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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
3
HAL BOYLE recounts fishing in Andros Town Bahamas where bonefish bite quickly. He fumbles into successive catches, boasts of ease, then admits fatigue and laughter at the idea of quitting after a perfect session.
Residents of a small village in Japan dedicate a memorial tower to two American airmen Lt. Harry Elfiett of Lakeland Florida and Lt. John Friel of Grand Junction Iowa. They died last month when their B-47 crashed into the Irma River dry bed while diverting to spare local barley farmers.
A Soviet and Egyptian propaganda drive targets Africa with calls for violence against whites as a Cairo conference of Asian and African nations looms. The effort seeks to pressure the West out of central Africa and disrupt sea routes by fueling Arab nationalist passions.
A concise notice urging readers to choose now for services or products available at 112 West Fourth Avenue. The advertisement provides a phone contact FE 2-2242 for inquiries or orders. Contains a local business prompt with a specific address and phone number.
In 1917 the captain of the battleship New Jersey at Norfolk and the Secretary of the Navy in Washington conducted the first ship to shore radio telephone conversation marking a milestone in naval communications.
An American airliner circling Shannon airport delivered a seven pound boy to Mrs. Elizabeth Raics, a Hungarian refugee en route from Yugoslavia to New York. Ground radio instructions guided two hostesses as pilot Ted Clarke circled for over an hour due to fog, restraining landings while airport medical officer Dr. William Flynn coordinated care.
Texas social security payments exceeded old age assistance for the first time, with 240,323 recipients totaling 11,916,645 and 25,438 in old age aid totaling 10,087.33. The report notes eligibility changes for women 62 and over and men 63 and over, and shows eight years of rapid growth in social security rolls from 34,827 in 1949 to 211,321 a decade ago.
The French Communist Party unveiled a nationwide bid to block U S missile bases in Europe. Delegations will target the Paris summit December 16 to 18 and seek to harass Eisenhower or Nixon with peace petitions.
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