Odessa citizens set vote on $2,648,000 bond election
Voters within Odessa city limits will cast ballots Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on seven bond propositions totaling 2 648 000 for water and sewer systems, streets, fire department, city warehouse and shops, and parks. Polling places include Southside Fire Station Eastside Fire Station City Hall Old City Hall. City Manager Dick Pepin notes no tax rate increase but possible valuation rise up to five to ten percent.
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Odessa
Oity
Southside
Eastside
Grant
City Hall
West 10Th
Old City Hall
10Th
Washington
West 19Th
Andrews and
Kermit Highway Y
Crown Street
Dick Pepin
Tobin Urges Quick Merger of CIO and AFL
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin urged the CIO to negotiate a rapid merger with the AFL to present a united labor front to the incoming Republican administration. He spoke at the CIO convention as delegates debated a successor to CIO president Paul Murray and support for Walter Reuther against Allan Haywood.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Maurice Tobin
CIO
AFL
Republican National
Tobin
Jawe Cio
Pailin Murray
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Allan S. Haywood
Pioneer McDowell Dies in Tulsa at 90
Tulsa reports the death of T. H. W. McDowell a 90 year old pioneer who helped open the Cherokee Strip in 1893 and was a former newspaper publisher and father of Robert W. McDowell president of the Mid Continent Petroleum Co.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
T. H. W. McDowell
Robert W. McDowell
Mid Continent Petroleum Co
Feuding Seminole family tragedy leaves three dead, one wounded
In Seminole, Willie Austin 55 was killed and his sons Willie Jr 24 and Preze 29 were critically wounded in a family feud shooting at Cage Oats flats near 3 a m. Wil Davis and Odell Davis were among others detained as investigators sought motive rooted in a poker game dispute.
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Willie Austin
Willie Austin Jr
Preze Austin
Austins
Denver City
Wil
Peter Rabbit) Davis
Davis
R. H
Snake) Davis
Odell Davis
Seminole Flats
Cage Oats
Albert Buchanan Oilman Dies After Stroke
Albert Buchanan 61 a San Antonio oilman rancher and drilling contractor died in Wichita Falls after a stroke suffered two hours following the Texas Oklahoma Hereford Breeders Association sale where he paid 45000 for a bull owned by J S Bridwell of Wichita Falls Funeral services are set for San Antonio at 4 p m tomorrow He held the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association distinguished service award in 1949 and was its vice president at his death
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Wichita Falls
Albert Buchanan
San Antonio
Texas - Oklahoma
Hereford Breeders Association
J. S. Bridwell
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Association
Seven Die As Pure Oil Cracking Unit Explodes
Nederland officials probe why a Pure Oil refinery cracking unit blew up on Saturday night killing seven men and injuring three. The 200 foot tower collapsed leaving twisted beams as flames were seen for miles. Names of the dead include D H Kine, H D Jenkins, G O Robbins, J C Orr, R A Draper, J Schernayder, and Jasper Rizzo with additional injured workers.
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Nederland
Pure Oil Co
Sniffen
Beaumont
Port Arthur
D. H. Kine
Kyle
H. D. Jenkins
G. O. Robbins
J. C. Orr
Port Neches
R. A. Draper
Jack Scher
Eastern Strike Grounds Fleet of Big Planes
Flight engineers strike Eastern Air Lines grounding the Constellation fleet east of the Mississippi. AFL International Association members walked out after weeks of failed contract talks, affecting service from St. Louis to New York and Boston to Miami while four engined DC-4s and Martin 404s remained on schedule. Sidney R. Carter cited four months of talks with no pay agreement and said engineers have accepted pay under protest since a past arbitration.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Mississippi River
AFL Flight Engineers International Assn
St. Louis
Boston
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Sidney R. Carter
Convicts Escape Western State Penitentiary in Armed Break
Eight inmates described as armed and dangerous overpowered four guards and a deputy warden at Western State Penitentiary. They used a sheet rope to descend a 70 foot wall and fled. a ninth initially escaped but surrendered. One was captured in McKeesport, others fled by car or on foot. two guards injured in the clash.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
McKeesport
Clairton
Cormack F. McNelis
Steel Company
John Peterman
William Engle
Virgil Toney
Ingram
Woman admits she cannot handle purse strings in Tokyo
The founder and president of the Women's Livelihood Co operative Assn, Mrs Sumie Kawasaki, disclosed the group is deeply in debt and that only a male business manager can steer it out of the red.
