Transistor Turned 25 Sparks Reflection On Progress
The Childress Index discusses Dec 23 as the transistor's 25th anniversary, tracing its origin at Bell Laboratories in 1947 and its impact on space exploration, miniaturization, and future forecasting. It notes futurism critiques and the need for rational planning amid finite resources and human ingenuity.
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Earth
Bell Laboratories
John Bardeen
William B. Schockley
Walter H. Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Jeffrey St. John
Futurism
St. John
Engineers We’ll Always Need as Demand for Engineers Grows
The U.S. Department of Labor projects at least 48 000 new engineering graduates needed yearly through the decade while 1972 awarded 43 000 bachelor’s degrees. Experts cite factors from disillusionment with technology to guidance gaps and publicity about unemployment. Dr. Vincent S Haneman of Auburn urges engineering to meet goals for environment transport housing and food.
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U.S. Department of Labor
The
Wall Street Journal
Vincent S Haneman
Auburn University
School of Engineering
Personal finances up then down as 1973 tax and Social Security rise
The outlook mixes bad with good news for readers finances. Social Security contributions rise in 1973 with higher rates and bases, while many taxpayers receive IRS refund checks for 1972 overwithholding. Some funds may go to bonds or savings, and auto electricity via an eel is noted in a final odd fact.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Vietnam
Internal Revenue Service
Boyle's Column highlights quirky facts and quips
New York columnist Hal Boyle shares mailbag observations on success through salesmanship, gorilla nose prints, iceberg desalination, and a Norman Vincent Peale quote. It also notes deodorant facts, sweat glands, live Christmas trees amid plastic ones, Goethe’s sweeping proverb, and a light collage of trivia.
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Hal Boyle
New York
California
South Pole
America
Norman Vincent Peale
Goethe
Talking cost of surgery and utility rate hike urged
Morris Higley notes the American College of Surgeons urge patients to discuss procedure costs with surgeons before operations. He cites West Texas Utilities seeking a first rate increase in 50 years, arguing rising bills reflect many household motors and bulbs.
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Morris Higley
American College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons
West Texas Utilittes
West Texas
Carl Hudson
WTA
Unemployed Widow Seeks Work in Childress Letter
A Childress resident, born and raised there, laments 25 years away and widow status with no income. She details repeated job applications at Flair Fashions Factory and screenings at the employment office, reporting monthly and finding no openings. She asks Teddy Hightower about the situation.
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Mr. Higley
Childress
Flair Fashions Factory
Kimpleymnet
Flair
Teddy Hightower
Job seeker in Childress pleads for local openings
Mrs. La Rue Gibbs, 54, recounts failed attempts to find work in stores like Lemon's and Penney's, says Chambers of Commerce and Flair have no positions until January 1st, requests help locating available jobs, notes cashier and sales experience and reliance on ministerial aid.
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Flair
Childress
Ruther Judd
Church of Christ
la Rue Gibbs
Billboard Permit Deadline Extended
The Texas Highway Commission extended the billboard permit deadline from December 31 to June 30, 1973. Under the Texas Highway Beautification Act, sign owners must be licensed and obtain a permit per billboard, with licenses at 25 dollars and permits at 5 dollars each. The extension came after requests from owners who needed more time to comply. Australia reports a migrant intake of about 80,000 annually as part of an organized move.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Highway Commission
Australia
Ethnic selfhood grows in America says Bruce Biossatt
Bruce Biossatt discusses a resurgence of ethnic consciousness in the United States as immigrant groups seek attachment and identity amid rising black pride and perceived separatism. He notes tensions between pride and division, questioning how mixed heritage individuals will find belonging in a changing nation.
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Washington
NEA
Falk
America
Democratic Party
Newspaper Enterprise Assu
Today in History for December twenty first
Highlights include the 1620 Mayflower landing at Plymouth and radium discovery in 1898. Notable deaths and events span Patton in 1945, de Gaulle 1958, and Waldheim becoming UN secretary general, with birthdays for Waldheim and Fonda among others.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Pierre and
Marie Curie
U.S
George Patton
Heidelberg
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Saudi Arabia
Emir Faisal
King Saud
Windsor
Ont
Bahamas
United States
Britain
North Atlantic
France
Capetown
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Jane Fonda
Spirit of 76 exhibit at Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
Archibald M Wil lard, Ohio artist and wagon decorator, displayed his Spirit of 76 at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Critics ignored the painting while the public embraced it.
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Archibald M. Willard
Ohio
Bukets Kidney Relief Ad at A L Harp Drug
An old ad promotes Bukets kidney relief tablets with a 48 cent price and a money back guarantee. It claims to ease backache leg pains burning frequent or scanty urination by aiding kidney function and regulating flow from the drug counter at A L Harp Drug 121 Main St Childress.
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Nature
A. L. Harp Drug
Main St. Childress
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