Rains Bring Welcome Relief Across Odessa Area
The Odessa region received 0.55 inch of rain at the KRIG transmitter and 0.11 inch at the Odessa Midland Air Terminal. Streets flooded as gutters overflowed and residents waded water to work. Temperatures ranged from 38 to 70 degrees with forecasts of continued rain and a northward cold front moving into Texas. Northern states faced subzero temps while Texas expected milder air in the southeast.
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Odessa
Krig Radio
Odessa- Midland
West
Texas
Northlands
Bemidji
Minn
Texas Panhandle
Palacios
San Antonio
Austin
el Paso
Houston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Victoria
Possible Appointment for Ben Guill as Assistant Postmaster General
The Houston Post cites Washington sources stating former Texas Congressman Ben Guill of Pampa may be named assistant postmaster general as of December 18. The report notes Guill previously served in Congress representing Texas and could be tapped for the federal postal leadership role.
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Houston
The
Houston Post
Washington
Texas
Ben Guill
Pampa
Downs Elected Odessa Chamber of Commerce President
Harold Downs was chosen president for the coming year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce board. Other officers include A. C. Bassett as first vice president, Weaver Cunningham as second vice president, and W. L. DeBolt as treasurer. Jesse Owens remains general manager and secretary. The board also named four past presidents to three year terms and welcomed seven new directors.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Harold Downstop
A. C. Bassett
Weaver Cunningham
R. Standing
Jesse Owens
W. L. DeBolt
Harold Downs
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Downs
Downs and Clark
Bassett Lumber
West Texas Concrete
Odessa American
Chamber
Cecil Trigg
J. L
Dusty) Rhoades
C. W. McCollum
Jim Key
John D. Mitchell
Rhoades
Owens
DeBolt
W.B. Stowe
Trigg
Ed. Watson
A. R. Dyer
Tom Davis
E. M. Schur
Charles Perry
Fred Gage
Bassett
Odessa truck swamper killed in city traffic crash
Donald Ray Ellis twenty four-year-old Odessa resident died after being run over by a truck at West Murphy and South Crane. Archie Medlin driver of J J Willis Trucking Company said he did not know Ellis was in the cab and learned of the accident later. Ellis resided at 1010 North Jackson and left survivors including a wife a daughter a stepdaughter a mother two brothers and two sisters. The body rests at Hubbard s Funeral Home and services planned in Eastland.
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Donald Ray Ellis
Odessa
West Murphy
South Crane
Ellis
Medical Center Hospital
Archie Medlin
Ellis Drive
J. J. Willis Trucking Company
Medlin
North Jackson
Eastland
Bernice Ellis
Brenda
Barbara Inez Cox
Martha Cashman
Conrad
Bud
Okinawa
Joyce Ellis
Leona Ellis
Hubbards Funeral Home
Doctor Says He Changed 3 Sisters Into Men
Birmingham physician discloses performing operations to change five people into the opposite sex, including three sisters and two others. The doctor says the sex was physically disguised and that actual sex cannot be altered. one subject, a former high school coed, recounts life as a farm girl before transition.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Post- Herald
Christine
Jorgenson
Post- Herald
Andrew Glaze
Glaze
Alabama
Charlotte
Mary
Charlote
Charles
Mark
Lost in Swamp Ends 28 Hours in Cold Water Rescue
Navy veteran Fred Tyzzer Jr. survived 28 hours clinging to mangrove bushes after falling from the tug Logan near Cape Florida. Rescued by Captain Cleveland Knowles aboard a fishing vessel, he endured 35 to 40 degree cold in minimal clothing, aided by life saver training and a later feeding of coffee and cupcakes.
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Miami
Fla
Angel Fish Creek
Florida
Veterans Hospital
Fred Tyzzer Jr
Coast Guard
Tyzzer
Logan
Cape Florida
Cutter Bank
Cleveland Knowles
Tyzer
Red Cross
George Baron
Knowles
Key Largo
13 New TV Stations Authorized by FCC
The Communications Commission authorized 13 new television stations including facilities at San Angelo and Wichita Falls in Texas. The action marks expansion of U S television service with additional broadcasting outlets and regional coverage.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Tex
Six Ector County Youths In Reformatories
A state Youth Development Council report shows only six Ector County youths aged 10-17 were sent to three state reformatories last fiscal year. Counties varied with Crane three boys Midland two boys and girls, Ward one boy, while Andrews Martin Upton and Winkler had none. The report cites age ranges, admission rates, and a push for preventive recreation programs to curb rising delinquency.
