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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1966
Page
11
Federal Bureau briefing notes rising unemployment among Negro workers, 9.4 percent in poverty tracts versus 3.8 outside, with 12 million people in such tracts and 6.5 million in the labor force. To lower rates to outside levels, an estimated 250 000 more jobs needed.
Houston rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel reports from Russia that most Russians do not know religion is undergoing a global revival. He notes Catholics and Protestants pushing social justice, Baptists active, and World Council of Churches pronouncements unknown. He calls Soviet atheism persistent postwar mood amid fear of future war.
Phillips Petroleum Company funds a grant to Texas Tech University enabling improvements across multiple programs and supports special lectures. Deans from Arts and Sciences and Business Administration welcome the aid, noting it honors Tech graduates and strengthens the institution's scholarly offerings.
An hour long debate ended 70 to 16 as Rep. Alton Turner urged a measure blocking city and county boards from being coerced into federal guidelines. The bill nullifies existing school board pledges to comply with integration rules and allows boards to avoid formal pledges while seeking state funds to cover potential loss of federal support.
De Gaulle boarded a plane from Noumea the capital of French New Caledonia and was due there this morning. He is scheduled to fly on to Tahiti on Wednesday to visit the French nuclear testing grounds and observe an atomic explosion.
Washington lawmakers move to curb Medicaid funded Title 19 cost fears as Rep. Wilbur Mills and the Ways and Means Committee seek a restrictive amendment. New York’s optimistic plan could cost federal A share of up to 1 billion annually. 14 states and Puerto Rico already approved participation.
James R. Durham 31 waived preliminary hearing in Tucumcari and was ordered held on $75,000 bond. He faces a federal kidnapping charge linked to Karen Jean Dye, 10, abducted in Oklahoma City. If extradition is waived, he will be sent to Oklahoma. otherwise a removal hearing will occur.
The fourth balloon mission to study Crab Nebula radiation failed after a telescope scraped the ground at takeoff from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Palestine Texas. The 55 story balloon reached 130000 feet before an antenna was broken and no data was obtained. The next flight will be scheduled after Robert C Haymes returns from Mexico.
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