Wilmer Smith eyed for USDA post amid Texas contenders
The article notes farmer Wilmer Smith as a leading candidate for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, alongside Dolph Briscoe. Smith, based near New Home on the Lubbock-Lynn County line, heads Plains Co-Op Oil Mill and serves as VP of Plains Cotton Growers. He is active in civic affairs and national ag circles, bringing practical farming experience to the top USDA role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Smith
Smith
USDA
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Plains Co-Op Oil Mill
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Washington
Texas Tech Board
New Home
Lubbock-Lynn County
Predictions From Space Era Dreamers Reach For Moon Bases
The article relays forecasts from notable Americans including Vice President Johnson and astronaut John Glenn about moon bases Mars colonies and solar system travel. Predictions envision lunar population centers space stops and large passenger capsules aided by nuclear propulsion with social changes and ongoing earth space travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lvwndon Johnson
John Glenn
California Dynamics-Astronautics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Outer Space
Moon
Mars
Earth
Solar System
Johnson
Age of Problems or Failing Solutions Era
A philosophically inclined author suggests this era could be called the Age of Problems and proposes a subtitle on suggested solutions that may not work. The remark frames contemporary tensions as enduring, unresolved challenges.
Not interested in cosmetics means she isn’t interested in men
A fragment suggests that if a woman shows no interest in cosmetics she may also lack interest in men. The line presents a causal claim linking cosmetic interest to romantic interest in men.
Man Prefers Giving Advice to Others Than Using It
A proverb-like note asserts advice is easier to offer than to apply. It frames advice as a outward act rather than personal practice, suggesting self-use is harder than directing others.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 1963 Morning Edition Info
The notice lists publication details for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Morning Edition and Evening Edition, publishing location at 8th Street and Avenue J, Texas, with Associated Press and United Press International affiliations and a subscription rate schedule for various terms and delivery options. It is dated July 16, 1963, in Lubbock Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
8Th St
Ave. J
Texas
National
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Parker F. Prouty
Chas. A. Guy Presid
United States of America
Republic
Will That Wasn’t Signed by Bob Considine
Alicia Patterson Guggenheim rich widow of Captain Joe dies. A dispute between relatives trims an estimated ten million from her estate as Eleanor Patterson revises her will to name niece as sole heir to The Washington Times Herald, sending a handwritten page to Col. Robert R. McCormick in Chicago.
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Bob Considine
EW York
Alicia Patterson Guggenheim
Joe
Long Island
Newsday
Eleanor Patterson
Washington Times-Herald
Washington Post
Star
The
Chicago Tribune
Bertie
Ertif
Alicia
Cissie
Washington
Chicago
Cissie Patterson
Times-Herald
Col. McCormick
Eugene Meyer
Post
Isste Patterson
Rockefeller Foundation
District of Columbia
New York Daily News
WR. Hearst, Sr
Mr. Hearst
Considine
Four Top World Leaders Discuss Global Issues on TV Town Meeting
A CBS Telstar program linked Eisenhower Eden von Brentano and Monnet in a telecast from Denver London Bonn and Brussels. Eden urged planning for food surpluses with international bank help warning of a widening gap between rich and poor nations. The four figures projected optimism and defined national images through their conduct and stance during the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Broadcasting System
Telstar
Charles de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Denver
Lord Avon
Anthony Eden
London
Heinrich von Brentano
Bonn
Jean Monnet
Brussels
de Gaulle
West
Eden
Atlantic
International Bank
Walter Cronkite
Posal
Monnet
von Brentano
Fine Arts Plan Capital May Be Due A Dressup
Washington painter Bill Walton, named to the Commission of Fine Arts, aims to shape federal building design and promote on site early planning for the $10 million National Aquarium. He envisions pagodas and casual Mall eateries, while noting Capitol Hill remains under Congress control. Walton’s work draws attention from Interior Department support and rising art prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Tully
Ashington
Bill Walton
Kennedy
Commission of Fine Arts
Washington
Walton
Tully
Fine Arts Commission
la Jolla
Calif
Interior Department
Bill
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
Congress
Hill
Commission
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
P Street
Georgetown
Time Magazine
Poliomyelitis cases rise in Lubbock and Plainview
Memory Lane notes two new polio cases in Lubbock bringing total to five with cases reported among staff at West Texas Hospital. Plainview council orders immediate city-wide clean-up amid infantile paralysis and spinal meningitis cases. seven spinal meningitis cases so far non fatal. Capt Marcus O Owens Jr of Lubbock earns Distinguished Flying Cross for planning and leading Sicily troop transport missions with the Troop Carrier Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
J. W. Rollo
West Texas Hospital
Plainview
John F. DuBose
Marcus O. Owens, Jr
United States Troop Carrier Command
Carl A. Spaatz
Owens
Sicily
Lesson in policy futility over duty free limits
The piece argues government policy prolongs failure by extending the $100 duty free limit for Americans returning from abroad. It criticizes the rationale, cites rising travel spending and weakly reduced duties, and suggests leaders fear admitting error while noting Kennedy extended the limit. The author links this to broader charges against foreign aid and economic strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Starnes
Starnes
Congress
Rusk
U. S. Customs Service
Montmartre
Boulevard Montparnasse
Department of Commerce
Refugee Returns to East Germany After West Funeral
An unidentified East German who attended a relative's funeral in the West fled back to East Germany a week ago. UPI reports he reportedly crawled through mine fields and barbed wire fences to reach the East, then vanished after the funeral.
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Fulda
Germany
UPI
East Germa
Fuld
Sunda
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White House
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
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