Peace Corps Faces East European Limits in East West Tensions
The Johnson administration weighs possible Peace Corps expansion to ease relations with Soviet bloc states. Critics and supporters note the volunteers would face invitation barriers and non-emergent status of these nations, making grassroots aid unlikely to ease East West tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepe Appt
Eppeal
Europe
Peace Corps
United States
Poland
Yugoslavia
Thieves Target Lubbock. Grease Barrel and Hubcaps Take Hit
The piece notes Lubbock’s high theft exposure with a restaurant grease barrel stolen and many hubcaps missing from cars. It argues theft is driven by easy access to valuables and calls for better locking of homes garages and cars to deter thieves and aid catchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Training Teens on Premarital Tradeoffs
A survey finds teenage boys surrender freedoms to girlfriend control before marriage. They let girls decide attire and manage allowances, placing boys on a budget. Researchers see no alarm, viewing the trend as premarital training that could ease later adjustment when wives take the lead.
Suburban Status and the Debt Based Notion of Prestige
Sociologists note suburbs are seen as status symbols and discuss when a suburb feels exclusive. Changing Times defines an exclusive suburb as a place where a man owes more on his house than on his car. The facetious remark hints at a broader truth that a family's status may hinge on debt rather than possessions.
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Changing Times
America
Screened Homes Retain Fly Exclusion Claim
A fragment from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal notes screens prevent flies from leaving a house. The partial AP wire text appears garbled with names and sections unreadable, dated January 18, 1965.
Red Control In Cuba Slips?
In a Cuba anniversary broadcast a Cuban host asserts firmness but the country shows signs of strain. The article notes sugar market losses, bureaucratic woes, and mounting tension with the Soviet Union and Kosygin. Exiles in the United States grow restless as Castro’s hold weakens and refugees spread nationwide.
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Miami
Vision
Cuba
Alaska
Interrupted Sleep A Traveling Man's Beef
Traveling writer Kenneth L. Dixon humorously notes hotel and motel housekeeping intrusions and the perils of late night work. He recalls a Chicago era era of checking maids and housekeepers plus a Florida shift, then shifts to refugee resettlements and Castro exiles in the U S with counts by state.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Astin
Medicare Bill Misunderstood by Readers and Doctor
A Washington columnist addresses widespread confusion over the Medicare bill. Readers probe eligibility costs and doctor choice while officials emphasize private coverage gaps and the plan's hospital focus. The piece defends Medicare as practical, not socialized medicine, with broad coverage for 65 plus citizens.
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Andrew Tully Corresnan
Pectal Waskington
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Advisory Council On Social Security
Natural Born Crapshooters Vibration Sets the Pace
A Washington veteran writer recalls George Pa and Jimmy LaFontaine in Maryland's big casino across the line, where the art of vibration guides craps, the house odds stay against players, and a Longshore tale ends with fading vigour and a lone coxswain's last surrender to luck.
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Richard Starnes
Ashington
Jimmy LaFontaine
Starnes
Washington
Maryland
Republic
Jimmy
Tads
Chip
Andy
First American to fly over Japan leads Doolittle raid memory
Capt Henry V Myers of Lufkin Texas, a bombardier in the nose, piloted lead plane in the Yawata raid on June 15. In Memory Lane Miami column notes his historic flight over Japan and the Doolittle Raiders. Lubbock Boys Club records 500 members with Frank Clark as founder. Circle for Servicemen's Wives hosts at Mrs K O Peterson home with attendees listed.
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Miami
Fla
Henry V. Myers
Lufkin
Tex
Japan
Yawata
Jap City
Kyushu Island
Lubbock
K. O. Peterson
15Th St
Circle For
Norman Hiert
H. E. Patton
F. L. Blanc
W. 8. Combs
F. W. Corbell
N. R. Dale
W. D. Leechman
R. P. Lightfoot
C. C. McWhorter
J.taylor
R. B. Carnes
Fire on 16000-ton Watford Trader kills crew in blast
In Abadan harbor Iran a 16000 ton tanker Watford Trader loaded with aviation fuel caught fire after an engine room explosion. The blaze lasted 12 hours killing three crew including the chief engineer, with two missing five hospitalized and 35 safe. The ship chartered to American Eastern Co of New York from the Greek government. Crew managed to load 10000 tons of aviation fuel before ignition, preventing a refinery disaster. In Bonn West Germany university marriages rise with one in ten students married and half of 16000 couples having children.
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Tehran
Iran
Abadan
American Eastern Co
New York
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Ational Verising
Texas Daily
Proce Learve
Associated Press
Press International
Parrbr F
Prouty
Char AL
Guy Parra
Poblaner
Lubbock, Tex
Considine’s
Bob Considine
EW York
Uncle Sam
Castro
Fidel
East Germany
Spain
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Florida
U. S
New Jersey
California
U.S
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Sukarno
Union League Club
Sarge
Reader's Digest
Managua
Nicaragua
Esteli
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Leeston On
Ron
Sioux Falls
S. C
Banker
Tully
South
Navy
Subchaser
Freedom of Seas
Gunner
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Andreas. Faistenberger
Aattis
Ters
Seok Ue
Atual Formation
Bonn
West Germany
By Galbraith
Senator
Alice
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