Double Contracting Probes Spread from Lubbock
The Avalanche Journal reports that double contracting in home mortgages has spurred federal and state investigations, with faked appraisals inflating values and causing widespread fraud. Wall Street Journal coverage notes lenders tightening checks while a Texas bill seeks to define and prosecute the practice.
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Wall Street Journal
Avalanche Journal
Justice Department
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
American Institute of Real Estate
Texas
Avalanche- Journal
Bill J. Parsley
Lubbock
Budget Boost: Lubbock Receives New Post Office Funds
President Johnson’s $99.7 billion budget to Congress includes $1,636,000 for a new Lubbock Post Office and about $5 million for planning a separate Federal Building site. South Plains cotton programs gain $1 million for boll weevil control and funds for research facilities. Reese Air Force Base gets $1,172,000 for new facilities and a projected $17 million for the Canadian River project progresses.
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Lubbock
Plains Country
Johnson
Congress
George Mahon
Gen Administration
South Plains
Reese Air Force Base
France to spend over thirty one billion for thermonuclear power
The article cites Science stating France will invest more than 31 billion dollars over six years to build strategic and tactical nuclear forces and pay for salaries and supplies. With a population a quarter of the U.S. and a GNP half as large, critics call the plan a futile waste, questioning what price glory.
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France
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
de Gaulle
Onion in a hot dog saga ends with indecisive judge
In a long running dispute about whether onion belongs above or below the hot dog, two tourment rivals clashed and sued after a heated argument. The judge never ruled on placement, leaving devotees in suspense.
Tranquilizer Sales Hit Peak With Leisure Shift
A humorist in the Wall Street Journal notes that prior generations used work to ease nerves, while today a paradox emerges as tranquilizer sales reach a record peak amid supposed more leisure time.
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Wall Street Journal
Kinship Question: Humans Closest to Monkeys Yet Share Traits With Many Animals
The piece notes that science now ranks humans as most related to monkeys yet sharing genetic traits with rats mice hamsters rabbits and cows. It questions how animals would react if they could speak and jokes about potential suits for slander.
First Four Years Crucial In Mental Growth Of Children
President Johnson faces debate over preschool funding as research shows most intellectual development occurs before kindergarten. By age four, creativity and concept handling hinge on parental guidance. Cultural deprivation involves imaginative stimulation more than money, shaping early learning and future progress. Further studies will track these children as they age.
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Washington
Johnson
Princeton
Podunk College
GOP book payment woes shadow Goldwater campaign
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report on the Republican National Committee's failure to collect a $100,000 bill for 500,000 copies of Where I Stand by Barry Goldwater. The $100,000 debt plus shipping raised questions about the party's finances and audit prospects.
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Washington
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Republican National Committee
Arizona
McGraw-Hill
Hall
Dean Burch
National Committee
Burch
Cordiner
McGraw- Hill
Tone and memory of Churchill haunt England observer
Mrs. Joan Pearsall of Austin recalls Churchill's voice as the defining force that lifted Britain during the Battle of Britain. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department editor, born in England, notes the speech's tone stayed with her while she volunteered with Red Cross clubs. She reflects on aging and the war's enduring influence.
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Austin
England
Joan Pearsall
Tandon
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Atlantic
Winston Churchill
Pearsall
London
Ieengrance
Churchill
Red Cross
Ahe
National Cotton Council urged price plan to meet postwar trade
Memphis teletyped summary notes Oscar Johnston urging Congress to adopt a price adjustment scheme to support cotton and counter foreign postwar competition. He backs replacing export subsidies with a revised price support framework. Other items include Allen Bros. Post American Legion talk by Doyle D. Jackson on decision timing and Charles Byers from New Zealand. Floyd C. Lebow installed as post adjutant. In Washington, Democrats added new faces as Robert E. Hannegan stays as national chairman. George L. Killion named finance director. Sam A. O'Neal to direct publicity.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council
Council
Johnston
Congress
Doyle D. Jackson
Texas Tech
Allen Bros. Post
American Legion
Charles Byers
New Zealand
Floyd C. Lebow
Fisk
Washington
Democrats
Robert E. Hannegan
George L. Killion
San Francisco
Sam A. O'Neal
Washington and St. Louis
Caves Hide Red Threats From Cuban Underworld Sources
Henry J. Taylor cites Cuban underground eyewitnesses asserting hidden Soviet missile caves near Auras and Los Portales in Cuba, with long range missiles, seismetic and satellite gear, an American security role, and two main complexes at Santo Tomas and Pinar del Rio. They claim enlarged tunnels, storage galleries, and continuous expansion since the missile confrontation, warning about potential jamming of Cape Kennedy operations.
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Key West
Fidel Castro
Washington
The
Underground
Kremlin
Auras
Las Villas
Cuba
Atomic Energy Commission
California Institute of Technology
U.S
Santo Tomas
Antonio Nunez Jimenez
Bohemia
Latin America
Jimenez
Los Portales
Pinar del Rio
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Pablo Rivalta Perez
Simon
Russia
Nicolai Dandensko
State Bureau of Hydraulics
British Guiana
Soviet Union
Huey Quest to Nui Ba Den Camp Awakens Viet Nam Chaos
Andrew Tully recalls a Huey helicopter flight to Nui Ba Den Camp in Viet Nam. A Special Forces unit and Vietnamese guard the three acre outpost atop a 3 500 foot peak, with Viet Cong threats looming below. The crew keeps vigilant as doors were open and gunners ready, while the pilot skillfully lands in a tight rock sanctuary.
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Nui BA den
Black Virgin Mountain
Viet _Nam
Saigon
Ernest Strum
Seattle
Strum
Warren Mahr
Santa Ana
Calif
Pfe
Jim McKeown
Camden
N.J
Winton Nelson
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Bill Hensinger
Brooklyn
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Berry Farm
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General Electric
Ralph Cordiner
Novak
Henry J. Taylor
Caribbean
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Andrew Tully
Huey
McKeown
Nelson
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