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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1954
Page
8
In St Petersburg Florida the City Council voted unanimously to terminate Pasadena golf course lease and return control to private owners. A Negro group had requested playing rights earlier and a special committee examined the petition amid predictions white players would desert the course if opened to Negroes.
In 1945 Robert E Gibson joined the Army as an infantry lieutenant and served in Europe with the 1st and 88th divisions. In 1950 he joined the Navy and entered the Naval Academy as a midshipman. This Friday Gibson, 26, of Long Beach California, graduates and will be commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
Everett Russell aged 28, a volunteer firefighter from Marshallton, was killed when his car collided head on with a fire engine responding to an alarm. One firefighter injured and four others bruised in the crash dated last night.
A low pressure system moves through the Middle West bringing widespread precipitation from the Dakotas to Texas. Elsewhere, fair skies and cooler readings prevail with 30s to 40s in the north and 60s to 70s in the deep south. Minimums include Miami 74 and Duluth 44.
Regional forecasts cover East Texas to Kansas with partly cloudy skies and warmth on Wednesday. Thunderstorms are expected interior and along the coasts with varying wind directions and cooler turns by Thursday. Louisiana Oklahoma and Kansas report scattered thundershowers and cooler nights with stronger winds in places.
Bakery ad invites customers to call for all spaceeat bakery goods with address 1220 East 8th and phone number 6-465.
The column outlines a custody dispute between Dan Vailey and his recently remarried ex Liz, plus Hollywood buzz on Marilyn Monroe Clark Gable in The Lady and the Lumberjack at Fox. It notes Marlene Dietrich weighing Black Widow, Eva Gabor edits, and other industry moves including Jackie Gleason’s hospital stay after a June 26 show.
The page lists a sequence of TV programs and times including 2:00 Movie Matinee 3:50 Birthday Party 4:00 Noras Kitchen 4:30 House Party 4:35 News Hiligan 3:05 Crusader Rabbit 5:05 2 Gun Playhouse 6:15 News with Bill Richie 6:25 TV Weatherman 6:50 Gene Autry Show 7:00 Film Theater 8:00 Mr. District Attorney 8:30 Inner Sanctum 9:00 Public Prosecutor 9:15 Gadabout Gaddis 9:30 Victory at Sea 10:60 TV News Final 10:10 Weathervane 10:15 Sports Desk 10:30 Wrestling from Hollywood.
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