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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
3
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TV critic notes NBCs Who Shall Live dramatizes artificial kidney trials and cost barriers. The piece earned AMA and Ohio State honors and spurred congressional interest, with Lucy Jarvis praised for shaping fundraising and policy pressure to expand dialysis access.
Saturday events include Hare Class bake sale at Preston Clothing at 8 30 am and Lonnie Olympus Homecoming registration at Fair Park Auditorium starting 9 am. This item notes community activities and a homecoming event.
Chevrolet division of General Motors outlined plans for a new sporty car named Camaro. It will debut September 29 built on a 198 inch wheelbase, 180 to 185 inch length, produced at Norwood Ohio and Los Angeles plants. Target daily output is 1,250 cars, about 12 percent of Chevrolet production, yielding roughly 300,000 annually with model changes.
Heifers 390-500 lbs fetch 22.60 to 25.10 dollars per hundredweight and 500-700 lbs 21.40 to 22.00. Steers 300-500 lbs 25.90 to 27.50 and 508-700 lbs 22.00 to 23.60. Bulls 500-700 lbs 19.50 to 22.70. Pairs 180 to 195. Cows 14.60 to 16.20. Baby calves 38 to 42.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at 869.59, down 2.01 points at 11 a.m., with rails and stocks showing declines across the board as indices inch lower in morning trading. The rail averages slip while broader stock totals fall, reflecting cautious sentiment in early session.
National League standings show San Francisco 47 28 629 and Pittsburgh 42 29 592 tied for first with Los Angeles 41 32 562, Philadelphia 39 34 534 chasing. Wednesday results include Chicago 9 Atlanta 5 and St Louis 2 San Francisco 1, with Friday games set across leagues.
The schedule lists visiting hours: morning 9 38 to 10 38, afternoons 2 30 to 4 60, evenings 7 00 to 8 30. Admitted include Mrs Lock Seal, Mrs Marvin Houchin, T C Bailiff, Roy Crawford on Tuesday. Dismissals include Mrs Charles Gulledge, James Arthur Price, Dorris Truesdale, Mrs Ronald Allred of Decatur today.
Gerald Knight, 32, of Dallas, was declared insane after being accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl in Dallas, raping her, and leaving her beside a West Texas barbed wire fence following the alleged crime.
The report shows per family outlay averaging 1 081 dollars, distribution across the local population. Car and equipment purchases including motorcycles and boats reached 3 064 000 dollars, while general merchandise outlets grossed 1 376 000 dollars and apparel shops 658 000 dollars. Furniture and home goods sales totaled 700 000 dollars.
Treasury reports for the year ending June 27 show withdrawals of 141.0 billion dollars and deposits of 139.7 billion. The cash balance stands at 12.13 billion, public debt at 320.56 billion, and gold holdings at 13.43 billion.
George Cromartie, 20, son of Mrs Maureen Cromartie of Quanah, received an early promotion to private E-2 after completing basic training at Fort Bliss on June 18. He studied combat tactics and infantry weapons, plus road and bridge construction, camouflage, and demolitions. Cromartie entered the Army in April after graduating from Quanah High School in 1963 and attending Eastern New Mexico College in Portales.
San Antonio airman Norman E. Ransom son of Mr and Mrs R B Ransom of Cee Wee Route Childress has been selected for technical training as an aircraft maintenance specialist at Sheppard AFB Tex after completing basic at Lackland AFB. Ransom a Paducah High School graduate 1965 attended South Plains Junior College Leveland.
Stanley Heller and Co notes investors have many priced blue chips for earnings but nimble traders may beat long term holders amid economic uncertainty. Newton D. Zinder of E.F. Hutton says the decline could be brief if volume rises. Bache and Co expects Q2 earnings to lift markets but seeks a decisive move above the 900 level.
Friday morning cattle will be loaded into trucks and head for Dodge City Kansas for the market. The trail drive is part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the first drive from San Antonio Texas to Dodge City. The drive started last Sunday.
The U.S. Weather Bureau list shows a high of 109 degrees at Parker Arizona and Needles California on Wednesday, with Redmond Oregon reporting the low at 33 degrees this morning.
Flash floods across Jamaica since Sunday caused extensive property loss and two drownings. Police reported a teenage girl and a man missing in separate incidents as floods continued to affect settlements and transport. France and New Zealand signed an agreement expanding airline routing, granting French carriers access to Auckland for around the world flights, while New Zealand planes gain stops at Tahiti on routes to and from the West Coast.
The FBI, by order of President Johnson, investigates whether government officials leaked U S plans to bomb North Viet Nam oil depots at Haiphong to newsmen as tensions rise in Saigon and Paris reports.
June 30 1966 marks the 181st day with 184 remaining. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt signing the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, Taft becoming both President and chief justice in 1921, and the Teapot Dome bribery case in 1924. Walter Hampden born in 1879. Truman moves troops in 1959. Thorstein Veblen quote as thought for the day.
Locals are told a clear to partly cloudy sky with warm conditions. Temperatures range from 70 to 94 degrees.
Mrs Nichols is the former Pat Powers of Childress with grandparents Mr and Mrs H P Powers of Childress and Mr and Mrs Orville Nichols of Lubbock. Irene Porter of Childress is listed as a patient in St Anthony’s Hospital Amarillo. Roy and Mrs Swain returned from Dallas after visiting the yarn market and Mildred’s Knit N Shop owner notes. H P Powers, Wilson Elementary principal, attended a state meeting in Austin and Houston, then joined his wife to visit daughter and new grandson Don Nichols. Paula Powers attends summer school in San Marcos.
Mr and Mrs Don Nichols of Houston announce the birth of a son Jon Eric born June 13. The infant weighed seven pounds.
Miss Ann Sipes and L H Galyean were married on May 20 in a home ceremony hosted by the bride’s brother Woodrow Williams in Albuquerque. Rev. Gaston Green officiated. Attendants included Mrs. J L Sukosky of Bagdad and Felton Galyean. The couple will reside in Childress.
City records show New York City approaching five million telephone connections as communications infrastructure expands. The milestone underscores rapid growth in access and urban connectivity amid ongoing service upgrades.
The record shows a maximum of 93 degrees at 3 p.m. Wednesday and a minimum of 68 degrees at 5 a.m. today. For June 30, 1965 the high reached 97 degrees with a low of 69. Sunrise is 5:32 and sunset 7:58.
Pueblo authorities say one of the area's largest narcotics rings was busted after cement laborer Richard Jimmy Quintana Jr. was arrested with a 50 pound package of raw marijuana worth about 50000. The arrest followed a terminal pickup watched by federal agents and police.
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