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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1956

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2

Quotes From The News Reg U S Pat Off By United Press

A compilation of remarks from public figures and leaders including John Kasper of the White Citizens Council on federal resistance. General Motors President Harlow Curtice about 1957 outlook. Patricia West undergoing thyroid surgery under hypnosis. Edgewater Hospital spokesman on hypnosis results. Ezra Benson on soil bank inquiry. Vice President Nixon on possible aid to a nation and bipartisan support in Congress.

Washington John Kasper Citizens Council Clinton, Tenn New York Harlow H. Curtice General Motors Richard M. Nixon United States Orstain Congress

West Texas Utilities Honors Don Bradley

West Texas Utilities congratulates Don C. Bradley of Childress for thirty years of service. Bradley began as a service man in Haskell in 1926, moved through Rotan and Jayton, served in the Navy during World War II, returned as local manager in Matador, and has worked in Childress since January 1950.

Don C. Bradley Childress West Texas Utilities Electric Times District 1 Bradley West Texas Haskell Rotan Service Department Jayton US Navy Matador

Memphis Resident Dies Saturday in Goodall Hospital

Mrs. Tom Taylor aged about 90, cousin to H EB Jones and Bill Jones of this community and Allen Jones of Cee Wee, died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Goodall Hospital Memphis after a stroke two weeks earlier. She had lived in Memphis for several years, previously from Maybank, and burial is planned in Maybank.

Rivercamp Tom Taylor H. EB Bill Jones Allen Jones Cee Wee Goodall Hospital Memphis Taylor Childress County Etta Maybank

Local families visit for weddings and sorority event

Charles Crews and son join Mrs. Crews in Las Vegas then travel to Lubbock for Carol Crews pinning into Kappa Kappa Gamma at Texas Tech. Various relatives visit Childress, Amarillo, and Abilene while others gather in Plainview and Lubbock. Buddy Paine Jr. shares a Philippine film sighting with his parents.

Charles Crews Charlie Las Vegas August Imhof Virginia Lambert Amarillo Worth Green Linda Lubbock EB. C. Overby H. N. Odum Merkel Steve Cowan Abilene Childress Joseph Homer Buddy) Paine, Jr Phillippines Paine J. H. Paine

Mona Freeman Seen Visiting Friends in City Weekend

Mona Freeman spent the weekend in the city visiting relatives and friends, staying with her parents and joining other local connections. Also present were Mrs Otto Petri and her daughter from Wichita Falls along with Denver Colorado residents visiting Childress. The social calendar included Jean Smiths wedding to James Ray Vaughan with attendees Agnes Morgan Jeanette Mobettie and the Manuel Kiker Johnson families.

Mona Freeman John Crews Midwestern University Wichita Falls Otto Petri C. D. Todd Denver Colo Childress Jean Smith James Ray Vaughan Agnes Morgan Jeanette Mobettie G. E. Manuel Robert Kiker Bobby Kiker Amarillo Bill Martin Clyde Martin Fred Mitchell Andrews Vernon Johnsons

Revival Meeting at The House of Prayer in Wichita Falls

A religious message urges believers to separate from worldliness and pursue Bible unity. Revival services led by Evangelist Rev. Mrs. Tommy Wright and Mrs. Guyon Norman begin at 7:30 p.m. at 405 South Main St with Rev. Pearl Robinson welcoming attendees.

Jesus Johan House OF Prayer South Main St. Evangelist Tommy Wright Wichita Falls Guyon Norman Arle Pearl Robinson

Childress football fans urged to support post season games

Doyle McKinney president of the C of C praised Childress for securing post season football games as towns vote to visit. He urged attendance at every game at Fair Park Stadium with FFA students running concessions and the Quarterback Club and Bobcat Mothers handling programs.

Continuea Page One Fair Park Stadium Childress Texas Doyle McKinney C of C FFA Bobcat

Public high schools nationwide offer driver education courses

About one-fifth of U.S. public high schools provide driver education classes, reflecting a partial adoption of driver training across districts and states.

United States

Italian Reds Congress Without Suslov

Rome dispatch reports the Italian Communist Party opening its eighth national congress amid guard shifts and anti-Reds fears. Kremlin observers present as M Mirò Pupilo Maling crack? events. Suslov barred entry, five Soviet observers smuggled in, Tass condemns Italy’s actions.

Rome Iron Curtain Kremlin Benito Mussolini Palmiro Toglatti Italy Russia Hungary Tiber M. A. Suslov Florence Moscow Tass Suslov

Hutcheson Raps Dies Campaign For Senator

Houston attorney Hutcheson accuses Thad Hutcheson of boldly campaigning for the U S Senate while serving as congressman at large. He says Dies seeks to postpone the special election to 1957 to stay in Washington D C and represent Texans, amid charges that redistricting negligence created the at large seat.

Austin Thad Hutchean Martin Dies U. S. Senate Hutcheson Houston Dies Price Daniel Texas Senate Congress Washington D. C

Tell resident wins bedroom suite in White's Saturday drawing

More than 350 people attended the drawing when Hr. S. Voyles of Tell won the bedroom suite given away by White's Saturday night event.

Hr. S. Voyles Tell White

Hoover Suite of Changes Narrowly Passes Senate Line

Hoover’s departure to take effect about February 1 with Herter nominated for vice president. Herter, 62, a former Massachusetts resident born in Paris, joined government service in 1953 on the Iranian oil issue and became undersecretary in 1954. Stassen’s push for Herter’s nomination fizzled as Herter rejected the idea.

Hoover Herter Senate Paris London Stassen San Francisco

Reduced Forts Enabled by Siege Warfare

Britannica notes nationalism grew as siege warfare broke isolated forts that preserved local autonomy, enabling centralized control and stronger state power.

Mrs Gages Relative Dies At Mercedes

Mrs C R Patterson sister in law to Mrs Neil Gage of Childress died at 6 oclock Saturday in Mercedes Funeral arrangements with Newberry Funeral Home in charge not complete Saturday services will be held in Childress Tuesday afternoon Patterson whose home was in Maine was in Mercedes for the winter months according to relatives here

C. R. Patterson Neil Gage Childress Mercedes Newberry Funeral Home Patterson Maine

Rice Harvesting by Minnesota Indians Described

A historical note describes Minnesota Indian women gathering wild rice by bending stalks over a boat and knocking ripened kernels into the craft a practice continued since before white settlement.

Built on lava Catania rises from Mount Etna layers

Catania, Sicily built on nine lava layers from Mount Etna, with three layers prehistoric and the most recent dating to 1669. The article notes more than 7,000,000 acres of national parks in Alaska.

Catania Sicily Mount Etna Alaska

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