County bond election on park system and hospital in Odessa
Odessa and Ector County voters face a $1.75 million bond mix on Saturday with $750,000 for a city county park system and $750,000 to expand the Medical Center Hospital. A $250,000 roads program and paving projects supplement the ballot, while park plans stress safety, youth welfare, and staged construction across Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, and Del Rio additions.
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Odessa
Ector County
Golder
27Th
Dixie
Murphy
Kennedy
Crane
Hospital Board of Managers
Hospital Board
Ector County-Odessa Park Advisory Commission
Texas
Bill Tripp
Tripp
Ector County Commissioners Court
del Rio
South Odessa
Commission
Jessidessa
Detectives Eye More Clues In Socialite Slaying
New Orleans police examine links between a burglary attempt a so called mystery car and a theory that socialite and television singer Diddie Cooper died from left handed blows. Enriques Alarez a left handed burglar is being questioned as detectives pursue the evolving case surrounding the death at Mrs Cooper's uptown apartment.
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New Orleans
Diddie
Cooper
Enrique Alarez
James L. Cooper
Cops Seek Kinsman of Old-Time Bandit
Houston police hunt Raymond Hamilton kin Raymond Fairris 20 for a 14468 Houston jewelry store robbery. Joyce O Neil charged as accomplice. Fairris paroled from a Kansas reformatory. mother Margie Zeglen questioned. Police warned he is armed with a 32 caliber revolver and dangerous.
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Houston
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Desperado
Frank Murray
Raymond Fairris
Ray
Fairris
Joyce O'Neil
Kansas
Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Barrow
Fairis
Margie ‘Zeglen
Michael Zeglen
Fort Worth
Dutch Meyer Steps Down as TCU Football Coach
Fort Worth December 4 Dutch Meyer resigns as head football coach at Texas Christian University after 19 years, to remain athletic director. Abe Martin becomes head coach. Meyer notes long service and plans rest while Martin leads offense the next season. Meyer began at TCU as a waterboy in 1910 and played multiple sports before coaching.
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Fort Worth
L. A
Meyer
Texas Christian University
Othel
Abe) Martin
M. E. Sadler
Texas Christian
TCU
Naional Coaches Association
Martin
Bea
Board of Trustees
Sadler
Hobbs, N.M
Meyser
Abe
Waco
Polytechnic High
Stevenson and Truman Agree on Eisenhower Program Approach
Gov. Adlai Stevenson said he and President Truman agree not to oppose Dwight Eisenhower's program for party gain. He cited two Democratic problems a deficit of over half a million dollars and serving the public interest. He spoke after a White House briefing with Truman.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Illinois
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Congress
Odessa College Granted Membership in Southern Association
Odessa College was accepted for membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools announced in Memphis Tennessee at its annual meeting. President Murry H Fly received news by telephone from Dean Jack Rodgers in Memphis. A regional accrediting body, the association praised Odessa College after an October inspection, noting standards met and national recognition implied.
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Odessa College
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Memphis
Tenn
Association
Murry H. ‘Fly
Dean Jack Rodgers
Jis
Fly
Southern Association
Odessa
Santa Parade Kicks Off Christmas Season on Grant Ave
Santa Claus and real reindeer parade down Grant Avenue at 7 30 p m led by a giant duck float and Odessa High School band. Choral groups and junior high bands perform along the route with a 15 minute High School concert at 10th and Grant. Reindeer owner Grady Carothers brings the animals to town.
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Grant Ave
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee
10Th
Grant
Odessa High
Santa
Crockett
Bowie
Blackshear High
OHSA
Grady Carothers
Goldthwaite
Ihim Crusoe
Robbery Victim Kills Assailant in Arizona Trail Incident
In Potter County Texas two hitchhikers attempted an armed robbery of Daniel Franco a California bound U S Army Corps of Engineers worker. Franco fought back disarming one assailant Robert Samuel Franks while another, Roland Marion, was fatally shot. Franks and Marion were wanted in Denver on a taxi driver robbery warrant.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Narges
Daniel Franco
Edgewood
N. M
Roland Marion
Laramie
Wye
Robert Samuel Franks
Dove
N. J
Chanute Field
Ill
Herman Pipkin
Frankston
Franco
U. S. Corps of Engineers
San Francisco
Richmond
Marion
Franks
Bushland
Tex
U. S. Highway 66
James
Fred LeGrand
Denver
Colo
Cox resigns as Wage Stabilization Board chief over wage boost
Archibald Cox resigns as chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board in protest of the president approving an extra wage increase for coal miners beyond the recommendations of top defense agency officials.
