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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1955

Page

5

Tenneson Returns From Korea Ambivalent On Communism

Richard Tenneson a 22 year old Minnesota man and Korean War defector arrived in Seattle on a Northwest Orient flight and declared I have come home as an American and not a Communist. He refused to discuss his motives or provide details of his decision while expressing a wish to restart farming in Alden Minnesota. He questioned UN germ warfare claims and challenged the honesty of three other turncoats freed by federal courts, noting no factor in his decision.

Seatile Richard Tenmeson Red China Bald Tenneson Alden Minn Northwest Orient Airlines Tenneson Rea Minnesota Dalton Otho G. Bell Hillsboro Miss Olympia Wash Lewis W. Griggs Jacksonville Tex

Sandhills District Scout Meeting Set for Monday

The December Sandhills District Scout meeting will be at the Kermit Chamber of Commerce office at 9 30 p m Monday. District Chairman O C Whitten, of Wink, will preside for the last time and hand the chair to C G Rudy of Monahans for 1965. He will join the Buffalo Trail Council executive board.

Kermit Sandhills Kermit Chamber of Commerce O. C. Whitten Whitten Wink C. G. Rudy Monahans Buffalo Trail Council

West Germany to order three U S and British research reactors

Bonn reports West Germany plans to order three research reactors from the United States and Britain during the Bonn talks on December 17. The federal government and private industry are also building a fourth reactor as part of a national program. Atomic Research Minister Franz Josef Strauss says West Germany trails in atomic power but will catch up with France in six years and Britain in ten.

Bonn Germany West’ Germany United States Britain Atomic Research Franz Josef Strauss West Germany France

Store Sales Gain Across Texas Cities

Dallas Fort Worth and El Paso retail sales rose over last year. The four week totals show Dallas up 4 percent Fort Worth up 6 percent El Paso up 1 percent and the general Texas region up seven percent.

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Texas cotton growers object to allotments at Temple meeting

East and Central Texas farmers rally at Temple to protest federal cotton acreage allotments they call unfair. The OCBA program aims to push congressional changes and review of 1951 52 allotments while urging voluntary reductions in 1953. Local officials include Fred Husbands and Logan. lawmakers W R Peage and others plan to introduce proposals.

Associated Press Temple Alan Texas East Fed Fred Husbands West Texas Chamber of Commerce Logan Theii WTCC W. R. Peage Eague Bryan OCBA Congress State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Association ASC

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