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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
3
Indexing by Markis Higley reports Chester Pant, Safety Education Officer for the Department of Public Safety, warns Texas may see unprecedented highway deaths in the coming days with no decline in accident fatalities across road classifications.
Chester notes decreases in a few class categories while December 1966 shows increases across all classes including city town interstate and state highways F M roads and county roads. Increases range from nine to 33 percent. He cites India starvation due to sacred cows and urges safer driving as holidays approach.
The commentary compares Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as the vast political fight over FBI director J Edgar Hoover intensifies. Kennedy faces congressional scrutiny and must balance his honor and political future while Hoover’s backers claim documented evidence supports him.
Laredo and Brownsville reported 80 decrees while light rain fell in Wichita Falls. Dalhart and Amarillo saw a trace of sleet and drizzle. Houston and Galveston recorded a trace of rain.
Campos spent five years in foster homes before a Watsonville orphanage closed in 1957. He was returned to the San Francisco Detention Center and housed in a non-delinquent cottage. Probation officer Marjorie Larter recalls meeting him as a lonely seven year old.
Premier insists certain steps were taken to halt actions while noting Jordan could act more decisively. Eshko warns the army is ready not only to repel but to invade if needed, signaling a broad world risk escalation.
Treasury data through December 26 shows withdrawals 8.70 billion, deposits 8.98 billion, cash balance 4.56 billion, national debt 329.78 billion, and gold holdings 13.16 billion. Figures are rough currency values from the fiscal year totals.
Milly Francis a Creek maid who saved a Georgia officer in 1817 Florida earned a Congressional Medal of Honor long after her act. President John Tyler signed the pension and recognition in 1844, but she died in 1848 before receiving the medal or pension. Her story recalls frontier loyalty, exile to Oklahoma, and a life marked by tragedy.
The 24 hour period ending 11 am today recorded a high of 37 degrees at 12 pm 1 pm and 3 pm Thursday and a low of 16 degrees at 7 am and 8 am. For the same period on December 23 1965 the high was 62 degrees and the low 53 degrees. Temperatures follow.
The morning low reached 2 below zero at International Falls Minnesota, while the day’s high climbed to 85 at McAllen Texas. Authorities warn that setting up electric trains near a Christmas tree poses a fire hazard.
Newton D. Zinder of E F Hutton says only a Dow Jones move above 20 830 resistance will alter bears view of the market and suggest a major trend shift. He notes scattered individual issues show encouraging activity despite mixed averages and data.
Moody's Investors Service says the market remains technically strong but weaker fundamentals and signals of an economic slowdown temper gains. Cautious forecasts for 1967 suggest limited overall market progress for some time.
Purcell Graham & Co notes stock prices may stay under pressure for a short period but suggests we are still in an early phase of the market cycle. The firm expresses cautious optimism amid overall volatility and minor losses.
United Press International recaps major historical events on this day including George Washington resigning his commission in 1783 and Mount Vernon return, NBC establishes coast to coast radio in 1928, and executions of Tojo and Beria in the late 1940s and 1953. Puccini born 1858. Moon phase and evening star noted. A thought for the day cites Matthew on loving enemies.
Mrs T A Riddell reports cordial visits as families from Weatherford Fort Worth Quanah and Amarillo travel to see relatives including the Kidwell Penn Leslie Carrick and Tobias clans. Christmas plans bring Paul Rains to Boys Ranch for Charles. Roy Fox and others share hospitality amid hospital stays and home visits. Soccer note contrasts football's key weapon the foot.
A collage of network press releases covers The Dating Game hosts 504 dates since 1965 premiere. ABC notes Santa Monica Pier shoot for The Felony Squad and rising star Roy Thirmes switching series. Art Linkletter and Stage 67 memory contrasted with expanding ABC News, plus Welcome for the General shoot on Sherman anniversary. Homeowners urged to turn off Christmas tree lights when away.
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