Experience Needed Draft Boards Should Not Quit
Kosciusko County Indiana sees five Selective Service Board members resign to protest a Supreme Court ruling on conscientious objection. Draft Director Tarr warns boards to enforce the act and handle exemptions. rising appeals and objector records show strain, while board experience remains crucial to prevent undermining the system.
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Selective Service Board
Kosciusko County
Indiana
Supreme Court
Curtis W. Tarr
Congress
Tarr
July 4th Hecklers Target Honor America Day in Washington
The Emergency Committee to Prevent a July 4th Fist Fight led by Rennie C. Davis warns of violence at the Honor America Day observance in Washington. National chairs include Billy Graham and Bob Hope with an expected 15,000 attendees for a marijuana smoke-in near the Washington Monument and related sites.
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Emergency Committee
Rennie C. Davis
Washington
Davis
Chicago 7
America
Billy Graham
Bob Howe
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Washington Monument
White House Ellipse
Lincoln Memorial
Fist
Bright
U.S
Better System Proposed for Population Counts
A high level official criticized the current official census and urged chambers of commerce to devise new methods to estimate population between censuses. The remark suggested dissatisfaction with existing counting practices and called for a more accurate system.
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Chambers of Commerce
Medical convention clash shows gap between doctors and consumers
The AMA faced criticism at Chicago as consumer voices pressed onto the floor challenging rising health costs and the assembly line approach. Parties need closer cooperation, not conflict, to address a growing mutual problem in health care.
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American Medical Association
Chicago
Brannigan
Mansfield Seeks Bipartisan Action On Economic Woes
Senator Mansfield in a nonpartisan nationally broadcast talk urges Congress to cooperate with President Nixon to curb inflation reduce unemployment and halt the Vietnam involvement. He defends legislative authority and criticizes Democratic critics while stressing responsible policy and restraint.
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Montana
Congress
Mansfield
Nixon
Vietnam
Mr. Mansfield
Senator Mansfield
Police Oversight Letter Questions Lubbock Aid
A reader from The Avalanche Journal laments a Lubbock police officer who ignored help for a stalled car on 19th Street during the evening rush. The writer criticizes the officer’s lack of assistance and suggests directions to manage traffic while seeking help, while praising the department’s broader post tornado efforts.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
19Th Street
Donvn
Tri
Someon
Bayh Bitten Very Hard by Power Failure
Marianne Means notes Bayh suffers setback as power outage leaves a woman and child stranded in a stalled car on a busy street. Editor letters complain about lack of rest home options east of Avenue Q and south of 14th Street, calling for welfare housing and transit improvements for elderly residents.
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Patricia A. Box
49Th St
The
Avalanche Journal
Avenue Q
14Th Street
Boston
Ith
Avenue Ho
4Th
Lyndale Acres
Ely
Fiftieth Street
3Th
E. A. Darwin
50Th St
Bayh eyes 1972 bid as Hartke ties widen Indiana
Washington reports Sen. Pirck Bayh D Ind moves toward a presidential bid aided by party unity with Sen. Hartke after a makeup session and public appearances beyond Indiana. Bayh touts a Muskie Bayh ticket and pushes for abolishing the electoral college. Also included: a reader’s note from editor of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and a letter from Mrs. Jewell N. Meyer praising friendship and faith.
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Washington
Sen
Pirch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
White House
Indiana
Roy St. Angelo
Vance Hartke
St. Angelo
Hartke
Truman weighs Korea troop stake as Tokyo hints at action
President Truman faced a decision on sending American troops and allied air and sea forces to defend southern Korea from Communist advances. Tokyo reports suggested a broader commitment may be under consideration. Hollywood writers faced contempt findings in Washington. Ring Lardner Jr and five others were fined and jailed for refusing to answer questions about communism. In Fort Worth a 13 year old girl with cancer received a hopeful note from Gov. Shivers while her dying father had died two years earlier.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Nixon
Mansfield
Truman
Korea
Tokyo
Hollywood
Ring Lardner Jr
Lester Cole
Albert Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Herman Biberman
Edward Dmytryck
Fort Worth
Carolyn Ragsdale
Gov. Shivers
Dallas
Agnew poll shocks Democrats as Nixon backs him
Nixon backs Agnew as polls show growing support for the vice president among college graduates and labor voters. Gallup finds 51 percent of grads favor Agnew, 37 percent oppose, with 12 percent undecided, signaling concern for Democratic strategists ahead of November elections.
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Washington
Nixon
Agnew
White House
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gallup
Middle America
George Gallup
Parkers
Lawrence F O'Brien
National Committee
Abbie Hoffman
Pass It On From L M Boyd
Reader column by L M Boyd covers obscure trivia on shipwrecks Sable Island and Cape Horn misdirection odd facts about a whale size misstatement and a note on gods laughter. It cites US Navy rules about cheering and an old China decapitation tale. Readers submit questions on prime meat divorce name changes and peanut butter storage.
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Ars
Seven Seas
Cape Horn
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Austin
Texas
Con.gress Avenue
Navy
Old
China
1. M. Boyd
I.0
Santa Monica
Calif
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
David Lawrence
Detroit News
BELL
McClure
Marianne
Nursing Home
Hwe
Miami
Tiger Bay Club
G. Harrold Carswell
Carswell
Earth
Jewell N. Meyer
29Th St
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Andrew Tully
Ll. M. Boyd
Mark Twain
Twain
God
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