Registration Opens Saturday for Swimming Classes at High School Pool
Registration for the school swimming program begins Saturday at 8 am at the high school pool per instructor Wirsten Churchill. Two four week sessions run Monday through Friday with six morning classes for boys and six afternoon classes for girls. Children ages six to nine have morning or afternoon slots, while ten to seventeen are scheduled with age specific times. Mary Marsh leads the girl classes. each class caps at 20 students and no late registrations after classes begin.
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Wirsten Churchill
Dye
Oun Sehaas
Tal
Hopman TA
Sear
Gins Wall
Marvyn Marsh
al Ead S A
Fragmentary Notes From County Court Docket
The readable fragments list names and scattered details including Ben Noowo Burns Hirth Tad Byes Eyat Deree and others. References to dates and places are incomplete with unclear actions. The OCR yields a rough roster of individuals and events without coherent narrative or outcomes.
Laceration Suffered In Traffic Accident
Thomas Willam Mustian aged 64 of 509 Q chard Drive received emergency treatment at Medical Center Ernstul Thursday afternoon for a cut over the right eye after a car crash at South Dixie and Electric Streets. The other driver was 34 year old Henry Gooden of GO East Pearl.
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Thomas Willam Mustian
Medical Center
Ernstul
Ponce
Mustian
Henry Gooden
Goo East Pearl
South Dixie
Electric
Fire Detection System Installed In Odessa Department
Odessa Fire Department headquarters now hosts an Automatic Detection System from Notifier Fire Detection and Alarm System. Six merchants adopted the service to improve protection with wired thermostats that blink a beacon and ring a bell at the fire station if temperature changes. Fire Chief Charles Meadows says the system helps locate a fire quickly and may reduce merchant fire rates by about sixteen percent, though the measure is not yet final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
West Second
Charles Meadows
Citizens Complain About Mosquitoes In Odessa
Health officials report rising mosquito complaints after recent rains. Inspectors found breeding sites such as old cans, tires, and tall grass. Authorities urge property owners to clean yards and keep animal shelters free of standing water and manure in covered containers.
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Arouth
Odessa
Curt Heaton
Bill Brookins
Dogs Know Their Streets in Cleveland Chase Incident
In Cleveland, dogs recognized a one way street during a pursuit of a catcher’s truck. The dogs decoyed the vehicle, then doubled back. The catcher could not maneuver and observed the dogs stop and grin.
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Cleveland
Penee
Othe Laueh
al Raoden
Exhibit Of War Items Scheduled At Odessa College
An exhibit of German war souvenirs will be displayed in Odessa College auditorium foyer during three performances of Stalag 17. Directed by Ed Costello Permian Playhouse opens at 6 15 p m Monday. The show, a melodrama based on American airmen in a German POW camp, invites public display of items in locked cases with Kenneth Esmond overseeing and information via telephone.
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Germany
Odessa College Auditcerium
Permian Playhouse
Ed Costello
Kenneth Esmond
Youth Burns After Road Flare Explodes in Face
Odessa youths report burns when a road flare detonated near J. L. McNeal 18 of 1219 South Jackson. He was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Thursday night with first and second degree facial burns.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
J. L. McNeal
South Jackson
Truck Stolen With Dynamite in Bed
A thief stole a two ton truck from T. B. Tripp and Sons at 1604 West Second Thursday night. Eight cases of dynamite were loaded in the truck bed.
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Tripp and Sons
West Second
Peace Patrol Sways Over Indochina Recall At UN
The U N Security Council plans slow handling of Thailand's request for a peace patrol of observers on its border with Indochina. Delegations signal caution while Geneva cease fire prospects loom. debate scheduled but indefinite, with Tsarapkin opposing immediate discussion. Lodge attends D Day events. Wadsworth acts in his absence. Mark of Lebanon urges two more weeks for Geneva talks. British officials echo caution.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Thailand
U. N
Indochina
Washington
Pete Sarasin
Semson K. Tsarapkin
Geneva
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Weapons advance, topic at Naval Academy services
Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert B Anderson told Naval Academy graduates that warfare and weapons progress has accelerated, with aircraft speed up twofold and cost tenfold in two years. He warned that new missiles and guided systems open a new field, but weapons add nothing to security unless capable people design and employ them.
