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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1955
Page
4
A 13 year old boy from Wichita Falls, Hosea Moore, woke in juvenile hall with a stocking of toys and candy but no mother. Detectives Leavitt and Franklin say he arrived by bus to visit his mother, Jessie Lee Holmes, but the address could not be located and no record of the mother exists.
A cold front pushes through the mid continent lowering temperatures across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Readings fall 10 degrees, with New England seeing drops up to 25 degrees in spots. Light rain persists on the Pacific Coast, while Minnesota and Wisconsin report snow and flurries. Rochester, Minnesota records 10 inches. North Dakota and Minnesota rise to 10-15 above as southern plains cool 10-20 degrees. Brownsville measures 67, while International Falls and Mount Washington report record lows of -16.
Maj. Gen. Paul I. Robinson, Letterman Army Hospital commandant, says a special suite is being prepared at Letterman for President Eisenhower or anyone attending the Republican National Convention in San Francisco next summer. The $ few hundred cost covers security and service preparations.
Miami reporter visits Larry Mack’s nationwide slimming network, describing 91 salons and three million overweight women served. He tests a high tech table that mimics massage and exercise, records his 45 minute treatment, and learns his figure to be 45 38 44 with a call to lose 16 inches.
Houston police and federal agents arrest five people accused of smuggling narcotics from Mexico. A cache of heroin and marijuana valued at 122000 dollars was seized, with bonds set at 20000 dollars each. The group allegedly moved drugs to Chicago New York and Los Angeles.
Senate investigators study Ford Motor Co filings with the SEC. The committee seeks Ford asset and earnings data from the past decade to evaluate Ford as GM’s main competitor. A hearings series starts January 19 with gearheads from Ford Chrysler GM and dealers expected to testify.
Bob Hope nursed a sore neck and head after slipping from strongwoman Joan Rhodes' shoulders during a Keflavik Iceland performance for U S troops. He cracked his head on the platform, cut his nose, and hurt his neck before appearing as a guest star on a British television program. Newsmen could not reach him at his hotel.
In Annapolis Maryland police describe a warm southern Maryland weekend with burglaries spiking. Twenty burglaries were reported in a single county weekend, prompting concern as officers cope with elevated crime amid mild temperatures and lighter turnout.
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