Editorial Women Arise in Brownfield Harvest Cleanup
A Brownfield group of women plans a quick uptown cleanup for the Harvest Festival. They target weedy lots vacant buildings and misleading signs around the square and will host a hospitality center in a vacant building. They invite local women to assist.
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Brownfield
City of
Dow Town
Dale’s Furniture
Earl Jones
J.T. Bowman
Lee Brownfield
Ntown
TV violence sparks debate and PX black market concerns
The article notes CBS and ABC move to curb on screen violence amid public criticism, while U.S. networks face calls for public interest policing. It also reports South Vietnam customs chief Duong Thieu Linh on PX goods diverted to the black market totaling about 120 million dollars, with graft acknowledged and measures promised.
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Duong Thieu Linh
Px’s
South Vietnam
Decisive center to decide the 1968 election
Raymond Moley argues polls mislead and the outcome hinges on a decisive center and the forgotten people. He cites Richard Scammon on a 75 million electorate, noting many will be white and middle class, with younger voters and women less influential than assumed. He previews analyzing voters’ economic status next.
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Eugene McCarthy
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Richard Scammon
America
Scammon
Pied Pipers Kennedy and
McCarthy
John Kennedy
Nixon
Lancelot
King Arthur
Willkie
Lincoln
Los Angeles Times
Enduring Anxiety as a Modern Spiritual Challenge
A short essay argues that anxiety is a universal trait rooted in imagination and amplified by modern life. It urges turning from self focus to faith, serving others, and trusting in God through Christ, citing Peter 5 7 and Matthew 6 25 as guidance.
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W. L Carrington
Sattelite
Christ
Peter
Matthew
It's Only Human It's Only Human
The wife of B. W. King Jr. son of the Texas Chamber of Commerce president grows absorbed in genealogy. She plans to read and search for ancestors, while King cautions against tracing too far back especially after finding a female ancestor married to a man named Bugg.
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B. W. King Jr
The
Texas Chamber of Commerce
King
Texans In Washington Texans Volunteer For Peace Corps
The Peace Corps and Vista have drawn 906 Texas volunteers to date ranking Texas 12th nationally in total volunteers and 41st per capita. California leads with 4 979 volunteers. Texan volunteers serve globally, with 481 finishing two years and many in Latin America Africa and Asia. Texas Tech Baylor UT and others contribute graduates. by August 1968, 1 389 Texans trained in six schools with 876 assigned abroad. Five Texas schools join a drive to build five new overseas schools, including Peru projects via the Texas Partners of the Alliance.
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Washington
Peace Corps
Vista
Texas
California
Vistas
America
Latin America
Africa
North Africa
Near East
South Asia
Asia-Pacific
University of Texas
University of California At Berkeley
Brazil
Afghanistan
India
Iran
Morocco
Turkey
Texas Tech
Texas Christian
Uruguay
Texas Western
Columbia
Tanzania
Southwest Texas
Costa Rica
Baylor
Dominican Republic
Texas Partners
Alliance
United States
Challapampa
Peru
The
Llicua
Stephen F. Austin High School
Nixon Campaign Tactics Draw Critics In Minnesota
In Minneapolis Richard Nixon appears powerful yet strategically polished with Ehrlichman running a lavish advance operation. The piece argues his meetings lack direct warmth and suggests George Wallace gains momentum while Humphrey struggles to close the gap. Nixon may become a minority president if Wallace continues to grow.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Richard Nixon
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Nixon Caravan
Washington, D.C
John Ehrlichman
Tor
Ehrlichman
Robert Kennedy
George Wallace
Humphrey
Thomas Dewey
Wallace
White House
Earth weight question from Abilene library call
A young caller at Abilene Library asked how much the earth weighs. After some searching, staff provided an answer and clarified the query by asking if the weight should include people.
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Abilene
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Larry Crabtree
Billie Norman
Terry, Yoakum
Gaines
U.S
CBS
ABC
Vietnam
South Vietnamese Customs
U.S. Military Post Exchange
South
Raymond Moley
MR Big
North Texas State
Southern Methodist
J. Farrar Brownfield
Clovis, N. Mex
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