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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1973
Page
7
The Nixon administration hints at easing the 5.5 percent pay guideline amid rising farm prices led by meat animals. Banks raise prime rate to 6 percent as anti inflationary measure while leading indicators climb 1.2 percent in January. The dollar sinks in Europe, forcing central banks to act.
Recent contributions to the Business and Professional Women's Hospital Memorial Fund include gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Leach, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sager, Mrs. Ray Green and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stiner, in memory of Mrs. Clara Terrell and J. E. Turner, plus gifts from Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Shelton and Mrs. Viola Johnson in memory of Mrs. John T. Forbis Sr.
Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams appointed Sid Gillman as general manager after a two week negotiation, reuniting former sparring partners under one roof despite a tense front office season.
The hospital records show admitted patients on Tuesday through Saturday including Mrs. Lee Johnson and Ronnie Patterson, with Wednesday admissions for several others and Thursday through Saturday discharges. Notable names include Mrs. Richard Bird, Harley White Sr., and Sherri Atkinson among those released or transferred as listed.
Mrs. O E Seal was dismissed from Hall County Hospital in Memphis Friday. Miss Pat Smith of Texas Tech visits her parents Mr and Mrs Leo Smith and relatives here this weekend. Ron Wright of Borger visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Bill Blackburn Friday evening. Mr and Mrs S L Cheatheam and Mrs J C Spain Sr of Plainview attended the funeral of W D Dick Spain in Altus Oklahoma Friday. Services were at First Baptist Church Altus with burial there. Rev Keith Wiginton and Rev Bruce Thomas officiated. Mr Spain was a cousin of Mrs Cheatheam.
The World Almanac notes Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolence philosophy as pure love and complete absence of ill will toward all living beings. He described nonviolence as comprehensive goodwill found in Hindu scriptures, the Bible, and the Koran.
Service unit 61 holds a March meeting at Mrs. Charles Christy home planning Girl Scout Week March 11 to 17 with seven troops, cookie sale, worship services, flag ceremony pleas, yard signs, nursing home projects, and a tea for prospective and current members on April 15. Leadership training May 3, Bridging ceremonies May 18, Day Camp planning for July 9–13, and Play Days in Wichita Falls and Quanah are announced. Senior Troop 105 is new, eighth since November 1966.
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports bicycle sales in 1971 surpassed car sales by 2.1 million bikes but cars still account for about 82 percent of work trips. Arthur D. Little Inc notes bikes may be fastest in city traffic and a study of 25 bike car trials over five miles found bicycles winning 21 times.
Congressman Bob Price joined with over 70 senators and 120 congressmen to co sponsor a March 7 and 8 conference in Washington titled The Constitutional Question The Congress And The Executive. Prominent scholars and officials will discuss spending priorities defense foreign relations and interbranch powers amid impoundment debates. Dr Arthur Larson will chair the event.
Violinist Henryk Szeryng donated his 1734 Stradivarius valued at $60,000 to Jerusalem after a Dec 24 concert. Szeryng, a naturalized Mexican citizen, said the instrument should be loaned for playing with final borrowing decisions by Zubin Mehta, Israeli Philharmonic musical adviser.
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