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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
3
Washington humor column jokes on disposalism and the fate of discarded Christmas trees. It imagines the problem of waste and proposes odd uses like ski slopes and attic chinning bars while hoping for a Nixon era solution from Agnew.
The Peru government announces a morality campaign plan to establish agricultural penal colonies in the jungle to fight prostitution narcotics traffic and bureaucratic corruption as part of a nationwide reform effort.
Madalyn Murray O Hair critiques the Apollo 8 moon mission prayers and vows to file a NASA protest and launch a mail campaign against prayer on space broadcasts. She claims Christianity is a minor world religion and notes broader religious groups surpass Christians. Her Austin Texas home is cited as base for the campaign.
Wall Street observers note a recurring pattern where weakness near Christmas is followed by a stronger January. Amex activity shows larger moves in low priced issues while monetary restrictions loom over timing. Firms expect a slow economy and advise cautious short term trading through the first quarter.
University of California engineers are testing a new continuous grape-pressing device this season to improve juice extraction. The system aims to eliminate settling tanks and screening equipment, enabling wineries to streamline processing and increase output.
The report cites Israeli forces firing along the ceasefire line on the river twice with no casualties. An explosion struck a central square in Gaza City with no injuries. In Beirut, helicopter strikes by Israeli forces reportedly destroyed several Beirut-based Middle East airlines craft, with defenses arriving after the attackers left. Soviet parliamentary leader Skridonov to visit Finland January 16. details pending.
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