The Childress Index Publication Details and Rates
The Childress Index dated July 28 1688 is published in Childress Texas with Ox Bow Printing. It lists publication days Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays and notes correction policy. Subscription rates include 1 year $5 in local counties, other counties $6.50. six months $3.50. carrier 84 cents monthly.
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Childress Index
Main Street
Childress
Texas
Exas
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Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
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Morris Higley
Today in History June 24 highlights from 1948 to 1973
On this date events include the Berlin Blockade beginning in 1948, Cabot's North American land sighting in 1497, Cortez entering Mexico City in 1520. Also notes the 1947 Taft Hartley Act and various other historical markers and birthdays.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
North America
John Cabot
Halifax
U.S
Labrador
Mexico
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
France
Bond and Bradley highlight race in politics and crime debate
Editorial compares Julian Bond to Ralph Nader as both push reform and provoke harsh statements. It notes Bond’s court battle to sit in Georgia’s House and cites black candidates facing white incumbents in California and New Jersey. The piece also cites St. Louis police head McNeal urging black community involvement to curb crime.
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Georgia
Julian Bond
Ralph Nader
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland
Bond
America
Georgia House of Representatives
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Sam Yort
Camden
N.J
Sam Yorty
St. Louis
McNeal
Indexing By MORRIS HIGLEY On Nixon re election and Texas politics
The writer praises Nixon’s Supreme Court picks while criticizing Democratic opposition. He notes Burger and three Nixon appointees plus White ruling 5-4 on obscenity. Texas politics heat up with Bob Bullock, Hank Grover, Jim Granberry planning runs. He supports Dolph Briscoe and calls for bringing back the Ambassador’s Club.
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Morris Higley
Nixon
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Bryan White
John F. Kennedy
White
Community thanks fire department supporters in Childress
Childress Fire Department Chief Charlie Moore expresses appreciation for praise from The Index Reporter Old Settlers KCTX and the Jaycees. The group helped raise over 200 dollars with no compensation, and thanks the citizens of Childress for support.
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Index
KCTX
Jaycees
Childress
Charlie Moore
Wallace seen as unlikely national candidate again
George Wallace faces limited public activity after being wounded and paralyzed. He campaigned as Alabama governor in 1974 but his energy and zeal have diminished. lawmakers struggle with budget issues, while former Gov. Albert Brewer emerges as Wallace’s main intra party rival.
Mitchells vanish from New York as Meads calls solve problems
Martha Mitchell quietly leaves her Fifth Avenue apartment with her daughter and secretary in a station wagon packed with suitcases. The move follows reports she wanted to escape New York and press vigil outside her building. Anthropologist Margaret Mead tells San Diego crowds that humans can solve problems if they use more than 10 percent of their brain. She cites recycled materials and warns against treating air and seas as garbage pails. Norris Cotton of New Hampshire says he will end 28 years in Congress next year and not seek re election in 1974 due to his wife's health and age. L Patrick Gray III resumes law practice in New London after resigning as acting FBI director over destroyed documents in the Watergate affair.
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New York
Martha Mitchell
San Diego
Margaret Mead
Washington
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Cotton
New London
Diamonds Demand Soar as Women Drive Prices Higher
AP columnist notes rising diamond prices from 1953 to 1972 and beyond, driven by female demand in the United States and abroad. Lazare Kaplan International executive cites worldwide inflation hedge and ongoing sales growth, with rough diamond imports to the United States rising to near one billion dollars.
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John Cunniff
NEW York (Ap
Dun & Bradstreet
George Kaplan
Lazare Kaplan International
Japan
Germany
United States
Kaplan
Switzerland
United
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By Gill Fox
Bob Bullock
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Hank Grover
Dolph Briscoe
Jim Granberry
Lubbock
Granberry
Ambassador’s Club
Bruce Biossat
George Wallace
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NEA
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Wallace
Albert Brewer
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