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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1971

Page

4

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The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal announces its weekday morning publication on the South Plains with Sunday consolidation, naming the Avalanche Journal Publishing Company in Lubbock Texas. The note includes ads and a pledge statement dated Saturday Morning April a 1971.

South Plains Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc At &Th St Ave J. Lubbock Texas Texas Daily Press League Dallas Associated Press United Press International Parker FL AL Guy Falitor United States of America

Veterans Outperform in Politics Debate Amid Court Tensions

A passage notes Vietnam Veterans Against the War gaining a favorable view in Washington while senators led by Muskie Kennedy Proxmire and McGovern push partisan demands on Nixon. It criticizes street protests and warns of leftist groups like Peace Action Coalition gaining influence as crowds disrupt hearings and court rules.

Washington Congress Edmund Muskie Edward Kennedy Willian Proxmire George McGovern Nixon Senate Foreign Relations Committee J. W. Fulbright Muskie National Peace Action Coalition People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice Eotintioss Willamsburg Mo Bison Aoman Tye Baltimore Santa

New Texas Base Change Welcomes New A F B Commander

Col Carl L Brunson assumes interim command at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock succeeding Col Robert C Laliberte who takes over in April. Floral tributes mark the farewell to Col Jim Breedlove and a note of gratitude is given to Frank Skinner who died at 86 in Savoy.

Carl L. Brunson Reese Air Force Base Lubbock Vietnam Brunson Robert C. Laliberte Jim Breedlove Frank Skinner Skinner Savoy Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Avalanche- Journal Martin Town Telephone Company Frank Flo A- Family Southwestern Bell Air Training Command San Antonio Breedlove Branson Reese Air Force Crodbye Congo Belgium Pentagon

Nixon Defends Calley Review as Commander in Chief

President Nixon explains he acted as Commander in Chief to uphold the military justice process in the Lieutenant Calley case. He refused to delegate final review and confined Calley to quarters while awaiting final sentence, stressing impartiality and nationwide interest.

Washington Aubrey M. Danieli Cafley Nixon Calley Leavenworth Tie

Gov Docking Signs 41 Bills Swiftly In Kansas

Governor Robert B. Docking of Kansas signed 41 bills with little misgiving. Key measures ban throwing missiles from bridges onto roads, prohibit cemetery desecration, and limit liability for doctors or dentists providing on scene emergency care. The remark hints at long-stalled Jaws reforms for Kansas.

Robert B. Docking Kansas Docking

Plainspoken verse on bills and bygone days on Broadway

The piece riffs on government spending and the idea that laws are called bills. A folded humor note contrasts fare of a cent dollar with modern times. A joke about a bachelor highlights dating without commitment and a Mister Fixit shoppe sign evokes DIY mischief.

Girlo

Chicago or Miami Beach to host 1972 party conventions

The column notes both parties likely select Chicago for the GOP and Miami Beach for the Democrats in 1972. It cites Daley's influence in Chicago and Nixon’s hoped advantage in orderly proceedings, with formal site decisions not due until late May.

Washington Chicago Miami Beach Nixon White House Dick Daley Hubert Tumphrey Daley Republican Law and Order Democratic National Committee Larry O’brien GOP Miami Florida Louisville Houston San Francisco

Mustaches in the White House Hopefuls Stir Debate

Andrew Tully laments the lack of facial hair among presidential candidates and recalls past figures with moustaches. He notes Dewey and Taft as icons, cites Clark Gable and Walter Cronkite as influential, and muses on the cultural pull toward uniform smoothness in American politics.

William Honard Taft Tom Dewey Pennsylvania Dan Flood Rhode Island John Pastore White House Dewey Dean Acheson Leslie Howard Clark Gable Walter Cronkite America

Mysterious Quiz and Tech Bits From Unclear Text

A string of quirky questions and facts mix humor and trivia about topics from relationships and language to inventions and military history. The fragments reference psychology, moths, enlistment concerns, and Leonardo da Vinci, with stray lines about a bullterrier expert and a laser edge device.

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