A Look Back at 1968 Crisis and the Pace of Change
A March 1968 US News and World Report snapshot contrasts a turbulent year with today. It notes Kennedy and King alive, Nixon and Reagan politics, Prague’s shift, the growing antiwar movement, campus upheaval, and a market in doldrums. It also mentions I-40 and US 66 traffic counts underway to gauge local travel patterns.
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News & World Report
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Texas
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Red Army
South Plains
Slumgullion Snowmobile Spectacular Opens Weekend
From Lake City Colorado comes news of the second annual Slumgullion International Snowmobile Spectacular with trail rides over Slumgullion Pass and races on Lake San Cristobal offering 5000 dollars in prize money. Spectators hear the whir of snowmobiles across the San Juan range during the event.
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Perk Vickers
Lake City
Colo
Professional Talks on Teachers' Meet Concludes District 16 Session
The District 16 Texas State Teachers Association convention at Tascosa High School ended with panels on professional rights, practices, and negotiations. Speakers Dr. Emmitt Smith Weldon Wicker and Dr. Bill Reeves discussed how negotiations aim to prevent strikes by solving issues early and how they affect teachers, schools, and students.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Tascosa High School
Emmitt Smith
West Texas State University
Weldon Wicker
Texas Classroom
Reeves
Texas Association of School Administrators
TASA
Wicker
Byron Walker
Amarillo
Polk Street
Panhandle
Clovis Cracks Down On Dragging Main Street Traffic
Police in Clovis New Mexico launched a Friday campaign aimed at high school drivers who impede traffic on main street. Police Commissioner Tom Hammock outlined penalties including traffic tickets for slow driving weaving and speeding as two students were set to be authorized.
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Clovis, N.M
Spe
Tom Hammock
City Commission
Ken Kingsberry
Carolyn Youngblood
Chick Taylor Jr
Snowbound Roads Close At Stratford Oklahoma
Winter snow and blowing NW winds disrupt traffic across the Oklahoma Panhandle as blizzard warnings rise. Guymon reports wet, slick roads while Boise City digs out. Seven miles north of Stinnett explosions at a Rock Island derailment light up the sky as authorities prepare to detonate remaining cars. Stratford experiences early snow with incidents noted by police.
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Wheeler
Guymon
Okla
Department of Public Safety
Oklahoma Panhandle
Guymon Dps
Boise City
DPS
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Stinnett
Rock Island
Stratford
Apollo 9 Lunar Lander Completes Critical Rendezvous Test
Apollo 9 pilots McDivitt and Schweickart guided the lunar module through final exams near 106 miles from the command module. They then rejoined the mother ship in a delicate docking test, transferring back to the command module.
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Space Center
Houston
America
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
Russell L Schweickart
McDivitt
David R. Scott
McDivitt and
Schweickart Ihen
Paris Lobster House Loses Michelin Star
The 206 year old Laperouse in Paris drops from three to two Michelin stars in the 1969 guide. Chef Fernan Poisson weeps upon learning of the downgrade eight months after taking over from late Charles Delorme. Authorities note prestige drives ratings. dining demand remains high though space is limited near Notre Dame.
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Paris
France
Lasserre
Maxim’s
Michelin
Laperouse
Charles Delorme
Delorme
Fernan Poisson
Poisson
Screaun
Notre Dame Cathedral
House Moves A Big Chore In Waco Texas
Jim Phipps faces a court order to relocate his 23 room house a full mile. He has already moved the structure 740 feet since selling 43 acres to the U.S. government in 1964 for 200000 dollars and must finish while still living there.
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Waco, Tex
Jim Phipps
Phipps
U.S
Vietnamese Forces Hit Central Highlands Fight
North Vietnamese launched repeated attacks in the central highlands near Kontum as U S forces repelled an 11 hour battle. The 4th Infantry Division reported 89 enemy soldiers killed while U S troops suffered no casualties. The report notes Air Force and Marine aircraft and helicopter gunships supported the defense.
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Saigon
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Kontum
More
Iso
Ray Hearing Monday
James Earl Ray faces a Criminal Court hearing Monday in Memphis as reports say he will plead guilty in exchange for a 99 year sentence. The Huntsville Times cited a source claiming the plea is to avoid the death penalty.
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Memphis
Soviets Detail Border Clash With China
The Soviet Foreign Ministry reported 330 Chinese soldiers attacked along the Manchurian border. 31 Soviet troops were killed and 14 wounded. It condemned artillery and small arms fire and described assaults on wounded captives. About 50,000 Russians later protested the Chinese Embassy, smashing 104 windows and splashing ink.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Nixon makes first CIA visit with dry joke
President Nixon paid his first visit to the Central Intelligence Agency on Friday and joked about the secrecy surrounding the agency. He quipped that it is a pleasure to be there but since the CIA isn’t supposed to be there, it’s a pleasure not to be there.
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Washington
Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Threats to Pearl Harbor planner on U.S. visit noted
Gen Minoru Genda, retired Japanese general who helped plan Pearl Harbor, has received threatening calls and letters during his U S visit. The U S government will not provide special protection for him, according to the U S Naval Institute report to the State Department.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
U.S
U.S. Naval Institute
State Department
Minoru Genda
Eisenhower progress in hospital after pneumonia
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his hospital recovery rated as progressing satisfactorily. Doctors report the pneumonia cleared and his morale and spirit remain good as he nears getting out of bed to sit in a chair within days.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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