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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1955
Page
2
San Antonio plans establish the first Baptist high school in Texas to be housed in a $335000 church youth and recreation building by next month. The co-educational program aims for 250 students and seeks a higher academic standard than public schools to ease social tensions among teens.
The 24 hour period ending at noon Saturday saw a high of 91 degrees and a low of 67 degrees. Sunny conditions dominated with warm afternoon heat and a mild evening cool down across the region.
Mrs. D C Blacksher and Mrs. James H Peters were admitted on Friday according to hospital notes. The item appears in the classified section under hospital admissions.
Communist truce inspectors are housed at the air base and Kangnung port compound. No injuries were reported in the new rioting. Rhee warned Sunday to stop injuring US soldiers during demonstrations. More than 60 Americans have been injured in prior riots.
Trenton noted the Delaware subsiding but damages and deaths rise. Bodine reports looters roaming through ruined bung alows and cottages along the river. A civil defense official and four National Guardsmen are sworn as deputies, with eight Union county policemen enlisted. Civil defense says 60 auxiliary police from a 150 man force diverted to Warren county.
The Soviet announcement lists Red China, Poland, East Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary as recipients of reactors, with Albania excluded. It says the largest reactor, up to 10 000 kilowatts, will go to Red China and discloses exact sites of atomic plants in Leningrad Kiev Kharkov and Moscow.
Mrs. R. M. Brown unearthed a gold ring in her Carthage South Dakota garden that had belonged to the late Mrs. Pat Finley and been missing for a quarter century.
Sun won battlefield fame in World War II as his Nationalist first army drove the Japanese from northern Burma. The text notes no criminal charges were brought against Sun and he was not under arrest pending resignation.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Newberry Chapel for John Prettyman 79 long time Childress resident. Rev H W Barnett officiated burial followed in Childress Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home supervision. Pallbearers included W M Watson former mayor H C Preslar was replaced. Prettyman a retired Fort Worth and Denver employee died Tuesday in Emporia Kansas.
Captain George Watson and first mate Kenneth Seaman remain aboard the damaged Argo beam as 14 foot seas crash over its listing decks. They sent a blinkered SOS to Weather Recorder and await tugs Salveta and Metinda racing from Scotland to assist.
SACONIA NH There is an island for each day of the year on Lake Winnepesaukee In total 365 islands exist with 274 deemed habitable offering seasonal retreats and home sites to visitors and residents alike.
Mr and Mrs L D King of Snyder announce the birth of a seven pound daughter named Bobbie Lee born at 2 30 a m Monday in a Snyder hospital. Grandparents are R G Weddington of Childress and J D King of San Angelo. Mrs Sid Holland accompanied Rev J W Caldwell to the Baptist Bible Study Encampment at Glorietta NM.
Mrs. Bob Hughes hosts and Mrs. W Leist and Mrs. Eddie Lawson welcome Alice Riptoe of Costa Mesa California. Loretta's promotes Mission line Xmas cards at 50 for $1.50. Lasson family visits Dallas as grandsons of Lou Elo attend a Christian Churches world convention in Toronto. Ross Davis hosts guests from San Marcos Hickman California Oklahoma City and Antlers Oklahoma with multiple relatives visiting.
Airman Schmidt filed for divorce Friday in Red Bluff alleging extreme cruelty by Una, his childhood sweetheart who he married before shipping to Korea in 1952. The couple share a 2 1/2 year old son Danny Jr. Una has kept a low profile since marital issues surfaced, and her attorney says she and her second husband Alford Fine are living apart.
In New Haven Connecticut police unable to approach a sidewalk dice game by stealth stopped it by revealing a milk truck as the disguise. The tactic surprised players and halted the game.
Promotional notice for Durham's Ant Balls claiming to kill red ants by dissolving balls in water and pouring on beds. Advertises Handy 35¢ and 60¢ jars at druggists and A. L. Harp Drug Co. with a focus on inexpensive, simple pest control.
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