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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1956
Page
2
The bishop said four or five other American priests remain jailed on Ward Road three years into their ordeal. He noted Fathers Clifford and Phillips were moved on a Peiping tour with several other locations before their formal release, and he doubts the men understand the tour's purpose.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Wammack announce a seven pound eight ounce daughter born Friday night at 7 45 in Childress General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe Hardison report a five pound fifteen ounce daughter born Saturday morning at 6 30 in the same hospital. Mr and Mrs H E Rascoe announce a nine pound twelve ounce daughter born Saturday morning at 10 50 in Childress General Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Otto Petri of Wichita Falls and A R Sport plan moves to Dallas for Fleet Equipment Company. Numerous relatives from Dallas Fort Worth Lubbock Amarillo Hollis and Midland visit or travel for weddings and family gatherings.
Daniel returned from Washington to dedicate a post office in Jacinto City and attend a fish fry in Anahuac on Saturday. He urged a longe range water plan with state aid to local conservation projects, saying Texas must meet its water needs on a state wide basis to outgrow other states.
The Foreign Relations committee completed the major money sections of the bill on Friday and planned to finish Saturday for Senate submission Tuesday. A push to tighten import restrictions competing with US surplus commodities was rejected 9 to 4 and sent to the Senate Finance committee as a tariff matter.
Texas oil drillers reported 382 new wells this week raising the year total to 7 757 and gas well completions at 33 for the week and 798 year to date. Wildcatters drilled 20 oil wells two gas wells and 87 dusters during the week.
Gary Dowis of Childress is among 31 entering freshmen at the University of Texas who will receive $150 scholarships from the Students' Memorial Scholarship Fund for the 1956 57 school year. Scholarships are based on scholastic ability character need and desire for a college education.
Quanah Jaycees and families visited the Childress Jaycee Club for a Thursday night picnic in Fair Park Rotary Bowl. President Jim Bennet led the guests, with Larry Lawrence giving the welcome. About 100 people attended as fried chicken and picnic sides were served.
New York Governor Harriman addressed about 200 western politicians, opposing civil rights emphasis in the campaign and criticizing Eisenhower on civil rights, international affairs, agriculture, and water resources while urging unity with Roosevelt era ideas.
In Nicosia Cypriot extremists threw two handmade pipe grenades into a downtown Soho restaurant injuring two Americans and killing William Butler, the US vice consul, who died at a British hospital. Two Marines were among the wounded. The attack marked the first American casualties in Cyprus amid ongoing Greek Cypriot clashes.
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