Litton Opening Brings HighProfile Officials to Lubbock
The Litton Company's new electronics plant on North Quirt Avenue near Loop 289 opens with ceremonies led by Governor Connally and Congressman Mahon, plus Litton’s Tex Thornton. About 300 workers already employed, with public open house 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The plant makes guidance componentry for advanced aircraft and vessels, signaling a space age boost for Texas Tech vicinity.
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North Quirt Avenue
Loop 289
Litton Company
John Connally
George Mahon
Preston E. Smith
Litton
Charles B
Tex” Thornton
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Thornton
Texas Tech
Big Dain
Mahon
Connally
Mr. Thornton
Fire damages Lubbock Christian College facilities
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal notes a Thursday blaze at Lubbock Christian College starting in the kitchen roof, spreading to the kitchen and cafeteria, causing heavy damage. It mentions plans to replace damaged facilities, the college’s growth to about 600 students since 1957, and extends sympathy to President F W Mattox and staff as they work to restore and move forward.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Christian College
LCC
F. W. Mattox
Avalanche-Journal
Doctor Mattox
City growth may erase rural areas as suburbs expand
The piece notes urban residents moving to surrounding zones might exhaust city names for new sections. Suburbs and exurbs are common terms, while rural areas could vanish if urban sprawl continues, possibly leaving no completely rural regions in years to come.
Morning Edition details and subscription rates in 1964
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Morning Edition information announces weekday publication with Sunday consolidation, lists staff and telecommunication credits, and provides historical subscription pricing for carrier and mail delivery in 1964, detailing ages and rates for both in-town and out-of-town options.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
Sea Ice Penresantalive Erate Ten
Texas
Dallas
Perises Hareng
Associated F
United Press International
Serase Parker F. Prouty Sg Fy
CHAS
Sec
Lubbock, Tex
Humphrey Faces Stay-at-Home Voter Challenge in 1964 Tour
Special correspondents Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Hubert Humphrey as he campaigns nationally to shore up support amid Stay-at-Home voters. In Little Rock and Houston he proves a warming reception, while his Dixie trip tests his appeal to Southern Democrats as he mounts the Kennedy trail with California and Pennsylvania stops planned.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Ittle Rock
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Humphrey
Johnson
South
Arkansas Democratic Party
Little Rock
Robinson
Arkansas
Joe Robinson
ADA
Hubert Humphrey
Houston
Texas
Old South
Georgia
Carl Sanders
Dixie
Sanders
California
Pennsylvania
Gary
Chicago
Milwaukee
V. Ivanov
Tass
Radislav Chizhikov
Russia
U.S.S.R
Considine
Rewards and Shamateurism in Communist Sports
The report by Radio Free Europe argues that communist athletes are trained from a young age for Olympic glory and receive perks if they win, while poor performances risk erasure. It contends no true amateurs exist behind the Curtain and compares athletes to young Australian Davis Cup players groomed for victory.
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Bob Considine
EW York
Radio Free Europe
RFE
Tokyo
A Busy Office Tour With Senator Humphrey
Whitney Bolton visits Senator Hubert Humphrey in the Senate Majority Whip office revealing a 14 hour day with constant activity. Humphrey greets Minnesota visitors, signs swiftly, and maintains a candor while juggling meetings and inquiries. The scene shows signed Kennedy and Johnson photos, a tiny TV, and a clutter-free desktop as he explains his workload and time management.
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Whitney Bolton
Ashington
D.C
Washington
White House
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Democratic
Minnesota
Humphrey
L'Etoile du Nord
Star of the North
Jit
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jack Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
California
A civilized country is one in which vandals are always making a mess of things
A pithy remark notes that civilization shows itself by how it copes with vandalism and disorder, suggesting that recurring vandalism reflects on national maturity and governance.
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Korea
Indochina
United States
Anti Roosevelt Democrats form new Texas party in 1944
A Texas anti four term faction held a closed convention to form a separate party with its own presidential electors, arguing the Democratic name has been stolen by state socialists. The move followed the Texas Supreme Court ruling that Roosevelt electors from the May convention should be certified for the November ballot. A buffalo call auction fundraiser for the Lubbock Boys Club raised proceeds at Snyder sales barn.
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Austin
Texas
State Supreme Court
Roosevelt
W. W. Brunson
Lubbock Boys Club
Ness Club Fund
American Busing
Snyder Sales Barn
Claude Keeton
Lubbock Cotton Oil Co
Sid Cathey
Lubbock Hog and Cattle Co
Co-Op Cotton Oil Co
F. Arnold
Bill Price
Who Lost Viet Nam A Continent of Lessons in Defeat
Richard Starnes analyzes the Vietnam crisis and the question who lost South Viet Nam. He argues that American missteps and misjudgments, from McNamara to Goldwater, doomed the effort and that strategic failures spread from Washington to Saigon.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Richard Starnes
Ashington
Washington
Starnes Ly
Goldwater
Laos
Cambodia
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
United States
Robert McNamara
Duong van Duc
Saigon
U.S
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Tee. Thomas M1. Allen
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Alice Williams
Higher Education
Considine’s
Red Olympic Stars
Nism
Hubert
Emil Zatopek
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Hungary
Bulgaria
Union For Physical Culture and Sports
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
London
A. V. Roe Co
Ministry of Labor For Manpower
Pacific
Little Big Horn
Pearl Harbor
Barry Goldwater
Indochina Peninsula
By Galbraith
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