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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1956

Page

2

Social Calendar Christmas Parties Across Local Churches and Clubs

A Monday social calendar lists多 Christmas events from Beta Sigma Phi to First Baptist First Methodist and Central Christian churches. Includes dinners, luncheons, potlucks, choir rehearsals, and club parties at locations like WDC building Masonic Hall and Country Club, with times ranging 3 to 7 pm and 7 pm for many gatherings.

Beta Sigma Phi Erne Davis First Baptist Church Mary Martha Gay's Cafe First Methodist Church Masonic Hall King Memorial Methodist Wscs Athena WDC Moore Fellowship Hall Ruth Michal Central Christian Church Preston Modern Home Club Rotary Club Children of Country Club Country Club

Visiting Hours and Admissions at Childress General Hospital

Childress General Hospital lists visiting hours and a roster of admissions and dismissals. Admitted: Jerry Spires Sunday, Mrs Florence Foster Sunday, Dursilla Savage Sunday. Discharged: Karen Moore Saturday, Mrs C A Priest Jr and baby Sunday, George Marchbanks Sunday, Mrs J O Tate Monday, Stacy Lanham Monday.

Jerry Spires Florence Foster Dursilla Savage Karen Moore C. A. Priest, Jr George Marchbanks J. O. Tate Stacy Lanham

Temperatures Reach 66 Degree High Sunday Afternoon

A 24 hour period ending 11 30 a m Monday recorded a high of 66 degrees at 2 30 p m Sunday and a low of 39 degrees at 4 30 a m Monday. Readings show a clear warm trend into Monday morning with 50s to 60s through the day.

Local Visitors Share Town News Across West Texas

West Texas locals note light to partly cloudy skies and colder conditions tonight. Amarillo area and friends in Wellington and Shamrock host visitors including James Laningham Polly Shoemaker and Mary Laningham, plus Debbie Harp and Fred Page Jr relatives from Gainesville.

West Texas del Rio Eagle Pass Panhandle South Plains James Laningham Polly Pat Shoemaker Mary Laningham Amarillo Jack Burrows Calvin Aaron Debbie Wellington Keith Johnston Lubbock Harp W. W. Rasberry Fred Page Shamrock Paul Griffin Gainesville George W. Taylor T. G. Puryear Penny Tommy Puryear Wheeler Irvin Sealander Robert B. Lee Ray Browning Pampa L. 0 Shoemaker E. J. Shoemaker Brownings Tittle Rock, Ark

Last Minute Christmas Cake and Fruit Cake Substitutions

Home guidance from Lou Jeffers on Gum Drop Cake and fruit cake methods. Includes ingredient lists for gum drops with nuts, flour ratios, spicing, and aging tips. Also provides substitutions for fruit quantities, candying fruit at home, and drying tips for dried fruits.

Eden Returns as Prime Minister Faces Suez Gas Rationing Critique

Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resumed leadership in the House of Commons after a Jamaica rest. He faced Labor inquiries and Conservative demands for a spontaneous show of support. MPs questioned plans for an official historian and criticized gasoline rationing set at six gallons per person per month amid Suez disruptions.

London Anthony Eden House of Commons Eden Jamaica Commons Egypt Suez Canal Middle East United Nations

British salvage fleet tally fuels canal crisis

Britain threatens to sail salvage vessels if no UN mediated acceptance by midnight local time. Egypt caves to use of foreign crews only if they are from other nations, while Anglo French troops brace in the European Quarter. UN patrols in white jeeps exchange fire with Danish Swedish and Norwegian units with no reported casualties.

Egypt Britain France United Nations U. N

Letters to Santa from Texas children request toys and clothes

Christmas notes from Margaret Hadley Sally Jo Shipman Kay Writer and Pamela Writer list gifts they want in Childress Texas. They seek clothing books a sewing machine a ballerina doll a bike ironing supplies and dolls for sisters with cheerful claims of good behavior.

Santa Love Margaret Hadley Avenue H No Childress Texas Santa Claus Sally Jo Shipman Kay le Childress Tex, P. S Pamela Writer

Daniel Sees Strong Texas Water Program

Governor elect Price Daniel predicted the upcoming legislature will enact a strong long range water and conservation program benefiting all Texans. He spoke after attending a Beaumont duck hunt opening in Houston and said lawmakers showed vital interest in water conservation and other reforms. The session begins January 8 as he meets Lt Gov Ramsey, Speaker elect Carr, and many lawmakers.

Austin Price Daniel Texas Daniel Ben Ramsey Waggoner Carr

Negro Educator Backgrounded in Segregation South

LaGrange Georgia native earned liberal arts degree at Morehouse College and studied political science at Atlanta University. He has taught at a Negro college in Alabama. Segregation laws in Georgia withdraw state funds from any institution admitting a Negro. Negroes attend undergraduate programs at state colleges in Arkansas Kentucky Louisiana North Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia with over 500 enrolled.

