Young aviation fan builds planes at Baltimore airport
Richard Jay Wilmoth began visiting Baltimore Friendship Airport at 14 and hatched a growing side business making model DC3s and Convairs for airline employees. Now 17, he hopes to work for an airline after high school while pursuing aviation study and cross country. The FAA will launch an agricultural aircraft use survey this month to inform the 1962 Aircraft in Agriculture handbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jay Wilmoth
Baltimore
Friendship Airport
Lake Central
LCA
Wilmoth
Allegheny Ramp
Éme
Richard
Washington
Vichard
Vocational Tech
Track
Airlines
Forrest Burres
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Agricultural Aircraft Operators to Return 1962 Activity Reports
Survey questionnaires will be sent to all agricultural aircraft operators asking farm reports be completed and returned within 10 days. Each operator should provide data on acres treated quantity of material dispensed and flight hours by aircraft type.
Navy man serves aboard USS Scorpion submarine
Joe M. Robinson electronics technician second class USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of 605 Avenue C N W Childress, is serving aboard the nuclear powered submarine USS Scorpion operating out of Norfolk. He was recently promoted to his present rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS
Scorpion
Joe M. Robinson
Tchnician
Clas Usn
Ie Robinson
Avenue
Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction List
A reading list of best seller titles across fiction and nonfiction categories. Notable works include Drury and Bailey seven days in May, Fail-Safe, Ship of Fools, The Prize, The Thin Red Line, Dearly Beloved, Where Love Has Gone, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Genius, The Reivers, Another Country, Act of Anger, Uhuru, Silent Spring, Travels with Charley, My Life in Court, The Rothschilds, Letters from the Earth, Final Verdict, Sex and the Single Girl, The Blue Nile, Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, The Pyramid Climbers, A Study of Communism, and The Points of My Compass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Robbins
Shirley Jackson
Patrick Dennis
the Reivers
William Faulk
Adela Rogers
Helen Gurley Brown
Alan Moorehead
Charles M. Schulz
Vance Packard
J. Edgar Hoover
ER. White
Almanac of December 23 1962 historical notes
Almanac entry notes key events on this day including Washington’s retirement in 1783, Wilson's 1913 Federal Reserve Act, NRC radio network in 1928, Beria's 1953 execution, and a biblical verse. Atlanta UPL reports two federal judges rejected Marcos Perez Jimenez’s plea for holiday release from a Florida jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Mars
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Wilson
Glass-Owens
Federal Reserve Banking System
NRC
Atlanta
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Florida
Childress Index Newspaper Details and Rates
The Childress Index at 226 Main Street Childress Texas lists Morris Higley publisher Tom C Higley assistant publisher J Huddieston general manager Glen Stiner mechanical supt Marie King business manager and notes it is published with The Childress Post on April 1 1930 as a daily afternoon paper except Saturday and Sunday with Sunday morning editions. It mentions office acts and a correction policy for inaccuracies and includes subscription rates for local and other counties with Texas sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Higley
Tom C. Higley
J. Huddieston
Glen Stiner
Marie King
Childress Post
Childress
Texas
Public Records and Local Court Fines Reported
Public records include warranty deeds from Lon Alexander to Dale Philpott and others, new car registrations for Davie Miller and several residents, and two new pickups. City court fines list multiple drivers for alcohol, licenses, speeding, and related violations, plus fire calls and two hunting license fines. Five marriage licenses were issued this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Alexander
Dale Philpott
Childress Independent School District
Housing Authority
Jim Collins
Wayne G. Cook
Hugo C. Hayter
J. Lindsey
Don Earl Maddin
Earl E. Harwell
W. T. McBride
J. H. King
Paul Rogers
Charles D. Rogers
Davie L. Miller
Chevrolet
Newberry Funeral Home
Buick
Dave Brummett Jr
Ford
Katie Myers
Kirkland
Homer Bennett
Lupe H. Garcia
Fisa
Dodge
F. C. Clark
Lester Phillips
Nancy
Phillips City
John Howard French
Shelba Jean Grumbles
Robert Vestal James
Lola Mae Lassiter
William Herald Yeager
Zelma Pauline Browning
Ronnie Carroll Wynn
Geneva Merle Walbuck
Raymond Hearst Williams
Lily Lucy Stephenson
Wreck Kills Two In Henrietta Collision
Two men identified as L. G. Mathis 36 and Jimmy Bob Mathis 19 of Ravia Oklahoma died when their car struck a bridge abutment near Henrietta. Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle.
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Henrietta
UPI
L. G. Mathis
Jimmy Bob Mathis
Ravia, Okla
Ienrietta
Hospital News Briefs Highlight Dismissals and Names
Hospital notices list multiple patient dismissals and staff mentions. Names include Marvin Smith Friday K Johnson Bernice Gatson Robert Garland Jones Mrs Joe McClain Robbie Kisselburg Mrs Bill Yager and others. Additional dismissals include RK R RPrater W Sidney Richardson and Mrs Curtis Johnson and baby, plus Mrs Howard Preston and baby and Joe Sooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Smith
K Johnson
Bernice Gatson
Robert Garland Jones
Joe McClain
Robbie Kisselburg
Bill Yager
RK. R. Rprater
W. Sidney Richardson
Curtis Johnson
Howard Preston
Joe Sooter
Robbie Wood
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Bell Pest Control
Les Grayson
Lake Central Airlines
Rogers Lumber
3Rd Street
N. W. Childress, Texas
Wade Kimbrough
Barbara Wynn
Alien Drury
Fletcher Knebal
Charles W. Bailey
Eugene Burdick and
Harvey Wheeler
Katherine Porter
Irving Wallace
James
Anne Mor
James Baldwin
Act OF
Bart Spicer
Robert Ruark
Rachel Car
Charley
John Steinbeck
Virginia Cary Hudson
Nizer the Rothschilds
Frederic Morton
Mark Twain
Bernard de Voto
Voto
the Almanac
Main Street
Public Records
William Elmer Garner
Paul Delgado Tenorio
Doroteo Vitela
Willie Miles
Alex Martinez
Ridley Garry
Raymond B. Preston
Leo Fitver
Perry Leon Stevens
William Robert Reed
William E. Clements
Onita Moore Little
Ireland Linward Finley
George Prado
Sara Reeves Lancaster
Ave
Kirkland Gin
Ave. F
J. P. Court
Culligan
Geo. A “Shine” Robinson
Wakefield
F. Nw
Hospital News
Farmers Insurance
Frank Sarksdale
Norris
Jerry Ross
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