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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
1
In Houston a police investigator fatally shot himself in the chest during a tense investigation into narcotics cases. Authorities identified the officer and described him as honest and under strain, with colleagues noting his dedication despite work pressure.
Federal Communications Commission grants Kerrville Texas station SERV permission to change from 1230 kHz at 250 watts unlimited time to 979 kHz at 250 watts day peaks. Commission also approves transfer of ARPEL Baytown Texas from Hubert Matherese et al to J B Blayton Sr et al for 73000 less debts.
Fair and cooler conditions dominate this afternoon with diminishing winds. Tonight and Friday remain partly cloudy and mild with comfortable temperatures. Highs near the upper 70s, overnight lows around 28.
Unclear OCR fragment discusses opposition to an atomic rule. Text includes scattered names, dates, and locations, but readable facts are minimal. No coherent incident or outcome is established.
A Denton delegation seeks a Santa Fe connection with Potomac Port inspections and commerce progress. The group arrived in Washington to press the case before federal officials and Potomac state representatives.
In Washington DC the jury for the Puerto Rican Nationalist party shooting case is seated as prosecutors and defense teams prepare. Five congressmen were wounded in the attack and four defendants face charges of assault with intent and with a dangerous weapon.
The Air Force narrowed the academy site search to Alton Illinois Colorado Springs Colorado and Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Secretary Talbott will decide after personal inspections and studying land, construction, and other factors at the three locations.
Roy M. Cohn accused Atty. Gen. Brownell or his assistant of instigating the Army McCarthy hearings and said the process was a stacked deck if perjury charges arise. He faced Sen. Jackson as the questioning touched on blackmail and subpoenas within the Army Loyalty Board context. Monitored phone calls were introduced into the record during Cohn’s testimony.
Clyde Harris a Pendleton Oregon millionaire explained why he turned over a 7 million dollar annual business to the Seventh Day Adventist Church during the church general conference in San Francisco. He and his wife said they wanted the money used for missionary work now as they watched. The Harrises started with a flower greenhouse then moved into the furniture business.
New York police conducted a door to door search in a quiet neighborhood for a suspected sex attacker who raped Dorothy West Swater a local freshman. She lies in hospital unable to speak. Investigators link the assault to the April 8 murder of Marion Brown in the same area. May Sullivan describes seeing a short swarthy man fleeing the building with a head pipe.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports that Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady hinted they knew what happened to the missing 300000 ransom. The interview was conducted December 17 with Roy S. Pruett, the FDA agent in charge, and came days before Hall and Heady were executed for kidnap murder. Pruett would not confirm or deny the story.
Four year old boy found in a downtown hotel room suffers vitamin deficiency and possible cerebral palsy. Authorities search for his father who abandoned him after moving from a rooming house. The boy reportedly preferred beer to ice water and exhibited distress during police visit.
Robert R. Young won another round in his bid for control of the New York Central Railroad as railroad attorneys agreed to drop a court suit over 800000 shares bought by Young supporters. Election inspectors in Albans, New York, had just counted proxy votes approving the disputed shares unanimously. The shares are owned by Sid W. Richardson and Clint W. Murchison, both Texans.
In Indochina, three Vietminh battalions struck along the Vietnamese coast and wiped out about 200 Vietnamese National Army troops while moving 100 more. French high command said the Vietminh, part of a long-operating regimental group, overwhelmed 2,100 allied soldiers in the clash. Vietnamese forces retreated to Ae Rieng after a company broke contact.
The U N Security Council voted ten to one to discuss a Thai request for a peace watchdog commission to study the Indochina war threat on Thailand's borders. The Soviet Union opposed and warned of a veto while France shifted to support placing the question on the agenda.
The U S Supreme Court refused to review the Ton Gordys conviction for selling horsemeat for human consumption. He received two years in Winkler County Jail and a $1,000 fine after being charged with transferring possession of horsemeat to a person who intended sale for human consumption. His attorney sought a delay to cool public sentiment and for new counsel to prepare, but the request was denied.
Attorneys for William Olliff 52 a former Midland tourist court operator who was convicted of murder with malice filed a rehearing on a motion for a new trial. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals received the submission after a 70th District Court ruling against the motion. Olliff a Jehovahs Witness figure previously in a blood transfusion protest related to his critically injured daughter.
A Belgian DC3 carrying pigs from Britain to Belgrade was shot at near the Yugoslav Austrian frontier. The radio officer died, two crew members injured, and the attack involved a MIG jet fighter. The crash-landing occurred near Graz, with a sister plane landing safely in Belgrade.
Geneva Western and Communist delegates clashed over Red participation in a proposed cease fire supervision body. Molotov urged representation by Communists, while France and Western powers resisted, arguing for a neutral international commission with power over all cease fire aspects including ports and troop regrouping.
A rural community near Paris Texas was hit by a tornado injuring 10 people including Loretta Cooper and seven other family members. The Cooper home was destroyed and the girl was hurled 250 yards. Earlier twisters Tuesday killed one and injured 14 across Paducah and Iowa Park.
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