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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1966

Page

4

Preakness Stakes Field Includes Derby Winner Kaua8 King

Kentucky Derby victor Kaua8 King leads a nine horse lineup for the 91st Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The $150000 added race runs Saturday with Kosygin preparing to brief Kremlin colleagues on his Egypt mission and Moscow's Middle East diplomacy aims.

Baltimore, Md UPI King Pimlico Kosygin Moscow UPT Alexei N. Kosygin Kremlin Egypt Middle East

Nelson urges bipartisan panel to overhaul Selective Service

Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin proposed a bipartisan commission to study and recommend to Congress an overhaul of the Selective Service System. The plan aims to produce a comprehensive reform package.

Washington UPI Gaylord Nelson D-Wis Congress

Torme to marry Tokyo

American entertainer Mel Torme and British actress Janette Scott will wed in Tokyo Friday, according to friends. The report notes the couple’s marriage plans amid conflicting international assignments and press attention.

Temperature extremes for 24 hour period

The maximum reached 79 degrees by 4 p.m. Wednesday, with a 55 degree low at 6 a.m. today. For May 19, 1965 the high was 83 degrees and the low 61 degrees.

Livestock Prices Record Auction Listings

Auction notes show heifers 300 to 500 pounds priced 22.50 to 26.50 per hundredweight and 500 to 700 pounds at 21.90 to 22.50. Pairs cow and calf list 185 to 220, baby calves 48 to 55, cows 17.56 to 18.25, light bulls 25 to 25.10.

Market In Plus Column Most Of Day

New York shares mostly rose in early trading with profit taking limited. The UPI index shows a 0.37 percent gain on 1353 issues around 1 40 p m EDT with 687 gainers and 437 decliners. Dow industrial average fell 0 11 to 878 39 but the broader S P 500 gained 0 3 percent trading volume 4 68 million shares.

New York UPI United Press International Bethlehem Republic Youngstown US Steel General Motors Ford Chrysler Zenith Fairchild Camera Magnavox Admiral Collings Texas Instruments Los IBM Northwest Eastern Pan American Continental Delta Braniff

Grade Fight Went On For 12 Years

Paducah's Steve Chenault and David Liedtke, valedictorian and salutatorian of the 1966 senior class, have each attended Paducah schools all twelve years. Chenault posted a 93.875 grade point average, while Liedtke stood at 93.125, closely trailing in eighth grade by only two and eight tenths of a point respectively.

Paducah Steve Chenault David Liedtke Steve David John Chenault John Liedtke

Spartan plant plans for hiring at Texas Employment Office

Spartans plant near Childress set to hire primarily women with 36 hires planned in year one and 25 men on first day. Interviewing to start at the Texas Employment Office in Hotel Childress under TEC district manager W M Cross. Plant expansion aims for 1 000 women in five years. for every seven women one man will be needed. Interviews may extend over several days.

Sion Spartans Wheeler Cross

Family obituary notes Gilley lineage and heirs

J Gilley Worth Amarillo and JG Jr Childress report a daughter Elouise Miller of Childress, two sisters Jenny Russell of Fort Worth and Mary Freeman of Childress, plus eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Worth, L. L Amarillo Jg, Jr Childress Elouise Miller Jennie Russell Fort Worth Mary Freeman

Old Settlers fight Park takeover by school district

The Old Settlers Association opposes school control of the park citing petitions near 500 signatures. Helms notes the rodeo grounds cost over $10,000 in cash and was volunteer driven. He warns moving the arena would require rebuilding from land up, potentially costing about 50 000. Ownership must ensure rebuild before transfer.

Childress Helms Old Settlers Association

Local Social Notes Highlight Texas Visitors and Church Events

The Index records two weeks of social activity across Childress and surrounding towns. Families and friends traveled for funerals and visits, attended church services at the Methodist and Bellevue sites, and hosted guests from Amarillo Paris Estelline and Plainview.

Tom Goff Index Methodist Church C. C Lamb Gus Woods Texas Quanah Methodist Church Jim Phillips Cecil Carricks Ch. Dress Chuck Johnson Childress Hospital Phillips Wise Caude CL Bain Childress T Z Zint Estelline Perry Lambert Leslie Truman Mabry Goets Lee Diggs Clyde Black Pearl Diggs Luther Pamela White Amarillo Murray Sanders Paris Rita Conn Russell Peck Canyon Edwin Wyatt Nell Abram J. A Stinnett Iowa Park L. H. Michael Fort Worth Weldon Stinnett Tim Wyatt Carey A. B. Wyatts Troy Boykin Dallag Love R. E. Smith Pampa W. O. Keels Roy Wogals L. V. Keels J. H. Garner

US to Restart Gemini 9 Mission for Memorial Day

NASA plans a two day space spectacle beginning Memorial Day with Gemini 9 rendezvous and spacewalk May 31. The Atlas-Centaur rocket will launch the Surveyr spacecraft toward America's first soft lunar landing to study surface makeup for manned missions. Engineers work 24 hours daily to meet the tight schedule, says NASA official Dr. George Mueller.

Cape Kennedy United States Space Agency Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan George F. Mueller National Aeronautics and Space Administrations

Not Interested Nanimo Woman Reacts to Husband Report

In Nanaimo British Columbia a woman who has not seen her husband for 35 years responded with six words upon learning he was in Wisbech England I’m not the least bit interested.

Nanimo B.C UPI British Columbia Wisbech England San Antonio Tex UPT Alamo Texas

The Lighter Side Cautionary Tale From A Fifth Grader Romance

A Washington writer recalls a Florida trip and a troubling note exchange among sixth graders and their crushes. A girl claims a new boyfriend in sixth grade as others note mutual crushes, spurring a talk about boundaries and secrecy while the mother is away.

Tom Lynda Barber

Paducah Junior High Names Salutatorian And Valedictorian

Cheryl Jones of Cee Vee is salutatorian of Paducah Junior High eighth grade with a 93 average after transferring from Childress in 1965. Valedictorian Roger Cogdell, son of Mrs. Allen Cogdell of Paducah, posts a 95 average. Honors will be presented at the May 23 graduation exercises in the high school.

Cheryl Jones Cee Vee Paducah Bryce Marshall Cheryl Childress Roger Cogdell Allen Cogdell

Now You Know By United Press International

The nose on the Statue of Liberty measures four feet six inches in length revealing a notable detail about the famous monument.

United Press International

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