Real radical reforms touted for Texas voting changes
Representative Stroud promotes a package of sweeping election reforms aimed at replacing paper ballots with a statewide voting machine system, extending hours to 8 pm, and adding four election dates yearly. The plan faces dissent, cost estimates of 10 million dollars, and possible bond financing. Local governments would bear eventual costs as the legislature weighs the changes.
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Jim Strouda Delvis
Theislature
Stroud
Texas
Representative Stroud
Thanks And Sympathy For Dean Rusk And Campus Tragedies
A column praises Secretary of State Dean Rusk and notes his quiet service amid amid crises in Vietnam and diplomacy. It laments campus unrest after a Swarthmore president’s death and UCLA Panthers violence, suggesting hard lessons for agitators. It ends with a Spanish note on espocas meaning handcuffs and wives.
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Johnson
Dean Rusk
Mr. Rusk
State Department
Otto Otepka
Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
John Kennedy
United States
South Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swarthmore College
University of California At Los Angeles
Black Panthers
UCLA
Prime fault creating troubles in US politics
A column argues that politics as a fault line has delayed decisive action, citing gradualism during Vietnam, crime waves, and civil rights tensions. It calls for bold prosecutions and firm leadership, noting the public eye will soon rest on the new Attorney General and federal actions shaping local policy.
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America
Tag
Manufacturer Declares Farm Editor Is Right
A reader defends farm editor Duane Howell against criticism for urging farmers to provide adequate supplies of good quality cotton at competitive prices. Citing 1967 68 shortages and price spikes, the writer argues mills shifted to synthetics and will resist a cotton price surge as supplies stabilize.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Duane Howell
Lubbock
Howell
Sam Jackson
Erskine
Columbia Twelve suit seeks dismissal of Columbia trustees
Andrew Tully discusses the Columbia University students anti left protests and a New York Supreme Court case over alleged breach of contract and political discrimination in hiring. He comments on due process and the political fight, noting the right's involvement and potential court actions.
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Washington
Columbia University
New York Supreme Court
Columbia
University
Columbia Twelve
Students
Democratic Society
Young Democrats
Gene
Golly
Avins
Goldwater
Venestonsel
One Term Plan Raises Heat for Nixon In 1970s Campaigns
Marianne Means reports that Nixon’s inauguration plans are already judged by rivals as a hinge for 1970 and 1972 campaigns. Debate centers on extending presidential terms to six years and House terms to four, a change critics say would curb campaigning but risk lame duck governance.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Johnson
Kennedy
W. Marvin Watson
White House
Jack Valenti
House
Nanking Axis Pushes South as Red Troops Advance
Hundreds of thousands of Communist Red troops released from captured Tientsin surge toward Nanking national center while Texans attend inaugural social season reception in Dallas hosted by U.S. Attorney General. Blair Cherry plans to stay as UT head football coach as winter brings third Arctic air mass to the South Plains with snow and subfreezing conditions.
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Lubbock
Nanking
Tientsin
Washington
U. S
Tom Clark
Dallas
South Plains
Midwest
Inflation fears and 1969 economic outlook shift
The piece surveys inflation as the nation’s top concern with forecasts for slower growth, potential tax surtax extensions, and a possible mid 1969 boom driven by increased federal spending, revived home building, and stronger consumer spending amid easing Vietnam tensions.
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South Vietnam
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Pat M. Neff
This Media
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Petersburg
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Senate
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University of Texas
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