Nixon pushes ideas on school busing cure
President Nixon questions constitutional amendment as a cure for massive school busing aimed at racial balance. He favors strong legislation or Justice Department court action, while noting potential Supreme Court challenges. The piece cites NAACP official Roy Watkins and debates over federal jurisdiction and policy options.
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Nixon
Executive Department
Justice Department
Congress
Supreme Court
Agnew
Roy Watkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
Editorializing In News Still Bad
The Avalanche Journal owner critiques TV networks for mixing news and editorial content and defends its own reporting. He cites Station KCBD manager Robert McKinsey, endorses labeling opinions as editorial, and recommends Edith Efron’s News Twisters. The piece argues for straight news and notes rising reader subscriptions.
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Avalanche Journal
Robert McKinsey
KCBD
Mr. McKinsey
McKinsey
A-1
Edith Efron
Miss Efron
TV Guide
Avalanche-Journal
Homemade Soap A Curious Home Hobby Gains Popularity
The article extols making soap at home as a practical hobby turning fats into usable soap. It highlights cleaner clothes and dishes and the hopeful safety of the process, joking about possible “new and improved” additives. It ends with a light aside on hunger.
Nixon State of the World book outlines peace aims and Vietnam role
President Nixon releases a 236 page Report to Congress detailing U.S. foreign policy aims and a path to peace with the Soviet Union and China. The document urges a six month South Vietnam withdrawal after a peace agreement with prisoner releases and a national election. It emphasizes no foreign intervention and Geneva and Laos accords respect with international supervision. Nixon plans talks with Chou En-lai and Soviet leaders as part of a broader peace effort in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Peking
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Nix N
Chou En-lai
Asia
Red China
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Ralanse
Peli
South
Indochina
Laos
Southeast Asia
Street Widening Woes Plague Lubbock Commuters
The current street widening program on Avenue Q in Lubbock has residents in distress. Citizens condemn the long disruption while acknowledging eventual traffic benefits. Local columnist notes widespread frustration and urges practical solutions.
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Lubbock
Avenue Q
Main
Broadway
Great Plains
19Th
University
19Th Street
Oer Q
Brooks Brothers sleeve lengths spark a shopper protest
A reader recounts a Brooks Brothers episode where a fitter refused a 43 extra long purple blazer for insufficient sleeve material. After pressure and a paper release, the customer briefly obtained the coat. A future attempt yielded two extra inches, but store policy later blocked such arrangements.
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Brooks Brothers
Interpol outlined in Swiss case and Clifford Irving arrest risk
The piece explains Interpol as a global network with headquarters in Bern and operational reach via 80 treaties. It notes blue green gray red code meanings and cites a Zurich prosecutor supporting potential arrest if Clifford Irving reenters another country, while he remains unextraditable on U.S. soil.
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Interpol
Clifford Irving
Helga Hughes
CIA
Zurich
Switzerland
Paris
Paul Valery
Bern
Interfol
International Criminal Police Organization
Iteelf
Andi Etree Wyvesat Ney
Eternonsl Crimina
Paregon Peacy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Japan
Kyosuke Hirotsu
Public Security Investigation Agency
England
Scotland Yard
France
Kao Liang
Red China
United Nations
New York
Nepal
Europe
China
Kao Laing
Tabun
Widemannstrasse
Muri
U.S
Peter Veleff
Veleff
United States
Offhand Thoughts on People and a Fading World View
A reflective note contrasts human folly with the vastness of galaxies and laments how ignorance of small things foreshadows a loss of empathy. The text critiques market caustic views and urges learning to value others before they vanish from consideration.
Pass It Or The Surname Bunker and The Boy’s Riff
Reader letters mix social trivia and odd facts from life in Fort Worth. The column by L M Boyd surveys everyday questions from salaries to travel times and aging, ending with a mail address for responses.
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Mall. To.l,mi
Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
Texas
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Ty Plainsman
Old Doe
Howard Hughes
IRS
Virginia Payette
Brooks
Nurobaeler
Jim Granberry
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Rex Fletcher
Henry
Taylor
Caracas
Berni
Bays
L. M. Boyd
Bunker
Tahiti
Los Angeles
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