Admitted and Dismissed Names in Local Ward
A list shows admissions and dismissals for a local facility across days Saturday through Tuesday. Notable entries include Maybelle Scanlon and Lee Patterson admitted, while Mrs. Jay Bumpus and baby and several others were dismissed on various days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle Scanlon
Larry Bartholmew
Lee Patterson
Lane Jeter
Olie Lankford
T.D. Goodwin
Dean Smotherman
Marlene Havins
Maurice Farris
Albert Bocanegra
Jay Bumpus
Baby
Virgil Ellis
Gladys Bowman
Barbara Lavoie
Bernice Askew
Carol Watcher
Donna Gay Williams
Glen Klapper
Clarence McIntyre
Homer
Locals Spend Christmas With Families Across the Area
Holiday visitors came to many homes. Mrs Mary Howard and children visited Christine Jenkins in Quanah. Mrs L B Holman stayed with Liberal family relatives for the first time in 45 years. Others included visits from Amarillo Vernon Abilene Odessa Dallas and Childress areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Jenkins
Mary Howard
Tommy
Karen
Quanah
L. B. Holman
Bill Head
B. T. Watson
Don Holman
Kaw
Mrs. Holman
O. E. Seal
Mary Jane Roscoe
Ray Hill
Amarillo
Jarrel Rascoe
Abilene
E. E. Hill
Childress
Library Fund Donors and Contributions Summary
Acknowledges gifts to the Childress Library Building Fund and lists local donors such as A L Harp, Annie Ruth Bell, Kate and Ethel Biggerstaff, Pat N Jones, Fort Worth and Denver Railway Co., Jerry Hampton, First Federal Savings and Loan, J M Hackler, South Childress Home Demonstration Club, Paul Rogers. Out of town donors include Sue L Holland, Lillian H Stanley, J D Barkley, Col David K Lyster, Monroe Scroggins, B F Hassler, A P Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Harp
Annie Ruth Bell
Kate
Ethel Biggerstaff
Pat N. Jones
Fort Worth
Kenneth West Lions Speak to Rally for Bobcat Basketball
Kenneth West addressed the Lions calling for support as the Bobcat basketball team faces a rebuilding year. He noted only two of 15 varsity players returning, urged fans to attend the next home game on Tuesday January 2 against Paducah, and thanked attendees including LaNeal Castleberry who led the meeting in President Bailiff's absence after Bailiff’s mother died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth West
Lions
Bobcat
Paducah
West
George Morey
LaNeal Castleberry
Tom Bailiff
Fred Cawthon
Brownfield
Lowell Landrum
Lafayette
Ind
Jim Landrum
Austin
Polygamy Still Practiced in Utah
A Salt Lake City man known as Mr Brown, a 45 year old contractor with two wives and 17 children, discusses polygamy on Christmas morning. He and his wives have been excommunicated from the Mormon church though they claim faithfulness to its old principles. Brown expects possible prison but defends polygamy as God’s way amid neighbor and community reactions. The story also notes a final aside about the horsetail plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Mr. Brown
Utah
Brown
Church of Jesus Christ of
Church
Toads return to breeding site guided by calls
The American toad can travel a mile from a breeding site and still return. Scientists suggest the drone of neighboring males at the home pond steers it back.
Truman Dies at 88 and World Mourns His Passing
The death of former President Harry S Truman prompts national mourning. Nixon declares a day of mourning as flags lower to half staff for 30 days. Tributes pour in from leaders including Lyndon Johnson and Queen Elizabeth II. Funeral plans set for Independence Missouri with services at the Truman Library and a memorial in Washington National Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Truman
Randally Jessee
Washington
National
Independence
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Tex
Elizabeth II
Edward S. Heath
Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
White House
Soviet Union
Yalta
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Greece
Turkey
Congress
George Marshall
Winston Churchill
Britain
Europe
Missouri
Jessee
Washington National Cathedral
Reminiscences on Truman Shape a World Leader
Bruce Biossat recalls Harry S Truman from a Chicago visit in March 1945 and Kansas City memories. He notes Truman's early leadership traits from wartime peers, Pendergast ties, and later rise to the presidency, with reflections from Clark Clifford and Margaret Truman Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Harry Truman
Chicago
Roosevelt
Fdr
Truman
Kansas City
Independence
Legion
Ile
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
United States Senate
White House
Missouri
Clark Clifford
Margaret Truman Daniel
Tom Evans
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
U S rushes aid to Nicaragua after major earthquake
Military airlift from Scott AFB and other bases moves food medical supplies and equipment to the disaster zone. Nearly 50 flights by midnight Monday carried oats flour water purification systems mobile hospitals and communications gear to aid refugees and victims in Managua and Las Mercedes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Nicaragua
New York
American Red Cross
U.S. Air Force
MacDine Air Force Base
Florida
Army
Ft. Hood
Norwegian post horn stamp series oldest in use since 1872
The post horn stamp series from Norway has remained in continuous use since May 1872, making it the world’s oldest stamp series still in active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Horn
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Highlighted by Nixon
President Nixon praised Harry S Truman for facing postwar threats by extending aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947 and launching far-reaching international rebuilding. He credited Truman with decisive Korea actions that defended peace and freedom in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Korea
Asia
New Orchestra to Give Free Concerts in Community Venues
The Orchestra of the City of New York, formed by recent music school graduates, launches 15 free concerts in prisons, hospitals, and churches. Jak Zadikov directs, with Stravinsky, Bach works and guests Tom Paxton Fat City Herbie Hancock and Frederica von Stade. Sponsors back the initiative to broaden access and launch young careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orchestra
City of New York
Jak Zadikov
Nassau-Suffolk Symphony
Long Island
Stravinsky
Bach
Tom Paxton
Fat City
Herbie Hancock
Metropolitan Opera
Frederica von Stade
Christmas ceasefire battles and air losses across Vietnam list
The report covers renewed U.S. bombing around Hanoi Haiphong, the 18th B52 claim, 53rd U.S. warplane claim, and 18 planes lost with 70 airmen missing. In South Vietnam a Christmas cease fire ends with both sides accusing each other of violations as AC130 gunships strike a convoy near Tay Ninh. Da Nang base attacked. one soldier wounded and helicopters damaged. Two U.S. spotter planes down in Laos with one pilot dead and another missing. Texas note on its lone independent republic status is added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang Son
Hanoi
Bac Thai
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Vietnam
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
da Nang
Vientiane
Laos
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. E. Jones
Steven Martinez
Mike
Eddie Walker
Jones
Billy Gregory
Vernon
Danny Catherall
Mistie
Roscoe Catherall
Jerry Thomas
Odessa
Mrs
Allan Thomas
W. E. Stephens of
Dallas
A. E. Stephens
Library Fund
Childress Library Building Fund
Bernice Davis
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Early Wynn
Kenneth West Lions
Bruce Biossat
By Bruce Biossat
Harry
Washington Redskins
Green Bay Packers
New York Stock Exchange
Texas
The
Union
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Rouge River
Detroit
Guayanilla
Puerto Rico
PPG Industries
the Childress
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