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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1973

Page

3

Lubbock Avalanche Journal Ad Names Staff Roles

Fragmented OCR shows staff positions and departments at the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, listing editors, advertising directors and executives. Mentions Tevas National advertising representatives and press services AP and UP International.

Bélon Southweathr Wenmpaers Coneraton Iis SU Lon Southwester Sewnpapers Corporation Ave Lubbock Tevas Tevah Daly Price League Associate Press United Press Inernatonal Robert R. Norris

Keep LP and L bonds to grow Lubbock power service

Voters in Lubbock will decide on 18.8 million dollars in revenue bonds to expand and improve Lubbock Power and Light funded from power sales revenue. The urging article stresses LP&L ownership by citizens, past dividends, stable service, and the need for update to maintain competitive rates and local jobs.

Lubbock Lubbock Power and Light Lp&l

Regents to decide Indiana Avenue and University Avenue expansion

The Texas Tech Board of Regents will meet in Lubbock to vote on extending Indiana Avenue across the campus and widening University Avenue. The move aims to relieve campus traffic jams and improve access to the Medical School Hospital and athletic events, with Dr Grover Murray initially opposing the plan. The editorial urges approval for campus traffic relief and continued city university cooperation.

Texas Tech Board of Regents Lubbock Regents Indiana Avenue University Campus University Avenue Grover Murray Indiana South Plains Panhandle New Mexico Murray Tech Medical School Civic Center

High Food Costs Threaten GOP in 1974 Elections

Andrew Tully notes food price rises under Nixon and the failure to curb inflation as a key issue for 1974 GOP candidates. He argues wholesale prices surged 58.1 percent and retail 29.8 percent in early 1973, while criticising delays on price controls and calling for decisive action beyond long-range plans.

Washington Nixon White House GOP Boondocks Treasury George Shultz

Greece’s World War II Heroism and Aftermath Noted

A historical account underscores Greece enduring Nazi occupation longer than most NATO partners and recounts two later communist takeovers. The piece cites Greek casualties totaling about 250,000 across invasions and occupation, highlighting heroic resistance against Axis forces.

Athens Greece NATO

Ode to Prudence the faithful family car and its long last ride

Virginia Payette recalls Prudence a trusted family car that kept two children through college and survived nine years and 100000 miles. after a final repair and many upgrades Prudence failed to start on cold mornings and died five weeks before graduation leaving a young owner to seek another set of wheels.

Shelley Prudence New Hampshire New York Texas

Lubbock Three Years After The Deadly Tornado

Jay Harris reflects on May 11, 1970 the Lubbock tornado reconstruction progress and the city’s resilience. He notes civic center plans a Memorial Center by mid 1975 and the region’s signficant growth including Med School at Tech and downtown redevelopment while urging continued citizen responsibility.

Memorial Civic Center Civic Center Lubbock

Plane plot foiled by tail wind lands early over Mexico

In Mazatlan a time bomb plan to blow up a flight with seven aboard was thwarted when a tail wind forced an earlier landing. Nearby in Korea Capt Manuel Fernandez, 23, claimed his 13th MIG shot down, becoming the world's leading jet ace.

Lubbock Mazatlan Mexico UPI Toyko Manuel Fernandez North Korea

New Year’s Eve 1926 Turks Reset Calendar Milestone

The passage notes the 1926 New Year’s Eve in Turkey when Kemal Ataturk abandoned the old calendar for the new. Celebrations began with year 1344 and, by morning, felt vastly advanced, as if 582 years had passed. It contrasts this with Sears Roebuck’s claimed massive dollar volume and mentions Spiro Agnew’s knowledge of popular songs.

Constantine II Greece Constantine Karamanlis Paris Constantine Paul I George I Denmark Christian IX Turkey Kemal Ataturk Spiro Agnew

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