Sawdust Diet Signals End of Metal Linked Money
Special correspondent Philip W. Mc Kinsey notes the Administration aims to sever the last ties between money and gold and silver. By mid-1968 the currency may be linked to neither metal as paper money loses its attachment to hard value. The piece uses a sawdust metaphor to warn that the nation risks a purely fiat currency with diminishing redeemability.
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Philip W. McKinsey
The
Christian Science Monitor
Washington
United States
Policy shift urged for new national labor rules
M. A. Wright of Humble Oil calls for congressional hearings to craft a modern labor policy. He argues for sharper individual rights for workers and employers, revisiting collective bargaining and updating labor laws to fit today’s economy and public interests. He warns against antiunion overreach and urges realism to curb abuses of the past.
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Congress
M. A. Wright
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Area Happenings Across Johnson County Towns
The Johnson County News reports the new Alvarado post office contract awarded for a site at the northwest corner of U S Highway 67 and Sparks Street with completion expected around early 1968. Round-Up Days in Glen Rose on July 14 will feature parades junior rodeo baseball art show fiddlers gospel tours of Dinosaur Valley and daily museum hours. Wayne Preston named head basketball coach at Comanche High School with duties in football and track. The Hico News Review notes planning for the annual reunion July 26 27 28 29. Gatesville Eighty more boys moved into Sycamore School unit bringing total housed to 120 of 240 capacity. Superintendent Kindrick cites ongoing population decline but confirms 1630 students at the school with the new unit easing capacity to 1803.
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Johnson County News
Olin E. Teague
Alvarado
U.S. Highway 67
Sparks Street
Dan McCarty
Glen Rose - Somervell County
Wayne Preston
Abernathy
Comanche High School
Gatesville Messenger
Sycamore School
Gatesville State Schools
GSSB
M. B. Kindrick
Sycamore
Kindrick
Clifton Lions Elect New President in 1947 Meeting
L. E. Tennison became Clifton Lions Club president succeeding retiring head Robert Baldridge Jr. while George E. Jackson attended as the club’s first “high chair.” Miss Mae J. Reesing wed Mr. Charles Buell of Stewart Nevada after serving in Indian Reservation education as a WAC. Willard Brite and The Clifton Record editor attended the Texas Press Association sessions in Amarillo.
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L. E. Tennison
Clifton Lions
Robert Baldridge Jr
Liew
George E. Jackson
Clifton
Mae J. Reesing
Charles Buell
Stewart
Nevada
Miss Reesing
WAC
Willard Brite
Valley Mills Tribune
Clifton Record
Texas Press Association
Amarillo
Mystery of Bosque County place names sought for Texas list
Bosque County residents are invited to contribute information on the origins of about 200 map names for a forthcoming dictionary of Texas place names. Dr. Fred Tarpley of East Texas State University asks locals to help explain why communities creeks and sites received their names before the manuscript is finished.
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Bosque County
Texas
Bosque
East Texas State University Press
Fred Tarpley
Austin Branch
Bee Creek
Boggy
Sey Cemetery
Boulde Creek
Bosque River
Calvary
Cedar Shores Estates
Cedron Creek
Clanton Branch
Coon Creek
Cottonwood Creek
Cyrus
Duffer Creek
Dyes Branch
Eisenhower Branch
Elm Creek
Fairview
Fairview Cemetery
Flag Creek
Flag Pond
Gibson Branch
Grass Creek
Toms Branch
Willow Creek
Willow Springs
Womack Hall
Tarpley
Department of English
East Texas State University
Commerce
Points System Raises Auto Insurance Costs In Texas
Auto insurers will raise rates for drivers with points starting August 1 under a new plan. One point adds 15 percent, two points 35 percent, three points 60 percent, four points 9 percent. Points counted only for incidents after August 1, 1966, with three-year carryoffs.
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State Board of Insurance
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Bart L. Ivey
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Sam D. Logan, Jr
Ruth Reierson
Coryell
Hamilton
Nutrena
Purina
Erickson Feed Mill
Vernon
Pat) Erickson
N. Ave
Armstrong
Best Values
Emaliong
Austin Ave
Waco
Mars
Farmers State Bank
West Fifth Street
Glen Rose
Hamilton Herald-News
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Hico News Review
Hho
Christ
N. Highway 6
Vern Sanford
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Texas Employment Commission
John White
South
West
Tinue
GOP
Peter O'Donnell Jr
Hilary Sandoval Jr
el Paso
Public Party of Texas
US Defense Department
Thomas M. Keel
Legislative Budget Board
R. Q. Allen Cabinet Shop
S. Ave
National Building Centers
Selmer Erickson American Legion
Oliver Reesing
Jenson & Par's Insurance Agency
Ave
Harmons Cafe
W. 5Th St
Yuit
Che Copper Shop
Antigiurs
Taylor
Bosque Equipment Company
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