Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Staff and Editorial Roles
The 1973 edition lists staff and roles including General Manager Jay Harris Editor David Knapp Managing Editor William McIntosh Editorial Page Editor and others. It notes the paper is published in Lubbock Texas with morning and evening editions and national advertising representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Evening 2S Corporation
National Advertising Representatives
CXS
Associated Pressness International
R. Norris
Electoral College Holds Up Well in Face of Reform Talk
The piece notes the Electoral College's strength after Nixon's 1972 victory and previews ongoing congressional efforts before 1976 to shift to direct popular vote or proportional plans. It recalls past failed amendments and discusses a White proposal to keep state electors but elect a president without an Electoral College majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
George McGovern
John Hospers
Libertarian Party
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Theodore H. White
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Cornerstones and Flagships in UT System Debate
Dr. Charles LeMaistre clarifies that UT San Antonio will be a cornerstone with a full medical and health sciences program while UT Austin remains the system flagship. He notes Texas Tech also plays a vital role in expanding the state’s medical education spectrum as campuses grow across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles LeMaistre
University of Texas System
U.t.-San Antonio
U.t.-Austin
U.t.austin
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Tech School of Medicine
Texas Tech University
Bond bid failed for Dallas kidnapping suspects
Dallas Justice of the Peace denied lowering bonds for Franklin and Woodrow Ransonette from 100000 to 10000 in the case of Mandy Mayhew Dealey, a socialite abducted for three days. The defense argued poverty, but prosecutors cited the ransom demand and family status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Justice of Peace
Robert Cole
Franklin Ransonette
Woodrow
Mandy Mayhew Dealey
Dallas Morning News
Ransonette
Dream Railroad for Sale in San Francisco Seafood Frontier (fictional)
A San Francisco waterfront railroad known as the State Belt Line, including three diesel switch engines and 60 miles of track, went up for sale for a dollar. The operation carries an ongoing debt of about 11000 dollars monthly and must be run as a freight carrier to be viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Junior
State Belt Line Railroad
Nixon Signals Steps to Block Dolphins in Super Bowl
President Nixon backs the Washington Redskins against the Miami Dolphins in the upcoming Super Bowl. Henry Kissinger travels to Miami to negotiate a settlement, proposing a nine point plan including withdrawal of Dolphin players and penalties for advancing into Redskins territory. The plan includes an international referees panel and guarantees Redskins game autonomy while threatening decisive action if Dolphins score or win.
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Nixon
Miami Dolphins
Washington
Washington Redskins
Henry Kissinger
Miami
Don Shula
Dolphins
Kissinger
Dolphin
Redskin
George Allen
Redskins
Shula
Mify
Allen
Congress
U.S. Pressures Rise to Resume Vietnam Talks in Paris
Washington reports growing global pressure to end Vietnam conflict with renewed negotiations in Paris in a few days. Informal exchanges are under way as South Vietnam fears for its sovereignty amid efforts to find a formula acceptable to both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Nixon faces Congress pressure on Vietnam cease-fire plan
Washington observers say Congress, wary after a decade of war, may force a settlement with Hanoi by tying aid to a cease-fire and prisoner releases. The piece argues for negotiated peace with reservations, highlighting fears of further North Vietnamese aggression and the need for South Vietnam’s protection and reconstruction efforts.
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Washington
Congress
Richard Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Peace Movement
Thieu
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Europe
Middle East
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
International Commission
Saigon
America
Indochina
Peking
Moscow
National Assembly
China
Soviet Union
North
International Tribunal
Eisenhower and Churchill Dine After Conference
In New York Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill met for dinner after a prior conference to discuss world affairs. In Washington Republican leaders in the House eyed budget balancing and tax cuts as appropriations and taxes begin. In Dallas a former bus driver was charged with murder in the New Year’s Eve killing of a finance company collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Washington
House
Dallas
Critic Sees 1972 Decline in Worthy Novels Across Market
The American Booksellers Association laments a dearth of good to great novels in 1972 while nonfiction outsold fiction nearly three to one. Notable writers discussed include Hemingway, Colette, Faulkner, Maugham, Dos Passos, Lewis, Maurois, and Blaisac, with reflections on craft, discipline, and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bookseller's Association
New Academie Francaise
Eugene Ionesco
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
France
Colette
William Faulkner
University of Virginia
John Dos Passos
Dos Passos
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Andre Maurois
Academie Francaise
Maurois
Blazac
Odds and Ends from L. M. Boyd Column
The column recalls odd facts from history and science including predicted hip and bust averages for women, a teacher’s take on 9 year olds versus 10 year olds, a new ultra sensitive camera, and the notion that pea cocks lay eggs. It retells the stories of Henry Plummer a west outlaw turned sheriff, elephants and their lifespans, Carter Glass as a sardonic legislator, and ends with a mail address for L. M. Boyd in Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Plummer
California
Zip
Washington
Montana
Bombay-Burma Trading Co
Yesteryear
Carter Glass
Washington, D.C
Old Rome
Senate
Louisiana
Huey Long
Glass
New Orleans
Aes
L. M. Boyd
Fort Worth
Texas
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Texas Daily Press League
Wana
O and
United P.robert
J.C. Rickman
Carl N. Cannon
Robert C. McVay
Lubbock
United Sta of America
Electoral College
Ransonette Broileers
Railroad Dream
ART Buchwald
David Lawrence
U.S
Andrew Tully
The
Morning Avalanche
Henry J. Taylor
Irving
Wallace
Corset and Brassiere Association
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