Television Night Brims With Wildlife and Warped Humor
A New York review sketches a cozy Sunday of TV, praising NBC Wild Kingdom and CBS Twentieth Century. It notes Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler guiding Arctic animal footage and Walter Cronkite narrating a Surinam wildlife rescue led by John Walsh.
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New York
UPI
John Keats
Marlin Perkins
Jim Fowler
Artic
Perkins
Walter Cronkite
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Bostonian
John Walsh
International Society For the Protection of Animals
Walsh
Courage saves animals on perilous jungle rescue mission
A man named Walsh and a crew of bush Nubians rescued weak deer, sloths, monkeys, and jaguars from a swampy jungle, driving them by canoe to safety. He risked piranha infested waters to save screaming deer and other wildlife. Cronkite and Ed Sullivan noted Walsh’s years of animal rescues and quipped about piranha and beards amid a broader broadcast of space and circus imagery.
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Walsh
Cronkite
Texas water needs to surge fifty five years ahead
Comment cites 500 percent rise in Texas water demand over 55 years, discusses implications for Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority and regional planning. Notes on potential basketball program coordinator search and January start, plus Fort Hood expansion under McNamara with cost concerns and political speculation about Ralph Yarborough’s gubernatorial bid.
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Texas
Five Day Forecast Brings Warmer Temperatures
Local outlook shows temperatures 3 to 8 degrees above normal with a warming trend through midweek and little change afterward. Rainfall is unlikely with fair conditions through Tuesday, rising to 64 to 65 degrees at the high end and 33 at the low.
Birth of a daughter announced by Holbert couple
Mr and Mrs Leroy Holbert announce the birth at 7 05 p m of a daughter on December 19 at Childress General Hospital The infant weighed eight pounds.
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Leroy Holbert
Childress General Hospital
Tim Lewellen
Jolliet, Ill
T. M. Lewellen
M. B. Morris
Lubbock
Sammy Bush
J. A. Mitchell and
Abilene
Pearl Mitchell
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Joan Bruce
Childress
Counterfeiting Arrests Reach Across Oklahoma and Arkansas
Springdale police say Betty Sie Lambert and Norma Lee Sharp, sisters from Oklahoma, passed six counterfeit $20 bills in Springdale and two in Siloam Springs. They were found with 4500 dollars in bogus notes. Don Sharp and Johnny Winslett, both of McAlester, were released on bond. Two more Oklahomans Weatherford and Eldridge were held on 10000 dollar bonds in Texarkana on similar charges.
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Trinity River
Dallas
Springdale
Betty Sie Lambert
Oklahoma City
Norma Lee Sharp
McAlester
Siloam Springs
Luther G. Weatherford
Donald Eldridge
Texarkana
Tex
Visiting Rounds and Admitted List In Amarillo Hospital
Morning hours 9 36 to 16 38 Afternoon 2 38 to 4 Evening 7 to 8 38 ADMITTED: Mrs Roosevelt Allen Mrs Albert O Neal Mrs J A Carothers Twaila Barnett Frances Jackson James Hawkins Mrs Leroy Holbert Jimmy H Mooney DISMISSED: Twalla Barnett Mrs Travis Simmons Enis Pistole Terry Chapman Matt Marrs Paducah Mrs Fred Cawthon and baby Mrs Jane Custer Danny Coyle Mrs Claude Crain John M Gay Odell Francis today and Sunday entries appear in the hospital bulletin.
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Roosevelt Allen
Amarillo
Albert O'Neal
J. A. Carothers
Twaila Barnett
Frances Jackson
James Hawkins
Leroy Holbert
Jimmy H. Mooney
Twalla Barnett
Travis Simmons
Enis Pistole
Terry Chapman
Matt Marrs
Paducah
Fred Cawthon
Baby
Jane Custer
Danny Coyle
Claude Crain
John M. Gay
Odell Francis
Dow Jones Averages And Treasury Figures Summary
Dow Jones noon and 1 pm averages show declines across major indices with 65 stocks down about 1.9 percent at 1 p.m. Trading volume rises to 4.69 million shares. In Washington, Treasury data through Dec 15 show withdrawals about 94.75 billion, deposits 50.30 billion, cash balance 2.996 billion, public debt 321.556 billion and gold at 13.809 billion.
