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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1961

Page

3

Quarter Horse Group Names New Officers

Officers were elected at the West Texas Quarter Horse Association annual convention held in the Lincoln Hotel and County Coliseum Park grounds. J. L. Dusty Rhoades was named president, Louis Brooks vice president, Don Smith and Charley Black Jr. executive committee members, Jess Hawkins past president, and Ralph Dye secretary-treasurer. The third annual halter futurity drew 20 colts and 10 fillies with Paul Harvey owner of the champion colt shown by Jackson Parker before hundreds of spectators in the hot sun.

West Texas Quarter Horse Association Lincoln Hotel County Coliseum Park J. L Dusty) Rhoades Eastover Louis Brooks Sweet Water Don ‘Smith Talpa Charley Black Jr Ozona Bob Ballenger Midland Land Jess Hawkins Rock Spring Ralph Dye Redbud Coliseum Paul Harvey Country Club Estates Jackson Parker East Ector County Coliseum Fair Park Quarter Horse Association Odessa Rock Springs Charley Black Don Smith

Film Showing Is Postponed In Montgomery

A 1915 film Birth of a Nation scheduled in Montgomery Alabama has been postponed for a year due to racial tensions. The Museum of Modern Art rents its film library to groups nationwide and agreed with the Montgomery sponsor to delay the showing planned for next week.

New York UPI Montgomery Ala Museum of Modern Art

Bullets Found On Cargo Ship At Oran Algeria

A customs officer at Oran uncovered bullets among a shipment of 630 earthen jugs from Morocco. One jug broke, revealing submachine gun rounds. The other jugs contained about 25,000 rounds. Authorities suspect delivery to Algerian nationalist rebels and opened an investigation.

Oran Algeria Morocco

Ex Test Pilot Tries To Solve Tornado Riddle

Oklahoma City AP reports Navy test pilot W. E. Cunningham joins Don Littman and Jim Cook in Weather Bureau research flights over northern Oklahoma to study tornado genesis. They collect moisture, wind, pressure, and temperature data to analyze the storm energy budget and seek better tornado forecasting. Researchers Bruce Newton and Clayton Van Thullenar caution years of data processing ahead, but point to potential breakthroughs in predicting tornado likelihood.

Oklahoma City Okla W. E. Cunningham Navy The Weather Bureau Will Rogers Oklahoma Cunningham Don Littman Jim Cook U. S. Weather Bureau Cook Littman Chester Newton Newton Clayton van Thullenar Kansas City van Thullenar

Albania Russia Trouble Reported

The London Daily Telegraph reports Russia may have left its submarine base in Albania due to a split with Enver Hoxha. Eight Soviet submarines and a tender reportedly departed from Saseno island, signaling deteriorated Albanian relations and possible loss of base access. Albania backs the Peiping line and opposes Khrushchev's peaceful coexistence policy.

London API London Daily Telegraph Russia Albania Enver Hoxha Saseno Peiping Nikita Khrushchev

Nehru Takes First Real Vacation in Three Years

Prime Minister Nehru, age 71, begins a 10 day break on June 8 spending time at Manali in the Kulu Valley about 20 miles north of New Delhi. An official announcement notes this is his first substantial vacation in three years.

Nehru New Delhi India Manali Kulu

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