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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1972
Page
15
The Lubbock Morning Edition issue dated Monday March 27 1972 lists staff roles including area editor publisher executive editor and managing editor. It notes Morning Edition branding and a pledge to the flag with liberty and justice for all.
Senate backs funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty amid Cold War tension. Committees, lawmakers, and activists argue these stations provide accurate information to captive nations while critics claim propaganda. Senate vote 65 to 6 signals possible future funding extensions.
The piece recalls Passover as the Festival of Freedom and Tabernacle of faith. It notes Seder rites with unleavened bread, Hebrew prayers, and the Exodus narrative. It mentions Soviet Jews seeking refuge in Israel and the festival’s focus on children's education about equality and liberty.
In a letter from Mrs. Ben Goebel Abernathy she endorses the Avalanche-Journal stance. She cites Ann Stevens and FY Lee Bailey in support of capital punishment and praises Messrs Canworth Welch and Mrs Williams for their published views.
Fragmented notes show lobbying chatter and internal memos involving figures like Byron Werner Bear Goldfinger and Roscoe Mulligan. References drift from Camp David conversations to potential bus and pay raise actions, with threats to destroy the files.
Editorials from The Avalanche Journal discuss secretary Butz clashing with Mitchell over meat price policy, inflation fears, and farm versus consumer interests. They note rising meat and food costs, farmer profits, and the political risk to Nixon in an election year. A reader letters section urges focus on buses, ecology, and insurance reform in Texas.
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt faces growing resistance to Ostpolitik as Bundestag support weakens and the Bun desrat may block 1971 treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland. Bonn reports reveal a 50 50 public split and rising distrust in Brandt amid Germanys economic dependence on foreign capital and lingering postwar doubts.
A New Mexico Republican proposes a congressional committee to simplify Form LOG and related filings with the aim of easier tax reporting for taxpayers and schoolchildren alike. IRS officials promise next year’s form will still require professional help to complete.
From memory lane a March 27 1952 item lists mayoral hopefuls Murrell R Tripp Ely Fonville and Bill Sams releasing their replies to questionnaires from the Lubbock League of Women Voters in the city election.
A quirky note says a coin operated machine in a store sold paperback books for a quarter, invented by Richard Carlisle. The piece also mixes items about Leap Year births, divorce odds, bone counts, hyenas, and dental tips from Dr Herman Corn.
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