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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
13
Avalanche Journal reports on a growing barter scheme where silver certificates fetch high prices among area brokers in Lubbock. Clarence Scott and Bob Medlar operate coin shops buying up certificates and reselling to banks in New York, with prices as high as 1.70 per dollar but recently slipping due to volatile silver futures.
Lubbock school trustees will hear a parents protest at 8 p m Monday June 17 in the administration building. The meeting will address grade check marks and follow a request by Superintendent Nat Williams after an earlier private meeting was canceled.
The Southern Baptist Convention urged an immediate Vietnam cease fire and for the U S to halt bombing North Vietnam while avoiding further military buildup. The American Baptist head observers urged de escalation and a South Vietnamese burden. Other resolutions backed gun control and condemned hatred after Kennedy’s assassination.
A world book service report says a small planetoid named Tearus will pass Earth at over 50 000 mph on June 14, likely missing by four million miles. Experts warn a slight course shift could trigger a collision with thousands of H-bombs, citing past impacts in Siberia and Meteor Crater.
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