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Archibald Cox
Wage Stabilization Board
Defense Agency
Cold clear Permian Basin forecast and fog across state
Cold clear weather dominated the Permian Basin with fog lifting in parts of the state. The morning low reached 34 while yesterday’s high was 65. Rain prospects improved as a ten day Texas rainfall spell continued, though the northwestern portion still needed moisture. Airlines resumed limited service after fog delays at Love Field, with ceilings rising to 600 feet and visibility to three miles at daybreak.
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Permian Basin
Texas
Love
Beaumont
Lufkin
College Station
Fort Worth
Tyler
Texarkana
Alice
Denton mobilizes clothing for Korean orphans drive
Denton residents collected around four tons of clothes and packed bundles at Carswell Air Base Fort Worth for a flight to Korea. The drive followed Joe Glass of Denton urging old clothes as Christmas gifts. Glass and his truck battalion buddies in Pusan donate their Christmas dinner to feed homeless orphans. The Air Force offered to transport the bundles.
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Denton
Carswell Air Base
Fort Worth
Korea
Waco
Breckenridge
Palestine
Beaumont
el Paso
Texas
Joe Glass
Glass
Pusan
Air Force
Rescue ideas debated for men lost in space
At the American Rocket Society meeting Dr. Fritz Haber outlined survival challenges for astronauts missing at varying distances from Earth. He warned that far space offers little chance of rescue and that even near Earth the vacuum, reentry forces, and need for a rescue party limit survival chances and underscore the role of a space ship as life support.
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New York
American Rocket Society
Earth
Fritz Haber
Haber
Department of Space Medicine
Air Force
School of Aviation Medicine
Reuther Likely To Be CIO President At Convention
Walter P. Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers appears set to win the CIO presidency at Atlantic City as the finale nears successor to Philip Murray. Allan S. Haywood fights hard, with two unions previously backing Haywood now backing Reuther.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Philip Murray
Allan S. Haywood
Haywood
Brewery
iWorkers International
American Radio Association
Iswung
ROKs Recapture Pinpoint Hill After Sheltering Grenade Fire
South Korean infantrymen in parka gear fought back three Chinese assaults on Pinpoint Hill near Sniper Ridge. They retook the position for the 18th time since October 14 amid a freezing front and heavy air and artillery support.
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Seoul
Korea
Pinpoint Hill
Kumhwa
Korean Peninsula
North Kok
Ae O
Manchurian
Eyengy
Summrebeeen
Chongchonghtee
Munist
Sinuiju
Uiju
Yalu River
Antung
Panmunjom
Federal Cops Call for Obscene Literature Laws
Federal officials urged Congress to craft laws keeping obscene and gruesome magazines off newsstands. Chairman Gathings asked for aid from Sethy as the House committee weighs the flow of off color reading. Arch Crawford pressed to avoid vague laws and censorship, backing existing obscenity statutes enforced locally.
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Washington
Federal Law Age
Cies
House
Gathings
D-Ark
Sethy
House Committee
Congressilan
Arch Crawford
Association of Periodical Pub Publishers
Crawford
Doctors urge early age sex change practice
Galveston reports Dr Charles Hooks of the UT medical school says sex changes should start before school age. He cites 10 local cases since 1943 including a three year old, a brother sister pair, and a Seattle case. He notes hermaphrodites and pseudohermaphrodites, with treatment lasting about 18 months and eventual adjustment for society.
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Galveston
Charles Hooks
University of Texas School of Medicine
Hooks
George W. Jorgensen J Jr
Seattle
Wash
Jorgnson
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Kerr
Colorado General Hospital
Dutch Meyer
Harry
Adlai
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Southern Group
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Ily
Bulletin
Upper Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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