Rate Cut Seen as Start to Align Lubbock Utilities
Editorial argues a $1 monthly drop for residential electric rates is just a start. It urges the Lubbock Utilities board and City commission to push toward equalizing gas and water rates with Amarillo, noting Pioneer Natural Gas Co. pricing and municipal vs private utilities dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Utilities Board
City Commission
Amarillo
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Ernest O. Thompson
Pioneer
Southwestern Public Service Co
Modern Rustlers Steal 1000 Cars Daily In January
The National Automobile Theft Bureau, run by 350 insurance companies, reports January thefts at 1,000 cars per day. In December 1962, 27,500 cars were stolen. The thefts are likened to Old West cattle rustling, but today owners must lock cars as nine in ten thefts occur when vehicles are left unlocked or in remote spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Automobile Theft Bureau
New Arithmetic Pees In Washington Budget Debates
A satirical note mocks Washington lawmakers for treating numbers as malleable like two plus two equaling five. It suggests many avoid critical thinking, referencing the American way of life and the idea of spending beyond means with a quip about monthly costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pees
Washington
Morning Edition lays on the South Plains
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal page from February 18, 1963 details publication editions and subscription rates. It lists President, Editor and Publisher Chas. A. Guy and notes affiliations with AP UPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
8Th St
Ave J
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Paekker F
Prouty
Chas. A. Guy
Visit To A Minuteman Base Through An Offbeat Lens
Special Correspondent Bob Considine recounts a Minuteman ICBM site beneath ground on alert with a SAC major and one officer as the lone crew. The piece emphasizes the gravity of nuclear duty, a silent life apart from public glamour, and a direct link via a red phone to the President as a warhead is readied for launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Considine
Hollywood
Hell’s Angels
Tokyo
Eddie Rickenbacker
Billy Mitchell
Jimmy Doolittle
Joe Foss
Minuteman
Ollywood
Holy Writ
Minutoman
Coney Island
Major
Dumbwaiter
SAC
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Mont
Air University
Air Force Institute of Technology
Tom Power
Air Force
Considine
No Reason To Mix Politics And Exercise
A columnist riffs on President Kennedy revived Teddy Roosevelt fitness talk and warns the burden of a 50 mile hike in 20 hours risks overexertion for civilians. The piece recalls Roosevelt’s death age and Rails on NASA era calculations while joking about a movie docu mentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Teddy Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Kennedy
Teddy
Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Clan Robb
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson
Roosevelt
De Gaulle veto costs US prestige in Latin America and beyond
As de Gaulle blocks Britain's EEC entry the United States loses standing worldwide. The article cites weakened influence in Latin America and India, notes a shaken Alliance for Progress, and urges tougher action against Castro and Russian pressure. It warns of a possible Franco Russian alliance and warns that global prestige hinges on strategic diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
Ashington
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Europe
Kennedy
Tucker
State Department
Latin America
Cuba
de Gaulle
Russia
Khrushchev
France
Napoleon
Alliance For Progress
Brazil
Argentina
Castro
Congress
India
Nehru
England
EEC
Northern
Borneo
North Borneo
West Texas Chamber drives launches new public affairs team
Lubbock chamber directors opened the annual membership drive with a public affairs committee including A. C. Jackson W. T. Fain Durwood Bradley H. L. Allen Charles R. Bacon Earl Collins F. L. Lindsey Morris Levine W. C. O'Mara Harry Morris and A. B. Davis. WAAC enrollment added two Lubbock women plus others from Lamesa and Floydada. Tech varsity show plans proceed with Ready Tom Rhodes as secretary and Vester Lee Smith chairing. Lubbock officials report progress in wartime vice suppression at South Plains Army Flying School after Lt. David A. Morse spoke to Rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Chamber
Lubbock
A. C. Jackson
W. T. Fain
Durwood Bradley
H. L. Allen
Charles R. Bacon
Earl Collins
F. L. Lindsey
Morris Levine
W. C. O'Mara
Harry Morris
A. B. Davis
Tech
Ready Tom Rhodes
Vester Lee Smith
Jerry Beavers
Kenneth Robbins
Norman Igo
Hugh English
Plainview
David A. Morse
South Plains Army
Virginia double canoe transport in the BACCO
A garbled report notes a Virginia double canoe in the BACCO discussion. It mentions transport capacity and a constraint about not carrying a specific item, though details are unclear.
Canadians Hit McNamara Over Skybolt Fallout
In Ottawa and Toronto defense leaders rebuke McNamara for attacking allied views on atomic defense and Skybolt. They fault his blunt diplomacy, cite Norstad and White as sidelined, and warn U S security hinges on restrained statecraft and mutual Allied respect. The piece ends noting Mrs Chambers collects international playing cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Taylor
U.S. Defense
Sec
Robert S. McNamara
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Detroit
Taylor
James V. Forrestal
Pentagon
McNamara
Free World
America
Imperial General Staff
Joint Chiefs Chiefs of Staff
Britain
Mr. McNamara
London
NATO
Lauris Nor
Stad
Norstad
Europe
Thomas D. White
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
United States of America
Republic
Considine’s
Inez Robb
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
By Kate Osann
Lamesa
Floydada
WAAC
Violet G. Luster
Ave. G
James D. Skinner
Sixth St
Skinner
Air Corps
Lillian Irene Cameron
Katie M. Martin
Virginia
Sasm
Kashmir
Paris
Heathes
Ford
Canada
Bay of Pigs
New York
UPI
Stanley Chambers
Corinth
Miss
By Galbraith
Hua
Bag
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