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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1968
Page
3
In a crowded fair setting, an electromechanical game challenges visitors by posing six questions and flashing lights to reveal the human’s choices. A trained operator uses a Picturephone and computer to test whether people can outsmart the machine, with a human losing if the wrong button is pressed.
Officer Robert J. McCahey told a news conference that the Soviet government exaggerations are unfounded. He said firecrackers were thrown on the night of February 28 by pranksters, as noted by the Soviet Embassy in Washington.
Dr. L L Ray, coordinator of cotton research at the South Plains Research and Extension Center, told the Western Cotton Production Conference in Fresno that a cotton variety revolution is underway across the Belt. He cited 5 to 70 percent shifts in Plains acreage toward longer staple varieties and predicted further improvements. Rice B Ober of the American Cotton Shippers Association warned of synthetic competition while stressing stable supplies and prices as keys to a strong cotton economy. A separate note mentions SEATO exercise in Bangkok and a local gas purchase meeting.
The Rev. David Ray, pastor of First Baptist Church Abilene, joins four other newly named board members including Rex Moore Santa Fe New Mexico Charles Donald Smith Glass City and Mrs Howard Wilkins Abilene. Dr Lee Hamphill heads development with Clyde Childers and two Lubbock ministers assisting. Ray was named in 1968 Outstanding Young Men of America and led as pastor of the largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention after coming to Lubbock for the summer.
A readable note describes a program featuring Guy Woods delivering Bible quotations. The text mentions a venue on Avenue Ty Lubboo and a theme of answering questions with scriptural content.
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