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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
4
The Childress Index is published daily in Childress Texas by The Childress Index Inc. Printed in Childress by Ox Bow Printing Inc. It is a second class mail matter under the March 483 act. Corrections are issued if a reflection harms any individual or firm.
Ronald Ridenhour then 23, a Claremont Men's student, quietly pressed the My Lai inquiry starting in May 1968. He compiled dates, witnesses, and places, sent a three page letter to Nixon and others, and only after Calley faced murder charges went to the press. His careful, methodical approach contrasted with mass protests, showing that determined use of official channels can yield justice.
The Tax Foundation assessed a four person family earning 10 000 and found state income taxes range from 43 in Louisiana to 407 in Minnesota affecting spendable income by about 28 dollars monthly. Alaska Hawaii and others fall in between with figures for 36 states listed. Hawaii as the newest state first to levy a local income tax and overall state taxes have grown from 36 billion to 8 5 billion in recent years.
Johnny Cash, a popular and public figure, is described as a hardworking, kind, and private man whose tough past shapes his art. The piece notes his growing fame, the support of wife June Carter Cash, and his focus on music as a personal outlet amid time pressures and public adoration.
The column notes a misattribution in an entertainment feature from Newspaper Enterprize Association naming Jack Webb as a fuzzy thinker. It clarifies the incident involved a different Jack Webb. It also references a public records notice about a Lawrence Braswell fined for speeding, not the local person of that name, and recalls a past Kenneth Ellis arrest not connected to the well known individual.
First Lieutenant Richard L. Pierce 23 son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Pierce. 1st Armored Division at Ft Hood Texas undergo infantry training in England as part of United Kingdom United States Army Troop Exchange Training Exercise from Oct 15 to Nov 5. About 160 US troops and 180 British soldiers participate with visits to local communities and Cheleseo Barracks near London. Pierce commands Company B 1st Battalion 13th Armor. His wife Vicky accompanies him at Ft Hood.
December 5 1969 marks 339th day with 26 remaining. Notable events include Utah ratifying the 21st Amendment ending Prohibition, Phi Beta Kappa formed at William and Mary in 1776, and Martin Van Buren born in Kinderhook in 1782. Additional entries note Polk’s 1848 California gold discovery, wartime declarations in 1941, Stalinist executions in 1934, Calcutta air raid in 1943, Guatemala-Cuba tensions, Pope Paul VI's Rome visit, and recent Rome strike activity.
This item presents brief Q and A notes explaining that tabby describes coat markings not gender, how whales drown due to breath-hold limits, and that Lake Titicaca has depths ranging from over 600 feet to a confirmed 754 feet, with new soundings updating the deepest point.
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