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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1955

Page

2

Bridge Collapse Takes First Life

The Rio Grande bridge disaster claimed its first victim Leonardo Morales de Leon, 40, unemployed Mexican. Three others among 32 injured remained in critical condition, including J C Cleckley 41 of Dallas a mixer operator, Jose Silva of Eagle Pass, and Rafael Sanchez 46 of Piedras Negras.

Eagle Pass Rio Grande Leonardo Morales de ‘Leon J. C. Cleckley Dallas Austin’ Bridge Co Jose Silva Rafael Sanchez Piedras Negras

Boy Burned To Death While Playing Cowboys

Four companions playing cowboys with 14 year old Lawrence Booth in Drexel Hill set straw on fire to “smoke him out” from a wooden shack. Booth burned to death as the shack caught fire and he could not escape. detectives said the incident was accidental.

Philadelphia Lawrence Booth Drexel Hill Booth Chester Sauders

School on Private Land Found During Sale Talks

Helena Montana The Lake Five School District learned the building sit on private land only when preparing a sale Agreement with the landowner allows the sale of the building and the acre it sits on after decades of being unaware the parcel was not public land.

Helena Mont Lake Five Flathead County

Charles Boyer Rejects Continental Lover Tag

New York report quotes Charles Boyer pushing back at the "continental lover" label as mere image. He discusses television work with Four Star Playhouse, his marriage to Pat Patterson, and plans for a Broadway French play. The piece notes his long career and courtesy, and ends with an odd non sequitur about a patient with encephalitis.

New York Charles Boyer Pat Patterson Hollywood Boyer Four Star Playhouse CBS Paris Broadway Hk moionmmiAa AnmwDenne Voba Tan

Snow plows clear northern roads as cold wave grips East

Snow plows rolled out across the northern Midwest Monday to clear heavy season snow. A new cold wave seized the East with plummeting temperatures along the Gulf States and Atlantic seaboard. In Los Angeles County five people died on rain slicked highways on the West Coast.

Midwest Gulf States Atlantic Seaboard Los Angeles County

Severe Reactions To Rabies Bared

AUSTIN PA few cases of severe reactions to rabies vaccines were reported yesterday by state Health Officer Henry Holle. He said there is no reason for public alarm. The death of one patient at El Paso in September could have been due to another disease. The weekend storm across the Midwest dumped heavy snow in several states, slowed traffic, and brought strong winds. Houghton Michigan saw 50 inches this season, Duluth Minnesota had 11 inches with 59 mph winds, and Duluth’s wind gusts tore a couple’s car into Lake Superior. Roads were urged closed near Scottsbluff Nebraska as snow fell. Minneapolis recorded thunder and lightning with the snow for the first time in 60 years. The cold spread across the nation, with sub-zero temperatures in many areas including Fraser Colorado and International Falls Minnesota.

Austin Henry Holle Ell Paso

Regional Forecast Highlights Oklahoma Louisiana Colorado and New Mexico

Oklahoma expected cloudy with light snow in southwest and west today and overnight. Light snow in the northwest and light rain elsewhere Tuesday with little temperature change. Warmer elsewhere on Tuesday except Panhandle. Louisiana sees continued cloud and rain in south and central areas through Tuesday with small changes. Colorado mostly fair through Tuesday with light snow flurries in southern mountains and rising temperatures. New Mexico cloudy with occasional snow today becoming generally fair west and partly cloudy east with rain or snow in the southeast tonight. Tuesday generally fair and rising temperatures.

Oklahoma Panhandle Louisiana Colorado New Mexico

Bear hunts hunter in Colorado mountains

In southern Colorado near Wallenberg a bear attacked hunter John L. Palmer of Trinidad. Palmer woke to a bite on the head, sustained deep cuts, but drove off the animal and returned to the mountains to hunt the bear that hunted him.

Wallenburg Colo Colorado John L. Palmer Trinidad Palmer

Saloon attacker slashes men and abducts cab passengers

Police say Pat Dillon 25 native of Colorado Springs terrorized a South Side saloon early yesterday slashing owner Anthony Miskinis and patron John Doran then raping a woman before forcing taxi driver Mont Anderson to ferry a group of passengers westward. Anderson escaped near Warrensville 25 miles west of Chicago. Dillon, who works in a Chicago appliance company shipping department, was arrested at a friend's home with no formal charge yet filed.

Chicago Pat Dillon South Side Dillon Colorado Springs Colo James Keeley Anthony Miskinis John Doran Miskinis Doran Rator-Point Mont Anderson Shirley Naddy Riley Menier Robert Nelson Nelson Marion Anderson Warrensville Menier Keeley Naddy Elgin

Farmers Own 30 Percent of Nation's Forest Lands

A report states farmers hold about 30 percent of the country's forest lands. The figure highlights agricultural stake in national timber resources and land use policy considerations.

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