Mexican Schools See Explosive Political Activism on Campus
UPI reports that thousands of Mexican students in Mexico City engaged in riots during two demonstrations in July protesting police brutality and commemorating Fidel Castro. The piece describes widespread political alignment across universities, with multiple student federations receiving PRI funding and various ideologically diverse groups active on campuses.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
No Man’s Land
Fidel Castro
Menico
Benito Juarez
National Confederation of Democratic Students
CNED
Mexican Communist Party
Miguel Hernandes
University Movement of Renewed Orientation
MURO
National School of Economics
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Boliva
Guevara
Dominican Republica
Mice Study Links Violence Observation to Arousal
University of Tennessee researchers Annemarie and Bruce Welch found that mice watching others fight showed arousal behavior and elevated brain norepinephrine levels. The study, reported in the National Academy of Sciences proceedings, mirrors Leonard Berkowitz’s findings that viewing filmed violence primes aggression in people.
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Washington
UPT
Annemarie and
Bruce Welch
University of Tennessee
Welcches
Proceedings
National Academy of Sciences
Welches
Leonard Berkowitz
University of Wisconsin
Scientific American
Berkowitz
Delegates Back Shanker on Community Control Debate
Delegates voted 16 to 1 in favor of Shanker's amendment opposing strict racial boundary lines and protesting teacher dismissals under community control. He cited New York's Ocean Hill Brownsville as an example where many teachers were fired or on strike. Roy Stell and William Simons defended or supported cautious progress in decentralized schools while condemning Agnew's civil rights stance.
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Wention Hall
Yar
Shanker
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
New York
Roy Stell
Chicago Teachers, Union Local No. 1
William Simons
AFT
Washington
Simons
Spiro T. Agnew
Methodist candy stripers honored at hospital ceremony
A pinning ceremony at the Methodist Hospital residence hall honored candy stripers and junior volunteers for 50 and 56 hours of service. Special recognition went to Poug Vaughan and Rita Ainsworth for the most hours in their categories, with several volunteers surpassing 100 hours over two years.
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Methodist Hospital
Doug Vaughan
Gay Trammel
Roger Gillespie
Doni Schaer
Linn Harris
Cathy Froemen
Donna Reed
Carol Spratt
Bobby Stalnaker
Kathy Stutzman
Rita Ainsworth
Delores Salazar
Cynthia Foster
Debra Bolka
Melva McDonald
ROTC Students Rally To Donate Blood At Amarillo Base
One hundred twenty nine ROTC cadets from Amarillo Air Force Base volunteered to donate blood at Coffey Memorial Blood Center. They will receive seven dollars per pint, but all proceeds will go to the Amarillo United Good Neighbors Fund after the donations. Col. Ted Meserow praised the cadets for organizing the fundraiser themselves.
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Amarillo
UPI
Coffey Memorial Blood Center
Amarillo Air Force Base
Blood Center
Amarillo United Good Neighbors Fund
Ted Meserow
ROTC
West seeks control of State Savings and Loan in Lubbock
State Savings and Loan Association faces a potential change in ownership with West leading the purchase effort. A bank letter of credit funds the buyout of all outstanding shares, with Continental Bank and Trust Co. of Houston and Security National Bank of Lubbock involved in escrow. Directors Murphey Lowe Granberry and McCleskey signed the agreement alongside West.
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West
Harold Harriger
Nelson, McCleskey and Harriger
George W. MccCleskey
Savings and Loan Organization
Tom O. Murphey
Brady Lowe
Granberry
Continental Bank and Trust Co
Houston
Security National Bank of
State Savings and Loan
Lubbock
Ransom Canyon
Southwest Lubbock Fiesta Auto Center
Loop 289
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist University Law School
Dallas
10Th St
State Savings and Loan Association
U.S
Federal Loan Bank
Broadway
Howard D. Smith
Lois Alexander
Frances Portwood
Lowe
Murphey
McCleskey
Smith
David Casey
John J. Christmann
Roy B. Davis
Roy K. Farr Jr
Preston Johnston
Marshall Pennington
State Savings & Loan Association of
New York Professor Notes Long Title of Las Casas Work
Pace College Latin American affairs professor Dr. Jordan M. Young says the 16th century Las Casas book carries one of history’s longest titles. The work is titled A Very Brief Description of the Destruction sof the Indians Being a True Account of Cruel Massacres and Slau dsters of Twenty Milton People.
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New York
UPID
Padre Bartolome de Las Casas
Latin America
Jordan M. Young
Pace College
Southern Delegates Hold Key To Humprey Victory On First Ballot
AP poll shows South states with many favorite son delegates and large uncommitted blocs. Humprey leads with 849 pledged votes of 1,012 needed. McCarthy 475. McGovern 35. Maine and Iowa gains cited as Muskie and Hughes endorsements shift support.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Associated Press
Deep South
New Jersey
California
New York
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
Lester G. Maddox
Georgia
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
McCarthy
Harold F. Hughes
Iowa
Michigan
Cycle Car Crash Injures Lubbock Teen
A 19 year old bike rider, William Larry Mahaffey, is in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after a motorcycle and a car collided at 50th Street and Elgin Avenue in southwest Lubbock. The auto driver was Marjorie Ann Mathis, 39, of Guymon Oklahoma, who was turning left when the crash occurred. The motorcycle was a total loss.
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Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
William Larry Mahaffey
37Th St
Marjorie Ann Mathis
Guymon
Okla
50Th Street
Elgin Avenue
Birth age proof debates and social security help reach South Plains
Texas officials discuss proof of age methods for social security claims, noting births were not widely recorded before 1907 and many applicants rely on baptismal or foreign records. Local office handles Medicare, earnings corrections, and claims with 26,822 beneficiaries and $2,004,376 monthly benefits in the 12-county area, while field reps serve Bailey to Yoakum counties and Plainview hosts a 1965 branch. Oklahoma City has endured 26 tornadoes since 1892 per National Geographic.
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Hutton
Texas
Owe
Kansas City
Clyde W. James
Lubbock
Dallas
James
Bailey
Cochran
Cottle
Crosby
Dickens
Garza
Hockley
King
Lamb
Lynn
Terry
Yoakum
Plainview
South Plains
Johnson’s Summit Prospects Hinge on Scheduling Details
Congress comments place Johnson in a pause over arms talks as a Kosygin summit remains possible before he leaves office. Christian notes a Moscow meeting could occur, contingent on set dates, location, and participants for a high level U.S. Soviet discussion on missile limits.
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Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Christian
Kosygin
Moscow
Glassboro
N.J
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National Polytechnic Institute
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
National University
Polytechnic Institute
Federation of University Students
FEU
Federation of Technical Students
FET
Young Men's Association
Hero of the Fraternity
AJEF
Angela McDile
Charlene Guyton
Tbe
Angela
Methodist Candy Stripers
Vicki York
Debbie Mayes
Harold Rice
Methodist Hospital Auxiliary
Wella Herrace
America
Connecticut
Dean Rusk
Clare Clifford
State S&l
City Boy
Tris
Oklahoma City
National Geographic
Lia
Lorenzo
F.D.I.C
RCA
Appliance Discount Center
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