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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1968
Page
3
Encephalitis Epidemic Spreads Across Japan
Tokyo reports the Health and Welfare Ministry says the encephalitis outbreak has reached 31 of 46 prefectures and caused 102 deaths so far this year. The figure underscores escalating public health concern as authorities monitor regional impacts and respond with preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPT
Couple Fetes Jane Glover and Michael Reeves Before Wedding
Guests honored Miss Jane Glover and Michael Reeves at a Friday rehearsal dinner in a local restaurant hosted by LeRoy Reeves and wife in Victoria. A silver fountain, blue lights, and green wedding colors framed the festive occasion. A kitchen gadget shower followed at the Bracy home with generous gifts and a variety of canned foods. A separate bachelor party for Reeves occurred Friday at Quartz Mountain Lodge near Altus Oklahoma, with breakfast and a morning swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Glover
Michael W. Reeves
First Baptist Church
LeRoy Reeves
Victoria
Miss Glover
Robin
Melody Scarbrough
Pampa
the Reeves
Birth Announcement and Local Forecast Highlights
Cradle roll call notes the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Victor Perez at 447 am Saturday in Childress General Hospital weighing four pounds twelve ounces Local forecast calls for cloudy cooler weather with scattered showers and highs from 82 to 96 with nighttime lows 60s to 67 Greenville visit by the Sherwood and Eddy families Estes Park vacation return of Chief of Police and Mrs Alvis Maddox and their son Alvis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Perez
Childress General Hospital
Clyde Sherwood
James Eddy
Leon Norrises
Greenville
Alvis Maddox
Little Alvis
Estes Park
Meditation and Prayer by Pearl Robinson
A short devotional urging faith as a gateway to life and divine favor. It cites Daniel in the lions den, the three Hebrews in the furnace, Moses and Miriam, and deliverance of Israel to plead for national repentance and worldwide prayer for peace. The piece closes with a prayer for faith in action in Jesus name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Israel
Pharoah
Moses
God
Gideon
America
Jesus
Spinster's Luncheon Honoring Miss Glover Held at Home
Mrs Carol Denny and her daughter Carolle hosted a spinster's luncheon for Miss Glover at their home on Saturday. Attendees included John Glover LeRoy Reeves Ronnie Kindle Billy Arnold Wendell Vandiver Gary Dorman and several guests Miss Muffet Russell Garland Graner Webb Mary Ann Townsend Diana Bracy Jill Smith Sharon Pearson Judy Barkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Morgan
Fort Worth
Red Parker
Canyon
Billy Arnold
Elgin
Steve Scarbrough
Pampa
Drew Darby
Mack Lawrence
Alan Moravei
Johnny Valentino
Robert Maxwell
Austin
Teddy Poling
Ricky Hamm
Gary Compton
Alice Bracy
Diana
Miss Glover
Mesdames
LeRoy Reeves
John E. Glover
Wendell Vandiver
Ronnie Kindle
Gary Dornold
Gary Dorman
Mary Ann Townsend
Carolle Denny
Alan Marovcik
Jim Mallicot
Dal Smith
Phillip Self
Teddy
Carol Denny
Carolle
John Glover
Muffet Russell
Garland
Graner Webb
Diana Bracy
Jill Smith
Sharon Pearson
Judy Barkley
Childress Daily Columns Corrected After Manager Call
The Childress newspaper notes corrections to the afternoon and Sunday columns. Morris Higley Z J Huddiester and C Hilier are named in management roles with Glen Stiner as mechanical supervisor. The notice references April 1 1989 and consolidated posts with Jess Post as requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Morris Higley
Z. J. Huddiester
Dal C. Hilier
Adv
Glen Stiner
Sudt
Jess Post
Childpess
T& Stantinn
Local Residents Attend Family Reunions and Visits
Maddox reunites with Major Roy Walker of Loveland Colorado during vacation while Chief Maddox and Alvis travel to Clovis New Mexico for a family gathering. Bill Heckathorn and Billie Lou White’s uncle visits in Amarillo as she remains in a coma after a July 7 accident near Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Red River
N. M
Cheryl Decker
Texas Tech
L. M. Curtis Melba
Cheryl Devoll
Fort Worth
Curtises
Lincoln quote on property and politics in Labor Day essay
The piece, voiced by Morris Higley, recalls Abraham Lincoln on property as a positive good and urges industrious self reliance. The author cites Preston Smith as the sharpest Texas political mind, notes crossing support for Republicans and Democrats, and reflects on family voting memories and wartime policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Tower says nation will turn to Nixon in November
U S Senator John Tower of Texas urged Americans to support Richard Nixon for president in November saying the country should avoid continuing the precarious course he described as Russian roulette for another four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
John Tower
R-Tex
Richard Nixon
Transplants Link Hearts Across Cities in 1980s Era Medical Efforts
In Stanford and Pittsburgh, surgeons performed heart transplants connecting donors from California and Canada. Dree Sample 39 of Menlo Park died from brain hemorrhage, enabling Norman E Shumway to 4 hour operation. Recipients included William Carroll Scottsdale and William Whaley Fort Lauderdale among others, with organs also shared for lungs kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Heart
Stanford
Calif
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford University
California
McKee
Dree Sample
Menlo Park
Houston
Hernandez
William C. Carroll
Scottsdale
Aunz Carroll
E.B. Dietrich
William J. Whaley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
William C. Kaiser
Presbyterian University Hospital
Montreal
Canada
Coe Grondin
Cipro
Gaetan Paris
Rescue efforts surge as towns reel from disaster
In Midland Texas a 2 year old girl was found dead in a sleeping bag in a policeman’s home after being missing about 24 hours. The officer Michael Lee Moody, 24, was charged with the death. In Port Arthur Texas police questioned a 53 year old woman named Mrs Santiago Flores in the baby snatching case. The 6 day old Diek Gregory Reese was abducted from St Marys Hospital nursery last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Tex
UPI
Michael Lee Moody
Lord Margaret Gunn
Moody
Jack Walcher
Port Arthur
Freeing 48 emaciated comrades in Green Mekong Delta
Reports say a Navy A4 Skyhawk was shot down by North Vietnamese coastal guns while rescuing pilot Lt Cmdr Harvey A. Eikel of New Braunfels Texas. The Intruder jet crew remains missing and feared killed as U.S. pilots claim 120 missions over North Vietnam with 31 trucks and six antiaircraft guns destroyed or damaged. Saigon faces weekend rocket jitters amid Viet Cong terror rumors during Hanoi's independence anniversary observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mekong Delta
Harvey A. Eikel
New Braunfels
Tex
Vinh
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
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Aipams
P. O. Box
We of
Tee's
By Pearl Robinson
Poling
State Farm
Texas
Carineeter
Texas’ Place
Earl Harwell
Preston Smith
Wilson
Hughes
Gon
Sale
Buster Brown Shoes
Sweat Sox
McHaney Shoe Store
Main ST. Childress
Green
Murrah’s
Pepcen
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Ray Loftis
Federal
Hilo Stoesn
Childress, Texas
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