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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1973

Page

5

Booth Plains newspaper office listing details

Texas paper masthead fragment lists staff positions including Vice President General Manager Editor Managing Editor and Facitarial Page Editor. Mentions daily publication with Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and national ad reps Press League S Texas. Image appears from a newspaper building address on Ave J. uu.

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Insurance Competition On They Way In Texas Legislature

A shift toward insurance competition emerges in Austin as the State Insurance Board under Joe Christie promotes discounts of 15 to 20 percent on fire home owners and extended coverages. Gov Briscoe endorses a measure allowing competitive auto insurance rates with safeguards against ruinous competition, signaling a major policy breakthrough for Texas insurance buyers.

Austin Texas State Insurance Board Joe Christie Dolph Briscoe Christie House Insurance Committee Rinfret Nixon Agriculture Department Vincent Ramundo North Haledon N. J Valeria Simonian New

Foreign Trade Legislation Urged to Restore Balance

The piece supports President Nixon's push for broad foreign trade powers to negotiate new deals, apply tariffs and quotas, and aid workers displaced by imports. It argues current policy feeds unequal competition from Germany and Japan, and urges swift action to curb deficits and protect U.S. jobs while arguing a cautious approach to avoid a global trade war.

Union Coness U.S Nixon Soviet Union United States Oped Washington Germany Japan

Columbo Solves Watergate At White House Roast

Inspector Columbo appears in the White House asking about the Watergate break in. The scene features President Nixon figures like Haldeman Dean Mitchell Stans and Martha Mitchell with a witty imagistic spoof of the famous Watergate-era cast. The bumbling investigation ends with a comic flourish.

Washington Peter Falk Columbo White House Inspector Columbo President Niner Pres Dent Columba George Washington Senate Los Angeles Ho Ro Haldeman John Deane Charles Colson Commerce Maurice Stans John Mitchell Martha Columin Martha Mitchell John President H.R. Haldeman Patton Towas Mesaico City FBI John Dean Hr. R. Haldeman United Press Alfonse Alonse Watergate Watergate Bar and Grill

Nixonomics Faces White House Resistance and Inflation Alarm

Richard Nixon's White House shows growing defiance to external critique as Dr. Pierre Rinfret fails to reach the president by phone. Rinfret, head of Rinfret Boston Associates, calls for urgent inflation remedies but is redirected to Haldeman's aide Lawrence Higby who remains silent.

Washington Richard M. Nixon White House Nixonomics Pierre Rinfret Rinfret New York Rinfret Boston Associates Nixon George Shultz Treasury Department Mark MR. Nixon Shultz Herbert Stein Council of Economic Advisers Texas John B. Connally

David Eisenhower seeks columnist path in political family pattern

David Eisenhower aims for a civilian career as a columnist and reporter, a path familiar to White House relatives who often start at the top in glamorous fields. Presidents Nixon and Johnson era family members also pursued journalism and politics, while press scrutiny and public life shaped early careers for Tricia Nixon and Lynda Bird Robb.

Washington David Eisenhower White House Eisenhower Nixon Tricia Lyndon Johnson Lynda Journalsm New York Elliott Miami Beach James California Los Angeles Sam Houston Johnson Lyndon Margaret Truman James Roosevelt Frank Ar Eleanor Roosevelt

Panhandle Plains Dairy Show Opens in Plainview

Hundreds of exhibitors and visitors from a three state area crowd into Plainview for the 26th annual Panhandle Plains Dairy Show. A 19 year old memory recalls border patrolman Ivan Williams and a Lubbock expedition to visit Yaqui Indians during an Easter festival ceremony in a remote Mexican section.

Plainview Ivan Williams Lubbock Mexico

Push-up Feats Stir Senate Debate In Editorial

The Miami Herald questions the fitness of a U S senator noting William Proxmire did 75 push-ups in 59 seconds and Gaylord Nelson possibly holds an unofficial one-armed record. The piece argues a senator should not boast a stronger constitution than the nation.

United States Senate William Proxmire Gaylord Nelson Miami Herald

Rollback bill seeks price and wage controls on all items

Andrew Tully argues the House Banking Committee favors a rollback to January 10 levels, critiquing Phase II for allowing prices to rise with inflation. He notes broad inflation beyond food, cites farmer realities, and warns Congress must address labor costs alongside any rollback.

Washington Capitol Hill House Banking and Currency Committee Nixon Congress New York City

Odds and facts from L M Boyd column on daily life

A collage of trivia and reflections from L M Boyd noting odds of golf holes in one and 300 games in bowling, the Meades Ranch marker center, Antarctic land animal size, Fort Wayne electric lights baseball history, an 18 year old girl’s broad jump, and a brass tack origin for down to brass tacks with mailbox address for correspondence.

Meades Ranch Kansas National Ocean Survey U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey President’s Council On Physical Fitness

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