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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1973

Page

3

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Fragmented newspaper OCR shows broken names and titles including editors and managers. The readable bits mention David Rape and William Meins SOSH as managing editors with Darren Turvlainn and Carin Cannon in other roles. The text lacks coherent events or dates.

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LP&L expansion approved amid strong city support

Lubbock residents on a third attempt backed an $188 million LP&L expansion by 594 percent with a turnout of 4,042 to 2,757 against. The Avalanche-Journal urges a city board to run LP&L as a competitive, business-like operation with minimal political interference and timely use of $14.8 million in revenue bonds.

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Connally Returns to Work as Nixon Adds Advisor

President Nixon taps former Texas governor and Treasury secretary John Connally as an unpaid White House consultant in domestic and foreign policy. The move signals a bid to bolster GOP confidence and shape a leaner, more effective administration ahead of 1974 elections and potential 1976 ambitions.

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Inflation Note Raises House Staff Salary to 185000

The House Administration Committee approved in executive session a payroll allowance of 185000 per member, up from 145000, signaling a nearly 40000 increase in 16 months. The measure targets lawmakers' staff salaries, with broader push to lift Senators and Representatives pay toward 510000.

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Lesson In Grain Delays Highlight Port Efficiency Question

A brief political note recalls the Soviet Union delays grain shipments bought from the U.S and other nations are held in Russian ports without cause. Critics in the United States note similar delays here, but the remark stresses efficiency does not always peak in totalitarian regimes.

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Brezhnev Says Nixon Era Flawed Over Watergate

Soviet leader Leon Brezhnev criticizes U S handling of Watergate in an informal exchange with Henry Kissinger. He suggests U S officials bugged rivals while noting internal pressures and questions of presidential accountability amid the Nixon era.

Bush Considers Texas Governor Bid In 1974 Race

ROWLAND EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK report that George Bush weighs a Texas gubernatorial bid in 1974. He faces little Texas GOP resistance but concerns over Watergate and party image. A Grover primary challenge would be easy, yet general election odds appear roughly even.

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Tax Evader Doctor Faces Public Service Sentence

A famed heart surgeon, Dr Lilleher, was fined 50,000 dollars and placed on five years probation for tax evasion. He must donate medical services for six months, sparking debate on leniency for white collar crimes and potential public benefit from professionals’ work behind bars. The piece also links a broader anti McGovern campaign and Greek exile Demetracopoulos to a Nixon era effort.

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Talk of Indiana extension stirs Lubbock Tech clash

Jay Harris argues the Indiana Avenue extension dispute pits Texas Tech against city and state officials. He cites altered plans, funding worries, and safety concerns for the Med School Hospital route, urging the Board of Regents to reopen discussion with city leaders.

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Jest For Fun at Medical Meeting Turns Cold

A surgeon in his 60s, approached by a former student now a young doctor, is asked if he still practices. The surgeon snaps that he stopped 25 years ago, asserting he knows what he is doing. Fort Worth Star-Telegram report.

George Dolan Fort Worth Star- Telegram

Pardon for AP Reporter Oatis Reported in Washington and Moscow

In Washington and Moscow a pardon to free AP correspondent Willia N Oatis from Czechoslovak imprisonment was announced last night. Chet Miller a veteran racing driver from Glendale California was killed at Indianapolis speedway when his Novi Special crashed into a retaining wall traveling over 100 miles per hour.

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Unclear prompts on tax tips and unrelated odds

Fragmented item notes tipsters reporting tax cheaters to the IRS with meager payout rates. It also cites Soviet marriage consent norms and drifting sleep sensations, plus disparate questions about banks, vowels, life expectancy of a US Army general.

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