The Childress Index Publication Details and Rates
The Childress Index publishes Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays in Childress Texas. It is locally owned by The Childress Index Inc with printing by Ox Bow Printing Inc. Subscription rates are five dollars per year within Childress and adjoining counties, six months three dollars, other counties six fifty per year, three fifty for six months, and carrier one month eighty five cents or eight dollars and fifty cents per year.
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Childress Index
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Childress
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Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
Morris Higley
U S Medical Exports Target Developing Nations
Editorial notes doctors from Latin American nations lack access to U S medical tech upon returning home. Omni Research proposes a Puerto Rico data bank and Tegucigalpa lab to train local staff and run facilities. U S firms see a growing market for high tech medical equipment abroad, boosting trade and aid.
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United States
Europe
Irving Gray
Georgetown University
Gray
Tr U.S
U.S
North America
Jim Whidden
Electro-Nucleonics
Maoist China Seen Rehabilitating Missionaries Hope Grows
The Vatican bulletin notes China is improving its image by reseating relations with the United States and entering the UN. It describes Maoist ideology as a moral socialism aligning with Catholic values and praising reforms such as rural rehabilitation and class mixing. The piece questions future developments after Mao’s death.
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China
United Nations
Peking
Washington
Bulletin of the Sacred Congregation For the Evangelization of the Peoples
Vatican
John XXIII
Paul VI
Mao Tsetung
Water network spread across farms links and leaders praised
In a future rural water expansion the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority will lay over 500 miles of water lines from the main trunk into farms across eight counties. Local figures Chester Sinclair Shell Townsend Cap Morris are credited with securing funds and steering the project, which hinges on Salt Fork water to supply Childress and region. The piece also notes Krakatau’s 1883 eruption and Bahnar beliefs about afterlife bodies and spirits.
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Morris Higley
Childress
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Chester Sinclair
Farmers Home Administration
Chester
Red River Authority
Texas
Salt Fork
Sinclair
Shell Townsend
Cap Morris
Optimism contrasts with rising prices in 1970s economy view
AP reports a divide in economic outlooks as James McLane urges optimism citing wage gains not eaten by price increases while NAM economist George Hagedorn notes farm prices up 25.1 percent. Labor leaders push for higher wages, risking more inflation. stock investors waver as profits surge yet sentiment sours.
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NEW York
James McLane
Cost of Living Council
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
George Hagedorn
McLane
White House
Nixon trade bill split views on protectionism within labor
Washington observers at Brookings weigh President Nixon’s trade bill, noting it expands executive power to raise or lower barriers yet may not exceed current law. Some see protectionist aims as political leverage for AFL-CIO leader Meany, while others worry over job losses and weaker worker benefits. The debate highlights shift among unions toward safeguarding workers via adjustment pay and retraining, amid limited public support.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
U.S
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Burke-Hartke
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Fred Bergsten
Japan
Europe
Bergsten
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
May 1 history highlights and notable birthdays
On May 1 1898 Adm Dewey's fleet defeated Spain in Manila Bay. Union formed Great Britain in 1707. Smithsonian cornerstone laid 1847. Empire State Building dedication 1931. First hijacking to Cuba 1961. Johnson predicted a woman president 1964. West Irian named 1960. Vietnam talks on Tonkin ship 1965. Quang Tri fell 1968. Gen Mark Clark turns 77. Jack Paar 55. Kate Smith 64.
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Associated Press
Adm
George Dewey
Manila Bay
England
Scotland
Great Britain
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Chicago
Empire State Buiding
New York
Cuba
Lyndon B. Johnson
Netherlands New Guinea
United Nations
Indonesia
West Irian
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Quang Tri
Mark W. Clark
Jack Paar
Kate Smith
Mars Surface Temperatures Vary Widely Day to Night
The surface of Mars ranges from about 50 degrees at noon near the equator to minus 90 degrees at night at the same locale. Polar regions experience substantially colder temperatures.
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Mars
Longest Kentucky cave and deepest Gouffre on border
The Flint Ridge cave system in Kentucky spans 72.7 miles, making it the world’s longest. The Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin on the Franco Spanish border reaches a depth of 3,872 feet, the world’s deepest explored point.
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Flint Ridge
Kentucky
Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin
Memory as home in Hal Boyle's reflective column
Hal Boyle muses that memory is the true home for everyone, a lasting place with many rooms. He contrasts past and present life pace, neighborhood ties, family duties, and small-town values with modern urban life and inherited wealth.
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New York
Salvation Army
Printing Trade Items Include Large Range of Stationery
The list catalogs varied printing and paper goods such as tags checks badges blotters placards circulars bill heads price lists statements menu cards letter heads memo blanks laundry lists visiting cards and booking materials including wedding invitations by laws and financial statements for societies store sale posters and vouchers.
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Financial Statements Society
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Mao
City of Childress
Salt
Red River
Krakatau
Sumatra
Java
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bahnar
Henford
By Roger Bollen
Art Sansom
Souserve
Gladys
For
Yoo - Hoo
Bertus
NEA, Inc
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Pet
SADAT
Business Mirror
Bruce Biossat
By Bruce Biossat
Point Barrow
Alaska
Ka Lae
South Cape
Hawaii
West Quoddy Head
Maine
Cape Wrangell
Attu Island
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Childress Office Supply
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