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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
12
An armed man wearing a Santa Claus suit robbed a Plainwell area filling station early today, finding no customers or staff at the time. He displayed a small caliber revolver, forced the attendant to empty the cash drawer, then fled with about $300 in cash. Local authorities are investigating.
A baby gorilla born at Columbus Zoo at 8:45 a.m. Saturday is the first gorilla born in captivity. The female, nicknamed Christina’s kid, weighs 314 pounds, measures 15 inches, and is kept in an incubator. Zoo staff feed her formula and rub her with heated oil as she recovers from birth.
Dallas area and East Central Texas face 3 to 6 degrees below normal temperatures for December 24 to 28 with a midweek warming then a late week cooldown. Normal lows 32 to 53, highs mostly 47 to 70, with little or no rain expected. West Texas reports similar cooling in Panhandle and South Plains with minor changes otherwise.
A 19 year old British soldier who survived 12 days in the Malayan jungle will receive a death certificate as a souvenir tomorrow. Presented by his commanding officer Maj. R. J. Baxter, the item honors his rescue after a Bristol freighter crash that killed eight crewmen and left him with a broken ankle.
Voters in the French Cameroons elected two candidates murdered earlier and two others reported missing. The vote filled a 70 seat Assembly tasked with drafting a constitution.
A review of Texas disasters in 1956 details the Dumas pentane tank explosion that killed 19 volunteers and injured 32, with other deadly events including Midland jet collision deaths, a Hempstead bridge collapse, a North Texas gas explosion at Southmayor elementary, Galveston Bay drownings, and severe damage from a Bryan tornado but no fatalities due to warning networks.
In Jerusalem the Israeli government charged Egypt with renewed ceasefire violations and deliberate fire, accusing Cairo of flouting the U N ceasefire resolution amid new raids.
Jakarta reports that the Sumatra revolt against Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo’s government spreads as Col Malaudin Simbolon calls for Sukarno and ex VP Hatta to take over. Sumatrans demand more rubber coal and oil revenue share and less Java domination. Foreign missions warned they cannot guarantee safety. CIA and other agencies note heavy censorship and fear of dictatorship.
Off duty patrolman William Noseworthy tried to break up a bar altercation in Detroit and suffered a broken nose. Two patrons, Charles Christian of Wyandotte and Donald James of Allentown, Pa., were held for felonious assault.
A winter storm swept the Midwest with up to four inches of snow and icy conditions spreading toward New England. Icy roads caused numerous wrecks in New England as forecasts warned worsening travel. Snow concentrated in northern Wisconsin and Michigan while the Southeast faced heavy rains and thunderstorms. Temperatures plunged across the Mississippi Valley, with a broad cold front expected to move toward the Atlantic coast.
Aberdeen Idaho. Blaine Whitaker, a Idaho Power lineman and city councilman, was electrocuted two weeks ago while repairing a line near Aberdeen. His wife Lois and five children, ages 2 to 8, will open Christmas gifts tomorrow that he bought, as the family lives in a basement “hope house” until their new home is finished.
Two American girls, Connie 14 and Pamela 5, hoped to surprise their parents during Christmas as their mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gray, were among 21 killed when an Italian airliner crashed in heavy Alpine snow. No survivors were reported as Alpine search parties uncovered the charred wreckage seven feet deep in snow after the Rome to Milan flight disappeared amid storms.
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