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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1957
Page
1
President Eisenhower lands at Harmon Air Force Base after a 21 hour 19 minute flight from Paris. Strong headwinds delayed his arrival, he faces domestic critique and plans for a large defense buildup amid NATO deliberations and Russia tensions.
The Jaycees at a Thursday meeting voted to sponsor a park paving project at Fair Park. The $2,500 plan covers dirt roads around the Rotary Bowl lake and back to the swimming pool. They seek proportional contributions from other Childress clubs to finish by spring and plan aid for needy families at Christmas. N/A
The Grand Opening takes place Saturday at 324 Commerce in the old Sikes Motor site. Owners A. C. Imhof and Wallace Gregory will distribute Studebakers Packards Ferguson and Massey Harris tractors.
The election of officers and selecting of players for the Kids in Summer baseball program has been postponed until after the new year. Six men attended the planned meeting at City Hall. Class Rowland, President, said postponement aims to attract more adults to participate. The Childress Rotary Club Christmas party is set for 7 PM tonight at Hotel Childress with Phil Walker of Sherman as principal speaker.
In Berlin the Communist authorities declare a public striptease unconstitutional marking a clash between party censorship and individual performances. Local observers call for clarity on legal standards and potential appeals.
U S military space scientists outlined a five stage plan to reach the Moon and establish orbiting space platforms. The outline includes unmanned lunar landings, manned Earth orbit, 500 to 600 mile platforms, a 24 hour satellite station at 22 500 miles, and a vehicle to move between stations and perform soft landings on the Moon or planets.
Olympus residents mark the 51st year of a Christmas gathering near Red River despite hardship. After the old school building burned, farmers built a tree at the ruins with homemade decorations signaling enduring community spirit amid reduced celebrations.
City police filed a suit against Ben Frank Clifton Jr for negligent driving after a Wednesday traffic accident. Clifton’s vehicle damaged a parked car owned by A. J. Clements of Amarillo. damage was listed as minor in the police report.
Secretary McElroy disclosed the administration will ask Congress for about one billion dollars more to finance heightened defense spending in the current fiscal year.
Manila reports an acute downturn as dollar reserves drop to 80 million and prices soar 15 to 25 percent after a strict austerity program. One in four workers are unemployed, and imports of rice rise while the nation seeks a U S bailout and a new stabilization loan.
A rare dust storm swept across Texas and parts of surrounding states, driven by near hurricane force winds. Lufkin Galveston and Houston saw visibility as low as five miles Dallas recorded half mile visibility at times. A Dallas dealer reported about 10000 dollars in roof damage and three new Chryslers damaged. Tornado warnings were active for nine hours but no tornadoes were reported. Overnight temps ranged from 21 in Dalhart to 56 in Galveston. Winds of 50 mph toppled a sign at Seventh and Henderson and Meacham Field planes were blown over. Fair and cool weather expected next day.
Texas Senate investigators pressed state figures over a shell game around a 1956 sale of 20 electric typewriters tied to U S Trust and Guaranty Co. Jesse Irwin, who later became Gov. Shivers budget director, admitted involvement though denying direct dealings with Wheeler. The panel pursued who sold the equipment and why, amid links to E I Elam and Southwest Bus Sales.
A tornado warning and outbreak hit north central Georgia and northwest South Carolina as twister forming air masses moved east. At least 14 killed across Arkansas Illinois and Missouri with over 200 injured and 1 000 homeless. Red Cross declared the district a disaster area and National Guard aided recovery efforts.
Childress County Old Settlers Association holds its annual Free Coffee and Doughnut Day all day Saturday on Main Street north of Saied's. Sam Privitt will run the chuckwagon from morning until about 6 pm with T R Whitehead aiding. Secretary Ethel Seigler will assist those wishing to register who could not at the July meeting.
An assistant Texas attorney general labeled Harry Hoxsey's lease of his cancer clinic to new operators a subterfuge. Cecil Rotsch charged at a hearing before the Texas Board of Medical Examiners, which aims to shut the clinic down. Hoxsey is defended by Jimmy Martin and Jim Mitchell, who said the action smacks of persecution and that constitutional rights are being violated.
A feed lot at the J. J. Goodnight farm northeast of town burned about 2 PM yesterday, igniting an adjoining pasture. Firemen prevented the flames from reaching the house, and no extensive damage was reported.
Michael J. Quill warned Thursday night he could halt NYC public transit at midnight New Year’s Eve amid tense contract talks with private bus operators and the Transit Authority. City-owned buses in Queens and Staten Island would remain running if no pact is reached. The Authority delayed talks pending a GOP bill to strip its bargaining powers.
The Hoffa conspiracy trial ended in a hung jury after 28 hours of deliberation. Juror coercion was alleged by Sol Gelb as the court discharged the panel. Hoffa and two co defendants face a new trial on the same charges.
In Edwardsville authorities traced a pair of horn rimmed glasses and a brown hat found at the scene of Dr Maurice Sanderson's shooting death after a Christmas visit turned fatal. He pursued the robbers who demanded a gun, was shot twice, and died later. The hat bore a San Jose haberdashery label.
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