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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1973
Page
3
The article argues the U S decision to stop bombing Cambodia reflects larger lessons for American foreign policy. It cautions that military actions abroad are shaped by political and economic costs and urges clear commitments to justifications for force. It notes Vietnam and Cambodia risks of foreign domination and calls for principled, restrained use of force.
The new Texas death penalty law narrows eligible crimes to murder tied to major offenses and requires a unanimous finding of deliberate killing, ongoing threat to society, and disproportionate response to provocation. Attorneys may use psychiatric input, raising questions about application in the Brooks Henley Corll case.
A magazine piece questions whether the nation resists growth and urges transparency as a senator calls for public access to his income tax report. He criticizes delaying tactics and asks why copies were not released to reporters but hidden in the Congressional Record.
The piece examines Spiro Agnew under Maryland bribery probe while noting the phrase Big Bat from Truman and Bush’s reaction. It discusses the impact on his 1976 GOP prospects, the possibility of indictment, and the pressure on party leaders to find a clean candidate amid Watergate-era scrutiny.
Henry J. Taylor recounts Robert Hutchins Goddard a Clark University professor whose 1926 Auburn test launched a 184 foot liquid fueled rocket marking the start of space travel history. He notes early funding under 11000 dollars and Goddard’s 1908 ideas.
The Union Leader publisher William Loeb faces a defamation suit by former White House counsel Murray Chotiner. Egan Jr. reports allege a secret Nevada gambler funded operation to back Watergate spies and Hoffa’s removal, with deposition records and possible $3 million damages sought.
Readers are urged to note today’s Texas Tech Board of Regents meeting on campus. The agenda features a major Indiana Avenue extension through the campus to link the Med School Public Teaching Hospital Museum Complex with the southern city, a project Tech may benefit from as much as the city.
Russia proposed a provisional government for all of divided Germany and staged elections free of outside interference. In Iran a palace coup toppled Premier Mossadegh as the shah fled with his queen. Tehran radio reported Hossein Fatemi calling for a regency council. Greece and island news followed as 9000 sailors from the rescue fleet shared rations to aid quake victims.
The column recalls John Wilkes Booth as a skilled boxer who fought a larger teamster to a bloody standstill. It also cites 1962 as a peak for women in Congress with 19 members, and mentions a 1932 Great Depression era hunger context with 22 deaths.
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