City and SWPSC discuss joint plans to improve local service
Officials from Southwestern Public Service Co and the Lubbock City Commission met calmly to review mutual problems and the potential for Plan 4. They eyed joint pole use to reduce clutter and duplication, though final decisions rest with voters and may hinge on future engineering studies.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Lubbock
Kansas City
SWPSC
Southwestern Public Service
Standstill in federal fallout shelter program amid public doubt
The article notes the Kennedy administration faces limited progress as shelters remain few and interest wanes. Public confusion over feasibility and costs, skepticism about a nuclear war and protection, and funding doubts from authorities hinder the drive. Washington’s case is seen as muddled and unlikely to swiftly resolve.
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Kennedy
Washington
New Dog Names Spark Talk in Illinois Town
In an Illinois town dog owners give pets striking names like Snort Patch Shadow and Cuddles while census takers fail to find ordinary names. The piece ponders if this signals a trend and notes a dog name could become a status symbol.
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Illinois
Rover
Shep
Starts The Leg On The South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Morning Edition outlines its publication details and rates for various editions and delivery options. The issue notes affiliations with AP and UP, lists staff and address, and includes the pledge of allegiance as carried in Page 8, Sec. B, Lubbock Texas, Aug. 22, 1962.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journel
Ls Avalanche-Journel Publishing Company, Inc
Imite
Sth Bt
Ave J. Lubbock
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Parker F. Prausy
United States of America
Slugal Memoir Echoes a Life in Duty and Disillusion
A terse, potholed reminiscence voices fatigue from a lifetime of labor. The speaker denounces glamour and laments lost purpose, urging realism over idealized heroism as he contemplates enduring hardship.
On the Line and Up in the Air About Apollo Ambitions
Bob Considine argues NASA should tell the public that even if the Soviet Union reaches the moon first the U S must still tackle the long costly task of figuring out how to get there. He cites historical inventors and notes the need for national will and funding, including labor support, to reach space goals.
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Bob Considine
York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Europe
Columbus
New World
Ferdinand and Isabella
Spain
Surreal Last Summer at Marienbad Spoofs and Schemes
A light humorous column riffs on Last Summer at Marienbad with party theories about the film. Guests trade absurd deductions from slippers to chiropractors while Brink’s robbery parallels emerge, including Okeefe and Pino, and jurist quips about the plot.
Tizzy A Reason To Be Happy
An article recounts a Mayo Clinic three day checkup where an elderly man loudly proclaimed he was the happiest man in the world after receiving a clean bill of health. The moment is framed as a human moment that shifts perspective on joy.
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Mayo Clinic
Duncan Kids Face Rough-House Challenge This Afternoon
Kate Osann teases a playful encounter as the Duncan children prepare for an energetic bout this afternoon and an evening of lively family fun.
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Duncan
Crime Wave In Washington Grows As Capital Fears
Washington residents fear a rising crime wave as murder rape muggings and purse snatchings continue in broad daylight. Officials blame lenient courts and the Mallory ruling while senators and representatives urge action to restore safety around the Capitol and nearby neighborhoods.
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Pyashington
Washington
Kennedy
Albany
House
Senate
District of Columbia Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Capitol Guard
Thurmond
Capitol Building
Capitol Steps
Capitol Hill
New York
Central Park
Congressional Secretaries’ Club
Congressional
Supreme Court
Mallory
Murray
Congress
Saharas
Fort Worth Attorney to Speak at Tech Commencement
Mark McGee will deliver the commencement address as 160 students receive degrees at 8 p.m. on the lawn south of the Administration Building at Texas Tech. Paul Redding, class president, presents the class gift of defense bonds for bronze markers to be placed in front of major campus buildings after the war.
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Mark McGee
Fort Worth
College Board of Directors
Texas Tech
Paul Redding
Redding
Prayer ruling a arguments The Age Of Secularism
Opinion piece by George E Sokols ky examining Justice Douglas and the secularism issue in school prayer. Analyzes concerns about government financing religious exercises and contrasts court opening prayers with school practice. Mentions tax support and cross religious viewpoints, with historical references and comments on constitutional scope. Also notes a planetary atlas project by Lowell Observatory and National Geographic Society.
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Justice Douglas
Fellman
Douglas
New York State
Congress
Senate
House
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By Inez Robb
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Waiting For Godot
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Nickelodeon
Brink
Specs O'Keefe
Tony Pino
Tony
FBI
Post Office Department
Massachusetts Correctional Institution
Walpole
Okeefe
Trigger Burke
Brinksmen
Brink's
Joe McGinnis
Brink’s
General Electric
Ester Williams
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Ray Tucker
Tucker
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Mendel Rivers
Georgia
George E. Sokolsky
Warren
God Save the
United States
Washington, D. C
Justice Rutledge
Everson
Justice Stewart
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
National Geographic Society
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Saturn
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France
Black Widows Cap
By Galbraith
Ralph
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