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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1971

Page

2

Texas AFDC Aid to Families Shrinks in May Cuts

Texas welfare officials announce an AFDC reduction effective May 1. Average grants fall from 118 to about 80 dollars monthly, affecting about 87 616 families and 263 809 children, with 4 500 families cut from the rolls. The move follows the constitutional spending ceiling and limited state funds.

Austin State Welfare Department Department AFDC Burton Hackney Hackney Meet State Welfare Board Texas Welfare Department

Picketing Office Workers Strike UAW HQ Over Pay

Leonard Woodcock, UAW president, faces a strike by 400 office and professional workers from Local 42 demanding a $10 weekly raise logic. The group campaigns at Solidarity House outside Detroit as UAW offers 58. They warn they will keep picketing through summer, with some workers crossing lines while others defend the action as equity learned from long auto labor negotiations.

Detroit Leonard Woodcock United Auto Workers Jean Fraser UAW International Douglas Fraser Aflcio UAW Solidarity House Woodcock American Newspaper Guild Afl-Cio Equity Mabel Holleran Local 42 Emil Mazey

Pakistani Official Visits Texas A&M Agricultural Station

Pakistan's joint secretary of agriculture and minister of works M. Sami Qureshi toured the Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station in Lubbock on Thursday. He met with Dr. George McBee and staff, and viewed a cotton gin as part of his first U.S. trip, after visiting Washington and several universities during a five day Texas tour.

Pakistan Texas Agricultural Experiment Station M. Sami Qureshi George McBee U. S Qureshi United States McBee U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C North Carolina State University University of Georgia University of Florida Lubbock Station Texas A&m University

Hobbs Schools Close for SENMEA Convention

Hobbs schools will be closed today so teachers and administrators can attend the 33rd annual Southeastern New Mexico Education Association convention in Artesia. The one day meeting begins at 9 am with talks by Harry Wagaker on state education finance and legislative impact. Artesia superintendent Warren Nell will speak on how bills affect the Southeastern District. Four southeast educators will be named to the Hall of Fame and SENMEA members will vote for 1971-72 officers.

Hobbs Southeastern New Mexico Education Association Artesia Harry Wagaker Public School Finance Division State Department of Education Warren Nell Hall of Fame Senmea

Federal Register to Get Consumer Focus New Publication

Nixon aides announce creation of the Consumer Register to summarize federal entries for consumers. Virginia Knauer says move brings government closer to people while expanding regulatory transparency amid CFR revisions and Form FD-1572 references. Vatican joins UN Volunteers funding.

Washington Town Federal Register Nixon Administration Consumer Register Virginia H. Knauer Food and Drug Administration Europe FDA Agriculture Department

Local Birth Announcements List for St Marys and Methodist Hospitals

Congratulations to numerous families in Brownfield Lubbock and surrounding areas on newborns. Entries include David and Mrs Garrison with a son weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces born at 10 40 a m, and multiple other births with details on dates times weights and parental occupations at St Marys Methodist and West Texas hospitals.

David Lee Garrison Brownfield St. Mary’s Hospital B. E. Implement Co Dionicio Montez Ave. S Methodist Hospital Safeway Stores Frank Duncan Colgate St Efrain Garcia Zuniga 8Th West Texas Hospital O. L. Slaton Doug Pounds Rt. 1 Lubbock Murry Mattox 66Th Drive Ponca Wholesale Clyde D. Davis 35Th St Astratek International

Film Stolen From Rio Preto Theater Projection Booth

The Rio Preto Theater manager announced on the sidewalk that there would be no show after the film was stolen from the projection booth. Local police investigated the theft as moviegoers waited outside the Sao Jose do Rio Preto venue.

Sao Jose DO Rio Preto Brazil Rio Preto Theater

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