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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1955
Page
2
COLORADO SPRINGS Admiral Albert Kellogg Morehouse died at age 35 in Colorado Springs. He had served as commander of Naval forces yesterday and had been with the Continental Air Defense Com since September 1954.
Washington reports that Russia seeks to pressure nations friendly to the United States to show that alliance with the U S is risky. Dulles and NATO leaders in Paris reaffirm Western unity and plan a stronger radar network as Moscow campaigns in Afghanistan and the Middle East and blocks Japan’s admission to the UN.
Mrs Ulrich B Busch 51 files suit in Santa Monica claiming extreme cruelty as she says her St Louis brewing family husband left their Brentwood home last May saying it will take a 10000 postage stamp to find me. She alleges he traveled to New York and Cuba with an unidentified woman.
In Havana Cuban families balance the Latin Three Wise Men gift date of January 6 with Santa Claus on Christmas Day. Christmas Eve feasts, church services, and family gatherings anchor the holiday. The government plans 200,000 food packages and toy distributions to aid the poor on Christmas Eve and January 6 respectively.
Taipei Formosa Vice Adm. Stuart H. Ingersoll assumed command of the U S 7th Fleet in a Buckner Bay Okinawa ceremony aboard the cruiser St Paul He succeeded Vice Adm Alfred M Pride who will take command of the U S Pacific Fleet Air Force in San Diego Pride previously led as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the U S Atlantic Fleet
In Nicosia and Famagusta Cyprus more than 15 people were injured in hit-and-run bombings and shootings. Americans Mr and Mrs Robert Murphy of Brooklyn and Gail Wheeler of Sioux Falls were among the wounded at a Christmas night club. three British soldiers and two officers were also hurt. The violence stems from anti British campaigns over Cyprus union with Greece.
Detroit is farther from Houghton Michigan than from Baltimore or Washington D C. The note compares travel distances among the cities, highlighting Detroit as the farther point from Houghton than from the other two locations.
Senator Estes Kefauver announces entry into the New Hampshire primary aiming to win state backing for 1956. He faces Adlai Stevenson with Stevenson’s plans expanding to Florida Pennsylvania and Illinois. Other figures weigh in on Nixon and Knowland politics amid talk of a possible Red China veto in the U.N. debates.
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