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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1972
Page
20
Council members discuss locating a composting facility near the sewage plant about five acres. Trucks would bring raw materials to the site and reduce landfill use, with savings shared with the city. Details and contracts require study before any agreement.
Applicants are sought by the Texas Department of Public Safety to enter the training school for cadet patrolmen beginning Nov. 28. Prospective patrolmen must meet age height weight vision and college credit requirements and undergo 12 weeks of training in Austin with a start salary of 600 dollars per month rising to 743 after commissioning.
Ex students teachers and parents are slated to attend Cotton Center High School homecoming events Friday. The night begins with the Cotton Center versus Whitharral football game at 8 p.m. followed by a reception and business meeting in the cafeteria hosted by the Ex-Students Association led by Oscar Allen and secretary-treasurer Mrs W M Windwehen.
Mrs. Wilson, a Coronado High School journalism teacher, receives the Avalanche Journal top honor amid praise for her high standards and for guiding students toward professional media careers. Her program has won state and national awards, with alumni winning scholarships and entering journalism avenues.
Dr. Finco, arriving in 1968, notes Italian enrollment rising from 75 to 320 as he gives students individual attention in classes around 52 strong. His family adapts, with children learning English and Italian, Johnny later saying ya all with peers, while Mrs. Finco studies Italian.
Officers for several Vocational Industrial Clubs of America chapters were installed at Lubbock High School. Metal trades officers include Mike Nichols president and Randy Mankins vice president. Auto technology officers include Scott Strader president and Jackie Woods vice president. Building construction officers list John Morris president and David Sanchez vice president.
A. P. Giannini the founder of Bank of America will appear on a 21 cent commemorative stamp next year. The portrait will be part of the Postal Service series honoring prominent Americans. Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco in 1904.
A note records that the R F D mail system began in Climax Michigan in 1848 marking an early stage of rural delivery. The brief item highlights the local origin of a nationwide postal improvement.
City real estate values rise to 494 million with 14 million year to year gain. Auto values up as bluebook reappraisal and five year phasing shape rolls. New mobile home and oil royalty classifications appear. County tax base up 16 million with 48 thousand revenue boost.
East German news agency ADN reports a stork moved from Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea to a winter refuge in Sudan. The bird watch observers confirmed the long journey.
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