28 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
1
The House approved a two year extension of the doctor and dentist draft and a four year extension of the regular draft. It defeated attempts to send the doctor draft back to Senate conference. The vote was 221 to 171.
Little League directors and managers approved an umpire pool to supply adult referees for games in the Little and Pony Leagues. Contact Louie Kanagy or Rob Wadsworth to volunteer. participation allows serving once or twice weekly. The program expands with 310 boys on 18 teams as renovations proceed at the field.
The Rotary picnic moves from Fair Park to Hotel Childress due to rain. Dr Grover Fox says the event starts tonight at 7 20 oclock.
Storms lashed the eastern Panhandle with up to five inches of rain and deadly lightning. In Canadian and Panhandle areas two people died, a 16 year old escaped injury, and Highway 60 was washed out in spots. Alpine and Childress saw rainfall as forecasters warned of continued thunderstorms across West Texas.
A major El Reno blaze damaged three downtown buildings Parks appliance Brinkley furniture and C R Anthony clothing plus Knights of Columbus hall. No injuries were reported with damage estimated between 500000 and 1 million dollars as flames jumped across an alley to hit city hall chamber of commerce and the fire department.
Garden Valley in need after June 19 storm leaves three local families without adequate clothing and bedding. Local Red Cross group calls for contributions to replenish clothing pool as national aid criteria not met, with several residents already helped and donations from community members noted.
ASC official Gene Frisbie says farmers who lose cotton and do not replant or switch crops will not affect future allotments. Land previously planted under allotment that was washed or bailed out will still be measured as cotton for future quotas.
Cpl Harold M Dunn pleaded guilty to aiding and coll abrating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea. He faces life imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge. Dunn, 26, of Fulton New York, was captured December 1 1950 and released August 7 1953 during Operation Big Switch at Panmunjom.
A converted PBY airliner, shot at by Communist MIGs, evacuated Lt. Col. Lochland M. Field of Burlington Vermont after a failed mercy mission to Matsu Island. Nationalist leaders weigh protected convoys with Sabre jet cover to keep supply lines open amid fears of a Red campaign.
Cub Pack No 63 will hold a pack meeting and ice cream supper Thursday night at 7 30 in Rotary Bowl. Cubmaster Bud Adams reports entertainment is on the program. All Cubs and their parents are invited and urged to attend.
A early morning cloudburst drenched Childress with 2.25 inches by 8:30 am and continued light sprinkles through midmorning. County Agent Hafner reported county rainfall near four inches in places, with the heaviest between Childress and Tell and multiple farms noting three inches or more. Fields were largely waterlogged across the region.
Bob Polson addressed the Chil dress Lions Club about the Salt Fork Dam Project. He cited a 750 square mile watershed could yield 25 million gallons daily, a surplus of 19 million over city use of about six million. The R A Underwood Company estimated a cost near 8 million, but financing via taxes remains not yet accepted.
Rep. Francis E. Walter said he expects swift House action on his bipartisanship security bill. Both the Senate and Walter’s proposal would establish a 12 member non partisan commission modeled after Hoover’s Government Reorganization plan to review the government employee security program.
The House Armed Services Committee backed a compromise compulsory military reserve bill 29 to 1, supporting President Eisenhower's aim for a 2.9 million man ready reserve by 1960 and bypassing racial segregation in the National Guard. Rep. Powell to seek anti segregation action, while Vinson forecasts defeat. Four Republicans on Foreign Affairs push to cut further foreign aid pending full spending report as House debates a 3.285 billion aid bill.
Pittsburgh reports say CIO United Steelworkers negotiators met top steel producers including US Steel Jones & Laughlin Inland Great Lakes Bethlehem to beat a Thursday midnight strike deadline. McDonald led talks with US Steel and others as wage demands for about 600,000 workers remained unsettled and production facili ties faced shutdowns.
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson said he will consult wheat growers and Congress before implementing any price support discounts for low grade wheat. He noted the 1956 wheat program supplies a 76 percent parity and stated actions will respect farmers expectations after the national quotas vote. Benson indicated he may adjust support by quality, lowering discounts on low quality grain while aiding higher grade wheat.
Commander Irvin L. Sealander announced a routine VFW business meeting for tonight at 7 30 in the Veterans Building. He added a square dance class of the VFW and American Legion will be held Thursday at 8 in the Veterans Building with members and guests invited.
London dispatch reports Dr. Hewlett Johnson known as the Red Dean delivered his first pro Communism sermon in Canterbury Cathedral stirring opposition within the Church of England. The 81 year old Stalin prize winner had long avoided overt communist themes but spoke of Moscow and current events in a worship service.
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr announced the government will drop the three year old perjury case against Owen Lattimore. The Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of two key charges and no appeal to the Supreme Court will be sought. The U.S. Attorney plans to dismiss the remaining five counts.
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