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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1968

Page

7

Poor End Protest At USDA Doors In Washington

Demonstrators from the Poor People's Campaign briefly blocked entrances to the Department of Agriculture in Washington. Hosea Williams urged restraint while signaling expansion of the protest the next day. Police and National Guardsmen prepare for a mass rally expected to draw tens of thousands.

Washington Department of Agriculture Hosea Williams Department Orville L. Freeman Williams District of Columbia Welfare Department Mills Wilbur D. Mills D-Ark House Ways and Means Committee Department of Health, Education and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen Mary FE. Switzer Wefare Ed Administration Peter Edelman Robert F. Kennedy Congress Johnson Atlanta Martin Luther King Jr Patrick V. Murphy

Hoarded Half Dollars Reappear in Lubbock Banks

Bank tellers in Lubbock report a wave of half dollar coins returning to circulation as hoarders dump the pieces. They note the Federal Reserve has not flooded the area and that coin use has dropped from about 310000 weekly to under 1000 as machines no longer accept large coins.

Lubbock Federal Reserve Board W. D. Turner Construction Co Abel Bustillos Ave. M 18Th Street

Envoy To Speak To State Senate

The Texas Senate will hear U. S. Ambassador to Sweden W. W. Heath address the body on June 26 at 11 a.m. Heath, a Austin resident, was invited by a Senate resolution adopted Monday following a House approval last week.

TTA Travel Offers Silver Cloud 600 to Dallas for American Airlines Trips

A travel pitch promotes a double date itinerary to Chicago Washington and New York with a TTA Silver Cloud 600 to Dallas. It promises convenient connections on American Airlines the American Way on a nonstop Astrojet to major cities and lists accepted charge cards for reservations.

Chicago Washington New York TTA Dallas American Airlines Astrojet American Express Bankamericard Air Travel Diner’s Club Carte Blanche

Weather Woes Worsen Cotton Plantings Across South Plains

Third straight weekend of storms devastates cotton across the South Plains. Damage includes hail floods winds and sand with about 30,000 acres wiped out and 25 Lubbock County farmers requesting cotton acreage releases to replant. (Total acreage may rise to about 5,000 acres.)

South Plains Lubbock County Walter Y. Wells Youonder Clifford Hilbers Idalou Joe Glass Slaton Federal Farm Program Lubbock Cotton Exchange Bob Poteet The Exchange Lubbock Gregg L. L. Ray Ray

Whittenburg Backs Eggers in Texas Governor Race

Ed Whittenburg of Houston, a defeated Democratic primary candidate, endorsed Republican Paul Eggers for governor in the upcoming race. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith won the Democratic nomination. Whittenburg said he will move to El Paso to enter business and will work for Eggers, citing a need to end party dominance.

EL Paso Ed Whittenburg Houston Paul Eggers Preston Smith Whittenburg

Wallace Sees Clean Sweep Of Nation's Southern States

Wallace and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders said Wallace could win all 13 Southern states plus Delaware and Maryland. Kentucky Governor Nunn and Louisiana Governor McKelthern warned of Wallace’s potential, while Rockefeller and Humphrey rearwardly contested. Paris talks sparked talk of McCarthy visit as Rockefeller outlined federal aid reforms.

Wallace George C. Wallace Georgia South Alabama Richmond Delaware Maryland Carl Sanders Charleston S.C Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina John McKelthern Wallace J Winthrop Rockefeller Arkansas Humphrey Hubert H. Humphrey Dan K. Moore North Carolina Moore Texas John Connally Connally Mekhei Warren Eearns Missouri Paris Eugene J. McCarthy McCarthy Hanal AfeCarthy Albuquerque N.M New York City Char

Introductory Offer At BIOS University Avenue

An ad promises a buy one pack of BL T. Taba and receive one pack free. It directs readers to LH Devas at 5120 34th of BIOS University Ave for the offer.

LH Devas Bios University

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