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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
3
The description praises a tailored fit in a washable 100% Dacron polyester rib knit. It notes a impeccable neat appearance and a color range including grey aqua beige red. Sizes listed from 10 to 30 suggest a broad fit.
Christmas visitors from Memphis and Fort Hood joined local families in a festive period. Multiple households welcomed relatives from Dallas, Denver, Amaranillo, Stephenville, and Sayre as plans for weekend gatherings and travel unfolded. The piece notes a historic 1801 presidential review by Thomas Vetters at the White House.
Residents and relatives travel between Lockney Amarillo Dalhart and Lubbock for the holidays. Families including the Conn Wygal Browning and Henderson clans visit kin in Childress Borger Amarillo Tucumcari and Earth. University students Tim Wyatt and Larry Browning spend Christmas with their families as others host relatives.
A Texas A&M extension expert warns that one in six seniors will enter a hospital in 1969 due to poor health and safety practices. Seniors stay longer, cost more, and many delay care due to finances or desire to avoid burdening kin, risking worsening conditions and self treatment. The report notes poor diets, unsafe home habits, and costly food choices as key factors for the elderly’s health risks.
USDA experts forecast 1969 food supplies will be ample with prices near current levels. Early 1969 may show a 2 to 3 percent rise from early 1968, narrowing to about 1 percent by summer. Beef, cereals, sugar, tea, coffee, pork, and dairy items are expected to stay steady or trend modestly higher with some prices easing later.
Engineers at NASA and RCA explore adding a small color camera to future Apollo missions. The present black and white camera weighs under five pounds and uses six watts, with 229 scan lines versus 525 for standard TV, requiring ground converters for home viewing.
Two youths, Juan Carlos Baus aged 18 and Horacio Pascual aged 20, confessed after arrest that they rode horseback through alleys in Buenos Aires, hailed pedestrians, and threatened them with revolvers before fleeing with whatever loot they could grab.
The US Weather Bureau reports a record low of 29 degrees below zero at Newport Vermont. Laredo Texas recorded a 8 percent high for Thursday, reflecting unusually cold conditions across the region.
The USDA projects Americans will eat more red meat broilers fruits and vegetables in early 1969 than in mid 1968 while consuming less turkey veal lamb eggs whole milk and cream. Citrus supplies will raise vitamin C intake and more meat will improve iron and thiamine levels though calcium supply may dip slightly due to reduced dairy consumption.
The message extends Happy Birthday tomorrow to Mrs Pat Jones Johnny Crabtree Jack Felton Mrs Jeanette Power Clarence Carter Mrs Nancy McKee and Sunday to Row Key Elva Weir Mrs Viola Johnson Eunice Nunnelley Hal C Hiller Shawn Garrison Today to Julie Lawrence.
NUMAN alae admitted include Mrs. F. J. Trones Maudie Shackelford Mrs. W. H. Griffin Mrs. Charles Dorsey Dillard Albright Kenneth Myers Bethal Goodson Ronnie Hulen Marcy Patt Rhonda Moates with Thursday dates. Dismissals list Mary Rhodes Mrs. Harlan Kelso Ricky Hightower George Berry and Mrs. George Berry on Thursday or today.
Franklin in New York attacked the idea of making the bald eagle the national emblem. He argued the bird lacks moral character and is too lazy to hunt for itself, presenting a sharp critique of the proposal.
Treasury account figures show withdrawals of 7,147,498,193.41 and deposits of 87,442,901,307.94. Cash balance stands at 6,646,625,076.09 with public debt at 362,705,839,847.06 and gold holdings totaling 10,366,963,713.94.
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