Morning Edition On The South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal notes its weekday morning publication and AP UP wire service, with the paper’s Texas base and press affiliations. The notice lists staff roles and a pledge of allegiance, reflecting standard newspaper boilerplate.
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Lubbok Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Stand Ave
J Lobbock
Texas National Advertising Representatives
Teac Itady Press
Teague
Dallas Tenas
Associated Press
United Press International
Hobert Ro
Norris
Lubbock Morning Edition Roles and Staff
The September 6 1973 issue lists staff and departments for the Lubbock Texas paper. Rickman is Business Manager while David Be Knapp Jay edits. Edie Ruble Pettit Kenneth May manage editorial duties with Carl No Cannon and Robert McEvay on staff.
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Rickman
David BE Knapp Jay
Edi Brelative
Edie Ruble Pettit
Kenneth May
Edditor
Asoncate
Carl NO Cannon
Robert C. McEvay
Lubbock
Texas
Congress Faces Big Tasks After Summer Recess
The 93rd Congress returns to a heavy agenda including inflation, high rates, and recession risk. Bills to curb presidential war powers, prohibit impounding funds, and raise the minimum wage loom, with possible vetoes. White House trade reform and revenue sharing measures also press for action as Oct 15 adjournment looms.
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93Rd Congress
Congress
House
Ways and Means
White House
Corporation
Legal Services
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Butz Visits Amarillo Defends Farm Export Role
In Amarillo Earl Butz argues foreign grain exports did not drive U.S. food price rises last year, noting billion-dollar Russian sales and higher Japanese, European purchases while acknowledging consumer strain. He warns against overproduction and urges price-appropriate access to essentials.
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SEC OF Agriculture
Earl Butz
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Sec. Butz
Japan
Sec
Butz
Why unemployment stats mislead about who works in America
Virginia Payette argues the 4 percent unemployment figure clashes with persistent job ads and shortages. She notes skilled and semiskilled shortages nationwide, while many unemployed are women teens or black workers, often choosing or barred from lower paying work. Experts caution against counting them in monthly totals.
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Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon Needs a Long Vacation says Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
An intimate of President Nixon suggests a month long vacation to recover from Watergate pressure. The idea reflects growing sentiment within political circles that the President should step back from the crisis for relief.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Camp David
Key Biscayne
San Clemente
Nixon tapes court clash and the presidency in turmoil
The article outlines Judge Simcas ordering Nixon to provide the Watergate tapes for court review to determine privilege and possible grand jury use. It highlights Sirica's stance on inspecting recordings, the evolving executive privilege doctrine, and Nixon's travel schedule and preoccupation affecting policy and leadership amid Watergate fallout.
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Washington
White House
John Simcas
Nixon
Simca
Sisia
Prand
Supreme Court
Republic
Marbury
Madison
John Marshall
Judicial Department
Aaron Burr
Marshall
Jefferson
Burr
Sirica
Oval Office
Lkely
View From A Soapbox On Censorship And The Last Tango
Jay Harris argues against censorship while detailing the public reaction to The Last Tango seizure in Lubbock. He cites Supreme Court rulings on obscenity, individual rights, and the need for due process, urging a measured community standard through democratic debate.
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Joe
Supreme Court
High Court
Memory Lane: Big Switch releases prisoners. Lubbock cotton market talk
Panmunjom reports 111 American prisoners freed on final day of Operation Big Switch. Lubbock area cotton men push to designate the city as a U S cotton spot market. Freedom Village notes returning airmen claim coercion and forced confessions under torture.
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Lubbock
Panmunjom
United States
Freedom Village
North Korea
Pass It On and Dance History Bits Amid Ocean Delicacies
L M Boyd offers a breezy column mixing a tale of opening 100 oysters in three and a half minutes with nostalgia for early 20th century dances and a note on European duel scars. The piece threads humor about animal dances, foxtrot origins, and doctors profiting from facial scar practices.
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Germany
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Meron
James Madison
Archie Cox
Richard Nixon
Judicial Branch
Hank Brody
Bob Goddard
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Hugh Allen
Knoxville News Sentinel
Jay Harris
Alton Griffin
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Joe Citizen
L. M. Boyd
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