Tech President Opposes Connally Plan For State Colleges
Dr. Robert C. Goodwin told legislative budget writers that state colleges should not be regrouped as Gov. Connally proposed. Appearing with Tech Board members, Goodwin urged upward revision of the Tech budget and said rapid objectives require funding now. He supported a strong coordinating board while backing Connally’s plan for a top coordinating body.
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USTIN
Texas Tech
Robert C. Goodwin
John ‘Connally
Tech Board of Director
Goodwin
Tech Board
West
Texas
Tech
House Appropriations Committee
Connally
Post Office Plan Gains Architect Team for Lubbock
Post Office Department announces Stiles Roberts and Messersmith of Lubbock as architects for the new Lubbock Post Office. Postmaster General Gronouski says the design aims for a more efficient postal service and better working conditions, in line with frugality urged by President Johnson. The article notes construction authorized only when need is demonstrated.
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Ashington
Post Office Department
Stiles, Roberts and Messersmith
Lubbock
John A. Gronouski
Johnson
Federal judge orders faster Negro voter registration in Alabama
A federal judge ordered Dallas County to speed up Negro voter registrations to at least 100 daily and to end a controversial registration test. A referee will handle Selma applications by July 1 if unprocessed, with any rejected Negro applicant able to seek court registration. King aides criticized no action against Sheriff Jim Clark, who has led most arrests.
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United Press International
Elma
Ala
Martin Luther King
King
Jim Clark
Daniel
Thomas
Dallas County Board of Registrars
Selma
Mole
Andrew Young
King’s
Clark
U S Leaders Clash Over UN Reform In Twin Pressers
Johnson and De Gaulle held simultaneous briefings as they outlined diverging paths for the United Nations. De Gaulle urged Geneva talks to overhaul the UN charter while Johnson defended the Congo peacekeeping mission and warned that UN crisis stems from member states failing to uphold the charter. France and the Soviet Union faced dues disputes, and Communist China’s seat remained in dispute, fueling the broader rift between Paris and Washington.
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Atlantic
Europe
Viet Nam
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Paris
de Gaulle
Son
U.S
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France
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
UN Congo
Russia
Congo
Water Outlook and Unemployment Headlines From West Texas
The A J Lubbock section highlights today’s Water Outlook discussion at the West Texas Water Conference at Tech. It notes the national unemployment rate dipping to 4.8 percent in January, the lowest since October 1957, and midweek market and world news across pages 1 and 9 with editorials and women’s news on pages 24 and 8-9.
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West Texas
Tech
Professor Warns of Cold Weather Leg Perils
Manchester University surgery head Professor Alexander Boyd urges women to wear heavy bloomers stockings and tweed skirts in cold weather to prevent erythrocyanosis crurum puellarum frigidum claiming scantily clad girls risk fat calves blotchy skin and ruined looks by age 30. He cites weekly cases and likens skirts to West Indian grass wear.
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Eddy Gilmore Ondon
Alexander Boyd
Boyd
West Indies
Manchester University
New York Radio City Music Hall to Shut For Renovation
The 6,200 seat Radio City Music Hall, described as the largest theater in the world, will close from March 1 to March 5 for a $250,000 ceiling repaint by 300 workers, marking its first multi day shutdown in its history.
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Radio Kity Music Hall
Johnson outlines Great Society farm program goals
The Associated Press reports President Johnson sketches a broad farm policy aiming to align agricultural efforts with a national prosperity strategy. He emphasizes an overall plan to serve rural Americans and share prosperity at home and abroad, while leaving details to future work.
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Johnson
Psychiatrists Appeal For Jenkins At Senate Hearing
Two psychiatrists and a lawyer appeared at the Bobby Baker hearing in place of Walter Jenkins. The hearing was closed and reporters received only second hand accounts. The doctors urged that Jenkins, a former Johnson aide, be excused from testifying.
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Ashington
Walter Jenkins
Senate
Bobby Baker
Jenkins
Johnson
Johnson policy proposals and Jenkins hearing notes
Administration officials outlined long term farm policy including cropland retirement to cut surpluses and raise prices. Johnson urged two price systems for tobacco and rice and proposed extending wheat and feed grain programs plus wool law extension. The plan could cost about 100 million annually, possibly a billion over ten years, with up to 50 80 million acres to be diverted from crops for recreation forestry and other uses. Jenkins resignation and Senate committee questions surfaced amid calls for further testimony on an advertising charge.
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White House
Johnson
B. Everett Jordan
DNC
Senate
Jordan
Rains Strike Coast Areas Across Texas Coast
Rains and winds lashed the Texas coast and South Plains as a cold front moved in from the West. Nearly six inches of rain and 70 mph gusts pounded Lower Gulf Coast while fog and drizzle slowed travel across the South Plains and West Texas. The Weather Bureau forecast clearing with highs near 60 and a new cold wave possible by Saturday. Flooding affected low residential areas in Corpus Christi. 5.82 inches measured at a filtration station. See RAINS Page 10.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Municipal
Dallas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Corpus. Christi
NONE TURNED DOWN City planners approve five zoning revisions
City Planning and Zoning Commission approved five zoning revisions on Thursday night including a 58th Street duplex strip between Peoria and Quaker avenues. New member Roy Jennings supported the change, while Aubrey Faulkner and Syd Moore opposed. Planning Director Rob Burr noted traffic from churches schools and duplexes.
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Avalanche-Journal Stati
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Amnett-Benson
Quaker Avenues
Michael Knuths
Dale Bellamah
Homes of
Texas
Commission
Aubrey H. Faulkner
Syd_ Moore
Roy Jennings
Jennings
Edward R. Smith
W. B. Holmes
Rob Burr
58H Street
Billy Meeks
Don Osborne
Moe Terrell
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
Cloudiness shifts to mostly fair skies and warmer by afternoon with a high near 60 while tonight’s low drops to around 0. Moderate southwest wind. Humidity at midnight about 0 percent. Weather map page notes include temperatures and humidity data for surrounding area and times.
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Mintura
Houston
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