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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1948

Page

5

Patch testing to begin in schools Monday nationwide

A patch test program to screen children for tuberculosis exposure starts Monday in schools. Nurses will read results Friday morning and notify parents of negative, doubtful, or positive reactions. Further testing by chest x rays may follow if needed.

City Council of Parents Teachfe Association Echec Health A. Clark East Broadway G. Wilkinson K. Carter R. J. Ledbetter Central Ward C. C. Mansell

Press Honored At Meet Here

Editors and owners of West Texas newspapers attended a luncheon in Hilton hotel to honor Press association leaders. Chas A Guy urged area solidarity and political collaboration. Cecil Horne of Texas Tech reported survey results on journalism students and starting salaries. Attendees included numerous regional editors and chamber reps.

West Texas Panhandle-South Plains Fair Association Hilton Hotel Chas. A. Guy Avalanche-Journal South Plains Press Association Cecil Horne Texas Technological College E. I. Hill H. G. Richards Anton News A. B. Davis The Fair Association Neil C. Vanzandt Seaaves A. M. Jackson Slaton Hill Carl England Morton Allene Curry Flinn Levelland Forrest Weimhold Lois Vestal Vic Lamb Hale Center J. L. Suits Petersburg Richards Vicki Martin Lubbock W. L. Garner Lorenzo Ernest Joiner Balls Jack Strickland, Jr Brownfield Charles Roberts Andrews George Bond Davis Chamber of Commerce

British Calm Amid War Threat Fears Normal in London

British people maintain composure as tensions grow between the West and Communism. Officials in London show gloom, but the public keeps to routine life with little panic and cartoons that mock the crisis rather than alarm. A survey notes many Londoners still travel to France.

Charles A. Smith INS Corres_adent London Foreign Office Raemaker France

Woman 105 Congratulates On Reaching Same Age

London dispatch notes Mrs Concyletta Tomkins sent a telegram to Mrs Jane Longcroft who will be 105 tomorrow. Tomkins has been 105 for two months and the element of public interest centers on long life amid a quiet London mood.

Lubbock County Fourth Street Mackenzie State Park J. J. Dillard Dillard Amarillo Lubbock S. W. Wilkinson Mr. Wilkinson Wilkinson O. L. Slaton, Sr A. E. Fowler Littlefield O. L. Slaton, Jr Fowler Twentieth London Concyletta Tomkins Jane Longcroft Switzerland Italy

One-Man Riot Stuns Philadelphia Bus Depot

A 19-year-old Texan Allen J. Rodgers escaped from an Arkansas prison and sparked a violent 15 minute clash with detectives in a Philadelphia bus depot washroom. Officers subdueded him after injuries and medical aid were required for all. Rodgers claimed Arkansas escape and travel from Memphis to Philadelphia with a loaded 38 caliber revolver found in a pay locker.

Philadelphia Arkansas Allen J. Rodgers Eldorado Texas Rodgers Richard Doyle Arkansas State Verna Ark Memphis Tenn

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