Two Great Presidents Linked by Seven Letters and Odd Coin Tales
A column recalls Lincoln and Kennedy linked by seven letter names and mirrored coin portraits. It notes both assassins killed, their wives' sorrow, and the odd detail of opposite coin faces. Local readers share notes on 1854 gold dollars and frictionless coin values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coin World
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Kennedy
Ford
Dallas
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswold
The Lighter Side: A Finance Daydream Gone Market Crazy
Washington satire notes economists fret prosperity yet cheer spots. Ray Lapin's mortgage trading desk idea inspires a risible plan to become mortgagee and mortgagor, stacking second and third mortgages to prop up wealth. The piece playfully imagines self canceling debt and foreclosing on oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick West Washington
UPI
United States
Raymond H. Lapin
Federal National Mortgage Association
Lapin
Financiari Pultion
Mortzger
Christmas Social Frenzy Across Texas Towns
A sequence of holiday gatherings spans Tell, Silverton, Paducah, Amarillo, and Childress. Families such as the Riddell, Chewning, Tobias, and Fox are noted hosting dinners, visits, and a Christmas Day meal. a new baby girl is welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fox of Silverton. The piece ends with a playful Virgin Islands feature about Calypso lingo and local hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Chewning
Silverton
Herman Fox
Edgar Tobias
Paducah
T. E. Tobias
J. C. Tobias
Jerry
Tobias
Dallas
R. B
California
Carl Seal
Maurice Monson
Ponca City
C C. Hill
Burnet
E. R Monson
W. Jenkins
Donald Monson
E. R. Monson
James Terry
Mike
Floydada
Joe Wilson
Methodist Church
W. W. Holman
Wilson
Lila Ruth
Shores Creek
Nolan
Arlen
Cas
Shorty Voyles
Tell
Polly Kert
Childress
Patsy Bi
Neskorik
Valley View
Tate Timmons
Charles Neskorik
Vera Crain
Annice Timmons
Fred Ballard
Charles Stillwells
Wayne Penny
Clint
Lubbock
Clayton Hutchinsons
Abilene
Patsy
Ray Bumpus
Richard Bumpus
Adams Ranch
Louise Anderson
Larry Evans
Gary
Austin
Tracy Evans
Franklin Moore
Pat Hoffman
San Antonio
Billy Hoffman
Brett
Dober Chewning
Richard
Plainview
R. H. Chewning
Hazel Hoffman
Troy Riddell
Ft. Stockton
J. C. Riddell
Amarillo
M. A. Farren
Gaylean Riddell
W. J. Carroll
Jerry Bostick
Roswell
N.M
R. W. Bostick
C. M. Horton
Alice Lesley
Quanah
Lemma Hill
T. A. Riddells
Lawrence
Pisceen
Lon Lawrence
Dix
Crain
Billy Crain
Kevin
Melrose
A. V. Monk
Bob Jones
W. M. Allen
Velma Trigg
W. M. Allen Jr
Loyd Barnett
Bobby Jones
J. F. Sims
T. A. Riddell
Mmes
Jackie Smith
Charlie Johnston
Fred Ballar
Lema Hill
Smiths
Ridell
Johnstons
Tito and Ceaușescu Meet on World Communist Summit
Yugoslav President Tito and Romanian leader Ceaușescu held talks in Belgrade to decide backing for a proposed world Communist summit aimed at freezing out the Reg Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
UPI
Farming Frontiers ’68 program on Thursday at Fair Park
A farming program titled Farming Frontiers ’68 will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Fair Park Auditorium. H M Baggarly publisher of the Tulsa Herald will speak on A Quarter Million Farmers. The event, sponsored by J L Hicks Implement, will include motion pictures on the electronic revolution in agriculture new crops and live stock advances and feature new farm equipment introductions by TV Newsman Chet Huntley. Prizes include a Roll-Gard canopy tractor and seat belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park Auditorium
M. Baggarly
The
Tulsa Herald
J. L. Hicks Implement
Chet Huntley
Japan
Hicks
Proclamation Declares March of Dimes Month 1968
Mayor Lyons proclaims January 1968 as March of Dimes Month in Childress urging citizens to support birth defects research education and medical care programs. It honors the 30th anniversary of the national foundation and notes its work through birth defects centers and preconception and prenatal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation
March of Dimes
United States
I. C. J. Lyons
Childress
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Mort Reed
F. B
Gig. Harbor
Wash
Tacoma News Tribune
Liberty
Fes Grundy
Iowa
Waterloo Courier
Friedberg
Bebbee’s, Inc
30Th St
Omaha
Zanesville
Ohio
Robert E. Montgomery
Memphis
Jack Boone
J. E
Snooks
Benham Sherif
U. S&s
FROMM
Childress County
Odis Smothermon
Wilmer Rutledge
Kermit Waters
Lance Walker
Hall County
Mutual Funds
C. E. Sikes
Commerce St
Cee Wee News
Troy Boykin
Todd
John Browning
Tell and
Donald Love
Christanes
Messrs
Dag Bill Glo
Joe Crain
Kevin Mmes
Sylvia Morris
Timmonses
J. D. Elliotts
Tot Timmons
Northfield
Wade Chewning
Marcus
Dudley Grady Chewning
Air Force Base
John David Ch
Don Box
Cisco
Dudley Chewning
Lillie Hawk
J. B. Hawk
D. C. Chewning
Mrs
Dallas Love
Pmans
D. C
Chewning
Jack Tom
ST. Croix
Virgin Islanders
Pele
Buckley
Main Street
Western & Dress
Madras
Famous NN Sale
Koos
Sia
Ee Coats
Ilues
Wies
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