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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1963
Page
2
Barry Goldwater argues strikes harm workers and calls for a law requiring strike votes. He outlines a proposed strike vote procedure with notice periods and secret ballots, as part of the Labor-Management Reform Act of 1963.
A humorous UPI column critiques President Kennedy's tax proposals and suggests wry reforms. It jokes about travel to work deductions for transportation and adds satirical ideas like a hair loss allowance and home entertainment write offs.
Medical science progresses in using electricity to move paralyzed limbs and restart the heart. Theratron Corp. develops muscle stimulators worn at the waist with shin electrodes and heel switches, enabling foot lift and cycle. Defibrillators and implanted pacemakers restore heart rhythm, with portable cigarette-pack sized units lasting about five years.
The Texas Archives and key documents from the Texas Republic faced a turbulent path from 1842 to a permanent home in Austin. Archives moved during conflicts and storage shortages, including a siege at Austin and later relocations to a cow pasture, a highway building basement, and a Camp Hubbard quonset hut, before the $2.5 million state library and archives building secured their future.
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