26 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1955
Page
1
The National Safety Council warned the holiday travel period may produce a new all time toll. Through the 78 hours ending at midnight nine in ten hours the figure could reach 624 fatalities from traffic crashes. Fires and other accidents add to the total with past records cited for context.
Moscow reports a peace budget with defense cuts of about 10 percent. The 1956 appropriation, set at 102.5 billion rubles, shifts funds to housing, consumer goods, and industry. Arms spending falls to 18 percent of the total as housing construction rises 14 percent and producer goods stay a priority. Atomic power stations of 50 000 and 10 000 kilowatts are under construction.
In Odessa on Christmas Day a 38 caliber double murder outside the Texas Cafe left Lorena Harrod and Billy Moore dead. R T Harrod, the waitress’s husband, surrendered in Plains after police say he fired three times at the pair, then fled to his brother’s home.
Seoul accuses Chinese Communists of an act of war after a Christmas Day gunfight off Huksan do in Korean waters. Four ROK coast guardsmen were captured as 14 Chinese vessels hunted, towed a fishing boat, and fired on the cutter until 9 46 am. The incident prompts warnings of forceful counterm measures with allied support.
Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer, Egypt's minister of war and commander in chief, becomes head of the joint Egyptian Saudi Arabian armed forces under a new mutual defense pact announced from Riyadh. Amer already leads the Egyptian Syrian forces under a prior agreement and the three nations oppose the Baghdad pact.
Laos begins counting what may be a record 299 member National Assembly vote amid no violence on Christmas Day balloting. About 300000 voters participate as observers expect no policy change if Phoui leads. fighting near Sam Neua reported with multiple deaths on both sides.
Fort Worth police report Marvin Wills about 38 shot to death behind the Western Hills hotel in western Fort Worth last night. Wills was a police warrant officer and also worked part time as a hotel policeman at Western Hills. Officers searched the area.
Heavy rains battered flood hit northern and central California as residents flee homes in the state’s worst disaster since 1906. Death toll reported at least 43 to 37 with 6 missing in Oregon. up to 50,000 homeless across 30 communities. Federal and state relief teams mobilized as dikes fail and helicopters rescue dozens.
In fog near Beeville Texas a pickup and another car collide crushing three Hobbs children aged 3, 2, and 14 months as they clutched Christmas gifts from a party. Their parents and brother injured. driver shaken. The family had just left a Mathis Christmas party where relatives live.
Craig County Attorney L O Thomas says he will file a murder count against Alford Jerome Wildermuth 27 Vinita for a crash three miles west of Vinita on U S 66 that killed Earl Vincent Case 30 of Tulsa and his infant Peggy Jo Case 5 weeks. Wildermuth allegedly rammed Case’s car while his wife Pat injured.
The Weather Fair and continued warmer today tonight and Tuesday. High today 76 low tonight 42 high Tuesday 76. Yesterday high 78 overnight low 26. Sun sets today at 5 51 pm rises Tuesday at 7 43 am. Precipitation last 24 hours none.
Two French brothers aged 9 and 3 survived a Christmas Eve ambush near Setif in eastern Algeria as 24 people died in weekend violence. Rebels killed a forest guard father, mother, and Rene 12, while firing at the family car before retreating. The surviving boys walked to a nearby French post with the 9-year-old guiding the younger sibling.
At Camp Lejeune North Carolina a dud shell explosion killed two Marines. Sgt. Robert A Burlison Jr of Bridgeport Connecticut died yesterday. Pfc. Antonio Longo of New York City died today at the naval hospital after the off duty hike in a restricted field firing range. A companion was unharmed and a search for aid followed the blast.
An American four engine aircraft crashed on Terceira Island in the Azores Sunday night authorities said. No missing commercial planes were reported by New York carriers. The aircraft’s identity and casualties were not known, with officials noting it could be a military flight refueling in Europe or from North African bases.
The final week of the French election campaign features rivals Pierre Mendes France and Edgar Faure selling policy instead of pressing their own votes. Both face uncertain prospects as Algeria terrorism disrupts plans for a national assembly elected Jan 2 with 597 of 627 seats filled.
In Bogota on December 26, the Tequendama Hotel announces a job push while confirming twenty five junior workers won a two million peso prize in a Christmas lottery. The prize signals potential resignations as management plans staffing changes.
In Lubbock, Texas Tech sophomore Gerald Witherspoon shot I C Enochs Jr at Mrs Barbara Carpenter Keene’s home after believing she would marry the government chemist. He then killed himself on the lawn as she screamed. Authorities call it murder and death by own action.
Builders undertake a $250000 face lifting of parliament buildings with workers painting installing lighting and upgrading semiautomatic elevators as the session opens on January 10.
A massive blaze engulfed the Mongeau Medical Arts Building in downtown Lowell early Monday, causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Firefighters from 11 towns contained the four story structure and rescued two occupants, Charles Bailey, 69, and his wife. One lieutenant sustained facial and hand burns while others faced smoke exposure.
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