City cuts tax rate 35 cents in Lubbock schools clash
City of Lubbock lowers the tax rate from 1.50 to 1.15 per 100 valuation to relieve taxpayers after a revaluation by Ehrenberg. The School Board contemplates a 1.45 rate under new assessments, urging more funding while critics demand realistic valuations and tighter school spending.
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Ehrenberg
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Combat Pay Rights Expanded for All U S Troops Overseas
The Defense Department revises policy to grant combat pay to all American service members in South Vietnam and other danger zones. Wounded in action in the Dominican Republic also qualify, and dependents of service members killed by hostile action gain higher relief. Top commanders may exclude non risk personnel to prevent inequity.
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Dominican Republic
Cover-Up Time for Dust-Blowing Lots Near Cities
During rain shower season owners of vacant five to ten acre tracts should cover bare soil with plant life such as forage sorghum and millet to curb dust. Planting may cost about 30 per acre with possible guidance from Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service or Soil Conservation Service. Citizens near these tracts would benefit from reduced dust.
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Soil Conservation Service
Autos Can Take You Anywhere Says Columnist
A columnist writes that automobiles can take you anywhere you want to go and quips that they might also cause inconvenience wherever you travel. The piece emphasizes mobility and humor about car travel.
Panic in the Market Sparks a Little Investor's Worries
Irving, a hesitant New York investor spotted at an automat, frets over stock dips and headlines. He contemplates selling Xerox and AT&T while weighing Johnson's optimistic chat, a looming longshoremen strike, and rumors about Chrysler and Texas Sulphur, revealing the era's fear-driven stir.
Bundy gets White House backing as aides expand role
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report President Johnson shifts foreign policy power, adding Horace Busby and Douglass Cater to work beside McGeorge Bundy. The move aims to show openness beyond a Bundy Rusk core and bolster the president’s diplomatic outreach amid Vietnam and Caribbean concerns.
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Bread Up Gems Down in Johnson Tax Debate
Andrew Tully notes that a $5 billion excise tax bill to lower luxury taxes while new processing taxes on rice and wheat would raise bread and rice prices. He says higher costs shift burdens to housewives, hitting the poor hardest as food prices rise. He discusses farm subsidies, farmer profits, and wage concerns amid subsidies’ failings.
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Byrnes Named Secretary of State in Truman Cabinet
President Truman announced a new cabinet lineup with James F. Byrnes of South Carolina as secretary of state. Other appointees include Clinton Anderson as agriculture secretary Roberta Hannegarmer as attorney general and Tom Clark as postmaster. Texans in Washington cheered Tom’s role at the San Francisco Conference as Cordell Hull signs the U S charter. Levelland plans rodeo days led by Medal and J W McDermott as secretary treasurer. Cotton acreage in 1944 stands at 101 082 acres across 14 counties, with a grim 1945 outlook of possibly 75 000 bales.
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Tom Clark
South Pi Fiala
Texas
Incomplete OCR Brief Cites Louisiana Politician
Fragmentary text mentions New York World and Louisiana figures with garbled phrases. No clear events, names, dates, or outcomes are discernible to summarize a definite news item.
Postal fraud scheme swindled debtors through mail offers
Justice Department reports indictments of National Budget Services Inc and General Budget Corporation owners for a mail order debt relief scam that promised creditors would be kept at bay. Debtors sent payments that funded insiders while most money never reached creditors. Eight men allegedly ran an operation defrauding over 5,000 debtors across five states and the District of Columbia with future similar schemes expected.
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Chen
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District of Cumbia
Earmenny Sho Willaye
Tragic Early Death of Gene Thornton Shocks Abilene Community
Guest editorials mourn Gene Thornton who died at 45 after cancer struck him down. He had grown up in E L Thorntons’ Abilene merchandise empire and led with bold leadership, humor, and warmth. His loss leaves a deep void among family friends and the local business community.
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Gene) Thornton
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Move of U S consulate from Juarez to Chihuahua City opposed
A letter argues against relocating the U S consulate from Juarez to Chihuahua City. It says demand and activity are strongest in El Paso and Juarez, not Chihuahua, and warns the move could harm U S Mexican relations. The writer urges maintaining the Juarez base and stresses border stability.
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Juarez
Chihuahua City
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Waltee
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