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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1956
Page
4
PECOS Special reports total cotton bales across Ward Pecos and Reeves Counties reach 170442 this year Reeves leads with 114332 Pecos 49926 Ware 6194 all figures show county production totals for the season.
In Decatur Illinois a man named J Ross Patterson faced a challenge as an unregistered voter. An investigation showed a J R Patterson in Springfield had died but Ross produced witnesses proving he was alive and permitted to vote.
Five boys aged 12 to 14 faced four hours of hand-pump tire inflation as punishment after being charged with deflating tires in Linwood. Magistrate George M. Gray declared the lesson would teach better consequences than alternative penalties.
Regular 269.95 for 21 month terms. Ferguson McCulloch Appliance Co. advertises models with Dial Fork Grant address 1116 North Grant and phone numbers 2 2472 and 2 7572 for purchase.
Otha F. Dent of the Texas Board of Water Engineers says only towns planning ahead will have adequate water. He notes most cities lack guaranteed future supply and that water availability will shape population and industry growth across Texas. Dent contrasts proactive cities with complacent ones and urges action to avoid pinch of rationing.
In South Africa reports 1000 Hungarian refugees expected, 500 artisans screened, with training offers from gold mines and railroads. Dent warns urban water demand rose from 50 to 145 gallons daily, stressing aging municipal systems amid drought and rapid population growth across about 3200 Texas population centers.
French motorists face a 9 percent gas price rise to 79 cents a gallon as Finance Minister Paul Ramadier cites shipping costs. Dent warns Texas growth hinges on water supply, saying population and industry depend on abundant water to determine whether communities thrive or move elsewhere. Official focus centers on securing adequate water for current and future residents.
London, Dec. 18. A Texas musical comedy star with a cockney twist heads home to Houston on the Mauretania to see a Texas steer, after charming London audiences and backstage crews for Plain and Fancy. Joan Hovis learned Cockney, won praise, and toured extensively in Europe, even meeting cows named Hilda.
GULIFORD Conn Police Chief Joseph Quinlan ordered the five day old search for Texas writer George Sessions Perry resumed today though he says Perry is not near his home. Perry, 46, weighed 185 when he disappeared but friends say he lost 60 pounds in a year to arthritis. He could not have gone far, his wife said he may have wandered to find the family dog. Police have checked rumors of sightings without result.
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