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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1957
Page
4
Washington reports the Defense Department plans near term start on building three Polaris firing nuclear powered submarines. Funds would be included in a roughly one billion dollar supplemental budget for the current fiscal year, speeding beyond prior plans.
An all-day public hearing on Estate Life Insurance Co of Amarillo is scheduled for 9 am Monday before State Insurance Commissioners. Directors will present evidence that John L McCarty resigned as president on December 23. Attacks on the reins urance agreement with Physicians Life & Accident and the firm’s asset picture will be explored. McCarty’s testimony and a questioned $2000 payment to a state employee are noted amid Senate committee actions.
McCamey amateur radio operators formed a space tracking group before and after Sputnik I monitoring 20 000 megacycles for satellite signals. Led by Jimmy Boyd and Leonard Rose the team records, networks with Texas peers, and aids in emergencies while adhering to a 1000 watt limit and ethics.
Public Health Service reports 3,045,000 new acute upper respiratory illness cases in the week ended Nov 30, the lowest since the peak in mid October. The four week bed-occupancy share sits around 53 percent for three days or more, with a shift of cases toward influenza within the total burden.
Rome officials report that about 14 million foreign tourists boosted Italy’s national income by roughly 1 million dollars in 1957, marking an all time high. The figure compares with an average of 3.35 million during the 1933-39 pre war era.
A year in Odessa arts highlights from January to December featuring the Odessa Symphony Odessa High School A Cappella Choir and the Chicago Opera Company with Marjorie Tallchief in ballet and performances by The Fiddlers The Eser Players and Peck Cil musical revivals at Odessa College Theatre OC Theatre OC Music Civic groups and community drama efforts with notable soloists and collaborations across multiple venues and months.
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