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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1969

Page

7

Brunettes Reach Peak Power in History and Pop Culture

A collage traces brunette influence from ancient queens to modern leaders and stars. It cites Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Josephine, Lincoln, FDR, and Kennedy as examples of enduring allure and influence, arguing brunettes shaped history and culture.

Katharine Hepburn Coco Elizabeth Taylor Burton Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis White House Alexander the Great Asia Cleopatra Theodora Justinian Anne Bobe England Henry VIII

Thieu says South Vietnam will not ask U.S. to continue fighting

President Nguyen Van Thieu declares Vietnam can’t be craven and asks for continued American support while troops withdraw. Nixon hints at another reduction with South Vietnamese replacement later this month, defense secretary's hinted figure near 40 000. Sixty thousand U.S. troops have already left in six months. Weather: temps reach 30s in Amarillo and 72 in Brownsville with forecasts of normal averages and weekend rains across regions.

Nguyen van Thieu United States Thieu Nixon Melvin Said Vietnam Amarillo Brownsville

Thief Vanishes Through Back Door of El Rancho As Cash Is Taken

Police report a burglary at El Rancho Restaurant where money was taken from a can in back. Indications suggest the thief knew the stash. escape was through a side door. Separate break ins at Sid Holland Company damaged a safe but left contents intact.

el Rancho Alvis Maddox Sid Holland Company J. B. Holland

Veteran drill sergeant found guilty of maltreating recruit

A nine year military veteran and father of two preschoolers, Lucy was found guilty Tuesday of grabbing Airman Basic Ernest J. Green, 21, of Tampa, by the neck and squeezing. Acquittals included kicking a trainee in the buttocks. Lucy was the second drill sergeant tried this month for maltreating Lackland recruits last summer and received the same sentence as Sgt. Ronald E. Wood. A third trainee instructor goes to trial next week.

Lucy Ernest J. Green Tampa Fla Ronald E. Wood Indianapolis Ind

Yablonski Refuses to Concede Amid Vote Returns

In a telephone interview from Clarksville Pennsylvania John L Yablonski says he will concede to nobody after 000 votes to 40000 for his opponent He dismisses Washington headquarters returns and vows to trust his own tally and resolve in the contest

Yablonski Clarksville Washington

Plaque Marks Adams’ Fatal 1843 Capitol Moment

A floor plaque in Statuary Hall marks the spot where John Quincy Adams was fatally stricken in 1843 during a speech in the U.S. Capitol.

Capitol Statuary Hall John Quincy Adams

Fermi Defects to United States During Nobel Visit

World Almanac notes Enrico Fermi, Italian American physicist who aided atomic research, perfected beta ray emission theory, and won the 1938 Nobel Prize. He defected to the United States while receiving the prize in Stockholm in 1938.

Enrico Fermi America Stockholm United States

Girl Constable Tops Class in Bradford Training

In Bradford England Constable Janet Stephenson a 19 year old woman beat 16 male recruits in a three month police training course She led in self defense law and general studies and averaged about 80 percent while the men averaged 62 percent.

Bradford England Janet Stephenson Janet

Shaving at 52 MPH Triggers Fine for Motorist

London police testified Gerry Curtis drove with both hands off the wheel and shaved at 52 miles per hour in a built up area. He was fined 15 pounds despite protest claiming he shaved only the chin. The article notes the world’s first automobile club formed in Paris in 1895.

London (Ap Gerry Curtis Curtis Automobile Club Paris Encyclopaedia Britannica

County 4 H Club to Elect Officers at Second Meeting

The County Boys 4 H Club schedules its second meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the courthouse assembly room. Officers will be elected and 4 H boys are urged to invite new members. Any public school boy age nine or older may join. County Agent Lowell Cure notes varied programs beginning with hunters safety taught by John Chapman. For more information call the County Extension Office at 7 2351.

John Chapman Cure

Blind Poet Wrote His Own Obituary

Harold Goodwin a 76 year old blind poet and World War I veteran died recently and left a self written obituary sealed for editors after his death. The verse ponders fate free will life and a cosmic joke, ending noting the U.S. Weather Bureau falls under the Commerce Department.

Port Elizabeth South Africa Harold Goodwin Goodwin

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