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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1965
Page
4
The Republican House leader Gerald Ford struggles to frame a Vietnam policy for 1966. He clashes with Johnson Eisenhower and Nixon aides while public reaction favors the President. Analysts question whether Vietnam debate helps Republicans. the home front shows sympathy for Johnson. A satirical scientist note closes the piece.
Samuel F. Pryor, 67, Pan American Airways VP, will retire next month to serve as a part time consultant and take advisory posts with the State Department and other agencies. He is famed for wartime airfield development and global travels, and aims to apply his skills to the Viet Nam crisis. His Maui ranch and doll collection highlight a life devoted to exploration and public service.
Kenneth Dixon reflects on a simple bar of soap highlighting global inequality. He recalls scenes from Algiers Naples Sardinia Corsica Germany and the Philippines where soap drives trade and survival, contrasting a U S grocery store scene with hardship abroad. The essay ends by pondering the soap's cost.
Washington reports reveal White House and Democratic senators clash with Republicans over an amendment to the poverty act. The Murphy proposed ban on partisan activity by local poverty workers advances in Senate but faces White House opposition and private pressure from two Democratic senators. The piece also notes U.S. film diplomacy, USIA showings, and debates over export rules for wheat shipments under 50 percent in U.S. vessels.
Andrew Tully notes Arthur Goldberg's maiden speech at the United Nations signals a compromise with a UN majority over dues and Article 19. The piece argues the U S stance could make the UN illegitimate and warns of broader consequences for global rule of law and peace.
In a wartime bulletin Stalin proclaimed complete victory over Japan with the Red Army occupying Manchuria the Paramushiro naval base in the Kuriles and the remaining of southern Sakhalin Island. Cleveland Indians beat Detroit 2 to 1 behind Roberts Feller in his first league start since Navy service. Herbert Hilburn spoke to Kiwanis on Southwestern Industrial development and Interstate Commerce Commission freight-rate reforms. Essair air service to Lubbock announced starting Saturday with first passenger flight arriving 6:49 p.m. Saturday and departure to Amarillo 1 minute later.
The piece riffs on public figures and policy with satirical quips. It touches President Johnson, a magazine headline about spending Appalachia, a Texas Marine, and moonlight morale, plus concerns about welfare and overpopulation. It closes with a whimsical note on the national flower as a sign of Great Society hopes.
Henry J. Taylor travels Bratislava to the East Wall of Czechoslovakia describing a land of electrified fences and police presence. He portrays a populace longing for life, faith, and privacy, while noting fear, quiet resistance, and the daunting grip of the regime on everyday choices.
Guest editorial argues VOA should expose both U S policies and criticisms, counter Communist propaganda, and avoid becoming a propaganda mill. It urges presenting U S and world events clearly to keep listeners informed and allow responses to external criticisms.
The Dallas Morning News quotes Senator Leverett Saltonstall noting that 1924 City of Boston aviators were required to be bachelors, a contrast to today’s married astronauts. He humorously adds that stranded bachelors might face loneliness if marooned in space, and asks about women on the moon or other planets.
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