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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1961
Page
5
An historical overview notes that Presidents often project budget surpluses. It cites Kennedy preparing the 1962 budget and recalls Eisenhower's 1961-62 figures. The piece discusses estimated receipts, spending plans, and how actual results differed in 1958, with a deficit of about 2.8 million.
The Budget Message projected 1959 receipts at 74.4 billion and expenditures at 73.9 billion, yielding a 0.5 billion surplus, but actual 1959 results showed 80.7 billion in expenditures and 68.3 billion in receipts, a 12.4 billion deficit. The text traces prior year variances and notes ongoing debt growth and tax sources, stressing the need for a balanced budget to reduce public debt.
During the week of December 22 29 one person was fined 15 for contest of sped another 15 for being under the influence of alcohol another 15 for speeding and another 15 for being drunk Building permits list shows several residents purchasing or selling vehicles and homes including Wm R Hare Daisy Hughes Waldo Epps Co dis Coats Pat terson and others Marriage licenses include Roy Don Coleman and Patsy Ann Pickrel Forrest Preston and Mrs Willene Beck Stephen Dale Feasel and Charlene Seierschmitt Earnest Carrl Hotle man and Mary Jan Pattillo Divorces filed include Jasper Alexander vs Helen Christmas Alexander Willie T Howard vs Mary Evelyn Howard Warranty deeds show transfers to G E Shawet ax and to Homer Coats et al J P Court fines total to 19 25 for no RRC permit five fined 16 50 for speeding and one fined 16 59 for lacking truck registration.
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