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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1963
Page
3
The description notes two spectator dresses by Nelly Don featuring vertical stripe patterns. Both use easy-core cotton and are fully buttoned for simple day wear. Available in regular and half sizes.
Hollywood critic Rick Du Brow surveys recent TV efforts to feature First Lady lore. NBC aired The World of Jacqueline Kennedy and CBS offered a half hour of modern dress readings by Ann Harding Col Dewhurst and Nancy Wickwire with narrator Harry Reasoner. The piece derides the format as artificial dullness and patronizing. NBC also launches The Match Game daytime quiz show.
A Los Angeles man Dennis Crosby 28 faces trial on drunken driving charges after police observed erratic weaving and failed sobriety tests. In England a bulldozer cleared a road and dumped a hidden car. In Chicago Mrs. Nancy Jones reports a 550 pound safe found in her living room. Los Angeles jurors hear a $25000 damage suit from Transit Mixed Concrete Co. president Lewis G Switzer. Westcott 24 convicted of stealing a police coat from a Brentwood restaurant.
Mostly cloudy through Friday with occasional rain and warmer temperatures. Tonight low 38 and high 50 on Friday for Childress. Mr and Mrs Jimmy William son return from Dallas and Shreveport after holidays. Jimmy Rideout returns to Dallas after visiting relatives and friends here.
Sylvia Hopkins returns to Abilene after visiting Mrs. Eddie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Norman King return to Amarillo following a visit with the Johnny Glovers. Mrs. Hollie Glenn of Childress listed as patient at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
A roundup of television industry moves and guest appearances. Arlene Francis misnames Viet Nam as a city. Dick Powell remembered as a vital television figure. NBC NBC-television renews Sam Benedict. Connie Stevens feud with Warner Bros blocks Australian dates. previews of The Enemy Below Inherit The Wind and other prime time offerings. Salvador Dali and Kathy Nolan headline NBC and ABC appearances. The Untouchables star in cross-network listings with Alaska program focus.
The report records a 24 hour period from noon Wednesday to noon today with a high of 60 degrees at 4 pm Wednesday and a low of 32 degrees at 6 am today. For January 3 1962 the high was 68 degrees and the low 37 with hourly readings from 12 to 11 across Wednesday and Thursday showing fluctuating temperatures.
Admitted: Mrs Hal Courtney Miador Wednesday. Mrs Sammy Weir Tell. S H Collyer Wednesday. Infant Pete Gomez Wednesday. Mrs Love Bowman Wednesday. Willard Neel today. Dismissed: Mrs J W Patterson Wednesday. Mrs W E Fisher and baby Goodlett Wednesday.
Daniel Hollywood a Cork born agent co-produces Never Too Late with Elliot Martin at the Playhouse after failing to sell it to other producers. He previously helped Saul Levitt’s The Andersonville Trial and pursued Paul Ford for Songs comedy with George Abbott directing changes to boost the show.
Hollywood actress Irene Ryan, known for playing Granny on CBS The Beverly Hillbillies, describes her unglamorous path to fame and her practical, burlap wardrobe. She recalls working with stars like Rudy Vallee and Bob Hope, and notes the show lifted her career after years of steady work.
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