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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
3
A fragmented 1950s style column touches on fashion trends, embroidery, flowers, and garments for spring and summer. It references media figures like Eisenhower and Kennedy in the context of public interest and equal time discussions, but details are unclear due to garbled text.
In Childress a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Jimmy Rowland at 1 25 p m at Childress General Hospital weighing five pounds The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and not so cold tonight Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with low 19 and high 50 in Childress Also seen are local notes on parties visits and travel including Larry Lawrence former editor visiting en route to Fort Benning Ga for guard training and several residents visiting Amarillo Wichita Falls Lubbock Odessa Midland and Matador for family and club events with a grandmother buried in Midland.
Temperature readings show a 25 degree high at 11 a.m. today and a 5 degree low at 6:09 a.m. The January 24, 1962 high was 55 with a low of 82. The page also lists weather by day and mentions Hollywood figures Marilyn Monroe and others. TV renewals include He's Fenster and Ozark Widow with Bea Benaderet. ABC won 1964 Innsbruck Olympics rights. Jimmy Dean may host a weekly show. NBC Tonight program considered for Carson replacement.
A clump of names appears in handwritten style, including Williams Lee Cheatheam ude Hipps Ass Kate Biggerstaff and Mrs Ned Garrison along with Jack Fox Claudia Robinson Sherril Creamer Mrs E L Melton Tony Wygal Bennita Jackson Myrl Burchett Robert Goree.
Dow Jones averages show gains with the industrials up to 678.33 and rails at 148.18, while 65 stocks rise to 239.73. Trading volume reaches 2.9 million by 1 p.m. with 670,000 in 3rd hour sales.
The first education system in Oklahoma was organized by the Cherokees Choctaws Creeks Chickasaws and Seminoles in the 1830s according to Collier's Encyclopedia.
The lowest reading was 22 degrees below zero at Willston North Carolina on Wednesday while the high reached 82 degrees at Vero Beach Florida, noting wide temperature swings across the region.
An advertisement promotes ODRINEX as a nonprescription fat loss pill with a seven day guarantee. It claims appetite suppression allows normal meals, minimal side effects, and weight loss when eating less, with a money back offer from B and J Drug Store and Childress mail orders.
Corrections warn that a slight downturn could clip an overhang in February. Walt McKibben notes the market is fully valued with limited small investor participation, while Reynolds & Co. sees renewed opportunities in basic American corporations as big industrials gain a “new look.”
Admitted are B. L. Key and Quincy Smartt on Wednesday and Palmer Massey today. Dismissed are Troy Rogers today and Mrs. Marvin Stovall and Mrs. J. M. McNabb on Wednesday.
The geographic center of North America lies in Pierce County North Dakota about 45 miles from the Canadian border. The exact spot is 10 miles south and seven miles west of Rugby.
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