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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1971
Page
4
Local newspaper notes CHAS A GUY serves as editor and publisher at the publication. Details on tenure, duties, and staff roles are summarized from the page text.
The 62nd Texas Legislature and state officials brace for a challenging session with possible special sessions. Key targets include Penal Code revisions, redistricting to meet federal court standards, raising at least 700 million dollars in new revenue, reforming automobile insurance, welfare costs, drunken driving laws, and improving legislative efficiency. The voter registration system may also be changed during the session.
The piece argues Soviet anti-Semitism rises and Egypt gains Moscow backing as Sadat presses for Israel concessions. It links Araby-Soviet alignment to a mood of renewed Jarring talks gridlock and warns of a hardening U S and Soviet positions threatening a stalemate.
The Air Force announces operational 50 of an eventual 500 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles with MIRV warheads. Critics say this deployment undermines arms control aims and fair inspection. The piece argues for mutual drastic arms reduction if the Soviet Union agrees to verifiable limits.
The FDA tests show most tuna types have insufficient mercury to worry about, with warnings to environmental alarmists. Officials say ways exist to prevent other tuna types from reaching markets while political jabs about the Democratic convention plans surface in the press.
President Nixon delivered a long televised interview that impressed for clarity and policy grasp yet drew critique for avoiding wage and price controls and for delaying labor arbitration reform. He defended foreign policy, economy, and revenue sharing while pledging no new taxes. The piece highlights tensions between government restraint and union power.
Connally’s 1972 Treasury appointment is labeled a myth when viewed through two sub rosa moves in Texas. Democratic leaders pressed Muskie to win Texas by softening oil and gas rhetoric, while a Republican operative warned Washington of Texas’s loyalty to Nixon.
Eugene McCarthy after retirement expands plans for a 1972 Democratic run, considering New Hampshire and other primaries while avoiding a new party. In Texas, Nixon faces a bleak assessment from party leaders as Connally's role and Muskie Jackson prospects reshape 1972 dynamics.
A 1971 push for welfare reform gains momentum as the 92nd Congress readies. The Food Stamp program faces a work requirement, aiming to curb aid to nonworkers while exempting the disabled and caregivers. Public sentiment grows against “come-and-get-it” relief as cities strain under high rolls and youth on relief rises nationwide.
In central Korea Chinese Reds and North Koreans target UN defenses likely signaling a major offensive. In Washington defense officials push for a 450000 man draft starting July 1 or induction of married men and fathers born 1926. In Austin the 52nd legislature advances its first bill as Lubbock police chief position remains open for a second time in five months.
In Pass It On, L M Boyd shares assorted quips and questions on publishing postal delivery times driving safety and social trends. The column includes a joke about diary blank pages a note on Calving Coolidge sleep habits and reader Q A exchanges with humorous lines about golf podiatrists and chiropodists.
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