Johnson Law fuels Texas election law debate in Legislature
Texas lawmakers debate the Johnson Law and cross filing as they discuss a 1959 measure allowing a candidate to run for two offices. The piece notes Lyndon Johnson’s 1960 VP bid and cites historical use by Garner. Critics urge changes to prevent future dual-office runs.
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Lyndon Johnson
United States
Mr. Johnson
U.S
John N. Garner
Congress
House of Representatives
J. Chllier Adams
Lubbock
Don Garrison
Houston
House
Johnson
House Subcommittee
Car ownership linked to drop in student grades study says
A Florida bound study of 25 000 students in 35 high schools finds car ownership or access correlates with lower academic standing. Among top quarter receivers, 87 percent fell after starting to drive, while bottom quarter rose to 61 percent with seven nights of driving weekly.
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THE
Orlando Sentinel
Florida
Canada
In Speedy World Cars Kept by Old Ladies
Ald Dobbin laments modern life as T World accelerates beyond sane pace. He notes most used cars are owned by old ladies, a quirky snapshot of era habits amid rapid change.
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Astors
Greenwich
Chelsea
Astor
Thompson
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Masthead and Day Rates 1963
The page presents the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal weekday morning and Sunday combined editions, staff names, and advertising rates. It lists subscription prices for various plans, carrier and mail options, and includes the pledge of allegiance. Dated February 7, 1963, in Lubbock Texas.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
8Th St
Ave. J. Lubbock
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Pallette
Associated
United Press International
Ay Mall
United States of America
Pan Am building heliport stimulus and cancer of Erwin Wolfson
In New York the Pan Am skyscraper rises to 59 stories with a heliport set to be the world's highest. Erwin Wolfson, financier of the project, dies of cancer two weeks after a life-affirming helicopter ride over the structure. The article notes the building's size, tenants, and transit plans.
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Bob Considine
York
Erwin Wolfson
New York
Pan Am
Wolfson
Nassau
Westchester
Robert Cummings
N. Y. Airways
Manhattan
Newark Airport
Idlewild International
Vertol
Idlewild
Cummings
Chrysler
Pan American World Airways
Kennedy
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Pentagon
Mixture of tax cuts and budget trims sparks Capitol talk
Ray Tucker notes a growing mix of budget cuts and tax reductions as Congress debates Kennedy proposals. Compromises on taxes and budget will dominate, with lawmakers pressed by local interests and corporate backers. Some favor one combined bill, others two separate measures, while Treasury budget requests face close scrutiny.
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Ray Tucker
Ashington
Kennedy
Capitol
JFK
Congress
Senate
House
U.S
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Hale Boggs
D-La
White House
Treasury
From Pig Pen to Empire State Building
Phyllis Battelle recounts the transformation of Thompson’s patch from a pig farm to the Empire State Building. The Astors bought, Waldorf Astoria rose and fell, then John Raskob built a colossal 102 story tower with millions of watts, miles of wires, and thousands of tenants. Prince Philip toured the site while the block on Fifth Avenue became a famed pedestrian hub.
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Phyllis Battelle
Thompson Place
Empire State Building
John Thompson
York
Astors
Raskob
John Raskob
Thompson
Old Place
Prince Philip
Fifth Avenue
34Th
35Th Streets
49Th
50Th Street
Rockefeller Center
Opposition to Senate Bill 51 prompts aviation control debate
City officials county chamber of commerce representatives and aviators met to discuss the proposal to place most aviation in Texas under the railroad commission. Attendees included city commissioners city manager county judge aviation commissioners chamber of commerce leaders and local aviators. Also noted were social guests at a Betsy Ross club forty two party hosted by Mr and Mrs E L Rabin. In Dallas the Army expressed interest in buying .12 gauge shotguns from Texas hunters for use in the Pacific and aircrew training due to Texas hunting density and open spaces.
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Senate
Texas
Railroad Commission
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Price
J. O. Jones
Hub Jones
Marlin R. Smith Jr
G. V. Pardue
Ray F. Hinchey
A. F. Holt
Doyle Settle
City Aviation Commission
Betsy Ross Club
E. L. Rabin
22Nd St
Elmer Haass
George Sawyer
E. E. Rogers
C. W. Trippe
Dallas
Merle H. Davis
Army
St. Louis
South Pacific
Ordnance Department
Davis
Canaveral’s Space Drive: a Nation Reaches for the Moon
Richard Starnes writes from Cape Canaveral about the space program era, noting 27,000 workers and 95,000 acres appropriated for rockets and gantries. He contrasts triumphalism with deep civic costs including a sparse cemetery and displaced residents on the Atlantic coast.
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Cape Canaveral
Cape
America
New Times Labels Rockefeller Nuclear Maniac in Moscow
A Soviet New Times magazine calls New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller a nuclear maniac urging a test ban pact failure. It links Rockefeller with Edward Teller as opponents of any agreement and cites Tass on Washington plans to torpedo Geneva talks. The Michigan Library holds 100000 items in Ann Arbor.
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Moscow
RPI
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
New Times
Rockefeller
Edward Teller
U.S
Tass
Washington
Geneva
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
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Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Sequoia National Park
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Iceland
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Icarus
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Hell
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