Start the Day On The South Plains Morning Edition
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Morning Edition Independent Democratic paper issued on weekdays with Sunday consolidation. Published by Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company Inc from Stn Stand Ave Lubbock Texas. Advertising reps listed with Texas Daily Press League Dallas. AP and UP wire service member notes Parker Fl Prouty President Chas Al Guy Editor and Publisher.
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City workers strike stirs tensions over sanitation unions
A walkout by sanitation and street department workers highlights friction with the city over pay and hours. Union organizers argue for better conditions while the city notes past raises and planned staffing, though legal limits complicate bargaining.
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Laborers’ International Union of North America
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LIU
Jose Vasquez
Laredo
Vasquez
Lubbock ISD tackles desegregation sans litigation push
Trustees meeting signals aim to preserve federal funding while advancing desegregation. HEW plan support includes increased faculty desegregation, pupil transportation to non predominant Negro schools, and Title TV civil rights assistance. Court guidance urges feasible, non disruptive progress.
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Mississippi
Georgia
Texas
Political Debate Seen Prompting North Vietnam Concession
Analysis argues US political debate risks signaling to Hanoi a potential South Vietnamese surrender after the election. McCarthy and Humphrey proposals are cited as pressuring Saigon to accept a coalition with the NLF, prompting US withdrawal and a Communist takeover if terms are not honored. The piece notes warnings from Sen. Edmunds Alaska Maine and concerns over tactics in foreign policy. Mr Johnson’s March 31 decision adds to the context of stalled negotiations.
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Nixon In New York Dilemma Threatens Party Balance
New York Conservative party seeks to run the Nixon Agnew ticket as its own presidential slate, risking Nixon's NY carry and challenging Sen. Jacob Javits in a close re election. Conservative leaders met at Miami Beach to win Nixon's ballot approval, with talks continuing this week.
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New York
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Miami Beach
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Ramsey Clark and the law and order campaign in 1968
Andrew Tully argues that Ramsey Clark hinders the Democratic stance on crime in the 1968 race. He says Clark’s warnings about repressiveness and calls to arrest criminals influence Nixon’s law and order strategy, while noting race and electoral complexities involving the Conservative Party and New York’s electors.
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Rusk Says U S Seeks Viet Nam Bombing Answer
Secretary of State Dean Rusk states the United States expects North Vietnam to respond before any further curtailment of bombing, signaling a need for a clear reply to the question of what would happen if bombing stopped.
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Alliance of Nations
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Noone
Dean Rusk
Truman defers draft for married men and many others
From the 1948 clip: President Truman defers married men farmers dependents and many others from the 21 month peacetime draft. Hale Center records Jamie Gage 14 earns Eagle Scout rank. West Texas Old Settlers reunion slated with square dancing fiddlers and a rodeo. Adele Till transfers to Lubbock as Extension agent with Texas A&M and Texas Tech offices.
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Hale Cointier
Jamie Gage
Bellow Gage
Hale Center
Ralls
West Texas
Wate Adele Till
Extension Service
A&m College of Texas
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Fear and turmoil mark Chicago during the Democratic Convention
A writer portrays Fortress Chicago as a battleground of political power and social tension. He argues the party system lacks cohesion, laments Supreme Court power, and warns that freedom without responsibility risks anarchy while urging courage, law, and order ahead of the convention.
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Chicago
Smoking Proposals Face FTC and USPHS Clash
The Federal Trade Commission and the U S Public Health Service press Congress to ban cigarette ads and require stronger health warnings. Critics say evidence is inconclusive and partial measures may fail in court, questioning the agencies motives and effectiveness.
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Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Public Health Service
FTC
USPHS
Congress
Trade Commission
Public Health Service
Asheville
N.C
Citizen
Hoover blamed for country’s financial mess
In Bristol Virginian newspaper talk, the Herald Courier argues that Herbert Hoover caused the nation’s economic troubles by giving his salary to the government and claims the rest of the public has been pressured to follow suit ever since.
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Herbert Hoover
Bristol
Herald Courier
Shoppers See Wholesale Meat Deals At Stamford IGA
A Connecticut supermarket tests profit sharing by flashing savings on meat. Bongiorno's IGA in Stamford displays signs about off peak flash frozen bargains with 20 cent per pound savings on choice steaks and notices of other unadvertised specials.
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Connecticut
Bongiorno
IGA
Stamford
Conn
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