Photos of Childress theatres and local figures
Homer Raker brought 1930s and later photos of the Car-Vu Drive In Palace Gem theatres in Childress, taken by Doc Estes, including grand opening shots and Uncle Steve Cowan hosting the Birthday Club on KCTX Radio. Also notes several local families moving away and a critique of SWAT and national politics.
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Homer Raker
Childress
Homer
Palace Theatre
Gem Theatre
Tayrmesh
Doc Estes
Wichita Falls
Doe
Dee
New Palace
Steve Cowan
New Palace Theatre
Family Show Opens Sunday At Palace
The family film Against a Crooked Sky opens Sunday at Palace Theatre for a three day run. A boy Sam Sutter searches for his sister Charlotte who is with a Cheyenne tribe. Sam and the old trapper Russian seek the tribe to rescue Charlotte and face a life risking test of courage to save her.
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Sum
Charlotte
Sam
Cut Tongue
Adhatis Sat
Temka
Tnbe
Ashkea Temas
Ashkea
Jim Mitchum
Erik Estrada
Right
Hood
Trackdown
United Artist
Palace Theatre
Sacrificial Bond in the Sutter Homestead Tale
In a harsh frontier scene Nim Searches hunts for his stolen cow and encounters an Indian woman Charlotte Sam whose act of sacrifice saves a sick companion and a baby. Mollie resists Indians in her home as the girl offers her life for a friend.
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Bow
Sutter Homestead
Nim
Mollie
Charlotte Sam
Ashkea
Hope Receives Honorary Degree At John Carroll University
Bob Hope, Cleveland native and famed comedian, receives an honorary doctor of humane letters from John Carroll University. He urged graduates and families to thank those who supported them as he spoke at the ceremony.
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Cleveland
Bob Hope
John Carroll University
Ith
Eve
Soe Carrok
Hope
West Bank confederation proposed amid Middle East talks
The article notes talk of a possible federation linking the West Bank Israel and Jordan as a political settlement. It mentions Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and international figures weighing a confederation solution amid ongoing tensions following the 1987 conflict.
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New York
Ter
West Bank
Weet Howk
Ierael
Jordan Terael
Petense
Sara Peres
Wea
Seha
Federatiwot
Peres
Jordan River
Ternet
Harvard College Alumni mentioned in 1776 context
Fragmentary notes recall Harvard College figures linked to the Continental Army and the Declaration of Independence. Names such as John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Robert Treat, William Witham Williams, and William Hooper appear alongside references to college barracks and the siege of Boston.
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Harvard College
James Offs
Dhe Nord
Baste Cought
Jotin
Sam Adams
Dohn N Hancock
Bye Aige Deere
Robert Treat Rad Weilismett
Stee Witham Withhams
Wiham Hooper
Boston
Trackdown stars Jim Mitchum on runaway teen tale
Jim Mitchum and Karen Lamm lead in Trackdown a drama about a sixteen year old who leaves a Montana ranch for Los Angeles in search of life. The film portrays a teen’s struggle with family dynamics and urban temptations as producer Bernard Schwartz and director Richard T. Heffron bring realism from multiple locations across Los Angeles and Hollywood.
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Jim Mitchum
Karen Lamm
Anne Archer
Erik Estrada
Bernard Schwartz
Richard T. Heffron
Paul Edwards
Betsy Calhoun
Montana
Los Angeles
Jim
United Artists
Mitchums
Moonrunners
Barrio
Schwartz
Heffron
Hollywood Boulevard
Sunset Strip
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