Odessa to Host International Toastmasters Zone E Meet
About 200 Toastmasters from Texas New Mexico Louisiana and Oklahoma will attend the Zone E Conference in Odessa at the Lincoln Hotel on Saturday. Events include district officer sessions a morning and afternoon speech contest with a national champion finale. Harold Carper will speak at the banquet and wives tours and a style show are planned.
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Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Saurday
Ken Durham
Thursay
Odessa
Lincoln Hotel
Durham
Pete
Pittsburgh
Harold Carper
Iver, Cole
Wildcat Toastmasters
Cave
Sandhills State Park
ITCH-ME-NOT advertised at L and H Drug Co
A drug store promotion offers ITCH-ME-NOT with a claim to relieve itching burning in minutes and kill germs and fungi on contact. The ad lists uses for eczema foot itch ringworm insect bites and surface rashes with a promise of quick action. It notes availability today at L and H Drug Co.
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L & H Drug Co
Thor missile test moves closer to overseas use
At Cape Canaveral Douglas Thor intermediate range missile fired at 3:17 p.m. EDT, rising on a 150,000 pound thrust engine and disappearing into the sky after about three minutes. Air Force officials said it marked a major step toward having the missile ready at overseas bases by year’s end.
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Camp Canaveral
Fla
UPS
Air Force
Elmer P. Wheaton
Douglas
Thor
Area servicemen stories from Odessa to the China Sea
Reports detail Odessa and Permian Basin men serving worldwide from the Rock of Gibraltar to the China Sea. Names include Arthur L. Shipman aboard USS Salisbury Sound, Billy W. Fields with USS Wasp, and Ralph D. Arvizu in German firing tests, with others in Italy, Germany, and the U. S. Navy and Army.
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Rock of Gibraltar
China Sea
Odessa
Permian Basin
Lovington
N. M
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Arthur L. Shipman
S. A. Dyer
Clayton
Salisbury Sound
Taiwan
Far East
Billy W. Fields
Hailey Long
South Betty
Monahans
Gibraltar
Wasp
Mediterranean Sea
Sixth Fleet
Naples
Athens
Ralph D. Arvizu
Manuel Arvizu
North Water
593Rd Field Artillery Bn
Budingen
Germany
Arvizu
Hgs
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Curtis D. Sneed Jr
Wilshire
Army Aviation Center
Fort Rucker
Ala
Odessa High
Odessa College
Harlan J. Wade
Naval Reserve
Kermit
Eighth Naval Reserve District
New Orleans
James Henry Akins
E. L. Sheppard
East Monahans
Naval Air Station
Key West
Fla
Ector High School
Jerry M. Pulsey
David A. Pulsey
North Center
Corpus Christi
David M. Hernandez
David Hernandez
South Street
Augsburg
Hernandez
Co. A
Alpine High School
Sul Ross College
Army
Donnie N. Wright
Carl D. Wright
Avenue I
Seminole
Maurine Hays
Albuquerque
Doris
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Campbell
Wright
Co. B
82Nd Signal Bn
82Nd Airborne
James C. Awtrey
Francis C. Awtrey
Hobbs
Awtrey
Odessa High School
Fort Carson
Colo
Lowell C. Wynn
Loyd C. Wynn
Pecos
Balmorhea High School
David G. Holmes
Samuel B. Holmes
Rankin
Rankin High School
Lawson W. Trantham
Luziness A. Trantham
West Frances
Midland
Midland High School
Wink
Navy
Odessa picked as site for Texas Highway 51 meeting
The Texas Highway 51 Association chose Odessa as the meeting site for a late September gathering. Delegates from Odessa and multiple Texas towns attended in Levelland where a $2.1 million construction program on the route was noted, with $1.6 million more available. Plans include signs along the international highway from Canada to Mexico and a move to designate a common state highway number across member states.
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Odessa
Texas Highway 51 Association
Levelland
Crane
Littlefield
Brownfield
Andrews
Dimmitt
Seminole
Anton
Lubbock
Joe Satterwhite
Texas
Canada
Mexico
Satterwhite
Denver
International Group
Hot Springs
Ss. D
Baseball Fans Lose Bus in Beer Fueled Trip
A group of 49 fans from an Essex tavern chartered a bus full of beer to a Baltimore game. After the contest they found their ride missing, rode home on a school bus, then the original bus returned to the stadium. One officer quipped that wives may doubt the tale.
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Baltimore
Essex
Lost Pilot Finds Roanoke After 45 Minute Radio Navigation
Rich ard M. Cornell of Charleston West Virginia lost his bearings while en route to Roanoke Virginia. A 45 minute radio exchange with Clifton Forge and Roanoke tower operator Paul Eubank guided him to the Roanoke airport where he refueled without initially signaling. Both man and tower staff were left shaken by the misdirection and near miss.
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Roanoke
UPI
Richard M. Cornell
Cornell
Charleston
W. Va
Paul Eubank
Clifton Forge
Eubank
Roanoke Field
Dade County approves toll catwalks on Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami AP reports the Dade County Commission has approved a plan to build fishing catwalks along the Rickenbacker Causeway with 10 cent turnstiles, linking the mainland to Key Biscayne.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County Commission
Key Biscayne
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