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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1954
Page
12
Baltimore Junior College announces radio and television courses carrying full college credit starting this week. Courses will be broadcast over WBAL radio and WBAI-TV, expanding access to higher education via broadcast media.
Lt. Col. Walter J. Fellenz at Fort Benning criticizes Korea era firing waste after studying small arms effectiveness. He compares Korea night battles to the Civil War, notes superior night vision of Oriental troops, and describes training to improve night shooting with open eyes and instinctive aim.
A German Shepherd named Duke, trained to attack at a word, is loose in Los Angeles County. U.S. Air Force M-Sgt. Jim Rosa described the dog as usually gentle but capable of killing a person, and police and sheriff’s deputies began an immediate search. The dog disappeared after Rosa brought it home on furlough from England where trained by the Royal Air Force.
More than 280 Los Alamos scientists telegrammed the President and top agencies criticizing how the Oppenheimer case was handled. They warned the action could hinder future recruitment for government laboratories. The signers count 282 signatures in under a day. Oppenheimer, once head of the Los Alamos lab, was barred from further classified work and a three man board declined reinstatement.
NATO commander General Gruenther warned London that the West would meet a Soviet attack with every weapon including atomic bombs. He said there could be no winner in a third world war and noted Russia's growing industrial and atomic stockpiles. Prime Minister Churchill echoed calls for peace through strength while warning against relaxing defenses.
Visitors from the south and west were told of a private toll on a half mile crossing owned by Pee Wee Allen. Colorado River Municipal Water District manager E. V. Spence said Allen is charging 25 cents per car to cross the land. The district has no control over the toll. Those traveling to the lake should stay on the Big Spring Sny der highway to Ira and turn west. The road to the lake would be longer but direct.
Bernard Falk 27, set to wed Sunday, wore a 50-pound ball and chain at a pre wedding party in his lab. The chain symbolized the custom. the key was lost until a policeman with snips freed Falk.
The California primary shook the cross filing system as James Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Los Angeles and will face Theodore Owings. Incumbent Gov. Goodwin Knight led GOP nominations, while Democrat Edmund G. Brown was the sole statewide Democrat assured of election. Graves claimed the Democratic ticket victory over Knight.
English actress Simone Silva sought a U S work permit and visa extension in Hollywood. She arrived on a four month visitor visa and later signed a seven year film contract after a widely circulated half nude photograph with Robert Mitchum at Cannes.
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