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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
2
An informal humorous piece explores the stereotype of red headed women as highly temperamental and troublesome. It jokes that marriage to a red head is risky and requires bravery, citing a supposed survey that ended with researchers injured. The tone is light and anecdotal about the challenges of life with a red headed partner.
Hal Boyle sketches a workplace world where straw bosses like Loudmouth Harry dominate. Jokes lampoon raising complaints, petty tyrannies, and perpetual supervision, with lines about pay, discipline, and the absurdities of executive trainees stuck in “basic training.”
A compact clue list runs from Scrambler 1 through Close-fitting, linking terms like land parcel parasitic insects skin opening stray particle and asseverate with many crossword style hints across numbers and wordplay.
A 50 acre East Texas pine tract near Southland Paper Mill in Trinity will be set aside as a sanctuary for red cockaded woodpeckers. Don Taylor of Lufkin, plant manager, says foresters spotted about 10 birds last July and photos confirm they are an endangered species. Wildlife experts note the birds' rarity and the sanctuary aims to protect them.
On August 10 1972 the Childress Index notes include historical events from 1792 to 1967 and a 1973 Hardeman County reunion. The column lists milestones such as Missouri statehood 1821 Naval Academy 1845 and Gibraltar 1967. It also covers a Hardeman Foard Childress Cottle Wilbarger counties reunion with local officials and a book gift from Ross Edwards.
A Four Winds Area reunion was held Sunday at the Precinct 1 Club house 5012 50th St for residents from other counties joining the 26th Hardeman County reunion. A second Four Winds Area reunion will be held later.
A Northern High School student, 16, gave birth to a 7 pound 14 ounce girl in the school dispensary. The mother reportedly had no idea she was pregnant and was described as a good student who never missed a day.
Tokyo AP report recalls a 22 year old Japanese airman Tamotsu Takahashi and a secret plan to bomb New York in 1945. Four long range K177 planes would carry bombs and fuel on a one way mission to crash after dropping ordnance. Takahashi joined others in the doomed project before Japan surrendered.
Alan Gilbert, 28, a clerk with the nationalized British railway, begins a round the world journey limited to travel by rail and sea. He aims to go as far as possible by these modes, departing from Bournemouth England and tracing routes by land and water.
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