Plains Farming Ellender Doubts Import Cutbacks
Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana doubts the Senate will approve bills reducing meat import quotas. ANCA seeks tighter limits with a plan to set 1869 quotas at about 790 million pounds, ~24 percent below USDA projections. Rep. Bob Poage bills aim to empower farmers against discriminatory freight rates before the ICC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Washington
Senate
Ellender
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Bob Price
Pampa
Senate Finance Committee
Bill House
American National Cattlemen's Association
ANCA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bob Poage
Waco
House Agriculture Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
ICC
Poage
Clovis Murder Trial Defense Rests Case
In Clovis Portales Portales district court the defense rested its case in the first degree murder trial of Dennis Carlton and Pearl Diana Carlton. The slaying victim was Elbert Munsey, a Portales druggist, on August 18. The jury was ordered to return for final instructions at 10:30 a.m. The defense introduced a letter from Mrs. Carlton read in court, claiming innocence in a prayerful context. Carltons testified about the break in at the drugstore and police questioning thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert ‘Nancy
Portales
Tan
Carlton
Christ
Sharon Engle
IBM
Benjamin Glick
Gilbert F. Grace
Sirhan
Dep. Dist. Attys
John Howard
David Fitts
Grant B. Cooper
Emile Zola Berman
Alvina’ Alvidrez
U.S. Supreme Court
Witherspoon
Alvidrez
Senate panel backs Nixon cabinet picks amid questions
Senate committees led by Democrats gave informal approval to five Nixon nominees. Interior nominee Walter Hickel faced tough questions over Alaska land actions and a stock disclosure. Dirksen warned the panel is “going a little too far” in probing conflicts of interest while stressing character matters.
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Senate
Dirksen
Nixon
Washington
Hardin
Alaska
Everett M
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Hickelas
Agricul
Ilenge
Johni Romney
W. Scott
Cabin Grange
Interior Committee
Illinois
Albert Hickel
Gore
D-Tenn
Aivid M. Kennedy
Cooperative
Japan
Linterest
Hickel
Shultz
George McGovern
Commerce Committee
John A. Volpe
Maurice H. Stans
Commerce
Volpe
Massachusetts
Stans
New York
Judiciary Committee
John H. Mitchell
Kennedy
Chicago
Forte
Phere
Swisher County Extension Office meeting referenced
Fragmented report notes Swisher County Extension Office staff and local officials meeting. Includes mentions of Gov George Romney and George P Shultz remarks, farm policy conversation, and a corridor incident involving a husband and wife during a court session.
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Neer
Michigan
George Romney
Banking Committee
Housing and Urban Development
George P. Shultz
Chicago
Nixon
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Carlton
Atti Tose
Braska
Swisher County
James A. Wells Jr
Tarleton
Wells
Ben
Blood
Wee
Juewe Farmers of America
Ship Stranded Lubbockite Rescued From Bahamas Reef
The S S Carmania, marooned on a Bahamas reef for five days, is rescued by the ship Flavia after Nassau brief stop. Lubbock passenger Mrs Zeda Beard and 470 others join the rescue, heading home while tugboats work to free the liner off San Salvador Island.
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Avalanche-Journal
Miami
S.S
Caribbean
Here
Beard
Donald McDonald
Texas Tech
Cunard Lines
Atlantic Cruise Lines
Flavia
Nassau
Costa Line
Carmania
San Salvador Island
Angus Steer Wins Crown At Swisher Stock Show
Roxie Vineyard of the Kress 4-H showed the grand champion Angus steer as Swisher County Fat Stock Show ended in Tulsa. Reserve grand champion was Jackie Gilleland of Claytonville 4-H. Top divisional winners included Shorthorn Hereford Angus entries and FFA teams Spur, Orton, Happy, Amarillo, Nazareth, with Claytonville 4-H taking steer judging honors. Top individuals included David Glenn, Mac Devin, and Lewis Whitaker.
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Tulsa
Roxie Vineyard
Kress
Swisher County
Jackie Gilleland
Claytonville
Carolyn Smith
Tulia
Warren Abbott
Kress Future Farmers of America
Max Jones
Brenda Finck
Cai
Angus — Miss
Mac Devin
Tulsa Ffa
Lewis Whitaker
Amarillo
Home Science Ties to Early Marriage in India
New Delhi AP reports Education Minister Triguna Sen criticizing a gathering of women students as Indian girls study home science in colleges seen as a passport to early marriage. The event highlighted student attrition from courses as some seek marriage or other pathways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Triguna Sen
FFA
Bill Rite
Happy
Tulia
Ried
Goodwill Leader Attends Seminar in Washington
Bill Dillard executive director of the Lubbock Goodwill Industries joins 19 other participants in a two week executive seminar in Washington DC. The program explores advanced responsibility in serving disabled and disadvantaged individuals through Goodwill rehabilitation efforts. Goodwill runs a sheltered workshop at 715 28th St in Lubbock, one of 136 across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dillard
Lubbock Goodwill Industries
Washington, D.C
Goodwill
28Th St
United States
Jury selection for Sirhan Sirhan trial stirs death penalty issue
In Los Angeles jurors debate if a woman with conscientious scruples against the death penalty can serve. Judge Walker weighs if such beliefs require exclusion or a hung jury, while tentative jurors are seated and attorneys argue under Witherspoon influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Cooper
Sirhan B. Sirhan
High Court
Robert F
Ineuucity
Herbert V. Walker
Ueaur Penany
McGuire Cleaners Sells to McGuire. relocates main plant
After 242 years of service in Lubbock and the South Plains, O W McGuire announces sale of McGuire Cleaners Inc to O W McGuire Bill Sandlin Jr. The main plant moves to 34th Street near Indiana Avenue while the Campus pickup at 1213 University remains open for alterations and cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
South Plains
McGuire Cleaners, Inc
O. W. McGuire
Bill Sandlin, Jr
Sandlin
19Th Street
Avenue XI
34Th Street
Indiana Avenue
U-Drive-In Cleaners
University
McGuire
Nixon Receives Italian Knights Prize for Bold Leadership
An Italian jury awarded President-elect Richard Nixon the 1968 Knights of New Europe prize, noting him as a bold statesman and advocate of liberty and peace. He was the lone non Italian among 23 laureates, receiving a bronze knight statuette. Gypsy moth caterpillars threaten forests by defoliating trees.
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Rome
Knights of New Europe
Richard Nixon
Nixon
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Duane Rowell
Senate Seculture Committee
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Joseph Montoya
New Mexico
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Harry Byrd Jr
Virginia
James Allen
Alabama
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Robert Dole
Kansas
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Johnson
Farmer
Aps
Igubbock County
Clovis
Walter J. Hickel
Secretary of the Interior
Omaav Okeavead
Khe Sanh
Khe
Action Sanh
Kress Girl
Angus Steer
Swisher
Lyn Smith
Bill Pearson
Hereford
Miss ‘Vineyard
Steve ‘Stark
Angus
Janice iCarter
Chris Pearson
Kim Kap Soon
Tokyo
North Korea
Korean Central
Kim
Supreme People’s Assembly
Sendey
Denvery
Slance D. Aba Uepa
Ee Walker
Asj
M.P.O
Spartan
McGuire Sells
Adv
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