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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
6
Reports from Berlin indicate widespread shortages in East Germany with scarce food and basic goods during the Christmas season. Citizens face tight rations as winter deepens, reflecting ongoing economic strain and policy limits.
A 13-year-old skin diver, Richard Puskas, drowned in the ocean off Los Angeles after his oxygen apparatus became tangled. Sheriff’s officers report friends dived in to try to rescue him and brought his body ashore.
License Commissioner Bernard J. O'Connell okays the reopening of a burlesque show in Manhattan after a 14 year gap. The production Welcome Exile will feature strip-teases and bumps and grinds with officials to attend the opening following a protracted court battle.
Russell Jones, United Press, reports from exile in Budapest, detailing how a Soviet backed crackdown provoked a broad anti Communist uprising. He cites dates from Oct to Nov, identifies Imre Nagy and Pal Maleter as pivotal figures, and portrays students workers and even the army joining the resistance in a nationwide spark that survived repression.
A classic ad claims glandular inflammation causes back hip leg pains fatigue and waking nights. It warns against temporary remedies and promotes non surgical treatment at the Excelsior Institute in Excelsior Springs Missouri. A free book explains the program with no obligation.
Egyptian guerrillas attacked a British patrol in Port Said triggering a UN ceasefire protest. One Royal Scots soldier was wounded. Seven Egyptians were arrested as British and French forces tighten defenses ahead of a near complete withdrawal within days.
Thirty three U S district attorneys from fourteen Southern and border states gather in Washington to decide measures to ensure observance of constitutional bans on racial segregation on common carriers. Atty Gen Brownell convened the closed session days after the Supreme Court struck down such laws in Alabama and Montgomery.
Montgomery leaders say the Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change drew about 20 000 total attendees and signaled progress in desegregation. Rev Ralph Abernathy framed the event as a religious experience and stressed democracy works as people of all races joined in Montgomery.
In CHISHOLM Texas Sam Baker says country living makes hogs and women more wholesome. He contrasts penned town hogs fed on garbage with corn fed countryside hogs and claims pampered town women lack color and vitality.
Neil Weis beck of Buffalo New York was fined 21 and costs in Union County court for throwing money around. Patrolman Albert Hess said the student admitted tossing pennies at a lighted sign and breaking glass tubes.
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