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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
4
A 1961 Times-Mirror Syndicate piece argues profits, wages, and productivity must rise together. It critiques high taxes and excessive regulation while urging cooperation among capital, management, and labor to expand output and lower prices. It warns against greed undermining the economic balance.
In Mena Arkansas the so called ghost haunting the Shinns farmhouse for four years is revealed as their grandson Elbert Schaeffer 15 who confessed to police he caused the nightly disturbances and poltergeist like activity. He tearfully apologized saying it started as a prank when he was eleven and spiraled out of control. The Shinns had fled their home during a violent three hour burst of activity last weekend.
New York reports cryogenics advances as laboratories across major firms explore ultra cold technology. AT T General Electric Westinghouse IBM RCA Du Pont Union Carbide U S Steel Ford Shell Oil and others study applications from space research to medicine.
Civil Aeronautics Board wraps up public hearings into Imperial Airlines Constellation crash at Richmond Virginia on November 8 killing 77. Testimony covered engine fuel cross over valve and a replaced fuel pump brush linked to Imperial and Delta personnel.
Mrs. Shinn forgives the boy who apologized on Tuesday after he admitted breaking three light bulbs to ensure darkness for his pranks. The family notes the incidents occurred over the past month as they repaired the bulbs.
Sylvia Miedema leads Clyde Savings and Loan in Cicero as executive president guiding about 75 million dollars in annual lending. She hires and promotes women, blends home skills with finance, and says ability counts for equal treatment in banking.
United Press International reports Dow Jones stock averages with 30 industrials at 730.94 down 0.37 and 20 rails at 148.88 up 0.03, with other indices showing declines. The note adds an unrelated fact about the vicuna, the smallest camel family member, never domesticated.
Final arguments are heard in the sanity hearing for Dr. Harold Fidinoff as six psychiatrists disagree on his mental state. Five say he is deluded and possibly dangerous if released, while one says he is not mentally ill and could be released. If freed, he would not face charges for El Paso attorney Ted Andress's death.
Dr James H Kreimeyer a staff psychiatrist at the state hospital says Eidinoff still holds paranoid delusions and believes he is illegally held due to political pressure. Superintendent Castner notes slow improvement but not enough for release. Trial testimony shows Eidinoff accused Andress of nude honeymoon photos. Andress was killed at El Paso International Airport on January 28 1959.
Earl Rudder urged Texans to value deans and faculty as much as coaches to improve higher education. He spoke Tuesday, urging sustained investment and leadership at universities across Texas.
The report states that most forest fires in the country are started by incendiaries, debris burning, and careless smoking, in that order, highlighting the primary sources of wildfire ignition.
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