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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1968

Page

7

Four Local Teams In Tourneys Start Today

Four Childress basketball squads begin tournament play across Quanah and Burkburnett regions through Saturday. The Bobcats face Hirschi in Burkburnett with 9 p.m. tip off as the two teams meet for the fourth time this season. Key players include Buck, Morey, Land, Dobbs and Havins with Inman Evans and Baker ready for action.

Quanah Evans Morey Paducah Hirschi Danny Havins Buck IPE Childress Partie Xing Bobcat Burkburnett Wichita Falls Hirschi Childress-Hirschi Kenneth West Freddie Buck Bruce Morey Benny Land Jerry Dobbs Dale Inman Mike Evans John Baker Bobcats Bobkitten Seymour Vernon Ovanah Eightherade Frechean Dlaving Paduesh Bobcat Vareite Gare Hich Cymnasiu Paducah Varcity Andl. V. Paducah Bobcat Varsity

College Scores Across Nation Highlight Busy Weekend

The recap lists numerous college basketball results with teams such as Penn, Syracuse, Yale, Duke, Texas, Notre Dame and Marquette posting wins. Hollywood note adds George Segal securing the lead in Brooks Wilson Ltd a Columbia film about a philandering advertiser.

Tuc Gunpress Innex SPORTS The Childress Index

The Childress Index covers a sports brief from December featuring local teams and standings with concise game updates and results.

Haywood Misses Lay-Up But Detroit Tops Titans

Spencer Haywood scored 35 points before missing a key lay-up late as Detroit’s fifth straight win came when Jerry Swartzinger cleaned up a miss to lift the Titans 74-72 over Eastern Michigan. Notre Dame, Richmond, and several top teams also won in Wednesday action.

Charles Richards LPT Spencer Haywood Olvmtandout Detroit Eastern Michigan Jerry Swartzinger Titans Notre Dame Richmond Picot Jim Hewitt Richard West Virginia University Tom Sinnott Wisconsin New Mexico State Dayton Duke Sam Lacey Aggies Arizona Generes Thrge Virginia Tony Kinn

Pete Rose Wins Hutch Award for Competitive Spirit

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was named the 1968 Hutch Award winner by MLB writers and broadcasters. The prize honors the late Fred Hutchinson whose battle with cancer inspired the award.

Cincinnati Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds Hutch Fred Hutchinson

Debbie Myers swims in Marseilles meet for pool dedication

Debbie Myer, Olympic triple gold medalist, will compete in an international meet in Marseilles to help dedicate a new Olympic-sized pool. Also slated to race are Olympic champions Mike Burton Doug Russell and Zac Zern at the event.

United Press International Debbie New York UPD Debbie Myer U.S Mexico City Marseilles France Mike Burton Doug Russell Zac Zern

Tensions over Bosphorus Straits and global brinkmanship

Foncien discusses Montreux Convention control of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, U S destroyers visiting the Black Sea, and Russian reactions amid Cold War brinkmanship. Other items cover Middle East risks, money crises in Bonn, Philippines base leases, and Soviet India aid tensions.

Phil Newsom UPI Bosphorus Strait Turkey Black Sea The Bosphorus Dardanelles U.S Brinkmanchin Mediterranean Washington United States Soviet Union NATO Constantinopple Josef Stalin Russia Kars Ardahan Balkan Istanbul Peter the Great Romania Bulgaria

Comstockery Term Coined Over His Vice War

The World Almanac notes Anthony Comstock of the Society for Suppression of Vice pressed Congress in 1873 to ban obscene items from the mails. It adds that his zeal led G. B. Shaw to coin the term comstockery for his extreme framing of morality and indecency.

Anthony Comstock The Society For Suppression of Vice Congress World Almanac G. B. Shaw Comstockery

TV Guide Thursday Night Listings 1968

TV schedules across multiple stations list programs for KFOX KAUZ KVIT KFDA and others. Entries include Huntley Brinkley News Weather Daniel Boone Ironside Dragnet Tonight Show Hawaii Five-O Gilligan’s Island Bewitched Journey to Unknown All American The Lawless and more with local time blocks and film titles.

Dragnet Evening Report Weather NBC News Huntley-Brinkley Daniel Boone Tronsside Dean Martin Texas Tech J. T. Kine Kauz TV Blondie Lisa Kvit TV Gilligans Island Don Meredith Joey Bishop KFDA Hawaii T.B.A Teath Valley Tri-State Texas

TV Listings Note From December 1968 Rail

Radio and TV program grid detailing schedules for KFDX KGNC KAZ KV TV channels 3 4 6 7 with shows including Today News Weather Captain Kangaroo Beverly Hillbillies Andy of Mayberry Doctor shows soap operas and game shows across early to late day slots.

KFDA Paul Harvey CBS News Andy of Mayberry Tomon Channel 6 KAZ TV Channel Lucy Douglas Edwards Mike Douglas Walter Cronkite

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