01 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1971
Page
1
U S Rep George Mahon urged a constitutional amendment to end school busing for racial integration during a George Mahon Day event in Midland. He warned that neighborhood schools face destruction and called the Supreme Court ruling a license for long distance hauling.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged that federal judges misread the high court, insisting desegregation does not require every school to reflect the district's overall racial mix. He criticized Winston-Salem Forsyth County for seeking a fixed balance and noted large scale busing remains appropriate to desegregate.
A brief bulletin notes today’s vote across Egypt, Syria, and Libya on forming a regional federation. Editorials and market reports accompany the day’s sectioned pages, with farming, radio programs, and sports news listed. A comic dictionary entry defines coward in a single line.
In Dallas three bank executives testified Tuesday about loans to defendants in the Texas stock fraud case. Charles A. Angell, ex executive vice president of City Bank & Trust, described loans to Waggoner Carr, John Osorio and Frank W. Sharp, plus connections to Nash wood Corp. and FLAP Inc. Regulators urged a stronger collection policy. Loan details included a $550,000 note to Carr and Osorio in 1946 with 813 percent terms and stock as collateral, later renegotiated and ultimately bought by National Bankers Life.
A devotional fragment pleads for God's ear and swift help as prayers rise like incense and hands lift in sacrifice. The text echoes seeking comfort and mercy in distress and ends with a reverent Amen.
Don Lon and Jon Litton, aged 17, blind since birth, attend Thalon High School and pursue typical teenage activities with independence. They use travel vision to navigate safely, proving that blindness does not define their goals or happiness. Their mother Mrs. Litton helped them gain autonomy and acceptance.
Gov. Preston Smith dismissed Brig. Gen. James Rose from the air adjutant post and installed Lt. Col. Belisario Flores effective immediately. Rose, allied with Lt. Gov. Barnes and ex-Gov. Connally, may assume director of personnel for the Air Guard. The move followed political friction with Adjutant General Ayers and Senate pressure.
City Manager Bill Blackwell jokes that Lubbock's general fund is being stretched as the 1971 72 budget shapes up. The general fund now receives 43 cents of the $1.08 tax rate, with debt service at 6 cents and BCD at 5 cents, a reversal from five years ago.
President Nixon invoked executive privilege to refuse the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s demand for a Pentagon planning report on the 1.3 billion dollar military aid program. The document, described as an internal working paper, could have halted future spending at midnight without Nixon’s written backing of Defense Secretary Laird’s refusal to disclose the five year aid plan.
Gov. Preston Smith announced Texas DPS will crack down on drunk driving over Labor Day weekend to reduce traffic deaths. He consulted National Safety Council president Howard Pyle on national death forecasts, with 600 to 700 expected nationwide and about 52 in Texas.
Texas Education Agency tentative approval by State Education Commissioner J W Edgar would extend state pay raises to most public school teachers but subject to federal wage price review and local board interpretation. Some staff employed after Aug 15 or without eligibility could miss raises while districts may set salaries above state minimums.
Gardner Ackley former chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers urges continued wage price controls with no cap on corporate profits arguing profits are at low levels and an excess profits tax would be unfair and flawed. He testifies before the Joint Economic Committee amid Democratic and union opposition to the 90 day wage and price freeze.
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