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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1968
Page
4
Morning Edition of an independent Democratic newspaper on weekdays with Sunday consolidation by Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company in Lubbock Texas. A pledge page and AP UPI wire service notes accompany editors Parker F Prouty and Ch A Guy, with date September 14 1968.
The House Un-American Activities Committee plans hearings in October on disturbances at the Chicago Democratic National Convention. Chairman Richard Schord says evidence suggests some leaders at Chicago are self admitted or aligned with Communist causes. The article argues HUAC serves public access to suspected subversion and urges decisive action by the Justice Department.
Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas with Justice Potter Stewart urged reprieve for 113 Army Reservists facing Vietnam duty. The pair, dissenting with a 7 to 2 majority, argued on constitutional grounds while the court largely stayed out of executive and legislative decisions on war.
Washington coverage analyzes how Humphrey and Nixon outline endgame hopes in Vietnam while Johnson warns of rising casualties if bombing stops. Paris reports say Hanoi seeks broader conditions even amid talk of an unconditional halt, with U.S. troop phases and peace prospects tied to campaign rhetoric.
A national poll shows 36 percent in favor and 77 percent against a universal guaranteed income. AFL CIO officials say support is non existent in a work oriented culture, while critics call it pie in the sky for the lazy. Observers warn it would burden taxpayers and subsidize unwilling workers.
A column mix notes social vanity with a summer lifestyle and the joke about a neighbor’s age and a birthday cake. It quips about government money and status symbols, ending with a joke about a fire marshal and candles.
Washington columnist examines a $1 million Federal program by the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago aimed at education and training for the Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples. Treasury handwriting expert Coulder finds 499 of 536 records fraudulent, suggesting the gang leaders skimmed pay. Justice Department delays probe due to McClellan subcommittee records. The piece questions federal priorities and notes local political dynamics.
Marianne Means notes American Political Science Association split over Chicago amid youth activism. Critics say professors overreact to student passion while the by law revision allowing graduate students to join and Marcus Raskin’s Radicals energize the rise of youthful influence within the association.
Editorial argues a bloc of small nations forms a fragile buffer against Soviet control. It traces Yugoslavia Hungary Poland Romania Albania and Czechoslovakia as cracks in the wall and notes Ekrem Spahic a Yugoslav student at West Texas State who fends for freedom in America.
Franklin P. Jones writes in the Philadelphia Bulletin that punctuality brings its own reward of quiet, personal amusement and self discipline. The remark frames time as a value that yields inner satisfaction and steadiness.
A Kansas hardware retailer bought hundreds of bird house kits at 20 cents each and gave them to Boy Scouts. A contest rewarded neat, well-made birdhouses. Entries were displayed in the store and attracted families. Tools and supplies were sold to participants.
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