Editorial Crisis In Post Office
A Washington dispute over curtailment of postal services spurred political one-upmanship. Threats to cut Saturday window service and end deliveries to new developments prompted Congress to demand staffing cuts. a Senate exemption and rescinded curtailments followed, with officials praising the resolution though critics labeled it poor governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D.C
U.S. Post Office Department
Congress
W. Marvin Watson
Senate
Watson
Charles J. Zwich
Post Office
Post Office Department
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
It’s Only Human Summer Vacation Tangles at Home
A June to September school vacation strains families as mothers bear the emotional load and fathers face work pressure. Conflicts over car use, driver training, summer camps, and dinners expose intergenerational tension and the toll of seasonal routine. Summers weigh hardest on mothers and kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy
Tom
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Damaged Page
Puzzle items include Across clues such as Precipice Aquatic bird Cavity Monkey Near poet Biblical name Remove Depart Betwixt Good friend Lofty mountain Painful Belonging to the Golden state Incite Narrow Inlet Wrath Plug Music note Part of to be English river Nautical Ghastly Title of Cuckoos Little Gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofty Mountain
Golden State
Wrath Plug
Past Days In Terry County Highlights Across Decades
A retrospective column lists events from 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago in Terry County. Notables include election results, local officials named, hospital prep for county operation, civic meetings, and community milestones such as local post leadership, Ford dealers authorization, training, and weather notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Yarborough
Johnny Wieland
Howard Henson
Jeff Pemberton
Derby
Anita Jo Wooley
United Nations
C. E
Mack Ross
Ford Dealers
Lubbock
Terry Countians
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Roger Q. Evans
South Plains Health Unit
Terry Wildcat
Larance Whitley
Feed Council
Fort Worth
Dawson
Terry County
Jack Shirley
Tom May
Don Monnett
Midland
M.D. Ockley
Colorado City
H.L. Allman
Butch
O'Daniel
Red Woods
Burns
Kansas City
Otis Kelley
H.N. Key
F.M. Willingham
Armel Willingham
A.L. Hicks
L.H. Teague
Louella McCreight
Beaumont
C.E. Ross
C.E. Lancaster
Holgate-Enderson
A&m
Banks
Emmet Whitaker
Herald
T.L. Treadaway and
Brownfield
Price Interpreting Commission For
J.E. Shelton
M.A. Smith
J.F. Winston
C.T. Stevens
Kaiser
von Hidenburg
Atlantic
Roy L. Preston
Alton I. Hadley
Max Beadle
Walter M. Coffer
J.W. Spear
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Texas Liquor Board studies private club rules in Austin
Highlights from the state capital report on the Texas Liquor Control Board reviewing private club regulations for sales of spirits. Acting Administrator Humphreys Jr. submits recommendations after study. previous rules banning cash sales and guest cards were struck down by a district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Liquor Control Board
O.N. Humphreys Jr
Humphreys
LCB
LCE
A.R. Cartlidge
Don Fishell
Coke Stevenson Jr
Two NVA soldiers surrender at Khe Sanh under Chieu Hoi program
In mid June at Khe Sanh Marine base two North Vietnamese soldiers surrendered under the Chieu Hoi Open Arms program. The first, a private first class, joined E Company 2nd Battalion Third Marines and reported his unit had little contact with American forces since May. The second, a private from another battalion, turned himself in to 1st Battalion Eleventh Marines after recounting artillery and air attacks and fear of sickness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
NVA
Saigon
Chieu Hoi
2Nd Battalion
Third Marines
Demilitarized Zone
Communist Party
South Vietnam
Laos
Hoi Chanh
Cpl
Mitch Michaud
Fort Kent
Maine
Michaud
North Vietnamese Army
Dong Ha
Turnrow Tunkel Opinions on Tennis Politics and Prices
A reader letter discusses tennis as a growing sport with electric carts, Johnson era criticism by Eastern intellectuals, Warren’s Supreme Court stance on Abe Forias, a Las Vegas divorce package offer for $1000, speeding ambulances versus safety in Congress, Du Pont silk-like fabric priced at $8 a pound, and a jab at household fashion spending.
Publisher's Notebook: Hondo Crouch's Washington Pranks
The Hill Country rancher and columnist Hondo Crouch, famed for mischief, travels with Ace Reid and Carroll Abbot to Washington D.C. to explain Texas culture. A rattlesnake joke aboard a plane sparks fear, alarms, and a security hubbub before calm returns to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hondo
Center Point
Ace Reid
Carroll Abbot
Austin
Coufort
Kerrville
Ace
Washington D.C
Texas
Ghengis Khan
Washington
History's Scrapbook: August milestones and key events
Highlights include the first street mail boxes in Boston in 1858 and Gertrude Ederle swimming the English Channel in 1926. Other entries note Germany declaring war in 1914, Calvin Coolidge becoming president in 1922, and the Purple Heart's creation in 1782.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Boston
Hindenburg
Hitler
Germany
Calvin Collidge
Harding
England
France
Wilson
Neural
Truman
Puerto Rico
Gertrude Ederle
Order of the Purple Heart
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Russia
Japan
Lafayette Farewell Manuscript at HemisFair 68 Display
The Lafayette farewell address in writing is shown at the Institute of Texan Cultures during HemisFair 1968 in San Antonio. Gov. Connally arranged the loan from Count Rene and Josee de Chambrun, marking the first time Lafayette possessions left the castle. The Chambruns also permitted photocopies to be made for the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate Highway Department
Highway Department
Interstate Highway 10
Orange
HemisFair
San Antonio
Travel and Information Division
Texas
Crawford Martin
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas Tidelands
State Supreme Court
Houston
Mission Savings and Loan Association
National Suret Corporation
Friendswood Independent
Galveston County
Hansford County
Third Court of Civil Appeals
State Board of Education
Temple
State Air Control Board
Martin
Dallas County Hospital District
Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
Bevington A. Reed
Jack K. Williams
Connally
Ben Barnes
Aps
Texas House of Representatives
Sesemmincanetions
Hemis Faiy
Tex
Lafayette
United States
Institute of
Texan Cultures
John Connally
Rene and
Josee de Chambrun
France
Count de Chambrun
Congress
Chambruns
Institute
Lafayett
Gov. Connally
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brownfield News
W. Hill
Scudday
Billie Norman
Terry, Yoakum
Gaines
Society and Circulation
Guardian Mining Ship Form
Fiz
Vietnam
Paris
Tunkel
Turnrow Tunkel
America
Johnson
Lyndon
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Abe Forias
New York
Las Vegas
du Pont
Hondo Crouch
University of Texas
Will Rogers
Washinton
Yesteryears
Neiman-Marcus
Beautiful Models
Chiquito
Pom Pom
Toto
Jeff
Albert Kerwich
Golden Garter
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