Wind Storm Ravages Odessa Injures Schoolgirl
A severe wind and dust storm struck Odessa harming a 11yearold girl from San Jacinto Elementary while en route home. The storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses, knocked out power for hours, toppled trees and poles, and disrupted communications as the barometric pressure dropped. Citywide outages and property loss exceeded estimates, with much of the damage concentrated in North Grandview and surrounding blocks.
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Covey Bean Americas
Odessa
San Jacinto
Shirley Ann Broseh
Jerry H. Broseh
Smith
Medical Center Hospital
Tadio
Dam
15Th and
Hancock
Crete
Muskingum
South Muslis
Kingum
South Fire Weather Bureau
Broughton
Olive and
42Nd and
Andrews Highway
Blackshear High
Carver School
Sam Houston
Grandview
North
Illness Fatal To Texas Oilman
Herman Heep prominent Austin oilman rancher and Texas A&M Board member died after a long illness at Seton Hospital at 3 05 a.m. Funeral services are pending at Cooke Funeral Home.
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Austin
UPI
Herman Heep
Texas A&m Board of
Heep
State Supported Colleges and Universities
Seton Hospital
Cooke Funeral Home
Dynamite Blast Damages Home Of Cen tral High Student
A dynamite blast struck the home of 16 year old Carlotta Walls, a Cen tral High School student, blowing a three foot hole in the foundation. Neighbors saw two cars prowling the area before and after the explosion. no injuries were reported. FBI asked to assist in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Central High School
FBI
Carlotta Walls
Two Deaths and a Bomb Tale in Fractured Report
Police recounts a blast scene with a possible five inch fuse blowing from a front room to a kitchen window. Houston hospital notes reference to a cardinal’s death and a health crisis. several lines mix events, infection cases, and Tito era context without clear linkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jackson
Houston
Carlotta
st.Ceir
Jtorn
Tito
Krasne
Fatal Air Crash Blamed On Storm
A West Texas dust storm triggered by an extreme low pressure system swept across 600 miles, causing one fatal airplane crash near Alpine and multiple other deaths and extensive property damage. The private twin engine plane rammed a hillside near Alpine killing Anthony Spann. eight year old Peggy Burs died in Cleborne. a tractor rider near Matador perished. and an elderly Dallas man died in a truck collision amid blinding dust. Wind damaged towns including Kermit and Andrews, with roofs and windows torn, power outages, and construction-site damage.
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West
Texas
Alpine
Big Bend
San Antonio
Anthony Frank Spann
Brewster County
Jim Skinner
Etro
Air Force
Paggy Burs
Cleborne
Joe Lee Martin
Matador
Dallas
Louis BL Fields
Kermit
W. A. Pence
Sporting Bonds
Pence
Andrews
Andrews Moving and Storage Company
West Texas
Hawkins Meteor
Monahans
Jone Carlotta
Central
Hall High School
Washington
FBI
Daisy Bates
Little Rock
Crane
Arkansas National Assn
Carlotta
Perted
Midland
New First Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Midland Police Department
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Khrushchev Starts Asian Tour From Moscow Today
Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins a phased tour visiting India Burma Indonesia and Afghanistan with wife and daughters aboard a turboprop. The Kremlin leader carries a Soviet push for economic aid and strategic influence as he aims to ease frontier tensions with China and discuss India Tibet issues with Prime Minister Nehru.
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Ereere Mac Mous
Khrushchev
Julia
Rada
Burma
Alexei
Indonesia
Zhubei
Izvestia
Afghanistan
Andrei Gromyko
Tnion
India
Nikolai Mikhailov Georgi Zhukov
Inca
China
Tibet
Nehru
Tales Of The Oil Country feature debuts in Odessa American
The Odessa American announces a new weekly feature Tales Of The Oil Country by Jim Clark of Houston. The column will run Sundays, covering petroleum incidents, futures glimpses, and occasional fiction, drawn from Clark’s 20 plus years in oil journalism and industry roles.
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Odessa American
The
Jim Clark
Houston
Texas
Washington
Independent Airmen
Houston Post
Women denied entry to Texas A and M College
District Judge W T McDonald denied a petition by three Bryan women to enter Texas A&M College. Attorney John M Barron said he would appeal to the Circuit Court of Civil Appeals. The judge cited the Bristol versus Texas A&M College ruling as controlling despite his personal views.
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Bristol
Texas A&m College
Barron
Margaret —. Alfred
Sarah C. Hutto
Marty Ann Parker
Bryan
Wealthy brewer Adolph Coors disappears on rural road
Adolph Coors VII, 44, chairman of the Adolph Coors Co., vanishes after leaving his foothills home for a 12 mile drive to Golden. Blood stains found on his carry-all and on a nearby bridge, with glasses and cap recovered. Vast manhunt underway in the Rocky Mountain foothills as deputies, aircraft and posses search area. Coors is an Ithaca graduate and member of the Coors family behind the Golden brewery and related firms.
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Golden, Cole
Adolph Coors VII
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Art. Wermuth
Coors
Aearch
Coors Brewery
Coors Porcelain Co
Mary Brooke
Cecilly Grant
Adolph IV
James Grant
Mary Grant Coors
Hawley
Golden
Cornell University
President to inspect missile center in Cape Canaveral
President Eisenhower will fly to Cape Canaveral for a two hour inspection of missile facilities with no planned missile launches. He will view intercontinental missiles including Titan and related systems, while defense officials discuss deterrence amid Soviet advances. A Texas college coed Anita Cantrell is reported missing from San Francisco but later located.
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Washington
Andrews Air Force
Eisenhower
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Thomas
Gates Jr
James Douglas
White House
Eisenhowerlas
Titan
Lubbock
UPI
Texas
San Francisco
Gettysburg
Anita Cantrell
Miss Cantrell
Grand Prairie Home
United States
Soviet Union
Gates
Defense Department
Congress
Foot Center
Canaveral Facilities
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Caus
Ainliner
Windland
Odessa-Midland Chemical Co
U. S
Ralph Love
Jackson
Texas Electric Service Co
Joe Hunt
Vine
Johnson
21St
Andrews High
Pearl
Evon Wholesale
West Second
Hammett and Perry Water Co
Farr
Shara Ann Andean
Electric Company
Lawwu
Seventh
Dixie
Dows
Toyland
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dunlap
Casstevens Furniture Co
North Grant
George
Little Rock Negro
Southerland
West Ninth
Moscow
Nik
Astrakhan
Semyon Aita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Tadia
Unite States
American
Bae
A&m
Adolph
Tech
TENAB
Rene Trertay
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