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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1954
Page
6
Babson outlines a modest fall in unemployment in the last half of 1954. He notes wage growth will be restrained and union risk remains, with real estate forecasts flagging sagging large farm values and steadier suburban land prices while building activity stays a key economic support.
A listing of political officeholders and candidates including State Senator 80th District Andy Rogers State Representative 88th District Elbert S, district officials, county attorney James L. Catcher, clerk Mark Grabham, tax assessor Fred B. Mitchell, sheriff Paul Griffin, treasurer Mrs B F Hardy, county superintendent Wade Kimbrough, commissioners Frank Douglas Rothwell L J Ham Russell George West T Loter Herman King Dave Brummett John Turk Fowle Co T Charlie Anderson, Justice of the Peace C Elliott H Krigbaum, constable L Earley We Ricks Harvey Pryor V M Red Ferguson Willie Prescott Earl White C Hammit.
Field Marshal Alexander Papagos premier of Greece heads to Bonn for a six day state visit with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Talks will cover closer political economic and military cooperation as Germany joins the Western defense setup. Papagos has been a reforming force in Greece building allied strength against communism and has formed the Balkan Pact with Turkey and Yugoslavia. He is a veteran soldier famed for leading Greece in World War II and routing Communist rebels in 1949 before entering politics in 1952.
Sir Winston Churchill, at 79, charmed President Eisenhower aides in the Oval Office as Vice President Nixon and Secret Service teams welcomed him. The visit included a security scare from a horn that proved harmless and a playful note on Churchill’s preference for two beds.
Wholesale fowl and roosters fall while light fowl and heavy fowl edge up. Cattle listings show 5,600 head with varied demand across slaughter, stocker, and calf categories. Hogs steady to higher with mixed weights. sheep activity strong for spring lambs with widespread price ranges and lighter cull classes.
The thousands of shooting stars entering Earth's atmosphere each hour create a natural radio network. This "roof" allows reliable short wave transmission up to a thousand miles away around the clock, without interruptions from high altitude atmospheric conditions.
New York report details a Wednesday solar eclipse with totality along a 75 mile wide path from northeast Nebraska through Minnesota Canada the North Atlantic Scandinavia Soviet Russia Iran and India. New Orleans will see about 60 percent obscured. Astronomers note the event as a rare once in a lifetime sight with implications for distance measurements in missile guidance. Dr. William J. Luyten of the University of Minnesota cites Minneapolis Saint Paul as the only major U.S. city in the path. the prior total eclipse occurred March 27 1593 and the next will be June 14 2151.
A new coal mining machine reaches beyond 200 yards into a mountainside without any workers underground, marking a leap in automated mining methods.
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending at noon today was 93 degrees at 3 30 today. The minimum temperature was 67 degrees at 5 30 today.
The report notes Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill continue discussions on U S British Far East differences. A committee amendment targets about 1.3 billion dollars earmarked for Indo China. It bars money used to support governments committed by treaty to keep Communist rule in any part of Asia.
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