Editorial Support Our Town Townwide duty to attend events
Brownfield residents are urged to back community programs and school activities. The piece notes most audiences are internal, with parents and organizers attending their own events. It lists upcoming events like the Farm Tour the Sidewalk Sale Harvest Festival and the Cubs football opener and calls for broad public support.
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Cubs
Guest Editorial: The Drug Kick and Youth Drug Use
The piece argues rising youth drug experimentation with marijuana LSD and heroin. It cites federal seizure records as indicating a historic surge in illicit drugs entering the U.S. and warns of dangerous after effects and the hook of stronger drugs. It urges public education to counter ignorance and stresses the permanent losses from drug use.
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Price Question Hovers Over Czechoslovakia Pact
The world weighs the terms of an agreement between Czechoslovakia’s liberal leaders and the Kremlin amid fears of concessions to end Soviet troop presence. Critics warn Dubcek may have traded peoples’ freedoms for withdrawal promises, while others defend the deal as pragmatic.
France’s Hydrogen Bombs and Global Alarm
The piece notes France’s detonation as a milestone alongside the United States Russia England and China. It argues the real danger lies in wide possession of hydrogen weapons and urges all nuclear powers to vow not to use them in war and to pursue a worldwide disarmament agreement.
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Chicago Convention Reflections Herald a Tough Republican Path
Raymond Moley argues Chicago’s scene was more portent than prophecy for Republicans. He notes strong Democratic machinery and federal support backing Humphrey Muskie, while Wallace taps similar anti establishment money appeals. The piece urges Republicans to ignore polls and prepare for a hard fight ahead.
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Dear Turnrow Tunker Dear Turnrow Tunker
A satirical note from O C McBride jokes about a new presidential limousine with three TV sets and political ironies. It contrasts private Cuban bars with field work, comments on the Democratic platform length, Coach Bear Bryant votes, and inflation of a plastic air chair while touching Vietnam and policing concerns.
Congress Feuds Over 1970 Census Probe Questions
Several congressmen oppose the 1970 census plan which would ask 120 intrusive questions about income property marital education and military history. Ohio Republican James Betts proposes penalties for officials seeking such data, arguing it infringes on citizens rights. Cigarette sales fell for the second year in a row in fiscal 1968 despite population growth, with health warnings and possible TV bans on ads cited as factors behind the decline.
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U.S
William Stewart
England
Johnson detente aims fail as Moscow invades Czechoslovakia
The piece argues Washington offered little resistance as Moscow invaded Czechoslovakia, revealing LBJ era limits on U S policy toward the Soviet Union. It notes Brezhnev Kosygin and Dubcek's roles, and discusses Nixon Wallace and Humphrey Muskie political odds. It also reports SEC charges against Merrill Lynch for insider trading tied to Douglas Aircraft in 1966.
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Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
Lost art of door to door campaigning hinted in sign language ask
The article recalls Tom McCann, former Fort Worth mayor, who in the late 1950s ran for Fort Worth City Council by engaging voters in person. He entered a cafeteria and used deliberate sign language to ask a table of men to vote for him, illustrating a tactile campaign approach.
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Tom McCann
Fort Worth
Czechoslovakia under Soviet occupation faces grim future
The author argues the Prague invasion marks a turn to total control by the Kremlin. He questions whether Dubcek and Svoboda can resist or be puppet leaders, while noting new censorship and the collapse of liberal hopes. The piece cites military and political aims guiding Moscow and warns of harsher regimes across Eastern Europe.
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Mansfield predicts long session into Christmas for 99th Congress
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana says the new Congress may stay in session through Christmas as little legislation remains and debate over the President's Supreme Court nominations is expected to be lengthy.
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Texans In Washington Push Texas Airports Toward Joint Facility
In Washington the Dallas and Fort Worth airport dispute eases as CAB official Ross I Newman reports cooperative talks aiming to unite the two cities under a single regional airport. A 20 000 acre joint air center for North and Northeast Texas is planned with design and ground breaking set this fall. The pair seek to become the Southwest’s major aviation hub and keep pace with Houston’s supersonic airport.
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