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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1964
Page
3
December rainfall totals and school dropout program progress are summarized. Rain gauges at H S Black show monthly county totals with multiple trace readings and several higher amounts. A U S education official says the campaign is running well, though local efforts show many potential dropouts still off track.
UPI notes six cancellations sharpen the field of contenders for worst new network shows in 1964. Petticoat Junction and other titles are described as poor attempts at drama or comedy, with satire on Hollywood intellectual pretensions and a roundup of upcoming guest appearances by Barry Goldwater and Frank Sinatra Jr.
The government and dropout program was financed by a $250 000 allocation by Kennedy. The President said the funds will be repaid in the productive lives of educated youths. New Year’s at the LBJ Ranch was quiet as LBJ and wife hosted relatives. He planned to work in the morning and watch the Cotton Bowl Navy versus Texas by television in the afternoon.
Distilled spirits include whiskey gin rum brandy neutral spirits cordials or liqueurs and other beverages such as tequila and vodka made by distillation and typically containing at least 20 percent alcohol by volume per the Licensed Beverage Industries Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Barrett of Phoenix Arizona visited her parents the E T Pistoles during the holidays. Also in town were Mrs Annie Mc Coy of Plainview Mrs Loyd Pistole of Watsonville Calif and Mr and Mrs C C Mathess of Dallas visiting with relatives and friends. Wanda Jean Mercer of Childress was listed as a patient in St Anthony's Amarillo hospital. Gerald Holeman of Dallas is spending days with his parents Clyde Holeman and friends.
A savings and loan executive argues the system efficiently channels real savings into long term real estate lending, especially private single family homes, predicting continued growth in housing and financing activities in 1964. The text also includes birthday wishes for several individuals.
The hospital reports admissions including Mrs Dorothy Fraley on Tuesday R L Nelson of Memphis on Tuesday Eric Van Houten on Tuesday and discharges Michelle Pickrel on Wednesday Marvin Leary on Wednesday Jack Short on Tuesday
A long list of holiday visits fills the Kirkland area as families and friends travel between Huntsville Memphis Canadian Fort Worth Las Vegas Anson Childress Amarillo and Quanah. Notable hostings include the Dale Drivers the Weightman and Clements families with many relatives from Oklahoma Texas and Colorado.
New Year resolutions list humorous. Patricia McCormack pieces show a suburban wife vowing odd self improvement aims from dieting and timely bill paying to churchgoing and keeping promises. The piece ends with a playful nudge to read the classifieds.
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