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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
11
The Floyd County Fair closes with 17 entrants in the Miss Floyd County pageant preliminaries and 10 finalists selected. A 9 a.m. Quarter Horse Show with 125 horses, junior showmanship at 9:30, and baby beef judging at 10 a.m. are on today’s program as local youths compete for best in livestock and home crafts.
Indio California thieves stole two 300 pound air conditioning units from the Second Baptist Church during a hot spell. The report notes the theft occurred in midsummer when temperatures exceed 100 degrees.
Cable schedules for the coming week are listed by station across Amarillo Lubbock and Dallas areas. The note states future TV magazines will include full listings starting next week.
Since its completion as a flood control project for the Colorado River in 1936 Hoover Dam has hosted over eleven million guided tours. The landmark is a major visitor draw with tours conducted for guests from various regions.
Nixon drew massive crowds in Philadelphia while Humphrey and Wallace toured Florida and Illinois. Wallace called for Senate review of federal judges after six to eight years and blasted the Supreme Court, while Humphrey mocked Nixon and urged fresh approaches and debate addresses.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination 11 to 6 amid plans for a filibuster that could block a vote this session. Chief Justice Warren offered to retire to permit confirmation of a successor, while Warren would stay if the nominee fails. Griffin estimated about 14 GOP senators oppose cloture and a crew of Democrats will protest. roughly 45 senators oppose cloture, with the two-thirds vote needed to end debate. The administration may seek absences from Southern Democrats to affect the vote, but a cloture trap can be overcome.
The New York City Board of Education and Superintendent Bernard Donovan proposed a peace plan to end an eight day teachers strike affecting 1.1 million students. It calls for rescinding Allen’s suspension of the Ocean Hill board and reintegrating ten displaced UFT members, with possible class restructures and neutral observers to ease tensions amid race-based disputes. The UFT and Ocean Hill board offered no immediate reaction.
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