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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1956
Page
4
Andrew Gault U S cochairman said the Mexican government notified that it would delay acceptance of the Laredo bridge planned for dedication and opening on December 14. The postponement affects the reconstruction committee's schedule and local plans.
Muskegon, Michigan. Marilyn Sue Stein, 17, was reported missing when she did not arrive on a scheduled Detroit airliner. She was located in Chicago explaining she slept through the landing and failed to depart.
A seven year old Odessa girl Betty Lynn Wallace was slightly hurt at about 7 30 p m Saturday when struck by a car at Eighth and Hancock. She was taken to Medical Center Hospital for treatment for a deep forehead cut and released. The driver Johnny Clyde Moore 17 of 703 East Seventh left the vehicle to take the girl to the hospital after the accident.
Wendall Eads once a top jockey who rode in the Belmont and Arlington Futurities in 1941 was held in Marshall on $5,000 bond for the armed robbery of a Casey liquor store in 1954. He had recently been released from Indiana State Prison where he served time for a Vincennes armed robbery.
Italian beauty Rosanna Rossana, in Hollywood for The Big Boodle with Errol Flynn, says Flynn is shy around women and impressed she found him very gentlemanly. She contrasts his image with public rumors, recounting her initial apprehension and eventual admiration.
Advertisement for a model showroom at Shop Appliance Co located on West Fourth Street offering a new television pane and home phone contact FE 2-2262 for details.
British occupation troops seized large quantities of explosives and ammunition being unloaded from Egyptian fishing boats near Port Said. Argyle and Autherland Highlanders spotted the material at El Gebugtion Lake outside the city. Anti Western sentiment grew as arrivals and locals clashed, with calls against Eden escalating. Italian Consul appealed for evacuation of 750 Italians fearing reprisals after withdrawal. Egypt arrested five Egyptians for threats against foreigners.
Funeral services are pending for Myrtle Emily Bridges a 72 year old Odessa resident who died suddenly Saturday at her home on North Center. She had lived in Odessa for ten years and was a member of the First Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters Mrs R W McCullouch Odessa and Mrs Ira Bowman New Boston and four sons Burnett Bridges Jarrell J B Bridges Paris Ark Claude Bridges Three Rivers and Garland Bridges Mount Vernon. Hubbard Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
Gholson Texas December 8 Ray Doyle Miller age undetermined of West was killed today when the car in which he rode overturned near this Mc Lennan County community.
Chicago reports from the National Safety Council roundup of odd accidents over the past year. A gopher buried a concussion bomb, a dog distracted a dog catcher, and a Dallas woman found a car in her husband’s hotel bed. Other incidents include a house clipping a parked car, a firecracker mistaken for a cigarette, and a man injured by a window pane while yelling at pranksters.
Mrs. George L. Johnson 55 of 615 Drury Lane died at 11 45 a m Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. She had lived in Odessa about six months. Funeral rites were pending in Conway Arkansas with Boyd Head Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include husband five sons Raymond E Johnson Agnew Calif Elmer A Johnson California Louis Johnson Michigan Olen Johnson Odessa and Jimmy Johnson and three daughters Ola Wener Betty Geessler LaGrange Texas and Virginia Johnson Odessa.
An 18 year old Odessa High School senior, Mike Gaddy of 1714 North Golder, was jailed Saturday night on a second charge of carrying prohibited weapons. Police found a long chain and a small caliber pistol in his car after a traffic warrant led to the arrest at 10th and North Dotsy. Patrolman J D Wood filed the weapons complaint in Corporation Court. Bond was set at 100 dollars plus 25 on the traffic warrant.
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