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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
2
New arrivals feature frosty white gowns with Wallace trim bodice and floating silk organza sleeves. Belted with creaming satin and rose detail, size 8 9. Prices from £14.95 to £49.95. Also offered for missus 7 to 16 years with prices £—.
Nashville area school board unveils a parents preference plan for desegregation to be filed with a federal court. It classifies schools by race and uses annual censuses to gauge parental wishes, amid past riots and federal orders for full desegregation. Only dissenter Coy Ennix calls the plan unconstitutional.
Mrs Easter Grace Condrin wife of a San Antonio union organizer has been missing for 11 days after visiting her brother George Gaudern in Corpus Christi with her 9 year old daughter and husband. He fears anti union foes may be involved and reports no sign of a struggle though her coat was left behind on a cold night.
Locals note a forecast of considerable cloudiness with slowly rising temperatures through Friday. Community updates include births in Midland and Houston areas, obituaries in Monroe Louisiana, and numerous local visitations and travel details involving Childress and surrounding towns.
The Indonesian government ordered closure of all Dutch consulates and expulsion of 60 000 Dutch nationals from Indonesia after a UN debate on Western New Guinea. A three phase plan targets jobless Dutch first, then middle class, with final phase for remaining citizens.
Marshall Texas Rotarian E Wesley Jones protests changes to songs in Rotary songbooks. He cites substitutions in My Old Kentucky Home and Carry Me Back to Old Virginny and condemns altering Stephen Foster lyrics as distorting history.
Deborah Ann Lewis infant daughter of Mr and Mrs O J Lewis died about 9 20 oclock Wednesday night in Childress General Hospital The baby was born Wednesday morning Funeral services were to be held at 4 oclock this afternoon at the Newberry Chapel conducted by Rev W H Whynat Burial was to be in the Childress cemetery Survivors are the parents five sisters Betty Jo Lewis Virginia Lee Lewis Margie Lewis Janie Lewis and Mary Lee Lewis all of Childress and the grandparents Mr and Mrs M Lewis of Childress and Mr and Mrs W Grimes of Denton
The National Council of Churches will elect a St. Louis Baptist pastor as its new president at the Triennial Assembly. About 2,000 delegates from 30 denominations attend the six day meeting and will adopt resolutions voicing church sentiment on current national issues.
The piece describes Algerian workers in Paris, many hard-working yet culturally isolated, sending money home while factions tap funds. It notes violent clashes between National Liberation Front and Algerian National Movement members, plus a third racketeering faction exploiting independence groups. Police report four North Africans detained for questioning after a staged car incident.
GOP leaders disclosed plans to edge defense budget up by dollars for missile work and other programs to meet Soviet space age challenges starting July 1. Officials say savings will be sought to offset about a billion. Hagerty and Knowland expect no tax increase and no debt ceiling rise when Congress reconvenes. In Texas, outlaw country singer T Texas Tyler is jailed awaiting bond after a narcotics indictment by a Bexar County grand jury.
Sam Rayburn declared Lyndon B Johnson the greatest Senate minority leader and a potential presidential candidate at a testimonial in Johnsons honor. About 1500 attendees heard the praise read by Oveta Culp Hobby. Scholarships of 4000 dollars each were announced for Rice Institute Texas Southern University University of Mor ton and University of St Thomas. Rayburn and Johnson spoke on upgrading the U S defense and missile program and criticized the Pentagon if needed.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce urged Texas to adopt a plan for state takeover of school lunch programs vocational education disaster relief water pollution control and support for social programs. It claimed savings of nine million dollars annually or more to the treasury and ten million for unemployment compensation by eliminating the federal tax.
The crew describes a troublesome lox line valve during takeoff operations. A spare failed to align while reworking another valve, and the connected tip section became stiff from contact with liquid oxygen at minus 270 Fahrenheit. Unloading lox and warming the valve would have been required before reloading and launch.
Harlingen fire officials try to dispose of a half gallon jar of metallic sodium explosive found in an insured building. Fire Marshal Max Coffey warns it detonates with moisture and cannot be buried. He considers delivering it by air over the Gulf of Mexico or surrendering it to authorities or private pilots for safe handling.
An 18 year old bride Barbara Ann Minor died from a fractured skull and internal injuries when her car collided with an emergency car racing to a choking baby. Her husband Marvin, 19, remained unconscious. infant Layton Ballard recovered.
Henderson County Judge Bristow said the county may not order jail access for Athens city and Sheriff Brownie refused jail and radio use after a policewoman’s hiring triggered resignations. The city owns a short wave radio and seeks independent operations amid missed jail access.
The 31 state Interstate Oil Compact Commission closed its convention with a sharp critique of excessive oil imports. The group elected Wyoming Governor Milward Simpson as its new chairman, succeeding Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary.
Mrs Ruby Bush and Mrs Truman McFarland were discharged on Wednesday. Mrs Glenn Buckley was discharged today along with Larry Jackson.
The paper notes multiple celebrants including Mrs. Lowell Dement and Miss Gertie Haskett with additional wishes for Mrs. Earl Hackler T. C. Bailiff and Richard Marrs as they reach birthdays this week and tomorrow.
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