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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1966
Page
3
In a discussion on whether the jenal liquor sale proposition could reappear after changes to precinct lines and two subsequent countywide elections turning dry, Morris Higley argues the original opinion likely stands and predicts continued debate tomorrow.
A Slimming News survey reports 813 women, 38 percent delay worrying about weight until clothes fit poorly, showing a tendency to use wardrobe cues rather than scales to gauge pounds and balance.
Crossword style clues mix geography and language as entries like New Mexico town Curces Italian soprano and various terms mix. The grid features across and down hints including Martinique volcano Turkish dignitary and Shoshonean terms.
Clear to partly cloudy Sunday with a chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. High expected near 97 degrees.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne James announce the birth of a daughter, Teresa Rene, born Saturday morning in a Miami hospital. The infant weighs five pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents are Mrs. Myrtle James and K. V. James of Childress and Mrs. Mary Coats of Miami.
Miss Patricia Ann Salkald and Harold Nippert are noted among local people. Lewis Meinzer, Leo Smith, John W. Gay, David Gay and Richard Decker made a fishing trip to Lake Kemp Friday night and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylon Smith, former residents, visited in Childress this weekend.
The Senate loses its two top party leaders as Everett M. Dirksen remains in Walter Reed after a broken thigh and Mike Mansfield seeks treatment in Bethesda for a urinary tract infection. This absence clouds prospects for early adjournment and may push key bills past Memorial Day.
The excerpt shows a 1930 classified page merger note for Childress Inde a Inc with address 276 Main Street Childress Texas and staff credits E Huddleston General Manager C Hiller Ad Manager Glen Stiner Mechanical. Published daily afternoons and Sunday mornings. Entered as second class matter at the Ween Texas post office under the 1887 act.
Dallas fashion show spotlights knit wear for fall from casual sports to cocktail gowns. Designers present tree bark bonded lace knits, bulky styles, three piece and two piece dresses, deep V necks, fringed sleeves, and metallic threads. Poor Boy knit shirts trend among juniors while knee cozy accents offer adaptable cape collars for mid length hems.
NEW YORK Dow Jones averages for the week ended May 20 with intra day highs and lows. Industrials rose to 875.83 opening 887.86 high and 259.13 low and 876.89 close. Rails fell to 228.25 opening 229.73 high 219.57 low 226.08 close. Utilities 136.45 opening 137.69 high 134.4 low 137.03 close. Stocks 309.46 opening 312.72 high 301.97 low 308.95 close. Net changes Industrials up 0.76 rails off 2.42 utilities up 0.40 stocks off 0.74.
Charles N. Baker, 25, brother of former Senate aide Bobby Baker, was arrested in Los Angeles after police found him nude in a tree near a home. He claimed to have taken LSD and climbed the tree to satisfy curiosity, and he was booked on suspicion of prowling. The Serve-A Corp. executive is linked to the Bobby Baker financial scandal through his family name.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a 0.78 point weekly gain to 876.89 as rails fell and the S and P 500 slipped 0.03 to 84.43. Volume reached 43.54 million shares with 954 decliners and 491 advancers. analysts say a bottom is not yet in, though brief rallies may emerge.
Retired Army Col. Harry Fisher aged 47 was blown 12 feet from his garden workshop when a three inch high hair spray container exploded causing no injuries according to Denton England authorities.
The report lists admissions and dismissals by day. Individuals include Lewis Eaton Norma Jean Martinez Stella Rangel Virginia Van Ibber Carl Miller Jewel Wilhite Gracie Pirtle C. W. Sterling Lee Galyean Allen Ray Murdock E K Wilson Nina Taylor Lewis Eason W B Lankford J B Priest.
George C. Scott finishes his Warner Bros. film Not With My Wife You Dont and will return to Broadway to co star with Colleen Dewhurst in The Exercise. The move places Dewhurst opposite Scott in a new stage collaboration following the film.
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