Lubbock Avalanche-Journal August 4 1973
Front page header notes the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal published weekday mornings with Sunday consolidation. Staff listings include Robert Norris VP GM JC Rickman Jay Harris Carl Mannon David Knapp and editors. The edition is dated Tuesday morning August 4 1973 in Lubbock Texas.
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P.O Bot
Lubbock
Texas
Marnie Aibens Marts
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Stand Ave
Labcock
Teas National Advertising Representatives
Texas Daily Press League
Dadlay
Associated Press
United Préss International
Robert. R. Norris
JC Rickman
Jay Harris
Carl Mannon
David E Knapp
Robert C Mevvay
William FE. McIntosh
Jahbock
Nutrition Shifts as Price Pressures Prompt Costful Diet Revisions
A Harvard nutrition professor urges cheaper protein sources like dry beans and peanut butter as prices rise. The piece notes 1960s recommendations moved from beef heavy diets to affordable options and highlights fortification and synthetic foods as ways to improve nutrition for many amid rising costs.
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American Medical Association
Harvard
Jean Mayer
America
Mary Costello
Solid Waste Mountain Grows Beyond U S Limits
The nation faces a mounting solid waste problem now estimated at four billion tons annually. Cities rely on open dumps and hand sorting, while EPA funding is cut from 24 million to 6 million, prompting calls for recycling and industry-led recovery efforts.
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Fido
Congressional Quarterly
Bes
Lubbock
Ucan
Old Dad Presidential Prospect in 1976
Virginia Payette riffs on Nixon era politics imagining a future presidential run. She bets on Secret Service perks and lavish upkeep of San Clemente style estates while quipping about taxes, repairs, and an eye toward 1980. The piece pokes fun at government spending and presidential comforts with a sharp, satirical tone.
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Dad
Secret Service
San Clemente
California Board of Equalization
Nixon
Key Biscayne
IRS
Nixon Administration Spends Millions on Personal Home Security
The piece alleges ten million dollars was spent by Nixon era officials to “improve” and “secure” President Nixon’s private residences in California and Florida. It argues the public would not loudly object despite concerns about security spending.
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Secret Service
Diving Board
Nixon
Washington
California
Florida
Fear and power weave through Watergate testimony
Washington columnist notes fear as a central, unspoken factor shaping behaviors of officials in the Watergate era. Bureaucrats and lawmakers felt pressure from the White House, with figures like Patrick Gray and John Ehrlichman illustrating how loyalty, career risk, and perceived authority influenced actions amid Ervin committee inquiries.
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Washington
Ervin Committee
White House
FBI
CIA
Patrick Gray
Congress
Ervin
Secret Warsaw Pact strength stuns NATO observers says Rush
Taylor reports Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush has new CIA confirmed findings on Warsaw Pact forces. Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Romania Albania all cited as Pact members with Bulgaria’s infantry and air force modernizing, while NATO forces lag in numbers and air power.
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Kenneth Rush
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence Agency
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Albania
Red China
Mike Mansfield
D.mont
NATO
Rush
Ussr
Europe
Greece
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Warsaw Pact
U.S
Vienna
CIA
State Department
Nix as Republic's Power Inspires Quiet Pause
LM Boyd argues there is little risk of violent upheaval over Richard Nix despite wealth and upbringing. The piece suggests voters see him as the Republic's ultimate authority unless he yields power or acts unusually lenient toward a vague congressman from Eyeball, Mississippi.
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Richard Nixon
Louis XIV
Republic
Allied Pages Clash Over Prisoner Policy In Tokyo
Angry Allied officials prepared for a showdown after a Communist announcement that all Allied prisoners will not be freed. Washington and Peiping deepened a dispute as tensions rose. In Greece, three island areas suffered after five days of earthquakes leaving hundreds dead injured and 120000 homeless. In North Carolina a hurricane lashed Moorhead City with top winds near 95 mph.
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Lubbock
Toyko
Washington
Peiping
Athens
Greece
Tonia Islands
Moorhead City
N. C
Counterfeit Tickets and Odd Facts From a Bygone Era
Counterfeiters sold fake sports event tickets as seen in famous cases like the Dempsey Carpentier fight. June is often cited as the traditional marriage month, traced to graduation timing and old May mourning. Other notes cover barefoot advice, Incas freeze drying potatoes, organ teaching quirks, window sunlight, and traffic accident odds.
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Dempsey-Carpentier
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