Little Rock Lesson: Renewal Model for Lubbock Growth
A Lubbock delegation returned from Little Rock highlighting a bold renewal program funded with federal dollars. The Arkansas city is leveraging area-wide rehabilitation to attract private investment and revive its core, with $30 million in public work and an anticipated $500 million in private capital.
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Claude Kirk’s Jacksonville appearance stuns crowd and rivals
The Florida governor drew cheers in Jacksonville on a night rivals like Rap Brown stirred the crowd against him. Kirk’s bold, humorous performance contrasted with the violence rhetoric nearby, signaling potential impact in Republican campaigns and national attention.
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Ancient Negev fragment yields 2500 year old troop orders
An American and an Israeli professor found inscriptions on a pottery fragment from the Negev Desert dating 2,500 years back. The orders to mobilize troops reflect Edomite foes, historically south of the Dead Sea, and echo a French proverb on recurring patterns across time.
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Riots Foretold and Political Responsibility Questioned
Washington notes say officials knew two years ahead of demonstrations that led to violence. References to Selma 1963 1965 Los Angeles riots 1965 and accusations of Communist links surface. Grand Jury Cleveland finds trained professionals organized riots. Citizens to decide in upcoming elections on party duty to maintain order.
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Cleveland Press
Housing Gets Runaround in Urban Renewal Policy
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report HUD allows local urban renewal authorities to approve large scale middle and upper income housing on cleared slum land despite a Congress order. HUD head Robert C. Weaver leads a push to counter the commercial renewal lobby of realtors and politicians.
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HUD Regulation Sparks Debate Over Urban Renewal Housing Mix
Fort Worth column notes Rep. Widnall pushed a simple amendment to increase low and moderate housing on cleared urban renewal acres, but HUD deleted the word increase. The piece contrasts urban renewal’s displacement trend with calls to expand affordable units, while recalling frontier surveying lore and a request for reader correspondence.
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New Jersey
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Princess Hermine death probe nets Ferdinand arrest in Berlin
In Berlin U S Army inquiry into Princess Hermine’s death and the $2,000,000 crown jewels disappearance leads to the arrest of Prince Ferdinand and the recovery of most of the missing treasure. In Corpus Christi Bee Mac Paint plant burns for the second time in two weeks as fires spread. A new forest fire is seen in Nacodoches County with 250 rangers battling in four East Texas counties amid storms and heat.
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Nacodoches
East Texas
Zip codes and Zip coeds in joke lines
Jests compare post office ZIP codes with university Zip coeds in quips from Knoxville News Sentinel and Danbury News Times. The items spotlight wordplay on ZIP as a municipal code and a playful nickname for coeds, reflecting light humorous commentary.
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Hugh Allen
Knoxville News Sentinel
Oil Tax and 'Little Guy' Against Oil Riches
Washington columnist Andrew Tully critiques President Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge and calls for taxing oil and gas firms. He cites tax trends showing oil companies pay far less tax than individuals, argues for a $10 billion revenue gain, and condemns oil lobby influence in Congress.
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Dear Turnrow Tunker Turns on Movies and Money
O C McBride comments on a film magazine shortage of leading men for Weems and mocks cigarette ad work jokes about high interest rates under the Democratic Party. He notes weather forecasters now cite precipitation odds and compares them to horse race tip sheets.
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