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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
Page
2
The column jokes about the spread of color television, noting 27 percent of homes have color sets while 73 percent stay black and white. It suggests a playful defensive tactic called psychological karate to cope with neighbor envy and the color boom.
In Paris, K C Thaler notes Prague's declaration of independence damages Moscow's leadership bid in the world Communist movement. The Kremlin worries Red China and Sino-Soviet tensions complicate unity as Moscow plans a November world Communist summit to rally allies and oppose Beijing.
Napa centennial celebrations planned as the Christian Brothers commemorate a century in California. The order arrived in San Francisco in 1868 to run St Marys College and later founded a novitiate at Mont La Salle near Napa. Winemaking began at Martine in 1882 and later moved to Mont La Salle in Napa Valley.
The World Almanac notes John Wesley Powell, a one armed Civil War veteran, led a three month 1500 mile river expedition through the Colorado River including the Grand Canyon. He faced rapids boat crashes near-drowning and internal dissension among crew.
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