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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1969
Page
5
The Childress Index announces daily afternoon edition with Sunday morning issue and notes corrections policy for errors affecting individual or firm reputations upon notification to the publisher. Located in Childress Texas, printed by Ox Bow Printing Inc.
Washington economists warn 1970 will bring higher living costs with inflation likely to outpace wages. The piece discusses Nixon’s possible political impact, cabinet views, and the dilemma of easing economic restraints versus fighting inflation ahead of 1972 elections.
On December 23, 1969 the date marks Washington leaving the Army at Mount Vernon. Key past events include Joseph Smith birth in 1805 and Churchill urging Italians in 1940. Notable milestones cover Wake Island loss in 1941 and the 1945 Moscow Big Three meeting.
Congress approves a 1921 act restricting immigration to the United States, setting a 3 percent cap based on the 1910 census to curb arrivals as part of a major migration shift.
A reader comments on pollution efforts with mixed opinions about cotton burr burning rules in towns like Childress and Tell. The note mentions Murray Sanders of Tell Gin, vehicle exhaust costs, jet takeoffs versus cars, and a quip about Shelbyville and Sam Wood, ending with a claim about Nebraska’s legislature size.
In Kruger National Park a thick-skinned hippo with injuries resisted lions for three days. The lions pulled down the hippo but failed to tear meat from its tough hide and eventually gave up.
The Beatles Book of Lyrics will publish with full color illustrations and photos by Pablo Picasso, Peter Max, David Bailey, Tomi Ungerer, Marc Chagall and others. Edited by Alan Aldridge, a close associate of the band, the collection compiles lyrics from one hundred songs in book form.
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