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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1958

Page

6

Thousands Pay Last Respects To Cardinal Stritch In Chicago

Thousands of Chicago Catholics filed past the bronze casket of Samuel Cardinal Stritch at Holy Name Cathedral. About 70,000 had passed the casket by afternoon as mourners prayed and wept. The cathedral housed a solemn pontifical requiem mass led by Archbishop William D. O Brien before the body was moved for entombment at Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Chicago Samuel Cardinal Stritch Holy Name Cathedral Catafalque William D. O'Brien Ezechiel Midwest Patrick J. Hayes Msgr Hayes D.t Ameleto Giovanni Cicognani United States Mount Carmel Cemetery Bishops’ Mausoleum

Artistic Beauty Salon Announces Association

Artistic Beauty Salon announces the formation of an association with industry partners to advance standards, training, and client service. The move aims to boost professional collaboration and elevate beauty care across regions.

False alarm at Waldorf Astoria alarms firefighters and police

A Waldorf Astoria call drew one fire company and two police squads after a woman public stenographer reported smoke. Firemen found the odor came from burning wax in a car candle maker's shop nearby. An unknown man reportedly shoved a person from the car during the incident, with 6 or 7 boys present.

New York UPI Waldorf Astoria

Odessa High Senior Diplomes Under The Stars Night Graduation

Odessa High School held an outdoor commencement at Barrett Memorial Stadium with 417 graduates marching across the field under spotlights. Madelyn Boling and Richard Audas Smith delivered speeches, praising teachers and parents while urging vision and perseverance. Principal James McMath announced senior officers and National Merit Scholars Clarence Peters Lawrence Wilkinson and Dick Smith before diplomas were distributed.

Odessa Odessa High School Barrett Stadium Spectacu Barrett Memorial Stadium Madelyn Boling Miss Boling West 25Th Richard Audas Smith West 19Th Rice Insitute Smith James McMath Murry Fly Odessa College Gerald Gray JoAnn Medford Houston Dallas Clarence Peters Lawrence W. Wilkinson Dick Smith McMath Dwight Kirk

Robbers Kidnap Station Keeper in Groom Texas

Six or seven youths held up a filling station in Groom Texas at about 4 30 a m and kidnapped teenage attendant Bobby Gross driving him four miles into the countryside before releasing him They took about 100 dollars and one assailant threatened him with an object in his pocket that could have been a pistol.

Blackshear Group Urged To Maintain Integrity

Fifteen Blackshear High School graduates and about 400 guests heard Dr. John H. Adams of Paul Quinn College urge students to integrity and great purpose. Anna Jean Wesley was named valedictorian with Lee Chester Hall as salutatorian. Other graduates include Barbara Jean Allen Geneva Hunt Beautel Marie Nelms Jackie Snopes Florine Washington Curtis Donald Blakely Glyde Gibson John B. Gibson Willie Hammond Richard Howard Hunter Charles Davis Penny Douglas Stevenson and Gerald Teals. The ceremony featured invocation by Rev. A H Goings, candles, processional and recessional, and diplomas presented by Virgil C. Hendley and Edward K. Downing. The Blacksshear Band performed Graduation Day and American Frontiers.

Blackshear High School John H. Adams Paul Quinn College Waco Blackshear Anna Jean Wesley Lee Chester Hall Barbara Jean Allen Geneva Hunt Beautel Marie Nelms Jackie Snopes Florine Washington Curtis Donald Blakely Glyde Gibson John B. Gibson Willie Hammond Richard Howard A. H. Goings Rose of Sharon Baptist Church Virgil C. Hendley Edward K. Downing Walter Hunt

Television Schedule Fragments From KMID KUSA KOSA KCBD KCBC

A collage of TV listings shows KMID KMID schedule with Today and Tonight programs, plus KUSA KOSA KCBD KCBC entries. Entries include a mix of morning news, game shows, dramas, movies, talk shows, and religious programs across multiple channels, with times ranging from early morning to late night.

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Department Store Slump Is Easing in Texas District

The Dallas Federal Reserve reports department store sales across the Eleventh district were unchanged for the week ending May 24 compared to 1957. Fort Worth led gains with a 14 percent rise, Dallas up 13 percent, El Paso up 8 percent, while Houston fell 15 percent and San Antonio dropped 3 percent.

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