Amendment Two Judicial Retirement Plan Endorsed
The state backs Amendment Number Eight on the November ballot shaping a judicial retirement plan. Judges would retire at 75 and may drop to 70 later, with current terms allowed to run out and 10 years service to qualify. A nine member commission would oversee retirement decisions and misconduct cases. The plan aims fairness and workload relief for courts.
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Texas
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Senate
Commission
Michigan protesters get ten day jail sentences for sit in
A professor four teaching fellows and 31 University of Michigan students were surprised by ten day jail terms after a sit in at the Selective Service office in Ann Arbor. Their trespass defied Michigan law and a crackdown message was issued for future protesters nationwide.
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University of Michigan
U. S
Viet Nam
Selective Service
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Moon Origin Theories Spark Scientific Debate
Scientists remain divided over how the moon formed with several ideas being explored while older, less credible theories are dropped. The playful notion that the moon is made of green cheese is among those abandoned.
Three-Way Conservative Split Splits GOP Rebuilding Efforts
BRUCE BIOSSAT examines a rift within American conservatism as three factions divide the GOP. Far Right shunned by leaders, traditional conservatives seek practical wins, and militants push rigid purity, threatening party unity and coordinating strategies for the 1968 political landscape.
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GOP
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Goldwater
Virginia
Cuban Refugee Leaders Claim Castro Tests U.S. Refugees for Spies
Cuban refugees in Houston allege Fidel Castro is sending spies and saboteurs with asylum seekers to the United States. They say Castro fears an invasion and might plant agents to disrupt future operations and provide warnings for a Bay of Pigs style failure. Refugee leaders say some have traveled to Florida to aid U.S. screening and insist many anti Castro figures reside outside Florida due to visible Castro presence.
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Houston
Fidel Castro
United States
CIA
Castro
Fidel
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Oriente
New Orleans
Florida
Poverty policy faces silent dissent in Johnson era
A high level poverty council meeting reveals internal doubts about the wars on poverty. Officials warn that job creation and economy health must align, challenging Sargent Shriver's strategy and fearing a limited impact without broader employment growth.
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Washington
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Harold Ickes
Mr. Johnson
Sargent Shriver and the Poor Corps in political turmoil
Washington coverage questions Sargent Shriver’s handling of Head Start funds and civil rights protests within the Poor Corps. The piece labels Shriver as sloppy and emotional, notes funds used for fines and bail, and critiques tolerance of war protest and civil rights demonstrations by employees.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Princeling
Senate
Beulah
Ch Pshaw
Shriver
First Mr and Miss Texas Tech named in 1945
Walter Schiinkman of Dumas and LaNell Dashier of Claude, both seniors, were elected as the first Mr. and Miss Texas Tech by popular vote on Wednesday. A war crimes witness testified at Yamashita's Manila trial amid calls for harsher penalties. Washington moves to end the military point system, allowing discharge after two years upon request. Crosbyton Bulldogs seek another tough conference test as undefeated Spur and Floydada lead the 4-A standings.
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Jeanne Herron
New Orleans
Richard K. Dodge
Beulah
Miss
Capitol
Shriver
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Texas Tech
Walter Schiinkman
Dumas
LaNell Dashier
Claude
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Batte
Washington
Shafer
R-Mich
House Military Committee
Crosbyton
Spur
Bulldogs
Crosbyton Chiefs
Chiefs
Floydada
The Nation Suffocating in Smog Over East Coast
Richard Starnes recalls a New York smog episode seen from air and ground, describing a yellow deadly haze blanketing from Baltimore to Boston. He cites Donora and London smog deaths, cost estimates, and the limited government response to air pollution.
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Washington
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Cincinnati
Utica
Donora
London
United States
Nostif
Ladies Learn Cars In Forsyth Institute Course
A Forsyth Technical Institute program titled Orientation to the Auto offers women a 10 hour course for $2. The course, repeated due to demand, covers fuel pumps crankcases belts spark plugs and other automotive basics to empower women in buying driving using and servicing their cars.
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Forsyth Technical Institute
Winson-Salem
N.C
Twin City Sentinel
Dear Turnrow Tunker pondered cravings and prosperity
A reader writes that six months without smoking led to a fifty pound weight gain and asks how to reduce. He muses on farm life’s rewards beyond money, prefers the scent of dirt to currency, and questions the 1964 prosperity peak while noting personal limits and family hair spray costs.
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Republican Women's Federation
Lansing
George Romney
Romney
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John Lindsay
Kenneth Dixon
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
High Level Poverty Council
Humphrey
Novak
Charles Schultze
White House
Gardner Ackley
Poverty Council
Lyndon Johnson
Potomac
LBJ
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Auto Industry
House Labor Committee
Andrew Tully
Barry Goldwaters
Richard Starnes
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Asbury Park
la Guardia
O. C. McBride
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