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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1957
Page
2
Weather Readings Show 24 Hour High of 74 Degrees
The 24 hour period ending at 12 a m Saturday peaked at 74 degrees after 1 and 2 pm Friday readings. Morning temps Saturday ranged around the mid sixties with several readings in the 64 to 65 degree area.
Bible School At Central Christian Church Starts
Vacation church program begins at Central Christian Church Mendey morning with classes for all ages starting at 9 oclock. Mrs. Jh Nelson and Miss Kate Biggerstaff direct the school. The Suez Canal first opened in 1869.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehoot
Central Christian Church
Mendey
Jh Nelson
Kate Biggerstaff
Suez Canal
High Point Women Mold Sewing Meet
A High Point group of women gathered at the High Point school building for an all day sewing meeting. Mrs Cecil Gardner led with invocation and a luncheon followed, with Mrs FE Adams and Mrs Clyde Hackler assisting in pattern fitting and alteration. Present were Mrs Johnny Henley Mrs Charlie Howard Grady Parr Hackler Adams J E Begley Weldon Lane Filbert Kelley and Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Cecil Gardner
FE. F. Adams
Clyde Hackler
Mmes Johnny Henley
Charlie Howard
Grady Parr
Hackler, Adams
J. E. Begley
Weldon Lane
Filbert Kelley
Gardner
Uganda to end school segregation in new academic year
Kampala reports Social Services Minister Cartland announced Uganda will launch an attack on racial segregation in education. The government will run its own secondary schools as interracial next year and urged private schools to follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kampala
Uganda
Social Services
Cartland
Locals greet visitors and announce new arrival and travels
Abilene residents Mr and Mrs Janes Cotton announce daughter Cheryl Lynne born May 28. Grandparents Mr and Mrs J E Cotton and Mr and Mrs T R White of Childress. Visitors include Buddy Edmondson and Roger Poirier at Keesler Air Force Base. Several families visit for graduations, funerals, and local social events around town with multiple out of town relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Cotton
Abilene
Childress
Cheryl Lynne
J. E. Cotton
T. RE. White
J. J. Roans
N. J. Cooksey
Moberly
Léon Cooksey
Helen Newman
Kansas City
Lon Alexander
Bert Hargrave
Western Motel
Murray Gays
Amarillo
John Gay
News Items About People You Know
A list of individuals and couples from multiple towns including Dermott Oklahoma City Snyder Amar Wichita Falls Fort Worth Dumas Crowell Town Park and Crowell. Names include Mrs 0 M Atkinson M J Wade Foy Bann Dee Hinkle Lela Richardson John Reese Loyd Tucker and others with spouses and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Bill Harrington
Nancy
Town Park
A. W Wade
Lil Whitten
Watter Schoppual
Fort Worth
M R_ G. Fowler
Dumas
Viola Boegerstaff
Crowell
Texon Offers TV Station To Ireland
HOUSTON. P Gordon McLendon head of the McLendon Investment Corp of Dallas says he plans to build a television station and a radio station in Dublin Ireland. He says a deal was offered to the Irish Government and that the government is giving serious consideration. The TV station would cost upwards of two million dollars and the commercial radio station Wave 250000 watts would cost about 500000 dollars and would cost the Irish government nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Gordon McLendon
McLendon Investment Corp
Dallas
Dublin
Ireland
McLendon
San Antonio
Seriou
Heavy Rains Cause Floods and Tornado Sightings Across Texas
A rapid storm drenched Fort Worth and surrounding towns with up to 3.55 inches in 24 hours. Bonham flooded after 2.80 inches in 37 minutes, a seven year old boy was rescued from a storm sewer. San Saba saw 0.65 inch with hail, while Denton had 1.65 inches. Reports of heavy rain and hail stretched between Boerne and Fredericksburg and a tornado was sighted near Sealy along U S Highway 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Bonham
San Sara
Texas
Denton
College City
Red River
Boerne
Fredericksburg
Department of Public Safety
Sealy
Columbus
U.S Highway 9
Howston
San Antonio
Highway Damage Report From Texas County Trails
A Burlington report notes about two inches of rain at Wellington Memphis and Quarah while heavy showers southwest of Chil dress County caused a highway bridge washout on the South Pease River. About 60 feet of the FW&D railroad bridge near Estelline washed out. a PW&D pole leaned and two more were washed at the south end. A gas line broke at the washout. Tracks between Turkey and Quitaque were under four and a half feet of water Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Wellington
Memphis
Quarah
Childress County
Pease
Fw&d
Estelline
Pw&d
Afw&d
Turkey
Quitaque
Guardsmen kill nine Cuban rebels in Sierra Maestra clash
In a pitched battle near Pico Turquino, rural guardsmen fatally wounded nine rebels and wounded four others as they seized a rebel radio station and arms. Colonel Tabernilla said 16 soldiers left the line for more ammunition. another engagement at Ubero fatally hurt 11 rebels and wounded 19 with 25 captured. The government, led by President Batista, ordered a major extermination campaign and peasant evacuations ahead of anticipated aerial bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Francisco Tabernilla
Tabernila
Pico Turquino
Orente
Ubero
Fulgencio Batista
Sierra Maestra
Homemaking Course For Adults Planned
Out of school adults interested in clothing construction leather work and crafts are asked to meet in the homemaking department at Childress High School Wednesday at 9 am to organize classes. Free classes will run throughout June with Mrs W S Hughes as instructor. Two classes weekly, first on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, then Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress High School
W. S. Hughes
CHS
Bakers Union Rackets Probe to Spotlight Trusteeship Misuse
Senate Rackets Committee will show how Bakers Union officials ordered a Chicago local trusteeship and then misused local funds. The Bakers No 100, now Local One, with 7 000 to 8 000 members, faces hearings starting Tuesday with possible involvement of New York City employers and Los Angeles locals. Kennedy notes funds paid expenses and purchases for certain union officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bakers Union
Chicago
John L. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
Bakers No. 100
Robert F Kennedy
Los Angeles
Oca!a7
Bakers
New York City
McClellan
Kennedy
Estelline Resident McMinn Dies in Highway Crash
Estelline resident McMinn was born in Eufaula Oklahoma and a World War II veteran. He worked for the railroad since 1942 and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, one son James, his mother, two brothers, and four sisters. An ambulance from Spicer Funeral Home carried him to Memphis after the wreck witnessed by his wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelline
James
May Mc- Minn
Childress
Cecil McMinn
Maria Lester
Ardmore
Okla
Paul Butler
Amarillo
Ina Timmons
Paducah
Ruthie Mc-Minn
France's Coty denounces atrocity in Melouza rescue plea
President Rene Coty condemned rebel killings as he urged France not to abandon the women and girls seeking refuge with French troops in Melouza. He warned the rebels have killed thousands and rejected human divine laws as attacks continued near Orleansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rene Coty
France
Melouza
Coty
Vauban
Orleansville
Algiers
Controversy Over Jury Trial Provisions Rises in Senate Debate
Administration officials note southern support from northern allies as the House axes for a revised contempt bill. House Democratic whip Carl Albert of Oklahoma says adoption will come after a real fight. Keating argues the jury trial dispute is dust in the air and that requiring jury trials would inject a new element into the law since contempt lacks a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Jne
Carl Albert
Okla
Keating
Driver dies after stopping to kill rabbit in fatal crash
James Wilding, 55, halted on a dark lane to end a rabbit’s suffering when a oncoming motorcycle struck him. The collision proved fatal near Halsall, England, on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsall
England
James Wilding
Wilding
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