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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1957
Page
3
Fort Worth visitors Mr. and Mrs. A Blanton stayed with Mr. and Mrs. C C Broughton. The weekend included Mr and Mrs Billy McNabb and relatives from Fort Worth Amarillo Hale Center Wichita Falls Vernon and Amarillo. Visitors also spent time with the Crook and Elkins families.
House guests of his brother Pete Goffar and family this week are Mr and Mrs Mike Goffar of Wilmington California Mrs Ray Pardue and children and Mrs Laddie Sloan and daughter of Estelline shopped and visited in Childress Monday In Amarillo Monday on business and visiting friends were Mrs L L Baker and son Mr and Mrs Charles Hood Preslar of Wichita Falls were weekend visitors with their parents Mr and Mrs H C Preslar and Mrs C E Scott Charles Glen Preslar returned home with his parents after spending the past week here with his grandparents Mayor H C Preslar is in Wichita Falls today on business August Imhof Wallace Gregory and Denzil Blacksher are expected home tonight from a business trip to South Bend and L G McCaw has returned from Dallas where he received medical treatment Tehran Iran The governor of Hamadan province said today that at least 2000 were killed in the series of earthquakes that have hit northwestern Iran since last Friday.
The U S Defense Department plans to add mass destruction tools to its arsenal detailing a death ray effective at 500 yards a tunneling device to bore through rock at half a mile per hour a rapid foxhole digger for Patton tanks and a method to extinguish fires The 14 page booklet titled Inventions Wanted by the Armed Forces is being sent to scientific societies research groups and individual inventors.
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending at 1 am Tuesday was 74 degrees at 2 am Monday. The minimum temperature was 38 degrees from a.m. Tuesday. Temperatures follow through a table showing readings from Monday evening to Tuesday morning.
Federal judge denied a request to reimburse two attorneys, Evetts Haley Jr. and associates, in a wheat-penalty civil suit. The team sought government pay to depose Ezra Taft Benson in Washington, but Benson cited official business.
Funeral services for Pearl McCraw former Childress resident were held at 4 pm at the Church of Christ with minister W R Craig assisted by Dale Pearson of Amarillo. She died Sunday morning in Amarillo hospital. Pallbearers included Homer Coats Watts Leach Ned Garrison Allen Harp George Copelin and Arch Hays. Burial followed in the Church Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home arrangements.
El Paso citizens raised 3900 for detective Willie Sanchez widow after he and partner cornered two bandits who robbed a supermarket of 7000. The gun battle left Lane dead and patrolman Gu Moran wounded. both bandits were killed.
Hospital records show admissions including Mrs. W. H. Garvin and John Forbis on Monday and Monday Duke Holland Jr. and A. T. Williams on Monday. Linda Stephens admitted on Tuesday. Discharges include Eddie Joe McConnell on Monday.
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