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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1968
Page
2
Government industry teams developed a high protein wheat based formula to fight malnutrition in hungry nations. A 1200 pound test batch was sent to 19 developing countries for preschool child taste tests with plans to donate via Food for Peace if successful.
France's Defense Minister Pierre Messmer told the Senate the government is ready to cut military service to 12 months for draftees. The current term is 16 months in the armed forces or civilian service, with a one year induction possible "in the very near future."
About 150 attendees are expected for the fifth annual Young Farmer Field Day in the Agricultural Building auditorium at Texas Tech. Coordinated by T. L. Leach, speakers include J. Wayland Bennett, Raymond Brigham, Burl Huffman, Dale Zinn, Neal Johnson, Bob Hand, Jack Barton, and Robert Reed. Topics cover fertilizers, oilseed crops, cow calf cattle operations, livestock research, water for the future, swine, and vegetable production. Lunch will be served in the livestock pavilion.
A wave of church driven peace proposals drives the national dialogue. Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren bishops urge top level negotiators to meet in a neutral site and halt nonessential military action while peace talks begin. The Baptist Ad Hoc Committee echoes calls for de escalation and withdrawal over one to two years with international oversight. Stetson University president backs presidential candidate favoring early peace, and American Lutheran congregations will publicly confess racial injustices on Good Friday amid a broader call for moral accountability.
Gardner Ackley, 52, former presidential economic adviser, arrived in Naples aboard the Italian liner Michelangelo to assume the post as the United States ambassador to Italy. He succeeds G Frederick Reinhardt, ambassador to Rome since 1961.
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