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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1963
Page
3
A fashion promotion highlights Spring shirt releases from Ship N Shore and Lady Manhattan featuring cotton casual wear in playful prints. The campaign promotes a large collection with emphasis on fun loving designs for casual living and gift ideas for graduates.
United Press International notes CBS TV’s Calendar week on weddings with host Mary Fickett revealing wedding plans and etiquette trials. Also reported: Chanel Swim founder Powell’s 0.5 million tax free payout after his January death and Telstar II’s potential two satellite launches to relay Gordon Cooper spaceflight footage to viewers.
The Taj Mahal in Agra built by Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife took nearly 20 years to complete and employed about 20 000 workers, per Collier's Encyclopedia.
An ad promotes T-4-L Solution for foot relief addressing all 52 bones 66 joints and ligaments plus cure for athlete's foot. Bathe feet twice daily for quick relief. Product available at A. L. Harp Drug with a one hour guarantee if not pleased.
Local briefs report weather with cloudy skies and a chance of thundershowers through Friday. Birth announcement notes the arrival of a son for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Berry at Childress General Hospital. Visitors and travel mentions include Okla homa City and Wichita Falls residents.
Thursday events include Home Arts coffee with Mrs. Chester Hufstedler at 9 30 a m Grandees meet at First Methodist Church at 3 p m Duplicate Bridge Club convenes at 7 30 p m at the Veteran's Building Friday brings United Church Women May Fellowship lunch at Central Christian Church at noon North Childress HDC meets at 2 p m.
Hospital notices admit Mrs. Harry Trout Wednesday from Amarillo, Mrs. Frank Mitchell, Mrs. Eugene Berry, and Mrs. Oma Conner today. Arless Crump was dismissed Wednesday.
The maximum temperature in the last 24 hours from 12 noon Wednesday to 12 noon Thursday reached 68 degrees at 2 pm Wednesday. The minimum was 48 degrees at 6 am today with readings from 12 to 11 on the clock showing a gradual fall and rise throughout Wednesday and Thursday.
United Press notes today’s coldest reading of 15 at Drummond Montana and a high of 98 at Yuma Arizona. The report summarizes daily temperature extremes observed by the Weather Bureau.
Across football basketball and track Matson earns high praise from Norman Phillips Terry Culley Otis Holladay and Ray Howard. He starred as a junior in basketball with 20 points and 20 rebounds per game and led Pampa to a 27 2 season. He joined football late and played four games with a broken hand while averaging over five yards per carry.
Texas organizer Ray Schaefer and local leaders accuse rival PASO factions of political graft and intimidation in Crystal City. Calls grow to oust Fuentes as San Antonio de Bejar PASO plots a convention move while Latinos fill key posts after resignations by Anglo officials.
Market notes show Dow Jones averages mixed with gains across several sectors. Early totals include a 1.33 point rise and a 0.40 uptick in related indices with 65 stocks active and total sales around 580 thousand by 2 PM, moving toward 3.21 million.
The State supported plan to absorb Pan American College of Edinburg into the state system faced a crowded calendar as lengthy voter registration debate consumed time. The House defeated over a dozen amendments and three substitutions on the annual registration bill while advancing other matters.
Haiti agrees to asylum for seven Haitian army refugees from the shuttered Dominican embassy and moves them to the Colombian embassy. Colombia has taken over Dominican representation after Haiti cut relations last Sunday, easing a six day crisis as OAS considers a human rights mission to Santo Domingo.
Constitutional amendments committee to report a bill granting women equal legal rights. If the committee fails to vote by next Tuesday, members may move the proposal to another committee. Foreigners with Texas bank assets exempt from inheritance taxes per Senate acceptance of House amendments. Senate also agreed to House changes allowing state hospitals and special schools to contract with private hospitals for mental retardation research. License plate slogan amended to add land of manana. sponsor Rep. Walker of Cleveland withdrew his proposal.
The Weather Bureau forecasts above normal temperatures in the South this month and cooler than usual conditions in the West and northern border states. The rest of the nation should average temperatures with large fluctuations. Rain is expected above normal from the western states to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
Trans World Airlines sues Hughes and Hughes Tool Co for 135 million under antitrust law. Judge Metzner reserved decision on forcing divestiture of 78 percent of Hughes Tool holdings in TWA. Hughes counterclaim for 366 million dismissed. The court cites deliberate default and directs a special master to determine damages.
Walter Cronkite reported Nixon will relocate to New York to pursue business and politics. He plans to join a New York law firm and establish a legal residence to seek the presidency as a New York candidate.
Boeing president William Allen testifies as the first industry witness in the TFX contract hearings outlining Boeing's year long bid battle for the jet fighter, one of the era’s largest U.S. military procurements. Churchill 88 announces retirement from the House after six decades. An electrical fire at Southwestern Bell’s Oak Cliff exchange causes $500000 damage and 34500 phones go out. Tokyo reports authorities probing a scuttled Communist Chinese freighter after crew claim torpedoing by an unknown submarine in the Yellow Sea.
Ten footsore Black and white integrationists continued their freedom walk into Wildwood Georgia and moved toward what appeared to be imminent arrest as they proceeded toward Alabama.
Two American climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, a confirmation issued today. The ascent marks a notable achievement for the mountaineering team amid ongoing exploration efforts.
Reg. prices of 1.95 1.65 1.35 are slashed with no limit while stocks last as a sweeping house cleaning sale.
Reported ascent by two American climbers on the Himalaya roof of the world. Names not disclosed immediately. Army to test exfoliative cytology mouth cancer detection on recruits this summer at the Army Institute of Dental Research. Eight killed when a Canadian designed air taxi crashed near Medellin, Colombia. no Americans reported aboard.
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