Lubbock Tax Rolls Rise With 28.6 Million Increase
Lubbock city school tax officials report a 28.6 million rise in taxable property values, lifting the 1972 city tax roll to about 660.6 million while the school district totals reach 662.6 million. County rolls climb to 329 million. Four properties including South Plains Mall are in a tax suit, values pending. once settled, they’ll return to the rolls. Tax revenue projections rise accordingly.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Jim Kirchenstein
Kirchenstein
Lubbock County
South Plains
Board of City Development
City Council to discuss composting plan for Lubbock waste
City officials will hear Naturizer Inc. president Norman Pierson and Hereford Farms' Frank Ford propose turning solid waste into a peat moss like oil conditioner for farmers. The plan envisions a large composting building with shredded waste, a conveyor, and drying to eliminate bacteria while producing saleable composts.
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Lubbock
Norman Pierson
Naturizer, Inc
Frank Ford
Hereford Farms
Pierson
Ford
Carolyn Jordan
Sam Wahl
Public Works
Pineapple Cargo Flight Lands in England From Hawaii
Wardair, Ltd. reportedly flew a load of pineapples from Hawaii 7,760 miles nonstop to an orphanage in England.
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Pineapple Cargo
Edmonton
Alta
Wardair, Ltd
Hawaii
England
Politics Charge in Road Paving Case at Midland
Mid land County Courthouse hears charges linking petty politics to a road paving project tied to Commissioner Clark Moreland. Republican Win Brown questions a $3 057 paving bill while Moreland defends the road as public, citing county attorney Oglesby. Moreland accuses Brown of theft over missing marble slabs from the courthouse remodel.
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Midland
Midland County
Clark Moreland
Win Brown
Commissioners Court
Moreland
Jimmy Oglesby
Brown
Police Recover 17000 Pills From Burglary Suspect’s Trunk
In Houma Louisiana police seized nearly 17 000 pills from the trunk of a burglary suspect s car. Police Chief James Frank said the sorting took almost a full day as officers cataloged the dosage forms and quantities.
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Houma
API
James Frank
Coronado Teacher Widely Honored in National Award
Marjorie Wilson publications director at Coronado High School in Lubbock is named one of the top 14 journalism teachers in the nation by the Newspaper Fund. She receives a $250 grant to establish a Journalism Learning Center in the Coronado library and a plaque naming the center for her. The award winner is J Brent Norlem of Brooklyn Center Minnesota. The Newspaper Fund is backed by Dow Jones and Company.
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Marjorie Wilson
Coronado High School
the Crest
el Viajero
Joe Don Buckner
Princeton
N.J
Lubbock
Newspaper Fund, Inc
Coronado Library
Wilson
J. Brent Norlem
Brooklyn Center
Minnesota
Dow Jones
Dow Jones and Company
Wall Street Journal
Father Teaches His Children Italian By JERRI OSBORN
Dr Aldo Finco associate professor at Texas Tech University writes a textbook for his daughter Carla on her fifth birthday and teaches Italian to Carla and her brother John-Iny. Finco's second book Letture Italiane Per Conversazione is used by Rice University University of Illinois Edwardsville Youngstown University University of Dayton and University of Texas. He teaches by linking Italian to other subjects and everyday life.
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Jerri Osborn
Avalanche-Journal
Carla Finco
Texas Tech University
Carla
John- Iny
Aldo Finco
Finco
U.S
Rice University
University of Illinois At Edwardsville
Youngstown University
University of Dayton
Ohio
University of Texas
Dr. Finco
Johnny
Italy
Egypt
Doctor Tether to Lead All Day MG Clinic at Hi Plains
Dr. J E Tether famed for Myasthenia Gravis treatment will hold an all day clinic at Hi Plains Hospital in Hale Center Wednesday hosted by the Northwest Texas chapter. He will also address the chapter meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the same hospital.
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Northwest Chapter
Hi-Plains Hospital
Tether
University of Indiana Medical School
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