Lubbock Avalanche Journal Ad Staff and Management
The text lists staff roles at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal including Vice President and General Manager Robert R. Norris, J. C. Rickman, David E. Knapp, Jay Harris, Burle Bettit, Kenneth May, Associate Editor, and others. It also names Carl N. Cannon and Robert C. McVay as Advertising Director and Circulation Manager.
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Ash
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Nati
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Press International
Robert R. Norris
J.C. Rickman
David E. Knapp
Jay Harris Burle
Bettit Kenneth May
Carl N. Cannon
Robert C. McVay
College cost reforms spark strong debate in CEO report
A $400000 report from the Committee for Economic Development urges tuition increases and better cost control to curb rising higher education expenses. It calls for faculty reforms and expanded aid, while warning mid income families face hardship and urging more focus on efficient administration and shared funding.
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Committee For Economic Development
Erica
Chamber Urges Budget Reform to Curb Deficits
The United States Chamber of Commerce calls Senators and Representatives to press for a budget reform bill amid rising deficits over the past five years. It backs pilot testing of new programs, five year outlay projections, and new committees to forecast revenues and spending, aiming to inject business-style discipline into federal budgeting.
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Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
USCC
United States
Federal
House
Senate
Chamber
Tennis Ball Shortage Crisis Warned by Reporter
Art Buchwald portrays a national panic over a tennis ball shortage. Officials warn of riots and looting over balls as demand soars from 5 million players to 30 million, with production strained and rationing discussed. The piece satirically ties a Nixon era joke to a growing social fixation on tennis.
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United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Carter backs South wide presidential primary at meeting
Gov. Jimmy Carter proposed a region wide presidential primary at the Southern governors conference in Point Clear Alabama. Gov. George Wallace endorsed the idea, while other governors questioned it as a Wallace tactic to gain Southern delegates. Silence from some governors underscored split on the plan.
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George C. Wallace
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New South
Jimmy Carter
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Carter
Decatur
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Kennedy
South
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Gulf Coast
Old Confederacy
Washington
Nixon
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
George
Mississippi
Waller
National Party
Miami Beach
FDR
Violence and politics color the New South governors meeting
A long speechless panorama shows violence center closure, rising tensions over inflation and energy, and jockeying among New South governors over Wallace Carter ties. The piece notes Wallace’s fragile health, strategic moves toward the 1976 nominating scene, and a wary, cautious southernPolitical landscape.
Jay Harris on Games and Dogs in Lubbock
Lubbock Humane Society grew from 26 to 225 members since February chartering as a nonprofit. Rush Wells cites need for twice as many members and notes donors funded two phone lines for Lost and Found adoption, but volunteer shortages hinder use. The group has placed about 300 animals, monitors the dog pound, and advocates owner responsibility amid 500 annual street deaths.
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Brandeis University Violence Center
Rush
Federal
IRS
Wells
Lubbock
Monkey Wrench Corner And 100 Degree Records
Queries from L M Boyd reveal slang origins for monkey wrench corner describing dockside unemployment and loitering. The reader cites Alaska never recording 100 degree days and January as the only month with no 100 degree day anywhere. The note also marks the 1866 founding of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Laredo
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
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