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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1955
Page
4
A Pittsburgh first grade uses a homemade TV set to boost learning. Students act in plays and produce daily newscasts with a mop stick microphone. The class favorites Three Billy Goats Gruff with hoofbeat sounds and a troll voice.
A long list of visiting families and guests from Olympus and surrounding towns converged on Kress Amarillo and Ruidoso with travels to Carlsbad Caverns El Paso and Juarez NM. Names include Pearce Gibson Etheredge Morris Mitchell Witt Guthrie Kind le and Larson among others. Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title for the 25th time in a boxing championship.
Florence Morning News City Editor Charles Moore says seven Klansmen on private land burned a cross. Moore was struck from behind after asking why. Highway Patrolman Charles McDonald, nearby, declined arrest due to private property. No injuries reported.
A crisp raw cabbage salad combines shredded cabbage with orange sections and crushed pineapple for a bright summertime dish. This simple mix yields a refreshing side or light main with natural sweetness and a crunchy texture.
Rev A L Gilliam fulfilled a Dryden Oklahoma appointment and visited the Alvin Loven home in Metcalf. Adams family travels include Reno reunion participation and visits in Lockney Palmview Wellington Hollis and Hollis areas. Navy discharge for James Adams slated in November. Funeral attendance for Grandpa Bennett in Childress noted.
Erika Mann announced Thomas Mann will lie in state Monday and be buried in Switzerland after a simple funeral. The public may view the author’s remains at the Cantonal hospital where he died aged 80, with the service at Kilchberg church to follow.
A hospital spokesman said Mann died as a clergyman was yet to be chosen. A death mask of Mann’s features was taken for posterity.
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