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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1969

Page

7

Meditation and Prayer by Pearl Robinson

A religious meditation stresses that heaven is not earned by habit or church, but by heart and foundation in Jesus Christ. The piece urges readers to build a true foundation for eternal life and ends with a prayer. Also notes a contrast to biblical Palestine and reports black lines of frozen grasshoppers on Grasshopper Glacier in Cooke City, Montana.

Pearl Robinson Heaven God Jesus Christ Jesus United Press International Cooke City Mont Canada Wolfson Foundation Pentagon CLA America Senator McCarthy

All-Purpose 1969 Graduation Address Parodied

The spoof address targets a 1969 University commencement, spoofing remarks by a faculty member amid campus unrest. It riffs on hospital stays, bombings, riots, and helmeted students, with punchlines about mortar boards and lighting a torch without burning the library. It lampoons classes, guards, and demonstrators, ending with a quip about safeguarding the library.

Dick West Washingon UPI

Dow Jones weekly averages and historic Boston fire relic

The week ended June 6 1969 saw the Dow Jones Industrial average off 12.79 points with industrials at 934.07 to 924.77. Rails and utilities also fell while stocks closed lower. Also noted is the restoration of Boston's Faneuil Hall, known as the Cradle of Liberty, funded by lottery proceeds after a 1761 fire.

Dow Jones Inds Faneuil Hall Boston

Strother Martin: A Master of Unlucky Old West Rogues

Hollywood profile on Strother Martin, detailing his desert rat persona and standout roles in True Grit The Ballad of Cable Hogue The Wild Bunch and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid He is noted for playing sly crooks who fail in the end and for memorable turns in Gunsmoke and Cool Hand Luke. His University of Michigan diving career and reputation for making crews laugh undercuts tense takes. He says he loves playing dirty old men and that the public enjoys seeing comical downfall.

Strother Martin Cable Hogue True Grit Luke Martin University of Michigan

Barbs on Edges of Modern Life and Transportation Quotes

A collage of aphorisms critiques accuracy skepticism and fashion, links old age to LSD meaning, and laments rail movement options. Quotes include David J. Goldberg on transportation and a Britannica note on ancient electoral systems.

David J. Goldberg New Jersey Encyclopaedia Britannica

Daily Kirkland Social Notes and Miscellany

Residents and visitors listed among Dale Driver home guests include families from Canyon Canadian New Mexico Lubbock Eldorado Okla Mesquite Hollis Perryton Childress Paducah Plano and Swearengin. Editor notes reflect social chatter plus quotes on obedience decision making and Clay industry history.

A. B. Clements Dale Driver Weldon Walser Canyon Loyce Ethridge Canadian David Dockray New Mexico Ralph Webb Lubbock O. E. Webb Kenneth Springers Eldorado Okla G. C Beverly Perryton Leonard Myers A. L. Myers Grover Wilson Naoma Myrtle Fish Ernest Holly Swearengin Sonja West Plano W. P. Fowler Mable Hare

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