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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
3
The page shows a 1975 Lubbock Avalanche Journal masthead with Associated Press byline and names of editors and managers. text references notables include Robert R Norris and J Crickman. Publication date is Monday morning May 19 1975 from Southwestern Newspaper Cooperative.
Texas legislators confront limited money as a 721 million school finance bill advances and a 12.6 billion budget leaves only 493 million for increased school spending. The plan would raise starting teacher pay to 8,605 with 1,490 raises, while 228 million must be trimmed or taxes raised.
Gov Ella Grasso faces reality of finite funds as Connecticut approves a 1975 76 budget totaling 1.68 billion dollars. Welfare and education face caps, 125 million dollar tax rise, and a modest pass through of federal revenue sharing to towns far below promised. The governor argues for restraint while liberals push for more welfare and pay raises.
A reader from the Avalanche journal replies to the May 7 editorial Toucher Raise Plan Unrealistic, commending the editor for a strong stance and offering supportive perspective on the issue.
U S congressman Morris Udall, raised in the Mormon Church, weighs how to answer voters about his religion publically. He contends church views, civil rights work, and potential clashes with church leaders shape his path in a race where Kennedy’s Catholicism once tested voters. He cites his 1965 civil rights role and hints at challenging George Wallace to mobilize the left, while debate over teacher pay and Texas education financing also features in regional discourse.
A pithy reflection on national hope and human behavior. It notes that men with walrus mustaches should not dominate, cautions on loaning to relatives, jokes about future inventions, and observes how easy it is to rack up debt. The tone is wry and observational.
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce accelerates promotion for the Memorial Civic Center and area attractions. Ads in Redbook Southern Living and a planned travel editor visit aim to draw conventions and tourists, with efforts also funded by the room tax and an image survey to gauge public perception. A-J notes note local officials and Pete Harper of the Lubbock Karting Association enhancing regional publicity.
A column features J M Boyd presenting a math puzzle about counting ways to make change for a dollar with pennies nickels dimes quarters and halves. It also poses trivia about reflections and faces and mentions an assertion about twins and paternity, plus a remark on women carrying cigarettes for 133 years and a French smoking anecdote. A closing quip notes no true bug chews its food.
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