Panhandle Fair marks 50th year with Eddy Arnold show
The Panhandle South Plains Fair opens at 10 am with thousands of area schoolchildren as honored guests. The Golden Anniversary edition honors A B Davis for decades of leadership with a special department in the Merchants Building. Eddy Arnold headlines a diverse program with The Kids Next Door and ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson, aiming for a strong crowd turnout.
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Ess
A. B Davis
Davis
A. B. Davis
Merchants Building
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Mr. Davis
Lubbock
Eddy Arnold
Jimmy Nelson
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Arnold
Ford
U.S
Texas Highway Department Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary
Texans in Austin and across the state mark the 50th anniversary of the Texas Highway Department. Officials praise the department for building a vast paved network since 1917, noting more than 65 000 miles of roads and a record of handling six point eight billion dollars without scandal. Retiring State Highway Engineer Dewitt Carlock Greer is featured alongside mentor Gibb Gilchrist and longtime district engineer Oscar Crain as the celebration honors decades of public service.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Texas
U.S
Highway Department
Dewitt Carlock Greer
Greer
Gibb Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Texas A&m
Aggie
Lubbock
District 5
Oscar L. Crain
Crain
Hollywood Wrestles With Family Versus Sex Picture Trend
Veteran AP editor Bob Thomas surveys the cinema industry debating wholesome family films against modern sex oriented pictures. He notes uncertainty remains in a world where death taxes and crime loom, while a government official predicts poverty ending by 2000, a claim viewed skeptically by many Americans.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
U.S
McNamara speech signals shift in nuclear balance and policy
Secretary of Defense McNamara’s San Francisco remarks reveal the United States and the Soviet Union retain assured destruction capability and reject a wide first strike. He supports limited anti ballistic missiles and emphasizes deterrence while urging mutual trust and inspections in future arms talks.
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Washington
Defense McNamara
San Francisco
United Press International
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
McNamara
Defense Secretary
Secretary of Defense
Russia
Congress
Geneva
Robert S. McNamara
Ho Chi Minh
Quang Tri
Barrier DONG HA South Vietnam Aimed at Permanent Split
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report on a long range barrier across the DMZ designed to separate North and South Vietnam, aimed at easing frontline pressure and enabling a postwar South Vietnam to defend itself with fewer American troops. The first ten mile stretch near Con Thien to Gio Linh will be built by native troops and later segments will follow terrain, with fortifications, barb wire, and electronics planned.
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Dong HA
South Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
Dmz
Gio Linh
Louis Metzger
South China Sea
Laos
Mills Opposes Johnson Super-Tax Amid Great Society Critique
Congressman Wilbur Mills denounces President Johnson's proposed 10 percent super-tax as wasteful spending that fuels inflation. He argues Washington overspends, beyond taxpayers’ means, and urges a national rally to curb federal excess while citing tax burdens and cost of living figures from 1956 to 1966.
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Wilbur D. Mills
D., Ark
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Mills
Mr. Johnson
Washington
THE
TAX Foundation, Inc
U.S
Worry Over Radioactive TV Sets Stimulates Congress
Column notes lawmakers consider radiation standards for electronic devices after General Electric reports leaks in color TV sets. Public Health Service seeks authority to set limits, while experts warn X rays cause thousands of deaths yearly. The piece blends satire with safety concerns and calls for tighter regulation.
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Public Health Service
Congress
Horatio Alger Jr
Karl Z. Morgan
Morgan
Ouk Ridge National Laboratory
Soviet protest over Truman comparison rejected by Moscow
Washington protested to Moscow that a Soviet writer libelled President Truman by likening him to Hitler, but Moscow rejected the protest, the State department said. In Texas notes, Harley Sadler of Sweetwater declined to be billed against Beauford H. Jester in the governor’s race. Palmer County led 14 exhibitors. Shallowater won community exhibits. Cotton Center led vocational agriculture on day one of the Panhandle South Plains fair. I B Wright nurses the first aid station at the fairgrounds under Ernest St. Clair’s supervision.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Washington
United States
Moscow
Truman
Hitler
State Department
Austin
Harley Sadler
Sweetwater
Beauford H. Jester
Palmer County
Shallowater
Cotton Center
I. B. Wright
Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds
Ernest St. Clair
Lubbock County
Red Cross
First Aid
West Coast woman with leg in cast seeks travel help
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a badly broken leg traveler who hoped to visit relatives in Detroit. An airline representative offered a solution to travel in the middle of the week with a family plan, easing extra costs.
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Detroit
Mark Bellaire
Detroit Free Press
Attitude Is Key To Landing A Job Editorial Claims
A guest editorial echoes a Delphi Journal Citizens story about how attitude wins jobs for teens. It cites a Monroe Morning Journal piece where a teen's polished appearance and eagerness are praised over experience, stressing motivation and preparation.
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Achool
Delphi
Ind
Journal-Citizen
Monroe
Electric saxophone debuts weighs eighty pounds
A brief item notes a new electric saxophone on the market weighing 80 pounds and likely to be noisy, with a wink at the size of the player needed to handle it. A second mention references President Johnson naming a mediation panel led by Sen Wayne as both sides grow angrier, hinting at shifting alliances. Medicare 18 remains active with little change reported by pediatricians and obstetricians.
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Texas Salutes Fine Organization
David Lawrence
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Novak
Henry J. Taylor
Andrew Tully
Vietnam
National Council On Radiation Protection and Measurements
O.C. McBride
Turnrow Tunker
Sen
Wayne Ae
Machinists' Union
Lyndon
Wayne
Chicago Tribune-New Fort
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