Dallas
Jerrell Snodgrass
Ed Irons
E. C. Leslie
Lubbock Public Schools
Irons
Leslie
Snodgrass
Jerrye Cope
Lubbock Christian College
Fannie Pillow
Texas Tech University
Wyman Richey
Wolfforth
Don Morris
Shallowater
Phyllis Howard
Slaton
Berhl Roertson
New Deal
John Richey
George Bond
Sharon Reed
Woody Powell
Dorothy Higgins
Richard Patterson
Kathy Rush
Walter Rinehart
Barbara Golden
Jewel Foster
Charles Alexander
Lucille Adams
Elaine Billips
Lubbock
Leadership Meet to Draw 600 Students This May
A third annual leadership conference expected to draw about 600 Vocational Office Education students will begin today with 3:30 a.m. registration at Hodges Community Center. The event includes general sessions, officer campaigns, a Friday session at Texas Tech Business Administration Building, and a Saturday luncheon in the University Center ballroom with a Brotherhood program. Contest winners will be announced. VOEP hosts include Monterey Estacado Lubbock Coronado High Schools.
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Hodges Community Center
Business Administration
Texas Tech
University Center
VOEP
Monterey
Estacado
Lubbock
Coronado
Professor Talks At Club Meeting
Dr. Charles W. Shoppee of Tech spoke on using legal documents to trace family history at the South Plains Genealogical Society meeting in the Municipal Garden and Arts Center. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. April 8, with a special one day workshop planned for April 17 at the same center.
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Charles W. Shoppee
Tech
South Plains
Municipal Garden and Artsenter
Shoppee
Wales
Municipal Garden and Arts
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