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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1960

Page

13

Fugit Urged by Editorial Endorsement for Ector County Judge

An unsigned editorial urges Ector County voters to elect Gerald K. Fugit as county judge, outlining the role as budget officer and presiding officer over the commissioners court. It stresses honesty, integrity, legal knowledge, and commitment to local self government, urging a responsible turnout Saturday.

Ector County Commissioners Court Board of Equalization Gerald K. Fugit

Women rally in Washington over food packaging and ads

About a hundred women gathered in Washington for a symposium on food concerns. They attacked packaging and advertising practices from cereal toy promos to jars with hard to open tops. The event highlights how women drive much of the nation’s high standard of living.

Washington

Nation's Press View on Western Freedom Over Communist Propaganda

The Nation's Press column rebukes Khrushchev for stirring fear of Soviet overtaking and cites Dr. Bruno Kreisky of Austria as arguing Western production will not stagnate. Kreisky stresses moral, religious foundations and liberty as keys to Western progress, contrasting them with what he calls the Communist robot state.

Chicago Daily Tribune Soviet Union Bruno Kreisky Austria Poland Kremlin Dr. Kreisky Khrushchev United States Fidence Kreisky Benedetto Croce

Khrushchev faces Soviet strains amid U S overflights

In Washington Khrushchev’s anti American rhetoric masks Moscow’s anxiety over weak Soviet air defenses and radar. U S reconnaissance flights reveal deeper Soviet strengths than thought, while Khrushchev uses external threat to cover domestic economic woes and social unrest including riots in Tiflis.

Office Cat On Farm Subsidies And Cash Checks

A timid bride to be hesitates over gifts as rent control ends. The piece recounts large government crop subsidy payments to rice barley and wheat growers, with checks rising above half a million dollars each. It notes 67 farmers receiving 50 000 plus for land withdrawals and daily storage costs over 1 million dollars.

Bry Wall Rogers

Senate Eyes Big Rise in Defense Budget After Summit

Senators from Appropriations and Armed Services push for a 1 to 1.5 billion boost to the defense budget in response to the U-2 incident and Cold War pressures. Proposals include airborne SAC alert funding, Polaris submarines, NIKE ZEUS missiles, Army modernization, and a faster bomber program, with White House caution on CIA oversight and intelligence leaks.

Washington Senate Senate Appropriations Armed Services Committees U.S House Strategic Air Command West Eisenhower Thomas Power SAC Congress Air Force Britain France Pakistan John McCormack Mass Moscow Styles Bridges NLH State Department White House CIA Mike Marsfield D. Mont

Soviet Broadcast Attacks U S Brinkmanship and Plans

Viktorov reports on May 14 that U S rulers tolerate gangsterism yet cannot make it international law. He cites espionage, aircraft incursions, and the Khrushchev summit, urging Washington to renounce brinkmanship. Powers flight details and accusations of Soviet vigilance frame a tense Cold War exchange.

U. S United States Soviet Russia Henry Cabot Lodge United Nations Khrushchev Gromyko Chicago Detroit San Francisco Russia Nikita Khrushchev Macmillan Eisenhower de Gaulle U.S

Bids For A Smile 1 seeks meeting with general manager

A reader reports an instruction to locate the general manager named Perkins this afternoon. Follow a corridor past a Keep Out sign, pass a closed door, then enter a passage to find a poster reading Quiet and call out for Perkins. The sequence ends with yelling for him.

Menager Perkins

Foreign Aid Debate Grows After Malinovsky Threats

The article outlines polarized views on U.S. foreign aid spending as Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky warned allies against harboring U2 bases. It notes the two lobbying camps, a potential shift toward a token cut, and President Eisenhower’s appeals amid Congress’ scrutiny of the four billion dollar aid program.

Wahington Malinovsky Hel Congress Ike Citizens Foreign Aid Committee Toock Walter Hamischfeger Milwaukee Norway Pakistan Frontiers of of Freedom U.S Paris Ske

Barbs and remarks spark chatter in Odessa nightlife

A lighthearted column notes how gossip travels through the Odessa neighborhood and contrasts simple truths with overblown restaurant fuss, framing everyday remarks as remarkably plain and mildly humorous. The piece appears in the Odessa American on Friday June 3, 1960.

The Odessa

Notable Answers From a Historic Q A Riddled Page

Questions and answers recount famed tales from piracy to aviation legends. Jean Laffite’s pardon allegedly led to a life in exile and privateer activity. European lapwing accomplished a record Atlantic crossing of about 2,200 miles to Labrador in 1927. Zanesville is famed for a Y shaped bridge at the Muskingum and Licking rivers junction.

Jean Laffite Yucatan Birdlore Labrador Zanesville Ohio Muskingum and Licking Rivers

Odessa American: daily paper rates and address details

Published daily except Saturday by The Odessa American at 222 East Fourth St. Entered in the Odessa post office as second class matter under act of March 3, 1879. Telephone FE 7-4551. Subscription rates by carrier 35 cents a week for Odessa and County. Subscriptions: $38 one year, $10 six months, $5 three months, $1.75 one month. Single copy rates: 5 and 15 cents Sunday.

Odessa American East Fourth St Odessa Uodestsa Cotor County

Crossword Puzzle Clue Ids From A Confused Page

Puzzle fragments show garbled clues and misread letters. The reader faces distorted entries such as Oven space forest chare and Giblical character, with several numbers and names unreadable.

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