Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Staff and Masthead
The clipping lists the Lubbock Avalanche Journal staff and masthead with roles for the Saturday Morning edition dated April 7, 1978. It includes names such as ROBERT R. NORRIS, J.C. RICKMAN, JAY HARRIS, and others along with their positions and the newspaper’s address in Lubbock Texas.
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Lubbock
Lexus
Orning Editon
Jay
South Plains
Avalanche-Journal
Soul. Newspapers Corporation
Fth St
Ave. J. Lubun
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
J.C. Rickman
Jay Harris
Carl N. Cannon
David E. Knapp
Robert C. McVay
William E. McIntosh
Lubbock, Texas
Gray Victim of Senate Grinder
L Patrick Gray II, Nixon nominee for FBI director, withdrew after a Senate confirmation fight tied to executive privilege and Watergate. Support varied. some praised his agency reforms including hiring women and expanding minority recruitment, while opposition cited political motives and procedural flaws in the confirmation process.
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L. Patrick Gray II
Nixon
FBI
U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee
Demcratic
J. Edgar Hoover
EBL
Senate
Gray
Water Resources Congress Adapts To Major Mississippi Floods
In Washington the Water Resources Congress met amid one of history's worst Mississippi River floods. Texas officials led the charge arguing against phasing out federal public works support while river authorities and water groups joined the push. Harry Burleigh of the Texas Water Development Board warned the National Water Commission of rising flood pressures.
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Water Resources Congress
Washington
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Jor
Harry Burleigh
The
Texas Water Development Board
National Water Commis
State Senate presiding officer role stirs Texas reform talk
A proposed Constitutional Revision Commission idea would let the Texas Senate elect its presiding officer, elevating the lieutenant governor’s power in guiding legislation. Critics warn it could end a governor’s control and trigger a political scramble. A public meeting in Lubbock will hear federal agency researchers discuss water import feasibility from the Mississippi to West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.
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Constitutional Revision Commission
Texas Senate
Bill Uobby
Larry Margolis
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Hobby
Lubbock
Mississippi
Texas
New Mexico
Washington
Great Waterway
unlikely tandem proposes decade of postal rate relief for mags
Sens Barry Goldwater and Edward Kennedy call for a 10-year plan to cap postal rate increases for magazines and newspapers. They warn rates could rise 125 to 400 percent in five years without action, endangering the policy of broad information dissemination and urging prompt legislation.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
Edward Kennedy
Masssachusetts Democrat
FCC Obligation Questioned Over Broadcast Smut Inquiry
FCC plans closed hearings on obscene and indecent radio and TV content draw sharp lines. Commissioner Nicholas Johnson decries it as intimidation while critics cite public property use and licensing. NAB boards condemn tasteless content as inquiries proceed.
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Washington
Federal Communications
Nicholas Johnson
FCC
Johnson
Commission
Congress
Dean Burch
NAB
Papadopoulos’s Greek regime faces mounting trouble at home
The Greek strongman George Papadopoulos encounters domestic anger fueled by anti-American sentiment and a sudden halt of direct U.S. military aid. The move, disclosed to the press on January 15, followed a long-tied relationship with the Nixon administration and anger over reporting of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in Athens.
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Washington
George Papadopoulos
Athens
Col. Papadopoulos
Nixon
United States
U.S
Papadopoulos
U. S
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Greece
Bonn
Congress
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
New York
House
Elias Demetracopoulos
Nixon Hurt By Battle With Senate Over Privilege
Washington reports President Nixon shows signs of losing confidence amid the Watergate fight. The White House retreat includes shifts on executive privilege and fresh pressure to testify under oath while broader questions on Greece aid and Papadopoulos linger.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Senate
Ronald Ziegler
Congress
Capitol Hill
Sam Ervin
Ziegler
Murray Chotiner
Allies Accept Broadened POW Exchange Proposal For Korea Armistice
The Allied powers accepted a broadened Communist offer to exchange sick and wounded prisoners which could pave the way to a Korea armistice. A powerful U S atomic test blasted high over Nevada, startling Las Vegas casinos sixty five miles away. In Bandera County a search for a half-Indian youth who stops bloodhounds by peppering his shoes continued late Monday.
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Lubbock
Munsan
Korea
Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
U. S
Nevada Desert
Bandera
Hill County
Bandera County
Editor Calls for Fresh Faces in Politics
An editor argues the country needs more new faces in politics and more grey matter behind them while acknowledging the public's strong support for services funded by taxes.
Virus Wins In Politics In Byzantium-on-the-Potomac
Henry J. Taylor critiques farm program costs and political cynicism in Washington. He argues food prices are driven by subsidies and says politicians mislead the public while promising reforms that never arrive. He warns the public to demand accountability before trust erodes further.
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Washington
Manhattan Island
Byzantium-on-the-Potomac
Alice
Pass It On Oddities and opinions from readers
A collage of quips on happiness barometric weather and language myths. It notes religiously inclined women as content and jokes about parakeet gaze Shakespearean vocab and the archaic terms spike and span. A dentistry alert warns one in four English youths may need false teeth by twenty.
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Shakespeare
Flip Wilson
England
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Andrew Tully
Burch
Sam
Wiith
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D-Mass
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D-R.i
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Novak
Marianne
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Pentagon
Willy Brandt
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
John Dean
L. Patrick Gray IY
Charles Colson
National Press Club
Mr. Nixon
U. S. State Department
Henry J. Taylor
Virus
Strabo
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Fort Worth
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