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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
9
The Odessa Midland Civil Air Patrol will continue its first aid class at 8 p m during the weekly meeting. CAP plans to offer instruction in aircraft engines theory of flight navigation meteorology and communications as part of its training. The local unit has recently been combined with the Midland and Terminal squadrons.
In Honolulu the ANZUS Pact conference opens to organize mutual defense. Delegations led by Dean Acheson and Australia’s Richard Casey and New Zealand’s T Clifton Webb will decide on a permanent staff and headquarters. A permanent diplomatic council will oversee talks with Micronesia and Japan.
James A. Michener recounts a day with U S Marines north of Seoul during the Korean War. He notes intense heat and shelling near Panmunjom, risky helicopter flights, artillery missions, and rocket exchanges as Marines hold positions and battles unfold around Panmunjom amid ongoing negotiations.
U S ambassador William O'Dwyer urged Mexican journalists to join a bid against discrimination. He cited thinkers like Jesus and Acquinas and praised U S Mexico programs, including the Council of Human Relations and the Good Neighbor Commission, as tools to confront prejudice.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur says he will take no part in Dwight D. Eisenhower s presidential campaign after serving as keynote at the Republican convention. He had backed Sen. Robert A Taft for the GOP nomination and told reporters at a Remington Rand luncheon he would not be part of the political picture.
Special services opened the two story Church of God building in northwest Andrews with Rev. Doyle McCoy as pastor. Rev. Othot Stegall of Brownfield delivered the principal sermon.
SPIES reports that people in this community and in Alfreds in nearby Montgomery county consider themselves loyal Americans amid wartime concerns.
A district-wide opening services event gathered youths from Odessa Hobbs Brownfield Lamesa Big Spring Pecos Monahans Kerrmit Andrews and others. The church facility includes a 32 by 54 foot auditorium six classrooms a pastor study and baptistry.
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