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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1967
Page
3
Two study groups urge draft changes with a lottery style for selection. One led by General Mark Clark wants college deferments kept. the other, the President's Commission, opposes them. Both favor younger inclusion and possibly noncombat roles for women as part of a broader national service plan.
A proposal favors a new world calendar with each quarter containing a 31 day month and two 30 day months. Quarters begin on Sundays and end on Saturdays, ensuring equal length and consistent holidays. It suggests holidays fall on Saturdays or Mondays to create long weekends, but churches oppose adoption pending date reforms.
A Weed from Austin reports the Senate passed an open sessions bill prohibiting most government bodies from closing regular, special, or called meetings to the public with limited exceptions for personnel actions or public hearings on employee complaints.
State Senator J P Word notes passage of an open records bill and expresses support for public access. Committee on Legislative Judicial and Congressional Re districting holds meetings as he prepares a final report. A bill to bar TV blackouts of sold out football games advances. Astronaut James Lovell visits the Capitol May 3, presenting Texas with a Gemini 7 flight flag and sharing space program remarks.
A devotional excerpt highlights John 3 16 affirming God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that believers may have eternal life. The message emphasizes faith in Jesus as the path to salvation.
Standefer Chevrolet employees held a May 1947 picnic at Clifton city park with many families present. A. E. Chapman and Pete Purvis announced the opening of Coin-O-Matic in Clifton offering phonograph records and coin machines for rent, plus a repair shop in the former Kilroy building. Clifton Public School seniors enjoyed a Garden Party hosted by Delta Kappa Gamma. In Crawfills Gap, Clyde and Homer Bronstad sold their store to Clarence H. Johnson of Northfield, Minnesota, who also bought the Bronstad home and moved in with his wife and daughter Enid.
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