The Childress Index Publisher and Rates
The Childress Index announces its weekly publication in Childress Texas with Sunday and Tuesday issues. It notes local ownership Ox Bow Printing Inc and a policy of corrections on notice. Subscription rates published include one year five dollars in Childress and adjoining counties.
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Childress Index
Main Street
Childress
Texas
Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
Texas 11
Morris Higley
Omer
Judge proposes new prison work plan to reduce crime
Judge Rocker argues prisoners should work in private industry earning pay and benefits, with earnings split into savings and restitution. He envisions unions, bank accounts, and tax contributions, making crime a revenue source for communities and aiding successful release to deter recidivism.
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Columbus
Lucasville
Judge Rocker
Rocker
Today in History August 26 1973 Highlights
On this date in 1920 the 19th amendment took effect granting women voting rights. Other events noted include iron artillery at Crecy in France, the Hutchinson house sacked in 1765 over Stamp Act, Hitler's 1934 demand, and WWII and Vietnam notes.
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Associated Press
Crecy
France
Boston
Thomas Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Adolph Hitler
Saar
Germany
Japan
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Vichy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Indexing By Morris Higley
The writer cites State Senator Jack Hightower praising the last Legislature as the best he has attended. He critiques power-hungry leaders, notes Dolph Briscoe as a good governor, and suggests local interest in a housing idea: converting condemned houses on 50-foot lots for rebuilds to attract loans and livable homes. He mentions local context and a possible policy approach.
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Jack Hightower
Brazil joins world in building own airliners Bandeirante takes flight
EMBRAER, Brazil's government controlled aircraft maker, sees Bandeirante as a low cost short haul plane with 15 seats and 260 mph speed. Transbrasil and VASP plan to use the twin engine turboprop on routes in southern states. The plane offers low operating costs and adaptable cargo or executive configurations.
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Associated Press
Sao Jose Dos Campos
Brazil
Bandeirante
Transbrasil Airlines
VASP
Bandeirantes
Embraer
Col
Ozires Silva
Ronaldo Olive
Avros
Transbrasil
Maurice the maitre d hotel and the red inked restaurant tale
A New York headwaiter nicknamed Maurice is lampooned as diners tease his identity at home and on the job. The piece riffs on language mixups and misread roles with a ranch owning Albuquerque resident and jokes about salary, uniforms, and staff roles.
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New York
Maurice
Joe
Pardner
Lll
Texas
The
Red
Albuquerque
Riviera
USSR Dalstroy mines and forced labor cited
A letter to the editor cites Henry J. Taylor quoting a May 16 1973 article on the USSR Dalstroy complex. It claims nearly 10 000 Soviet mining camps and penal centers and that 120 000 slave labor replacements enter Dalstroy annually from Eastern Europe and Russia to toil and die, implying no cost struggles for the Soviet system.
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Henry J. Taylor
Ussr
Midas
Dalstroy
Europe
Russia
Stained Agnew may not even want '76
Vice President Agnew faces a fragile path to a 1976 presidential bid as probes on bribery extortion tax fraud and conspiracy cloud his prospects. Some observers note indictments or grand jury actions could alter his ambitions while he insists he will stay the course if cleared. He has repeatedly questioned his appetite for the presidency, and current turmoil raises questions about his political future.
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Agnew
U.S
Maryland
Grand Jury
Owever
Spiro Agnew
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Dan Rather
Sam Erwin
George McGovern
United States
McGovern
Nixon
White House
Enthusiastic Response to September Bloodmobile Drive
A speaker extols blood donors in a September Blood Program drive, reporting 48 of 55 contacted by telephone scheduled to donate. He praises donors health constraints for some and notes volunteers share the same fervor, calling the response thrilling and energizing.
Why aid to Russia prompts reader’s ire
A reader identifies the Soviet Union’s use of currency and coal deals to acquire essentials at favorable terms. The letter questions why the United States provides foreign aid to Russia, arguing the Kremlin exploits currency and trade to obtain global goods, including American grain, with minimal cost. The writer, C. C. Moseley, signs as president.
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Russia
Poland
Ussr
Kremlin
America
U.S
C.C. Moseley
Earth’s 4.5 Billion Year History Scaled to One Day
Geophysicists now estimate Earth's total age as about 4.5 billion years, imagined as a single 24 hour day. Ocean basins are barely an hour old, cave dwellers hunting occurred moments ago, and 500 years equals a hundredth of a second in this scale. A 50-year career is only a thousandth of a second.
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Earth
Energy reserves and fossil fuel role by year 2000
A projection states that by 2000 about 75 percent of U S energy and half of electricity will rely on fossil fuel reserves not yet exhausted.
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United States
Phase 4 food price controls eyed as prices may rise
Government plans Phase 4 food price controls set to begin September 12 alongside lifting beef price freeze. Dunlop notes rules aim to curb increases from added costs while wholesalers and retailers pass along some price hikes. Interest rates rise as banks push prime to 9.1 percent. forecasts for higher food costs and mixed market results follow. Analysts question forecasts while mutual funds see first July net buying in 18 months.
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Stephen H. Miller
AP Business News
NEW York
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Public reaction to Watergate hearings and Nixon era views
Letter from a Democratic reader criticizing the Watergate committee and media coverage, defending Nixon, and praising his presidency. The writer questions impeachment efforts and laments partisan disorganization while urging fair discussion of Nixon's accomplishments.
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Editorial
By Don Oakley
Ohio Correction Court Service Association
Southern Ohio
J Manuel M. Rocker
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Barnettes
Smithites
Dolph Briscoe
Connallyitis
Buddy Wilcoxson
Munich
Maxwell Taylor
Rufino Tomaso
C. C. Colton
Wakefield Appliance Center
Business Mirror
General Motors
Volkswagen
British American Tobacco Co
John Cunniff
Boyle
Art Sansom
Bruce Biossat
By Bruce Biossat
Washington
NEA
March of
Federal Reserve System
Investment Company Institute
Aetna Life & Casualty
American Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Amex
New York Stock Exchange
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