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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1968
Page
15
Ann Landers responds to parents worrying about children left in cars while shopping. Handles a letter from a mother about a husband’s controlling behavior and warns counseling, possible separation, and legal steps. The column invites readers to send problems to be answered in print.
Heloise answers cover practical home hacks from drying gowns with a plastic bag to shellac on parchment lamp shades. Readers suggest uses for towels as outfit pieces and discuss car storage, steamers, and color accents. The column references tips and reader anecdotes from Heloise in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
More than 200 persons are expected to attend a 9:30 a.m. meeting at the First Presbyterian Church to discuss creating vocational and technical education classes in area high schools. Representatives from the standing committee on education appointed by Texas Speaker Ben Barnes will be present. A similar meeting is planned for Monday in Pampa.
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI urged Roman Catholics to pray well and much for the Vietnam peace talks in Paris. He said the discussions had not yet yielded clear judgments or goals. From his apartment window he spoke to thousands at noon urging faithful prayers as world peace hangs on the outcome.
The Helms Fair chief reports a record day during the past three weeks with daily totals dropping from 24 000 to about 6 000. The event added a service members tribute, issuing six air plane tickets to destinations nationwide and enabling many more to make long distance calls across the United States.
Pittsburgh report cites Dr John Maciver noting metalworkers rank above foreman but below a peer, earning about 15000 dollars yearly. The specialist says the yeasty industry workers feel overworked overweight and overinvolved in community activities with half of managers feeling underpaid.
An AP report states a quake shook central Japan including Tokyo on Sunday with no damage or casualties found by police.
Fragmented notes describe violence fears among students and supporters as a French delegation meets Favre Lebret. Some push for movie showings while others urge an end to protests, with reports of possible clashes and a festival schedule running May 10 to May 24.
India Prime Minister Mrs Gandhi urged a just peaceful settlement to the Vietnam conflict during a Singapore ceremony. She said the world looked to Paris for a solution and that the end of the war would offer an opportunity for development and progress in the region, including Australia New Zealand and Malaysia.
An AP report from Manila cites a U.S. aid official stating about 2,250 babies are born daily in the Philippines. With current growth, the population of roughly 33 million could more than double in coming decades.
An unclear OCR fragment describes a cleanser that floats and removes impurities. It mentions a universal use claim and a long quoted phrase about beauty and purity, but the text is garbled and difficult to interpret.
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