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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1955

Page

4

Dublin Players to Present Pygmalion in Odessa January 23

The Dublin Players Irish troupe, drawn from the Abbey and Gate Theatres, will perform George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in Odessa on January 23 under the Odessa branch of the American Association of University Women. More than 70 percent of last year's sponsors requested a return, and this tour is substantially oversubscribed.

Dublin Pygmalion Dublin Players Odessa George Bernard Shaw American Association of University Women Ireland United States Canada sAbibey and Gate Theatres Oscar Wilde Louis D’ Alton Lennox Robinson Susan O’casey William Butler Yeats J. M. Syngedy Gregory Paul Vincent Carroll Pacific Coast Southwest East Coast Midwest North Central States New England Ed Sullivan Fulton Oursler Variety New York San Francisco AAUW Franklin D. Roosevelt Berta Carlin Elly Vassillatou University of Florida Ronald Ibbs Julia Worth Shaw

Extortion Note Stirs Commotion in Knight Case

A 20 year old Negro, Peter Napoleon Williams Jr., confessed writing and mailing a note demanding 600000 from John S Knight publisher. FBI staged dummy package. Williams arrested after approaching the staged bundle near his Miami Beach home. The note threatened family harm if funds were not paid.

Miami Fla John S. Knight Peter Napoleon Williams Jr Knight Miami Beach FBI Charles E. Weeks Williams Weeks

Girl Found Nude and Trussed After Disappearance

A 13 year old girl Brenda J. Gilmore vanished at noon Saturday and was found hours later in the rear seat of an abandoned car with legs bound by wire. Police pursued the mother’s cousin, a 30 year old ex convict, as a person of interest.

Detroit Brenda J. Gilmore Receiving Hospital

Two Cleburne Buildings Burn in Freezing Weather

In Cleburne Tex two 98 year old buildings were destroyed by a blaze. Fifty firemen fought the flames in 28 degree weather with no injuries reported. The losses included a grocery, an insurance office, a lawyer’s office and a meat market. Keene and Rio Vista crews aided local firefighters to save two nearby structures.

Tex Keene Rio Vista Cleburne

Houston banks boost savings rates to 2 percent

Houston banks raise savings account rates from 1 to 2 percent effective January 1. Officials from most of 23 other banks indicate they will match the increase.

Houston

Permanent facial hair relief offered at Thermiquetron Clinic

Women can obtain permanent relief from facial hair at the Thermiquetron Clinic 505 North Main Midland. Unwanted hair on face arms legs and body can be removed rapidly without scarring or pitting. Call Ercelle Foster Midland for a confidential appointment with no obligation consultation.

North Main Midland Ercelle Foster Midland

Pakistan Charges Soviet Tactics In South Asia Row

Pakistan foreign minister accuses the Soviet Union of fomenting trouble between Pakistan India and Afghanistan as Bulganin visits. Khrushchev signals sympathy for a northwestern Pakistans form of Pushtoonistan while Kashmir dispute stirs.

Karachi Pakistan Hamidul Haque Chowdry Russia India Afghanistan Nikolai Bulganin Communist Party Nikita S. Khrushchev Bulganin New Delhi Kashmir Khrushchev

Sailor Survives 13 Hours at Sea After Overboard

Harold Cook, 25, of Grimsby, washed overboard from the trawler Denton two miles off Lincolnshire. He clung to a log and a seawall pipe for hours, drifted in the North Sea, and crawled ashore at Cleethorpes after a local duck shooter spotted him half-drowned. He was treated in hospital and praised the anonymous rescuer.

Harold Cook Denton Lincolnshire Cook Cleethornes

Church leaders appeal for easing of food flow to overseas relief

Washington reports church, Catholic and Jewish relief groups plan to urge President Eisenhower to free funds to pay ocean freight for surplus foods. They say 10 to 15 million dollars could double or triple shipments of wheat, corn, rice and dairy to needy people abroad, offset by future storage savings. Ezra Benson announced surplus food will be shipped free to overseas agencies, sustained by nine major relief organizations.

Washington Eisenhower America Agriculture Department Congress Ezra T. Benson Church World Service Protestant National Council of Churches Catholic Relief Service Jewish’ Joint ‘Distribution Committee American Friends Service Committee

Arrives in Japan on Far East tour after Navy inspection

The article notes an individual arriving in Japan on a Far East tour aboard the U S 7th Fleet area, after inspecting ships at sea. He is expected to proceed to Korea next week.

Phaoeiea Tapas Okinawa Far East Thomas Iwehuai Korea

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