Social Calendar Highlights From Thursday to Saturday
Social schedule lists a BAPW picnic at Pauline Can non's on 65 Avenue B at 7:00 p.m. Friday features Junior 4H Club hosting morning and afternoon sessions by Mrs. Lou Jeffers. Quaker HD Club meets at 2:00 p.m. Saturday offers a Country Club breakfast and late dance, with Washington Club picnic in Fair at 7:00 p.m.
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BAPW
Pauline Cannon
Avenue B
Lou Jeffers
Quaker HD
Ington Club
Texas Scholarship Awarded To Wade
Darrell Wade of Childress High School, 1955 valedictorian, wins a $150 Students Memorial Fund scholarship to the University of Texas. The award honors University and former students killed while in the Armed Forces. Ex-Students Association funds support 27 entering freshmen this year.
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Darrell Wade
Childress High School
University of Texas
Ex-Students Association
Weather and scores update from state crops and games
The crop page shows Lublock and Midland 61 Houston 7 with several city pair scores. Forecasts predict pop up storms across the state through Friday with warm temperatures and little change.
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Page One
Lublock
Midland
Houston
Abilene
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
San Antonio
San Angelo
Elaso
Brownsville
Austin
Waco
del Rio
Laredo
Southern Viet Nam Divided Against Itself After Geneva Accord
In Indo China, Saigon faces a fractured South Viet Nam amid Ho Chi Minh's strengthened northern regime. Ng o Dinh Diem battles internal foes and French-American policy rifts, while war lords in Cao Dai Hoa Hao and Binh Xuyen shift between alliance and hostility as elections loom and division widens.
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Viet Nam
Indo
China
Geneva
North
South Viet Nam
France
United States
Diem
Nguyen van Hinh
Saigon
Cao Dai
Hoa Hao
Italian Chief Seeks Premier To Avert Crisis
Rome reports President Giovanni Granchi held talks with elder statesmen to find a successor to anti Communist Premier Mario Scelba. Observers foresee months of political turmoil until new elections likely next spring as Scelba’s government loses support amid party rebellion.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
Diem
Rome
Giovanni Granchi
Italy
Granchi
Mario Scelba
Enrico de Nicola
Luigi Einaudi
England
Oxford
Senate
Cesare Meragora
Chamber
Giovanni Leone
Scelba
Christian Demoratic Party
Square Dance Class Scheduled Tonight
A square dancing class led by Mr and Mrs Vernon Eubank will be held tonight from 7 30 to 10 30 at the Veterans Building instruction in folk dancing during the first half hour All members of the American Legion VFW their Auxiliaries and guests are invited to attend
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Vernon Eubank
American Legion
VFW
Wellington Soldier Has Leave In Japan
Pfc. Jessie R. Davis 21 son of George O. Davis Route 2 Wellington spent a week on leave in Tokyo from his unit in Korea. Davis a cook in Battery C 68th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion is a 1953 Wellington High School graduate who entered the Army in November 1953 and finished basic at Fort Bliss before arriving overseas in May 1954.
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Tokyo
Jessie R. Davis
George O. Davis
Wellington
Korea
Davis
68Th
Wellington High School
Army
Fort Bliss
Parakeet Demands Speech Then Questioned About Flight
In Faribault Minnesota a pet parakeet owned by Mrs. Ernest Petteys has learned to squawk a demand when irritated by people it hurls a line asking I can talk, can you fly. The odd avian performance adds a light note to local daily life.
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Faribault
Minn
Ernest Petteys
Weather turmoil hits large swath of nation
Unsettled weather stretches from Texas to New England as a cool front clashes with heat. A tornado touched down near Marks Mississippi, a postman died of heat in Los Angeles, and fog disrupts Boston harbor. Flights canceled in New York area and Eisenhower visited Vermont amid storm alerts.
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Texas
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Plateau
Thermal
el Centro
Calif
Gila Bend
Ariz
Hanksville
Utah
Marks
Miss
Los Angeles
Boston Harbor
Boston
New York
New England
Vermont
Eisenhower
Mississippi
Okmulgee
Okla
Gage
Republicans Attack New Federal Election Bill
Republican members of the Senate Rules committee condemned the proposed overhaul as cumbersome and perhaps unconstitutional. They warned that extending federal regulations to primaries requires further study, despite the committee’s Democratic majority approving the measure last week.
