Texans urged to pay poll taxes before deadline
Gov. John Connally urged Texans to pay poll taxes and present certificates by January 31 to vote in state and local elections. The new federal amendment allows voting for federal officers without tax payment, but Texas requires poll taxes for state and local ballots, risking confusion and higher election costs.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ingrey
Congress
John Connally
Ghosts as Britain’s next tourist lure announced
The British Hotel and Travel Association promotes a ghost list as new tourism literature abroad. Guides joke about haunted castles and rumored apparitions while acknowledging most visitors never see a ghost, yet thousands may still seek them like the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland.
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Bitain
British Hotel and Travel Association
Britain
Scotland
Heather
Unquiet Planet ICSY Opens as IQSY Starts
The International Years of the Quiet Sun begins with the IQSY, a global scientific effort building on the 1957 48 IGY. More than 60 nations join to study sunspot activity over the next two years, with scientists predicting a quiet sun but likely upheaval on Earth due to underlying cycles.
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ICSY
IQSY
NE Seeks Tonic For Old Time Energy In Middle Age
A middle aged NE man looks to a tonic in hopes of restoring the vigor he once had. The adage suggests older readers seek remedies to regain energy as time passes.
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Dobbin
Small town dreams and quirky wisdom in a local vignette
A playful note on a quiet town where dreams reach for the sky and everyday advice arrives in odd proverbs. The piece riffs on romance, resilience, and practical humor in small town life.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Morning Edition Ad Rates 1964
A scanned 1964 page shows subscription prices and rates for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Morning Edition with advertisements from Texas and national agencies. It lists monthly and yearly options, carrier rates, and a pledge of allegiance, dated January 25, 1964 in Lubbock Texas.
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Gonanitatee
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Sth St
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Texas
Daily Press Lenaue
Fuil
Tie
Associated Press
United
Fess International
CHAS
Guy Les
United States of America
Lubbock, Tex
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
On the Line includes cigars and sports banter in NY
Special correspondent considers shifting habits as Americans resist cigars. The piece mocks ads and public figures, notes self restraint in smoking, and shifts to a lively account of the Old Banquet Circuit with sports dinners, toastmasters, and the Elmer T. quackenbush trophy amid crowd chatter.
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Missouri
Muggsy Muggravich
Old Mayhew Tech
ALL SAME WOMAN Women in Government by Ruth Montgomery Ashington
President Johnson will appoint several women to high government posts. The article highlights Esther Peterson as the central figure holding multiple roles, including consumer affairs adviser and chair of the President's Committee on Consumer Interests, with past leadership in the status of women efforts. it notes her background, family, and busy schedule.
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BOK Considine
New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Dicky
Shirley Temple
George Burns
Margaret Chase Smith
United States
Rootsville
John Galsworthy
Madison Avenue
Ruth Montgomery
Ashington
Johnson
White House
Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
JFK
Women’s Bureau
Bureau of Labor Standards
Bureau of Employes’ Compensation
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Esther Peterson
Utah
Boon ‘Fo
Petersensa Oh
Peterson
President's Commission
Roosevelt
Citizen's Advisory Council
Margaret Hickey
Brigham Young University
Columbia University
Teachers College
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Capitol Hill
Oliver A. Peterson
Foreign Service
U.S
Medicare debate and social security reforms prompt businesslike view
A discussion argues that the Anderson-King bill to extend coverage shows Medicare as a practical, non socialist reform benefiting older citizens. It cites a 1958 committee endorsing the system, notes low administration costs, a $20 billion reserve fund, and support from insurers while addressing fears of socialism.
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Citizens’ Committee
Marion B. Folsom
Eisenhower
Congress
Social Security Administration
Lubbock Students Earn Part Time Wages in 1943 Fall
G E Dawson reports that D C classes at Lubbock High School included 24 boys and three girls who earned 5804 dollars and 36 cents in the fall semester, averaging 12 dollars and 50 cents per student weekly for part time work. The Democratic National Committee urged Roosevelt to continue as world humanitarian leader in war and peace. Central Texas Methodist Conference approved Weatherford College merger with Southwestern University and supported science education.
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G.E. Dawson
Lubbock High School
D. C
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Georgetown
Tex
Board of Education
Central ‘Texas Methodist Conference
Fort Worth
Weatherford College
Southwestern University
Weatherford
167 Dead Americans From Vietnam War Revisited as Numbers
A reflection on Viet Nam casualties urges readers to see the 167 dead not as mere statistics. The piece contrasts anonymous counts with the names and lives of pilots and Marines, warning that reducing tragedy to numbers erases individual sacrifice and humanity.
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Viet Nam
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Protest Continues Courtroom Sit-In in Chapel Hill
A courtroom sit-in protest continues in Chapel Hill as participants, including a young woman, remain in the area to draw attention to their cause amid ongoing demonstrations.
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Hill, N. C
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