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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1972
Page
9
The page 4 section from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated Monday Morning January 17, 1672 outlines publication details. It lists editors publishers and mailing address while noting morning and evening editions and wire services affiliations.
The piece portrays Rep. James Scheuer of New York as a guest in Moscow who visited Jewish residents and supporters claim he did nothing improper. Kremlin critics allege he urged emigration and distributed pamphlets, while the author argues the crisis is exaggerated. The column notes U S. aims to not disrupt President Nixon's Moscow trip and urges lawmakers to return.
The piece questions if Governor George Wallace is a Democrat as UNQUESTIONABLY noted by Larry OBrien. It contrasts liberal party figures with Wallace and speculates that OBrien opposes Wallace not on ideology but to protect allies like Humphrey Muskie and Vance Hartke.
An exclusive report notes Julian Sanchez Ramos, charged with two Texas Tech campus killings, had violent crime and mental illness records. Despite state hospital treatment and available Lubbock County Clerk files, Tech reportedly failed to verify his background, prompting calls for stricter personnel checks.
A Boston suburb publicity seeker shaved his beard in the pulpit to prove he was the same man with or without facial hair. Instead he showed poor judgment and offered little reason why people attend church services.
David Lawrence argues that J. Edgar Hoover’s decades of FBI leadership should not end with retirement. He urges an advisory role for Hoover to preserve institutional memory, guiding successors in handling sensitive investigations and national security challenges.
Reader letters applaud the underground water district for enforcing drilling permit laws and cracking down on water wasters with three offenders set for lawsuits. Edits on highway praise defend the Texas Highway Department and traffic circle, with reader claims about designer credits and highway quality.
Virginia Payette surveys rosy projections from economists and business forecasters. They predict a new boom with 1980 GNP near 2 trillion, home and auto demand rising, and rising profits while unemployment lingers. The piece notes holiday retail strength and falling business failures as signs, urging readers to stay optimistic.
Readers debate judiciary and crime policy with letters to the editor. Max Austin praises Judge T Whit Davidson as a defender of common sense. A Puszler questions school prayer and constitutional issues, criticizing modern teaching.
United Nations negotiators rejected a Communist warning to “fight to the end” over 20 000 Chinese Red prisoners bound for Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa amid Korea tensions. In California a snowbound train was freed after four days, storms eased, and the South Plains posted a record 16th straight day without a highway death as a city commission moves to curb house to house peddling with fines up to 200 dollars.
A Senate critique notes that the Republican Party paid only $500,000 of 1968 campaign bills in 1969-71 while reporting over $32 million in income. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott calls for public filings and tighter enforcement, contrasting GOP and Democratic debts and urging reform of the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925.
J M Boyd notes trivia about the Great Wall of China and a pair of actors nicknamed The Great Stone Face. He comments on mailbox etiquette, bees guarding hives, motion picture houses in the Soviet Union, and driving tips while inviting readers to mail responses to Fort Worth Texas.
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