This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
3
livestock prices across cattle calves feeders and hogs with steady to weak trends. Cattle cows calves and heifers show ranges from about 16.50 to 29.00 with various grades and weights, hogs 180 to 260 pounds around 15.00 to 16.50, sheep and lambs in the low to mid twenties, breeding ewes near 17.90.
Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall approved a contract allowing Arlyne Lansdale of Garden Grove California to commercially extract helium from federal lands in Grand County Utah. The deal permits operations and requires a payment of 2 dollars per thousand cubic feet of helium produced, marking Utah’s first commercial helium production.
An old advertisement urges users not to fear loose teeth and to sprinkle FASTEETH powder on denture plates. It claims enhanced comfort and security without a gummy taste and advises seeing a dentist regularly and buying FASTEETH at drug counters.
Chicago and Fort Worth grain markets showed mixed to volatile results as soybeans and grain futures fluctuated. Wheat eased then rose, corn stayed flat to down, oats advanced on tight nearby supply, and rye mixed amid light trade. A July 1 cattle on feed report weighed on prices.
Cotton No 2 futures close up 1.35 to 1.65 a bale amid commission house buying. May and July reach new seasonal highs as trading intensifies near the release of the August crop estimates by the Agriculture Department.
Pvt. James H. Newton, 34, of Diamond Ruby Virgin Islands, who deserted five years ago and fled to Communist East Germany, has returned to his U S Army outfit in Heidelberg Germany the army announced on Wednesday.
In Washington the House shows signs of a gentlemen’s working agreement on farm legislation. Freeman cites possible passage next week of a one year extension of the 1965 Act and a bill to expand the food stamp program.
President Johnson personally delivers the 230.40 monthly Social Security check to the 24 millionth beneficiary, William F. Owen of Virginia, as Owen and his wife visit the White House. Johnson cites independence and dignity provided by the program for Americans nationwide.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.