Starts The Day On The South Plains Independent Daily
Lubbock Avalanche Journal reports weekday morning publication with Sunday edition from Southwestern Newspapers Corporation. Paper lists staff including Robert R Norris as president and general manager and Jay Harris as editor among others.
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PO Bos
Lubbork
Tenn
South Plains
Avalanche Journal
Benibaition
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Ita
Stand Ave
J Labtech
National
Tenas Framy Prose League
Dallas Teaas
Associated Preat
United Press International
Robert R Norris Nace
Greneral
Pearl Harbor Day Lesson: Fear versus Hope in American Resolve
The piece recalls Pearl Harbor as a turning point when dire fears gave way to resilience and innovation. It cites rubber, Edison, shale petroleum forecasts, and energy worries to argue that America has repeatedly met challenges, with temporary shortages eventually yielding long-term solutions, and urges remembrance of V J Day.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
America
Thomas Edison
Edison
Odessa
Stewart Udall
Mississippi
South Plains
Frank N. Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Social Security Tax Hike Sparks Debate Over Welfare Path
As Congress nears approval of another Social Security tax increase the plan would raise the worker total to 1557 dollars annually, sparking questions about balancing aged care with lighter burdens on younger workers. Critics ask whether higher benefits justify the rising tax bite and whether private pensions could offer better retirement income.
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Senate House Conference Committee
Tax debate shows senators cling to social security rise
The piece argues lawmakers rely on rising Social Security taxes to please voters, predicting continued tax increases on the eve of every election year as a political gravy train that is hard to slow or stop.
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Capitol Hill
Recalled Pearl Harbor Echo From Lisbon Radio
Henry J. Taylor recounts hearing the first Pearl Harbor news in Lisbon on a Sunday. Vichy France and Saigon relayed Tokyo’s Japanese commentary to Europe, making Europe hear the initial Pearl Harbor version from Japan, via a Lisbon hotel barber.
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Berlin
Lisbon
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Saigon
French Indochina
Tokyo
Alps
Palacio Hotel
Portugal
Burt Fish
Fish
Washington
William J. Donovan
Our
Strategic Services
Salazar
Hitler Yackety
Hitler
Irish Wake Gathers Ties Across Timeless Irish Network
In Merrill's Funeral Home Massachusetts a large wake for Tim is recalled as a social gathering of old friends and family. The crowd reflects a changing mix of ethnicities while lingering memories and contemporary topics surface in a traditional post funeral chorus. Tim Junior and relatives work in journalism and sports media, linking generations across Long Island New York and beyond. Names and ties to Wells High West Point Missouri Fordham UPI Newsday and News are woven through the recollection. The piece notes nostalgia, changing customs, and the old Irish hospitality.
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Washington
Merrill's Funeral Home
Massachusetts
Tita
Old Mers
Tim
Watergate
Nixon
Jack
Corrigan
Tim Junior
Long Island
Newsday
Steve Jones
Jimmy Jones
Ellen Hogan Moriarty
Tim Senior
Hank
Michael
University of Missouri
New York
United Press International
Andrew HH
St. Patrick
David Young
West Point
Europe
Watergate Ends Ambitiously Yet Uncertainly in Senate
The Watergate inquiry winds down with two Senate committees ready to pick up the probe. Commerce plans to study unfinished aspects on campaign contributions influencing policy while Permanent Investigating eyes other ethics questions. staff anticipate quick hearings if any.
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Washington
Watergate Investigating Committee
Senate
Sam Ervin
GOP
Howard Baker
Watergate Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Nixon
Henry Jackson
Ervin
Howard Hughes
Charles
Bebe) Rebozo
Daniel Inouye
Warren Magnuson
Consumer Subcommittee
Frank Moss
Commerce
Civic Center decision looms for Lubbock Council
Jay Harris urges action as Lubbock City Council faces a high stakes vote on the Civic Center. Options include a smaller plan with new bids or delaying the project, with costs around 3 million dollars and implications for downtown growth and taxes.
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Lubbock
Civic Center
Toastmasters Club marks 25 years with charter night reunion
THE HUB Toastmasters Club staged a charter night re enactment featuring speakers who later held notable posts. Attendees included former Gov Preston Smith former Mayor W D Rogers Jr former Councilman Larry Byrd former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr and Mayor Morris W Turner among others, highlighting the club as an early forum for local leaders.
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HUB Toastmasters Club
Preston Smith
W.D. Rogers Jr
Larry Byrd
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
Morris W. Turner
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Shaw refused waiver on play royalty in early work
E. E. Edgar recalls George Bernard Shaw’s reply to a repertory manager seeking to stage an early, unsuccessful play. Shaw refused to waive royalties and noted he wrote the work for married audiences, offering another piece for single audiences at the standard terms.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
E. E. Edgar
Omaha World-Herald
Remarkable musings from L M Boyd on social quirks
The column notes odd observations from 1937 to present on topics including a lone skual bird, cattle rustlers forging bills, marijuana prescriptions, jealousies by gender, retired couples living apart, and rising sales of frozen TV dinners and gourmet cookbooks. Reader advice sought on a mystery contention.
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Dancer and Prancer
Henry J. Taylor
Andrew Tully
Bea
Pat
Mike
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Mamie
Kit
Clifford
Phil Philbin
Bob Poulin
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Wells High
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Steve
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Timmy
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Maureen
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Margaret Casey
Cy Lavallee
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