A Bustling Survival Town Echoes Atomic Threats
Harold Goodwin, head of Civil Defense, warned newsmen that an atomic blast near Survival Town would have killed all residents within one mile. Debris and radiation would have devastated Main Street, with ruptured eardrums and lethal debris flyovers beyond ground zero mitigated only by sturdy shelters and proper housing.
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Survival City
Harold Goodwin
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Survival Town
Goodwin
Civil Defense
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Main Street
Ground Zero
Ater Elected President of B and P W Club
Miss Alyeon Ater heads a new officer slate for the Business and Professional Women’s Club chosen Thursday at Hotel Childress. New officers include Lula Mae Carter vice president Lorene Metcalf secretary and Katie Parker treasurer. Four delegates named to Brownville state convention June 3 4 5 with alternates Nell Rogers Grace Powell. Ater led the Women in Government Committee program citing How Much Do We Know About Men from a leading magazine. Bingo party May 9 at City Auditorium updated start time 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alyeon Ater
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hotel Childress
Lula Mae Carter
Lorene Metcalf
Katie Parker
Brownville
Miss Ater
Louise Bowers
Julia Ross
Nell Rogers
Grace Powell
Mins Ater
City Auditorium
Duke of Windsor escapes injury in plane mishap
Paris reports the Duke of Windsor and 44 passengers aboard a British European Airways Elizabethan airliner escaped harm when the undercarriage collapsed upon landing at Le Bourget Field. The plane toppled onto its right wing tip after the wheel buckled. the Duchess was not aboard.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
London
British European Airways
LeBourget Field
Duchess of Windsor
Britain
Clean Up Contest Entries Sought for May Week
Entries are urged for the Trash Pile contest held during Clean-Up Paint-Up and Fix-Up Week. Judging May 12 and 13 with results May 14. call CBCD office 7 2567 with entrant name, address, and trash pile location. Cash prizes awarded in each section of Childress.
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C of Cbcd
Polson
Childress
Giles to Testify Before Senate Group on Saturday
Senator Jimmy Phillips said questions to Bascom Giles, former land commissioner, will not jeopardize prosecutions as Giles is subpoenad to testify at 8 a.m. Saturday before a special Senate committee probing the Veterans Land Board. Giles resigned last year and faces two indictments for bribe and embezzlement schemes.
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Austin
Spp
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Bascom Giles
Giles
Senate
Veterans Land Board
Land Board
Phillips
State May Get More Rain Tonight
Showers fell in scattered sections of Texas Friday and forecasters said there may be more in the northern and eastern parts Friday night. Rain totals for the 24 hours ending 6:30 a m Friday included 0 87 inch at Childress 0 15 at Abilene and 0 05 at Wichita Falls.
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Texas
Childress
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Mineral Weis
Clovis
New Mexico
Decie Ranch
Monahans
Patricia
Council Okays Work On Wells In Childress
The City Council authorized immediate repairs to return two wells to operation and called for bids on replacement parts and motors for other wells. Estimated total cost about 9,000 dollars with two wells needing pump bowls at 1,266.65 each. The plan accounts for continued lower water levels and includes a Layne Texas Company survey and a 1955 performance report.
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Childress
Layne Texas Company
Fly Over Schedule for Armed Forces Day in Childress
Fourteen aircraft will participate on May 21 with Maj. Ross D. White coordinating. The first flight at 9:26 p.m. features two P2V2 Navy planes, followed by nine B-25s at 10:25 a.m., and a final trio of B-29s at 12:23 p.m. Both Reese Air Force Base and the Chamber of Commerce notified.
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Childress
Armed Forces
C of C. Bcd
Ross D. White
Armed Forces Day
Reese Air Force Base
Hardeman Test Down 3,000 Feet
The Shell Oil No. 1 Tabor in Hardeman County is drilling below 3,000 feet with a planned total depth of 7,700 feet. A wildcat in Foard County ten miles west of Crowell report shows oil in the Caddo lime at 6,116 feet on the C. A. Bowley place by Lucerne Well Company. A second producer near U. S. Willie No. 1, 15 miles west of Paducah, awaits test after the first wild cat produced 35 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Company
Tabor
Childress
Shell
Wichita Falls
Hardeman County
Foard County
Crowell
C. A. Bowley Place
Lucerne Well Company
U. S. Wilie No. 1
Paducah
Violence flares in strike regions. one man killed
A rail striker was shot dead near Mount Pleasant Tennessee as violence erupts in two major southern strikes. The incident delayed talks on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad dispute while federal mediators sought to resume negotiations. Police questioned two men over vandalism in Knoxville and a confessor said he fired after a company truck was forced off the road.
