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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1962
Page
2
K C Wu presents a historical novel tracing China from the Boxer rebellion to the Communist takeover set around Yi a mythical city and a Chinese American missionary. It exposes anti foreign uprisings and wartime era horrors through a tightly observed cast.
A dense OCR style TV guide lists programs on KFOX Channel 8 KSYD Channel 8 10:30 Playhouse 12:00 Miami Undercover 2:00 Capt David Grief 3:00 Capt David Grief 4:30 Patterns In Music 5:30 News 6:00 Bullwinkle 7:30 Sir Francis Drake 8:00 TV Guide Awards 9:00 Show of the Week 10:15-Late Movie plus other channels KFDA TV Channel 10 and Channel 7 feature varied lineups including Oral Roberts Candid Camera Maverick and Western dramas amid weather and sports segments.
Local TV listings show a dense July 2 1962 schedule across Fox NBC KGNC KVIL and FM channels with morning To Do segments including Our Gang and Mr. Magoo. Prime hours feature The Price Is Right Star Final Greatest Headlines You Got a Secret and Late Show with news and weather updates.
A gritty suspense scene centers on hijacked liner Campari with John Carter under fire and a near $150 million payoff mentioned. The piece commends MacLean for crafting nerve testing obstacles with credible detail and convincing suspense while a separate book excerpt promotes pre departure homework for American study abroad in Europe and the Americas noting students must defend policy and institutions.
Spyros Skouras recently resigned as 20th Century Fox president as the studio reels from rising costs and turmoil. Fox now produces only A Woman in July with Joanne Woodward while Cleopatra costs mount in Rome with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Marilyn Monroe’s exit and other shifts mark Hollywood’s move away from studio power to star-driven decisions.
In 1961 the United States saw record cigarette output and use with production rising to about 530 billion cigarettes, 4.5 percent above 1960, and domestic consumption increasing by 4.2 percent to roughly 490 billion cigarettes.
The stock market closed the week near highs as the Dow rose to 6128, up 22.00, while the S P 500 gained 2.07 to 54.75. Rails led gains with 141 points, and utilities rose 3.61 to 108.28 amid broad advances across 1,472 issues and heavy short-covering activity.
A compiled catalog of fiction and non fiction titles including Ship of Fools Franny and Zoey The Agony and the Escta Sy Devil Water Youngblood Hawke The Bull from the Sea The Fountain in the Attic The Big Laugh Hornstein s Boy Non Fiction Rothschilds Calories Dont Count My Life in Court The Guns of August In the Clearing Six Crises The Making of the President 1960 Conversations with Stalin Scott Fitzgerald The New English Bible New Testament.
Mr and Mrs Raul R Silva of Abilene died in a car crash Saturday when their vehicle overturned on an access road to Dyess Air Force Base Mrs Silva 29 was dead on arrival at an Abilene hospital and Mr Silva 30 died a short time later.
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