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Austin
Ector County
State Youth Development Council
Crane County
Midland
Ward
Andrews
Martin
Upton
Winkler
Gatesville
Gainesville
Crockett
YDC
FBI
Texas
Probation Department
Added Hours For Yale Mailing Is Reported
Parcel post windows at the main post office and the Hancock Street post office will be open all day Saturday and Sunday for incoming parcels and outgoing parcels. Stamps will be sold at these windows. Patrons are asked to drop outgoing mail at the post offices or collection boxes rather than burden mail carriers.
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Hancock Street
Four Die in Penwell Area Car Crash
A two car collision on U S Highway 80 near Penwell killed Mrs M E Harwell and her two children from Phillips Camp, both also died. Wilbur Graves of California, the other driver, was killed. Harwell was reported in critical condition at Medical Center Hospital. Harwell's twin brother works for Phillips at Goldsmith.
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M. E. Harwell
Phillips Camp
Penwell
U.S. Hwy
Wilbur Graves
California
Harwell
Medical Center Hospital
Phillips
Goldsmith
Ike Eisenhower MacArthur Meet In Secrecy On Korea Peace
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur held a secret conference at John Foster Dulles home to discuss Korea and world peace. Aides said no public summary will be released and Eisenhower planned further talks with Republican leaders in Congress to shape policy on inflation and domestic and foreign issues.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
MacArthur
House of Representatives
GOP
Congress
Senate
Manhattan
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Dulles
Pacific
Intellectuals Targeted by Ex Red Colonel in Soviet Strategy
Igor Bogolepov, a former Soviet official and Red Army colonel, testified that Stalin ordered a campaign to recruit Western intellectuals to spark Western revolutions, focusing on the United States and France. He described infiltration into American government, education, and media, and said foundations and universities blocked him after breaking with the Soviets.
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Washington
Stalin
Igor Bogolepov
Foreign Office
Red Army
Bogolepov
House
Karl Marx
United States
France
Constantine Oumansky
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Secret
Comunists
Senate
Internal Security
Pardoned Man and Lover Plan Quiet Christmas
Ernest Vickers, a Texas cafe owner, received a conditional pardon from Gov. Shivers after a 12 year prison term for a prior crime. His wife Mrs. Vickers traveled to Austin to advocate, and the pardon board recommended clemency, ending his long fight for freedom.
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Lover Wife Plan
Dallas
Ernest Vickers
Vickers
Shivers
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Austin
Pardon Board
Vicker
Mrs. Vickers
One Of Separated Siamese Twins Not Expected To Live
CHICAGO December 18 A history making 12 hour operation to separate Siamese twins left one twin Rodney Dee in critical condition and the other Roger Lee not improving The neurology chief Dr Eric Oldberg said the decision favored Rodney who showed greater survival chances Six quarts of blood were transfused during the marathon operation on twins age 13 and one half months born in Rock Island Illinois The parents Royt Brodie and his wife watched from the hospital as doctors pursued a single shared brain covering and a sagital sinus vein in the plan to aid survival
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Chicago
Eric Qldberg
Department of
Neurology
University of Illinois
Rodney Dee
Oldberg
Rodney
Roger Lee
Royt Brodie
Fine, Il
University
Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
Rock Island
Brodie
Texas sets January crude oil flow. 89,426 bpd cut
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered a monthly production cut of 89,426 barrels per day for January, setting a permissive flow total of 3,211,108 bpd. Twenty two statewide producing days are planned, with East Texas unchanged at 19 days. several companies agreed to reduce one day.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Commission
Sun and
Shell
Gulf
Humbie
Texas
Magnolia
Sinclair
Ralph Dietler
Tulsa
Stanolind
Olin Culberson
Ernest O. Thompson
Herman Pressler
Humble
Iniesta
Pickton
Hawkins Gill
Pewitt- Ranch
West Texas
Jet Ace Downs Korean War Mig Foe in Dogfight
U S Fifth Air Force reports Sabre jet ace James F. Joe of Sausalito downed a MiG with another damaged in a fierce air battle over North Korea. Maj Richard L. Ayersman of Sacramento credited with three MiGs destroyed and three damaged as bombers hit a Communist troop concentration near Pyongyang.
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Seoul
W — Americas
North Korea
U. S
James F. Joe Sausalito
Korea
Manchuria
Richard L. Ayersman Ancramento
Calif
Pyongyang
Malmedy Massacre Prisoners Still Held in Germany
Washington reports on the eighth anniversary of the Malmedy Massacre findings. Forty former Nazi SS troopers remain in German prisons after 1946 convictions for the atrocity that killed about 350 U S prisoners during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Washington
Malmedy
Germany
U. S
An D. Clay
U.S
Eer
Clay
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