Lubbock Avalanche-Journal January 27, 1917 Front page
The Saturday morning issue of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal from Lubbock Texas lists staff positions and the newspaper’s affiliations. It notes misprints and credits Associated Press and United Press for national wire service content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusbork
Sears
South Plains
Laibbock Avalanche Journal
Exening
Hihien
Southwestern
Cornoration
Inite
Hinstanil Ave
Tauboek
Tesay
National Advertising Representatives
Vesas Pauly Press League
Dallas
Texan
Associated Press
United Prep Terman
Robert R. Norris
Dresden
J.C. Rick
Jay Harris
David E. Knapp Mans
McIntosse
Kewlatun Bana
Lubbock
Texas
Americans Reacting Well To Peace In Indochina
Americans respond with relief and quiet celebration as U S forces prepare to halt combat and prisoners of war are to be released. Many support President Nixon despite ongoing Vietnam questions, urging unity and tempered antiwar arguments to bridge divisions quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indochina
U.S
South Korea
Nixon
Stepard
William B Spears
Tech Chapter
Vietnam
Veterans Against
le Dar ‘Tha
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Burma
Hanoi
Asia
Europe
Mucos
DPS Plans Civic Center Site Sale For Regional DPS Center
The city council weighs selling five acres near 4th Street between Avenue Q to fund a $900,000 regional DPS center with a crime lab and telecom facility. The Urban Renewal Agency would sell the land to the city for $464,600, anchoring the Civic Center area while not detracting from overall planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GPPY
Givie Center
Department of Public
Fely
4Th Street
Avenue Q
Civic Center
DPS
HOD
Urban Renewal Agency
West Texas
Marion Key
DPS Commission
Jack Baker
Key
Passengers to Build Radios on Rail Lines
An article proposes turning riders into workers, using each boarding to assemble radio and later TV components. Conductors oversee quality as passengers earn by piecework, potentially boosting profits, reducing idle time, and reviving rail travel.
Young Turks unhappy as GOP House clashes rise
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report a string of defeats for pragmatic young Republicans in the House behind old guard control. The Republican Caucus grows sullen as power, blocked by the old guard, limits new blood on key committees including Ways and Means. Les Arends of Illinois is highlighted as a pivotal figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nixon
Oval
Ways and Means
Old Guard
Wycarold
Les Arends
Tlinois
Ohio
Clarence
Bud) Brown
Steigar
Brown
Wilbur D. Mills
Steiger
Young Turks
John Erlenham
Iil
New York
Frank Horton
Government Operations Committee
Erlenborn
Horton
Arends and the Old Guard Rule the House GOP
Virginia Payette surveys the friction in the House Republican leadership as Arends preserves seniority, blocks younger reformers, and maintains control through the Committee on Committees. The piece notes Laird’s departure, Ford’s uneasy stance, and the Young Turks’ struggle amid Nixon era politics.
Moon voyage possibility eyed by four astronomers
Washington AP report notes four leading astronomers believe it may be possible to send men to the moon in rockets launched from the earth. The Jan 27 1953 clipping from the Lubbock Morning Avalanche highlights early confidence in lunar missions using earth-launched vehicles.
Elephant King Rules as Regent's Park Zoo Welcomes Giant
Henry J. Taylor notes an African elephant imported to London’s Regent's Park Zoo. He discusses elephant traits, habitat needs, and behavior, from travels in Africa to the African water buffalo as a danger, and mentions a 14-foot skeleton found near Kent. The piece ends with the animal’s enduring fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Regene's Park Zoo
Africa
University of London
Regent's Park Zoo
Crete
Congo
Europe
Kent
England
British Museum
Odd Q and witty tidbits in L M Boyd column
Curated snippets from L M Boyd column discuss women cooks versus men, curious questions about flavored cigarettes, nicknames for inlaws, Ainu mustaches, canoe versus pirogue handling, candy wrapper codes called strings, hyena relation, birth gestation facts, language translations, log knots, and a note on a car’s annual gasoline usage with address for mail.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
America
Vinam
George McGovern
Engineers’ Outlook
U.S. Department of Labor
Wall Street Journal
Vincent $. Hamemian
Auburn University
School of Engineering
Texas ‘Tech
ART Buchwald
Shington
Laing Island
Corts
Son
Latue
United States
Saver Gresheuud
Greyhound
Teangora
Japanese Electronics Indust
Pennsylvania Station
Latteland
Hub HS
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Novak
Virginia Payette
Long Johns
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arends
Wisconsin
Melvin Ry Laird
Pentagon
Grandpappy
Old Dad
Dad
Thes
Long John
Committee On Committees
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
Congress
William Steiger
Laird
White House
Tejan
Bill Archer
Stouston
Archer
Bill Steiger
Erlenbom
Chet Holifield
California
Holifield
Foxy
Silver
Capitol Hill
Senate
Henry J. Taylor
Kenya & Uganda
Lake Chad
EL. M. Boyd
Japan
Louisiana Swamp
Hong Kong
Isle of
King Kong
L. M. Boyd
P. O
Fort Worth
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