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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1967
Page
3
A family article promotes Yamaha sportcycles as a practical solution for daily chores and school runs. It highlights mom using a Yamaha to fetch groceries and kids to school, claiming lower fuel use, easy parking, and safer, enjoyable rides. Norman and Verna Stovall invite readers to visit 227 Ave. Q to learn more about Yamaha models.
Colorless coating claimed to kill roaches and ants for months and be harmless to pets. Distributed by Behren's A.G. and Kim Bell Waples-Platter. sold at Farr's Safeway Pigly Wiggly United Buddy's Brooks A.G. Super Save Village grocery stores. Ad copy notes availability in area stores and distribution details.
Mac's Flowers and Greenhouses at 4425 Brownfield Highway bills itself as a complete florist with 30 years in Lubbock. Co owners Don Hogan and W T McMullen run a greenhouse operation plus in store design, delivering across the city and to Reese Air Force Base. The firm offers a full range from simple designs to elaborate arrangements for funerals, holidays, weddings, and home decor. Betty Stoneman has been the shop’s designer for five years.
Gail Ball an 18 year old from Allegheny County South Park won the Western Pennsylvania pin toss championship at the Allegheny County Fair in Pittsburgh after a runoff with Sue Steed. Both contestants tossed 134 feet on their first try and Ball later surpassed the national record set in 1966 by one foot. She will advance to face Mary Jane Stone of Pittsburg Texas for the national title.
Lenore Ford, international president of the National Secretaries Association, says the U S Labor Department lists about 2 million people employed as secretaries. She notes the need will rise to over 200000 new secretaries annually for the coming decade, with a total of 2 million required by 4977.
Industry figures show aerosol sales near 2 billion units, a near doubling in three years. The aerosol sector, only 25 years old, emerged from military insecticide packaging developed in World War II.
A small park in Orangeburg will be dedicated on Veterans Day November 11 to commemorate Camp Shanks where about a million GIs passed on their way to the European Theater. John LaPlaca, a Camp Shanks serviceman, is noted among those honored.
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