Election Day Challenges Across Texas in 1968
Voter turnout exceeded three million as Texas faced long lines and late counting. San Antonio saw two hour waits with late ballots, El Paso reported five hour lines, and Tarrant County counted the final ballots 49 hours after polls closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
U.S
San Antonio
el Paso
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
W.C
Cowen
Denton County
Nueces County
Corpus Christi
Bexar County
Stewart
Dallas County
Dallas
Lew Sterrett
Mel Price
Don Marvin
City of
Wichita Falls
Marvin
Lubbock Men Speak At TAPES Meet
Some 175 attendees from major Texas cities joined a two day institute for personnel in employment security at Holiday Inn in Lubbock. IAPES Amarillo District sponsored the session with theme Human Resources Development a Manpower Philosophy led by IAPES chairman I V Ferguson and TEC official W S Birdwell Jr. Various speakers addressed government responsibility to the disadvantaged private industry’s role and organized labor’s stance before a Texas Tech Arkansas game draw lunch and closing remarks.
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Texas
Institute For
Holiday Inn, Parkway
I. V. Ferguson
Institute
Amarillo
International Association of Personnel In Employment Security
IAPES
Ferguson
Lubbock Texas
Lubbock
Joe Phillips
James Sharp
Elmer Tarbox
Lubbock Human Resources Committee
Bert P. Darden
Amarillo Tec
Tulia Planning Assets Survey
Tulia Industrial Foundation contracted with Texas A&M University’s Industrial Economics Research Division for a comprehensive community assets survey to start in December and complete in six months. The effort includes an Industrial Facets Book detailing social economic and government elements and an Industrial Development Plan with four sections covering problem areas candidate industries location factors and an action program.
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TULIA
Tulia Industrial Foundation
Industrial Economics Research Division
Texas A&m University
Tulsa Foundation
Petersburg Chamber Announces 1968 Christmas Plans
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce outlines 1968 Christmas activities with a residential decoration contest, district lighting sponsorship, and a Christmas sale chaired by Joe Beck. Olive Zakka and Jaffar Zakka oversee the pre Christmas Santa visit. Olive and Bill Brittingham arrange carol singing. Hart rites slated at 7 p.m. in First Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Brown to speak.
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Petersburg
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Joe Beck
Olive
Jaffar Zakka
Santa
Bill Brittington
HART
First Baptist Church
Fred Brown
United Methodist
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Jim Barlow
Associated Press
Travis County
Austin
Abilene
Stuart Harris
Wichita County
Joe Gowdy
Harris County
George Smith
Itas County
Nets
Isha
Ratliff
50Th Street
Hume A
Dium
Tulia Planning Assets Survey
Firreset
Builders Supply
Giamond & Garanteed
Bul Cer CW Cay
Broadway
Carl Ingram
Mgr
Ouaninet
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