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Atlanta
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Washingtonton
CIO Communications Workers of America
Eisenhower
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Knoxville
George Dempster
Frances A. O'Neill
Washington
O'Neill
Jack Lovett
L&n
Sachse Loses In First Round Of Legal Battle
District Judge Luther Gribble postponed the trial setting for L A Sachse former county commissioner after ruling eight of nine exceptions in favor of the defendants. Sachse alleges illegal deprivation of his post due to a county redistricting action. Defendants are county commissioners court members Leonard King O T Rothwell John T Fowler Robert Riker Louis Richards. The judge demanded a specific allegation of gross abuse of discretion before any further action and no new hearing date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Rothwell
John T. Fowler
Robert Riker
Louis Richards Fullingim
Gribble
Sachse
Commissioners Court
Government review of safety standards for polio vaccine
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele said the government halted approving newly manufactured Salk polio vaccine pending safety standard review. An advisory group at NIH is evaluating safety and may require independent testing. Shipments already approved continue. first and second grade schoolchildren are slated for the shots before summer vacation.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
U.S
Scheele
National Institutes of Health
National Polio Foundation
National Foundation
Texas Health Department Seeks Second Round Vaccine
Texas officials await a shipping order for the second round of Salk vaccine. Dr. Richard F. White said Texas is high on the priority list while NFIP officials in New York noted the order had not yet been issued. An airlift plan covered ten West Texas counties as local health units await mass immunization timing.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Richard F. White
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
White
Thomas D. Dublin
National Foundation
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Ind
West
Robert A. Hale
Midland-Ector-Howard Counties
Midland
Ector
Howard
Glasseck
Presidio
Jeff Davis
Mitchell, Martin, Culberson
Crane Counties
Rain Douses Childress County With Varying Inches
Rain swept over Childress County and surrounding areas for about two hours last night. Reports ranged from a trace to 1.2 inches with the heaviest in Childress. outages affected power and about 400 phones as lightning and water caused damage.
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Childress
CAA
Fort Worth
Denver
Memphis
Rivercamp
Union Flat
Kirkland
Huggins
W. E. Andrews
Highpoint
T. E. Rutledge
Carey
West Texas
Boy Scout Budget For Year Is Set
The Northwest Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts approved a 1955 56 budget of 62089 55 at a Vernon executive board meeting. About 35000 will come from Wichita Falls with the rest from 12 counties. W S Heatly Jr of Paducah is finance drive chairman. Attendees from Childress included Bob Polson A V McFarland Kenneth Fink and Morris Higley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Texas
Childress
Bob Polson
A. V. McFarland
Kenneth Fink
Morris Higley
Grand Jury Letters Prompt Officials to Respond
The Index explains it will publish replies from county officials named in a Grand Jury letter mailed to about 2,500 residents. No indictments followed the grand jury term, and the paper says officials are entitled to clear up any perceived malpractices and address the hints in the letter.
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Index
Grand Jury
Beard's Appeal In Hands Of State Education Board
Education Commissioner J W Edgar said he does not know how long it will take to rule on Dr John L Beard's appeal to regain his Irving school superintendent post. He noted delays of up to six weeks between hearings and rulings on other appeals. The hearing ended after two witnesses Beard and William H Benson testified over three days.
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Austin
J. W. Edgar
John L. Beard
Irving
Beard
Edgar
William H. Benson
Benson
Two Shows Planned for Merchants Free Circus
Gaines Highsmith announces two performances of the Merchants Free Circus on Monday May 16 at Avenue B between Main and Commerce. The first show starts 1 30 p m and the second 5 30 p m both runs eighty minutes and admission is free for all residents.
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Merchants Free Circus
Gaines Highsmith
Trade Development Committee
C of C
BCD
Avenue B
Main
Commerce
Highsmith
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