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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1955
Page
2
Master Sgt. and Mrs. C. C. Adams and their sons Stevie and David visit with the Baileys. Jean Sheffield Adams from Childress is listed. Several families from Amarillo Lubbock Nashville and Sweetwater host and visit. Floyd Gilliland departs for Army induction via Amarillo and California. Davy Crockett binders advertised.
Navy for the past 15 months. They will visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dudley, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rucker, until September 6, when they leave for Port Home, Calif. where he will be stationed until discharge in January. Also other locals host visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johnson and son of Shamrock, Mrs. Abbe of Dublin visiting sister Mrs. Frank Dorsey, Mrs. Robert M. Fulton of Chicago visiting with Barbara Jean Craig, and A. D. Toon Jr. of Wichita Falls visiting Childress.
Reverend Jimmy Stewart will lead nightly revival services at the Dunlap church with Mrs. Emma Anderson overseeing Monday night Bible story sessions. Sermons focus on strength through weakness and grace in infirmities as described in scripture.
The Norwegian motorship Tancred, 3,600 tons with 42 crew and 11 passengers, was ripped by an engine room explosion 120 miles west of San Francisco. Two trapped black crewmen were killed. four burned and one dying. Rescue units arrived, with a four engine patrol plane reporting a large opening aft of the stack and the ship listing while distress signals finally confirmed after two hours.
Talks began August 1 and reach the sixth session as the two sides discuss civilian repatriation. Madame Pandit travels to Geneva for rest and health reasons while the American team prepares for a long stay and potential long-term stay in Prague. Johnson indicates he will remain as long as necessary to secure an American exit from China.
The 24 hour period ending noon Saturday ranged from a high of 90 degrees to a low of 67 degrees. Hourly readings from Friday show temperatures near the 70s to 80s with spikes into the upper 80s and low 90s at several times.
Five Russian farm leaders paused at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield Illinois to pay silent tribute. Two interpreters read a biographical epitaph while the visitors declined to hear the Gettysburg Address words. The trip followed tours of the Illinois State Fair prize farm exhibits.
Texas sport men face a deadline of August 31 to mail applications for the antelope hunt in the Panhandle and west of the Pecos. W. E. Skaggs notes applications lag behind usual pace as about 300 buck antelope are earmarked in the Panhandle and over 600 buck and doe antelope are tagged west of the Pecos. Permits are awarded by drawing due to limited antelope. Hunters should request an application blank before sending in money for the $5 license.
Rio de Janeiro residents known as Cariocas consume about 25 local newspapers each day, reflecting a bustling press culture and high news Appetite across the city.
Three-year-old Karen Wirta vanished from her Niles home for about three hours before being found sitting calmly under a tree in a wooded area. She told a state police trooper, I’m not lost, my house is.
Admitted: Mrs. Tom Rothell on Saturday. Discharged: Donald Patterson on Friday.
Llegah PNilon promotes Blue Grass Flower Mist as a fragrance spray to surround the user with a cloud of scent after bathing. Apply to pulse points and throat for fragrance, relaxation, and pleasant dreams, even as a gift for hospital-bound friends.
Hurricane Diane was located 220 miles south of Bermuda by the Miami Weather Bureau moving west northw est at 10 mph. Winds at the center reached 115 mph with gales extending 300 miles north and 150 miles southwest, prompting Bermuda to prepare for the big blow.
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