The Childress Index Publication Information
The Childress Index is published in Childress Texas on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays by The Childress Index Inc Ox Bow Printing also in Childress It is a nonpartisan independent newspaper correcting any erroneous reflections on request Subscription rates: mail within county one year five dollars six months three dollars outside counties four fifty six months three fifty Carrier one month five cents one year eight fifty
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Laird defends separate reporting on Cambodian raids
Don Oakley notes Melvin R. Laird admitted recommending secret bombing in Cambodia in 1969 and 1970 to save lives in South Vietnam. He said a separate reporting channel existed for those attacks and that no records were falsified, despite partial disclosures to the press. He compared the defense to tax evasion claims, urging public skepticism.
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Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Laird
Air Force
Navy
Defense Department
Constitutional clash over presidential war powers discussed
In the Vietnam era debate, Sen Harold Hughes and Adm Moorer clash on when Congress must declare war. Moorer says he would obey a direct order from the president even if Cambodia bombing were forbidden by law, underscoring the tension over civilian control of war making.
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Congress
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moorer
Nuremburg
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Today in History August 21 1973 AP summary
On this date in history notable events include the first atomic submarine ordered by the United States in 1951, Pueblo Indians taking Santa Fe in 1680, the Somme battle starting in 1918, Trotsky’s death in 1940, Kiska evacuation in 1943, UN staff moving to a new building in 1950, Hawaii becoming a state in 1959, and various political upheavals. The note also recalls birthdays, a Voltaire thought, letters of thanks from readers in Odessa and Childress, Texas, and appreciation from Pat Robertson and a Greenbelt Bowl organizer.
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Associated Press
United States
Santa Fe
N.M
Somme
France
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Japan
Aleutian
Kiska
United Nations
New York City
Morris Higley
Childress Index
Main Street
Childress
Texas
Morris
Pat Robertson
Clarendon
Rumor and Resolve Over Lancer Plant in Childress
Morris Higley records a push to save Lancer after rumors of closure circulate at Rotary. He notes the June 1969 start, large payroll, and wider community impact through clubs, fire and police departments, and local businesses, urging support for growth and the Food Stamp plan adoption to boost merchants.
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Morris Higley
Lancer
Kenny Peitz
Rotary
Childress
Merchants of
Heartfelt praise for Childress Hospital and staff
A reader commends the people of Childress for their beautiful hospital and its doctors, nurses, and staff, highlighting the care and consideration shown to patients and the community.
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Childress
Maine New Hampshire lobsters spark court battle over offshore waters
The Maine New Hampshire lobster war centers on 2400 contested offshore acres between Portsmouth and Isles of Shoals. If the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case the decision may take years as disputes over fishing rights and potential oil deposits persist. New Hampshire filed the suit after two lobstermen were arrested by Maine wardens for fishing in waters Maine claims.
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Jerry Harkavy
Associated Press
Kittery Point
Maine
U.S. Supreme Court
New England
Portsmouth
N.H
Harbor
Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Meldrim Thomson
New
Thomas Flaherty
Thomson
George Spinney
Bob Witham
George II
Demand, productivity gap cited by McCracken
Former CEA chair McCracken warns demand grows 12 percent annually while production rises one third as fast. He urges either cutting demand or boosting output using existing research worth about $100 billion, much of it unused. States like Pennsylvania and Maine show efforts to apply known techniques to raise efficiency.
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Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
State University System of Pennsylvania
Health in the Big City: Hypochondria and Fear in Everyday Life
New York columnist Hal Boyle riffs on urban anxieties. Arnold the office hypochondriac worries about crime and strange phobias while Boyle lists a string of comical fears from extrophobia to xenophobia, ending with a plan to visit his doctor for answers.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Arnold
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