Editorial: Expensive Target Practice Critique of Dodd gun control plan
The Bowie News weighs Senator Thomas Dodd's push to regulate gun sales while supporting a Civilian Marksmanship Training program run by the NRA. It cites $12,000,000 spent over five years, thousands of club members, and concerns about Minutemen links, warning that taxpayers fund civilian weapon expertise with limited wartime practicality.
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National Rifle Association
Minutemen
Harlem
Army
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Senator Dodd
Wise Economists Urge Caution Amid Market Slowdown
Economists nationwide express relief over stock market decline and urge clear sighted planning for the long haul. They call for hedging against inflation and international financial risks while advocating cautious confidence as the economy cools.
Wall Street Decline May Steer Economy Toward Steady Growth
Despite a stock market drop, employment remains high and personal income at a peak. Retail sales hold strong, savings levels rise, and industrial output grows. The market lull could act as a corrective, signaling tempered but continued economic expansion.
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Wall Street
Crowded Living Favours Tension and Disease Says Writer
A Sunday opinion argues lack of privacy and crowding fuel killer diseases like cancer and heart illness. The piece mocks easy expertise and warns that without reducing tension population growth merely postpones the inevitable.
Unemployment Pain for Young Workers Amid Crime Concerns
The piece notes unemployment at a low overall rate but flags 18 to 21 year olds facing extreme joblessness and rising crime. It argues the lack of jobs drives crime and urges this group to pursue skilled-training to qualify for available positions.
Bombing theory rebutted as Viet Nam war costs rise
The News argues against Goldwater style escalation, noting that Communist resolve grows with bombing. No surrender or negotiations have emerged. instead North Vietnamese attacks increase, signaling a need for more U.S. troops and supplies. The piece warns against underestimating enemy determination.
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Goldwater
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Bowie
Texans Registering to Vote Drops Under 2 Million
The Texas voter roll fell by nearly a million from last year’s record to 1,970,381 off year totals. County shifts show urban areas rising in share while rural counties hold steady. The text notes reduced poll tax receipts and highlights five largest counties’ held percentage, plus federal election timing and policy notes on poll tax certificates.
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Austin
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Texas
Robert S. Calvert
Harris
Dallas
Tarrant
el Paso
State Board of Insurance
Hunter McLean
Mclean
Boundry
Bae Tithe
Louisiana
Sabine River
Sabine Lake
Gulf of Mexico
Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity
Bowie Chamber of Commerce chooses Alton Garner as manager
June 18 1948 Bowie news reports C B O Dell resigns as Bowie Chamber manager to take a post in Childress at 4900 dollars annually. Unanimous vote to hire Alton Garner former Chamber president. Other Bowie club notes include Doc Brinkley as Lions Club president and new officers.
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Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Childress
Alton Garner
Chamber
Doc Brinkley
Bowie Lions Club
Charlie King
Loyd Wood
Howard Brooks
Robert Patterson
Treas WE. Farrell
Tail Twister
Don Maness
Liontamer
Jack Tage
Oscar Underwood
Mark High
B. W. Karstete
Ray Ross
Kenneth Shackelford
Montague
North Texas Agriculture College
Arlington
Twin Cities
Ray Whittington
Dodie Garrett
USAF
Thomas Jowers
Garrett
James Henderson
Henderson Monument Co
Bowie
Galveston
Bowie News History and Local Subscription Rates
The Bowie News published each Thursday at 205 Smythe Street Bowie Texas established February 9 1922 entered at Bowie post office as second class mail The paper merged with The Mon County Times on April 1 1963 subscription $4 per year or $2 25 for six months in Montague Wise Clay Jack counties Texas and Jefferson county Oklahoma elsewhere $5 per year The paper will be stopped when subscription expires.
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West
Texas
Herman Jones
Austin
Railroad Commission
Rio Grande Valley Gas Company
Commission
Russell Maguire
Dallas
West Port Isabel Field
Cameron County
Jones
Supreme Court
Rice University
William Marsh Rice
Weslaco
Johnson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pasadena
Sam Hoover
Hoover
J. Schepps
Houston
Attorney General Rules Court
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Waller County
C. W. Karisch
Hempstead
Carr
John C. White
White
Cotton Conference Agriculture
Smythe Street
Bowie, Texm
Bowie
Mon— County
Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay and
Jack
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Montague County
Futhermore
Methodist Church
Jack Crain
Nocona
All America
Letter urges Montague County to enforce bootlegging laws
A reader claims Montague County lacks enforcement of alcohol laws with repeated fines. They compare penalties to other regions and urge residents to support stricter enforcement, suggesting drinking residents seek legality elsewhere and praying for reduced bootlegger profits.
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