Burleigh Frames Dragons View of Texas Water Plan
Harry Burleigh chief of the S Bureau of Reclamation in Texas spoke to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce in Amarillo on Friday. He called opposition to the Mississippi River to West Texas water plan a dragonlike threat and urged engaging environmentalists to see the overall benefit. He warned that federal spending on social programs could squeeze public works and urged a broad, statewide view of the plan’s necessity for Texas and the nation.
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Amarillo
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Thomas BR. Shepard, Jr
Look Magazine
George McGleskey
Lubbock
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High Technology Margins Shrink for U S in Trade
Economists warn U S margins in high tech shrink as West Germany and Japan may have caught up or surpassed in some fields. MIT President Jerome Wiesner stresses the need to push high tech output abroad to keep trade health, maintain growth, and support broader national goals.
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U.S
Jerome Wiesner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
West Germany
Japan
Wiesner
Idyllic Sanctuary and Swedish Defector Debate
Michael Day of St. Louis, a Vietnam defector, spoke at a National Union for Humanizing Penitent iaries immigration issues meeting in Sweden. He noted over 600 defectors, about 100 returning to the U.S. and 153 defectors fined or jailed for crimes from 1968 to 1970, highlighting perceived flaws in the sanctuary policy.
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Sweden
U.S
Michael Day
St. Louis
Vietnam
National Union For Humanizing Penitentiaries
Canada
Suic Tars
IRS Credited Too in Stamp Shortage Joke
The piece mocks the IRS and Postal Service for poorly designed pre addressed envelopes that fail to hold income tax returns and tear apart when opened, calling the situation a humorous failure by both agencies.
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Internal. Revenue Service
Postal Service
IRS
Fellows
Inflation alert signals looming wage and price crisis
The Nixon Administration warns of rising wages and prices across industries after the can industry agreement and talks in steel aluminum and copper. Officials debate wage controls and jawboning while preparations for future negotiations aim to curb inflation and protect foreign competition.
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Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Steelworkers’ Union
Aluminum Companies
Copper
Can
I. W. Abel
Steel Ag
Japan
White House
Congress
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Paul W. McCracken
Abortion On Demand Condemned As Murder
Editor letter from The Avalanche Journal condemns abortion as murder and urges readers to oppose it. The misspelled note references reader opinion and public issue debate.
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Avalanche Journal
Where
Odds on Agnew shift as Nixon weighs 1972 ticket
The article examines Vice President Agnew’s uncertain future on the 1972 ticket. Nixon may retain him or replace him with a figure like Reagan or Connally, while some conservatives push to dump Agnew. Bush and Rockefeller are noted as previously discussed options, with party dynamics and electoral calculations shaping any decision.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
Editor Critique Sparks Reader Doubts Over Reading Ability
A reader letters section criticizes the Avalanche Journal editor for misquoting the Washington Post about The Selling of the Pentagon. The Post praised the documentary as valuable and informative, while noting editing techniques may distort the record. The letter questions the editor's reading accuracy.
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Selhnis
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Chaimans
Thera
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the Post
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Post
CRBS
Avalanche-Journal
Russell Wheeler
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San Francisco greets MacArthur after political vow
San Francisco crowds gave a thunderous welcome to Gen. Douglas MacArthur who said he will not enter politics. In Lubbock a girl born at West Texas Hospital weighed 1 lb 11 oz. In Portsmouth England hope fades as 75 men die in the submarine Affray warning. DiSalle cautions that living costs may be peaking nationwide.
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McCloskey
McCevern
Hill
Califernies
Ben Powell Dellums
New York
Bella Abguy
Sosen
Padla Alto
Nixon Faces McCloskey Threat in 1972 GOP Race
President Nixon weighs the California congressman Paul McCloskey Jr as a possible challenge to the GOP ticket. McCloskey campaigns from a modest setup while portraying a conservative yet reform minded platform and warning of a potential party split if he runs.
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Washington
California
Paul
Pete) McCloskey Jr
Nixon
McCloskey
Dove
Gene McCarthy
McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
George McGovern
Open Question on Logic and Everyday Paradoxes
The passage peddles a string of disjoint musings from an aside by M. Boyd including comparisons of people and animals, translation-like phrases, and curious statistics. It ends inviting readers to send comments to Santa Monica California.
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P.O
Santa Monica
Calf
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