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Tokyo
Sumie Kawasaki
Women’s Livelihood Co-operative Assn
Seoul Braces for Eisenhower Visit as Streets Patrolled
Seoul, December 1. U S Marines in battle dress guarded key HQs and armored cars patrolled the capital ahead of President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower arrival. Police intensified civilian checks and ordered 10,000 prostitutes off the streets. Weathered banners were re touched as city officials noted waning public enthusiasm and cold weather.
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Seoul
Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Chosen Hotel
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Joe Willis to Show 1000-Pound Hereford at Chicago Exposition
Joe Willis age 13, son of Mr and Mrs J J Willis of 821 N Washington, will show his 1000 pound Hereford steer today at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Hubert Martin Ector County agent accompanies him. father and brother Palmer are in Chicago, with Palmer farming near Beaumont. Willis is a veteran of the show ring and previously won the Fort Worth grand champion last season and top ribbons at the Sand Hills Hereford Show.
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Joe Willis
J. J. Willis
N. Washington
Chicago
Joe
Hubert Martin
Ector County
Palmer
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Sand Hills
Eisenhower names two foreign staff chiefs in hectic weekend
New York AP Dwight D Eisenhower selects two top foreign staff officers amid a busy weekend. John Foster Dulles named secretary of state designate. Winthrop Aldrich named U S ambassador to Great Britain. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to head U N delegation. Harold Stassen to head Mutual Security Agency. Lodge to meet Dulles and Austin. Gen Lucius D Clay to see the President-elect. A hush hush Columba meeting with Nelson Rockefeller and two college presidents leads to a study group on government organization. Aldrich designation follows Gifford resignation wish.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
U. S
Great Britain
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Hisenhower
Lodge
Dulles
Warren R Austin
Vermont
U. N
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Continental Can Company
Eisenhower
Colmbia University
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Flemming
Milton Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Pennsylvania State College
Aldrich
Walter
Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Eiisenhower
Truman
Vandenberg
National Jaycee Head to Speak at Odessa Meeting
Horace E. Henderson 34 year old president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will address Odessa Jaycees at 8 p.m. tonight at a meeting with buffet dinner at Odessa Country Club Henderson of Williamsburg Va attended William and Mary 1934 37 and held Yale architectural scholarship He is a WWII veteran and a captain in reserves His Jaycee work includes founding the Virginia chapter and serving as state and national officer He is in real estate insurance and building and is married with one child.
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Horace E
Hunk) Henderson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Odessa Junior Chamber
Odessa Country Club
Henderson
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Yale University
Jaycees
Orlando
Fla
Virginia
Fashion show guard loses maincoat at Norfolk event
NORFOLK Va. Patrolman Morris Black protected thousands of dollars in clothing at a city auditorium fashion show when his maincoat was stolen. The incident adds to local concerns over security at public events.
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Norwolk
Morris Black
City Auditorium
Black
Snowy Front Rumors as Communists Push Small Attacks
The Korean front reported two inches of snow in Sniper Ridge and eastern high ground as Chinese Communist infantry attacked Rocky Point and Pinpoint Hill in a series of small assaults. UN troops repelled the Red units with artillery and field fire, with 64 Communists killed in four quick skirmishes.
