Fragmented Texan newspaper snippet from 1978 state edition
A damaged OCR sample from The Associated Press era in Lubbock Texas shows advertising and staff notes. Names like Robert C. McV are partially legible, with references to Southwestern Newspaper Corp and February 20 1978.
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Tappore
Texas
Lubbock
Southwestern Newsparete
Corpora
Associated Press
Frese Internatioral
X. Cannon
Robert C
Housing Authority Burden Doubled in Lubbock Crisis
The Lubbock Housing Authority faces triple pressure from tenant eligibility checks, a rent cap amendment limiting income-based charges, and possible loss of federal subsidies. City funds may be diverted to cover shortfalls, prompting calls for budget cuts and reconsideration of federal policy burdens on local taxpayers.
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Nixon
Congress
Lubbock
Authority
Edward Brooke
R.mass
TIUD
Executive Branch
Washington
UN Downgraded in Peace Talks by Opposing Powers
Opposition from North Vietnam and Communist China to Kurt Waldheim as permanent chairman colors the Paris peace conference. Hanoi and Peking doubt the UN can guarantee peace, while other capitals quietly share the doubt about the body's role in supervising truces and mobilizing rebuilding aid.
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North Vietnam
China
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
Gener
Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Peking
Mation Commission
North
South Vietnam
United States
Californians brace for elections with varied mayoral bids
The piece notes Sant Yorty seeking a fourth LA term against Jess Unruh and ten challengers including Bobby Seale in Oakland. Berkeley politics see a coalition aim to tilt the City Council, while turnout is expected high as voters consider radical shifts and women’s rights themes in the mix.
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Berkeley
University of Calfornia
Cradle of the Radical
California
Concorde Talks Spark Dream Of A Bigger Version
Angly French Concorde SST faces profitability doubts as Britain and France discuss ecological issues and a slower, larger jet. Delegates propose a 600 mph aircraft, double passenger capacity, reduced fuel costs, and a new name, the Gancorde 747 14, to win public support and revive the program.
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Washington
BOAC
Air France
Londen
Peerce LaFrance
Messieurs
London
LaFrance
Sai
Rattomly
Nixon plans to Republicanize Democratic Washington
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Nixon aims to transform the capital’s political landscape by replacing White House aides with Republicans. Charles Colson, a key adviser, will resign next month to join a Washington law firm, while continuing to counsel the President on major issues.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Charles W. Colson
Morin
Nixon era aides pull strings on White House power play
The piece notes Dr. Charles E Walker opens an economic consultancy near the White House as Nixon allies Colson and Walker gain potential influence for corporate lobbying. It surveys the anthem controversy at sports events and argues the White House seeks to reshape Washington by hiring senior lawyers and lobbyists while political tides shift between parties.
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Charls E. Walker
the Treasury
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Charles E. Walker
Colson
Walker
Chuck Colson
Ramsey Clark
Nixon
Washington
Nison
Redskins
Edward Bennett Williams
Spiro T. Agnew
Teamsters Union
Clark Cliford
Russia expands military might and atomic weapons warned
Washington briefing warns Russia is steadily increasing its military power including atomic weapons. Ezra Taft Benson urged cotton farmers to voluntarily cut acreage by 18 percent to stave off low prices and strict quotas in 1954. Six jailbreakers captured after a fast moving escape. three in Arkansas and three near the Louisiana border.
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Lubbock
Washington
White House
Russia
UPL
Sec. of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Fort Worth
Arkansas
Louisiana
Homecoming of Vietnam POWs and costs of war weigh on nation
Henry J. Taylor reflects on returning prisoners of war from Vietnam as living reminders of war’s horror. He cites Bureau of Economic Research estimates of total U S war costs, compares past conflicts, and argues that true defense lies in national spirit and pursuit of peace led by President Nixon.
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Vietnam
Cnossus
Flanders’ Fields
Bataan
Korea
Pot
Defense
Veterans Administration
United States
Pesident Nixon
L. M. Boyd Puzzles and Probes Everyday Life Facts
A collection of curious questions and answers on home life, risk, estimates, and trivia. Topics include what defines home for a mother, private airplanes taking off daily, botulinum toxin potency, future labor shifts, a proverb from Arabs, birth statistics, animal and egg sizes, pharmacist salaries, ancient Egyptian numerals, world water distribution, and the Missouri origin of the phrase I’m from Missouri. Address: L. M. Boyd Fort Worth Texas.
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Missouri
Willard Duncan Vandiver
L. M. Boyd
Fort Worth
Texas
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