Reflections on Local Leadership and Community Sports
Community figures Mike Schweikhard Lois Stiner and Hazel ODonnell report rising interest in the Happy Birthday USA event with 3 000 to 5 000 anticipated attendees. Ray Leatherwood notes the Childress Enduro set for Sun Nov 21 with 438 last year and 500 expected. The Childress Blues close the season with a home game vs Vernon at Kiwanis Ball Park, free admission.
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Mike Schweikhard
Chamber of Commerce
Lois Stiner
Hazel O'Donnell
Ray Leatherwood
Childress
Childress Blues
Vernon
Kiwanis Ball Park
Metric System Debate Sparks Taxpayer Alarm in Congress
A rant questions metric rationals and benefits of global adoption, arguing the system hurts taxpayers, mocks fractions like 0.333 and 0.125, and claims world powers profit while Congress risks economic strain. It asserts resistance to metric adoption and a US-isolation stance toward global standards.
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Congress
United States
Prince Charles gifted $30000 cruiser from Philippines
An unidentified Philippine admirer sent Prince Charles a 30000 dollar 28 foot sea going cruiser. The boat builder Eddie Marcelo says President Marcos has a similar one for water skiing, though he declines to confirm purchase. The crate addressed to HRH Prince Charles ships from Manila, destination Southampton, with arrival expected end of July.
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Philippines
Prince Charles of
England
Ferdinand & Marcos
Eddie Marcelo
Marcelo
Marcos
Prince Charles
Nepal
Papua New Guinea
S.S. Weser
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
London
Southhampton
Duchess And Dirtwater Fox Lights Central City Backdrop
Central City Colorado serves as the backdrop for 20th Century Fox comedy western The Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox starring George Segal and Goldie Hawn. The restored gold camp doubles as a 1870s set with Belvidere Theatre featured as a dancehall where Hawn performs a Sammy Cahn and Melvin Frank penned number.
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United States
Central City
Colorado
20Th Century Fox
George Segal
Goldie Hawn
Palace Theatre
Melvin Frank
Denver
Horace Greeley
John H. Gregory
Gregory
Pikes Peak
Belvidere
Rocky Mountain
Duckess
Sammy Cahn
Melvin Frank Hawn
Segal
Frank
Barry Saw
Miss Fargo Hits Fading Note Amid Health Reports
Miss Fargo, famed for Happiest Girl in the Whole USA and Funny Face, reports numbness in her left leg during a checkup at Vanderblt Hospital. No outcome disclosed while AP notes her status follows a quiet period in the music scene.
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Nashville, Tenn
Donna Fargo
Miss Fargo
USA
Vanderblt Hospital
Central City Opera House Nucleus of Colorado Tourist Boom
The Central City Opera House, saved from warehouse fate by Walter Sinclair and Colorado citizens, revived by the University of Denver partnership. Lillian Gish opened the renovated house in 182, hosting major Broadway and opera productions as Central City builds a booming tourist economy.
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Walter Sinclair
New Orleans Battle Theatre
Colorado
Central City Opera House Association
University of Denver
Lillian Gish
Im “Camille
Central
End of French Maine ambitions marked by 1763 Paris Treaty
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended French efforts to control Maine. The Mannerheim Line, Finland’s fortified Karelian Isthmus defense, dates to 1940 and 1949 confrontations with Russia, built under General Carl von Mannerheim’s supervision.
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Paris
Maine
Mannerheim
Karelian Isthmus
Finland
Russia
Carl von Mannerheim
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