Lubbock Morning Edition September 11 1973
A fragment from the Lubbock Texas edition shows masthead details for Monday Morning September 11 1973. The page lists staff roles including Executive Editor and Business Manager and notes affiliations with Associated Press and United Press International.
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Tale J
Lubbock
Toe Malina
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
Robert R. Norris
Rickman
David E. Knapp
Jay Harris
Eurle Pett
Kenneth May
Carl N. Cannon
Robert C. Cya
Texas
Fed's Big Boss Is Challenged
Fed chairman Arthur Burns faces pushback from lawmakers and industry figures as he warns of tight credit and a housing slowdown while critics argue overbuilding, affordability, and the impact on the broader economy. The piece also notes Texas Tech University alumni honors and earlyERA activism.
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Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Burns
Federal Reserve
House Banking Committee
Nixon
FED
Banking Committee
Banking
Wright Patman
D.tex
Texas Tech University
Bevington Reed
Texas Commissioner of Higher Education
Charles W. Wooldridge
Dallas
Texas Power and Light Company
Ernest F. Gloyna
College of Engineering
University of Texas At Austin
Homer C
Billa C. Payne) Lovell
San Diego
Calif
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Texas Tech
Constitution Written After Close Vote Amid Historic Struggles
Henry J. Taylor recalls how the U.S. Constitution emerged from a years long fight for liberty. He notes the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, the nine then twelve state representation, and the razor edge ratifications in Massachusetts Virginia and New York. The piece marks Citizenship Day and Constitution Week.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
Annapolis
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Gen. St. Clair
Massachusetts
Virginia
New York
United States of America
Texas Tech Student Senate Opposes Confiscation of Last Tango in Paris
Debie Martin VP Internal Affairs of Tech Student Assn forwards Senate Resolution 9 5 introduced Sept 6 1973 to oppose Judge LeCroy s confiscation of Last Tango in Paris citing community sentiment and seeking student representation in decisions. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Student Life chaired by Sen Shad Brooks.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Senate
Texas Tech University
Shad Brooks
Paris
Supreme Court
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Judge LeCroy
Debie Martin
Tech Student Assn
Reader backs swift limits on pornography and hard drugs
Letters express concern over censorship via legal means and urge decisive local action. Citizens cited The Last Tango in Paris as pornographic, supported by reviews from enlightened regions, urging timely responses before the wheels of official bodies turn.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Paris
Supreme Court
LeCroy
Kenneth May
Dangers of a Police State Echoed in Letters to Editor
In letters from Lubbock readers, concerns rise over potential American parallels to dictatorial rule and the Watergate era. Contributors discuss Nixon’s defiance of Congress and court orders, federal police program moves, and fears of concentrated executive power. George McAllister and Warren Danworth raise civic issues and local development worries.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Adolph Hitler
Fuehrer
America
Richard Nixon
Senate
Executive Branch
China
Russia
Dallas
Hitler
Germany
Warren R. Danworth
Littlefield
Civic Center
Canyon Lakes
Indiana Avenue
City and Highway Department
George B. McAllister
Floydada
Cooperation of RAFE In Storm Anxiety Praised
A Big Spring Texas emergency showed RAFE and Reese Air Force Base staff aiding anxious families. Through rapid hospital and base contact, it was confirmed that relatives in a trailer park near Interstate 20 were not on casualty lists.
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Daniel Shays
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Springfield
Mass
Shays
Rafe
Reese Air Force Base
Webb
Big Spring
Lubbock
J.C. Lewis
31St St
Tax Hike Debate Shapes City’s Air Terminal and Civic Center
A column criticizes the city council for a seven cent per hundred tax increase tied to an Air Terminal and a Civic Center plan. It urges prudent use of revenue sharing funds, timely road repairs, police protection, and better project planning while hoping for council harmony and transparent budgeting.
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Civic Center
Canyon Lakes
Trimmin’s
Lp&l
Lubbock Man Demands Public Voice Over Paris Film Controversy
Steve Rich of 2902 3rd Place urges community input on a Gast Tango in Paris confiscation incident. He condemns censorship and calls for democratic participation, contrasting it with liquor-store zoning and urging citizens to take action.
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Lubbock
Steve Rich
Harvard Hospital of England claims cure for common cold
Authors note the hospital developed a cure but warn the price is several thousand dollars per dose. The piece adds a TV program titled Love Thy Neighbor is classified as comedy. It suggests public view of the adage Love thy neighbor as a joke.
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Harvard Hospital of
England
Wiley calls for mutual defense pact with Southeast Asia
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin urged a regional mutual defense agreement as soon as Southeast Asia is ready. Secretary Dulles warned at the United Nations that the world faces a crisis and that Communists must remove roadblocks to peaceful solutions for Korea Indochina and Germany.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
New York
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Southeast Asia
United Nations
N. Y
Dulles
Korea
Indochina
Germany
Pass It On and Oddball Beliefs in Brief
A quirky collection of items notes that an average airline stewardess trainee weighs 125 pounds on acceptance day, stunt pilots fear carnival rides, electric blankets are common in many bedrooms, a Prague choir of coughing voices tours Eastern Europe, a reader laments twins as spouses, a medical tip lists unsafe swallowed items, and two fifths of horses are owned by people under 20.
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Nickolai Wena
Prague
Europe
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Edmund Burke
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