Morning Edition Review in The South Plains Daily
Independent weekly newspaper print in Lubbock Texas on Friday August 31 1973 with staff roles and advertising director credits. Mentions Associated Press United Press International affiliations and regional offices with names of editors and managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PO Fox
Texas
Marts
South Plains
Lebback Avalanche Journal
Evenir Pation
Southwestern
Papa
M Mand Ave
Librock
National Advertising Representatives
Vailas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robe
RY R. Qorris Ier
Jay Harris
Manpower training control debate in Lubbock grows
A clash over who should administer federally funded manpower training in Lubbock pits Mayor Turner City Council and SPAG against each other. Officials warn against a single official wielding power and urge elected oversight to ensure meaningful results and avoid wasteful overhead.
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South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
U.S. Department of Labor
Morris W. Turner
Department of Labor
Lubbock
Turner
Regional Association of Governments
Annual legislative sessions debated by Texas Revision Commission
The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission favors annual legislative sessions, proposing 180 days in odd years and 60 days in even years. Critics cite lobby risk and reform limits while supporters see adaptation to changing conditions. Two more meetings are planned, Sept 6 and Sept 26, as public input continues.
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Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
Austin
Revision Commission
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Jeffers
Specialization and a Sick Oak Tree Tale
Art Buchwald recalls a dying oak and a comically hierarchical chain of specialists. A tree surgeon refuses house calls, a limb man, a stub lesion expert, a root man, and a stonemason all weigh in with escalating fees and doubts about the tree’s health.
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Washington
Nixon links Watergate defense to aides innocence claim
President Nixon ties his Watergate defense to the innocence claims of Haldeman and Ehrlichman in a high stakes White House gamble. The linkage shocks aides and signals a bold strategy for the administration's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
White House
Fred Buzhardt
Dean
Senate, Watergate Committee
Buzhardt
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Justice Department
Haldeman-Ehrlichman
Oval Office
Mr. Nixon
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
CIA
Prohibition Anxieties Drive Nightlife Plans in D.C.
New York Times report sparks talk of a cigarette ban led by Richard Simpson. Joey Pzlotz, operator of 24 hour gambling rooms, plans diversifying into cigarette speakeasies in Washington and nearby cities. He envisions two room lounges and a take out option while warning of a ban oriented society. The piece also notes Nixon aides’ Watergate dynamics and Haldeman Ehrlichman indictments.
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Washington
Joey Pzlotz
White House
State Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Joey
New York Times
Richard O. Simpson
New Federal Consumer Product. Safety Commission
West German govt says it foiled Communist plot to disrupt election
The West German government announced the disruption of a Communist scheme by arresting at least 1,600 East German agents ahead of a parliamentary vote. Italy moved armored columns toward the Yugoslav border over the Trieste dispute while Yugoslavia imposed new rules in its free zone. Torrential rains forced evacuations of over 3,000 people around Robstown and Linton on the Texas Gulf Coast as flood danger rose.
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Lubbock
Bond
Germany
East Germany
Rome
Italy
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Free Territory
Texas Gulf Coast
Robstown
Linton
It Was a Good Life in the Panhandle
A reader reflects on the Panhandle South Plains production Tex as and the hardy frontier spirit. He recalls wind dust and drought faced by cattlemen farmers and ranchers, noting enduring character amid change and new drilling efforts near Canadian Texas. It was a good life.
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Texas
Panhandle-South Plains
Palo Duro Amphitheater
Calvin Armstrong
The
Prairies
Canadian
Panhandle
Hunton
Colgate study links posture to math puzzle speed
The article notes Colgate University studies show students solve math puzzles faster when lying down with feet elevated. It cites broader questions on body temperature and survival records, and mentions early air travel by Benoist flying boat between St. Petersburg and Tampa. It adds social observations on teen birth rates and color psychology beliefs.
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Colgate University
Ff Fansler
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Fla
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Larry Jeffers
Texas Bar Association
ART Buchwald
Watergate
Sove
Chevy Chase
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Andrew Tully
Evans
San Clemente
Archibald Cox
John W. Dean HI
Richard M. Nixon
Cox
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Jockey Club
Rive Gauche
the Panhandle
L. M. Boyd
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