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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
12
The notice presents a pledge and identifies BioCHAS A GUY as editor and publisher. It is dated in Lubbock Texas on a Wednesday, May 11, 1066, and includes ceremonial language about allegiance and the republic.
About 800000 college students face new draft deferment tests enacted by Science Research Associates with centers nationwide starting this Saturday. New criteria push freshmen to the upper half of male full-time class rank, with successive years rising to upper two thirds and upper three fourths.
Mary McGrath surveys how women routinely adjust imperfect purchases from clothing to appliances before use. She notes first quality goods arrive with tiny flaws and home tinkering becomes the norm, making the housewife the final link in every man’s assembly line.
The article reports on Charles de Gaulle's France blocking NATO use of French bases and airspaces, inviting a Soviet naval visit, and signaling a pullout from allied defense. It discusses potential shifts in U S policy, risk of a broader Cold War crisis, and calls for an agonizing reappraisal of Europe defense options.
President Johnson directs a top-priority six week study by NATO and U S officials on German participation in Europe nuclear defense. He aims to craft ideas for Britain and West Germany, signaling a policy shift and closer U S involvement amid France’s NATO withdrawal.
Oklahoma Rep. Tom Steed attacks unions’ hold on the Post Office Department as a major factor in service deterioration. He cites 24 000 bargaining units and 15 national contracts, notes that automation jobs fears persist, and reports a pushback on door-to-door delivery in new suburbs costing up to 100 million.
The 40 day soft coal stoppage is paused as operators accept John L. Lewis's plan for a two week truce. Cairo riots erupt during a one day Arab general strike protesting Palestine recommendations. A German V-2 rocket test rises to about 75 miles over White Sands. A cold front drops South Plains temperatures from 76 to 44. An optimist believes debt will be paid someday.
Ruth Montgomery reports Cuban refugees alleging a large Russian colony forming in Cuba with thousands of troops wives and children and a Mariel base nine miles offshore. Dr Belt cites Monroe Doctrine violations and OAS charter breaches while warning of long term Soviet presence and strategic aims.
The editorial notes President Johnson's pledge to fix housing and poverty on reservations. It highlights his swearing in Robert La Follette Bennett as commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and urges swift, decisive action with Indian cooperation to advance lasting improvements.
Economists businessmen and labor leaders at the University of Chicago agreed wage price guideposts fail to keep prices down. The group reached a common conclusion yet noted practical ineffectiveness, a view echoed even by skeptical supermarket shoppers back home.
O C McBride critiques Senator Tower proposing aid only to friendly nations would cut backing to near zero. He notes Johnson aides resigning and quips the resignations stem from barbecue sauce rather than workload.
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