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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1966
Page
3
Wall Street chatter notes optimism on a slower growth slowdown being constructive for a future rise. Analysts from Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and E F Hutton weigh the trend. Bache & Co says markets remain sensitive to negative news but long term bargains may emerge.
The 11 am Dow Jones report shows the Industrial average at 838.01, down 9.37 points. Rails and Utilities indexes also fall, with the Rails at 218.91 off 1.28 and Utilities at 131.93 down 0.49 while the broader Stocks index stands at 296.80, down 2.48.
Treasury accounts for the year through July 27 with withdrawals 11.67 billion dollars and deposits 8.59 billion. Cash balance stands at 8.346 billion and public debt at 320.113 billion. Gold holdings total 13.334 billion. The article ends with an unrelated tip about using vinegar to lessen paint odor.
Local forecast calls for near normal average highs around 98 with lows near 70. Expect scattered showers across the period and a trend toward cooler weather toward week’s end as temperatures dip from hot to milder levels.
Dallas couple Mr and Mrs Richard Emery announce the birth of a son, Richard Westbrook Emery II, born in a Dallas hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces. Grandmother is Mrs Tommy Williamson of Houston. The Emerys and Mrs Williamson are former Childress residents. Several visitors and relatives are noted, including R O Beaver of Phoenix visiting his brother, and other guests from Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.
HEW's Children Bureau releases Moving Into Adolescence to help parents handle issues like going steady at 12 and kissing in the sixth grade. Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinger says the booklet aims to make parents more comfortable discussing early adolescent behavior.
A birthday notice wishes Kirby Clift Campbell a happy birthday tomorrow from Mrs. H. H. Lightfoot and family.
National Geographic presents Dr Leakey and the Dawn of Man, a CBS color special exploring origins of humanity. The program traces Leakey s finds at Ngorongoro Oludavi Gorge Kenya and cites fossils proconsul kenya pithecus zinjanthropus Homo habilis and the dispute over when man became man.
The Tell weekly social calendar lists events for the coming week. Highlights include a Monday 7 30 p m bridal shower for Sue Estoll at First Baptist Fellowship Hall and multiple midweek meetings at First Baptist GA s and County HDC Council in the Courthouse. Other events include Tell Women's Chorus at a school building IOOF Lodge and Night Circle with Mrs Joe S Allen. Bridal showers also planned Wednesday and Friday evenings for Ron Dishman Janie Stalnaker Clifton Clements at Central Christian First Methodist. Saturday features Tell Homecoming singing at Tell Methodist with Sunday Homecoming services noted.
A group of ten European educators including Michael Bandry and Pierre Jacquet travel from Vierzon to Worthington and Columbus to learn about American schooling. They discuss cheating methods, dropout rates, and compulsory education while noting reforms and government aid linked to attendance. The plan, by The Murphys, backs the program with industry support as hosts match teachers with American families.
The Library of Congress houses over 60 000 folk song items across records and books. John A Lomax propelled the study as a field collector editor publisher popularizer and publicizer shaping the collection’s tone and reach.
Joel Landingham eight has not been seen since April 21. Parents Leonard and Leon ard Landingham plan national posters to recruit teachers to help locate him. Cousin Archie Pringle took Joel from Glen Park Elementary March 6 and was arrested with him in Arizona three days later. Pringle may enroll Joel in another school this fall. police found plans for that. Joel was in second grade last year. the poster notes Pringle is mentally disturbed but not dangerous.
Admitted: Roger Lynn Adams Saturday Mrs M A Cooper Sunday Ruby Whitey of Floydada Sunday Mrs John Townsend today. Dismissed: Mrs Mary A Alien Sunday Mrs Leslie Gipson and baby, Mrs Ronald Mayhugh of Wellington today Mrs J A Zuber today.
Almanac entries highlight notable births Francis Scott Key and Herman Melville, the 1790 US census figures, 1907 birth of the US Air Force, Harlem race riot events in 1943 with many arrests, 1946 establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission, and a Washington Irving quote.
The US Weather Bureau reports the day’s high of 108 degrees at Philip, South Dakota, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. The morning low was 42 degrees at Philipsburg, Pennsylvania and Bragg, California.
United Press International notes that Thomas Ewing became the first secretary of the interior shortly after the post was established in 1849 during Zachary Taylor's administration.
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