Presley Still Tops TV Ratings In One Hour NBC Special
Elvis Presley’s NBC one hour telecast tops the week’s national ratings ending Dec 8. It beats Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, CBS Peanuts reruns, Doris Day, and Red Skelton. Hallmark of Fame remains high while film titles falter with Ride Beyond Vengeance near the 35th spot.
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Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Nbc-Tv
Presley
Rowan and Martin
Cbs-Tv
CBS TV
Red Skelton
Skelton
Miss Day
National Geographic Society
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Olst
Peter Noone
Herman's Hermits
Tfs
Mindanao
Holiday Calendar Listings Spark Local Club Gatherings
Calendar of social events from December 17 to 23 includes Waller Circle party, Senior High Progressive Dinner at Dr J F Shewbert home, Husbands Night at Modern Home in WDC, Girl Scout Troop 115 at Wilson cafeteria, LVNA dinner at bowling alley, Ex-Modern Mothers Club at Jerry Conn home, Pathfinders Class party, Childress Country Club Children's Christmas party, First Baptist YWA dinner, First Methodist, and CYF Christmas Caroling at 7 p.m. Various dates host multiple community groups across town.
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Waller
J. FE. Shewbert
Girl Scout
Wilson Cafeteria
LVNA
Bowling Alley
Ex-Modern Mothers Club
Jerry Conns
Pathfinders
Social Calendar and Circles Host Meetings and Birthdays
Deadline for weekday social report is 2 p.m. for pre publication. Sunday society by 10 a.m. Saturday. Wedding stories and bride prices due one week before wedding date. Brewer Carter circle, Carter circle, Cates circle, Teague circle, Rebekah Lodge meetings listed. Calvary Baptist WMS Wednesday 7 p.m. Modern Home Husbands Night Thursday 7:30 p.m. in WDC. Birthday greetings tomorrow to Mrs Elizabeth Griffin Terry Rex Harris James Lyles Gavla Hutton.
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Sunday Society
Elizabeth Griffin Terry Rex Harris
James Lyles
Gavla Hutton
Christmas program at First Baptist Church features narrated drama
For the third straight year the graded choirs present a Christmas program with Mrs. Joe S Allen as narrator. Sandra Dill plays Mary and Guy Lynn Nelson plays Joseph in the drama with Jim Shelton as Bakerial and angels Pam Trosper Beverly Dill Ruth Epps. Wise Men are Ricky Cawthon Randy Cawthon and Max Lewellen. Shepherds are Barry Dill Gary Shelton and Joe Webster. Mrs C J Cheatham assists Richard Fancher. College students will lead the evening worship at 7 p.m. December 29.
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First Baptist
Joe S. Allen
Sandra Dill
Mary
Guy Lynn Nelson
Joseph
Jim Shelton
Bagerial
Pam Trosper
Beverly Dill
Ruth Epps
Ricky Cawthon
Randy Cawthon
Max Lewellen
Wise Men
Barry Dill
Gary Shelton
Joe Webster
C. J. Cheatheam
Richard Fancher
Christmas Eve Service with Choirs and Nativity Scene
A 6:15 pm service on December 22 features both adult and children choirs in a candlelight nativity scene. Earlier, the Trim the Tree Program decorated the sanctuary tree and youth helped with decorations. Children’s classes participated and food gifts supported charity baskets.
Local Forecast and Social Notes From Lubbock and Nearby
Cloudy with a turning cooler Wednesday. Low in the 30s, high around 50. In other items, E J Huddleston and daughter Diane attend Texas Tech choirs in Lubbock. LeRoy Gaines and others attend a Greenbelt Life Underwriters lunch in Crowell. C M King of Providence and M M King of Amarillo visit C E Orr recently.
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E. J. Huddleston
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Diane
First Baptist Church
LeRoy Gaines
J. H. Johnson
M. K. Wilcoxson
Pete Swain
J. D. Michie
Crowell
Greenbelt Life Underwriters Association
C. M. King
Providence
R. I
M. M. King
Amarillo
C. E. Orr
Breaks Spur Growth of Rest Areas Across U S Highways
UPI reports motorists increasingly use the 6756 rest areas on U S highways. Since 1965 over 500 have been built with plans for about 600 more. Texas holds the most rest areas at 984. Luft hansa to start direct jet service Los Angeles to Frankfurt January 1 marking first foreign carrier on this route.
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San Francisco
UPI
America
U.S
National Automobile Club
Texas
Los Angeles
Lufthansa
German Airlines
Frankfurt
Germany
Porcine cosmetics satire in Washington column
Dick West jests about cosmetic allergy stats and FDA tests using pigs as safety models. He humorously suggests ad campaigns claiming pig friendly cosmetics and questions why ads omit pig testing.
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FDA
Ralph Nader
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