Labor Plans to Defeat Nixon and Back Yarborough in 1972
AFL-CIO leaders in Texas adopt goals for 1972 including opposing Nixon and backing Ralph Yarborough for any office. They discuss endorsements, governor and lieutenant governor races, COPE voting rules, and a six million vote registration target.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Nixon
Ralph Yarborough
Afl-Cio
Roy K Evans
COPE
Evans
Yarborough
Gow
Ben Barnes
Dolph
Briscoe
Uvalde
Senate
House
Saving Old Books Drive Protects Patmos Library Treasures
An international effort tackles 16 000 books and 13 000 documents from St John the Evangelist monastery on Patmos. The project catalogs, microfilms and studies items dating from the 6th to 19th centuries, with U S Sixth Fleet air conditioning the library to curb damp damage. The initiative stems from Mrs. Lloyd H. Smith of Houston who fundraises to save the collection.
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Patmos
Greece
St. John the Evangelist
Aegean Sea
St. John
Institute For Antiquity and Christianity of the Claremont
Calif
Lloyd H. Smith
Houston
Texas
Christmas Seal Drive Shifts to Centralized Mail Returns
Gregg County residents will send Christmas Seals contributions to Austin this year after centralization and computerization cut administration costs. John Osteen of the Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association notes credits stay with the contributor’s county, improving funds for disease control and air pollution efforts. A North Texas State professor predicts a severe national downturn after the 1972 elections with stock market collapse and rising unemployment.
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Gregg County
John Osteen
North East Texas
Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Austin
Denton, Tex
North Texas State University
America
George Christy
North Texan
The Vulgar Commercials and a Candid Riff
A critic from S.T.I.N.K.S. criticizes television ads for extreme silliness and offense. Examples include a hand lotion ad showing a dry leaf and a margarine commercial where a woman accuses margarine of fooling Mother Nature.
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S.T.I.N.K.S
Mother Nature
Margarine
Hodgepodge Reflections and Household Chores
A personal column by Fredalene Clark blends daily tasks with humorous musings. The writer recalls scrambling for a recipe, preparing for a Women of the Church meeting, and noticing small domestic chores while critiquing late 20th century advertising and social behavior.
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Alabama
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Nixon Afl-Cio
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John Tower
Harold (Barefoot) Sanders
Dallas
Texas Education Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Selective Service
Melvin N. Glantz
Glantz
RSN
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House of Representatives
Smith
Window Rock
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
London
Britain
Home Office
Swepco Electric
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Motor Inn
Southwest
Buffalo Speedway
American Express Space Bank
Fredalene Clark
Yovene Mizell
Baginton
England
Frankfort
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White
Oax Texan
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