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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
5
The writer recalls the Florida area now Cape Kennedy with several cemeteries. He notes relatives seek access to graves and expect permissions as launches and moon programs proceed. He criticizes pork barrel spending and defends continued funding for a Manned Orbital Laboratory.
Washington reports that consumer prices likely rise more in 1969 under Nixon than in Johnson’s last year, as May prices edge up with a 0.3 percent CPI increase led by a 2.2 percent beef price jump. Officials warn no slowdown is evident and 1969 may exceed a 5 percent rise.
The USS Weather Bureau reports the day’s high of 107 degrees at Presidio Texas excluding Alaska and Hawaii. A low of 30 was recorded at Ely and Elbo New. The entry mentions the 1923 beer hall putsch in Munich Germany.
The article notes the Natural History of Pliny the Elder as the oldest surviving encyclopedia, compiled in the 1st century A.D. It is organized into 37 books and 2,493 chapters.
Treasury accounts through June 23 show withdrawals 197974310617.96 dollars and deposits 198227338468.86. Cash balance 7510915662.38 public debt 6597473604. Gold 10386988281.77
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