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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1969
Page
3
The 61st Legislature produced historic bills including a minimum wage, police and emergency worker protections, bilingual instruction, and new medical schools. A special session may be needed over funding and tax issues, with August bond votes and a November local option for mixed drinks on the horizon.
The pay bill would cost 3.9 billion dollars over a decade with state and local shares of 3.2 and 0.7 billion. It begins with two year costs of 61.9 million and 92.8 million, then locks in long range raises including five percent annual increases and cost of living hikes in 1974 and 1978. Governor Smith questions legality and funding sources while weighing a possible veto as a long term fiscal burden looms.
The piece notes Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas took 350 dollars from Ralph Ginzburg, publisher convicted on obscenity charges, for a folk singing article. It argues the justice should resign if he cannot explain the conduct, aligning with Senator Paul Fannin’s demand for explanation or resignation.
The piece outlines a speculative chain of events from a Midway meeting among Nixon Thieu and U S aides. It envisions assurances to Thieu that the United States will back Saigon, with warnings of misinterpretation and public pressure as Paris peace terms loom and Thieu presses for guarantees against NLF influence.
J. Fire Godfrey, president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, visits and recalls past roundups in Dickens and Motley Counties and branding pens. The exchange touches on the cow business in the brakes and local ranching life.
A NATO briefing in Brussels notes France may increase cooperation and possibly rejoin its military role as De Gaulle era policies shift. US calls for Europe to shoulder more defense, while US troop levels in Western Europe face scrutiny. The piece links French participation to a Europe centered defense and a de Americanized NATO.
In Lisbon Henry J. Taylor reports that NATO member Portugal has deployed about 80,000 troops to Africa to combat guerrilla groups backed by the USSR China and Cuba. The fight centers on Angola and Mozambique with a joint Portuguese South African dam project on the Zambezi aimed at powering southern Africa.
A guest editorial attacks South African plan to sell bottled sea water as a miracle tonic to interior tribes. It warns rivals may copy Hadacol style branding and spark a rapid market boom with cheap, questionable remedies.
Los Angeles firm Tel-Plan says it can cut phone bills by as much as 10 percent by auditing charges and equipment. It bills half the savings for detecting overpayments and full savings for cost-cutting for the first ten months. California stores test Welcome Checks allowing customers to cash checks at many retailers, broadening payment options.
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