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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
11
Elizabeth Stoddart of Alexandria Virginia stands beside the Iron Maiden torture device before its sale in London. A German buyer purchased the 16th century piece for 4800 dollars. The item originated from a Nuernberg castle and depicts a young girl with spikes inside.
In Austin on Monday former Gov Allan Shivers urged four year terms with no term limits for Texas governors. He argued longer terms suit a two party state and warned against federal encroachment while proposing limited office appointments and election of some officers. A separate committee discussed allowing unlimited tax bonds for cities to fund needed projects.
London report describes an auction of medieval torture tools from a Nuernberg castle. Racks tongues tearers thumb screws headsmen's axes iron spider and iron maiden drew bids from multiple buyers totaling 16 204 dollars. The Iron Maiden figure emerged as the top lot.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead visits Texas for University Speaker Series to discuss The Generation Gap at 7 15 p m in Municipal Auditorium. Mead, renowned for Samoa and New Guinea studies, has led expeditions across the South Pacific and written influential works on adolescence and cultural change.
The article examines Hawaiian sugar subsidies and a $2 million annual bonus under an Agriculture Department definition of farm. It notes Congress crit ics argue subsidies raise retail sugar prices and urges limits of 10 000 to 50 000 annually per farm, citing a 1966 list of top recipients.
New York AP notes former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Readers Digest rejects any candidate who advocates capitulation. He says he hopes the Vietnam war not become a decisive issue in the coming campaign and calls dissent that aids enemies improper and unpatriotic.
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