Local 4-H Horse Club holds member only playday
Seventeen members competed at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Old Settlers Arena with Richard Nall of Wellington judging. Divisions included Open, Intermediate, and Novice with high placings for Lesa Garrison, Nancy Forbis, Beverlye Weatherbee, Melinda Weatherbee, Kimmy Molton, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell B
Julia Browning
Monte Bradley
Nancy Forbis
Lesa Garrison
David Boykin
Carol Hart
Kimmy Molton
David Moyer
Beverlye Weatherbee
Patricia Hart
Danny Westenburg
Sandra Denny
Kimbra Dorsett
Melinda Weatherbee
Bryan Crook
Richard Griffin
Reining
Cattle County
Horse Club
Cordell
Bobby Hart
W. J. Boykin
Bill Bradley
John Forbis
John Browning
Boykin
Public Forum Free Barbecue Honors Local Helpers
On Thursday June 19 at Fair Park a free barbecue for children under 15 served 250 guests. The Elk's Club Old Settler's Association and locals provided support. Thanks go to Miss Joe Anne Nickerson and L D Henry minister of the Church of Christ for aiding the volunteers. Mayfield Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
Elk’s Club
Old Settler’s Association
Joe Anne Nickerson
L. D. Henry
Church of Christ
Mayfield Harris
Record Heat Topples (Presidio) as U.S. Weather Bureau Reports 109°
The highest Tuesday temperature, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, reached 109 degrees at Presidio Texas. The day's low dipped to 34 degrees at Ely Nevada.
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New York
San Saba County
Gainesville
South Texas
Presidio
Laredo
Cotulla
Wink
Child
Treasury report summary of June fiscal year data
Treasury report shows withdrawals totaling 198.093 billion and deposits of 196.732 billion for the year through June 2. The cash balance stands at 10.683 billion with public debt at 961.666 billion and gold holdings at 10.367 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Oe
Inside Cape Kennedy Complex 39 Tour By Morris Higley
Reporter Morris Higley describes touring Cape Kennedy Complex 39 the assembly site for Apollo missions. He notes its vast size requiring climate control and that the facility has already assembled Apollo 11 and is working on 12. He toured all complexes with Ross Smith and calls the space program potentially the government’s most important project.
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Morris Higley
Empire State Building
Chicago Merchandise Mart
Complex 39
Cape Kennedy
Ross Smith
California
Barbs and timing mix in Miscellany by Pastoret
A collection of quips about space, timing, boredom, and a clock watcher. A playful note on Nogal’s purse scene before blast off and a line about a reformed clock watcher as a secret time signal dialer. Includes a blackberry winter phrase and a cue to read the classifieds.
Abrams presides as 64 boats turn over to South Vietnam
General Abrams officiates in Saigon at a ceremony where 64 U.S. river patrol boats are handed to South Vietnam. He notes increased Vietnamese capabilities and expects crews to handle Mekong Delta waterways as 25,000 U.S. troops prepare to withdraw.
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Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mekong
Abrams
Green Beret
Ben Het
Saigon
United States
Cao van Vien
Vien
Delta
Nixon
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Division
Paducah School Board Looks at New Revenue Options
The Paducah Independent School District weighs methods to raise at least 20000 dollars annually starting in 1969. Supt. H. R. Jefferies cites new state school laws and a teacher pay raise as key factors increasing costs. The board notes seven years with steady tax rates and valuation while needing funds to cover staff losses and rising expenses.
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Paducah
H. R. Jefferies
Jefferies
County Included In Economy Study
Childress County is among 30 Texas areas in a three year economy study by Hardin-Simmons University. Interviewing firms across counties will map interindustry links and supply sources to aid state planning in transportation education industry health and water services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Hardin - Simmons University
Bureau of Economics and Business Research
Jim Vinson
HSU Bureau
Texas
Division of Planning Coordination
Governor’s Office
HSU
Taylor
Mitchell
Nolan
Callahan
Eastland
Comanche
Brown
Coleman Stephens
Shackelford
Jones
Fisher
Scurry Kent
Stonewall
Haskell
Throckmorton
Young
Jack
Knox
Baylor
Archer
Montague
Clay
Wichita
Wilbarger
Foard
Cottle
Childress
Hardeman
University of Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&m
University of Houston
University of Texas At el Paso
University of Texas At Arlington
Pan American University
Preston Smith
Smith
Geriatrics Defined as Study of Elderly Needs
A brief note defines geriatrics as the science focused on understanding and addressing the needs of older people. The term covers medical, social, and care aspects essential to aging populations.
Apollo 11 preparations and McDivitt resignation noted
Cape Kennedy readies Apollo 11 for July 16 launch as Armstrong and Aldrin target a July 20 moon landing while Collins awaits in lunar orbit. McDivitt resigns, leaving 49 astronauts on flying status and having commanded Gemini 4 and Apollo 9. Schweickart and Scott supported Apollo 9's success paving Apollo 10’s moon orbit chase.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. “Buz” Aldrin
Moon
Michael Collins
Lunar
Apollo
McDvitt
McDivitt
United States
Edward H. White
America
David Scott
Russell L
Rusty” Schweickart
Earth Orbit
Schweickart
Scott
Marionettes and Tides in Quick Quiz Form
The piece explains why string dog toys are called marionettes tracing to medieval religious puppet plays with Little Mary the marionette. It notes tides occur twice daily and the high to low water interval is just over six hours. It adds cobalt's name from the goblin kobold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Miss Cotton Pageant Set With Awards At High School
The piece details the Miss Cotton contest with Miss Smith stepping down to crown a successor. Horace McQueen of Lubbock will MC, Mrs. Wilbur Gruben chairs, and Mrs. Kenneth Tippen narrates the toddlers segment. Proceeds fund the winner's Dallas State Fair trip for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Smith
Kenneth Tippen
Dallas
Texas
The indri Lemur of Madagascar
The indri is a rare tailless lemur native to Madagascar. It is notable for its large size distinct cries and tree dwelling lifestyle.
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Madagascar
Monkey Set for 300 Day Spaceflight at Cape Kennedy
Ground crews ready a two stage Delta rocket and biosatellite craft for a pigtail monkey’s 300 day earth orbit mission on Saturday at 11 10 p m EDT. Astronauts Armstrong Collins Aldrin prepare for Apollo 11 moon mission in three weeks with Saturn V rocket fuel checks and simulators ongoing. Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States in 1917 for $25 million.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
Spaceport
Denmark
Virgin Islands
United States
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United Press International
Louis Braille
A. At
Andy Robert Longbine
Lonnie L. Longbine
Route 1
Southwestern State College School of Pharmacy
Weatherford
Oklo
Childress High School
Clarendon College
Treasury Report
BY Phil Pastoret
Nogal
Earth
Moon Orbit
Cecil McMinn
Montgomery Ward
Mary Braswell
McMinn
J. B. Adams
Lyndon Johnson
Mexico
el Paso
George W Carver
Berry's
NEA, Inc
Royce Bodiford
Amarillo
Hawaii
National Association of Farm Broadcasters
Bodiford
Kgnc TV Radio
Mary Helen
Cecil Hayes
Terrell
Michelle
al Devell
Advice
American Bankers” Magazine
Childress Index
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