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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
3
Businesses monitor inventory levels for signs of recovery as consumer spending and government purchases wobble. Output and final purchases show gaps, with steel rising as inventories pare or rise, while 1957 investment peaks lag.
An Air Force C124 Globemaster crashed on takeoff at Travis AFB California killing six of eight crewmen. Eyewitnesses blamed a power failure as the four engine transport lifted and turned before crashing near a state highway. Two crewmen escaped unburned with one seriously injured. The craft, to be identified, was attached to the 1503rd Air Transport Wing after overhaul in Long Beach.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board approved an 11.5 million cooperative program budget for 1958 59, about one million more than the current year. Allocations include 140 000 for Baylor Hospital 84 222 for the College of Dentistry Dallas and 445 000 for stewardship and direct missions. Additional items cover a 68 bed wing at Baptist Memorial Geriatrics Hospital San Angelo special appropriations 25 000 for San Angelo and a state mental institution in Austin and gifts toward a 76000 chapel at the Austin State School for the Mentally Retarded. The board also formed a committee on church state separation and approved plans for a San Antonio junior college branch of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton.
City CPB statistics for 1958 show a surge in juvenile arrests versus 1957 with 762 youths handled through last month, up from 323. Detective C A Dodson cited 20 burglaries cleared in May tied to four Odessa boys, and February totals of 33 cases. Burglaries, thefts, and disorderly conduct rose, while liquor violations edged up. Of 211 juveniles processed, 45 had prior records. 23 were sent to county officials or schools, others released to parents or authorities.
Fifteen Deats swept Lake Arlington in a search for the bodies of two Fort Worth men feared drowned on a fishing trip. Missing are Amos Meador, 45, and his son in law Robert Smith. Lake custodian Hooks Blanton said the search began after an empty boat was spotted.
The 118 men of Odessa's National Guard, 36th Recon Company, depart this weekend for the postwar maneuvers at Fort Hood. About 10 000 troops will train at North Fort Hood starting June 8 with 2 228 West Texas guardsmen. Lt. Louis A Watkins Jr commands. The unit splits into advanced detachment leaving at 4 am Thursday and main body at 7 am Sunday June 8.
WESLACO AP A slight decrease in insect infestation is noted by James Deer associate county agent. Pink bollworms are not as thick as last year while boll weevils have increased slightly, especially in the Brownsville area.
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