Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Staff and Publisher Details
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal published weekday mornings and Sunday as The Day On The South Plains. The paper lists staff including Vice President General Manager Robert R. Norris, J.C. Rickman, Jay Harris, Carl N. Cannon, David E. Knapp, and others, with advertising, circulation, and editorial roles.
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Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Alspaper
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Fth St
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Texas Daly Press League
Calfax
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
J.C. Rickman
Jay Harris
Carl N. Cannon
David E. Knapp
Robert C. McVay
William E. McInto
Bob Norris
Avalanche-Journal
Carl Cannon
Augusta
Rickman
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Augustana
Pro-Amnesty Education Flaws Highlighted by Interfaith Leader
Charles Lutz, chair of the Interfaith Committee on Military and Draft Information, argues education rather than activism is needed for amnesty advocates. He notes official figures show about 4,000 draft dodgers and deserters in Canada and beyond, with 14,000–15,000 draft violators of the Vietnam era, and warns that blanket amnesty rests on inflated numbers and misinformation.
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Charles Lutz
Interfaith Committee On
United States
Selective Service
Canada
Sweden
George Washington
Nixon
Lincoln
Herbert's Troubling Tale Foreshadows Army Probe Fallout
Former Army Lt Anthony Herbert remains at the center of a public dispute as Senator Barry Goldwater questions the credibility of his charges about an Army plot. Herbert, once hailed as a highly decorated veteran, drew criticism after Nebulous new claims surfaced following his March 1971 war crime allegations. His ABC appearances with Dick Cavett amplified scrutiny and comparisons to Capt Queeg, highlighting public ridicule and ongoing controversy.
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Anthony Herbert
Barry Goldwater
Herbert
Vietnam
ABC
Dick Cavett
Avalanche-Journal
Capt. Queeg
Sensitive Plants and Human Emotion Claims Stir Debate
Russian scientists report signs that plants respond to emotions and music. A neighbor jokes about weeds reacting to spring with fear and joy. Herbert’s credibility is attacked after a misrepresented Army conspiracy claim in a recently published book. The Army dislikes his conclusions as overblown and notes his combat stress and red tape concerns.
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Pai
4Th Street
Herbert
Pfis
Hime
Army
Therbert
Madalyn Murry O’Hair files suit over religion at White House
Madalyn Murry O’Hair sues to stop religious services in the White House and to bar chaplains and congressional offices from using government buildings for worship. Her husband and the Society of Separationists refuse to join, calling her stance nutty.
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Austin
White House
Nixon
House
Senate
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Society of Separations S. Tne
Misleading Ad Charge Filed Against Postal Service
Rep Lester L Wolff files a Federal Trade Commission complaint accusing the U S Postal Service of false advertising over a next day delivery guarantee for a SYORX 000 promotion Test mailings to 25 addresses showed first class deliveries sometimes beating airmail and sometimes not Postal officials including Postmaster General Elmer T Klassen reacted with a system review and calls for airline space guarantees The General Accounting Office and Congressional inquiries are now underway as Wolff presses for accountability and reform.
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Washington
Lester L. Wolff
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United States Postal Service
Wolff
Federal Trade Commisson
Pony Express
Postal Service
SYORX
Stanford
Calif
Fayetteville
N.C
FTC
Nixon
Congress
Mafia
New
Klassen
General Accounting Office
Lester Wolff
Grave Robbery Recall Ties to Petain Return and Chicago Counterfeiting
Henry J. Taylor links the return of Philippe Petain's body to a famed grave robbery with a Chicago counterfeiting gang led by James Kinealy who ran a saloon at 294 West Madison Street. The "showers" aided widespread fake money production until a spring 1876 collapse exposed Benjamin Boyd, the master engraver behind the scheme.
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Philippe Petain
Atlantic
d'Yeu
James
Big Jim) Kinealy
West Madison Street
Chicago
Big Jim
Benjamin Boyd
Lincoln Tomb Heist Trial Echoes Through 19th Century Plan
The narrative recounts Big Jim Kinealy and accomplices Terence Mullen and Lewis Swegles plotting to steal Abraham Lincoln’s remains in 1876 Springfield Illinois. They pried open the tomb, stalled at the scene as Secret Service repelled them, and were later jailed in Joliet for conspiring to steal a coffin worth 75 dollars.
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Big Jim
Ben Boyd
Pany
Terence Mullen
Chicago
Lewis G. Swegles
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Ilinois
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln
Big Jim Kinealy
Kinealy
Mullen
Swegles
Hicaszo & Alton
Ulysses O. Grant
New York
Horace
Go West
Greeley
Oak Ridge
Big Jin
Joliet Penitentiary
Secret Service
Tyrell
Tyrelle
Illinois
Kinenly
Joliet
Fans Champion Tech's Red Raiders Season Spirit
A sports column lauds Texas Tech and Monterey teams for thrilling seasons under coaches Gerald Myers and Joe Michalka. It praises fan devotion and calls for continued success, noting radio duo KFYO and lively home crowds bolster the Red Raiders and Plainsmen. The piece also frames savvy and guts as keys to winners and recalls humorous anecdotes about observers and critics.
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Gerald Myers
Red Raider
Monterey
Plainsmen
Joe Michalka
Red Raiders
Myers
KFYO
Raiders
Jack Dale
Bob Nash
Cuba
Hallowe'en
Embattled Mossadegh Fires Army Chief in Iran Crisis
Tehran Premier Mossadegh dismisses his Army chief amid a growing power struggle and rioting as aides accuse retired officers of inciting chaos while demonstrators shout Death or the Shah. Meanwhile U.S. leaders expect details from Gen. Van Fleet on potential Korean War win strategies. A Wichita Falls robbery ends with a gunman forcing two clerks to drive him toward Dallas after a partner vanishes.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadeegh
Washington
James A. van Fleet
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Parrot Facts Budgerigar Phrase and Sales Traits
A miscellany notes the origin of budgerigar meaning good bird and parakeet color history. It cites University of Chicago findings that top salesmen often marry early handle finances and save, implying they start wary. Address for L M Boyd given in Fort Worth.
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University of Chicago
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Detroit
John C. Tyler
California
Cnec
Felis Wankel
Honda
Environmental Protection Agency
William Lear
EPA
General Motors
William Ruckleshaus
National Academy of Science
Wall Street
Midway
Boondocks
Red Warriors
Arkansas
SMU
Dallas
Coliseum
Bedlang
Herb Caen
San Franccisco Chronicle
Keith Calden
R, MW. Boyd
L. M. Boyd
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