This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1966
Page
3
A recipe by Gaynor Maddox showcases a meatless shrimp dish for four. Shrimp is coated in flour, fried with bacon optional, then simmered with onion mustard tomato juice and sour cream. Serve over rice rusks or toast with bacon garnish or omit bacon.
Weekday announcements due by 9 a.m. for Sunday issue with 11 a.m. Saturday deadline. Tuesday events include Kirkland 4H Club in courthouse at 4 p.m. and Night Circle with Mrs. Joe S Allen. Rebekah Lodge initiation at IOOF Hall. Wednesday lists Tell Women choir at 2:30 p.m. in the schoolhouse and Hospital Auxiliary with Mrs. Deane Dodge at 3 p.m. Thursday features WDC executive meeting and Allison Circle with Mrs. John T. Fowler at 3 p.m. Home Arts Club with Mrs. Rush Record at 3 p.m. Band Boosters at Band Hall and Childress Coin Club in WTA building at 7:30 p.m. Friday holds Twentieth Century Study in WDC at 9:30 a.m.
W I Hughes guest reviewer for Belles Lettres Book Club at Miss Lula Mae Carter's home. He discussed Acres of Diamonds by Russell H Conwell, noting the author’s lecture on finding value in one’s own garden. Mrs Hal Price led the business session and a dessert followed with guests including Mrs Ralph Lee of Colorado City and several local women.
Ruth Millett argues that men increasingly seek youth via grooming and beauty routines. She notes husbands buy products and services once used by women and questions why men should be denied equal access to age-defying aesthetics.
Tomorrow’s greetings go to Myrtle Stone Mrs. A. T. Fox Neal Musgrove Dewey Graham Mrs. Charles Dorsey Larry Gritlet Mrs. Bob McNairy. United Press International notes four planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune are larger than Earth.
Fair and warmer tonight and mostly cloudy Wednesday with a high near 68. Mrs. W B White visits Amarillo with her son and family. James Lyles and Bill Jones take Mrs A J Lyles to Amarillo for a medical exam. Mrs Ralph Lee of Colorado City visits her mother and sisters in town. Mr and Mrs H E Lawson buy a house in Frederick Oklahoma and plan to move. Joe Sims from Fort Worth visits his hospitalized brother Ray Sims. W M Cross will travel with his daughters to a military ball at Texas A&M. Ms W A Sims and others visit in Lubbock with Tom Sims. Florence Newberry returns from Fort Worth after two months with Rus Russell Misenhimer.
UPI reporter cites CBS NBC and ABC press releases on Daktari elephants Lan don Bonanza home expansion Cord as actor and would be mountain lion, Mona McCluskey, Peggy Fleming Channel Swim Davos 1960 first world skating title since 1960 and The Man From U N C L E moving to 8 30 p m Friday time slot next season.
Mrs. Charlie Whitten conducted the Royal Service program at South Side Baptist Church. Mrs. J. C. Smith read the Calendar of Prayer and led prayers for missionaries listed. Also on the program was Miss Aubrey Testerman AT.
The public is invited to hear Rev. T. R. Bedford of Abilene, missionary to Arizona, at 7 p m Sunday March 3 in Calvary Baptist Church. Bedford will show films in conjunction with his address.
Almanac notes date Tuesday March 1 1966 as the 60th day with Venus as morning star and Jupiter Mercury as evening stars. It recalls David Niven born 1910 and historical events including juries rights act 1781 Lindbergh kidnapping 1932 and notable air disasters 1962 1964.
GoP officials fault Defense and draft systems for unclear priority in calling manpower groups. Tests aid boards in college deferment decisions, favoring science students. Hershey says he has not seen the completed Defense study ordered by Johnson. GAO notes 9,000 enlisted in nonmilitary clerical and service jobs.
Dow Jones average levels fall with 1 p.m. numbers showing declines across major indices. UPI reports Treasury activity through February 24 with withdrawals near 91.97 billion dollars and deposits about 78.74 billion, leaving a cash balance around 6.78 billion and public debt near 323.0 billion. Gold holdings total 13.73 billion.
UPI reports with Gay Pauley that speech defects affect about 10 million Americans and stuttering high. Charles W Worth leads the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita Kansas where 340 staff treat 500 patients from 30 states and 10 countries on a 52 acre campus. Early intensive treatment aims to restore children to home life rather than keep them as permanent patients.
In Nassau Bahamas a police constable named Harrison Lockhart fell from his motorcycle during a royal visit display for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The fall happened on the second day of the visit as a crowd of about 20,000 watched. he got up unhurt and continued.
Five balloon vendors in Mexico City remain hospitalized with serious burns after attempting to fill hundreds of balloons with hydrogen gas in a candlelit room. The incident, reported by UPI, underscores the danger of hydrogen use in confined spaces.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.