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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1972
Page
4
The Childress Index publishes in Childress Texas on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays. Subscription rates listed include one year eight fifty in county and six months three fifty. Carrier delivery available and the paper declares impartial news and correction policy.
A team of psychologists proposes a psychological map of New York City showing how residents recognize boroughs neighborhoods and landmarks. The piece notes Manhattan is most recognizable and that public knowledge of politics economics and history often rests on fragmentary mental maps.
Aviation Week reports researchers explore a pivoting straight wing atop the fuselage. At high speed, one wing half tilts forward while the other trails. Potential benefits include far lower takeoff power, subsonic land use, 40 000 foot cruise, and reduced upper atmosphere pollution.
Stewart S. Cort of Bethlehem Steel criticizes political attacks on business as deceptive rhetoric. He cites tax contributions totaling 1.7 billion dollars over a decade and urges measured reform that preserves economic incentives and individual liberties, proposing truth squads to promote honest campaigning.
The expression Go West, young man is commonly misattributed to Horace Greeley. It originated with John Soule publisher of the Terre Haute Express in an 1851 editorial.
The writer argues that criticisms labeling Dolph Briscoe as part of the Austin Establishment are unfounded. He notes Briscoe has not held office since state representative, recalls LBJ and Connally backing others, and says Ben Barnes was seen as Establishment favorite, while Briscoe remains an outsider. He dismisses the latest tagging as ill fitting.
On June 15 across history notable events include Magna Carta sealing by King John in 1215 at Runnymede. Benjamin Franklin lightning electricity experiment in 1752. Washington takes command in 1775. Arkansas statehood in 1836. General Slocum disaster in 1904. Hoover nominated in 1928. German flanking of the Maginot Line in 1940.
In the 1972 political landscape, Democratic governors number about 30 and largely influence national races through endorsements and organization. After Muskie’s fall, some backers argued governors could help unite the party, but Houston conference signals and shifting loyalties undercut that hope.
West Germany’s Willy Brandt meets with President Nixon at the White House. Also noting Chicago Cubs veteran Billy Williams turns 34. Thought credits a witty proverb about a better mousetrap and staying in town through the week as a teaser tag.
Barbs by Phil Pastoret humorously notes a person being carried to the table for a bed breakfast and warns that another bus fare increase could push things over the edge. The piece plays on daily life and rising costs with a wry tone.
HAL Boyle reflects on how heaven changes with age, from tin pan drum lessons at age five to grandparent kisses at 47 and a golden wedding at 72. He contrasts heaven's evolving meanings with the Parents Teachers Association’s origins and growth noted by Britannica.
Public-spirited report on city county consolidations in Nashville Jacksonville and Indianapolis shows gains in sewer lines roads and purchases but highlights unequal tax burdens enduring enclaves and political power losses for blacks.
The High Point annual reunion will be held July 16 in Fair Park Auditorium with registration at 11 a.m. A basket lunch will be served at noon. Elbert Kelley, president, asks for addresses of potential attendees who cannot be contacted and provides contact names Kelley and Mrs. Howard Grimes, secretary.
Dr. Margaret Hennig of Simmons College found 110 women who reached top management in nontraditional fields. The study shows a common path: all began as executive secretaries, then moved to administrative roles before entering the executive suite.
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