Quaker Group Defies Embargo Over Vietnam Aid Efforts
The article criticizes a Quaker group led by Lawrence Scott for sending medical supplies to North Vietnam in defiance of the Trading With the Enemy Act. It notes passport revocations for crew, calls for prosecution, and warns the group propagandizes for the Communist side while risking serious penalties.
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U.S
Treasury Department
Haiphong
Justice Department
American Friends Service Committee
Lawrence Scott
Philadelphia
North Vietnamese Red Cross
International Red Cross
Sam Legg
Baltimore
Hanoi
Weather sympathy message for Texas readers
The note urges Lubbock residents to share weather comments with friends in Central and South-Central Texas. It highlights drought conditions, water rationing, broken mains, crop damage, limited irrigation, and insect proliferation. It acknowledges relief from rains and hints at shared concern across regions.
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Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
RSVP Etiquette Hint From Lubbock Column
A social note laments low RSVP responses in business and civic events. A luncheon sent 32 invitations yielded only two replies by the deadline, prompting a secretary to conduct a telephone poll while urging readers to provide a courtesy response. Amy Vanderbilt is cited as the standard for polite replies.
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Lubbock
Amy Vanderbilt
Lubbock honors longServing leaders at CC-BCD luncheon
Framed plaques awarded to 54 year slate of Board of Oil Development and Chamber of Commerce presidents. many honored in absentia due to death or illness. The event celebrated lasting civic effort and suggested future plaques for outgoing leaders. A Houston Post aside notes oversized bed joke and sleep habits.
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Board of Oil Development and Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Cc-Bcd
Miniskirts and Markets Spur a Wall Street Lark
In a Washington strip, Art Buchwald riffs on fashion and finance as a couple obsesses over miniskirts signaling stock trends. The wife nudges prudence while the husband parries with joked market calls, culminating in a Saks stop where she buys a miniskirt and he contemplates joining the market moves.
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Saks
Fifth Ave
Bipartisan Vote Keeps Rail Strike Legislation Alive
Washington report notes a 69 20 Senate vote and 244 148 House vote for the president's railroad bill. Democrats split amid union influence while 123 Republicans aided, preventing paralysis of mail delivery and Vietnam supply lines.
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House of Representatives
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Congress
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Afl-Cio
China ABM incentive pushes U.S. to build defense fast
Washington analysis argues the United States must pursue a thin ABM system by 1975 as China develops hydrogen bombs and long-range delivery. Experts warn China could threaten the U S with ICBMs within two to eight years, while regional neighbors face rising risk.
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India
Hour of Truth
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Middle East
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Nasser
Egypt
Castro
Cuba
Taft cites coast to coast hearings on living costs
Senator Taft said a Senate House committee plans to open coast to coast hearings about September 15 on the increase in the cost of living. Amarillo attorney Joe Dooley to take oath as federal judge in the Northern District of Texas August 1 at 11 a.m. in Amarillo. Las Creasas social club honors fifty rushees at Jersey Lilly ranch party. Calf roping leader Toots Mansfield wins first go round at Cheyenne Frontier Days with a 16.5 time.
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House
Washington
Taft
Ohio
House Committee
Amarillo
Joe Dooley
Northern District of Texas
Las Creasas
Toots Mansfield
Big Spring
Cheyenne
Offhand Thoughts and Far Reaching Social Quips
An opinion piece laments peaceful Viet Nam War supporters and belligerent pacifists while noting a TV news bulletin interrupting a commercial as a near miracle. It critiques foreign aid as unworthy even if purchasable and comments on affluent times and church office robberies. A quip among youngsters about theft rounds out the column.
Kennedy era youth faith fades as RFK loses appeal
A leading expert on youth culture says under-25s on college campuses have rejected RFK viewing him as archaic amid psychedelic culture and communal life. They see him as narcissistic, seek a new religious leader, and distrust politicians over thirty. They find Billy Graham equally old fashioned.
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Washington
Bobby Kennedy
Blank
Senator Kennedy
Dr. Blank
Bob Kennedy
RFK
Canada
Mount Kennedy
Life Magazine
Humphrey
Johnson
Kennedy
Billy Graham
It’s An Error in the Electronic Age Editorial
A guest editorial laments widespread computer errors in banking and billing. Readers describe bounced checks, incorrect debits and credits, and charges from unfamiliar branches, while printers warn of the triumphalist messages of the new electronic era.
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Columbus
Enquirer
Hair fashion ties to skirt length at festival
A Charlotte beauty and harvest festival speaker predicts day hair will be short as skirts shorten and will use hairpieces for longer evening skirts. The plan draws bemused reactions as women would appear nearly bald in daylight.
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Washington
Charlie Collingwood
New York City
Fifth Ave
Charlotte
N. C
Anniston
Ala
Star
Dear Turnrow Tunker on Cows and Club Memberships
O C McBride writes a humorous Turnrow Tunker column noting India's 176 million cows and comparing global cow totals. He critiques Democratic Presidents Club memberships allowing wives to attend fund-raisers for a thousand dollars and jokes about fishing trends and appetite for catches. The feature is syndicated nationally by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.
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McBrice
Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate
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