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Central Asia
Victor Kendrick
United Press
Sniper Ridge
Central Front
Rocky Point
Pinpoint Hill
Pinpoint
Live Reindeer Santa Parade Arrives in Odessa Thursday Night
The annual Christmas parade will start at 7 30 p.m. Thursday in downtown Odessa with Santa Claus and his reindeer. Odessa High School band leads the procession sponsored by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce merchants committee. Reindeer from Alaska arrive via Grady Carothers, a Goldthwaite rancher, who flies the herd 6000 miles to Texas. The Eskimos own the herd and sell Carothers his picks for 150 to 250 dollars each. Reindeer require air conditioned barns and night access in cool weather and are fed oatmeal and reindeer moss. Carothers expects a new addition, the first reindeer birth in the South.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Ray Brearley
Jesse Owens
Joe Corby
Chuck Wagon Gang
Owens
Santa Claus
Odessa
Santa
Odessa High School
Merchants Committee
The
Alaska
Texas
Grady Carothers
Goldthwaite
Carothers
Eskimos
UN Panel Supports Firings by Trygve Lie
A UN panel of three international jurists backs secretary-general Trygve Lie in firing staff who are active in the American Communist party or who refuse to answer grand jury or Senate subcommittee questions about subversive associations. The opinion cites staff rules and U.S. law as justification for removing such individuals.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
U.N
Lie
International Jurists
U. S
U. S. Grand Jury
Senate
Plane Crash Recovery Efforts Underway Near Anchorage
An Alaska search operation maps a 12 man ground party to recover 52 bodies from the C124 Globemaster crash on Surprise Glacier. Aerial teams will move to a base camp at 4000 feet and reach the scene at 8000 feet, with a two week recovery estimate. Dr Terris Moore, University of Alaska president, arrived by light ski plane on the glacier.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mt. Grannett
Air Force
Surprise Glacier
Globemaster
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Terris Moore
University of Alaska
Convict Admits Holdup Killing in San Diego
Wallace R. York, 26, now at Sandy Point prison in Texas, writes from prison confessing a San Diego holdup in which a grocer was killed. He says he committed the crime to ease his conscience and asks that the admission be recorded.
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San Diego
Calif
Texas
Wallace R. York
Sandy Point
Tex
Warmer Temperatures On Weather Menu In Texas
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer conditions were forecast for tonight and Tuesday in the Permian Basin as a front moves eastward across Texas. Temperatures ranged from 18 to 47 degrees at dawn with scattered rainfall totals across the state and Houston airport closure due to dense fog.
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Permian
Odessa
Texas
Houston
Austin
Dallas
San Antonio
Waco
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
Palestine
Galveston
Laredo
Victoria
Texarkana
College Station
Corsicana
Palacios
Mineral Wells
Junction
Cotulla
Tyler
Dalhart
Weather Bureau
Dallas-Fort Worth
East Texas
Greenville
Brownsville
Lubbock
Amarillo
Childress
Auto Accidents Put 2 Persons In Hospital Here
Two people were seriously injured in separate crashes near Odessa. Mrs. S L Pounds 26 suffered concussions and possible fractures after a hit and rollover on the Crane Highway near the Radio KRIG tower. L C Cook 45 hurt in an Andrews Highway crash driven by Vera Tucker Nelson. Alfredo Hernandez Jr 21 was jailed after a rollover four miles east of Odessa on Highway 80.
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State Highway Patrol and Medical Center Hospital
S. L. Pounds
N. Center
Odessa
Pounds
Highway Patrol
Radio Krig Tower
South Odessa
Grant
L. C. Cook
W. Eighth
Vera Tucker Nelson
Lane Apts
Andrews Hwy
Nelson
Lucille Gerron
31St St
Ellis W. Moore
Notrees
Moore
Clyde B. McGee
Cummings Jr
Alfredo Hernandez Jr
Midland
U. S. Hwy. 80
Hernandez
Murder of Socialite in New Orleans Sparks Motive Hunt
Mrs. James L. Cooper, 30, a debutante and former TV singer, was found beaten to death in her uptown New Orleans apartment. Police seek motive and weapon while coroner tests for possible rape. Her husband, 42, was questioned and released as investigators pursue leads at Court of Two Sisters.
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New Orleans
James L. Cooper
Allison Wheeler Trelles
Nicholas Chetta
Orleans Parish
Cooper
French Quarter
Coopers
Mamie Eisenhower Visits Bess Truman at White House
Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower calls on Mrs. Harry Truman at the White House for a quick tour and on the spot look at the 54 room mansion they will move into January 20. Cameramen and reporters document the scene as the two first ladies exchange greetings and smiles.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Harry Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
Bess Truman
Mrs. Truman
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