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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1971
Page
5
A historical note describes an Independent Sunday edition published by a Texas company and merged from multiple Lubbock papers. It lists staff roles, contact details, and affiliations with the Associated Press while noting publication mentions and postal paid status.
The public learns of scams targeting POW and MIA families in Southeast Asia, with harassing calls and fake schemes. Promoters, including politicians like Senator McGovern and Senator Kennedy, are accused of exploiting sympathy. Joe McCain warns relatives there is little genuine support outside families. The piece notes a cat and mouse pattern by Vietnamese sources to stir U.S. public opinion and distrust in officials.
After President Nixon spoke at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio crowds of 2000 to 14000 cheered while police and Secret Service restricted access largely to youths with long hair or casual dress. Officials defend actions citing past disturbances but critics call measures excessive and a threat to public access.
An Atlantic column relays Saigon election chatter as Thieu leads with about 42 percent and opposition groups push ballot tearing stomping burning and defacing to deny him victory. Ballot reformers advocate eating ballots but fail to gain traction amid mixed public reactions and campaign rallies.
A reader letter page features Max Chaffin and Ruby Willett responding to readers on hangings welfare taxes and U S China policy. The letters discuss public punishment, welfare cuts, urban to rural prison reform, and criticisms of limousine liberals.
Letter to the editor argues Nixon wage and price controls resemble fascism by state control of profits prices and salaries. The writer compares wartime fascism to current policies and calls them a broad fascist program. Robert E Welch 2735 68th St signs the letter.
Readers and editors clash over Panhandle South Plains Fair coverage arguing the paper floods the page with 18 stories and 10 photos while the fair draws a quarter million visitors annually. The letter notes Chamber of Commerce influence but asserts the fair itself remains separate from CC oversight.
Readers promise moral uplift as The Avalanche Journal notes a policy against advertising X rated films. The letter from a Tech student in Lubbock praises the stance and argues nude scenes offend public decency. Additional quotes are included from public figures.
A letter from Mrs. Tom E. Hille of 3613 45th St. laments litter at the Fair Grounds and calls for communal effort to maintain clean surroundings, contrasting with the 1970 Fair's debris awareness and urging volunteers to help.
A Lubbock reader letters the Avalanche Journal protesting Dirk West sports cartoons. The writer criticizes the halo gag on Coach Jim Carlen and asserts Texas Tech and Lubbock benefit from Carlen despite the team's winless record.
Nixon aides describe Phase Two of the administration’s economic plan as moving from wage and price controls to a mixed system of state and corporate influence. A tripartite labor, business and public board would monitor increases, with ceilings on wage growth of about 5 percent and price controls adjusted after the current freeze ends. The plan aims to broaden government control while avoiding new legislation, and envisions later phases including possible profit limits.
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