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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
3
Advertises knee-length pantie girdle with detachable garters from Sif Skin and Today's Fashions Demand A New You firmed and fitted. Claims seamless comfort, full-fashioned shaping from waist to above the knees, peaches and cream styling, and urges customers to try on before buying. Sizes S M L priced at $6.95.
Gov. Earl Long, from Mandeville Hospital, declares in a speech he is mentally healthy and recovering after recent events. He blames a nephew, his wife, and Arthur Long in Baton Rouge for alleged plots against him and the loan shark bill while criticizing Russell Long.
Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and mild relief through Friday. Low tonight 68 high 83. Local residents update on health and visits including Noel Clifton in Pampa and Wallace Gregory in Burlington.
Home notices list numerous relatives and friends visiting the Clifton household. Guests include Mrs A M Councilman and daughters Mae Rae and Darlene Smith of Odessa, plus Ernest Clifton Linna and many Cliftons from Wil mington California, Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls. A-2c Grady Clifton is stationed at Harbinger Air Force Base.
A 16 year old girl testified in Queens Felony Court that Bethea and John Rich assaulted her near a recreation center, with two other youths aiding in restraining and sexually mistreating her. Two younger suspects were sent for psychiatric examination. defense adjourned hearing with $25,000 bail set.
W L McKnight and Mrs Ella Briley admitted on Wednesday. Frank Mitchell and Mrs Olive Richardson admitted on Wednesday. Estel line and Jack Waitman from Waurika Oklahoma admitted Wednesday. Mrs Edwin Imhof and Mrs F L Dill admitted Wednesday. Diane Fanning admitted Thursday.
In New York the 171 member Wage Policy Committee of the United Steelworkers of America debated postponing a strike of 500,000 workers at midnight Tuesday as negotiations stretched to final hours. Washington saw the Senate Rackets Committee enter its last round of Teamster probes with William Poch as opening witness amid Hoffman and top aides anticipated. In Cape Canaveral a U S transport plane was forced to land in the Dominican Republic after machinegun fire, Maj George A Williams Jr reporting the assault as he flew between Cuba and international waters.
Barry MacKay of Dayton Ohio the only U S native seeded in the men's singles reached the fourth round at Wimbledon by defeating Jan Lesehly of Denmark 63 6 2 6 4 in the third round.
The piece notes rising sentiment against Castro even among loyalists with some tobacco farmers vowing to die rather than surrender land. Thousands of Batista supporters lose jobs as environment forces alert for attacks, with fears of air strikes from the Dominican Republic and attacks on the Isle of Pines prison.
A note wishes Mrs Maxine Smith a happy birthday tomorrow and extends greetings to her son Adair Carole Leach and Gerald Wakefield.
Starkweather faced multiple stays before execution. The last had May 22 when a federal judge halted the sentence 98 minutes before the scheduled hour. The stay came after frantic calls by Starkweather’s father during a desperate night, while authorities say the killer died for the death of 17 year old Robert Jensen in Bennet Nebraska among 11 victims.
A June 15 statement from a Pastorters Conference representing 67 churches and 23 missions said McBirnie had betrayed a sacred trust and suggested he should leave the ministry. Sources in San Antonio reported McBirnie and his bride planned to go to California.
Charm bracelets become a nuisance to others when you wear many. Two or three bracelets are fine, more than that amounts to clutter and draws comment.
The high reached 85 degrees by 4 pm Wednesday and the low dropped to 70 degrees at 2, 4, 5, and 6 am Thursday. Records show a sequence of readings from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning with temperatures ranging from 70 to 85 degrees.
A note on Betmar’s latest felt and velvet hats named Panne Francaise. The new fabric aims to catch a deep glow in pinks reds blues beiges navy black and white. Small shimmering hats offer a mood of soft color.
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