Lubbock Avalanche Journal Friday Morning Dec 14 1973
The Friday Morning edition from Lubbock Texas dated December 14 1973 lists staff including Robert Norris vice president and general manager JC Rickman and David Knapp with Jay Harris as executive editor. The nameplate notes morning edition with Southwestern Newspapers Corporation and Associated Press United Press International affiliations.
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Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche
Journal
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
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Uabbock
National
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
JC. Rickman
MIT
David E. Knapp
Jay Harris
Buble Pettit Kineth
May
Carl N. Cannon
Robert C. McVay
Good Journalism Defended By Veteran Reporter
A veteran journalist denounces critics who call journalism good to praise novels and argues that journalistic writing heightens public understanding. He recalls figures from Eve to Zenger and cites modern commentators to affirm journalism as a noble craft and history.
President urged to start conserving economy nationwide
A reader proposes President should cut energy waste and pause nonessential travel. The letter suggests shutting Cape Canaveral projects to save fuel and redirect workers to energy-saving efforts.
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Iiditor
Lubbock
Little Guy Catches It and Energy Crisis Looms
A Virginia columnist argues the fuel shortage will force middle class Americans to adopt austere lifestyles. Free market fixes higher prices to spur production, but many fear layoffs and rising bills as energy costs soar.
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Country Club
Nixon praised as best leader despite faults
Letter writer Carl Veater of Anchorage argues President Nixon’s benefits outweigh his errors and urges citizens to support him. He criticizes critics and urges public backing, then shifts to a gas saving tip advising to service auto air cleaners to improve fuel efficiency.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Nixon
United States
Carl Veater
Denali
Anchorage
Alaska
Debate over press bias and free speech in America
The column rails against campaigns to sell views on Nixon, Watergate, and the Middle East while defending press objectivity. It argues for labeling news facts separately from opinion, praises fair journalism, and cites a reader poem urging an end to political hysteria and sensationalism.
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E.A. Darwin
Nixon
Cronkite
Kalb
Brinkley
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Gabriel Heatter
Oil nationalization fears rise as prices surge worldwide
The piece argues nationalization may advance amid political pressure to balance supply and demand. It cites Iran selling crude at record prices and Venezuela’s Perez signaling control over petroleum resources, while US policy debates favor higher prices or taxes to curb demand.
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Washington
Supreme Court expands power to search arrest victims
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, allows police to search anyone lawfully arrested, using heroin found in a cigarette package as evidence. The ruling, with dissents by Marshall, Douglas and Brennan, argues this preserves public safety while protecting individual liberties, signaling a centrist tilt in jurisprudence.
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Supreme Court
Nixon
District of Columbia
Lower Court
Child misidentifies Nixon era figure in TV moment
A Minneapolis Tribune item recalls a mother asking her four year old if he knew who appeared on screen. The child replied that the man was Dick Watergate, illustrating playful public reaction to the Nixon era.
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Nixon
Dick Watergate
Minneapolis Tribune
Pass It On by L M Boyd: Historical Fragments and Facts
The column explores a humorous past mix of anecdotes. It notes Bastille prisoners, book records of punishment, Japanese purple dye and wedding customs, and the tapetum causing animal eyes to glow.
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Paris
Japan
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