Morning Edition Leads Off South Plains News
Lubbock Texas May 4 1970 morning edition note lists publishers Parker Prouty Chas A Guy Walter and the Avalanche Journal staff with AP and UP affiliations and national ads in Dallas. The page is a standard weekday morning edition from Lubbock Texas with a pledge to the flag.
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Tubbock Avalanche Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company
Str Shand Ave J
Lubbock
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Parker
Prouty
Wat Walter
United States of America
Supreme Court Begins Death Penalty Review
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on William S. Maxwell’s death penalty case in Arkansas amid delays and a possible 4 to 4 split. The article notes 502 inmates on death rows, ongoing appeals, and debate over whether capital punishment is humane or effective as a deterrent.
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U.S. Supreme Court
William S. Maxwell
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
Maxwell
George Beto
Texas Department of Corrections
Discrimination accusation hits Texas law enforcement
Governor Preston Smith rebutts a U S Civil Rights Commission report charging widespread discrimination by Texas police against Mexican Americans. He cites no discrimination, defends Rangers’ duties, notes some police misconduct cases, touts education upgrades, and urges responsible citizens to help.
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Preston Smith
U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
Texas
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande Valley
Smith
UC Berkeley Tests Pill Said to Boost Human Intelligence
A pill claimed to improve intelligence is said to be near ready and under trial at the University of California Berkeley. The piece notes administrators professors and students show frequent interest in brain medicine, suggesting Berkeley as the likely launch site if demand exists.
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University of California
Berkeley
UC Berkeley
Days Of Surcease From The Political Salt Mines
The piece argues that many listed campaign committees are largely fictional or exaggerated and exist to shield candidates and campaign professionals from scrutiny. It notes that campaign finance laws spawned these committees, but they often serve as a dodge rather than effective oversight from precincts to national races.
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John Public
D. W. Todd
Avenue B
Avalanche-Journal
Sue Stevens
Denver City
US appeals to world body over Cambodian invasion
Secretary of State William P. Rogers accuses North Vietnam of an explicit violation of the UN Charter by invading Cambodia. He cites more than 40,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops occupying Cambodia and urges renewed Geneva conference efforts and international action.
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United States
United Nations
Cambodia
William P. Rogers
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Geneva
Rogers
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Indochina
Nixon
Vietnam
Thanks to Young Aids After Tornado in Whiteface
Mrs Roy Akin thanks local youth and visiting students from Texas Tech South Plains College Girlstown and others for aiding Whiteface after the tornado. She commends driving trucks patrolling at night and running errands for those unable to get out. The community expresses pride in the young volunteers and future town leadership.
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Avalanche Journal
Whiteface
Texas Tech
South Plains College
Girlstown
Roy Akin
Rt. 5
Levelland
Ford WETA clash prompts new Capitol Hill probe
Congressional scrutiny intensifies over Ford Foundation ties to WETA after the editor William Woestendiek was fired amid questions that Ford influence pressured the station. GOP members press a special hearing while critics say foundations remain vulnerable to political influence as tax rules limit activity.
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WETA
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Woestendiek
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Rep
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D-Mast
Ford
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GOP
McGeorge Bundy
Fred Friendly
Bundy
Jong
Kennedy
Democratic Party
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Alaska
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon urged to cut European troop levels amid inflation fears
Andrew Tully notes President Nixon shows indecision over maintaining 316 000 troops in Europe beyond 1971. Senate Leader Mansfield pushes for substantial reductions, citing inflation and budget waste. Willy Brandt opposes cuts citing mutual Soviet troop reductions, while the White House delays.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Europe
Uncle Sam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
Moscow
White House
Ron Zeigler
Main Street
Brandt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Better Sticker Suggestion To Improve America
A reader letter in The Christian Science Monitor proposes replacing the slogan Love It or Leave It with America Love It and Help Make It Better. The Morning News notes the idea as a constructive bumper sticker reform.
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Morning News
Make More Money Advertising Budget Guidelines
This piece outlines several methods to determine advertising spend tied to marketing goals. It highlights matching competitors, per unit spend, percentage of profits or sales, and customer or sales goals, noting the common and flawed practice of budgeting by sales percentage. It emphasizes that good times encourage more spend and bad times require continued advertising.
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