Trustees Commended for Efficiency Study in Lubbock District
The Lubbock Independent School District trustees, led by Bill Kingsbery, approved a full efficiency review of district operations with emphasis on the administrative level. The board’s unanimous vote signals a new era toward reducing needless costs while hoping for improved operations and potential savings without harming the system.
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Mayor Calls for Action On Federal Tax Revenue Flow
Lubbock Mayor W D Rogers urged rapid city action to leverage federal grants and reform tax revenue handling. He warned that federal aid dominates state and local budgets, cited rising grant levels from 3.8 billion in 1956 to about 16.8 billion in 1967, and urged discussion of the Demonstration Cities Bill to address urban blight and crime.
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Dr Morton Rieber Advocates Viet Nam Role Viewed Like Hungary
Baylor University professor Dr Morton Rieber compared U S actions in Viet Nam to Russia crushing the Hungarian uprising. He spoke to about 100 at First Unitarian Church of Dallas and urged critical reflection on aggression and history.
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Kennedy Defends FBI Bugging Against Wiretap Critics
Article defends Senator Kennedy for approving FBI bugging used to investigate organized crime in 1962 63. It explains bugging records conversations in rooms via hidden microphones and contrasts it with wiretapping, noting no federal ban on bugging though wiretap data cannot be used in court.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Humphrey Voices Private Dissent Over Money Policy
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, privately unsettled by rising interest rates and tight money, urged a change in Johnson administration monetary policy during a New York banquet and a Poverty Council meeting. He was supported indirectly by Gardner Ackley and discussed with business leaders.
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UN Moderates Form Counterforce to African Bloc at UN
Arthur Goldberg quietly pitches an informal alliance of moderates from regional blocs to check African bloc power at the United Nations. With Johnson's backing, the plan aims for a united front on strategy and key issues to resist the bloc’s push, including a potential move denouncing U.S. actions in Vietnam.
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Bread Price Hike In Lubbock After Subsidy Ends
In Lubbock bakeries bread rose to 13 cents per loaf Monday following the end of a government subsidy and a flour price increase of 1.75 per hundred pounds. New Orleans cotton futures jumped sharply by five dollars a bale amid strong buying after a lower than expected government acreage estimate. In Washington the British loan of 3.75 billion dollars passed an early test in the House by 181 to 67 as President Truman warned defeat would imperil UN economic cooperation plans.
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New Orleans
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United Nations Plan For World Economic Cooperation
Timely Quotes on Medicare and Labor unions
President Johnson warns higher hospital service prices threaten medical gains while Walter Reuther defends unions as a right of all members, not private property.
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Political gossip and court talk swirl around Luci Johnson and Potter Stewart
Ruth Montgomery reports on reaction to White House guidance canceling Luci Johnson parties while Luci joins a Wisconsin ball. Dr Tim Lee Carter launches a one man drive to nominate Potter Stewart for President at the 1968 GOP convention citing Stewart conservative rulings and judicial restraint.
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Memorials and parking clash over JFK landmark in Dallas
A Houston Post guest editorial discusses Dallas debates over a JFK memorial to cover a city block. County officials consider an underground parking garage beneath the site, sparking concerns of an architectural atrocity and a race to balance memorializing history with downtown parking needs.
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Monticello
Grant
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Credit Tightening Authority Rejected by House
The U S House defeated emergency authority for the President to mandate larger down payments and shorter payback periods 275 to 75. Critics warned such powers could trigger inflation while supporters argued action might be needed if the economy worsens during the fall campaigns.
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Dallas Morning News
Canada cash wheat sale to Russia dominates Turnrow
O C McBride notes Canada has made a large cash on delivery wheat sale to Russia and questions U S trade tactics. He cites an expert returning from Viet Nam on enemy morale and jokes about U S politicians Fulbright and Morse lifting spirits.
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Russia
U.S
Viet Nam
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Senator Morse
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