Moraine Walton sorts The Day On The South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated Saturday Morning March 31 1973 with staff and organizational credits. The readable fragment mentions Moraine Walton and general operations details for the paper.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1973
Page
4
Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated Saturday Morning March 31 1973 with staff and organizational credits. The readable fragment mentions Moraine Walton and general operations details for the paper.
The piece argues Nixon's meat price ceilings are only a partial fix to soaring living costs. It notes inflation spans beyond food to clothing health care housing and services and warns wage demands will rise in negotiations. It calls for broader, tougher controls to slow spiraling inflation.
Texas Instruments will open a Lubbock facility near Loop 289 and North University Avenue around June 1, creating 500 jobs within six months and potentially 2,000 in two to three years. The plant will manufacture tiny integrated circuits for calculators, consumer and automotive electronics, with TI citing access to skilled labor, growth potential, and local assets including Texas Tech as key factors.
Fresno officials warn that rain and irrigation may boost mosquito numbers again this summer. Mosquito abatement districts cite insect resistance to chemicals and environmental limits on new products. Health experts fear spread of culex tarsalis, a carrier of sleeping sickness, urging property owners to prevent standing water and weed growth to reduce breeding.
In Huntington and surrounding areas readers express anger over rising living costs and government spending. A Washington tour of 43 locals shows broad isolationist sentiment yet support for global leadership, with distrust of Congress and officials from both parties and a pledge to vote against incumbents over inflation.
The American Indian is highlighted as a major topic with Benjamin Franklin portrayed as an early authority. Franklin served as an Indian commissioner in the 1740s and negotiated with Six Nations chiefs. He published Remarks Concerning the Savage of North America in 1784 and argued colonists and British practices toward Indians differed sharply, praising colonial approaches over mercenary use.
The piece laments President Nixon's grip on rising inflation and political woes. It notes fuel shortages, Hanoi prisoner issues, Watergate fallout, IRS investigations, and implied pressures from ITT and SEC studies. It blends satirical piano imagery with a grim overview of a turbulent administration.
Washington says it welcomes any sincere move to end the Korean War and urges China to present a formal prisoner of war compromise to UN negotiators at Panmunjom as Gen Mark Clark makes a dramatic flight to Korea before liaison officers meet.
Some towns have begun returning government revenue sharing checks amid fears of strings attached. Officials say the payouts are being reviewed for potential conditions and future tax implications.
Bruce Biossat discusses the earth resources satellite ERTS at Goddard Space Flight Center. The satellite daily captures thousands of detailed images from 370 miles, enabling rapid analysis of farmland, crops, pollution, and mineral potential, promising a leap in understanding while noting limits and development costs for remote zones. Arthur Clarke foresees a future educational satellite.
A close reading of L M Boyd’s column reveals quips about common phenomena such as the common housefly’s wing rate, unclaimed bus lockers, spinsters in China, barracudas and divers, perfume buying by men, and British terms for American concepts. It ends with light Q and A jokes about dipsomaniacs and polydipsiacs and women quitting smoking, inviting readers to mail in further curiosities.
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