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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
1
Four masked robbers struck the Borden Company dairy plant in Dallas and looted about 12 000 to 15 000 dollars in cash and checks while twenty staff were rounded up. The heist mirrored a 1936 job, with two teams targeting the cashier cage and a large checkup area before fleeing.
Chicago December 16 The University of Illinois may remove Dr Andrew C Ivy from his vice president post over the controversial cancer drug Krebiozen. President George Stoddard recommends eliminating his job, with Ivy reduced to distinguished professor and department head. Supporters claim the drug shows biological activity warranting further controlled clinical study.
The Associated Press reports ongoing police efforts to locate Howard Pierson, who killed his parents in 1935, after his ally Gilbert Wagner surrendered in Peoria Illinois. Wagner led authorities to reveal their escape by rope and a stolen car, but he withheld where they split up.
Four Navy helicopters from the Midway and Leyte plucked the final sailors from the Grommet Reefer, ending a 36 hour ordeal off Leghorn. All 39 crew members were in good health after rescue by breeches buoy, rope ladders, and Italian boats.
Two Big Spring police officers on routine patrol shined a light on a local club and spotted a nose peeking through a door crack. They found the burglar with a looted juke box after observing the suspect watching the patrol car.
The International Red Cross Committee released correspondence claiming UN command actions in Korea appeared to violate Geneva conventions on war prisoners, referencing the Koje Island prison riots. General Mark Clark replied that uprisings were planned by hard core Communist leaders to disrupt armistice talks, and that prisoners were afforded maximum care within limits.
In Bonn German veterans led by ex paratroop Gen Kurt Student urge an amnesty and home by Christmas for hundreds of German war criminals still jailed by Allies. They cite Manstein List Milch and Kesselring as cases and campaign at rallies, despite political opposition and claims convictions were illegal.
The United States states it will not compromise on the Korean prisoners issue and insists no peace plans will advance in the United Nations unless POWs are allowed to choose their fate. Peiping’s rejection of the UN plan and demand to reopen truce talks are noted as blocking any armistice progress. The U. N. plan faces continued opposition from Communists and allies weigh options ahead of a new U.S. administration.
New York December 16 news report that a memo asking staff to return portable radios disappeared from the White House press room bulletin board. James M. Lambie Jr. said the notice had little effect and few radios were returned. RCA distributed seven radios to the Eisenhower train, but only eight have been returned.
American Sabre jets shot down four MIG-15s and damaged others in 13 savage aerial dogfights over north western Korea. Col. Royal N. Baker and Capt. Leonard Lilly each claimed sixth MIG, with other pilots earning credits as the aerial battles broadened near Haeju and Pyongyang. Ground fighting slowed along the 155 mile battlefront as fighter bombers targeted rail lines and Red positions.
The Defense Department released list No. 711 naming 96 casualties from the Korean War. It records 19 dead, 70 wounded, three missing, and four injured.
Manila officials say little hope remains for rescuing 56 workers trapped in flooded tunnels of United Paracale Mining Co. gold mine in southeastern Luzon after Tuesday efforts.
Washington prosecutors announce an indictment against Lattimore with multiple counts. Each count carries a maximum penalty of two to years, reflecting the government’s stance on the case.
Bill Collyns editor of the Midland Reporter Telegram was re elected vice president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce District 6 at a grass roots Odessa session. R Wright Armstrong Fort Worth president praised staff and water policy efforts, noting reforms for the State Board of Water Engineers and ongoing regional development.
Thousands of mourners viewed the bier of executed killer William E. Cook in Comanche Oklahoma creating a Roman Holiday scene as crowds from 38 states Alaska Canada and beyond gathered. Attorneys and relatives noted the morbid spectacle and varied motives while Cook’s burial plans were arranged in Lone Elm Missouri with service in Comanche.
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