Smith Wins Texas Primary With Wide Margin Across State
In the May 4 Texas primary Smith carried Dallas by 5 3 and won Fort Worth San Antonio and Austin. Yarborough led Houston 95616 to 81400 and won El Paso Corpus Christi but Smith swept rural counties to build a margin. The outcome challenged minority bloc power and hinted at labor and liberal precinct preferences for Yarborough. Smith ruled out immediate tax bill leadership for Austin session.
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Smith
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Yarborough
Houston
el Paso
Corpus. Christi
Texas
Labor Union
Liberal
Senate
GOP
Govenor
Eggers
Wichita Falls
Waggoner Carr
Dolph Briscoe
Eugene Locke
John Hill
Jouett Shouse Former U.S. Representative and Liberal League Leader Dies
Jouett Shouse 88 former Kansas congressman and longtime Democratic figure died after a brief illness. He chaired the Democratic National Committee from 1929 to 1932 and led the American Liberty League opposing many New Deal policies. Survived by widow Catherine and daughter Marion Lewis.
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Washington
Jouett ‘Shouse
the Treasury
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Kansas
Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Franklin’ Roosevelt
American Liberty League
The
Liberty League
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Lexington
Senate
U.S
Kinsley Bank
Kinsley
Kan
General Aniline and Film Corp
General Dyestuffs Corp
New York
Anton Smit and Co., Inc
Catherine
Marion Lewis
Matamora
Texas Governors Race Shapes Democratic Power in 1960s
The article surveys Ben Barnes Ted Kennedy Connally and Governor John Connally as 1968 Texas politics unfold. It notes Barnes shifting to lieutenant governor, Smith winning the governorship, and how party factions vie for control ahead of the June 11 convention in Dallas and the September 17 state convention. It highlights how the trio influences the state party and the looming leadership contest.
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Connally
Vee Ie
Barnes
Smith
Ido
Anothing
Poss
Robert F. Kennedy
LBJ
Summer school options and library program details
Schools offer extended day noncredit courses from 8 10 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 12 noon with no charges for junior high homemaking and driver education components. Senior high courses include English reading math mechanical drawing typing homemaking and family living with a $35 behind the wheel fee. Remedial classes begin the extended first grade and summer reading activities run in 11 elementary schools with library open two days weekly. Reading certificates may be earned through the Lubbock Public Library program with 20 books read and coordinated by Title I librarians. Transportation and interest limit participation. open hours and days vary by campus.
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Carter, Guadalupe
Harwell
Iles
Jackson, Martin
McWhorter
North Ave
U, Posey
Sanders
Southeast
Thompson
Wheatley
Lubbock City-County
Public Library
Luther Klegg
Lubbock
Sealys. Skeen
Klegg
Gregg
Carter
Jackson
Guadalupe
Tes
Posey
Martin
Mmes
John Adair
Nell ‘Arrington
Sueas Artele
Chancie Brown
Dorothy Davies
Andrea Kemp
The Worm from Page One
Spec. 5 Breutzman single handedly held off Viet Cong sappers near brigade headquarters firing from an AK47 and reloading to kill one attacker and wound another. He protected a damaged camp until artillery arrived and earned a Silver Star, earning the nickname Worm from his peers.
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Breutzman
Red Cross
AKAT
Worm
Veterans Earn VIP Return Home From Vietnam Duty
Two planeloads of Vietnam veterans from the 82nd Airborne Division 3rd Brigade returned to Fort Bragg North Carolina for two week leaves. The 165 paratroopers completed their Vietnam duty but extended to finish full tours there. They were processed quickly and given partial pay airline tickets and new khaki uniforms with on the spot pressing service.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
Texas Politics Shifts As Johnson Returns to Active Role
Notes forecast intensifying Texas political activity after January with Lyndon Johnson’s return and Smith facing shifts in how Texans view national nominees. The piece signals the 1969 Legislature under Senate leader Barnes and House speaker Gus Mutscher, shaping governor Smith’s recommendations.
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Lloyd Benisenton
Smith
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Cam‘paign Smith
National Party
Senate
Barnes
House
Gus Mutschrho
Bart
Denture Holding Device Described in Patent Texts
A fragment describes a device holding dentures with a plastic centering gate and a natural teeth like component. It references a patent number 3,003,988 and suggests a mechanism to secure both upper and lower dentures.
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Enant
Sancaher
Ben Barnes
U. W. Blake Record Center
Radio & TV Service
ST. Lubbock
American State Bank
F.d.1.c
Ior
Bioth
Lonnie Langston, Cla
Southwestern Life
Southwestern ‘Life
Citizens Tower
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Polies
Fields & Company
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