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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1968
Page
3
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Independent Democratic daily with Sunday consolidation, publishes weekday mornings from its Lubbock Texas headquarters. It lists Associated Press and United Press International wires and names Parker F. Prouty as publisher.
The piece surveys a trend of apologies across campaigns involving Nixon Humphrey Agnew Wallace and media coverage. It flags Agnew owing Humphrey an apology over a quoted remark and Nixon facing a similar demand, while Wallace may avoid the apology trend. It also critiques TV coverage of conventions and recalls F111 program flaws and McNamara dynamics, ending with a call for bolder voter rhetoric.
The article explains Constitution Week runs September 17 to 23 with Citizenship Day on tomorrow. It notes the DAR originated the week and highlights Nancy Anderson Chapter DAR in Lubbock hosting lunch programs about the Constitution. It stresses balancing rights and law, urging citizens to value the Constitution and exercise rights with consideration for others.
Italy orders removal of all billboards along a widening network of expressways and bans them on main roads unless they do not confuse traffic signs or spoil the countryside. The move contrasts with the United States where landscapes are heavily cluttered with signs.
The piece argues both parties dodge federal duty by stressing state and local crime control while ignoring enforceable federal laws on cross state incitement and riots. It notes calls for grand juries in Chicago and questions DOJ action amid election season tensions.
A reader editor from The Avalanche Journal criticizes Chicago convention chaos with Muskie Humphrey banners dominating, cites Detroit riot relief delays, Ford strikes, and a long Vietnam war toll of 25 000 dead 175 000 wounded and over 100 billion dollars lost. An accompanying letter from Mrs Dirty EB Gray of Tokio urges mental health awareness and professional help, sharing recovery from a nervous breakdown and encouragement to seek psychiatry.
President Johnson keeps insisting he will not engage in partisan politics for himself but may privately back Humphrey. He denies advising Humphrey on strategy, notes his own 35 percent poll standing, and hints he could aid via fundraising and private tactics if asked.
Tom McCullough argues in a letter to The Avalanche Journal that a television program on Of Black America shows common ground between races. He cites statistics on white racist attitudes and black views on a Black State, urging whites and blacks to work together to reduce conflict and consider biblical brotherhood. He invites Lubbock readers to rethink extremism and racism.
A veteran writer praises General MacArthur and the Inchon operation as unmatched in planning and execution. He cites Eisenhower on Midway and Sicily, and notes the enduring impact of individual leadership in war and peace.
Berlin reports say a British spokesman rejected a Russian protest and countercharged Soviet troops provoked the bloody anti-communist riots last week. Marshall urged Americans to keep faith in a peaceful world via a functioning United Nations. In Fort Worth the Johnson Stevenson Democratic nomination fight moved to federal court with an order blocking Johnson's name on the general election ballot. Texas Tech welcomed about 1,250 freshmen to a counseling program before registration.
William F. E. Moran Jr., president of the Population Reference Bureau, notes that none of the presidential candidates have taken firm stands on population issues, though migration, civil disorder, poverty, and pollution are fundamentally population problems.
A Bronx NY chain of 11 stores uses discreet price listings in ads and a half page photo of a taxi driver to lure shoppers. The approach yields about a 20 percent sales boost since 1966 and earned two first place awards for ads and radio spots at the Super Market Institute convention.
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