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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1954
Page
2
Engineering officials of the Park District say a new exposition hall will be the nation’s largest of its kind, to rise on a 50 acre site between 16th and 2nd streets on Chicago’s near South Side. No construction plans yet. echoes Century of Progress and Chicago Railroad Fair history.
Mrs. Edwin Doty of Minnesota readies cookies and lemonade for Haile Selassie during a one day royal visit itinerary. The party tours Christ Lutheran Church in St Paul and Minneapolis, then Rochester for Mayo Clinic, Austin for lunch, and a press conference back in St Paul before departure.
In New Delhi the India government radio warned American and New Zealand climbers in the Mt Makalu area to descend due to heavy snow and winds. Temperatures were expected to fall to 5 below zero as the peak at 22 x 11 feet loomed. Officials said attempts should end and teams must retreat toward Biratnagar and Jagabani en route to Calcutta.
Capt. C. O. Chennault of Alexandria Louisiana led after Tuesday in the Air Force first all jet fighter gunnery and weapons meet at Nellis AFB Nevada with 533 points in air-to-ground firing. Col. John L. Locke of San Antonio trailed by six and E W Maggert of Oklahoma City led air-to-air scoring. Chennault's 866th fighter-bomber wing team from Alexandria AFB lost the team competition to Locke's Far East Air Force unit 1951 to 2008 points.
East German radio reports Georg Dertinger, once foreign minister of the Soviet zone, sentenced to 15 years for plotting to overthrow the regime. Five co-conspirators, including two of his secretaries, receive 3 to 13 year terms. Dertinger arrested January 15, 1953 on espionage charges.
Retired Gen James A. Van Fleet arrived at Hickam Air Base en route to resume surveying U S ally aid needs. He said Asia should be backed with American sea and air power and would head to Tokyo after talks with Admiral Felix Stump. He declined to comment further on Indochina, noting that it looks bad.
Fragmented OCR text shows a dental theme with references to false teeth and a plate or dentures. The readable bits mention rock slide or slip and a German term for plate. The passage is garbled and lacks clear facts, names, dates, or events to anchor a fuller summary.
FBI agents planned to question John Alfred Hopkins, one of the nation’s 10 most wanted fugitives, captured 35 miles south of Elko Nevada after escaping from the Arizona State Prison where he served a life term for slaving a police officer. He was brought to Elko County for interrogation.
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