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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1957

Page

5

Texas schoolboy finals hopefuls include Highland Park and Terrell

Highland Park Nederland Terrell and Mart emerge as favorites for Texas four division state football titles. HP upset Abilene last week and reaches finals after close losses early season. Terrell charts 12 straight wins, Nederland and Mart undefeated.

Highland Park Nederland Terrell and Mart Texas Abilene Eagles Dallas Tech Terrell AAA Athens Mart Port Arthur Sing Baytown Odessa Port Neches Orange Sweetwater Nederland Nederland Breckenridge Terrel Brady Stamford Waco Ross EB Hubbard White Oak New London Sundown Ad-Deng Austin Wali Highrd Park Fiith San Annio Edison Cleburne United Press Coaches Board Seymour West Columbia Terr Jourdanton

Markets Fort Worth Up USDA Livestock Report

Fort Worth markets show calves strong to higher with slaughter steers and heifers firm. Cows and bulls mixed, feeder stock steady to higher. Slaughter calves 22 to 25, yearlings 24 to 24.50, utility to commercial grades 14 to 17, stocker calf 21 to 23, hogs 23 to 25 cents lower, fat lambs near 20 to 21.50, cotton futures down in New York and New Orleans bids around 36.50.

Melia Lamba

College Basketball Scores From Various Matchups

A long list of college games is reported with numerous results across teams such as Columbia Lafayette NYU Penn State Colgate Seton Hall Scranton Pennsylvania Rutgers Fordham Rhode Island Temple Bucknell Dartmouth Williams Boston College Connecticut Colby Brown Houston Canisius Kansas St. Josephs Pittsburgh Miami Princeton Navy Alabama Baylor North Carolina Furman Florida State Wake Forest VMI Texas Tech Georgia Tech Western Kentucky Morehead State Duke Villanova Mississippi State Auburn Texas Christian Miami Florida Kentucky St. Louis Indiana Marquette Notre Dame Kansas State Iowa Missouri DePaul Seattle Bradley Steubenville Detroit Louisville Youngstown Cincinnati Xavier Marshall SMU Vanderbilt Texas Tulane Idaho Nevada UCLA DePauw Oklahoma State Washington Oregon State Gonzaga Utah State Stanford San Jose State with a closing note on the Oklahoma football team's Orange Bowl preparation for New Year's Day.

Columbia Jay Lafayette NYU Penn State Colgate Seton Hall Scranton Pennsylvania Rutgers Fordham Rhode Island Temple Bucknell Dartmouth Williams Boston College Connecticut Colby Brown Houston Canisius Kansas St. Josephs Niagara Florida Southern Harvard MIT Lasalle Manhattan Yale Holy Cros CCNY Adelphi Cornell Syracuse Duquesne Pittsburch Miami Geo. Washington Princeton Navy Alabama Baylor North Carolina South Car Furman Florida State Virginia Wake Forest North Car Eastern K Richmond VMI Tex. Tech Georgia Tech Western Ky Morehead St Duke Villanova Mississippi State Auburn Tex. Christian Miami Flu Kentucky St. Louis Texas Akm Ohio State Michigan State Colorado Michigan Wash Mo. U Bowling Green Ohio Dayton St. Marys Cal Missouri Indiana Marquette Notre Dame Kansas State Iowa Butler Wabash Purdue Nebraska Creighton DePaul Seattle Bradley Steubenville Highland NM Detroit Louisville Youngstown Marietta Cincinnati Xavier Ohio Marshall St. Bonaventure SMU Vanderbilt Texas Tulane Idaho Nevada UCLA DePauw Oklahoma St Washington Iowa State Wyoming Montana Washington State Utah Tulsa Oregon State Gonzaga Utah State Montana State Stanford San Jose State

Iers Expected To Take Western Title In NEL

The San Francisco Forty-Niners, defending league powers, defeated the Detroit Lions 27-20 to force a Western Division decider with the Browns while the Baltimore Colts collapsed 37-21 to the Rams. Y A Tittle led a late rally in a muddy San Francisco win.

