Odessa Raises Water Rates and Dwelling Minimum
Odessa city council approved a rate hike for water by 1 000 gallons with a new minimum per dwelling unit and separate minimums for multi unit buildings. The plan lowers minimums for certain dwellings but raises per 1 000 gallon charges for the first thresholds and higher usage, with decisions on commercial meters and county road water furnished outside city limits reserved for later discussion.
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Odessa
Air Mediately
Dick G. Pepin
Pepin
Tueday
Paul Phillips
L. B. Coopr
Eisenhower predicts economic recovery begins in March
President Eisenhower stated that the recession should end next month with a pickup in employment. He noted unemployment was high at 4,494,000 in mid January and outlined a two billion dollar program to modernize post office buildings and public works to spur growth. He stressed confidence in a late year recovery based on strong underlying growth forces, continued government policy, and ongoing planning for expansion.
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Chinsup
Labor and Commerce Departments
Congress
Tam
Iecoss
Defecting Red Talks As FBI Story Blocked
A former Russian officer testified at Sgt. Roy A. Rhodes court martial about Soviet espionage methods. Reino Hayhanen, ex lieutenant colonel, described how agents train and operate while prosecutors argued Rhodes conspired to pass information for a fee at the U S Embassy in Moscow from 1951 to 1953. The defense noted an FBI testimony block claiming a Rhodes confession. Rhodes, married with home in Eatontown New Jersey, faces charges of espionage and falsifying a loyalty oath after meeting Soviet personnel in Moscow.
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Washington
West
Roy A. Rhodes
Reino Hayhanen
Russia
Rudolph Abel
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hayhanen
FBI
Rhodes
U.S
Moscow
Maj
Winchester Kelso Jr
Kelso
Eatontown
Pentagon
Professor Dies AMPA Tex Funeral Services Set
Samuel Charles Phelps Vosper 69, former architecture professor at Texas A&M College and the University of Texas, died Tuesday. Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m. today. he was the father of architect Bradley Vosper.
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Ampa
Tex
Samuel Charles
Phelps Vosper
Texas Agm College
University of Texas
Vosper
Pampe
Bradley Vosper
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
Clear to partly cloudy and continued cold through Thursday. Highs near 25 today, 23 tomorrow. Lows around 18 tonight. Limited precipitation possible with light showers and a trace to a few hundredths of an inch. Fort Worth, Galveston, San Antonio, and San Antonio area forecast notes included.
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ATK
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Galveston
FY Reever
Sanoana City
San Antonio
Louin Vary
Tod
Couré Postpones Rossellini Marriage Suit Hearing
A Rome court postponed until March 12 the hearing on Roberto Rossellini's suit for annulment of his Mexican marriage to Ingrid Bergman. Rossellini, in Paris, challenged the proxy marriage of May 24, 1950, arguing Bergman was then legally married to Dr. Peter Lindstrom. Bergman returned to Italy from London and is vacationing at Cortina d Ampezzo with their three children. Hearing closed to the press.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Tagridl Bergman
Rossellini
Paris
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Italy
London
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Tunisia Leader Says Troop Removal Key to France Ties
President Habib Bourguiba stated that only the withdrawal of all French troops from Tunisia could restore friendly relations with France. He emphasized that continued occupation undermines trust and hampers regional stability.
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Tunisia
Habib 'Bourguiba
France
Odessa election set for April 1 with three council seats
Odessa voters will choose a mayor and three councilmen in an April 1 election. Mayor Harold R. Downs seeks a third term after filing, with Place 1 and Place 2 council seats open. Candidates include Craig Rumbaugh, Alton Sikes, Gordon Head, and others. Absentee ballots run March 12 to 28.
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Downs
Chamber of Commerce
Sis
Rotary Club
Harold
Candi R. Downs
Fuqua
L. B. Cooper
Ed Costello
Paul Phillips
Ray Fuqua
Craig Rumbaugh
East
Rumbaugh, Incorporated
Alton Sikes
Lindberg
Bishop and Sikes
City Hall
Southside Fire Station
South Grant
Northside Fire Station
East County Rd
Westside Fire Station
Jas Iz North Golder
Snowstorm Grips Texas Across Regions and Deaths Reported
Snow covered Texas from the Gulf to the Panhandle with only southwest escaping. Six inches fell at Sunray and three inches at Victoria, with snow at Galveston and Houston melting on contact. At least four people died, including Lois Norman in Dallas, as highways closed and coast guard boats faced peril. Forecasters warned of more snow in the Panhandle Friday while cold air and a high pressure system dominated the state.
