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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
4
Meager OCR reads like a classifieds index with categories such as Lost and Found Help Wanted Real Estate For Sale For Rent and autos. It lists staffing requests and rental ads and shows pricing per word with daily rates and a single free day. The piece reads as a layout note rather than a single event or person.
The Childress Index started July 73 1888 in Childress Texas at 22d Main Street with Morris Hiffiey as publisher and E J Huddleston as general manager. It merged with The Childress Post on April 3 1930 and is published daily afternoons except Saturdays and Sundays mornings with postal registration under the 1887 act. Carrier and mail rates are listed for local and distant counties.
Executives of major and minor leagues met in Chicago to discuss roster limits and scheduling. The proposed plan would require MLB teams to trim rosters to 28 by opening day, pushing minor league ups to a month earlier. A future MLB meeting cadence in alternate years in a minor league city was also considered. One trade occurred, Cubs and Cardinals exchanging 10 players in an even deal, plus several positional moves. The AL voted to authorize a three game playoff for pennant ties.
Syracuse University football coaches kept Archbold Stadium in use despite heavy snow as Ben Schwartzwalder pressed a long workout. The Orangemen will train at home before flying to Norman and then Dallas on December 30 for the Cotton Bowl against Texas Christian.
John E. Sauer, hired to lead The Citadel football program and serve as athletic director, resigns effective December 31 for personal reasons. He obtained release from a five year contract signed in 1955 with three years remaining. Citadel President Gen. Mark W. Clark accepts the resignation with regret, saying Sauer is making a mistake.
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