Banks Push Stocks Down as Market Ends Mixed
The week saw a sharp market drop led by bank rate rises and administrative signals. The Dow fell 29.73 to 894.84 as volume rose, with 705 new lows and 22 new highs, while Ohio Standard and American Telephone were among the most active names.
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New York
UPI
Federal Administration
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
White House
Dow Jones
Ohio Standard
American Telephone
Snake Useful For Something
WAILUKU Maui Hawaii is snakeless so Councilman Joseph Bulgo sent a dead snake to the Honolulu zoo for ID. Zoo Director Jack Throp labeled the Racer as a young specimen linked to a rainmaking rite and joked that rain induction requires stripping and dancing with the snake.
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Wailuku
Maui
UPI
Hawaii
Joseph Bulgo
Honolulu Zoo
Zoo
Jack Throp
Bulgo
Throp
AQUADRIL TABLETS Promote Diuretic Effect At Gibson's
New formula tablet AQUADRIL designed to eliminate excess water and reduce bloating. The product is promoted as a safe diuretic stimulant with 90 tablets available for $2.98 at Gibson's Discount Pharmacy.
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Gibson’s Discount Pharmacy
Rites Held for W. T. Johnson in Chickasha Oklahoma
Final rites for William T. Johnson of Chickasha Oklahoma were conducted at Newberry Chapel with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers seven sisters a daughter in law and five grandchildren. Johnson was born in Childress Texas January 16 1899 and moved to Minnesota and later Chickasha as a child.
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William T. Johnson
Chickasha
Okla
Childress
Newberry Chapel
Joe S. Allen
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Willard Gray
LeRoy Gaines
Carroll Byrd
Joe Cooper
Pete Hester
Joe Sprayberry
Johnson
Minnesota
Charlie Johnson
T. J. Johnson
Shamrock
Sue Johnson
Bill Hill
Rockford
A. L. Davis
W. S. Currin
Vernon
Dean Johnson
Knoxville
Tenn
Delegation to Cancer Meeting Heads District 3 South
Mrs. John Gilbreath of Cattle County Unit American Cancer Society will lead a six member ACS delegation to the District 3 South annual meeting on Tuesday June 17 in Lubbock. Attending with Mrs Gilbreath are Jessie Thomas Ross Thomas Kelly Payne L Goodwin and Johnny Gann. The meeting will review past programs and plan district goals for the coming year with a planning session and a luncheon speaker on The Revolution in Cancer Control. Awards and three district director elections are on the agenda.
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Paducah
John Gilbreath
Cattle County
American Cancer Society
ACS
Lubbock
Gilbreath
Mmes
Jessie Thomas
Ross Thomas
Kelly Payne
L. L. Goodwin
Johnny Gann
Carlsbad Scout Roy O’Daniel Joins Thunderbird Dancers
Roy O’Daniel a 15 year old Explorer Scout from Carlsbad New Mexico misses a Childress family reunion this weekend. He is the sole drummer for the Thunderbird Indian Dancers performing in Carlsbad during summer and has traveled the Southwest Oregon California and Canada in previous years. The group plans a new kiva with an art gallery and museum as it gains regional acclaim. Roy a Carlsbad Mid High sophomore is a Childress native who moved to Carlsbad in 1960 with his parents.
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Roy O’daniel
Carlsbad
N.M
T. L. Hildebrand
Childress
George O’daniel
Young O’daniel
Southwest
Oregon
California
Canada
Roy
Thunderbirds
O’daniels
George Jr
London
O’daniel
Kelly
Dirk
Paducah Briefs Highlight Local Commencement and Visits
Antioch Baptist Church held final vacation Bible school services Friday morning. Mrs. Ira Brown supervised with Mmes. Simmons, Putney, Moore, Josie Moore, Wilder and Wooley teaching. Several families and groups fundraised for camps and conventions, while locals visit relatives in Arizona, California, Alabama, and Ohio, returning from trips in Weatherford and Quitaque.
