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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1960

Page

3

Pearl Harbor Big Defeat Remains U.S. Crush

Washington coverage recalls December 7 1941 as the day the United States suffered its most crushing defeat at Pearl Harbor with Navy and Army officials facing shock and censorship as the nation readied for the war to come. The report notes the attack and the ensuing fear and response among government leaders and press.

Lyle C. Wilson Steve Army Navy Civil United Press International National Defense Washington UPI John J. Jouett National Aeronautical Asington mid-Atlantic Seaboard Grif Redskins House of Represent Capital Press Corps United States

Obituaries from UPI list notable deaths

Earle E. McCarthy 78 retired Santa Fe Coast Lines general manager died Monday services Thursday in Los Angeles. Roy L. Matson 52 Wisconsin State Journal editor died Saturday coronary occlusion services Tuesday in Madison. J W Moore Richardson 166 retired stockbroker died Tuesday in Phelps Memorial Hospital North Tarrytown. Nathaniel Robards Wilkes 79 former Delta Manhattan Textile president died Tuesday in Southern Pines New York origin.

United—Press—International Los Angeles UPI Earle E. McCarthy Santa ‘Fe Railway Coast Lines Madison Wis Roy L. Matson The Wisconsin State Journal Matison North Tarrytown N.Y J.W. Moore Richardson Phelps Memorial Hospital Southern Pines N.C Nathaniel Robards Wilkes Delta-Manhattan Textile Co New York

Grant funds nine week radio biochemistry institute

Denton Texas Woman's University has received a 51000 grant from the National Science Foundation and the Atomic Energy Commission for a nine week summer institute. The program targets senior high school science teachers and focuses on radio biochemistry.

Denton Texas Woman's University National Science Foundation Atomic Energy Commission

Texan escapes honor farm on rented horse

Frankie D. Goad, 22, from McAllen Texas, serving 52 days for impersonating a police officer, escaped from the Long Beach honor farm and was spotted galloping along a highway on a rented horse. He was captured after the stunt and faces additional charges.

United Press International Long Beach Calif UPI Frankie D. Goad McAllen Tex London UPB Michael Lewis

Hoover urges relentless campaign against child molesters

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called for a relentless public police alliance to combat child molesters amid a surge in attacks on children. He said America’s hope lies in its children and they must be protected at all costs.

Washington UPI FBI J. Edgar Hoover Hoover America

Mother Of Sleeping Beauties Must Have Psychiatric Tests

Mrs. Lillian Fratantonio, 29, found guilty by a Juvenile Court jury of feeding coma inducing barbiturates to her daughters Bernadette, 3, and Venita, 6. The case drew national attention as the girls, dubbed the sleeping beauty sisters, suffered intermittent comas whose cause eluded doctors until barbiturates were identified. Examinations at two hospitals and Columbia Medical Center failed to reveal the truth before the August finding.

Cleveland, Ohio UPI Lillian Fratantonio Bernadette Venita New York City Columbia Medical Center

Television Schedule Snapshot for Local Stations

A scanned TV timetable lists programs across KMID KVKM and related channels. It details daily hour by hour lineups including sports news weather soap operas game shows and late night movies with titles such as Captain Hantaroo December Bride Love Lucy Truth or Consequences and Naked City among others.

Captain Hantaroo Willace Love Lucy Riley Necal Theater Marzie Douc Edwards Kmid-Tv Whrst Texas Wazon Music Hall Untouchables Gandy Jack Paar Channel 8 News Highway Patrol Amos Andy Jan Murray Loretta Young Dr. Malone Dimensions Komic Karnival Hundler-Brinkley KVKM Honz Kone Ozzie and Harriet Dimension Moavie

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