Lubbock City Commission Sets 13 Charter Amendments Vote
The commission endorsed no amendments but cleared the way for voter choice on 13 proposed changes to the city charter for November 7. Only one amendment, to create a tax funded West Texas Museum, drew notable controversy. The others, recommended by a charter review committee, faced no major contention. Citizens will study and decide at the polls as the city’s government intends.
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Lubbock
City Commission
Propaganda from Russia at UN mirrors old imperialism claims
The 6,000-word Soviet memorandum at the United Nations accuses the United States of Western colonialism, while Russia itself imperialistically holds millions under force and closes off information. The piece predicts limited belief among free nations and mocks neutrals seeking sympathy for Moscow.
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United Nations
United States
Free World
U. S
Moscow
Uncle Sam
Russia
Beards Back as Symbol of Male Independence
T. C. MacDuffie, president of a national barber and beauticians group, told a Huntington convention that men are growing more hair on top and on their faces. Flat-tops and crewcuts may fade as beards return, a sign some analysts link to independence amid broad social trends toward conformity.
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Barber and Beauticians
T. C. MacDuffie
Huntington
W. Va
Strange Definition NE a clash over education meaning
The Wall Street Journal cites the National Education Association defining education as democracy's substitute for violent social change, highlighting a conflict with the common view that education is about acquiring knowledge.
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Wall Street Journal
National Education Association
Morning Edition: The ODay On The South Plains
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal delivers weekday morning edition consolidated with Sunday issue. Publication details include independent weekly content, by Avalanche-Journal Publicmg Company. Ads and wire services via Associated Press and United Press International. Subscription rates shown for various plans. Page 6 includes pledge and flag salute text. Location: Lubbock Texas date Sept 30 1961.
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Werocralie
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Avalanche-Journs Publicmng Company, Inc
Sth St
Ave J. Lubbock Texas
Teada Lely Press League
Dallas
Texas
Associated Press
United Press Internativa
Parker F. Prouty EE
Chas. A. Guy
Fiy Mail
United States of America
Considine’s On the Line San Francisco Scores Beat
In a retrospective column, Considine recalls the 1945 United Nations founding moment. Molotov’s visit and a bustling press room frame a hopeful view of lasting peace, contrasted with lingering wartime memories and a light note on a reporter’s misfit humor.
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AN Francisco
San Francisco
United Nations
Dining diplomacy and hopes for Berlin hinted in New York toast
Special correspondent Inez Robb reflects on Dean Rusk and Andrei Gromyko's four hour session at the Waldorf Astoria. She argues the meal atmosphere signals mood shifts, mocks grandiose press releases, and links future peace to a diplomatic menu, while recalling JFK’s early warnings and San Francisco Africa Week.
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Waldorf- Astoria
Berlin
Aid Opponents Proving Point By J F Terhurst
Special correspondent notes reader letters and Washington commentary on foreign aid, neutrals vs. Russia. Kennedy signs a 4.25 billion aid measure while cautious retrenchment begins. Analysts claim Khrushchev timed bomb tests to drive cuts, urging the U.S. to support allies and counter Soviet strategy.
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Russia
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Tito
India
Nehru
U. S
Khrushchev
Lubbock ISD approves record 1941 tax roll total
The Lubbock Independent School District board approves a $33,536,390 1941 tax roll, real and personal property, netting $318,822.98. The 1941 tax total surpasses 1940 by $28,268.98, with a tax rate of percent per hundred dollars. Meanwhile shoppers flocked to stores as new federal excise taxes took effect at midnight on liquor, furs, jewelry, cosmetics and auto tires.
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Board of Trustees
Lubbock Independent School District
Two Men’s Roles Recalled In Nansen Refugee Effort
A Sokolsky feature honors Fridtjof Nansen on his hundredth birth anniversary noting his Nansen Passport aid for stateless refugees after World War I. It recounts Nansen work with Hoover, the League of Nations, and the Nobel Prize in 1932.
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Rygure
Fridtjoh Nansen
Nansen
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Fram
North Pole
Great Britain
United States
Norway
League of Nations
Arto Nansen
Herbert Hoover
United Nations High Commissioner For
Australia
Canada
Horo
Fridijob Nansen
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Little Rock, Ark
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