West Texas Water Water Diversion Plans Attract Attention
West Texas faces critical water needs as engineers and politicians push grand schemes. R. W. Beck and Associates propose a 940 mile canal to Nebraska and gravity flow to near Amarillo with a 3.5 billion price tag. Texas Tech seminar discusses Canada to Texas water imports and officials study groundwater recharge with federal agencies.
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West Texas
R. W. Beck and Associates
Denver
Orlando
Omaha
Missouri
Great Plains
New Mexico
mid-West Electric Consumers Association
Nebraska
Amarillo
Texas Tech
E. Roy Tinney
Washington State Water Resources Institute
Canada
Texas
Southwest
John Tower
Garrison criticized for overreach in JFK plot claims
The district attorney of New Orleans pushes conspiracy theories about President Kennedy’s assassination but is criticized for accusing President Johnson and officials of concealing evidence. Critics say the notion of a broad governmental plot is far-fetched and counterproductive to his case.
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Jim Garrison
New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Garrison
President Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Public opinion on seat belts noted in national safety check
A national safety committee report finds 63 percent of over 1,000,000 cars have seat belts. While many drivers say they always use them on long trips, only 38 percent do so in local travel, though most accidents happen within 25 miles of home. The editor admits his own bias.
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P.S
Phony Leaders Fuel Olympic Boycott Talk
The piece attacks Neuro athletes backing a boycott led by Martin King Floyd McKissick and Harry Edwards. It argues their demands include reinstating Cassius Clay, claims the move misuses amateur status and Selective Service defiance, and urges Negro athletes not to follow these leaders.
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Martin King
Floyd McKissick
King
McKissick
Harry Edwards
San Jose State College
Olympic Commission
Cassius Clay
Clay
Management Should Have Equal Rights In Political Campaigns
The piece questions AFL-CIO ties to the Democratic Party and whether the Federal Corrupt Practices Act should be enforced or amended. It argues for equal rights of corporations to form political education committees and mobilize employees, paralleling labor unions, to influence voters across urban and suburban communities.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Democratic Party
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Campaig
Cope” Thes
Committee On
Executive Council
Miami
Johnson
George Meany
Fie Sun Aerniares
Labor Federation
Ady
Congress
Humphrey moves toward Viet Nam peace talks with NLF openness
The piece notes Vice President Humphrey's proposal allowing non Communist NLF members in a future South Vietnamese government as a practical move to start negotiations. It argues Hanoi must accept face saving while acknowledging the U.S. is pursuing a settlement and possible coalition elements.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
United States
National Liberation Front
Humphrey
NLF
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
United Nations
Henry Taylor critiques Manchester death book sales flop
Henry J. Taylor argues William Manchester's The Death of a President failed to meet sales forecasts. He notes limited hardcover returns, bargain sales, and compares with Spock and Gone with the Wind. He accuses the Kennedy-led project of tainting history and calls the work a publicity stunt rather than true history.
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William Manchester
Harper & Row
Manchester
Norman F. Dacey
Truman Capote
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Twiggy says minikimonos unlikely in Western markets
In a guest editorial, Twiggy argues minikimonos would not sell in the West as eastern tastes resist western fashion trends. She notes the sari also endures amid hemline shifts, reflecting a clash of global fashion and values.
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Twiggy
Britain
Japan
Milwaukee Journal
No Man Owns the Presidency Says Fadeley
Oregon state Democratic chairman Ed Fadeley declares that no individual can own the presidency and that true dominance must be earned in the political arena.
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Ed Fadeley
Oregon
Democratic
McBride letter questions politics and licenses
In a humorous Turnrow Tunker segment McBride riffs on $1000-a-couple political fundraisers and a potential White House event with Lady Bird Johnson. He quips about government deception and cites California auto statistics while noting misprints in the syndicated Tararaw Tunner feature.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Ani Ind
West Texas Water News
Plentiful
David Lawrence
House of Representatives
Traffic Council
Jerry Henderson
Bob Jones
Seagraves
Andrew Tully
Dallas
South Sea Islands
Moon
Venus
Mars
Joe
West
Honolulu
Avenue Q
Lubbock
Grace Baptist
Hampton
S.C
U. S
Henry J. Taylor
Benjamin Spock
Margaret Mitchell
Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Robert F. Kennedys
Look
Hemingway
Teaas
John Connally
Life Magazine
McBride
Turnrow Tunker
Lady Bird
Lyndon
Arthur Sylvester
Defense Department
Defense
California
Los Angeles
D. C
Mews
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