Childress Index details and rates for 1973 publication
The Childress Index in Childress Texas outlines publishing days Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays with mail and carrier rates. It identifies Morris Higley as publisher and notes corrections policy for erroneous reflections and subscription pricing for local and adjoining counties.
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de' Drest Money
Main Street
Childress
Texas
Childress Index
Childress Index, Inc
Morris Higley
Skylab Drama Reawakens Faith In Space Program
Editorial notes Skylab's launch problems did not derail NASA plans. Despite micrometeoroid shield loss and solar array damage, astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz will complete a 28 day mission with major experiments intact. Future 56 day crews planned to test long term human endurance and Earth resource applications.
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Space Agency
NASA
Skylab
Conrad, Kerwin
Weitz
Space
Long Hair Ban Stir on Texas Field Coach Links Valor and Fashion
A Texas suburban high school coach argues boys should wear short hair, citing masculine strength and battlefield history. The piece notes historical contrasts with George Washington, who wore hair differently, and frames the debate as a clash of modern grooming with traditional courage.
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Alexander the Great
Texas
Tony Simpson
Houston
Texas High School Coaches Assn
Simpson
Today in History Highlights
The entry notes events on June 5 across years including the WW II Battle of France start in 1940 and French troops entering Mexico City in 1863. It recalls the 1872 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia naming Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and mentions 1917 draft registrations.
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Associated Press
France
Mexico City
Philadelphia
Ulysses S. Grant
World events timeline spans wars to economic plans
A compact survey traces moments from World War I draft to the Marshall Plan, the 1961 Supreme Court ruling on party registration, Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, a decade-old Latin American subversion report, 1965–72 peace talks impact, and a 1975 global economic mission by John Connally.
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George C. Marshall
Harvard University
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Inter- American Committee
Latin America
Cuba
Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Treasury
John Connally
Consumer Protection Act praised by Texas leaders
Austin officials outline the May 21 1973 effective date and key provisions of the new consumer protection law. It expands deceptive practices penalties allows restitution triple damages class actions and enables local protection offices. Enforcements for pre May 21 cases remain under the old law.
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Austin
Texas Consumer Association
Texas Retail Federation
Dolph Briscoe
el Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Lubbock
Memory as a Healing Force in Hal Boyle's Born Loser Column
New York columnist Hal Boyle muses on memory as a balm for today’s pains and tomorrow’s loneliness. He reflects on past comforts, frugal times, common struggles, and social norms, noting how priorities and conveniences have shifted since earlier decades.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Land dispute over northwest Childress school property
Morris Higley recalls backstory on school land in northwest Childress once believed gifted or tied to construction. Dewey Smith says the land was purchased by the Board from Forrest Jones and is freely movable or saleable.
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Northwest Childress
Dewey Smith
Board of Trustees
Forrest Jones
Smith
Dewey
Leo Inman
LeRoy Gaines
Letter to Editor Warns Seniors on Inflation and Deficit
A Senior Citizens appeal accuses the government of counterfeit money and inflation. It urges readers to write to the President and Congress to stop deficit financing and curb spending to protect income.
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Congress
Hunt as Key Figure in Watergate Probe
A political source says U.S. attorney's office leads in Watergate evidence, with E. Howard Hunt central. Hunt has immunity and has been questioned eight times, capable of implicating Nixon aides and other principals in espionage and cover up. The Ervin committee may reveal the full story as Dean and Magruder testify.
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Washington
NEA
U.S
Howard Hunt
CIA
Hunt
White House
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Ervin Investigating Committee
Ervin
Nixon
John Dean
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Ervin Committee
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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NEA, Inc, Tm, Reg US. Pvt
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Montego Bay
Jamaica
Half Moon Hotel
Boyle
Henry Wilson
President Grant
Jeremiah Jones Colbath
Ar Senso
Wilberforce
Kewpie
Randid W. Veeblefester
Bruce Biossat
E. Howard Hunt
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