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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1952
Page
15
The Odessa American proclaims its identity as one of Texas’ five most consistent newspapers and commits to truthfulness aligned with the Golden Rule Ten Commandments and the Declaration of Independence. It invites readers to point out any inconsistencies with these guiding truths.
Daily city newspaper entry details distribution and subscription rates. It notes publication by The Odessa American at 222 East Fourth Street Odessa Texas with post office second class matter under the March 3 1879 act and provides telephone contact and pricing.
A campaign accuses the TVA style socialization of electric power as deception and argues a Niagara Falls hydro project could be built by New York electric firms. The U S Congress must decide whether to fund or tax subsidize the scheme, with critics branding it tax exempt socialism versus free enterprise.
The Washington Post warns that government financed health care could mimic Soviet systems with bureau controlled clinics and limited patient choice. A former Soviet doctor notes short patient contact times, crowded hospitals, high TB mortality, and argues socialized medicine curtails freedom and power for officials.
Ezio Pinza complains that Mrs. Pinza scolds him for writing love material in papers. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. recalls his London mansion being robbed three times in three weeks, illustrating ongoing media interest and security concerns.
A compact listing of crossword prompts across and down, including clues for basic words like Fish Turmeric Cereal Hatred and Behold plus broader hints such as Foreign rivers and mythic gods, reflecting a mixed puzzle of terms and associations. The page combines classic crossword fodder with abbreviations and scattered definitions.
A reader condemns civics books used in state funded schools as semi-Golden Rule and antiChristian, listing nine titles including American Government Today and The Challenge of Democracy. He argues boards of education should read and critique texts and warns against a substitute that promotes unlimited government.
Ray Tucker reports that the high court's 6-3 decision condemns Truman's seizure powers while Congress debates how to publish the opinion. Cain and Maybank push for full and bound forms, McFarland seeks restraint, Hayden blocks broad public access, and Senate dynamics shape distribution.
Citizens question tax transparency as former revenue officials refuse to answer inquiries about their incomes. The absence of a specific line on standard tax forms to mark refusal highlights concerns over accountability and privacy.
Henry McLemore writes from Dallas about blending in as a poor Texan while observing Sam Snead at the National Open. He mocks wealth, describes stage tricks like carrying oil, riding streetcars, and adopting local habits to study surface transportation. Pro golfers emerge as honest, admired figures in his column.
A critical listing by Dr. Willford I. King on the effects of collective bargaining. It argues that bargaining raises some wages but harms employment, increases union power, limits freedom, depresses productivity, and elevates labor strife while failing to foster peaceful dispute resolution or lawful, orderly relations.
A set of trivia lines covers facts about U S presidents and leaders. Franklin D Roosevelt tops vote records at 631, Rockefeller Center is the largest private U S entertainment complex, Rudolph Bing directs the Metropolitan Opera, Tolstoy wrote War and Peace, John Nance Garner was F D R's first running mate, Harold Ickes nicknamed Old Curmudgeon, yeasts and bacteria differ in reproduction, West Point cadet corps authorized strength is 2496, and Israel is the last nation admitted to the UN.
A boy remembers a summer in 1912 Washington DC when he moved from Mexico to stay with relatives, found work as a call-boy at Poli's Theater, and fell in love with theater and Izetta Jewel Brown. He recalls skating Georgetown to the White House, climbing the Washington Monument, and watching burlesque rehearsal from the stage door.
The School of the Ozarks near Springfield Missouri founded in 1907 by Dr W R Dobyns built a faith driven campus. Gifts funded twenty major buildings 640 acres and 80 Jersey cattle without debt or drives. The school trains boys and girls in farming dairying industry homemaking weaving and printing under R M Good.
A hotel proprietor promises modern amenities including running water in every room amid a tense exchange with an employee over pay. The hotel, framed by a prospectus, hints at improved guest comforts and a fresh business plan, as rain leaks into a bedroom during a heated moment.
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