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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1973
Page
3
A clipped morning page from the Lynbbock Avalanche Journal dated Wednesday July 18 1973 lists staff and desk roles including managing editor and advertising positions. The fragment mentions United Press International and various bylines such as Robert R Norris and Harris Daude among others.
A renewed push urges hiring a city watchdog to oversee major builds at Lubbock Regional Airport and the Memorial Civic Center. Councilwoman Carolyn Jordan cited early fire station bugs and recent project delays as justification. The plan envisions direct reporting to the city manager and council to reduce overruns and rework costs.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Republicans express anger over spending of more than 80,000 in Q2 to support Nixon re election and aides tied to Watergate. George Bush offers cautious silence as national party officials face internal pressure.
Washington notes that Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, D Calif, aged 40 and married twice, became the first pregnant member of Congress marking a historic shift in the tolerance of motherhood in political life. The piece discusses gender barriers, past stereotypes, and the evolving standards for female lawmakers in a period of rising women’s rights. It also touches on CREP finances and Senate liberal opposition to foreign service appointments.
Arlene Quant reports from the Milwaukee Sentinel that despite ongoing peace talks marriage rates continue rising. The Charleston Gazette quotes James Dent in jest about two vacation dangers: running out of gas en route and money after arrival.
Navy researchers at Annapolis test a Daydream Buster that tones when a worker drifts from focus and alerts a supervisor or computer. The device aims to keep pilots radar operators and truck drivers alert, though critics fear 1984 style Big Brother reach.
City contemplates 26 year land lease to Hangars of Lubbock Inc for 82.648 yearly rent after spending up to 30000 to pave the site. Critics say eight year payback for improvements undervalues public land and question private flyer dominance on Airport Board. Private aviation may be encouraged without such subsidies.
Andrew Tully argues that no energy shortage exists and urges policy steps to raise domestic oil and gas, reduce foreign dependence, and accelerate pipeline, refinery, deepwater port, and nuclear power development. He criticizes simplistic TV style analysis and calls for urgent, concrete government action.
In letters to LM Boyd, bartenders describe odd sobriety tests like pronouncing words such as criticism and biblical. A separate item notes extreme cold or heat weather, then shifts to a North Dakota youth memory request. A Venus star query explains Morning or Evening Star by date. The piece closes with a rape statistic and a mailing address in Fort Worth.
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