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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
1
In Mexico City police say an 11-year-old boy confessed to helping strangle 60-year-old Maria Ramirez during a robbery as she closed her small store. The widow was killed in the early evening attack.
Kuala Lumpur dispatch says Malaya may crush Communist guerrillas by 1959 after 11 years of conflict. Since June 16, 1948, the MCP’s 800 fighters have faced a multinational force, with government patrols and air strikes shrinking the rebel band and ending mass civilian disruption.
Charles Cunningham 31 of Wichita Falls and John H Moore 50 of Springfield Ohio died from injuries after a head on collision eight miles west of Vandalia yesterday. Cunningham's wife Joan 30 suffered serious injuries in the same crash.
Oklahoma City AP Police officer Alonzo Cooper investigated a disturbance outside Friendship Baptist Church and found arguing but no arrests since there was no violence. He observed a special membership meeting taking place nearby.
Msegr Michael P O Shea aged 61 pastor of St Peter s Church in Poughkeepsie and dean of the Roman Catholic Church in Dutchess and Putnam Counties died Saturday Laurence Eyre aged 78 playwright and former actor died Saturday after a long illness His plays included The Merry Wives of Gotham Miss Nelly of Orleans The Steam Roller and The Things That Count
New York writer explains Beatnik terms and the Beats as a social movement. Lipton describes the Beats as disaffiliates seeking poverty and love, rejecting success, and pursuing jazz, poetry, and avant-garde art across cities like Los Angeles and New York.
Funeral services are planned for Roger Allen Mayer a 23 year old Odessa oilfield worker killed in a trailerhouse fire at 712 East Sixth burial will be in Odessa Cemetery Rev Curtis Thorpe officiating Mayer born April 27 1936 in Hobbs NM reared in Cisco attended Air Force Medical School served as ambulance driver in France 1953 1959 later moved to Odessa employed with Internal Pipeline Maintenance Mayer survived by mother two brothers and father The blaze cause is under investigation and a misidentified photo was cleared up by the Chapel of the Roses Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles A. Long, 82, are set for 2:30 p m today at Wilkerson Funeral Home in Brady. Burial will be in Cox Cemetery in Milburn near Brady. She moved to Sterling City two years ago after 73 years in Brady. Born in Gonzales County in 1876 she was mother to Mrs. N A Mitchell of Rankin. Survivors include four daughters two sons five sisters 25 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
London critics praised Van Cliburn's superb technique in his first full London recital at the Thames-side Festival Hall yet urged patience. The Moscow prize winner from Kilgore Texas impressed with Chopin Beethoven Prokofieff and Mozart, while The Times noted potential more than perfection.
An American Airlines Boeing 707 jet airliner arrived in Los Angeles from Washington DC in four hours 36 minutes Sunday night, setting a new westbound record. The plane was christened by Mrs. Richard M. Nixon at Friendship International Airport in Washington, breaking a record claimed only hours earlier by Trans World Airlines by ten minutes.
In obedience to the Board of Equalization order the board will session at the Court House Odessa Texas at 10 00 A M on Thursday June 18 1959 to determine fix and equalize the value of all taxable property in Ector County for 1960 and all interested parties are advised to be present Edna Smith County Clerk Ector County Texas SEAL Odessa June 4 1959.
The State of Texas to Myrtle Schiwarz is commanded to answer by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. Filed June 5, 1959, in No. 16850 in the District Court of Ector County Odessa. Plaintiff Walter Ernest Schiwart seeks a divorce alleging marriage on June 9, 1952 and separation due to cruelty. Deputy clerk Betty Jo Gallas signs.
Ector County Commissioners Court will receive sealed bids at the Ector County Courthouse Odessa Texas at 10:00 AM June 23 1959 for two engines including a Wisconsin Motor Corp Model AEH single cylinder heavy duty engine 6.1 HP at 2600 RPM or equal and Briggs Stratton Model 14FB V cycle air cooled engines 5.25 HP at 3600 RPM or equal. The court reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. C Hamilton County Auditor.
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