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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1959
Page
3
The Creme De La Creme collection features pastels printed silks and cotton designs by Georgia Bullock De De Johnson Fred A Block Ann Murray George Hess and Ilene Ricky Bo. Hurry in the bang Sunday morning as these dresses go on sale for the first time with limited stock.
Queen Elizabeth remains serene as a horse in the royal procession rears toward her during the birthday celebration in London. The 60,000 strong crowd watches as she sits side saddle on Imp and continues the salute with calm resolve. Duke of Edinburgh follows on a white charger as guards and pages frame the historic scene.
The 26 member Bradley and Deighton prize band marched up the main street when a drum burst of sound ceased as bass drummer Ronnie Liversidge, unable to see ahead, fell into a manhole. The incident halted the procession as investigators checked for injuries.
Puzzle clues list a set of word definitions with hints for a crossword style fill in. Across and down entries include terms from geography and common vocabulary, with numbers indicating grid positions and clue numbering.
A cryptic list presents terms such as incursion river and interpret to link clues, with several items like essential being shouted and rough sounds aligning to a larger wordplay puzzle. The set hints at cross references across definitions and homophones in a themed challenge.
Billy Graham visited the Kremlin on a sightseing tour in Moscow and expressed astonishment at gold crosses atop cathedral domes. He inspected icons in a gold domed church and said the scene shows religion alive in the heart of the Communist center. He did not plan to interview Nikita Khrushchev during his five day stay.
Final services for Lisa Diane Taylor three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Taylor were held at 10 a m Saturday in the Assembly of God Church. Officiating were Rev R O Rucker Estelline and Rev Lloyd McIntosh. Burial was in Childress cemetery. Survivors include parents one sister Linda Lee and one brother Roy Eugene grandparents Mrs Clara Taylor Carey and William I Taylor Abilene great grandparents Mr and Mrs W L Richardson Dublin and Mrs R I Moon Stephen ville.
Evanston editor Bas il Walters of the Chicago Daily News calls for greater public involvement in safety committees to improve traffic problems. He argues that those favoring highway safety and sound police forces must be effective educators and salesmen and persevere despite frustrations.
Partly cloudy and warm through Sunday. Locals and visitors in Childress visit with friends and relatives. several residents travel to Amarillo Canyon Fort Worth and El Paso for business and family reasons. Funeral services were held for Lisa Diane Taylor with out of town relatives attending.
The brief items list regional residents visiting family, weekend guests, and travels. Taylor of Abilene and a host of Hornsby and Richardson family members appear linked to Childress events while Betty Hornsby of Springfield and Leo Sims of Amarillo visit. Sherri Horn returns from Los Angeles and Gary Dewis departs for a six week ROTC camp in Virginia.
A poetic composition titled Mistress Babylon by Pearl Robinson presents a critique of material excess and worldly power. The verse envisions a cultural idolization of Mammon and luxury, contrasting it with moral reckoning and a prophecy of decline.
A speaker warned that yielding to communism would ruin the nation and urged firm federal action. He compared southern states to the government in facing communism and warned against surrendering to communist demands.
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