Lubbock City Plans Major freeway system by 1985
A 19 mile freeway network is proposed to ease traffic in Lubbock with state federal and local cooperation. The plan supports expressways to link the Southwest area to new developments while considering a no expressways option but prioritizing right of way and bond funded projects totaling 29 million dollars. Completion targeted for 1985, financed through capital improvements.
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Stuk Y Advisory Committee
State Phway
Perevenent
U. S. Bureauublic Roads
Prject
J. W. Stevens
Dial Bowen
Lubbock
Robert Burr
Mnd
Transportation Plan
Special Citizens Advisory Committee
Washington
Austin
State Highway Commission
J. C. Dingwall
DeWitt C. Greer
Yarborough Attacks Connally Over Beulah Disaster Response
Senator Ralph Yarborough accuses Governor John Connally of political posturing by not urging an immediate presidential disaster declaration for Beulah stricken areas. Officials note declaration is formal. aid will flow with federal funds after necessary steps. The clash is framed as a routine political feud amid a real regionwide disaster.
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Texas
Ralph Yarborough
John Connally
U.S. House
South
Rio Grande Valley
Yarborough
Senate
House Subcommittee
Eee
Connally
Romney Doubt Fades After Casual Photo Snippet
The article notes renewed doubt about George Romney’s official candidacy after a casual photo of him eating a hot dog. It contrasts this with ongoing analysis of the Con Thien siege, Marine resilience, and critiques of the enclave theory amid U.S. air and artillery campaigns.
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George Romney
Con Thien
U.S
USS
Rusk-Smith Marriage Sparks Transit of Racial Debate
Secretary of State Rusk and his 18 year old son in law marriage to a Black man stirs questions of political impact abroad and at home. Analysts weigh domestic backlash versus international signals amid ongoing school integration and open housing disputes.
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Swashington
Rusk
Guy
Johnson
Howe
Great Britain
Stafford Cripps
London
Africa
Asia
United States
Cuba policy moral duel shadows Johnson Vietnam stance
Henry J. Taylor notes Arthur Goldberg’s United Nations speech lifts Johnson’s Vietnam policy but exposes a contradiction with U.S. Cuba policy since Bay of Pigs. He argues moral selectivity undermines the foundation of intervention and questions consistency between actions in Vietnam and Cuba.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Johnson
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Washington
Rockefeller seen as potential rival amid GOP liberal split
Liberal Republicans push Rockefeller over Nixon and Reagan in 1968 race while Romney aims to withdraw before New Hampshire to boost Rockefeller. Polls show Rockefeller strong in Midwest and Far West, weaker in the East, with Nixon and Johnson as targets in a Britain era context. Castro, Vietnam, and Canal Zone issues frame wider U S policy critiques.
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Rockefeller
George Romney
Republican Party
GOP
Dick Nixon
Romney
Nixon
Man
Barry Goldwater
Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Gallup
Johnson
Tin Tee al Aon Synt
Hs Seenoner
Aleksei Kosygin
Glassboro
Castro
Kosygin
Cuba
Latin American Solidarity Organization
Havana
Panama Canal
U. S
Great Canal
Panamanian
Eastland Tales Of Old Rip And Texas Legends
A dispatch recalling Eastland County’s Old Rip the horned toad found in 1897 in the courthouse cornerstone. Rip woke after 31 years in 1928 and toured the U S before embalming and display in the Eastland courthouse. The column notes related Texas legends and curious local anecdotes.
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ED Lyers
Eastland
Old Rip
Lubbock
J. P. Abbott
Ernest Wood
Ed S. Pritchard
Eugene Day
Judge Pritchard
Emperor Hirohito absolved of responsibility by chief prosecutor
Chief Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan told the International Tribunal that Hirohito bore no responsibility for the Pacific war in a statement today. At the University of Texas students marched to honor Professor J Frank Dobie for 33 years of service. An unclear note mentions Ford Montgomery and Stephen Fane in Austin with other fragmented names.
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Labbeck Morning Avalanche
Tokyo
Joseph B. Keenan
Emperor Hirohito
International Tribunal
Austin
Dobie
University of Texas
J. Frank Dobie
Thane
Ford Montgomery
Stephen Fane
Wiaebard Eiserner
Aoshort
Amen
Ban turned fort: France plans sale of Maginot Line
Guest editorial notes France will auction surplus Maginot Line fortifications along the border. Proposals include United Fruit storing bananas in tunnels and storerooms and mushroom cultivation in underground spaces, signaling wartime assets repurposed for peaceful use.
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France
United Fruit Company
Fort Worth
Federal civilian payroll costs reach all-time high in 1967
The Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures released a summary showing civilian employment costs in the Executive Branch for fiscal year 1967 ending June 30 totaled 20.496 billion dollars. This was 1.79 billion more than 1966, with average employment for the year up 266,076.
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Joint Committee On
Wall Street Journal
Timely quotes on city tensions and social views
Governor Romney tells Rochester Negro leaders that responsibility spans groups and cities. MIT professor Lettvin calls hippies conservative and dull, contrasting them with exurbanites and television, noting restricted freedoms.
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George Romney
Michigan
Rochester
N. Y
Dear Turnrow Tunker memory quirks and odd grocery note
O C McBride asks about whether women have better memories and contrasts a wife recalling birthdays with a husband forgetting basic items. The column then shifts to a Department of Agriculture stamp program for groceries and hippies, mentioning income eligibility and a vague link to marijuana.
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Department of Agriculture
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