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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1963
Page
3
National leaders face intricate negotiations on key proposals as lawmakers weigh contentious issues this week. Officials urge cautious progress while committees study details and seek bipartisan support to advance a potential agenda.
A brief classifieds note lists Coats Car Coats offers including dresses skirts sweaters hats Capri pants casual shoes and boots with Magnifi branding. The item set implies a fashion sale or display event.
Bernard Swain known as Bishop St. Psalm was rolled in a Nashville court coffin to testify about a bad check case but declined to proceed. He meditates on forgiveness while fasting and considering making holy wine, described by police as moonshine. Swain had been fined for illegal manufacture of white lightning.
Local weather notes warn of 10 degrees by Wednesday morning with north winds 20 to 40 mph and drifting snow. Snow flurries, diminishing winds, and a high near 15 degrees are expected Wednesday. A brief social note mentions Mr. and Mrs. Jim Matlock visiting from Hollis and Gary Hassell, a Lubbock college student, spending the weekend.
Local social notes mention visits by Mrs. Henry Givens of Fort Worth Mrs. Lee Givens and son from Amarillo to see Miss Ora Givens in Childress General Hospital. Mrs. W A Cates and Billy visited the Sanders family of Plainview. Lew Humbre of Amarillo was in Childress yesterday on business.
TV critic surveys trend to 90 minute and longer prime time formats. Networks push longer blocks to hold viewers amid films pay TV and other leisure options. NBC, ABC, CBS preview 90 minute dramas and specials with plans for future expansion and higher costs.
First Baptist teachers and officers supper at 6 45 p m. Ladies prayer groups at 9 a m NE SE group with Mrs Tom Roberson NW SW group at 9 a m with Mrs J A McDonald. Farewell coffee for Mrs Lawrence Lamb 9 30 11 a m at home Mrs Morris Davis. Thursday Wesleyan Service Guild 7 p m Guild Prayer Room. Fellowship Guild 7 30 p m with Mrs Glen Stiner. Home Economics Club 3 p m Come and go shower for Miss Katherine Crain 7 9 p m at Mrs Marvin Teague s 1301 Avenue D NW.
Almanac notes plant today as Tuesday January 22 1963 with moon phase and visible planets Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn. In history entries 1789 The Power of Sympathy published. 1901 Queen Victoria dies. 1917 Wilson calls for peace without victory. 1932 RFC bill proposed. Thought cites Wilson on pride to fight.
The report shows a maximum temperature of 3 degrees between 12 noon Monday and 12 noon today with peaks at 4 and 5 p m Monday. The minimum temperature occurred at 8 a m today. For January 22, 1962 the high was 52 degrees and the low 11 degrees.
A column explores how many patterns on a wall create distraction and whether wall decor should mix pictures with wallpaper. A dining room with blue gray wreath wallpaper and strong framed art challenges the view that pictures always clutter walls, suggesting careful comparability and background choices.
A three day series of special services begins Wednesday at King Memorial Methodist Church. Services run nightly at 7 30 p m with Rev. James C Holman of Grace Methodist Church Abilene conducting. Sermons are A Question of Love A Question of Christ and A Question of Responsibility.
ADMITTED: Mrs Elias Quintero Mrs Albert Faught Mrs J A Freeman Mrs Winston Brown Tom Rainwater all admitted Monday. DISMISSED: Mrs Homer Gibson Monday Mrs Ione Cross today.
UPI reports electric blanket makers warn the device is often misused. An electric blanket was found used as a rug in Chicago repairs, and another case shows it used to raise bread dough. A file from Northern Electric Co. notes a blanket being used to ice a doorway in winter.
The analysis flags Kennedy's budget message noting a $24.3 billion cumulative Treasury deficit from 1958 to 1963 and argues deficits result from flawed assumptions about business conditions. It contends lawmakers control spending and tax rates, with deficits since 1930 dominating debt growth and purchasing power shrinking.
Miss Aud rey Testerman reports a covered dish supper at 6 30 p m Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church in Tell. Guest speaker Rev A C Wimpee of Dallas will address the gathering as part of the Brotherhood Department of the General Baptist Convention.
Rev. Joe Allen introduced Rev. Don C. Jones a Korea mission aries guest at the First Baptist Joint Brotherhood and WMU meeting in Fellowship Hall. Jones and his father in law C E Wheelock accompanied him. The Joneses have been Korean missionaries since 1957 and are on leave living in Fort Worth. They plan to return in March for another church visit. A Lottie Moon offering was collected and slides shown. Benediction by Ho Couch and decor included flags and national dolls.
Funeral services for Mrs. O. N. Morgan former Blanche Boyd of Childress were to be held at 4 p.m. today in Cleburne. She was 75 and died Monday in Cleburne. Her sister in law Mrs. Charles Boyd of Childress attended the services in Cleburne.
Public notice offers a free 36 page illustrated book explaining arthritis and rheumatism. No agent will call. The Ball Clinic Dept. 3-2325-IN Excelsior Springs Missouri invites readers to request the no cost, obligation free publication.
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