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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1961
Page
7
Lea County Clerk Virgil Love reports a recent special election cost Lea citizens 1.25 dollars per vote with only 1,895 of 20,000 registered voters casting ballots. Poll staff, machine moves, and training added to expenses, totaling over 2,000 dollars, while earlier elections averaged far lower costs.
Eight cattlemen from Santa Rosa La Pampa Argentina visit the Spur Headquarters Ranch and Texas Experimental Ranch Unit in Throckmorton County to study ranching, feedlot operations, and feed production. Leader Miguel Torroba and six others join tours of Hereford grass, Lenter feedlot, and later Dallas equipment firms, McGregor, and Houston area Brahman operations.
Andrews County United Fund directors reaffirm support for a single campaign plan. The fund will distribute campaign placards at local businesses and announce annual contributions through the United Fund only. A chili supper precedes the Andrews Levelland game as three weeks of fundraising culminates with a home can vase.
West Texas surveys of land for Minuteman silo sites proceed as LAM Dawson and contractors enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to test rural tracts. The study evaluates Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock as a potential headquarters for a remote Minuteman network, with Rep. George Mahon noting the base is under consideration though no funding has been set.
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