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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1963
Page
3
The piece traces Labor Day from its militant origins with Knights of Labor to a national holiday. It notes its 1882 New York start, 1894 congressional designation, and its evolution into a broader symbol of workers and capitalism.
A National Health Education Committee report highlights sharp declines in deaths from tuberculosis appendicitis influenza maternal mortality syphilis infant mortality and pneumonia between 1944 and 1961 and big drops in polio dysentery nephritis and hypertensive heart disease between 1951 and 1961. The data suggest overall health is improving and future control of remaining killers is possible. The column also reflects on societal attitudes with quips about parking, courting, and aging.
Readable lines reference Lubbock Avalanche Journal and date September 2 1963. Mentions city pages and sections with partial notes on announcements and a public notice. Contains garbled names and phrases but anchors to newspaper layout and pricing.
Washington discusses the DEW line a 38-station Arctic shield stretching from Alaska to Greenland. The piece notes harsh winters, remote crews, and generous pay plus benefits for radar technicians and support staff guarding the North Pole corridor.
Special Correspondent Whitney Bolton discusses the costly shopping blitz for college wardrobes. Parents brace for seven-figure price tags as daughters prepare for campus life with dresses, coats, outfits, lingerie, and hats, while friends monitor rivals’ loot and the social pressures of fashion.
A nostalgic piece recalls Labor Day as the moment many boys must abandon carefree summer freedom and prepare for school. It contrasts private and public school outlooks, notes parental scenes, and reflects on the yearly transition from play to homework across a small town.
J F McDonald ends a long educational service as director of extension at Texas Tech, with the resignation effective at the close of the fiscal year on Tuesday. The notice notes his decades of college service and references his prior affiliations.
Special correspondent Henry J. Taylor argues that Kennedy era foreign aid and monetary policy have drained U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox. He cites rising foreign claims, growing national debt, and planned deficits as signs of government excess, urging reduced spending and less dependence on printed money.
Visiting Iraqi President Abdul Salam Aref in Damascus denounced the Anglo American draft resolution in the UN Security Council as wholly anti Arab and hostile to Iraq. He urged that the draft resolution ignores Arab concerns on Middle East tensions.
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