Ranks Torn by Right Left Split in GOP Race
Gallup surveys show 1968 GOP race echoing 1964 and 1952 splits between right and left factions. Nixon leads Romney among party chairmen, while Romney enjoys a small overall edge over Nixon in the general voter sample. Reagan gains among newcomers. Lindsay declines. Hatfield and Scranton rated. Results to be published next Sunday.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
GOP
George Romney
Michigan
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Romney
Taft
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Ime
Johnson
Scranton
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
John Lindsay
New York City
Ronald Reagan
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Reagan
California
Lindsay
New York
LBJ
Cotton Winners Will Be Honored At Mill Luncheon
Winners in the District 2 4 H Club cotton production contest for 1965 will be honored at a luncheon today at the Plains Cooperative Oil Mill. The event marks the mill's 30th anniversary with attendance by pioneers who helped establish the mill. Martin Warren of Lynn County won irrigated with 1219 pounds per acre and Lee Norman of Garza County led dryland with 640 pounds. Other irrigated winners include Bob D. Miller Gaines County 1201 pounds Randy Settle Hale 1171 Randall Reid Terry 1084 Tommy Clevenger Hockley 1059 and Dickie Jones Swisher 1039. Top dryland finishers after Norman are Larry Elliott Cochran 594 Danny Tuggle Terry 573 Clyde Kitten Lubbock 484 Bruce Nichols Howard 378 Nolan Vogler Dawson 326.
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Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
Roy B. Davis
MII
Martin Warren
Lynn County
Norman
Larry Elliott
Cochran County
Danny Tuggle
Terry County
Clyde Kitten
Lubbock County
Bruce Nichols
Howard County
Nolan
Vogler
Dawson County
Presidential choice at 1968 Republican convention
Survey questions ask which candidate between George Romney and Richard Nixon the public would prefer for the Republican convention nomination. Results indicate voter leaning toward one option, reflecting GOP sentiment in the period.
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George Romney
Michigan
Richard Nixon
Miss Italy Paola Bossalino Poses Through Rain
Miss Italy Paola Bossalino of Rome smiles through a rain flecked car window on Miami Beach during the Miss Universe pageant. A sudden downpour sent contestants seeking shelter while photographers prepared. The rain stopped, and she returned to the beach to pose.
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Italy
Paola Bossalino
Rome
Miami Beach
Orangemen March On Boyne Commit Protestants Rally in Belfast
Tens of thousands of Orangemen parade through Belfast celebrating the Boyne victory amid sectarian tension. Prime Minister O Neill calls for end to religious strife while Paisley charts a possible split within the Orange Order and unity moves with Dublin face opposition.
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Godfrey Anderson
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Boyne
Terence O'Neill
Cullybackey
O'Neill
Orange Order
Grand Lodge
Border
Irish Republic
Elizabeth
William of Orange
James II
Ian Paisley
Free Presbyterian Church
Dublin
Rome
Ulster
Paisley
Herbert Kirk
Orange
Regional planning urged at Texas workshop in Austin
Officials from 21 of 22 districts joined a regional planning workshop in Austin sponsored by state and federal agencies. They discussed expanding federal aid for mass transit, water and park projects and the need for comprehensive long term state development plans.
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Austin
Texas
LeePeRtae
Governor's Office
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Texas Research League
Texas Municipal League
Harold Wise
Washington, D.C
Wise
Dione Howell Named Best Speaker at Toastmasters Event
Dione Howell was named best speaker Monday night by the Lubbock Toastmasters Club at Medlock's Restaurant. Clarence Brazill presided with John Crews as table topics master and other roles filled by Rufus Aylesworth Bill Kirk Weldon Peeples and Otis Rogers Jr. among critics. Fourteen members and three guests attended.
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Dione Howell
Lubbock
Chamber Bus Trip To Lake Slated By Lubbock Chamber
A Lake Meredith and Canadian River Dam project tour is set for July 19 led by J. M. Cunningham, chairman of the chamber water sub committee. The 7:30 a.m. start at 902 Texas Ave. includes dam facilities and recreation area, returning about 5 p.m. Reservations by 9 a.m. Monday. Transportation and lunch at Borger Country Club are $8 per person. Lubbock and other South Plains cities will benefit from the Canadian project.
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Lubbock
Borger Country Club
South Plains
Tom Sawyer Day at Optimist Branch Lubbock Boys' Clubs
Tom Sawyer Day at the Optimist Branch in Lubbock begins at 3:30 p.m. Contests include pocket drawing watermelon eating and obstacle course. Winners receive a baseball glove and other prizes. Open to club members. England homeowners taxed by number of house windows from 1700 to 1851.
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Optimist
Lubbock Boys' Clubs
C. H. Kyle
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