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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1966
Page
10
House members who have urged cuts in nonwar appropriations will get a chance to act next Tuesday as the Appropriations Committee sent to the House floor the first nondefense money bill of 1966 with spending reductions.
Texans in three counties participate in state’s first free vote since 1802 after missing poll tax deadlines. Voters in Harris County, Angelina County, and Idalou join special elections on bond issues, a congressional vacancy, and local school financing amid federal court actions and emergency sign ups.
Texas Tech received a grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare totaling 173,191 to help fund a 270,660 expansion for KTXMT TV. The award, announced by Representative George Alahon, will finance a six kilowatt transmitter, new studio cameras, videotape gear, and switching equipment for the educational station. Station director Signals New Era Tie Mo Niedulos confirmed the grant and its significance for the station.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and French President Charles de Gaulle announced deeper ties across fields during Gandhi’s Paris visit en route to Washington. The talks touched on aid, communications, and education expansion, including plans for a new transnational transmission line and broadcasting improvements. Some project deliveries may be delayed by the Vietnam War effort, with funds totaling $97,469 allocated to complete the project at Texas Tech facilities.
A list of marriage license applicants includes Michael Rays 28 of Dallas and Miss Herrick Marie Boyd 21 of Lubbock, with Eyan Sawyerf and Donna Paulette Olver of Lubbock also noted. Other pairs include James Walter Stanley 22 of Tarborough with Morma Gasle Darel 18 of Rabe Areadar Thompson, Irene Martin 36 of Lubbock, and Jimmy Warne Andersen 18 Rt 1 Lubbock with Theresa Ann Grooms 16. Also, Latteak Eddie Franklin Fairechild 2 of Siatan with Shirley Jean Tee, and Dor Wayne Recer 7 of Memphis with Cecitia Hadaway 2 Brownfield.
A compiled view shows SITH and OTHER DISTRICT COURT dockets with removal of disabilities for Guadalupe Garza and divorce suits against Inna Garza, Joyce Fianne McNeice vs Raytre McNeice, and Burend Kennedy et al v Carl Odem for damages from a July accident. Multiple COUNTY COURT matters list numerous property transfers, foreclosures, and estates including Hyten and Sote, with various parcels in Bushland Park, Overton Addn, and Allen Subdivision, plus housing agency transactions and debt mentions.
Two cast changes announced for the final performance of Harvey at the LTC Playhouse. Vera will be played by Florence French replacing Eleanor Antonides who is hospitalized. Myrtie will be played by Jeannie Rook substituting for Margaret Eastman due to Eastman’s death.
The first annual Rosal Ambeddor Field Day features activities including riflery, sketching, pottery and track events. A canopfire service will be conducted at Topon with speaker Drodere Dawson, head of the dister departament at Way fond Paspist College.
Mrs. Phillis Burson of Corpus Christi selected as Texas Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association during its three day convention. Richard W. Pettway of Austin named Texas Library Trustee of the Year as the event closes.
Dr. Douglas Jackson of Southern Methodist University leads a Social Ethics Seminar in Lubbock sponsored by First and St. John's Methodist churches and the Wesley Foundation of Texas Tech. Lectures cover Sex and the New Morality, Crises in War Ethics, and Dynamics of Decision Making with services at Wesley Foundation, First Methodist, and St. John's Church.
Senator John Tower urged withdrawing U S troops from Europe in response to Charles de Gaulle's NATO stance. He favored shifting defense burdens to NATO allies and keeping American forces at home as a strategic reserve. He also called for intensified air strikes against North Vietnam to shorten the war.
A hearing on a motion to remove intervenors from an injunction suit about a city ordinance for high rise apartments on 4th Street between College and Boston Avenues was recessed. Judge Victor H Lindsey said the hearing would resume in the district court next Monday with intervenors led by Whitacre and Weeat challenging Dormitory Development and others.
An all day lectureship for area high school students will be held at Sunset Church of Christ on 34th St and Memphis Ave. Registration runs 9:30 to 10 a.m., lectures from 10 to noon by Jim McGuiggan and Bil Young. After lunch, classes on Morals for Christian Young People in the 20th Century led by E R Higgins and Mrs Higgins. Additional talks by Jim Reynolds Johnny Ramsey Marl Dan tor and John Green. A 4:15 to 5:00 retreat at a ranch near Buffalo Lakes features Max Comer of Southwestern Public Service Co Amarillo.
Children at Lubbock Seven-day Adventist Church perform a program and collect offerings for youth projects in Venezuela and Martinique. Don Glass leads the Sunday School program as Adventist churches worldwide raise funds to support two new secondary schools on church property. The Lubbock service notes Adventist membership exceeds 200,000 in 17 Central American countries, with Kenya planning new highways.
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