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Indian Prime Minister Sees Eisenhower After Columbia Visit

The Indian prime minister met President Eisenhower for their first since 1949 and held talks with Secretary Dulles after lunch. He attended a reception at the Indian Embassy and dined with Chief Justice Warren. He plans a nationwide radio TV address from Gettysburg then a stop in New York before Canada.

Nehru Columbia University Eisenhower John Foster Dulles Karl Warren Washington Gettysburg New York Canada

Radio hints at government plans amid coal mine resumption

A Budapest radio broadcast claimed workers from the Goyer railway rolling stock factory volunteered for work in the Tababanya coal mines west of the city. It noted a power shortage halting work and that only 4,500 of 11,000 pre revolutionary miners had returned to the pits.

Bakony Matrai Budapest Big Goyer Tababanya

Aggie Freshman Killed In One Car Crash

A Texas A and M freshman Benny C Bernardoni 18 of Galveston died in a one car crash near College Station while returning from a party. His 19 year old companion Glynn Hill of Winters was critically injured and treated at Bryan Hospital. Another cadet Joseph Norville 18 of Port Arthur was not hurt. State trooper O L Luther said Bernardoni fell asleep at the wheel and the car hit a big oak tree off Highway 6.

College Station Tex Texas A&m Jeve Benny C. Bernardoni Galveston Glynn Hill Bryan Aggie Joseph Norville Port Arthur O . L. Luther Bernardoni Highway 6

Soviet Note Warns of Retaliation for Airspace Violations

The Soviet government issued a note on December 11 threatening action if American aircraft intrude again into USSR airspace. It states responsibility for consequences will rest with the United States. Weather in the Japanese Sea area argued against accidental crossings, noting the incident follows a region of prior U.S. and Soviet air clashes.

Ussr Japanese Sea U. S

Cardinal Spellman Attacks Baby Doll Film From Pulpit

Cardinal Spellman denounced the film Baby Doll from St. Patrick's Cathedral pulpit calling it morally repellent and urging Catholics to skip it under pain of sin. He criticized the film's themes and the MPAA certification as defiance of natural law. The Legion of Decency condemned the Tennessee Williams tale as morally repellent.

New York Francis Cardinal Spellman St. Patrick's Cathedral Motion Picture Association of America Catholic Legion of Decency Assn Warner Brothers

Cargo Plane Bounces Across Busy Highway

A C-46 cargo plane lands short of Long Beach airport in fog and bounces onto a busy highway, scattering debris but causing no injuries. The four crew members escape, unharmed, as the aircraft skids to a stop in a field amid startled motorists.

Long Beach Calif

New Way To Shrink Painful Piles Revealed

A new healing substance called BiosDyne, marketed as Preparation H, claims to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Case by case trials show actual shrinkage and statements that piles have ceased to be a problem, with suppository or ointment forms and a money back guarantee.

New York, N. Y

Eleven Die In Car Train Collision Near Phoenix

At an unguarded crossing in Phoenix early today a car collided with the Chicago bound Southern Pacific Golden State Limited. Eleven people were killed and a small child critically injured. the train crew was uninjured and the train continued to Phoenix after authorities cleared the scene.

Phoenix Ariz Southern Pacific Golden State Limited California

Rebel USW Leaders Push Dual Unionism in LA Dues Fight

Strife within the United Steelworkers centers on rebel leaders promoting dual unionism. Their aims expanded from seeking a special convention to reversing a biennial action held in Los Angeles that raised dues to five dollars per month.

Page One USW Los Angeles

Polio Fatal to Jack Coe Faith Healer

The Rev. Jack Coe, 38, fiery evangelist who led faith healing crusades in the South, died Sunday of bulbar polio at Parkland hospital after pneumonia developed. He faced a $150,000 federal suit in Florida over braces removed from a polio victim. suit dismissed eight days before his death. Coe ran the Dallas Revival Center and Herald of Healing and published an international healing magazine.

Dallash Jack Coe South Parkland Hospital Coe Florida Doc Parkland No. 25 Dallas Herald of Healing Waxahachie Tex International Healing Miami, Fla

Revival healer Coe dies leaving large southern network

The obituary notes revivalist Coe who preached faith healing in southern states under a big tent. His assistant Rev. B G Covington says he employed 80 people and mailed 150000 copies of International Healing magazine. Coe is survived by his widow and six children. funeral arrangements are at Dudley M Hughes funeral home.

Coe B. G. Covington International Healing Dudley M. Hughes

Heavy Knitwear Sale One Day Offer Slashed

A local ad promotes heavy knit items priced at 10.95 dollars for a one day only sale at a downtown shop. The display highlights a 14.95 item now reduced to 10.95 with limited time availability.

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