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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1963
Page
5
UPI reports reviewer Rick Du Brow notes the TV treatment of the Russian best selling novel One Day in the life of Van Denisovich is planned as a one hour dramatization amid plans for a Stalin era depiction.
Literati writer John Steinbeck will consult on a Wa Bros. screen version of Travels With Charley set for 1964. CBS Reports broadcasts a Moscow interview with physicist Evgenievich Tatim on disarmament. CBS TV plans a Royal Ballet special from Covent Garden. Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s 22 orbit flight to be covered mid month with possible last orbits on NBC. Former President Truman plans 26 half hour films on White House years. Screen Gems handling the project. Barry Shear of NBC’s Lively Ones aims to feature Pablo Casals on cello. The Emmy-nominated series returns in July after acclaim.
Students at Estelline earned 134 points to win the Elementary District Meet at Lakeview. Winners included Cherricka in first for tennis doubles, Jimmy Don Bon in boys doubles, with both girls and boys volleyball teams finishing second. In declamation and storytelling, multiple students placed top three, with Cherri Rapp and Chalonnes Hoover earning top honors in several events and perfect spelling and writing papers noted among grade levels.
Sherry Angell finishes second with Ros alinda Rodriguez third in ready writing. Team members Jan Rapp Joyce Henton Jan Hudson Dyn ell Timmons and Brenda Gresham place first in picture memory.
Miss Lynda Hanna of Tipton has been named pledge mistress for the Em Hi social club at Oklahoma College for Women for 1963 64. The club plans activities through the year ending with an annual breakfast for graduating seniors. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess G Hanna.
The weekend report shows Dow Jones averages with intra day highs and lows. Indices rise with the Industrial average at 716.53 opening 724.69 high and 711.93 low, closing 715.58 up 0.92. Rails 163.59 165.69 162.42 164.93 up 1.09. Utilities 138.88 140.08 138.24 139.61 up 0.83. Stirs 253.62 256.27 252.10 154.47 up 0.88. Bonds closed 88.98 89.08 88.96 89.08 up 0.17. Commodity index 151.48 152.47 150.05 150.95.
Dwane Verschelde of Lorenzo announces the arrival of a daughter born at 10 42 p m Monday at Methodist Hospital Lubbock Tamara Ly weighed four pounds 11% ounces Mr and Mrs Truman Mabry of Tell and Mr and Mrs Wallis Miller announce daughters born in Tell and Childress General Hospital Mrs Hattie Atkinson is a patient in a Dallas hospital Her daughter Jean Calkins is with her Norman Hemphill and the Chil dress High School choir visited Craterville Park Saturday The Michie family planned to return from San Antonio after attending a state Christian Churches convention Mrs Scotty Dewis Mrs A T Veal and Mrs L D Pirtle accompanied their mother to Amarillo where she will be a patient at St Anthony's Hospital Rev A L Heath returned from Baylor University Hospital and faces another two weeks in hospital Polly Laningham and her husband in Amarillo with his Veterans Hospital patient status expected dismissal in 3 5 days Allen Murray and son Gene attended the West Texas University production of Music Man in Canyon Saturday night with Gene having a dancing role.
Police reported a brawl at a tavern where Whites and others clashed and bottles were thrown. Edgar sustained cuts to his leg after falling on broken glass during the incident.
Sen Harry F Byrd D Va decries Supreme Court decisions for invading homes weakening police protection disregarding state sovereignty interfering with executive branch authority and usurping Congress powers in Charlottesville remarks.
The market ended with a minor gain as the Dow Jones commodity spot index rose to 160.20 after a 1.39 point uptick, trading within a narrow band around 159.88 to 161.44 during the session.
Twenty one lion tamers have died in this century of injuries received in the life of duty according to the Gillichness Book of Records.
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