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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1963
Page
4
The Cooperative Extension Service of Texas A and M College conducts a two day 4-H leader course with Miss Elton Tinsley teaching, assisted by Mrs. Scott. All five 4-H clubs in Childress County are represented by volunteer leaders including Mrs. J H Colier Kirkland, Mrs. Lewis Mullins H Point, and others.
The writer thanks Mrs Higley and others for organizing a county plaque collection. Due to wind the pieces could not be shown on the twenty first at the theater. An invitation to display during My Fair Lady in Amarillo from the Municipal Auditorium manager is received.
Steady rain and scattered showers swept Texas with heavy totals in the Panhandle and light moisture in South Texas. Amarillo Muleshoe Lubbock and Hereford recorded notable rainfall while Marfa noted two inches of hail on the ground. Farmers in South Texas welcomed soaking rains though widespread crop losses were warned if wet weather persisted.
Reporters quote GOP leaders saying a Rockefeller remarriage could cost votes among women and fuel religious tensions. Sources note concerns about Catholics and Catholics who backed Kennedy drifting from the party in 1964, affecting Republican cohesion.
The city’s new planetarium, built for 1.2 million dollars, faced repeated delays from 1960 to 1963. Officials cited weather, imports from Japan, and staffing as reasons while director Charles Schweighauser warned against promising an opening date.
Bolton Connecticut officials deny Richard Morra $100 damages, contending the town vehicle caused the accident. Morra claimed the vehicle backed into his truck, but the board ruled the vehicle was driven by Morra himself. A second item notes sand exported to Egypt for Aswan High Dam cement. A crackdown on sidewalk obstructions followed a crane blocking a street. In London Charles Perry, 64, returned to prison for 12 years after being jailed for a shop break, saying he wanted to be back in jail.
Market activity shows steady trends across cattle hogs and sheep with feeder calf classes and slaughter categories posting varied prices. Calves bring 18.00 to 22.50 for utilities and good calves, heifers around 20.50, steer calves 2.50 to 54.00, hogs 150 to 290 pounds at 15.0 to 13.00, sheep 1 500 head steady with good and choice lambs 18.50 to 22.00 and shorn lambs 17.00 to 18.75, ewes 45.00 to 60.00.
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