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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1966
Page
4
The new 1964 tax withholding tables raise rates for single earners while lowering them for married workers. Over 20 million wage earners may stay within $10 of their final tax, reducing end year payments and refunds. A new Form W-4 is required to avoid higher withholdings under the revised system.
GOP strategists anticipate primary turnout near 100000 in select counties with no statewide contests. Tower remains a centerpiece for November, while seven congressional districts and multiple state posts in Dallas West and East Texas shape the ballot. Prominent races include Harris vs Houston, Parkhouse opposition, and local contests in Lipscomb Potter counties.
Senator Fulbright plans a meeting with Raborn to discuss CIA employees publishing articles under agency concealment. The exchange follows a George Carver Jr. piece in Foreign Affairs about Vietnam and Congo, with Carver identified as a CIA analyst but not as a government employee. No date was set for the discussion.
Severe rain drenches west Texas to Dallas Fort Worth corridor with floods along the Trinity River. Twelve dead include drownings and a collision near Gordon. A Fort Worth postmaster notes five inches of rain in three hours as water rises and rescues save stranded youths at White Rock Lake.
Leila Dancer, billed as exotic Oriental beauty, joins Charlton Heston in the cast of Khartoum marking her as the sole woman in the production.
Kendall grills Throckmorton over 750 reserve units labeled surplus and not required for contingencies. He notes many are of types Westmoreland requested for Viet Nam and cites delays in active supply. Throckmorton cites higher priority units and last fall's reactivation as aiding readiness. Americans to spend more on boats in 1966 says Outboard Boating Club of America.
The circus remains a top form of entertainment in the Soviet Union with over 100 permanent and touring shows. Each year about 22 million spectators view acrobats trainers riders and clowns trained at the state circus school. Safety nets guard high risk acts.
Originator Mrs. Jack Meeker and Mrs. J. M Jackson join Mr. Will Bowers of Fort Worth with brothers Fred of Fort Worth John of White Deer and Louie of Sonoma Call, plus 16 grandchildren referenced in the notice.
Doctor completed internship at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston. He was a general surgery resident at Baylor University and a thoracic and cardiovascular surgery resident at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte North Carolina. He finished as a fellow in surgery at M D Anderson Hospital and University Institute.
Dan Duryea will star in River of Dollars, a Western to be produced for Dino Di Laurentiis, with production slated to begin in July.
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