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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
3
The Nelly Don designs feature tartan plaids in two lively dresses and a bias bodice Ricky pleated casual in red or green plaids, with stay fresh Orlon acrylic and rayon blends. Priced at $19.98 for the main dresses and $18.00 for the dashing over blouse and slim skirt set, sizes 2g to 16.
Seaman Recruit Paul H. Eubank, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Eubank of Childress Texas, starts nine weeks of basic training at Naval Training Center San Diego. He will study naval customs, ordnance and gunnery, seamanship, damage control, first aid, swimming, survival, shipboard drill and sentry duties. A fitness and drill regimen tests recruits as part of the program to determine future assignments.
The Classified Leader notes M. K. Wilcoxson receives two top honors in life insurance from Southwestern Life for outstanding life underwriting and service to policy owners. Congratulations from your Southwestern Life Agent and friend.
Television critic notes NBCs Bob Hope theatre season opens with Julie Harris in a dual role in a marriage murder tale. Other items include NBCs first comedy special with 13 leading ladies, George Raft guesting on CBS, Jim Brown on ABC, and upcoming Wide World of Sports boxing. An ABC Stage 67 feature The People Trap stars Stuart Whitman Vera Miles Connie Stevens, with ensemble cameos. Robert Young hosts youth shorts Trilogy: The American Boy.
University Park Pennsylvania. A Penn State psychologist reports that colors worn by female students mirror personality traits. She tested 50 coeds for security feelings and found secure individuals prefer complex, neutral and cooler tones while insecure ones favor bright extreme shades.
Almanac entry lists current date August 23 1966 with 1967 ahead and moon phase. It notes Gen Jonathan Wainwright born in 1883 and historical items from 1630 Massachusetts labor law to 1961 Berlin tensions. A thought from Harry Truman on world responsibility.
The article lists recent high and low temperatures with times, notes 1965 August 23 figures, and provides a 6:08 sunrise and 7:18 sunset. It ends with birthday greetings for Leslie Brummett A. V. McFarland Mrs. Gus Leftwich Mrs. A. E. Stephens Dennis Moore Polly Bruce.
Mix 1 cup light cream with 1/4 cup molasses in a pitcher. Just before serving stir in 1 quart ginger ale, chilled. Pour into 8 glasses and top each with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, using 1 pint total.
Cloudy with occasional showers expected tonight. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of afternoon showers. Temperatures around 59 degrees.
Mr and Mrs Ben Walker and daughter Marilyn traveled to College Station to visit Andy Scott at Texas A&M this week. Miss Vonna Crow returned from visiting friends in Lubbock. Diane Huddleston is listed as a patient at St Anthony Hospital in Amarillo today.
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Graham announce the birth of a daughter at 1 15 p m Monday in Childress General Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds eight ounces. Cheryl Devoll arrived home by plane after a week visiting Hobbs New Mexico with the Devoll family. Mary Braswell plans to return to Texarkana September 5 to enter Texarkana Junior College. The Johnson and Garrison families attended the Palo Duro Canyon pageant Texas and then traveled to Red River New Mexico for several days.
The article traces early conducting from the Sistine Chapel era when a paper roll marked tempo. It notes Bach and Handel led their own works, and mentions Berlioz as a father of modern conductors with Mendelssohn Haydn and Wagner also conducting their music.
Lt. Gov Preston Smith told TDNA the 60th Texas Legislature will not be dominated by urban interests. He noted gains for Houston Dallas Fort Worth but said other urban areas lost ground. He cited priorities: State Water Plan road safety Code of Criminal Procedure education and city needs funding via sales tax or tax rebates.
The eagle on U S currency lived six years at the Philadelphia mint in the 1850s. It loved the pressroom, watched coining, and perished when a test die moved the press. Taxidermists preserved it in a glass case, and the eagle now models for coins as required by law. The 1857 flying eagle cent spotlights corn, cotton, tobacco, and wheat.
Mrs F L Decker entertained Monday with a luncheon at her home for visiting sisters and nieces. Honored guests included Mesdames Meadow Stamford Swift Smithee Bartlett Simmons Stanley Combs Grider and Winter family members from Oklahoma and Texas. She decorated in blue and white and recently returned from the Black Hills trip with her brother Grover Swift in Miles City Montana.
Saigon officials report seven crewmen killed as the Baton Rouge victory sinks after Viet Cong units fire on Long Tao River. The channel is closed to regular traffic until the grounded ship is raised. Viet Cong claim 35 attacks since last weekend amid elections in South Vietnam.
A schedule lists events at First Baptist and nearby venues. Activities include a Tuesday youth choir concert, Rebekah Lodge and Wesleyan Service Guild meetings, Union Flat HDC, Kirkland HDC, Senior Adult Fellowship, Good Neighbor Club, Reading Certificates in WDC, First Baptist young marrieds social at Fair Park, and Elks supper and more.
A party follows a 7 p.m. wedding for Rowland and Stone at First Methodist while a 7:30 p.m. ceremony for Dishman and Hale takes place at Central Christian.
A short notice lists admissions and dismissals including Mrs Anna Dow and Mrs Otho Hill admitted on Monday. It also records Mrs Mary Hall Mrs Fred Becker and baby and Earl Alexander dismissed on Monday or today.
A public notice explains a proposed constitutional amendment to add Section 51-d to Article III. It would authorize Texas to provide financial assistance to the surviving spouse and minor children of law enforcement officers, Corrections personnel, or full paid firemen who suffer violent deaths in the line of duty. The measure sets election details and ballot wording for November 8, 1966.
Texas proposal to add Section 1-d to Article VIII requires land owned by natural persons and used for livestock farming or crop production to be assessed for tax based only on factors related to agricultural use. It sets qualification rules, assessor powers, penalties, and a 1966 election date for voters to approve the amendment.
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