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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1965
Page
4
The first snow of the season slowed the Golden Spread harvest with sample receipts dipping to about 3,000 daily. For the week ending December 17, 26,000 samples were classified, the year's largest weekly total, with about 45 percent of expected production processed to date.
In Quincy Massachusetts Judge Joseph Ford ordered a modesty panel across the front of the jury box to shield jurors from distracting attire. The judge called open boxes embarrassing for women and distracting for men during trials.
Texas A&M Extension economist John G. McHaney projects 1966 farm income to rise by a quarter to a half billion dollars from 1965. He cites favorable livestock outlook, new 1965 farm act benefits, rising domestic demand, and growing exports with Texas gains in feed grains and wheat. He notes higher production costs offset by government payments and policy programs, with per farm incomes reaching new highs despite rising debts.
The Texas Employment Commission reports November placements near 47 thousand, with manufacturing rising to 7,731 driven by women especially in electrical machinery. Overall nonfarm placements dip from 47,232 to 46,992 as transportation equipment falls and most nonmanufacturing sectors shrink. Female placements total 18,020 or 38.3 percent.
Market report shows the Dow Jones 30 industrials at 958.63 up 6.41, rails at 247.76 up 0.38, utilities at 150.75 up 0.91, and the 65 stocks index at 338.33 up 1.68 with sales reaching 4.73 million shares. A separate note advertises a tube and bulb baster for plant watering.
The U.S. Weather Bureau logged a low of 13 degrees below zero in Boonville New York excluding Alaska and Hawaii and a high of 75 degrees in Alamitos California on Monday.
Treasury accounts for the fiscal year through December 16 report withdrawals of 65,491,233,864.24 and deposits of 51,237,394,663.46. Cash balance stands at 3,574,058,982.74 with public debt at 321,592,003,519.86 and gold 13,809,091,708.30.
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