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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1955
Page
3
Reports say a search for the missing ship charted by the Royal Greenland Trade Co. was arranged by Air Force planes from the U S Greenland base Narssarsuaq. The vessel was last reported off Cape Farvel at the southern tip of Greenland.
Celia Badillo Navarrete becomes the first woman taxi driver in Mexico City as 212 applicants receive temporary licenses for their own cars during the Christmas rush. Celia operates a 1948 model taxi.
The United Dry Association filed petitions with 137,500 names calling for a local option vote on beer sales in Oklahoma. Dry officials expect an election next year as 3.2 percent beer remains legal while liquor sales stay prohibited.
Conrad Dube, 27, who contracted polio at 15, has worn out four bicycles after 30,000 miles and is now pedaling his fifth. He began cycling three years ago on doctors advice to help his crippled legs, and has traveled across Canada into the United States and Mexico.
The American Farm Bureau Federation approved flexible price supports and a soil bank despite Southern cotton growers opposing the plan. Georgia leader H L Wingate led the anti flexible supports faction with delegates from Texas and several Southern states backing rigid parity at 90 percent. Wingate warned cotton could drop to 75 percent parity next year, forcing sales below costs. The soil bank would cut surpluses by converting crop land to grasses and legumes. Delegates reelected Charles Shuman as federation president. DALLAS December 17 John Meese Electra lawyer named president of VFW National Encampment Corporation to promote the Dallas convention August 12 17. Ted Connell and Bill Colel elected vice presidents. 25 000 to 40 000 attendees expected.
Two senior World War II figures, Marquis Koichi Kido and Hiroshi Oshima, walk free after ten years in Sugamo Prison. Both were sentenced to life by the international military tribunal for conspiring to wage aggressive war.
Inyo County officials propose a $2 per animal reward for Bobots and coyotes as part of a regional effort in Independence California. The plan aims to reduce livestock predation with monetary incentives.
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