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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1972
Page
3
Parker Lom is cited in a partial wire summary by the Associated Press and United Press International. The fragment references a fielding or staff attribution, with unclear context and limited readable text. Further details are not available in the surviving OCR snippet.
The Nixon administration pursues Indochina operations on multiple fronts while facing domestic critics and shifting positions on UN involvement. Senators Fulbright and Humphrey challenge policy, citing escalation and calls for UN aid, amid Vietnamization debates and delays in a final South Vietnamese defense assessment.
Charles Wesley Ratliff known as C W Ratliff or Brother Rat died after a long life in West Texas news. For 36 years at The A J he built a sterling reputation while also working at KCBD television. He was beloved by colleagues, friends, and his wife Marge and four sons.
A Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling says a man who tried to restrain a person on a bar stool may sue for injuries. The case arose from a 35 year old’s claim of harm at a cocktail lounge. The incident may push bars to consider bar stool belts before serving customers.
Plotkin, Hollis New York candy store owner, worries about 1200 back taxes and a 240 penalty after disallowance of business deductions. He seeks fast relief via lobbyists, White House contact Peter Flanigan, or political connections, but finds the system demands contributions and access.
In a nationwide view this writer argues for building mass transit while keeping gasoline taxes away from private car use. He dismisses anger from Lubbock and insists funds from gas taxes be redirected to eastern facilities, opposing continued freeway expansion in big cities.
Virginia Payette decries federal highway trust fund raids for mass transit harming smaller cities like Lubbock. She urges expanding the Interstate system and completing a divided highway network to improve commerce and reduce congestion, while warning against delaying road expansion for politics.
Andrew Tully extols spring as a hopeful, renewing force amid winter remnants. He notes warmer days, budding landscapes, and the promise of better news from Vietnam, urging readers to welcome spring with optimism and patience.
A string of quoted snippets and aphorisms explores social quirks and popular myths. It cites Playboy researchers on Black Cowboys, Las Vegas marriages, Soviet divorces, advertising memory, and coded signals in flirtation, ending with a mailing address for L. M. Boyd.
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