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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1973
Page
4
The Childress Index announces its publishing details and subscription rates. It operates as an independent weekly newspaper printing in Childress, Texas, with editions on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays and carrier rates listed for local and adjacent counties.
Consumers face higher prices as theft adds 15 to 30 percent to retail costs. Pilfering by store employees causes most losses, with 7 to 8 percent stealing systematically. Guardsmark estimates annual employee pilfering losses range from 5 to 15 billion dollars, fueling a security industry and higher prices for shoppers.
The July 1973 marks twenty years since the Korean Armistice and August will see one year since both Koreas agreed to discuss eventual reunification. Progress is slow and measured in small steps, yet preferable to the alternative.
The piece argues television can unite parents and children by shared viewing. It cites national surveys showing children average 1000 hours of TV annually while in 500 classroom hours, and discusses Tube Talk a new magazine aimed at 8 year olds with parents. It urges adults to engage with programs and seek education and entertainment through TV.
A letter criticizes the Senate Watergate investigation as a witch hunt and laments the partisan bias of lawmakers. The author names Barry Goldwater and Edward Kennedy, urges humility, and defends The Index in limiting Kids Contest photos for accuracy. The piece closes with calls for changes next year.
A letter cites Congressman Scherle discussing a deserter who wrote from Canada to the President, promising to return for service. Lincoln allegedly pardoned him, sending him back to his regiment with a later prison term equal to days abstent without leave.
The 531 electors, with all but 59 Democrats, were invited by President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt to attend his March 4 1933 inauguration in Washington D C. It marked the first time the Electoral College was invited to witness a presidential inauguration.
AP analysis reviews the 1972 SIPC report detailing 64 liquidations. Main causes include poor books and records 44 cases, speculative dealing 29, mismanagement 28, and ignorance of securities business. Also notes recordkeeping failures hinder trustees and raises questions about broker licensing standards.
Bruce Biossat examines a deteriorating U S political landscape as Watergate drags on. Shortages in farm products, rising prices, and gasoline and home fuel oil worries threaten the economy while foreign policy stalls. The White House appears disorganized, with advisers in flux and Nixon facing a prolonged series of unmanageable crises.
HAL BOYLE surveys readers letters and miscellany noting six percent of divorces involve three-time losers, walking weight math, Santayana on prayer, weed control by white amur fish, and quirky quotes. Also includes trivia on frog singing, Japan’s working wives, and Irish luck lore.
A bill signed into law in Virginia makes the American foxhound the official state dog joining the dogwood as the state flower and the cardinal as the state bird. The Gulf Stream reportedly carries about 100 billion tons of water per hour, about twenty two times the total flow of all rivers on Earth.
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