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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
8
In Massapequa New York a 36 year old housewife Grace Ruden used prewar nurse training to save a boy from drowning. Patrick Pizzarelli fourteen had fallen into a canal and was pulled from the water by the woman who then performed artificial respiration. After fifteen minutes the boy opened his eyes.
Katherine Harcourt Taylor receives an oil well from father Carter Taylor as a 50 year gift tied to her Lamar High School graduation. Geologists expect the well to yield for five decades.
Two men aged 28 and 33 arrested early Tuesday in Ward County on suspicion of an armed robbery and a Monday night attempted robbery in Monahans and Wickett were cleared Tuesday as witnesses failed to identify them. One was released after a $15 vagrancy fine, the other held on a $20 vagrancy fine. deputies continued to seek the actual bandits who hit Red Ball Service Station and Gaines Grocery Store for $35.
In Ann Arbor Michigan 62 study by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center interviewed 1 925 girls aged 11 to 19 in 66 counties. Results show only three percent want to be housewives while 94 percent hope to marry someday. About 80 percent want to emulate their mothers.
Curtis W. Owen 25 of Odessa will join the Midwestern Universities Research Association program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison to work in theoretical nuclear physics as part of a $2,200 annual assignment. He will pursue a doctoral degree after completing a master’s, after earning physics degrees at Texas Tech and serving in naval electronics. He will report June 10 and visit his sister in Borger en route.
Odessa Police Chief Jess Cariker announced the summer hires of two staffers. Robert Edward Williams, 29, a Crockett High School teacher, joined as patrolman and will live with his wife Mary at 2306 Windsor Drive. Sandra Norrell, 18, Odessa High School graduate, was named secretary to Assistant Chief Jack Tomlin.
Emigration officials in The Hague report about 34,000 Dutchmen are expected to emigrate in 1957, up 2,000 from last year. Canada is the leading destination, followed by Australia, with about 7,000 likely to go to the United States.
The Supreme Court ruling on DuPont and General Motors raises questions for Big Business about control and growth. GM leads with 850 million in profits last year, while Du Pont earned 383 million. both companies hold significant stock in each other, fueling executive compensation and influence across two of America's largest industrial empires.
Washington reports that U S Air Force experts foresee possible end of mass produced man carrying fighters with recent orders for F 105 1300 mph Thunderchiefs and growing missile role in Europe Formosa and Far East By 1965 missiles may dominate fighter missions The F 105 blends range speed and heavy payload and is praised for its advanced electronic brain system but secrecy limits details The era of true manned fighters may be nearing its end while secret programs hint at higher speed concepts
In Buffalo West Virginia Vernon Pigg was re-elected mayor as voters defeated an all-woman slate led by Norma Warner. Pigg won 2 to 36, amid commentary that men still bear most responsibility while women vow to watch over their shoulders.
United States Ambassador James W. Riddleberger presented Yugoslavia in Belgrade with a U S Atomic Energy Commission token for peace. He called it another example of President Eisenhower's aim to advance world atomic cooperation for peace, noting the set contains 53 100 technical reports in microfilm form.
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