Lubbock postal workers weigh new pay hike plan
Post office staff in Lubbock totaling over 230 study a Washington AP release on a proposed pay raise. Eisenhower warns against raises beyond the House bill’s 7 percent average while Senate plans tilt toward about 10 percent. Votes due this week may shape who benefits from an estimated $130 million yearly cost.
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Senate
Senate Post Office
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Murray
House Post Office Committee
House Committee
Martin Dies
D-Tex
Sens
Price Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
George Mahon
Mahon
Sen. Daniel
Fifty Applicants Seek Lubbock Community Ambassador Trip
A Lubbock youth will be chosen to represent the city as Community Ambassador on a two month expense paid foreign tour. Applicants must be 18 to 30, legal residents within Lubbock ISD, and graduates of high school by June 1955. Deadline is noon April 2.
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Russel Denison
Denison
Glen Rainer
David Hester
Austria
Belgium
England
Ireland
Scotland
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hollandia
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Posible
Putney
Brownfield FFA and 4 H Members Excel in Tractor Contest
Youthful tractor operators from Brownfield 4 H and FFA clubs joined a day long program at Brownfield High School sponsored by the clubs. Three members from each group earned jackets with club insignia after a judging by Texas Tech staff. High FFA performers were Lavoy Briscoe Glen Reid and Harold Henson. 4-H leaders were Hilburn Briscoe J C Chambliss and E Young.
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Brownfield
Brownfield 4-H
FFA
Brownfield High School Agriculture Department
Lavoy Briscoe
Glen Reid
Harold Henson
Meadow
Hilburn Briscoe
J. C. Chambliss
E. Young
Jack Dyer
Wayne Shipley
Roddy Stargel
Texas Tech
Terry Home Demonstration Clubs Vote To Sponsor County Fair
Terry County Home Demonstration Club Council votes to sponsor an annual county fair and participate in the project. Mrs. O D Kennedy, council president, says committees will report at April meeting. Delegates elected for District II meeting April 28 at Morton: Mrs Kelly Sears Gomez Mrs Bob Luker Union and Mrs Shafter Bailey Brownfield with Mrs C D Wise Harmony as alternate. Kennedy to work with Community Council on summer youth program.
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Gomez
Bob Luker
Union
Shafter Bailey
Brownfield
C. D. Wise
Harmony
Kennedy
Community Council
HST Backs Road Program in Policy Letter
Former President Truman urged modernization of the nation’s highways and streets in a Friday statement. He said the longer delay increases costs in a letter to Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri.
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HST
Washington
Truman
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Police Doubt Tot's Story Of Slayings
Police question the toddler witness account in a murder case involving Dolores and Peterson. Officers describe a man in a black suit giving the child 50 cents, and Peterson in a gun metal grey suit with a red car linked to the scene. Mrs Vasquez was shot in the back of the head. Peterson shot in the head. A .22 rifle was found nearby.
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Dolores
Peterson
U S Education and Welfare Reports Surplus School Capacity
The 1954 Education and Welfare report notes that U S school facilities exceed pupil demand by about 2 6 million seats, indicating far more space than needed for enrolled students.
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U.S. Department of Health
Education and Welfare
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