Iers San Francisco Detroit Lions Paul Brown Cleveland Browns Dee Detroit Lions Bears Chicago Y. A. Tittle Baltimore Colts Rams Los Angeles Norm van Brocklin Baltimore

SWC Teams To Play 16 This Week

Southwest Conference basketball opens a strenuous week with 16 games including top matchups. Arkansas SMU Baylor and Texas Tech face Kansas State Kentucky Georgia Tech LSU and Missouri in key interstate clashes while Rice TCU Texas and others contest nonconference tests ahead of the Houston pre season tournament. Notable performances include Leon Hill’s 42 points for Tech and Ronnie Stevenson reaching 99 points for TCU.

Texas Tech Rice Texas Arkansas Southern Methodist Baylor SMU Kansas State Kentucky Fayetteville Dallas Wisconsin Madison Georgie Tech Atlanta Louisiana State Baton Rouge Texas Aggies Temple Philadelphia Champaign Ilinois Columbia Missouri Auburn TCU Waco Howard Payne Wake Forest Richmond Baylorelt Abilene Christian Alabama Mississippi Hamline Vanderbilt Oklahoma Tech Leon Hill Ronnie Stevenson

Burkemo Wins Sanford Open at Franklin Hills

Walter Burkemo captured the Sanford Open at Franklin Hills Michigan with a 269 total after 72 holes to win by one stroke. The 13-year pro, known for match play prowess, defeated two strong contenders to clinch the medal play title.

Sanford Flags Walter Burkemo Burkemo Franklin Hills Mich

Abigail Smith Adams First White House Mistress and Matriarch

Abigail Smith Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was an early White House resident. Married in 1764, she bore John Quincy Adams in 1767, lived briefly in the unfinished White House in 1800, and died in 1818, six years before her son’s presidency.

Abigail Smith White House United States Miss Smith New England John Adams John Quincy Adams

Texas Tech dominates in Southwest Conference schedule

Texas Tech defeated West Texas 95 73 and handed Georgia Tech a 67 64 loss in a dense conference slate. The standings feature Texas A M and SMU matchups along with Baylor Arkansas Oklahoma and others across Monday to Saturday games and individual scoring leaders include Leon Hill Ron Stevenson and Temple Tucker.

Seixas Gibson Top 1957 US Tennis Rankings

Seixas and Gibson headline the 1957 United States tennis rankings as Vic Seixas the Philadelphian and Althea Gibson, first Negro to win major titles, lead the national list while Ted Williams collects his fifth AL batting crown with a .388 average. Boling Wins Galveston Shrimp Bowl

New York Ip Vic Seixa United States Althea Gibson Nero

Ohio State Receives United Press Cup Honor

Ohio State University was named the No. 1 collegiate football team Sunday night and presented with the United Press Cup by Frank H. Bartholomew, president of United Press.

New York Ohio State University Frank H. Bartholomew United Press

Bobcats Face Harvesters In Pampa Showdown

The Childress Bobcats travel to meet the Pampa Harvesters for a high school basketball clash tomorrow night. The teams opened the season with a 47 49 result criticized as a no contest by Pampa. Coaches Mehrtens and Hill plan to start a tall five including Conner Ricks Seal Lane and Darling with Sha han seeing action. The opener is the A Reserves at 6 30 followed by the main game at 8 00. This marks the last game before the Vernon Tournament.

Bobcats The Harvesters Cliff Mehrtens Wasdelle Hill Electra Jimmy Conner Tom Ricks David Seal Jerry Lane Don Darling Darling Bill Shahan Vernon

Michigan Tops U.S. In Producing Cucumbers and Crops

The report states Michigan ranks first in cucumber pickles red tart cherries red clover seed and gladiola bulbs production in the United States. It lists futures prices and market activity in New York New Orleans and March and May contracts with mixed up figures and changes.

Michigan United States

Insurance- Life company assets and liabilities clash

Senate investigation opens in Dallas into a Texas insurance gift case as officials probe a $2000 cash gift to veterans department employee. Witnesses include Insurance Commissioner Harrison and others. hearings run through Friday with possible involvement of Potter County officials.

Austin Charles Herring Senate Investigating Committee Dallas Texas Insurance Company Veterans Insurance Department Herring William Harrison Wheeler Amarillo Potter County Ammarillo Wayne Bagley

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