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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1955

Page

6

Trans-Pecos Uranium Study To Be Made By AEC Man

AEC geologist Thomas Nye will study the Alpine Marfa Trans-Pecos region in Texas for uranium exploration. Based in Albuquerque, Nye will oversee ground and air surveys starting December to map ore guides and assess known occurrences for future deposits. Public posting of anomalies on private lands is not planned.

Trans-Pecos AEC Man Thomas Nye Atomic Energy Commission Alpine-Marfa AEC Trans- Pecos Texas Albuquerque Harold D. Wolfe

Andrews ISD authorizes new junior high addition plans

The Andrews Independent School District trustees approved W. W. Caudill and Associates to proceed with drawings for a new addition to the Junior High School. The plan includes a cafeteria and a student center with a 200 seat auditorium for speech, drama, and music, sized to serve one grade at a time, part of the $1.7 million bond issue approved last spring.

Andrews Andrews Independent School District W. W. Caudill and Associates Bryan Texas

Andrews Charter Draft Finished

A preliminary draft of the Andrews city charter was completed by the 15 member charter commission chaired by A. L. Rhodes. The group has met twice monthly for six months to study other city charters and prepare a rough draft for Andrews. Next, the commission will study each paragraph in detail to finalize plans.

Andrews Charter Commission A. L. Rhodes

New Japan Dam Starts Operation

Sakuma Dam, 492 feet high and among the world’s largest, began filling its 320 million ton reservoir by diverting water from the Tenryu River. Built mainly with American machinery used on Pine Flat Dam, the project cost 20 billion yen and took 31 months with 3 million man days of labor, though 85 workers died during construction.

Sakuma Village Japan Sakuma Tenryu Pine Flat California TVA

Solon Seeks Probe Into Dixon-Yates Cash Ties

Senator Langer pressed a public inquiry to verify if backers of the Dixon-Yates contract donated to Eisenhower's 1952 campaign. He subpoenaed Postmaster General Summerfield, Sherman Adams, Stephen Mitchell and others as Kefauver's Antimonopoly panel resumes hearings on the controversial contract.

Solon Washington Sen Langer R-Nd Dixon-Yates Eisenhower Senate Summerfield Sherman Adams White House Stephen A. Mit Chell Kefauver D-Tenn Edgar H. Dixon Eugene A. Yates Atomic Energy Commission Tennessee Valley Authority TVA AEC Dixon-Yates Group Memphis Tenn Lewis L. Strauss Rowland Hughes Subcommittee Hughes Ralph H. Demmler Securities and Exchange Commission Dixon- Yates

United States Straddles Mongolia U N Membership Debate

In the UN dispute over Outer Mongolia’s bid for membership the United States abstained to avoid a Chinese veto while Nationalist China threatens to block a package deal including the Soviet satellite. The issue casts a renewed glare on China and Moscow amid Cold War factionalism.

United States United Nations Outer Mongolia U.N China Chiang Kai-shek Mongolia Soviet Union Russia Peiping Moscow Mongolian People’s Republic Bulgaria Central Asia Sinkiang

Soviets Denounce AP and Times Over Vlasov Dispatch

Moscow's Foreign Ministry accused The Associated Press and The New York Times of gross distortions about Alexander Vlasov, saying reports he was fired and stripped of medals were false. Ilyichev warned of adequate measures for future incidents and noted the decree did not explicitly strip Vlasov of medals, though it labeled him a former Moscow chief architect.

Moscow Foreign Ministry Associated Press The New York Times Alexander V. Vlasov Leonid F. Iloyichev Richard K. Malley Welles Hangen Times Vlasov Ilyichev Communist Party Soviet Academy of Architecture United States the Times

Movie Awards Banquet Tonight

Hollywood reports the first audience awards banquet tonight with ballots cast by theatergoers from Nov 17 to 27. Winners receive statuettes presented by Grace Kelly Alec Guinness William Holden Bette Davis and Walt Disney. George Murphy will host at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Hollywood Grace Kelly Alec Guiness William Holden Bette Davis Walt Disney George Murphy Beverly Hilton

Young Citizen Pays Debt Fully in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo city commissioners voted to notify 9 year old Patrick McKerring that his debt for breaking a window at the Potter Street voting place is paid in full. Patrick wrote he was sorry and asked how much he owed or to call his mother. He sent a recrafted layout showing the Sign the window his aim and miss.

Kalamazoo Mich Kalamazoo City Patrick McKerring Potter Street Patrick

Millionaire Fights Sea Barges to Move Ocean Home

Russell Make Piece of Marion Massachusetts relocates his ocean-front residence after repeated hurricane spawned tidal waves damage the property. The move costs about $15 000, shifting the home to a location inland.

Marion Mass Russell Make

Movie Hopeful Janet Lake Signs MGM Contract

Janet Lake, a 19 year old from Norristown Pennsylvania who can fly a plane and assemble an automobile, has a seven year MGM contract approved in Superior Court. She starts at 200 dollars a week with options to rise to 1 000 dollars weekly. Lake was modeling in New York when a talent scout spotted her.

Hollywood F Janet Lake Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Superior Court Miss Lake Janet Mary Leakey Norristown

Michigan Governor's House Under Guard

Michigan Governor G Mennen Williams' statehouse home has been under 24 hour guard since November 26 after a phone warning to the governor's wife, Nancy, about a bomb. Troopers conducted two thorough searches but found no explosives.

Lansing Mich G. Mennen Williams Statehouse Nancy

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