Federal plan threatens campus placement control
A recent trend in employing college graduates triggers alarm as the United States Employment Service seeks to assume campus placement duties. Critics fear federal takeover of professional placement, counseling, and career guidance, arguing it centralizes manpower and narrows educational autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Nation's Business
Washington
U.S
Labor Department
Gambling and laws clash in Hawaii study parable
A University of Hawaii Bureau study for a legislative advisory panel finds Americans split between disapproval of gambling and high demand for gambling opportunities. It notes a broad US gambling boom with annual estimates ranging from 7 to 50 billion dollars, and questions whether legalization would curb illicit gambling rather than spread graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Hawaii Research Organization
Bureau of Business Research
University
Hawaii
Bureau
U.S
Justice Department
Las Vegas
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal December 26 1962 page note
Front page masthead and rate card for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal dated December 26 1962 with publication details ST and J Ave Lubbock Texas and subscription prices for various regions and formats. It lists staff credits and national wire affiliations and includes the Pledge of Allegiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
Std &J
Ave. J Lubbock
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Parker F. Prouty
CHAS
United States of America
Republic
Peace Corps praised for effective work abroad
Special correspondent Bob Considine reports high morale and success for Peace Corps volunteers in 40 countries. He highlights low attrition, diverse skills requests, and creative community outreach from Colombia to Pakistan, including stories of volunteers like James Walls and aging applicants joining the corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Considine
Delhi
Peace Corps
Gabriel Heatter
Peace
Washington
Punjab
Chandigarh
Phey
Walls
Ghana
W.C.T.U
Jim
Colombia
Ralph Cole
Dallas
Pakistan
Gertrude Becker
India
Sarge Shriver
Economy Plans Worry Workers
Washington readers see a looming threat of federal job cuts amid a planned tax reduction and a push for spending restraint. President Kennedy aims to reduce civilian payrolls, with Byrd and Mills insisting tax cuts be matched by budget cuts to prevent inflationary borrowing. Skybolt cancellation hints at broader defense employment loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
Jek
Kennedy
Economic Club of
New York
Sec
McNamara
Department of Defense
Congress
Civil Service
Byrd
Mill
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
Wilbur Mills
D., Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
JFK
Jury duty becomes a status symbol in modern culture
A commentary notes jury service shifting from obligation to prestige as middle and upper income Americans seek the social cachet of serving. Citing John Lane of the National Association of Claimants' Counsel of America, the piece argues the appeal lies in courtroom authority, not pay, with jurors able to skip discussion of cases and even align schedules for convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Cognoscenti
Perry Mason
E. G. Marshall
John Lane
American Bar Associations
National Association of Claimants’ Counsel of America
Lane
dJuror
Horses Hearts Studied By Small Broadcast Station
Ohio State University researchers study horses hearts with a tiny broadcasting device placed in the heart chambers. The slow heart beat allows separation of sound components to better understand abnormal human heart sounds. New York reports about 16 percent of Christmas cards arrive after December 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio State University
New York
Catholic Digest
Memory Lane from Lubbock Morning Avalanche 1942
Captain Elmer Tarbox flies a bomber mission in China delivering a two part strike at Lashio and an eastern Burma air base. Death tolls show a quiet Christmas with 14 fatalities that night. Peanuts and castor beans are planted for war needs with 20 000 bushels of peanuts harvested and 1 082 acres in peanuts. A seed drive donates sorghum seed to Russia to aid replanting scorched earth.
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Elmer Tarbox
Lubbock
China
Lashio
Burma
Japan
Uncle Sam
Garza County
E. W. Williams
Hunter Porter
Porter
Littlefield
W. H. Cunningham
Texas State Certified Seeds Grower's Assn
South Plains
Russia
Callous popcorn dispute during deathbed scene
A reader accuses a companion of eating popcorn during a deathbed scene, calling the act callous and inconsiderate. The remark underscores tensions over bedside behavior and etiquette in intimate moments.
Inscription on Gate Tablet at Juterbog Germany
A tablet at the town gate of Juterbog bears an inscription about a man who divided his bread among his children and suffered for it, accompanied by a suspended cudgel as a warning or symbol.
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Juterbog
Germany
Schuyler Mansion Built in Seventeen Days by Gates Troops
The Schuyler Mansion in Seiken New York was erected in 17 days by soldiers under General Gates after the previous house was burned by British forces led by General Burgoyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seken
General Gates
Burgoyne
Moses and Aaron Wilcox Twin Founders of Twinsburg
Moses and Aaron Wilcox of North Kilworthy were identical twins and sisters in law who married sisters. Lifelong business partners, they fell ill and died on September 24 1827 and are buried in the same grave. They founded the town of Twinsburg Ohio named in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses and
Aaron Wilcox
North Killingworth
Contt
Twinsburg
Ohq
Government's Phony News and the Rise of Distrust
A critical column argues that lies and misleading statistics erode public trust. It cites Willard Wirtz and Nelson Rockefeller misrepresenting unemployment and job figures, warning that deliberate propaganda harms democracy and fuels cynicism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Wirtz
Labor Department
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Gov. Rockefeller
Socialist paper names JFK man of the year
Vienna based Arbeiterzeitung calls President Kennedy the man of the year for 1962 noting a shift of world power from East to West and praising Jack Kennedy as the defining figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JFK
Vienna
Austria
Arbeiterzeitung
Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
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