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Ora Lee Frazier
Antioch Baptist Church
Ira Brown
Mmes
Faye Simmons
H. P. Putney
Henry H. Moore
Josie Moore
Olivia Wilder
Laverne Wooley
Jack Walker
Lubbock
Paducah Dragon
SMU
Dallas
First Baptist Church
Homemakers of America
Alene Canon
Red Rock
Ariz
Pat McGinty
Yuma
Floyd Jones
Leroy Beck
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Bud Ruffs
Los Angeles
James Blankenship
Huntsville
Ala
Hurley Blankenship
Wooster
R. H. Crawford
Texas
Alabama
Mrs. Crawford
L. D. Nixons
James Don Gilmore
Billy Ray James
Richard Crawford
L. F. Hightower
Kevin Carpenter
Curtis Carpenter
Weatherford
L. E. Moore
Paducah
Pornographic Papers Not Halted by Police
New York reports on the spread of pornographic weeklies and police efforts to curb sales. Authorities in Manhattan and the Bronx seize copies of Kiss Screw and Pleasure and pursue prosecutions while newsstands remain under pressure. The debate centers on obscenity laws versus First Amendment protections as publishers adapt.
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Frederick M. Winship
NEW York
UPI
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York Times
Pioneer Underground
Berkeley
Calif
West 42Nd Street
Copenhagen
London
Denmark
Eugene E. Levitt
Indiana University Medical School
U.S
New York City
Kiss
Gregg News Co
Manhattan
Atty
Frank Hogan
Screw
Bronx
Burton B. Roberts
Pleasure
Roberts
U.S. Supreme Court
Four B&PW Members Attend State Convention in Galveston
Four B&PW members from Childress including Mrs. Beatrix Robinson, Mrs. Mamie Green, Mrs. Lois Stiner, and Miss Lula Mae Carter attended the state convention in Galveston June 6 to 8 marking the organization's golden anniversary. Amarillo was chosen as the 1970 convention site. new officers include Mrs. Robinson as president and Ann Carter as first vice president.
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B&pw
Childress
Beatrix Robinson
Mamie Green
Lois Stiner
Lula Mae Carter
Galveston
Estelle Partee
el Paso
Jeanne C. Squire
Berea
Amarillo
Christine Menefee
Christine Mennefee
Robinson
Ann Carter
Hazel O'Donnell
Miss Menefee
Alta Bennett
Foundations Grow as New Philanthropies Form Daily
The United States hosts roughly 20,000 philanthropic foundations with more than a thousand new creations each year, indicating a rapid expansion of organized giving and social investment in civil society.
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United States
First US Mint Coin 1787 Fugio Cent Franklin Cent
The Constitution shifted money power to the federal government. The World Almanac notes Congress first authorized the 1787 Fugio cent also called the Franklin cent. The coin bears a sundial and the motto Mind your business reflecting its origins.
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Congress
World Almanac
Surrender details and historical note on February calendars
The text explains Cornwallis did not surrender to Washington personally. Brig. Gen. O Hara stood in for Cornwallis who was ill, while Maj. Gen. Lincoln accepted the sword and returned it. It explains February can have five Sundays only in a leap year starting on Thursday, with 1976 as the next example. It also notes Ireland’s population collapse from 8.5 million in 1845 to 6.5 million in 1851 due to potato blight and famine.
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Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Yorktown
O'Hara
Cornwallis
Washington
Lincoln
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Ireland
One Kopek Woes Hit Daily Life in Moscow Markets
In Moscow the absence of 1 and 2 kopek coins disrupts sales and transit. Prices avoid round figures, vendors demand exact change, and a lonely vendor once closed shop because customers lacked a kopek. Trolleybuses rely on a nonexistent four-kopek piece, complicating fares.
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Dusku Doder
Moscow
UPI
Bolshoi Ballet
Lenin Hills
Sheremyetevo
Wall-to-wall carping and fur coat wardrobe woes
The piece notes a wife’s fur coat with extensive wardrobe needs and a complainant about floor coverings. It also cites the abundance of job seekers versus positions, and mentions Ocala National Forest in Florida as hosting the world’s largest stand of sand pine.
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Ocala National Forest
Fla
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