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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
6
In Houston a local anesthesia procedure lasting about 20 minutes removed a novel heart pump from Mrs. Esperanza Vasquez, a Mexico City beautician. The device, designed by Dr. Michael DeBakey, had assisted her heart since Aug. 8, and tests show her heart can now pump alone.
Morris Higley notes readers protested a Hartford Times NEA distributed cartoon mocking black power. He argues the piece aimed to shock and that guaranteed income talk ignores taxpayer funding and reflects workers’ earned benefits.
The report lists maximum and minimum temperatures for the 24 hour period ending 10 am today with a high of 97 degrees and a low of 70. It compares with August 19 1965 when highs reached 94 and lows 72. Sunrise 6 05 Sunset 7 23.
The Dow Jones at 11 a.m. shows the industrials up 1.39 to 812.13, rails down 0.21 to 204.63, utilities up 0.54 to 126.32, and the overall Dow Jones average at 283.91 up 0.36 across 65 stocks.
Treasury accounts for the fiscal through Aug 16 showing withdrawals 22,782,634 030,21 16,617,785,827.60 and public debt 319,040,529,069.59. Gold holdings are 13,330,189,272.08.
The Austrian spokesman in Bangkok Dr. Rudolf Baumann will move to Singapore to assume a new post as Vienna and Singapore restore formal relations, reported the Neues Oesterreich.
Mrs T A Riddell and Lena Pistole hosted and hosted visitors from Dunlap to Plainview Amarillo and many towns. Families from Quanah Paducah Dal las Roswell and Alamogordo gathered for birthdays reunions and dinners. Travel spans Dallas Bochito Tell and Denton with relatives in Texico Buck Creek and Roosevelt county.
The Congressional committee's hearing quieted with few insults and many empty seats as it planned to shift from inquiry to legislative work. Witnesses labeled hostile were moved through quickly, while Arthur Kinoy faced disorderly conduct charges in a separate court case after his ejection from the hearing.
In Los Angeles 20 youngsters aged 10 to 12 demonstrated in front of a liquor store carrying placards demanding cash redemption for empty bottles. The shop owner, eager to stop the protest, paid the group in cash and ended the demonstration.
Two young men with prior speeding convictions pleaded guilty in Beckenham to obstructing police after placing a sign reading radar trap ahead on a road near a known speed trap area. The incident draws attention to the guards of enforcement and reckless interference with police work.
Newark detective Michael Corona finished his shift then found a would be burglar climbing through his kitchen window. The intruder was arrested at the scene.
Major Homer Berry claimed he caused the downpour during a live radio interview in Little Rock. A bolt of lightning struck the station, silencing the broadcast as the storm raged.
President Johnson recommends changing the current tax exemption for commissioned officers in Vietnam from 29 to 500 dollars. The move would align officers exemptions more closely with those for enlisted personnel, whose combat pay is tax exempt.
Police cars chased a speeding sportscar through Tyler on Wednesday, resulting in a three way crash with the vehicle pursued. No injuries were reported.
Area residents including Nancy Farmer of Graham, J. C. Smith and family of White Deer, and Bee Shackelford groups visited relatives in Childress, Amarillo, and surrounding areas. Many guests traveled to see kin in Estelline, Carey, Levelland, and nearby communities during various homecoming and family visit events.
Dashes of travel notes show Dallas visitors and relatives from Estelline Childress and Lubbock stopping in towns from Canadian to Amarillo and Canyon. Families including the Stinnetts Garrison and McLeans travel to see kin and attend events with many stops across West Texas and the Panhandle.
Bulgarian premier Todor Zhivkov will visit Paris for formal talks with French leaders, marking the first Westward official visit by a Bulgarian government chief and signaling shifts in Eastern Europe. The trip follows French and Bulgarian high-level exchanges and foreshadows broader West-Western ties while Bulgaria remains firmly aligned with Moscow.
A medium tomato provides nearly half of the day’s vitamin C needs and ample vitamin A. This fruit supports health with its nutrient density, fitting into balanced diets and everyday meals.
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