Nations face rising costs and inflation from Viet Nam war
Editorial argues heavy U S commitment to Vietnam strains the economy and family budgets. Fortune forecasts escalating costs, higher taxes, and broader budget pressures as the war widens.
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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
9
Editorial argues heavy U S commitment to Vietnam strains the economy and family budgets. Fortune forecasts escalating costs, higher taxes, and broader budget pressures as the war widens.
The text extols natural gas as versatile affordable abundant and central to development. It notes 168 000 industrial plants used gas in 1965 and industrial demand at 61 billion therms, a fourfold rise in 20 years, with expanding high pressure pipelines linking cities and communities nationwide. It highlights investor owned gas industry as a key private enterprise success story creating jobs investments and growth nationwide.
A survey across 100 Virginia schools finds 62 percent of students confessed to cheating. Parents urging good grades to secure college entry are blamed for rising cheating pressures, turning academic dishonesty into a big business.
The snippet lists newspaper staff and policies from Andrews County News, addresses advertising rules, and references remarks by Alan S. Boyd on transportation as the nation’s lifeline. It also mentions Oregon and Washington tree farms and a Mississippian lead editorial arguing for Bible and religion in schooling, asserting separation of prayer from public curriculum but inclusion of Bible study as literature and history.
Chestertown article notes an underlying objective in forming government to diffuse power and avoid abuses by preventing concentration, reflecting on the system's design and safeguards.
The State Insurance Board weighs testimony on auto rate hikes expected to start August 1. Increases would raise bodily injury and property damage rates about 11.9 percent, private passenger collision 2.4 percent, full coverage 0.3 percent, and comprehensive 17.7 percent, with variation across 26 districts. New driving classifications and under 25 rate flexibility are among staff recommendations.
Five instructors including Pete White Boys Club director John Wheeler John Hawkins Clell Clark and Harold Wilson were named Home Firearms Safety instructors by the National Rifle Association. They earned NRA instructor certificates after passing written exams and can teach the home safety course locally. The NRA course aims at reducing home shooting accidents among those who rarely use firearms. It complements the 15 year old hunter safety course which has trained over two and a half million students.
John M. Morgan of Andrews Texas along with 99 other officer candidates was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Texas National Guard. The ceremony Saturday June 18 marked completion of Class 9 of the Texas National Guard Academy Officer Candidate School at Camp Mabry. Morgan joins Head Quarters and Headquarters Troop 1st Squadron 124th Cavalry Odessa.
Washington announced the U S Army Corps of Engineers will award the first phase contract for the Optima Dam. The project targets water and recreation for Oklahoma Kansas and Texas in the Panhandle region, with broader regional impact.
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