Morning Edition Opens The Day On The South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal issue details staff roles and masthead information for Tuesday Morning, May 25, 1978. The page lists president general manager Rickman and other editors, department heads, and national agency affiliations.
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POQ
Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Stand Ave
Tabteck
National Advertising Representatives
Texas Early Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
Joc. Rickman
David EO Knapp Jay Harris
Kenneth May
Alleguaere
United States of America
Republic
CART
Robert C. McVay
Liberty
Justice
Steady Leadership in a Turbulent Campaign Year
The piece argues the U S political system tolerates change and the resulting confusion as campaigns unfold In 1977 Ford, Reagan, and Carter face shifting duties from domestic policy to foreign affairs The author urges voters to seek steady leadership and a capable captain for the Ship of State amid economic concerns and global tensions.
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U.S
Gerald Ford
White House Oval Office
Keokuk
Lowa
Walla Walla, Wash
Ronald Reagan
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Panama Canal
Russia
Cuba
New Texas Public Utility Commission Sets Early Consumer Rules
The Texas Public Utility Commission begins statewide telephone rate regulation September 1 and outlines limits on advertising and lobbying expenses passed to customers. It allows cash deposits with interest if held long, discloses disconnection rules, and requires fuel cost adjustments to apply equally across customer classes. The commission aims to curb nonessential charges and promote energy conservation in rate setting.
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Texas Publi Utlity Commission
Commission
Privilege, not duty: the case for voting as elite club
A column argues that voting should be framed as a privilege for the wealthy, not a civic duty. It traces historical debates from Madison to Paine, noting early limits on suffrage and urging a rebranding of voting as exclusive and valuable.
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Howe
William Penn
James Madison
Robert Sherman
Editor questions fate of the professional parasite
A reader letter to the Avalanche-Journal asks if the era of the professional parasite is ending and whether bleeding hearts can no longer reform such individuals. The writer urges taxpayers and contributors to society to consider the issue.
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Avalanche-Journal
Austin
House
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Texas
Oldie
Ace Lambert
Hub Homes
Rockefeller Doubtful as 1968 Nominee Noted in NY Delegation
Andrew Tully surveys New York GOP mood as Nelson Rockefeller lingers as a possible, though unlikely, 1968 presidential candidate with the state’s uncommitted 154 delegates aiming to strengthen his bargaining power in a Ford Reagan stalemate. He notes Rockefeller’s waning support, the Reagan surge, and the odds of a nomination slipping away, while Rosenbaum signals hopes for a top post if a stalemate occurs.
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Washington
New York State
U.S
Teddy Roosevelt
California
Tom Dewey
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
New York
Kansas City
Rocky
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Rock
Reagan
Ford
Dixie
Empire State
Richard M. Rosenbaum
Rockefeller
Frank Lynn
New York Times
Lynn
Rosenbaum
Jimmy
Canal Heroes Behind the Panama Canal Legend
Henry J. Taylor notes the decisive roles of Col. George W. Goethals and Dr. Walter Reed in building the Panama Canal. He recalls seven years of work, the zone's scope, disease triumphs, and the shift from French failures to American mastery, warning against relinquishing U.S. control to Communists.
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Ben Franklin
Ronald Reagan
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Walter Reed
Lord Bryce
Col. Goethals
United States
Reed
Suez Canal
Ferdinand de Lesseps
de Lesseps
Belroi
University of Virginia Medical School
U.S. Army Medical Corp
Dr. Reed
Havana
Cuba
Modest
Isthmus
Spruille Braden
Suite
American Republic Affairs
U.S
Canal
Republic of Panama
Guantanamo
Quick Nuggets and Quirks From Reading Room Snippets
A collection of trivia spans Moses sole naming myth and a shark repellent idea, eye color longevity claims with scant evidence, Utopia as Latin no place, Maple Leaf Rag origin tied to Sedalia venue, Warno Indians heaven rules, a camper sign seen on a back door, Lewis Saltor’s 1948 hot tray invention, a law office shorthand pioneer at 18, and a rabies transmission note from cows.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Hondar
Africa
Jim
Census Bureau
John Adams
Thomas Paine
Andrew Tully
No. 1
Oval Office
Violet Horn
Austin Man
Kirk Hays
Cresthaven, Austin
Ace
Henry J. Taylor
Spain
Charles V
San Francisco
Horn
L.m.boyd
Moses
Red Sea
Scott Joplin
Sedalia
Venezuela
Adam
Lewis Saltor
John Robert Gregg
John
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