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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
3
A Vanity Fair advertisement highlights a nylon tricot nightdress in fresh flowery colors. The design features a flowing color gradient from bodice to hem with a pretty cummerbund and a flared skirt. Prices range from 32 to 8 dollars in the ad copy.
UPI reports a Lebanon Tennessee statute bars a husband from forcing his wife out of bed when she has cold feet. The law also allows the wife to remove her husband from the bed without needing a reason.
Ithaca New York based Dutch's Cafe will be featured in the 1961 Duncan Hines Travel Book Adventures in Good Eating announcing its inclusion among the top two percent of North American eating and lodging establishments. Roy H Park Duncan Hines Institute cites the edition as marking a 25 year publishing milestone.
Mostly cloudy through Friday with a few snow flurries tonight. Not so cold Friday. Low tonight 24 high Friday 38. Families from Baytown Corpus Christi Lubbock Amarillo San Bernardino Dallas San Angelo Mesquite Memphis Vernon Altus Fort Worth Wichita Falls and other Texas towns spend holidays with relatives in local homes.
Park notes the 1961 Adventures in Good Eating tops 416 pages with 4500 listings, 200 fewer than last year but with more up to date data and about 1000 changes. Lodging for a Night spans 384 pages with 4800 listings, unchanged in size.
The Chemical News Bureau reports the Malthusian formula is gaining attention again as global birth rates rise. It warns population growth may outrun food supply, though America notes ongoing gains in food production due to scientific farming.
Final rites for William O. Cobb were conducted at 2 p m in Newberry Chapel with Rev. Joe Allen and Rev. Ira L Parrack officiating. Interment followed at Childress cemetery. Cobb died Tuesday at 12 aaah m in Childress General Hospital.
Israel’s second reactor, a small 1,000 kilowatt unit built near Rehovoth with American help, was described amid questions from U.S. officials. Construction in the Negev near Dimona began 13 months ago with French assistance and costs are estimated at $700 million. The source denied secrecy, saying the project was simply not publicized to avoid provoking Arab nations.
Senator Church and Sens. Gale McGee and Frank Moss returned from a five week African tour that covered 22 500 miles and 16 countries Traveling with them was Ted Kennedy The senators plan to present recommendations to the incoming Chief Executive.
The St Lawrence River bridge in Canada boasts the world’s longest cantilever span at 1,800 feet and carries two railway tracks.
The report lists new products for home upgrades including DeVac Glass Walls by De Vac Inc in Minneapolis for versatile year round spaces, louvered basement sash by Peoria Aluminum Fabricators Co., snap-out window dividers by Zegers Inc in Chicago, and aerosol liquid leatherette by Plastic Cover in Brooklyn. It highlights Panelweve pickets from All Products Co in Mineral Wells for privacy in chain link fences and a carry-all cart from Wood Shovel & Tool Co in Piqua with hardwood frame and oil-less bearings.
Dismissals include Mrs Aubrey Hughes and Billy Brandon on Wednesday. Other Wednesday discharges feature Mrs H H Lightfoot Mrs A P Prince Mrs W S Sacon Mike Dowlen Darrellene Holleman C M Lewis Mrs Elbert Cannon Mrs Car Seal and Mrs James Wesley and baby. Also noted are Mrs Mary Alice Mitchell Mrs Jessie Payne today.
The Wellsaw by Wells Manufacturing Co in Three Rivers Michigan offers a modern powered alternative to a handsaw. It cuts in any direction with an air stream keeping sawdust away from the cut line.
A four year old writes to Santa asking for a small workshop house a tractor cars fruits nuts and candy. He asks Santa to remember relatives including Johnny Ann Eddie Annie Quanah Tex Don Morrow Glenda Morrow and Aunt Jewel at Estelline.
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