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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1965
Page
9
Governor on firing line over teacher pay plan in Texas
Gov. John Connally faces sharp opposition to a proposed pay scale raising bachelor degree teachers to 2400 and master degree with four years experience to 2480 with phased increases over ten years. Critics cite cost and fair criteria as district and state budgets face strain while teachers press for quicker, larger equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Public hearing urged on Santa Fe train cuts between Lubbock Amarillo
The Amarillo rail hearing will address Santa Fe’s plan to discontinue the two daily passenger runs between Lubbock and Amarillo. The editorial notes decades of losses, weak patronage, and public indifference, with travel shifting to private cars, air, or bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Potter County
Santa Fe
Noth
Lubbock
Avalanche - Journal
Chamber of Commerce
Amarilla
Patron i
Washington Sees No Slowdown Yet Yet Prepares for Trouble
Officials in Washington foresee no immediate slump in the boom and expect cash registers to stay lively. At the same time measures are being taken to keep the economy ready should difficulties arise, signaling a cautious balance between optimism and preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potomac
Admirable Phoenix Couple Mirrors Commitment and Courage
A Phoenix couple, Mr. Eli Ward, 61, disabled and in a wheelchair, and his wife, 94, rise before dawn each weekday. She pushes him eight miles to work, then returns with him, balancing care with employment. She rejects welfare, praising personal independence and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Eli Ward
Arizona Capital
Ward
Strong Man Denies Personal Ambition After Bloodless Coup
A figure nicknamed strong man of Nam rejects any personal bid to lead the country. He insists the move was not an attempt to seize control, framing it as a political shift rather than a bid for power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quyen Khanh
Ot Nam
la Sante
Billie Sol Estes Sparks West Texas Debate on Guilt and Conspiracy
In Midland and surrounding towns West Texans debate Billie Sol Estes after his 1963 conviction and bond revocation. Supporters claim conspiracy and innocence while others insist he harmed victims and deserves punishment. Some fear the level of political involvement behind the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Sol
Neck of the Woods
Anybod
Third School of Thought
Washington
Medicare Joy Dimmed by Heat on Next Steps in Reform
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that despite the looming Medicare law, officials fear it will not satisfy the aged or their Washington lobbyists. The 1965 bill is seen as only the first skirmish in a decade of battles over broader medical coverage and socialized medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joy Unlimited
Johnson Administration
Army of the
Nedy
Johnson
Controlsip
Uncle Sam
Wilbur Cohen
Treasury
Cohen
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means
Mills
Nights in Ben Cat Veil of War and Medical Debate
Captain Andrew Errickson leads a Vietnamese Special Forces unit near Ben Cat 40 miles northwest of Saigon. The hard nights amid Viet Cong fire and artillery mark daily dangers as 1,200 enemy fighters are kept at arm's length on Highway 13. A Vietnamese nurse runs a small dispensary treating 45 to 50 wounds daily while a barbed wire prison holds Viet Cong prisoners for interrogation. Separate text shifts to medicare policy with Wilbur Cohen opposing broad expansion and Wilbur Mills pressed by Republicans to modify coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cat
Viet Nam
Andrew Errickson
Errickson
Tom's River
5Th Division
Saigon
Cambodia
Highway 13
Nguyen Tien
Resurgence of optimism as 1964 praised for crops and 1965 forecast
The Herald looks back over 1964 noting a good year with drought dips in business yet overall growth. It cites harvests near 20 000 bales and predicts continued activity in construction and industry, expecting 1965 to be at least as good if weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Daily Herald
West Texas Sandstorms Through the Years
The Midland Reporter Telegram recalls oldcimer sandstorms of West Texas, noting 1965 storms rival world championship dust events. High winds and reddish sand shaped days for residents as storms built from the north and lingered briefly before normal life resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
West Texas
Yesteryears
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Clemmie Churchill Guided Churchill Through a Life of Service
London mourns Clementine Hozier Churchill widow of Winston Churchill a lifelong partner who steered the future leader through danger and triumph. She coached his speeches aided in wartime shelter policy and hosted at Chequers and Downing Street while nursing him through illness and shaping his legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Clemmie Clementine Hozier
Churchill
Lord Rosebery
Winston
Clementine
Churchills
Clementine Hozier
Hick
No. 10
Downing Street
Clemmie
War Office
Lord Beaverbrook
London Underground
Lay Churchill
Hart Hopkins
Roosevelt
Chequers
England
Hopkins
Clemmins
Bernant Baruch
Sir Winston
Stockholm
Civic center plan eyed by Kiwanis group in Lubbock meeting
Kiwanis representatives outlined a proposal for a civic center dominated by a large coliseum at a city commission meeting. Hub Jones called for a resolution, supported by Fred Childress, and the measure was unanimously adopted. Dr. C E Hereford to speak at upcoming Chamber banquet. W L Pearson to lead. Houston Spikes resigns from his post at Amarillo. Red Cross in Lubbock reelects officers with new board member Tom Duggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bunyan
Lubbock
City Commission
Kiwanis Club
Hub Jones
Fred Childress
C. E. Hereford
First Baptist Church of
W. C. O'Mara
Lubbock County
Timely Quotes on Laster Moss Flight Landing
Carl Sandburg likens Timely Quotes to President Johnson in a wry remark. The comment compares Moss, pilot of a Tulsa Airport landing with wheels up and belly scraping the runway, to McKinley in a pointed critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laster Moss
Tulsa
McKinley
Carl Sandburg
President Johnson
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Kenneth Dixon
Midland
Billie Sol Estes
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Pecos
Andrews
Bile Sul
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Andrew Tully
Erickson
Novak
Republican Party
AMA
Frank Bow
House
Bow
General Fund
Richard Starnes
U. S
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