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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
6
In a golf tale by Cary Middlecoff, a large Riviera gallery watches as a bad tee shot on the 17th hole derails his near win during the Los Angeles Open. He recalls misfiring a wedge after two strong drives, ending in rough and trees and prompting a sharp crowd reaction.
American League teams lead with New York 48 24 and Chicago 42 24. Tuesday’s schedule includes Detroit at Chicago and Kansas City at Cleveland with notable pitchers Maas Donovan Garcia Dit mar and Porterfield Pascual. In the National League Brooklyn leads at 50 18. New York 33 36. Cincinnati 34 47. St Louis 30 36. Texas League results show Dallas 4 Fort Worth 1 and other matchups with Shreveport Houston and Oklahoma City.
Heavy rains postpone a string of baseball games here as the Farr Food Ponies and Colts plan makeups. Weather forces postponements of Little League and district clashes while players post strong batting averages and pitching figures in the current slate.
Galveston reported Babe Didrikson Zaharias, hospitalized after spinal surgery, says she will not retire. She injured her back on May 2 while helping free a stuck car on a beach trip, and plans physical therapy in Galveston until fully recovered and ready to return to professional golf.
New York reports the New York State Athletic Commission and the International Boxing Guild clash as a seventh manager risks suspension after the first round ends. Irving Cohen's attorney will decide if Cohen will testify at the commission inquiry. Four pilots were suspended indefinitely for defying questioning and two more earlier faced suspensions. The hearings could lead to permanent license revocation.
Mexico City will be patrolled by twenty thousand army troops to maintain order in the federal district for next Sunday's congressional elections, the defense ministry announced Tuesday.
The Senate’s oldest members, 87-year-old Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island and 77-year-old Walter F. George of Georgia, were discharged from hospitals Monday and reported in good health.
The Connecticut Safety Commission notes that women and teen aged motorists represented a small portion of 54 000 warrants issued to poor drivers last year. Women were six percent and young drivers even lower.
Boston mourns as Harry Agganis dies at 25 from pneumonia complications. Tributes pour in from across the country while a funeral service is planned in Lynn. The Red Sox consider postponing a charity game as players wear mourning bands.
Paris welterweight Julaire Pratesi stops US bantamweight champion Nate Brooks in the fifth round before 12,000 fans at the Palais Des Sport. Both fighters weighed 121 pounds.
In Minneapolis a 22 year old Raymond Bowers reported to police he swalled a 50 cent piece after an argument with a stranger in a tavern. He claimed the stranger warned him to eat it. The report cites no injuries or charges.
Markets report for Fort Worth shows poultry price ranges by weight and extensive cattle and calf figures. Cattle steady with steer and heifer classes noted. calves and hogs priced, sheep market steady with spring lambs and yearlings listed.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged rearmament as East German forces of 150 000 were alleged to be prepared for civil war. The debate over a volunteers law to recruit 6 000 men sparked chaos in the Bundestag with opposition leader Erich Ollenhauer denouncing the bill as a threat to democracy.
Polson outlined Fourth of July activities at a club meeting. Vernon Eubank described the Greenbelt Bowl Game program set for August 12 with tickets to go on sale soon. Earl Preston and Eddie McConnell led the program, Herbert Clift conducted, with H. S. Powell of Vernon as a guest.
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