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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
2
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Eighteen persons remained accounted for on Thursday as a blast outside a store caused a fire that ruined two adjacent buildings including an Ohio Edison Telephone Co. exchange. Miss Mack and French reported a sewer gas odor and said they did not know how many customers were inside. The town of about 1,000 people lost telephone service and electricity for hours.
New Haven reports a small fire near a firehouse where first battalion crews quickly knocked down a flaming truck driven to the door. In separate notes from Washington and Hartford, a farmer recovers a wallet lost in April 1953 and a judge lectures a drunkenness case with a poultry farmer joke.
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Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers and warm temperatures. Visitors include Mrs. Clark Jones and son Mar Shall of Wichita Falls at C. V. Jones home. Lt. Clark Jones at Army Reserve Camp in Mineral Wells. Various family visits from Big Spring Corpus Christi Gainesville Hobbs Amarillo Paducah Richmond Calif and Tucumcari noted.
Mr and Mrs Roy Philpott and Mrs W W Philpott return home after a visit in Mena and Hot Springs Ark. Mrs Carl Hill Jr and children Pat and Kathy return to Amarillo after visiting her mother Mrs R A Gibson. Her son David Hill stays longer. Bud Elofson announcer for KCTX leaves for Thief River Falls Minn due to his father death from a heart attack will return to Childress after funeral services.
Greenbelt officials thanked civic groups and individuals for their help in staging the annual game. Pre game activities begin at 8 Friday night with kickoff soon after. Linda Gray of Wichita Falls will be crowned 1955 Greenbelt bowel Queen chosen from 41 candidates. Tickets available at Roberson Eubank Drug Store and the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets move to Hotel Childress in morning and stay on sale until 6 45 p m. Stadium ticket windows open at 7 p m Friday. Beef remains Americans favorite meat, surpassing pork in 1953.
A reflective column questions why feeble excuses can seem grand while solid reasoning appears dull. It ponders psychology, accountability, and the social value of honesty in everyday interactions.
The 24 hour period ending at noon recorded a maximum of 90 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees with temperatures following the trend for the day.
Dr. Strauss answered a reporter’s question on America’s role in thermonuclear developments. He repeated the question, gave a brief affirmative reply, and stated the AEC has been working on the subject for some time. He called nuclear fusion control a major current project with government funding as requested.
Defense story notes a 61 year old fellow and former president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from Englewood New Jersey as a potential replacement for Talbott. Air Force plans a formal farewell for Talbott and Quarles is not named, but a guided missiles expert is expected to be chosen according to a United Press report.
Cincinnati Redlegs general manager Gabe Paul says Ford Motor Co has purchased television rights to the club 1956 games. Ford plans to televise at least 30 road games in addition to about 20 home telecasts.
An advertising notice promises fast relief from eczema ringworm athlete’s foot and surface rashes with ITCH-ME-NOT at A L Harp Drug. It guarantees a 40 cent refund if not pleased.
In Corvallis Oregon a reference to a one way ticket points to a police department housed in the old railroad station. The remark implies arrest or confinement within the historic hub now serving law enforcement.
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