Agricultural Opportunities Aired at West Texas Session
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce held a brainstorm session in Lubbock marking the need for expanded markets and gains in Texas agriculture. Speakers noted California’s dominance in vegetable production and urged Texas to improve vegetable markets and cotton processing to boost local economy and reduce imports.
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Lubbock teacher to receive national education fellowship
Mrs. Henry G. Burchett of Lubbock Public Schools will be honored at the National Education Association convention in Miami as one of four Hilda Maehling Fellowship recipients for excellence in speech therapy. The award stems from a classroom color chart system defining speech defects, praised for aiding teachers students and parents.
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Burchett
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National Gas Days and Fathers Day Coincide
A humorous piece notes National Gas Days fall in the same month as Father's Day. It jokes about gas and dads sharing traits like emitting heat and needing attention when they "pop off," while concluding that billing falls to Dad in the end.
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Leti
Supreme Court clarifies law on civil rights disorders
The Supreme Court rules that no federal law grants private citizens a right to obstruct streets or incite violence in civil rights demonstrations and that removal to federal court is not guaranteed. It warns Congress to consider a law against incitement while stressing limits on free assembly and free speech in public spaces.
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Appreciation for front page war coverage
A reader praises The Avalanche Journal for printing crucial war news on the front page rather than the want ads. The writer urges other papers to follow, noting families of soldiers view the conflict as their top concern and that timely reporting matters most during wartime.
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Defense analysts under fire for lavish spending at IDA
A Texas reader argues that the Institute for Defense Analyses has used taxpayer money for high living expenses, salaries, and perks while the Pentagon funds research. The letter critiques IDA's perks, proposed budget cuts, and urges accountability from leaders.
Letter to editor warns against civil rights protests
Joe H. Boyd of Petersburg decries civil rights activists and politicians, claims civil disobedience erodes freedom, accuses MLK Ising and James Meredith figures of disruption, and questions government overreach and the Meredith shooting as staged. He urges limits on protest rights and warns of a police state.
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Lubbock business and ministry unite to oppose liquor plan
Local leaders from business and church groups organized to oppose a petition seeking a countywide election for legalized beer sales. The move follows an earlier announcement of the petition drive and calls for coordinated opposition to the liquor measure.
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Lubbock
Gold Mine in Cooper for 1968 Presidential Prospects
Washington GOP strategists may overlook Senator John Sherman Cooper as a presidential contender. The Kentucky Republican, a Yale and Harvard Law graduate, has served in three branches of government, on the UN General Assembly, and as Eisenhower’s ambassador to India. He backs a strong but negotiated approach to Vietnam and holds a record of bipartisan civil rights cooperation.
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Washington Leak Sparks USDA Security Scrutiny
The U S Department of Agriculture probes a leak tied to crop programs after a commodity trader profits from advance information. The source was linked to President Johnson's February 10 message to Congress, triggering anger among staff and reporters and pledging tighter scrutiny of presidential messages.
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Lenin Trend Prompts Soviet Ad Reform and Trust Law Talk
The Russian trend toward capitalist methods could spur anti trust laws in the Soviet Union within five years. Trade Minister Alexander Struyev urged better advertising and called for studies on supply and demand. Struyver urged ending unexpressive and meaningless ads.
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Dear Turnrow Turnner Picks TV Reruns and Voter Oddities
O C McBride writes that summer television leans on re runs with Gemini 9 and Surveyor moon landing as examples the piece notes a party fight after a swing at Sinatra leaves the attacker unconscious and hints at election voting irregularities by Texas Democrats and Republicans alike while casual jabs at Dean Martin and ghost voters frame the satire
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