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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
2
A group of experts told a Senate House Economics subcommittee that the next few years would see steadily increasing federal spending with no margin for tax cuts. They cited a 1959 spending forecast of 975.303 billion and noted defense outlays as the main budget pressure.
Democratic National Chairman Paul M says women are the party's most important political assets, emphasizing their voting influence and alignment with policy goals. The remark frames female voters as central to electoral strategy and Democratic unity ahead of upcoming campaigns.
Senator Mansfield predicted action on a new foreign aid bill with cuts to Eisenhower's request and a rewrite to fit annual review by committees. John B. Hollister urged long range authority for military and economic aid, with permanent funding to simplify planning. A witness pressed continued aid to Yugoslavia, citing neutrality and influence. Police in Lakeland, Florida searched for a punk thief after someone stole trees planted in front of a home over the night.
Regional forecast notes cloudy and mild conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers across East Texas north and east regions through Thursday. South Central Texas expected partly cloudy with a few afternoon and evening showers. North Central and West Texas mostly clear to partly cloudy with widely scattered showers. Oklahoma outlook partly cloudy warm with scattered thundershowers mainly southeast today and Thursday. Highs 75 to 85, lows in 50s to 60s.
Emil Flechner, 30, a file seller, charges wife Loretta with mismanaging his affairs in a Milwaukee divorce action. He says she bought a chair for 37 cents and later spent 200 dollars to fix it up, illustrating alleged wasteful spending.
Odessa resident Pedro Garza, 22, was found not guilty of driving while intoxicated by an Ector County Court jury after about 10 minutes of deliberation. State witnesses testified Garza crossed the center line and reeked of beer, but Garza’s defense argued he was aiding a friend and the judge warned jurors to ignore attorney statements as evidence.
Buenos Aires reports that provisional President Pedro Aramburu's government invited private bids for 14 government owned newspapers seized from Juan Peron's regime. The decree sets Aug 31 as the bid deadline and favors newsmen cooperatives political parties with democracy Argentine cultural groups and bidders with decade long local presence. Some titles have already been returned to owners where ownership was clear.
The OEEC honored former Secretary of State George C Marshall on the anniversary of his 1947 Harvard speech pledging U S aid to war torn Europe. Peter Thorneycroft praised the speech for giving hope to Europe's peoples and Britain’s Sir Harold Caccia planned to present a silver medal on behalf of OEEC.
Former assistant state auditor H um Grady Starnes testified in the Benavides School District tax office matter during George Parr's mail fraud trial. He said missing records blocked an audit in 1954 while investigators were in Duval County.
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