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United Press
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Panhandle
Sunray
Amarillo
Victoria
Galveston
Houston
Corpus Christi
Mfoot Coast Guard
Galveston Bay
Temex
Cmdr
C. G. Knoll
Galveston Coast Guard
Dallas
Gulf
el Paso
Lois Norman
U.S. 180
Weatherford
Mineral Wells
Anson
Albany
U.S. 380
Stamford
U.S. 80
Fort Worth
Department of Public. Safety
U.S
Abilene
San. Angelo
Front Brings Basin Low Of 17 Degrees In Cold Spell
Odessa Midland area reports passable driving with icy city streets after a February snow and ice storm. Highway 80 between cities in good condition. some ice near McCamey and Sheffield expected to melt by noon. Sunlight promised road clearance by midmorning as temperatures edge up into the upper 30s later today.
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Odessa
Midland
Roy Faltinson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Terminal
Tomar- Tow
Sheffield
Big Spring
U. S
Boy 15 Confesses Luring Girl to Roof Killing
New York police say 15-year-old Francis Medaille confessed to luring 27-year-old Catherine Hegmann to an apartment roof and throwing her to her death. He described offering 30 cents and a lollipop, then choking and pushing her off. He gave no motive beyond an urge, and psychiatrists had warned his parents.
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New York
Francis Medaille
Catherine Hegmann
Cardinal Hayes High School
Medailie
Medaille
Catherine
Narby
Aggies Oppose Girl Students
In College Station ARM students vote 2 to 1 against female students in classes. Bryan lawyer John Barton who filed two suits to allow women to enter the college says interest centers on how the courts will rule. Barron is a former ARM student.
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College Station
Texas
ARM
Coean
John Barton
Bryan
Barron
Ofarm
Road Hazards Listed By Area in Texas
The Department of Public Safety warned that ice and snow kept many highways hazardous across Texas. Areas west and northwest of Fort Worth and south of San Angelo faced ongoing danger with bridges iced and roads slick from Beaumont through Houston to Corpus Christi and San Antonio.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety Today
Texas
Fort Worth
San Angelo
DPS
Beaumont
Neches River
Port Arthur
Orange
Tyler
Wharton
Lufkin
Houston
U. S
U.S. 59
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Waco
Cleburne
Eisenhower Heads South for Quail Hunt and Golf
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower travel to Thomasville Georgia for about ten days of quail hunting and golf. They will be hosted by George M Humphrey and his wife at Mile Stone the Humphrey plantation estate marking the fifth consecutive year of hosting. The President is ill with a cold and hopes to recover during the Georgia visit and plans to stay through the next work week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Thomasville
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Humphreys
Humphrey Plantation
Georgia
Humphrey Place
Duel over faster car ends with shotgun clash
In Dallas two men from Lancaster Texas, Grey Hancock aged 5 and Merlin Lee Marrs aged 38, were hospitalized after a shotgun duel at 30 paces stemming from a quarrel about whose car was faster. They said they had made up but could not recall who fired first.
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Dallas
Tex
Grey Hancock
Merlin Lee Marrs
Nationwide fire toll climbs to at least 119
Fire deaths span Alliance Ohio Worcester Miss Flint Mich and Middle town N Y as 119 people including several children perish. Robert Lilly 37 helps his wife Barbara 29 and infant escape Alliance before perishing. Multiple other victims across cities are identified by name and age amid a wave of blazes from overloaded furnaces and structural fires.
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Barbara
Alliance
Ohio
Worshire Alliance
Yah Ge Oka
Worcester
Miss
Marthe Best
Pile Weaver
Flint
Bruce Gregory
Mea
New York City
Mary
Robert Stevenson
Decker
Craig
Middletown
N.Y
Mase
Mica
Middle
Town
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