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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1957
Page
2
A New Year’s Service on regeneration guided by Rev. A L Heath is set for Tuesday December 31 at 7 p.m. at The House of Prayer 4065 S Main St. The event will feature Bible pictures and explanations and welcomes all.
Jewelry worth 30000 dollars disappeared from a velvet case in the dressing room of Mrs. James D Zellerbach at the American Embassy in Rome Officials said the theft likely occurred during the night of December 18 The household staff of 15 was questioned and Italian police and embassy security officers investigated inquiries into possible inside involvement or multiple thieves.
A sprawling list of local holiday visitors and familial travels fills the Childress area notes. Families from Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas, Beaumont, and Colorado are mentioned visiting relatives and friends over Christmas, with several returning to cities like Graham, Abilene, Fort Worth, and Houston.
Asporment plans to return home after visiting her parents. James H Eddy and Mrs. Eddy hosted relatives including Kenneth Allerding and Martin Ray from Odessa. Numerous guests from Wichita Falls, Odessa, Grandview, Austin, Dallas, Clovis and Texarkana spent Christmas with local residents, with funerals and reunions noted in Cross Plains and Seymour.
In Miami, December 28 1960 Richard M Nixon and Estes Kefauver debated John Foster Dulles during a visit for the Orange Bowl. Kefauver challenged Dulles as lacking leadership while Nixon praised Dulles as a skilled diplomat who helped keep the United States out of war.
Texarkana, Tex, reports a record 68.56 inches of rain for the year, surpassing the old 67.97 inches set in 1937. Weather bureau records go back to 1911, noting the 54 degree high and 28 degree low on a recent Saturday.
Sen Stuart Symington of Missouri announced his decision to seek a second Senate term and called again for eliminating unnecessary duplication and waste in the Defense Department.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, two Hollywood stars, married today in a quiet Scottsdale Methodist church service at 2 p.m. local time. The ceremony was attended by close friends and families with about 300 people outside the church.
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