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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1963
Page
16
A fragment reports Mr and Mrs Tom Palmer and daughter Lauri of Longview visiting Mr and Mrs Elmer and Mr and Mrs Gilmore Durham last week, marking a family gathering with local ties.
The piece critiques state funding for social relief in Illinois and protests by social workers. It highlights cost concerns tied to supporting unmarried mothers and their children and questions moral responsibility for welfare during an eleven year period ending 1961.
Rodeo blends fiesta color with primeval danger as athletes compete against animals in rounds. This page notes its roots and Mexican Spanish origin describing the sport and its thrilling spectacle.
The article traces the sport from Mexican vaqueros and American cowboys on the range to organized rodeos. It notes early town sponsorships in Pecos Texas 1883 and Prescott Arizona 1988, the growth of the RCA with over 3000 professional cowboys, and high entry fees. It emphasizes rodeo’s historic, cash prize driven evolution.
James K. Polk won the presidency in 1646 and served a four year term. He supported annexation of Texas while opponent Henry Clay opposed it.
Telephone users in Texas received a second reduction in station-to-station late night rates after 9 p.m. effective June 15, announced by a General Telephone Company spokesman. Intrastate calls within Texas now cap at 80 cents for late night station-to-station connections, with most charges below that maximum. Collect calls and third-number charges are excluded. The reductions apply from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. with savings typically 10 to 50 cents, depending on distance.
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