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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
2
Don Oakley questions official My Lai casualty figures, citing Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam who argues totals may be under 30. He links village fortifications to Viet Cong control and notes the war pains Americas must face amid growing domestic antiwar sentiment.
The FAA reports a new antihijacking system being adopted by a second U.S. airline, combining screening with behavior analysis though no hijackers have been caught yet. It notes U.S. hijackings have fallen while foreign cases rise and cites exits for hijackers and Tokyo Convention amendments as steps toward extradition. The column then shifts to urgent year end tax actions, urging losses sales by December 31 to claim deductions and gains strategically, with deadlines on December 26, 29, 30, and 31.
The column advises lowering current tax by harvesting losses before year end and notes trading deadlines for different sale methods. It mentions Roughed timelines for regular, next day, and cash basis sales before year end, plus Keogh pension options for self-employed, and warns about last minute Christmas gifts.
Ordinance 550 prohibits leaving wrecked damaged or demolished motor vehicles or parts on private land or public streets for more than thirty days. It declares such vehicles a public nuisance endangering health safety and welfare and provides abatement removal penalties and a saving clause. The measure sets notices by city officials requires abatement within ten days after notice and outlines disposal when owners cannot be located. Penalty up to 200 and daily fines for continued violations. Passed December 1969, with mayor J Lyons and city manager Louis Sally.
The term gentile historically meant peoples or nations and was used to designate humankind outside Israel. Originally it referred to non Jews, reflecting a broad ethnic distinction rather than a religious label.
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