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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1954

Page

2

National Obituaries From The Associated Press

Louis Arthur Cunningham Sr. novelist and short story writer died Sunday in St John New Brunswick. Rev Joseph Richard age 102 oldest Jesuit priest worldwide born in Montreal died Saturday in Guelph Ontario. Kay Carroll stage and television actress age 28 wife of Louis Best of Chicago died Sunday in Libertyville Indiana. Benjamin F Williams age 83 longtime president of the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools died Sunday in Des Moines Iowa. E Ray Goetz age 68 Broadway composer and producer died Saturday in Greenwich Connecticut whose shows included Pitty Million Frenchmen and Hitchy Koo

ST. John N. B Louis Arthur Cunningham Libertyville Kay Carroll Louis Best Chicago Des Moines Iowa Benjamin F. Willams The National Assn. of Accredited Commercial Schools Greenwich Conn E. Ray Goetz Educer Hitchy Koo

Danny Kaye Arrives In India For Film

Hollywood star Danny Kaye arrived in New Delhi with a bad cold and ears affected by travel from Bombay. He said the ailment would not delay his plan to shoot a film and support the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund.

New Delhi India Danny Raye Bombay Hollywood Star Children’s Emergency Fund

Flanders Move Aims to Unseat McCarthy Faces Opposition

Senate debate centers on Flanders motion to strip McCarthy of chairmanship over franchising inquiries from 1952. Republicans split as Flanders seeks removal from Government Operations Committee and Investigations subcommittee, while Democrats differ on the path forward.

Flanders McCarthy Wisconsin Senate Mc.Carthy Gover Cormittee Flinders le Vermoent Mus

Italian Seeks Premiership As Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Foolishness

Italian political figure Achille Lauro leader of a new party declares Italy is governed by fools. He says he is less of a fool than the others and can become premier. Lauro, described as diminutive and wealthy, began his national politics bid.

Chamber of Deputies Italy Achille Lauro Eadership Lauro Humbert Naples Alfred E. Smith Tammany Fall Rome Laura

24 Texans Die Violently This Weekend

Violent deaths hit Texas hard with 24 lives lost over the weekend. Traffic crashes accounted for 13 deaths, five due to gunfire, four by drowning, one from stabbing, and one in a plane crash. Names and details span multiple counties and cities, from San Antonio to Smithland, Almeda to Clarkwood, highlighting a grim regional toll.

William Richard Law San Antonio Victor Calvillo Charlotte Atascosa County Pardee Sonny Hardin Dalas Nicholas Casares Clarkwood Nuecey County Emory Jacks Evadale Beaumont Newton Baird Houston Almeda Belh Dean Roche Iean Dallas Rayimond Davis Smithland Pearce Caddo Lake Marshall

Van Fleet Meets South Korean Leaders in Seoul

James A. Van Fleet on his second Korea tour in two months meets Prime Minister Park Too Chin and Commerce and Industry Minister Ahn Tong Hyuk to discuss regional affairs and trade.

Seoul James A. van Fleet South Korea Park Too Chin Ahn Tong Hyuk

Youth Who Started Tenement Fire Faces Mental Test

Chicago police plan psychiatric tests for a 13 year old boy after an inquiry into seven deaths from a tenement fire started by a discarded match. Nine others were injured Friday night. Marion Gregory testified he flicked a lit match into a stairwell rubbish heap after smoking a cigarette. His father Lewis was jailed after telling his son to reveal nothing.

Chicago Marion Gregory Lewis Marion

Regional Weather Forecasts Across Texas and Nearby States

Regional forecasts note mainly warm and partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday across EAST and SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS with scattered afternoon thundershowers near the coast. NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS shows warm, partly cloudy weather with late day storms in the northwest. WEST TEXAS and LOUISIANA also expect warm, partly cloudy skies with scattered storms, while MISSOURI and ARKANSAS anticipate prevailing heat, thunderstorms, and cooler turns by Tuesday, with Panhandle cooling Monday night. OKLAHOMA remains generally fair with scattered west area storms and potential severe thunderstorm activity late Monday. Highs reach the 90s in many regions. lows dip into the 50s to 70s depending on location.

Texas West Texas Louisiana

Council Hits Relief Angle

The Research Council for Economic Security urges rebalancing public aid from relief to rehabilitation. It notes rising old age and dependent children rolls, calling for prevention and longer workforce participation to avert expanding welfare costs.

Chicago Research Council For Economic Security Gerhard Hirschfeld Council Hirschfeld

Separated Siamese Twins Doing Okay

Leeuwarden Netherlands reports that 1 month old twins Folkie and Tjitska, joined at the abdomen by three inches, are doing well after a 70 minute operation Saturday. Doctors say the girls now have separate organs and a successful separation.

Leeuwarden Holand Folkie Tjitska

Weather outlook for Kansas: scattered storms and cooling

Partly cloudy Monday with widely scattered thunderstorms west this afternoon or evening, spreading over west and north by Monday noon. Tuesday sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Turning cooler statewide on Tuesday with highs Monday around 75 to 90 and lows Monday night 55 to 60 in the northwest to 70 to 73 elsewhere.

U. S Great Lakes Midwest Plains Miami Fort Worth New Orleans St. Louis Kansas City Washington Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Chicago New York Boston Seattle San Francisco United Press Telephoto Kansas

McCarthy Army hearings near final week in Senate probe

The McCarthy Army hearings enter what may be their final week with Sen. McCarthy back in the witness chair for cross examination during the 33rd daily session. The Senate Investigations subcommittee will hear Francis P. Carr then mark time until Roy M. Cohn returns. Gruenther testifies in closed sessions about the European military situation as lawmakers study the administration's proposed foreign aid program of 3½ billion dollars.

Washington Sen. McCarthy R-Wis Senate Investigations Francis P. Carr Cowsel Roy M. Cohn Alfred M. Gruenther North Atlantic Treaty Defense Forces Senate House Gruenther

Memorial to dogs in Tsurgn Japan

Dogcatchers in a western Honshu city unveiled a stone memorial tablet for the repose of departed canines citing fears of curses from the dogs they caught and destroyed.

Tsurugn Japan Honshu

Crowds Demonstrate in Amman Over Saudi Visit

Street crowds in Amman demonstrated yesterday against the United States Britain and the Jordan government after Saudi Arabia's King Saud arrived for military talks with King Hussein and Jordan leaders.

Amman Jordan United States Britain Saudi Arabia Saud Hussein

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