New HEW Desegregation Policies Spark Hope Across Texas
New HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch pledges to enforce desegregation laws as written, limiting federal coercion and busing. He cites a shift from past excesses, praising districts like Lubbock and Austin and aiming for more realistic, effective desegregation with less harassing oversight.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Lubbock
Congress
Wilbur Cohen
U.S
Education
Harold Howe II
Nixon
Finch
Austin
Texas
Minimum Wage Debate Intensifies Nationally and in Texas
The national push for a $2.00 minimum wage meets resistance amid claims prosperity negates higher floors. Texas shows momentum with bills proposing $1.25 post Feb 1 1970 rising to $1.60 by 1972, facing farm and agricultural pushback and concerns of mechanization.
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Texas
Congress
Johnson Administration
Willard Wirtz
National Urban League
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Preston Smith
James Tobin
Yale University
U.S. Department of Labor
Right On Farms Show U.S. Agriculture Strengths
The piece argues famine threat could vanish if other regions matched U S productivity. It notes six percent of tillable land yields over 21 percent of world meat and oats plus 48 percent of world corn, highlighting what is right about American farming.
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U.S
Tech seeks doctoral programs to elevate agricultural sciences
The State College Coordinating Board is asked to approve doctoral programs for the School of Agricultural Sciences in five areas: agricultural economics, animal science, agronomy, range science, and park administration. Tech emphasizes its strong undergraduate enrollment and need to attract faculty and research funds, aiming to raise the program to absolute agricultural first class. Dean Gerald Thomas notes Tech’s readiness and regional agricultural prominence for this upgrade.
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Texas Technological College
State College Coordinating Board
School of Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural Science
Tech
Gerald Thomas
College Coordinating Board
New President Advised To Let Others Take Care Of Humor
Dear Mr Nixon I offer unsolicited advice on preserving humor during your presidency The letter argues you should delegate jokes to others such as Vice President or Interior Secretary Walter Hickel while you focus on governing It cites past quips and jokes about Eisenhower Agnew and Guy Lombardo and urges restraint to avoid fatigue and repetition.
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President Nixon
The
United States
Walter Hickel
Congress
Reagan
Spiro Agnew
Eisenhower
White House
Guy Lombardo
Smithsonian
Pat
Guy Lomae
North Korea’s brutal Pueblo crew treatment condemned
The piece denounces the North Korean government for brutal treatment of Pueblo crew members held as prisoners for months. It links Moscow and Beijing to supporting inhumane custody and questions if global protests will publicize civilized handling of prisoners.
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Washington
Pueblo
Moscow
Peking Woll
North Korea
Bomeday
38Th Parallel
Russia's Maritime Power Rivalry and US Sea Program
A wide examination of US naval and merchant fleets aging since World War II, with a projected 35 billion dollar warship build, and Russia's rising seaborne strength. The piece contrasts Soviet tonnage, fishing fleets, and torture practices with American capabilities and the political stakes of naval policy amid Vietnam. It notes prisoner treatment concerns and hints at domestic defense spending debates amid hawk dove tensions.
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Washington
American Merchant Marine
U. S
US Navy
United States Merchant Marine
U.S
Russia
North American
Red Navy
Queen Victoria
Moscow Warns Norway as Pact Talks Tighten
Moscow escalates pressure on the North Atlantic defense pact with a sharp note to Norway. In Washington the Air Force and Navy announce steps to harden the U S against supersonic war. In Austin the Legislature faces bills to spend over 300 million from the general fund. Lubbock County poll tax receipts total 7 469 with 978 exemptions issued this year.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Moscow
Russia
Norway
Washington
Air Force
Navy
Austin
Lubbock County
Board Names Texas Tech University Sparks Letter Debate
In a dispute over naming, readers question the Texas Tech board’s choice to adopt Texas Tech University. Garry Kelly protests the survey results favoring Texas State University and accuses directors of ignoring faculty and student will. The editor responds that policy decisions rest with the board and its directors.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech University
Texas State University
Garry Kelly
24Th St
Daylight Saving Time row urges action on reform
The writer argues to drop DST in southern states or extend the end date to September 1. He cites daylight and school schedules, notes Arizona abstention, and calls readers to petition Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana representatives and Texas lawmakers to push federal action.
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Avalanche-Journal
New York-Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
Transportation and Television
Robbies
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Austin
Washington
R. L. Denton
Midland
Letter writers urged to address views to the federal representatives
James FE Farrar of 4201 A%rd St endorses readers sending their letters to Washington as the proper channel for government boondoggle grievances. He grants the Avalanche Journal editor freedom to comment on his letter.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Washington
James FE Farrar
Navy inquiry urged Bucher crew to fight with bare hands
The court of inquiry advocates the crew and commander Bucher should have defended the ship by hand to the last, warning that surrender or failure would reflect on leadership and discipline.
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Lloyd M. Bucher
Naval Court of Inquiry
Africa
Avalanche Journal
Navy Court of Inquiry
Bucher
Sue Stevens
Denver City
Unusual Household Uses for Electrical Appliances
A collage of readers describe inventive ways to repurpose everyday devices. A Boston co ed dries wet boots with a portable hair dryer, Toledo woman dries nails, Chicago homemaker irons rug corners, Philadelphia photographer speeds drying of negatives with a fan, Baltimore woman boils water for tea with a percolator, Portland man warms hands with a toaster, Detroit homemaker molds ceramics with a waffle iron, and more.
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Toledo
Chicago
Dominion Electric Corp
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Portland
Ore
Detroit
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