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A.m. Dow Jones
Indus
Dow Jones
Washington
UPI
Treasury
U S Pledges Backing for Oil Embargo Action
Wilson said the United States governments welcomes the embargo and seeks cooperation from France Italy and other oil exporters. He noted U S oil companies would recognize the embargo and cited an airlift to Zambia starting Sunday dependent on regional cooperation and Zambia’s airfield capacity.
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Britain
United States
France
Italy
Wilson
U.S
Holland
Zambia
Zamia
Boonville Records Subzero Low as Florida Sees Heat
UPI reports the national low excluding offshore territories reached 16 below zero at Boonville New York. Conversely Florida towns Pompano Beach and Miami Beach hit a high of 84 degrees on Sunday.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Boonville
N.Y
Pompano Beach
Miami Beach
Fla
Dinner party honors Mrs Dan Jones at Christmas table
Fellowship class members held a dinner last week at a local restaurant with a Christmas decorated table. Mrs Dan Jones received a gift from the group including Mmes J Frank Inman Ray Mooney Homer Compton and Harold Land.
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Dan Jones
Mmes
J. Frank Inman
Ray Mooney
Homer Compton
Harold Land
Social Security Part B Health Insurance Details
The Part B program offers partial pay for doctor visits hospital services and other medical costs with a $50 annual patient share and 80 percent coverage of reasonable costs. Rejections stem from affordability private insurance and misunderstandings while a campaign to correct misinformation is underway.
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Social Security
Social Security Administration
Boy Genius Deaf Yet Heir On Radio Wiring Test
A boy built a radio from an intricate wiring diagram and heard it work perfectly. Records show he learned to swim by watching a TV exhibition. Hearing tests found him deaf while intelligence tests indicated genius. one test that takes five minutes by a normal person was completed in one. Dr N C Gaddis, medical director, joked the boy beat him to death.
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N.C. Gaddis
Hossam
Community holiday church programs and events
December schedule lists several church events including a First Baptist Church 7 p.m. primary party on December 26, King Memorial Methodist Church Christmas program December 21, First Methodist YF progressive dinner December 22, Senior MYF Christmas pageant December 23, and CHS Class of 1955 reunion buffet December 24 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at The Woman's Department Club plus Elks Lodge 1113 charity party December 24 and dance with Don Allen’s band December 31.
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First Baptist Church
King Memorial Methodist Church
First Methodist
Elks Lodge
Woman's Department Club
Don Allen
Surprise farewell party honors Mrs Dan Dowdy
Mrs Dan Dowdy received a surprise farewell party at the home of Mrs Kattie Brown hosted by Mrs Wiley Shires and the Childress School cafeteria staff. Gifts included a robe and bedroom slippers. Refreshments and games followed with several attendees listed by name.
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Dan Dowdy
Kattie Brown
Wiley Shires
Childress School
Dowdy
Janie Fields
Virginia Stepp
Daisy Thornton
Fanny King
Earl Hood
Bob Steed
Lois Crump
Irene Morris
Willie Bob Murphy
Letters to Santa and Santa’s reply requests
A child asks Santa for a hockey toy set, walkie talkies, a pogo stick and other items. Another letter from a seven year old boy mentions good behavior and lists multiple gifts including a guitar and a cement mixer.
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Santa
Ben
Mattel
G. I. Joe
Catalina
Camp Fire Girls Christmas Party Hosts Named
Mrs Bill Sager and daughter Kathy hosted Camp Fire girls Christmas party at their home with sponsor Mrs Ray Green as special guest who gave gifts The girls received gifts from guardian Mrs John T Fowler Present were Marian Mitchell Lisa Fowler Diane Holtman Carol Hart Nancy Forbis Kathy Sager Mothers Mmes Wayland Mitchell Bobby Hart John T Forbis and Sager Also present was little Will Sager.
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Bill Sager
Kathy
Ray Green
John T. Fowler
Marijan Mitchell
Lisa Fowler
Diane Holtman
Carol Hart
Nancy Forbis
Kathy Sager
Mmes
Wayland Mitchell
Bobby Hart
John T. Forbis
Community meeting schedule lineup for IOOF and churches
The notice lists weekly events at IOOF Hall and Calvary Baptist. Cee Wee YV Club meets Monday at 7 30 pm, Calvary Baptist WMU on Tuesday at 2 30 pm, and Rebekah Lodge gathers Tuesday at 7 30 pm in IOOF Hall.
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Ioof Lodge
Hall
Calvary Baptist Wmu
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
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