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Senate Rules Committee
Weather and Births in West Texas Update
Partly cloudy through Friday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Temperatures show little change. Mr and Mrs Joe Williams of Memphis announce a seven pound eight ounce daughter Cynthia Ann born Wednesday with grandparents F M Williams and Ney Compton of Childress. Mr and Mrs Robert Williams announce a daughter born Monday with maternal grandparents L K Perkins of Carey and paternal grandparents F M Williams of Childress. Visiting in Rush Record home are niece Janice Ann Judy and Jill. Mrs Roy Villyard has returned.
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West Texas
Joe William
Memphis
Cynthia Ann
F. M. Williams
Ney Compton
Childress
Robert Williams
Olton
L. K. Perkins
Carey
Local Notes On Visitors And Recoveries Across Town
News items note Mrs. Vaught recovering at home after surgery at Wichita General Hospital. J. E. Vaught ill at Scott and White Memorial Hospital Temple is improving at home in Dallas. House guests include Mrs. Etta B. Anderson hosting Mrs. Bill Stewart and Don from Guymon and Mrs. Lester Phillips and daughter from Estelline ranch. Jim mie Moates and son visit Carey and Childress guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moates in Lubbock-based home current.
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Wichita General Hospital
J. E. Vaught
Scott and White
F. L. Simmons
Childress
Jimmie Moates
Lubbock
40000 Wheat Farmers Eligible To Vote In Texas Referendum
COLLEGE STATION Texas wheat farmers about 40000 are eligible to vote on Saturday in the annual wheat marketing quota referendum. An official Henry Marshall said the national result will decide the issue even if Texas votes for or against quotas. Last year Texas tallied 10856 for and 1299 against.
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College Station
Texas
Commodity Stabilization Services
U. S. Agriculture Department
Henry Marshall
Marshall
CSS
McMillin Rites Scheduled At Holy Angels Church
Final rites for John McMillin age 69 are set for Friday at 10 AM in Holy Angels Catholic Church with Father Gerard Lynch officiating. He died Tuesday afternoon at Childress General Hospital after a three year illness. Pallbearers include S. E. Temple T. H. Boggan Artie Sprivey C. J. Lyon J. D. Sweeney and Bobby Huff.
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John McMillin
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Gerard Lynch
McMillin
Childress General Hospital
S. E. Temple
T. H. Boggan
Artie Sprivey
C. J. Lyon
J. D. Sweeney
Bobby Huff
Fundraising plea supports Keeney family in grief
Aid the needy Keeney family to ease financial burdens as they cope with loss. Even small donations help, with recent gifts appearing at The Index and ASC office from many residents and anonymous donors, totaling $10 in at least one contribution.
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Keeneys
Index
ASC
Chet Reeves
Jewell Jordan
M. M. Long
C. A. Priest
H. D
U S Steel Wage Offer Expected in Wage Talks
U S Steel Corporation planned to tell the CIO United Steelworkers on Thursday when it would enter the decisive third phase of 1955 wage negotiations. The company had promised a definite pay proposal before week’s end.
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Pittsburgh
U. S.steel Corporation
CIO
United
Blaze at Carlyle Rubber Co. erupts in five-story New York building
A fierce four alarm fire swept through the Carlyle Rubber Co. on the lower west side, engulfing a five-story facility. Firemen from 25 companies battled the blaze as flames shot 30 to 40 feet into the air Thursday night.
Scratch Me Not Itch Me Not Ad At Local Drugstore
Itch Me Not promises relief within 15 minutes after application for externally caused itch. If scratching is needed, customers get their 40e back at any drug store. Ask for Itch Me Not today at A. L. Harp Drug.
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A. L. Harp Drug
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Recorded
Admitted: Mrs. S. F. McCray on Thursday. Dismissed: Mrs. Charles Tucker and another patient.
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S. F. McCray
Thursayg
Charles ‘Tucker
Molotov to appear on Face the Nation broadcast
The Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov will be interviewed on a special radio and TV broadcast of Face the Nation this Saturday, announced by CBS.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Columbia Broadcasting
Tem
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