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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
Mrs. Willie Bibles Mrs. W T Smith Mrs L E Thurman Emmett Thompson C C Cope Mrs L L Wheeler and baby Mrs Don Ray Crook Bob Zuber Mrs Eula Galbraith will visit Wednesday Thursday as listed.
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with widely scattered thunderstorms in Pecos Valley and eastward. Not as warm in the Panhandle. Plus a list of local visitors and travel plans across towns including Erie Oklahoma Lelia Lake Wichita Falls Lubbock Amarillo Dennison Florida and Amarillo.
Tuesday Mrs Roy Mullins of Wichita Falls attended the event. Mr and Mrs Harrell Collard were in Orton for funeral services. Weekend visitors to her parents included Mr and Mrs Luther Miller and Mr and Mrs M T DeShazo. Guests of W C Stephens and Mrs Jim Stephens were Mr and Mrs A T Finch and children from Hobbs New Mexico. Jack and Joe Norman traveled to Millsap for a cousin Henry Norman funeral in Weatherford. The Robert O Neal family of Vernon spent the weekend with relatives.
The page greets Mrs. Ocis West and Mrs. J L Benham with birthday wishes. A science fact notes a mole can dig a tunnel at 15 feet per hour, illustrating a curious natural-world aside.
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending 11:30 a m Thursday was 95 degrees at 5:30 p m Wednesday. The minimum temperature was 70 degrees at 4:30 a m Thursday. Temperatures follow.
Stevenson will not influence candidate selection before the election. Kefauver vows not to be counted out after losing California and expects to enter the convention with more delegates from convention states. He also pledged to campaign for Stevenson if he is the Democratic nominee.
In Cairo observers see quiet moves by circles close to the premier to mend ties with Britain. The vast propaganda machine there, however, may not shift its anti-British stance overnight as Sir Humphrey Trevelyan meets Nasir on May 26 and reports discuss improving the situation.
President Eisenhower stated the United States would act on a completely reciprocal basis in inviting a presidentsense minister and an old wartime friend of the President. He added that if their defense secretary were asked, the same reciprocal visit would be arranged as for American officials.
The Yugoslav president expressed a wish to visit Washington if invited, replying with a light remark that he would go “if I am invited.” He noted he would like to travel to the United States and to meet with America and other nations.
Frank Lloyd Wright, at 87, celebrates his birthday as New York approves his radical Guggenheim museum on Fifth Avenue. After 40 years of resistance, wreckers clear a Renaissance block for a $3 million cantilevered art temple featuring a 125 foot dome and continuous ramp. The venture, backed by the Guggenheim Foundation, faced a 12 year battle with officials and rising costs. Wright touts the design as a modern cantilever showcase and a landmark for the city and architecture.
Markets Across Fort Worth reflect steady to mixed demand for cattle hogs and sheep. Beef cattle remain scarce with select loads and yearlings fetching strong prices while slaughter calves hold around mid teens. Hogs and lambs show varied gains and steadiness for different weight classes.
Jaycees report eight candidates have accepted bids to appear on the Fourth of July for an Old Fashioned Political Rally. President Larry Lawrence notes daily acceptances and outreach to top state candidates. Guests at the meeting included Kenneth Jones, Childress, and Bob Patterson and son of Amarillo. Jimmy Ray Woods, former local member now in Wichita Falls, was a visiting Jaycee.
USN announces a special Panhandle Task Force Naval Company will be enlisted in June. Recruits stay together for nine weeks of training under a Buddy System. Applicants can apply in Amarillo up to June 26 or at recruiting stations in Dalhart, Pampa, and Borger.
Manila reports Constabulary commander Lt. Col. Don Dado Garcia says beheading during marrying season by the primitive Kalinga tribe is a menace to peace loving Haiutians. Harden warns campaign needs time to wash pillowcases for a regiment. Wilkins hails Montgomery desegregation ruling as step toward ending segregation in public transport.
London Daily Express reports Samuel David Hawkins 23, among 23 GIs who stayed with Communists after Korea prisoner swap, wants to return home but fears punishment. Hawkins regrets leaving friends, cars, and movies in America while earning about 112 dollars monthly in Red China. He is a truck serviceman and reportedly courted by a White Russian typist.
Local advert urges customers to buy a watch band at Perry Bros to support the sales girl in a contest offering $10 cash and a radio as top prizes. Shopper involvement claimed to help win two pro motions at once, with bands priced 25 cents to $1.00.
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