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Annapolis
Robert B. Anderson
Naval Academy
Anderson
Chaplin Receives Red Peace Prize in Switzerland
CORLIFER Switzerland June 4 Charlie Chaplin accepted a 14000 peace prize from a Communist run World Council of Peace delegation. He said he was honored and very happy to receive the award and to promote peace whether from East or West. Chaplin now lives in Switzerland and is barred from returning to the United States.
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Corlifer
Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
World Council of Peace
United States
Two Damage Suits Totaling Over Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
In 70th District Court two suits seek more than $225,000. Glenn Ledford seeks $150,000 from R. B. Stovall Co and driver J. Ray Morris for injuries from a Sept. 21, 1953 crash at North Grant and Eighth Street. The Bufkins seek $78,430 from Robert Vernon Wickens for a Oct. 3, 1953 head on collision on State Route 158 between Sterling City and Robert Lee. the elder Bufkin would recover for loss of his son's services and family members seek damages for injuries, hospital bills, wrecked car, and funeral costs.
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Glenn Ledford
R. B. Stovall Co
J. Ray Morris
North Grant and
Eighth Street
Ledford
James Scott
Morris
W. F. Bufkin
Lamesa
Robert Vernon Wickens
Sterling City
Robert Lee
Bufkin
Walter F. Bufkin
Wickens
Johnnie Bufkin Winham
Big Spring
Hazel Bufkin Ferguson
Wayne W
Enid Dickenson
Dickensons
Dickenson
Demos Fail To Show Up
A Senate Investigations subcommittee meeting in Washington was canceled after none of the three Democratic members attended. Chairman McCarthy faced questions over a possible boycott, while Mundt presided temporarily. McClellan and Jackson offered differing explanations for the no show as confusion over the meeting’s location was cited.
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Washington
Senate Investigators
McCarthy
Army
Sen. Mundt
R SD
Subcommittee
Mundt
Jackson
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
McClellan
Senate
Boost In Salvation Army Activity Shown
May 1954 activity in the Salvation Army district rose with more meals served more groceries issued and more lodging provided than May 1953. Transients and non residents received more aid while clothing distributions declined. Attendance and services grew with larger Sunday School and youth meeting turnout.
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Salvation Army
Lloyd George
Young Peoples
H. H
Pat) Simmons
Salvation Army Advisory Board
St. George
Army
Odessa
Drive Group Formed by Odessa Chamber to Seek Members
The General Prospect Division of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce organizes this week to contact about 750 Odessa business houses. About 150 men in 12 groups will work under A C Bassett and A L Braswell to raise a $65,000 chamber budget. The Special Prospects Division meets at 7 30 a m Wednesday in the Lincoln Hotel after raising $2200 in new money and pledges between three and five thousand dollars, per Chamber President H H Pat Simmons.
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General
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
A. C. Bassett
A. L. Braswell
Special Prospects
Lincoln Hotel
Chamber
H. H
Pat) Simmons
Former Ambassador Bullitt Visits Rhee in Seoul
Former U S ambassador to Russia William C Bullitt arrived in Seoul to renew old friendships with President Sing Man Rhee and said the visit has no political significance.
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Seoul
William C. Bullitt
U. S
Russia
Longman Rhee
Reservists Receive Immunization Shots Before Camp Wolters encampment
The 361st Aviation Engineers gave immunization shots Thursday night in Dr. Lynn Hunt's offices as part of prep for the annual encampment at Camp Wolters. The unit will depart August 1 for two weeks of active Army duty.
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361St Aviation Engineers
Lynn Hunt
Camp Wolters
Johnson Seeks Reason Texas Dropped From Air Academy Sights
Sen. Lyndon Johnson questions why Texas sites were dropped from consideration for the proposed Air Force Academy. A board narrowed choices to Colorado Springs, Lake Geneva, and Alton Illinois, after earlier Texas interest including Randolph AFB Grapevine Lake and Lake Texoma areas. Final decision delayed as Talbott aims to complete inspections within a month.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tax
Texas
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Springs
Colo
Lake Geneva
Wis
and Alton
Senate
Wisconsin
Illinois
Air Academy Selection Board
Chares Lindbergh
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Grapevine Lake
Dallas
Fort Worth
Lake Texoma
Sherman
Denison
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Talbott
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Bob
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J Burns
Hirth
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Miro
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Ogih
Naval Academy Services
St. Laurent-sur-Mer
Normandy
United Press
First Ner'l
County Welfare Service
Rhee
Johnson
Perea
Stalcup
Andrews Hwy
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