Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Masthead and Notice
The piece shows the Lubbock Avalanche Journal masthead with staff roles and desk names including Robert R. Norris vice president and general manager J C Rickman Jay Harris editor and Carl N Cannon managing editor. It notes wire services from Associated Press and United Press International and lists newsroom staff in Lubbock Texas for Tuesday morning March.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Southwestern
Newupepere Cots
Inch
Navona Adverse
Lubly Press Teague
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
J.C. Rickman
Jay Harris
Carl N. Cannon
David E. Knapp
Robert C. McVay
William E. McIntosh
Nage
Pane Kalter
Wounded Knee affair sparks dispute over motives
The piece criticizes the Wounded Knee occupation as external intrusion rather than authentic Sioux protest, noting involvement by civil rights figures and leaders from outside groups. It argues the event harms modern Native causes and frames the incident as a misused symbol rather than a legitimate grievance.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington
Wounded Knee
U.S. Cavalry
Judge Allergic To News Coverage In Texas Story
A fragment notes a Texas judge who resists news coverage and hints at legal action over suppression of legitimate reporting. The text references a high court or local judiciary and concerns about press freedom. No clear names or dates are provided in the readable portion.
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Texas
Variante
Whonele
Lenelse
What Live
Utah
Willis W. Ritter
Senate
Salt Lake City
National Observer
Deseret
Federal Building
Ritter
U.S
Guns In Arkansas Bill Faces House Committee Review
Arkansas Senate recently passed a bill allowing legislators to carry guns. A House committee denied the favorable recommendation amid debate on loaded weapons in the legislature. Some lawmakers can obtain deputy sheriff cards to carry, while Rep. Julian Streett questioned the need for personal firearms.
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Arkansas Senate
House
Senate
Julian Streett
Bridge crash prompts note on stalled interstate plans
The Pecos County bridge where a bus truck collision killed nine is on a highway slated to become an Interstate when funds are available. Texas Highway Department cites holdbacks of Federal Highway Trust funds delaying bridge replacement and other projects.
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Pecos County
Texas Highway Department
Trust
Congress
Former Golfers Turn to Tennis Again for New Players
A humorous column shows ex golfers becoming tennis players, noting time and cost benefits. The narrator and partner Dumbarton discuss rules, etiquette, and differences between golf and tennis, including serving, racket use, and playing with partners and “women players.”
Nixon Mills Clash Over Import Surcharge Intelligence
White House aide Peter Flanigan failed in a secret mission to Kensett Arkansas to press Rep Wilbur Mills on a 15 percent import surcharge Mills has urged Mills doubts legality of the plan in Arkansas and Mills privately reiterates demand as part of a broader monetary crisis plan including gold sales by the United States
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Washington
White House
Peter Flanigan
Kensett
Ark
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
Flanigan
Mills
Arkansas
Advisers
U.S
Arkansax
George Shultz
Nixon-Mills
Pot legalization debate and White House tax clash
The piece argues pot legalization is not simple citing Judge Tauro and other authorities while contrasting tobacco and alcohol harms. It also reports a rift between President Nixon and Wilbur Mills over a 15 percent surcharge, dollar devaluation, and policy disagreements risking broader economic fallout.
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Mills
Janeway
Pierre Rinfret
Wilbur Mills
Lyndon
Johnson
Mr. Nixon
U S Funds To Rebuild North Vietnam Opposed
Allen Burke Sr voices concern over U S plans to fund reconstruction in North Vietnam arguing the move may provoke Russian and Chinese responses. He questions the benefit of rebuilding while criticizing the broader trade balance and urging Congress to consider future consequences.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Avalanche Journal
South
Vietnam
Russia
China
Allen Burke, Sr
29Th St
Bomber Downed by Fighters Amid Frontline Firefight
In colder news from Europe Germany and Russia conceded a clash occurred on the Iron Curtain frontier with a British bomber reported shot down in flames. In Washington plans moved ahead authorizing trans atlantic flight operations by Sabre jet fighters in response to MIG 15 incursions. In Carthage a tornado and cloudburst caused flood damage to thirty homes and three feet of water in streets with no fatalities.
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SBURG
Germany
Russia
Iron Curtain
East Germany
Washington -Mass
trans-Atlantic
America
Carthage
Letters to the Editor Faulted Federal Judges and Education Policy
A reader blasts federal judges for overturning punishments and argues free schools should be locally funded. The letter criticizes forced busing, HEW influence, and federal taxes supporting what the writer calls socialism. It links judiciary actions to racial tension and calls for abolishing federal funding in favor of local control.
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Washington
Walter Washington
Hell City
Elie Se
Weill
The
Avalanche Journal
Supreme Court
Ing
Hanoi
Moscow
Peking
United States
HEW
Regional Governments Seen As Major Danger
Editorial warns that regionalism threatens representative government and private property rights in the United States. Floridians oppose Gov. Askew’s regional plan and the Florida Comprehensive Planning Act of 1972, arguing it violates federal law and betrays public trust. Col. Arch Roberts discusses these theories in a new book.
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Avalanche Journal
America
United States
Reubin Askew
Florida
Col
Arch Roberts
Korea
Vietnam
Pauly Fullerton
California
Cleatus Hyatt
Mth
Beer in Coliseum Mulled By editor readers
An editorial notes that allowing beer sales at conference basketball games could trigger wider objections at other events. It warns that accident rates from cars leaving the Civic Center may rise if patrons drink, citing Frank R. Murray of 2508 2nd St.
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Avalanche-Journal
Coliseum
Civic Center
Frank R. Murray
2Rd St
Lighting upgrade urged at Coliseum and City Center
Mrs. David Bailey of Floydada writes that the March 2 Lawrence Welk show at the Lubbock Coliseum suffered from total audience lighting. She cites dangerous, poorly lit aisles and trips, urging better spotlights and lighted steps for safer future events at the Coliseum and proposed Civic Center facilities.
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Coliseum
City Center
Avalanche-Jounal
Lawrence Welk
Lubbock Coliseum
Mr. Welk
Lubbock Civic Center
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S.C
Joseph Rauh
American Civil Liberties Union
William Kunstler
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Despit
United Nations
ART Buchwald
Jas
Dumbarton
Dunbarton
Tumbarton
Voskav Son
Gers
Sune
Yrillere
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Ydrew Tully
G. Joseph Taury
Massachusetts Superior Court
House Select Committee On Crime
Tauro
Inc
Fede
New York
Ways and Means
Japan
Europe
Treasury
Shultz
Nixonomi
Henry Kaufman
Salmon Bros. Investment House
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Evans
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
David Bailey, Jr
Route 1
Box
Floydada
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