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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1958
Page
2
A fragmented note mentions changes to an electrocardiograph and spine adjustments by a chiropractor. It advises consulting a family chiropractor if experiencing heart disease symptoms and includes initials and a likely professional designation.
The State Health Department reported only three polio deaths in Texas in the first four months of 1938, down from 12 in the same period last year. Officials warned accidents pose a greater threat to a child’s life than influenza pneumonia or tuberculosis.
Spanish explorers discover their first gold on the American continent in Costa Rica, marking a key early resource find during their expansion in Central America.
Kilgore News Herald won first place in the Texas Press Association 1958 Texas newspaper contest. The paper earned a trophy, seven ribbons, and an honorable mention for overall appearance and editorial writing as judges evaluated news writing and pictures. Taylor Daily Press led Division II with multiple trophies and certificates.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a candidate for the Court of Criminal Appeals must have ten years as a licensed lawyer, barring District Judge Graham Purcell from the Democratic primary ballot. The court denied Purcell’s mandamus to force inclusion and upheld SDEC findings of ineligibility due to insufficient legal experience.
A jumbled Danish drive crossword notes mix with a Dallas arrival story. Keeton's widowed mother recalls police calling to say her son was safe, then he returned to the house exhausted and anxious to see Doris before officers came with news.
Dallas police arrested 19 year old C Donald Keeton after he flew a jet interceptor chase across Louisiana and Texas then landed near Tyler Longview. He admitted planning a dramatic death flight for his lost love Doris Lynn Dowling who refused to marry him. He said it was a ruse and denied intent to kill himself. He was handed to military authorities for questioning and later sent to Carswell AFB.
McCormick and Wagner, freed prisoners, reported they were in hospital at the time authorities said they were free and soon sought British visas in Shanghai for Hong Kong. Names listed include Downey New Britain Conn Fecteau Lynn Mass McCann Altadena Calif Redmond Yonkers N Y. Creenland’s ice cap covers 1 008 000 square miles.
The Sunday listings show Channel 3 and Channel 13 programs including Disney Land, Steve Allen, Dinand Sevore, Loretta Young, The Californians, Lassie, Ed Sullivan, Alfred Hitchcock, and final news editions. Local church and talk shows appear with The Challenge and What's NY.
A Monday slate lists segments from 1:00 Today and Weather to 11:15 Jack Paar Tonight. Programs include Today, News, For Today, Dough-Re-Mi, Treasure Hunt, The Reed Right, American Bandstand, Bugs Bunny, Popeye, News Highlights, Weather and Sports, John Daly, Side Caesar, Wyatt Earp, Wells Fargo, Twenty One, Highway Patrol, Suspicion, News and Weather, Lawrence Welk, and Jack Paar's Tonight.
A scrambled daily lineup lists KS YD TV with cartoons news and soap operas. Programs include CBS News Gary Moore Now Do You The Big Payoff The Verdict Is Yours The Edge of Night The Early Show and weather updates.
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