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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1970
Page
7
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal announces the appointment of Chas A Guy as editor and publisher, signaling a leadership shift in the Texas newspaper's newsroom and management. Guy assumes duties effective immediately, with plans to steer editorial direction and community coverage.
A 1972 presidential prospects overview notes Senator Muskie of Maine shows limited momentum after Chappaquiddick with critics citing unimpressive showings and weak backing. Bruce Biossat sees many weaker 1968 leftovers like McCarthy and McGovern while Kennedy’s rehabilitation could shift the race if charisma returns.
A Harvard faculty member laments a shift from teaching and thinking to fear driven by bomb scares student strikes and campus takeovers. He notes professors pack manuscripts home to protect them and recalls police student clashes as evidence of an era defined by danger rather than study.
A fragment from a column notes the adage about a better mousetrap being useless if the world ignores the inventor. It adds that a new treatment for hair loss is proposed by a hair stylist but skeptics doubt it will work. The piece satirically wraps up with the search for a baldness cure yielding no solid results.
Parents volunteer at Park Elementary in Alhambra to conduct weekend checks on school premises. They work in husband wife pairs, are not armed, and cannot make arrests. The program aims to deter vandalism and suggests similar efforts for other schools and taxpayers to support.
The piece debates Sen. Mansfield and Senate power over wartime resolutions tied to the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty and the North Atlantic Treaty. It warns that repudiating these commitments could erode U S credibility and risk renewed global conflict.
In a closed meeting Romney told Wachigen's Republican command he has no Senate plans this year and would welcome a Nixon Cabinet role. White House aide Harry Dent pressed Romney to run against Sen. Hart, prompting Michigan leaders to gather in Romney’s HUD office with Milliken Griffin Ford and others.
The Justice Department faces questions over the Fitzgerald firing after he exposed the COA program costs rising from 3.4 to 5.4 billion dollars. Senate subcommittee requests details on Air Force actions and possible witness intimidation while defense spending overruns widen to six billion dollars.
Comrade Maiorov of the Foreign Trade Ministry reports vast Dalstory coal and gold fields around Magadan driving new steel orders. USSR exports gold to secure dollars and Western bank credits while Moscow plans massive home construction and reconstruction to shore up ailing steel industry.
Five Texas men secured a charter to form the Texas Turnpike Company and build a private toll superhighway from Dallas to Houston. Lubbock officials announced a four point program totaling over 1.5 million dollars in public improvements including sewage water projects turbine generators and airport work.
Marketers struggle to reach young consumers though data show heavy TV watch time by adults and rising college enrollments. The piece notes Youth Research findings on ad receptivity and cites a projected college population rise to 91 million by 1975 with $45 billion in annual student spending shaping broader impacts on $145 billion in adult purchases. A Ridgewood store, Sealfon’s, testifies to unconventional anniversary celebrations drawing customers.
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