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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1955
Page
3
A New York reader asks the Civil Aeronautics Administration how to buy land on the moon amid space travel plans. The item appears in a Washington column summarizing late August political and social notes from Capitol Hill and nearby events.
The Western division title went to Roslyn AFB team from Long Island and the Central division was won by the 33rd Air Division from Tinker AFB Oklahoma City. The three winners will compete at the global Air Force rocket meet at this base October 3 to 7.
Kansas City Athletics announced the promotion of 29 year old right hander John Kume from Columbus of the International League. Kume carries a 3 8 record with Columbus and has an ERA of 3 53. He also lost three games by 10 or more runs.
The South remains split as Democrats eye 1956 with fears of a GOP renomination for Eisenhower and a Stevenson Harriman bid. Key figures Allan Shivers and Robert Kennon stay in office, Byrd dominates Virginia, and Strom Thurmond is in the Senate. Lyndon Johnson’s heart attack complicates his presidential prospects.
Billie H. Barnes, 26, of San Angelo, was killed Monday night when his car struck a bridge abutment near San Angelo. Authorities said he was driving alone and apparently at a high rate of speed.
Hollywood veteran producer-director Mervyn LeRoy urges aspiring stars to trust talent and hard work. He recalls Joan Crawford Joseph Ruttenberg Teresa Wright Van Johnson and his own humble beginnings to show success comes from learning persistence and self belief.
A 100 degree Sunday sent fire sprinklers off in a Detroit store causing drenched displays. In New Jersey a flood repairman found his home damaged after floodwaters washed away his front lawn. In New Orleans a clerk mistook a Spanish request for lipstick. Police removed parking tickets from two cars in Knoxville after delegates left for a convention. In New York a man dove from the Staten Island ferry and was fined for delaying the voyage.
The Federal Housing Administration moved to gain control of six more government insured projects as part of a drive to recover alleged windfall profits. FHA will replace current project directors and file suit to recover profits. Norman P. Mason named the latest projects and their presidents, including Carl C. Sharp of Bayou Park Apartments in Houston.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports July consumer prices up 3 percent, the largest rise in 14 months, driven by food costs. This raises hourly wages for about 850,000 workers in GM and Ford and other industries. Take-home pay after withholdings hits a July high, with a three-dependent family averaging $69.84 weekly.
College Station hosts a Thursday night pageant depicting the progress of the International Lutheran League as part of the American Lutheran Church annual convention. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is named most valuable player in the National League three times.
Air Training Command centers Lackland Sampson and Parks implement a 60 day backlog to assign airmen to career fields matching their interests experience education and aptitude. The change replaces a weekly quota and aims to place newcomers in optimal jobs benefiting both the force and the individual. The recruiting station remains at the Texas Employment Commission Building.
Indian Continuea asked to leave a restaurant and follow into a private room where celebrities who want privacy and Negroes are served. Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz telegrammed Mehta in Mexico City apologizing for the incident and invited him to Houston to be his house guest on the return to Washington.
Wakin markets show poultry: fowl 19c per lb under 4 lb. eggs medium 26, large 30. Cattle steady with good beef steers 18-22, calves 13-18.50, stocker calves 15-20, cows 10.50-12, bulls 10-13.50. Hogs slow with barrows 15-16.50 and sows 14-14.50. lambs 17-18.50, yearlings 12-16. Feeder lambs 15-16. overall activity moderate to steady.
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