Puritanism and moral cycle loom in essay and garden note
A Tulsa editor cites Jenkin Lloyd Jones on American puritanism and Soviet morality, warning of cultural decline as cycles of bondage to faith, liberty to license recur. The piece then highlights Mrs. H. D. Canon’s Sunrise Village garden list of blooming shrubs and flowers, praising informal, fence-line plantings.
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Moscow
Peking
Havana
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce
H. D. Canon
Pryor
Sunrise Village
Paris peace talks drag on as voters emerge in joke notes
Irv Kupcinet of the Chicago Sun Times jokes that protracted Paris peace talks have stretched so long negotiators could vote in the French election. The quip then shifts to absurd musings about sleeping outdoors versus indoors and crowded spaces, concluding with a Wes Izzard line.
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Paris
Irv Kupcinet
Chicago Sun- Times
Commission Urges Quick Action on Campuses
A presidential commission urges colleges to let students participate in decisions but limit disruption of disciplinary processes. It cautions lawmakers not to slash financial aid for campuses failing to control disorders and notes most students do not support campus violence. Milton S. Eisenhower chairs the group seeking calm before the new academic year.
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Washington
National Commission On the
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Senate Confirms Burger Chief Justice Nomination
The Senate approved Nixon's pick Warren Burger as chief justice by a 74 to 3 vote, despite liberal efforts to delay. Burger will assume office when Nixon signs the commission after Abe Fortas resigns, with Fulbright present and three Democrats voting no.
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Senate
Nixon
Warren Earl Burger
The
United States
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Earl Warren
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Burger
Abe Fortas
High Court
Fulbright
Eugene J. McCarthy
Controversial Apache Snow Operation Declared Over
Saigon AP report says Operation Apache Snow ended after a bloody fight for Ap Bia hill near the Laos border. The U S command announced the end as Nixon and Thieu pledged a 25 000 troop pullout, while enemy attacks across South Vietnam sharply decreased.
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Ap Bia
U.S
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Vietnam
Viet Nam War Latest Casualty Figures Reported
The report notes eight casualties or damage described as light, with the heaviest attacks in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. The 25th Infantry Division claims over 800 enemy killed in the past week. On Monday the attack targeted South Vietnamese paratroopers near Tay Ninh City with rockets mortars and a four hour ground assault. officials claim 37 North Vietnamese were killed.
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U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Amarillo Soldier Killed in Vietnam Ambush
Amarillo native Pfc. Stephen Burl Geurin 20, a radio operator with the 1st Infantry Division, was killed by enemy fire during a night ambush patrol in Vietnam on June 6. A 1966 Tascosa High School graduate and former West Texas State University student, he moved to Amarillo in 1957 with parents Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Geurin.
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U. S. Army
Ft. Bliss
Texa
Ardmore
Okla
Amarillo
2nd Place Winner My Home Town Contest On Page 28
A second place winner is announced in the My Home Town contest with coverage noted on page 28. The item highlights the entrant and award level within the local feature.
Amarillo Weather Forecast 1969 Lifts to Warmer Plains
The sun shines over Amarillo as 140 of 160 days in 1969 had clear or partly cloudy skies. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with highs near the upper 80s and southerly winds under 10 mph. Rain probability remains around 30 percent tonight.
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Amarillo
Tetley
Nude body found north of Ann Arbor in area slayings pattern
The partially nude young woman, 18 to 23, was found in a field near US 23. She had been stabbed in the chest and throat. Sheriff Douglas Harvey said the killing mimicked prior Ann Arbor Ypsilanti cases. Several victims linked to EMU and University of Michigan students. The report notes a timeline of five prior bodies since 1967.
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Mich
Douglas Harvey
Washtenaw County
Ypsilanti
Eastern Michigan University
University of Michigan
Dawn Basom
ICMA Meet Emphasizes Flexible Management Tactics
Oklahoma City manager Larry Gish urged Texas city managers to tailor reactions to situations and keep regulations minimal to guide actions. State Rep. Hudson Moyer urged favored city manager legislator ties, praising Amarillo’s John Stiff for communication. A Housing official touted a workable program guiding income tax funds to local efforts as the conference wrapped up.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Larry Gish
Stillwater
Okla
International City Management Association
Texas City Managers Association
Holiday Inn West
Gish
Hudson Moyer
Moyer
Amarillo
John Stiff
Housing and Urban Development
IPAA Head Predicts Soaring Gas Rates
Harold McClure IPAA president, speaking at the Texas Independent Producers meeting in Galveston, forecast a 50 percent rise in wellhead natural gas prices within 18 months and a 104 percent increase in 12 to 18 months. He also predicted crude oil up about 15 cents a barrel within nine months and urged ongoing tech-driven production gains to benefit consumers. He said fuels will drive most power in the 70s and 80s.
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Amarillo
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Galveston
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Harold McClure
IPAA
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
McClure
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