Childress Index publishes local news weekly schedule
The Childress Index, a longtime local newspaper in Childress Texas, describes its publishing pattern on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays and lists ownership Ox Bow Printing and publisher Morris Higley. It details subscription rates by region and period.
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Texas
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Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
Air Fare Ruling Could Boomerang, Don Oakley
An editorial argues CAB rulings to end youth and family plan fares will raise costs, drag revenue growth, and possibly reduce travel. It notes stage increases through 1974 and estimates about 10 million young travelers and families affected, warning higher prices may curb business travel.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Japanese businessmen seek to close telephone gap in Honolulu
Japanese executives attend a five month course at the Japan American Institute of Management Science to learn American telephone practices. Instructor Hawaii Telephone Co guides the class as part of a program by a major Japanese computer and communications firm. The aim is to improve face to face and telephone negotiation with U S counterparts.
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Moshe Dayan
Honolulu
United States
Hawaiian Telephone Co
Japan-American Institute of Management Science
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martha Mitchell
Watergate ties widen as two ex ministers face indictment
The grand jury charges former Attorney General John Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans with trying to influence an SEC probe of financier Robert Vesco in exchange for a secret $200,000 Nixon campaign gift. The case links to Watergate but centers on broader corrupt patterns in the administration.
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Nixon Administration
John Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert Vesco
Democratic
Washington
Watergate
Executive Department
CIA
FBI
Mitchell
Stans
It&t
Cambodia
Miami
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Oil regulation hurting small independents in Childress County
Morris Higley notes regulations squeeze small oil operators risking exploration and higher prices. He recalls geologist R. D. Gunn finding oil with O. P. Leonard funding, then warns that zoning laws and red tape from federal and state levels threaten diverse industries and raise costs.
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Morris Higley
Index
Childress County
R. D. Gunn
Barbs By Phil Pastoret on Medicines And Living Costs
A satirical piece questions a cough medicine ban and rising dog food prices. It notes dogs eating human food and hints at life being affected by price shifts. The author contrasts luxury and necessity and plays on language about demand and worth.
NAHB weighs 10 year home warranty backed by insurance
The National Association of Home Builders plans a voluntary 10 year warranty program backed by insurance, modeled after a British system. George Martin says the plan is feasible and could gain consumer acceptance as housing costs and repair bills rise.
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John Cunniff
New York
National Association of Home Builders
George Martin
Britain
NAHB
Martin
Watergate shocks Nixon era democracy in peril
The passage notes a sudden, serious crisis threatening the core of the democratic system and endangering the Nixon administration’s continuation. It predicts long historical analyses and prolonged national repercussions as Americans reckon with the Watergate fallout.
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Denly
Nixon
Excesses and Irregularities in Hal Boyle's ColumN
Hal Boyle lists social foibles and personal irritants he deems dispensable from tunnels to watergate to pretzels without salt. He notes absurdities with wit and final lines about health risks of smoking. The column ends with a health notice from the American Heart Association on heart attack risk.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Watergate
Mt. Rushmore
PTA
American Heart Association
Texas Legislature Ledger Highlights Major Bill Status
Summary of 63rd Texas Legislature actions lists HB1 through SJR19 with statuses. Many House and Senate votes show bills passed, some in conference committees, others sent to governor or awaiting actions. Notable items include ethics reform HB1, lobbying HB2, death penalty HB200, bilingual education SB121, and unified judiciary SJR4.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Commission
Executive Branch
McGovern misquote dispute over Eagleton era press remarks
Washington observers doubt McGovern’s claim of misquoting in the New York Times Magazine piece about Eagleton. The article questions his statements on trust, his wife’s view of the press, and comparisons to Watergate. The piece notes inconsistent statements by McGovern and aides amid Eagleton’s medical history disclosure.
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Washington
NEA
George McGovern
New York Times
Thomas Eagleton
McGovern
Nixon
England
Times
Joe McGinniss
McGinniss
Eagleton
Missouri
South Dakota
Black Hills
U.S
May 15 historical highlights from years past
On May 15 historical notes include the 1940 Netherlands surrender to Germany, 1571 Moscow burned by Tartars, 1767 Corsica sold to France, and 1862 creation of the US Department of Agriculture. Also 1918 air mail start and 1924 immigration quotas. Birthday notes mention Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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Associated Press
Netherlands
Germany
Moscow
Genoa
Corsica
France
U.S. Congress
Department of Agriculture
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
United States
Israel
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Bermuda
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
George Wallace
Alabama
Laurel
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Jasper Johns
Leonard Baskin
Four-year Cabinet stability under Franklin Pierce
The quiz notes Franklin Pierce as the only U S president to keep his entire Cabinet unchanged for four years, with no replacements resignations or vacancies from illness or death. It cites an early 19th century context and contrasts with typical cabinet turnover.
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U.S
Franklin Pierce
Statehouse action on constitutional amendments progresses
Senate advances SJR35 limiting terms for speakers in the chamber while the House passes HJR5 granting teenagers legal rights and HJR6 authorizing additional veterans land bonds.
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Senate
House
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