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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1964
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple US city names including Chicago New York Minneapolis and others. The snippet hints at a regional map or transit reference but provides no cohesive event or action. Printed text remains unreadable for definite facts or dates.
Mrs L H Holman presented How Do You Meet An Emergency at the Union Flat HDC meeting hosted by Mrs B J Teague with devotional by Mrs W B Gartrell. Two former HDC members who dissolved their unit donated the balance to Union Flat treasury. refreshments were served to members and guest Mrs Ryan Gibson.
HARRELL CHAPEL Special Newlin Mothers Club met with Mrs Leo Koeniger for a business session and quilting afternoon to honor hostess Mrs J W Oliver who led opening prayer and Mrs tis Cobb read Psalm 23. Roll call noted favorite flowers. Sandwiches and dessert served. June 11 meeting planned with hostess Buster Morrison.
Bill Cadell presented a film about Mexico to the Kirkland Home Demonstration Club meeting at the home of Mrs A V King. Mrs L V Royall assisted. a short business period and refreshments followed for one guest Mrs Motsenbacker of Wellington and members MG Jones A L Myers Dale Driver Ralph Sides Jess Key and G C Weightman.
On this date in history Rhode Island ratified the U S Constitution in 1790 and Andrew Johnson issued a 1865 amnesty proclamation. Kennedy was born in 1917 and Hillary Norgay summited Everest in 1953. Honor war dead with Poppy Day observances at 11 a m at Cemetery.
Weather and social notes from Childress and nearby towns. Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered storms tonight. The five day outlook shows cooler temperatures and a slow warming trend next week with little rain. Local visits include Sanders Bradford trip to Chillicothe and several residents visiting relatives and attending events in Houston Abilene Amarillo Plainview and Dallas.
New York Dow Jones averages for May 25 to 28 show the 30 Industrials at 820.56, down 0.31. the Rails at 205.95, off 1.34. the Utilities at 140.06, down 0.98. and the 65 Stocks index at 289.60, off 0.89. Overall two-day declines persisted as markets cooled.
Dear Polly shares practical household tips from readers. A crystal cleaning method using salt on a cloth preserves etched glass sparkle while other advice covers protecting hot cookware with a clothespin, mending knits with pins, and using a rubber band to track dishwashing.
Coleman Co. expects consolidation to continue into early summer with rotation among groups as nervous investors move from vulnerable securities to more attractive ones. Bache and Co. sees rising machine tool orders and capital spending as favorable for the long term, while Eliot Janeway predicts by next spring 1964 earnings news will ease worries about high price-earnings ratios.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told journalist Benton that international concern grows as reconnaissance planes monitor Cuba. He criticized U.S. troop presence in South Vietnam and Korea and argued peoples’ right to change governments, warning U.S. isolation if it labels every uprising as Communist.
Weather notes show rainfall varying by location with Kirkland at .60 inches Tell at .30 inches and the A T Fox farm south of Tell at .60 inches. FAA station logged .28 inches while Deers and Biddy reported .10 inches. Farmers say planting season for cotton depends on timely rain.
Am arillo guest Mrs Cleora Williams visits Earl Hacklers and many neighbors travel to Dallas for hospital visits. Numerous families from Childress Quanah Paducah and Vernon share visits, graduations, and church services with relatives across Texas and New Mexico.
A local call to honor fallen service members through a poppy commemorative event scheduled for Saturday. Residents are invited to participate in a brief ceremony recognizing the sacrifices of the nation’s veterans and war dead.
Admitted: Curtis Ellerbee Thursday Rita Delaney Thursday Mrs. E J Huddleston Darrill Watson Thursday Roy Eugene Taylor Thursday Mack Dishman Thursday. Dismissed: Danny Todd Gillem Thursday Bill Hall Thursday Mrs J A Orr today Mrs Jesse Hollie and baby today.
Memorial observance details sketchy in OCR fragment. Readable bits show a commemorative event tied to a weekend date and wartime remembrance. No clear names, places, or organization data available in the fragment.
Miss Harris appears as a prim vacationing teacher who becomes entangled with a crude fisherman in a familiar lovers and ring plot. Robert Loggia plays the man pursuing the ring, with a family's possession and deception at stake in a coastal drama.
A sensational tale set by the sea follows Miss Harris resisting and then yielding to Loggia as he pursues a ring amid threats of violence. The climax hints at a knife threat and a complex, dangerous romance ending in a shaky reconciliation and a new understanding.
A catalog of notable books including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre and The Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque among others. It lists fiction works by Knebel Bailey Cheever Remarque and nonfiction volumes by Heritage Kennedy Sloan Hochhuth Reid Smith Murphy and others.
United Press International reports insurance statistics show accidental poisoning claims kill about 1,800 people annually in the United States.
A local display invites customers to view beautifully fashioned dauphines crafted from hand washable cottons. Store emphasizes quality fabrics and easy care for summer wardrobes.
A strong storm drenched the region with five inches of rain in one day, the heaviest since 1962. Flooding affected roofs, bricks, and parks while rainfall totals varied across cities from Wichita Falls to Galveston and Dallas.
Say happy birthday tomorrow to Mrs. Tom Rothwell Vera Mates Mrs. H E Lewis and Sunday to Mrs Wilson Hardin Kenneth Ellis Mrs Loyd Wheeler and today to Curtis Keith They gave will you Wear a Poppy on Memorial Day Saturday
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