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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
2
Bennie Lee Blair of Spur High named outstanding student by the American Chemical Society. The banquet honored top high school runners-up and their teachers, noting the annual spring event and the society’s activities.
In Houston, children of the Apollo 10 astronauts react to the lunar orbit and Earth contact. Barbara Cernan and Barbara Young voice relief while Karin Stafford and Dionne Stafford occupy the vigil with skateboards and bikes.
Levelland city council accepts a federal HUD grant of 213700 for water works improvements. City manager Robert Sokoll says the city must match the funds. Projects include overhead storage tanks booster pumps and distribution lines.
Subscriptions and pricing details listed for Morning Evening Sunday and combined editions. Rates cover 3 months 1 month Sunday only and weekday plans with separate prices for mail delivery and home delivery options.
Louisiana business groups ask lawmakers to revoke a 2000 corporate income tax exemption to fund port improvements. In a States Items advertisement 221 firms urge replacing the exemption with 1 million dollars in annual corporate tax payments to back a 75.5 million bond issue for ports in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles. The appeal notes this would cover only a fifth of needed funds and asks legislators how to raise the rest.
Slaton VFW Post 6721 installed new officers led by Commander Dewey Nelson and Senior Vice Commander Elmo Lankford. Other officers include Junior Vice Commander Amos Spencer, Quartermaster J Wicker, Chaplain Ties Walling, Judge Advocate Alvin Cheney, Surgeon Marvin Gebert, and Trustee Bill Underwood for a three year term.
UPI reports former Small Business Administration assistant director Albert Fuentes Jr, fired for alleged loan bribery, drawn into a grand jury review. Texas Rep Henry B. Gonzalez pressed for full SBA records probe and Fuentes dismissal, citing an April 25 briefing.
Charles McKay assumes duties as president of the Levelland Rotary Club. Gene Stanley serves as vice president and A. N. Bennett as secretary-treasurer. New directors are Dwight Mann Max Newman George Price and John Shettlesworth.
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