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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
2
Mrs. Jesse Sewell of Birmingham shows how to reuse bean can lids to make tin rose decorations for trees and wreaths. She describes sizes of roses, petal shaping, and wiring methods plus a home made two foot wire mesh table tree plan with spray painted finishes.
UPI reports Eleanor Loomis of the University of Minnesota found that a typical shopper spends 25 minutes in a grocery run buying 113 items at 56 cents each. The study of 3200 shoppers notes only 30 percent use a list and list users buy more items per trip and shop weekly.
The $32,000 St Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Humboldt Tennessee uses 20 repurposed Gulf Mobile & Ohio railroad station benches as pews. The benches retain partitions to deter sleeping and now feature white paint and bolted pull-down kneelers.
A brief note suggests keeping can lids for Christmas enjoyment, highlighting a thrifty idea that costs only pennies. The tip emphasizes everyday items can enhance holiday moments when reused creatively.
The Index announces it will publish unsigned letters if the writer's name is on file at The Index office. The piece defends its water bond reporting sources from city hall and audits, budgets, engineers, and bonding company. Walter Dickerson of the Texas Industrial Commission plans a spring visit to inspect the Estelline salt hole.
The Dow Jones Average sits at 615.71, down 2.07 points. Rails drop to 127.74, off 6.12. another rail index at 98.16, down 0.06. Overall stock index at 204.14, down 0.46. Third hour sales reach 599,000, reaching 2,170,000 by 1 p.m.
New York market shows Mar cotton at 32.42 unchanged, May at 32.85 down 2. 1962 futures list Mar and May. May futures at 34.00 unchanged.
A Senate select committee report warns Western states including Texas must vastly expand conservation and supply efforts to meet growing water demand by 1980. Proposals include importing water, artificial rainfall, desalting, waste treatment, and extensive storage to guarantee streamflow.
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