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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1968
Page
4
In Milwaukee 44 year old Hoyt Wilhelm credits his knuckleball for longevity after tying Cy Young with 906 appearances. He says the pitch causes little arm strain and lets him feel the same as a decade earlier. The veteran allowed a homer in a 4 0 loss to Oakland.
Tarkenton earns about 60 000 a year as he halves duties between quarterbacking the New York Giants in the Capitol Division race and serving as player representative. The veteran, who ranked third in passing in 1967, starts pre season drills with 68 veterans in Fairfield Connecticut as the team opens with Green Bay.
A garbled list of TV channel schedules and program titles across several networks. It mixes show names like Jeannie Mr Moses and Weather reports with times and channel identifiers, containing partial entries and inconsistent formatting.
The page lists TV station lineups for KFDX KGNC KFDA KAUZ KV TV and KF DXS dated July 24 1968 with daytime through late night programs including Today News Jeopardy Captain Kangaroo Andy of Mayberry Pett etc and multiple CBS NBC and local shows across channels 3 4 5 6 and 7.
Plainview captured the Pony Express first prize while Childress took second in the finals. Jamie Gaston of Grapevine led Bareback Bronc with 45 points, Marvin Schulte of Nazareth won Saddle Bronco with 41, and Gary Mayo of Petrolia topped Bull Riding at 53. Calf ropers produced tight times, and Women's Pony Express ended in a double disqualification between Childress and Rolling Hills. Local cowboy Will T. Smith faced a hard break late, dropping to fifth.
The Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua hosts weddings as more than a thousand couples travel there each year to wed in the historic site.
Childress baseball squads travel to Shamrock for the tournament opener with Lefors. The 12 and 13 year olds open at 6 00 p m coached by Ethel Grifin and Lee Knight, while the 14 15 year olds meet Lefors at 8 p m coached by Oliver Rippy. The 15 16 year old junior team beat Paducah 41 19 at the local American Legion field.
A partial OCR fragment notes a correction issue with column headings in The Childress Index. It mentions Huddleston and Hiller as advisers and a Glen Stiner reference, with a dated April 1 and a warning to management regarding reputation or standing of individuals or firms.
Sunday Chris Lewellen allowed three runs on no hits and Danny Havins seven on five hits for Paducah. Jim My Ple ming homered, Earl Griffin tripled, Moore Havins and Webster doubled, Grayson and Holtman sing led. Joe Fish of Paducah gave up 11 runs on 10 hits. Mark Brown pitched all nine innings with six strikeouts. Bruce t two for two Tim Lew three, Brown one for three Key one for one Howard one for one. Nine Childress runners stranded. Columbus Lewellen praised team effort and thanked supporters and donors.
Childress' tournament team suffered its first defeat of the year losing 7 to 2 to Canyon Monday night. Canyon and Fritch advance to the finals and will bid to represent the district in regional playoffs. Childress pitcher held the line in a late rally but the final margin stood.
Grover Cleveland, who married late at 49, is noted beside Texas producing over 70 million dollars in hay annually. The reference links his late marriage to his long presidentiate with agricultural output in Texas.
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