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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1955
Page
3
The city commission approved a 15 year lease with West Texas Compress and Warehouse Co for cotton storage at Municipal Airport. It will bring $26.40 yearly to the airport revenue fund plus 11 acres for five warehouses with a sixth to be built within a year. Buildings total 27 thousand square feet with sprinkler systems.
The first meeting of the year for the Lubbock Classroom Teachers Association will be at 7 p.m. Monday in Room 218 of Tom S. Lubbock High School. The group has 700 members across 35 Lubbock ISD schools. Officers for the new term are Ethel K. Terrell president Robert Knight vice president and Vernon Odom also vice president.
Judge Joseph B. Dooley opens the October term in the Lubbock Division of the Northern District on Oct 3 at 9 30 a m. with 116 actions on the docket and 84 set for hearing. Civil and criminal calendars include government cases, civil jury calls on Oct 10 and 24, non jury week Oct 17, Naturalization Day on Oct 5, and a busy mix through the week.
Chicago City Treasurer Morris B. Sachs announced he would return 27355 dollars of money appropriated for his office because he said he didn’t need it. The move surprised city officials this week in Chicago.
U S Advisory Committee on Weather Control official Charles Gardner Jr says hurricanes Connie Diane and Gladys fouled this year’s cloud seeding experiments. The goal was to test if dry ice and silver iodide seedings boost rainfall, with results delayed from June to November to determine seeding effectiveness versus natural variation.
West Australia plans a bridge across the Swan River narrows linking Perth with suburbs with an estimated cost of 4,375,000 dollars. Foreign bids will be sought for the construction project and the winner will be chosen by competitive tender.
Belfast reports that the inauguration of a new air ferry service has revived activity at Stranraer, among Britain's oldest civil airports, highlighting renewed growth in Northern Ireland linkages and regional aviation.
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