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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1961
Page
7
Citywide telephone changes introduce a beeping signal when the handset is off hook or dialing delays occur. The new system, installed this week in the Porter exchange, will roll out citywide by year end and includes automatic release of lines when the called party hangs up.
The Lubbock County Red Cross Chapter will offer a 10 hour standard first aid course starting at 7 30 p m Sept 11 at the Red Cross Chapter House 2109 Broadway The five two hour classes cover bleeding burns broken bones shock and handling of injured persons An advance course in late September and an instructors course in October or November follow the main class Contact the Red Cross office to sign up
New York State Motor Vehicle Commissioner William S. Hults predicted no highway fatalities in New York during the Labor Day weekend if pedestrians stay where they belong. The remark followed cautions about pedestrian behavior. The report also notes a TV job for the Earl of Harwood in Britain and a Mexican tire plant opening at a cost of three million pesos.
Donna Fite, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Fite of Lean der formerly of Lubbock, earned multiple honors at the Texas State Scholastic Baton Twirling Contest held August 25 and 26 in McKinney. She won the junior high strutting championship, received a medal and trophy, and was named the most beautiful junior high school majorette with a crown, trophy, and carnations. In NBTA finals she was second in solo twirling, third in strutting, and fourth in flag twirling in the junior division, earning medals in each event. Donna, a ninth grade student, is the feature twirler and first chair in the clarinet section.
A government survey in Tokyo indicates Japanese are consuming less traditional farerice and feeling healthier. Malnutrition cases have declined as meat eggs and milk are increasingly added to diets.
Twenty one graduates of the Lubbock School of Vocational Nursing will receive diplomas at a ceremony at 7 p.m. today at St John’s Methodist Church. Rev Roy W Ford will speak and Mark Hailey will present diplomas. Graduates include Fay Britton Eva Campos Jane Cope Ovella Copeland Naomi Cox Leona Crocker Doris Essary Ruth Fry Glenda Fae Fowler Janet Hammack Quintilla Howry Dortha Hughes Ann Irwin Loyce Jones Louise Liebfried Genevieve Lynn Gail Reynolds Shirlee Richardson Mary Salas Zeelma Watson and Mary Wheatley. The class will be eligible to take the state board exam to become licensed vocational nurses. The school is part of Lubbock Public Schools vocational nursing program. The next class begins Sept 11. For info contact Corine Lattimore or Louise Linker, instructors. Headquarters: George M Hunt Elementary School, 17th and Ave M. PO2-1719.
Detroit based UPI Automotive News reports this week total car production at 89,779, the strongest in six weeks, with truck output at 23,428. The figures compare to last week’s 60,746 cars and 21,763 trucks and last year’s levels of 51,510 cars and 12,810 trucks. Canadian plants are projected to produce 2,624 cars and 1,238 trucks, up from 1,321 cars and 973 trucks the prior week.
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