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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1966

Page

3

Hockley County agricultural tour plans set for Tuesday

Final plans for the annual Hockley County Agricultural Tour are announced. County Agent Bill Taylor notes a 9 a.m. bus start from South Plains College with a 1 p.m. group meet for the afternoon tour, plus a KLBT radio broadcast of the event. The tour aims to compare practices, demonstrate soil and water conservation methods, and attract about 250 farmers.

Levelland Bill Taylor Hockley County Program Building Committee Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors Sam Hoover Earl Lewis George Martin Bill Jackson Matthew Goodrich Bill Hinton Martin Cuba Taylor South Plains College Co-Op Gina Co-Op Guns of Farmers Cooperative of KLBT

Mexico to create 86,000 new jobs

Mexico plans to generate eighty six thousand jobs as part of a new economic push. Government officials outlined the target and expected sectors likely to absorb workers.

Mexico City Mexico

Library Official To Speak Today

Travis Tyer director of the City of Lubbock Library System will speak to the South Plains Genealogical Society at 7 30 p m today at Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center 4215 College Ave The talk covers library plans and the public is invited Genealogy discussion groups and a beginners section will be led by society members and Mrs Paul Murtis Vioydada Other fall meetings are set for Oct 13 Nov 10 and Dec 4 at the Garden and Arts Center.

Travis Tyer City of Vioydada Lubbock Garden and Arts Center

Post Rotary honors Bob Collier for outstanding Texas Pharma work

At a luncheon the Post Rotary Club praised Bob Collier for outstanding work as president of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association. His term as association president concluded at the recent state convention in El Paso.

POST Post Rotary Club Bob Collier Texas Pharmaceutical Assn el Paso

Pentagon raises draft calls as McNamara program aims

The Pentagon announced a November draft of 43 700 men and an October total of 49 200, 3 000 over initial plans, with induction standards lowered from Oct 1 to train 40 000 men unable to meet prior rules. October and November draftees join the Army, while December calls are expected to decline during the holiday season.

Washington Pentagon Defense Department Robert McNamara

Smugglers Sentenced to Death in Counterfeit Case

A special economic crimes court in Algiers sentenced five people to death for smuggling about 1.1 million dollars in counterfeit bills into the country. Two defendants were sentenced in absentia while two French nationals and an Algerian faced judgment in court.

Algiers UPI

Bearden named chief of USDA data center in Washington

Gary G Bearden of Paducah a Texas Tech and Texas A and M graduate has taken the post as chief of the Washington Data Processing Center serving 17 USDA agencies and 10 other government departments. He helped plan the center and holds a 1955 Tech degree and a master's from A&M.

Gary G. Bearden Paducah Texas Tech Texas A and M Washington United States Department of Agriculture Bearden Usda Statistical Reporting Service

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