Row Over Liquor November Vote Rush Expected
Political observers note the Texas race between Lloyd Bentsen and George Bush amid a broader November ballot driven by the liquor by the drink amendment. Voter turnout is expected to surge with possible totals around 1.8 million as Texans weigh both the liquor issue and the Senate contest.
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Ralph Yarborough
Democratic Party
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Silber fired as UT Austin dean amid dissension and funding debate
The long running friction at the University of Texas at Austin ends with Dr. John Silber dismissed as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences amid charges and countercharges. The Ford Foundation grant influence is downplayed as the UT leadership faces scrutiny and the public weighs whether university officials are handling affairs properly.
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University of Texas Long
Castro urged to arrest skyjacker after Havana incident
The piece criticizes Fidel Castro for not handing over the hijacker from the 747 to U.S. authorities. It argues that harsher action would improve his image and curb skyjacking, urging Cuba to extradite criminals to their countries of origin.
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Young Texans Rickey Alexander and Tobi Probasco Elected Leaders
Rickey Alexander was reelected president and Tobi Probasco named vice president of the Texas Youth Conference in Austin. The pair are praised for statewide and national impact, and their peers selected them for their proven responsibility and community efforts.
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Tobi Probasco
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Texas Youth Conference
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Not So Close An Opinion On TV Miracle Claims
The speaker riffs on exaggerated product promises from detergents breakfast foods and mouthwash used in close-ups. They mock FDA oversight and urge reading about fictional items X-8 folderolderol and flimmerflammital as solutions for humanity.
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Federal Food & Drug Administration
Federal Agencies Urge More Aid for Black Colleges
A Federal Interagency Committee on Education report titled Federal Agencies and Black Colleges argues the 1969 higher education funding favored white institutions with 119.5 million to historically black colleges, calls for removing matching fund requirements and new legislation to aid black students and colleges, and notes ongoing access and policy gaps.
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Democrats’ Blunders Doom Campaign TV Law Timing
A string of Democratic missteps stalls action on a law to limit campaign television spending, wrecking chances it would apply to the 1970 elections. House delays and party hesitancy undermine the bill's timetable and political impact.
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Migrant housing and political games in Washington
A critique of migrant workers living in squalid housing and the slow federal response followed by a detailed account of House Democratic leadership battles over campaign finance reform. Mondale pushes for standards while Congress and the White House debate timing and strategy ahead of the 1970 elections.
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John Kennedy
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City panel clash over 34th Street zoning grows murky
In Lubbock on August 4, 1939 the city commission held a special meeting to discuss building zones on 34th Street. The session followed an announced Weston of the city planning commission and involved tangled official positions as officials shuffled plans.
Citizens urge funds for juvenile detention and bond issues
Angela R. Smith of Lubbock argues for increased Probation Department funding to support a planned Zi bed juvenile detention center and urges voters to consider bond questions August 8 while critiquing convention center priorities. She cites budget figures and calls for transparency on local projects.
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Avalanché Journal
Reader's Digest
Lubbock
Probation Department
Angela R. Smith
47Th St
Lubbock voter urges bond for city growth facilities
Jim Hamilton of 4001 48th St urges neighbors to support a city bond issue for population growth and convention facilities. He says taxes may rise but everyone should share the cost, and offers a free ride to the polls next Saturday via SW9-2641 or SW5-4580.
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Lubbock
Jim Hamilton
48Th St
L. M. Boyd: Pass It On Quickest Way For An Unmarried Man To Meet A Girl
A column fragment surveys dating tips from an upholstering class to social quirks and humorous anecdotes. It cites a FBI Most Wanted timer, sterilization stats, and light musings on marriage language, fame, and peculiar factoids. The notes end with a garbled Southern California address.
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Woman backs library bond proposal in Lubbock
Mrs. Clara Alexander of 1506 E 25th St, an employee at Lubbock State School for the Mentally Retarded, endorses the Aug. 8 bond election. She says taxes rise anyway but a downtown library would benefit downtown workers, residents east of Ave Q, and those who now must ride buses to reach the library.
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E. 25Th St
Lubbock State School
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