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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
4
Seven Soviet journalists on a 7000 mile U S tour filed lyrical reports praising American know how and life as seen in visits across the nation. They lauded American people for hospitality humor and business acumen while noting vast auto production and notable engineering feats such as the Chevrolet plant and Lincoln tunnel.
The Cocoa Audubon Society counted 184 bird species in 24 hours, a national record according to team head Allen Cruickshank. The prior mark was 175 set by a San Diego group last year.
UNITED PRESS reports cloudy cold weather across regions. East Texas expects light rain Friday and Saturday with freezing rain risk in the north. South Central Texas will be mostly cloudy with scattered drizzle and a cold spell. North Central Texas: cloudy and colder with light rain and some freezing rain in the north. West Texas: mostly cloudy and colder with freezing drizzle or light snow in Panhandle and South Plains.
A House Government Operations subcommittee led by Chairman Moss plans another hearing after Congress returns, examining agencies that use confidential to restrict nondefense information. The panel cites an executive order and urges clearer public access across Interior, Fed Reserve, SEC, and H.E.W. agencies.
In Pueblo Colorado a boy named Charles Finkenstadt 215 cannot dial a phone. He managed to reach an operator who connected firemen to revive his mother Virginia Finkenstadt after she collapsed. Firefighters traced the call and rushed to the home finding her unconscious on the floor. She was treated with oxygen and hospitalized for observation.
James Kutcher, a legless World War II veteran, faces a VA Central Committee hearing over disloyalty claims linked to membership in the Socialist Workers party. His $329 monthly compensation was suspended then restored pending inquiry as he seeks public access and the opportunity to confront accusers. Kutcher denies hostile acts, favors peaceful socialism.
Aerial rust disease threatens the U S corn crop as spores travel with winds from Mexico toward the corn belt. Wisconsin researchers note resistant strains from the Americas may be added to hybrids to halt epidemics, with commercial seeds years away.
Shawnee Oklahoma students finally receive thanks for Christmas packages sent to Greece in 1953. A Greek letter translated by George Theodore explains Greek schools had little material to give in return. Red Cross networks delivered the gifts and the letter back, causing the delay.
Josiah Marvel former US ambassador to Denmark died last night at Delaware Hospital in Wilmington. A Democrat, he served as state party chairman for several terms and ran for governor in 19 40s. Marvel was named minister to Denmark by President Truman in 1946 and became ambassador in 1949, later chairing the International Claims Commission until 1953 when he was ousted by President Eisenhower.
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