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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1973
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows a Friday Morning July issue from Tabrock Texas with names including Dade Harris and Robert C McVay. It lists management and advertising staff and references a press fire perception and general manager.
The GAO report slams the Agriculture Department for paying 300 million in export subsidies and aiding a 700 million wheat sale to Moscow. It says taxpayers subsidized exporters and the Russian government, and urges faster corrective action to avoid future costs.
The report notes Uganda’s Gen. Amin seeking multimillion dollar aid while detaining 112 American Peace Corps volunteers for hours and threatening to shoot down their plane. It cites U.S. protests, Amin’s later order to release the volunteers, and tensions in U.S.-Ugandan relations. Also covered is a Texas Soil Conservation Society gathering in Lubbock chaired by T. A. Rolinf ord and focusing on soil and environmental balance.
In a discussion on the women’s movement its growth as a major social force is noted with emphasis on equal opportunity in business economy and politics. The piece cites historical context from 1873 and 1972 legislative gains, including Equal Pay Act implications and court-based reforms.
President Nixon issued an oblique warning to the American Jewish community about not jeopardizing detente with the Soviet Union. Jewish leaders, alarmed by rising political passion over Soviet Jewish emigration, took the message seriously after his June 22 briefing with bipartisan congressional leaders.
Marianne Means notes LBJ book by Lady Bird aims to capture his goals and personality. Nixon era politics and the Jackson amendment on Soviet Jewish emigration loom as U S policy stakes, with Kissinger and Jewish leaders weighing detente against emigration conditions.
A well-informed source says President Syngman Rhee has written pledge that South Korea will not obstruct an armistice. Rhee indicates Korea relaxed its demand for unification by force. Navy in Honolulu launches massive search for survivors of a four-engine air liner crash in the Pacific.
An essay discusses book cover designs in Texas directories and regionals. Dale Johnson links Lubbock and Fort Worth Bicentennial themes to the Texas Rangers painting by Col. E A Herbes. The piece notes friction over racial concerns and a shift away from past depictions.
A fragmented column snippet covers a sugar price in 1900 and other trivia. It asks about 1900 costs for sugar eggs potatoes and butter and queries popular baby names Julie versus Jane. It also references a humorous Q and A exchange about beer origins Munich and Dortmund water and a note on a statistic about youths and court charges.
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