Odessa Officers Spotlight Night Captain Wise
Night Captain James J. Wise, age 14, is highlighted as a veteran Odessa peace officer who joined the force on October 1, 1947. He previously served in Fort Worth and El Paso law enforcement and lives at 1309 S Lincoln with his wife Annie Bell. The sketch notes his family details, including two children.
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Odessa
James J. Wise
Capt. Nise
Fort Worth
el Paso
Theheriff’s
S. Lincoln
Annie Bell
Joe Richard
Jorothy Ann
Actors must have faith in themselves
Actor Walter King asserts that actors need firm self belief and a definite self sense to succeed, arguing confidence is essential for career success in the stage world.
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Walter King
Three Women Nabbed In Courts in Odessa
Three women admitted prostitution and faced vagrancy charges after a 2 a.m. raid at a tourist court near Odessa. Dalene Barron 23 Mary Dalton 22 and Doris Underwood 23 pleaded guilty in Justice of Peace M Newman’s court and were fined 38 dollars each and released. Sheriff Earnest Broughton led the raid.
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Earnest Broughton
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Dalene Barron
Mary Dalton
Doris Underwood
TV Program Too Much For Thugs In Houston Robbery
A freckle-faced bandit and his companion robbed a Houston drugstore after mistaking a TV murder mystery for the voice of the hold up. Mrs. Julia Felix, 52, was watching when the voice demanded money and identified the assailants as real. She told them she had no money and they insisted.
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Page One
Kefauver
Nancy
Houston
Julia Felix
Watering Schedule Eased Citywide Water Usage Report
The Odessa water department resumed a lenient every-other-day lawn watering plan. Water Supt. A L Wright said residents used 13 to 15 million gallons Sunday, stressing supply but no homes were left without water. South of 17th Street and Conet Drive water on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, north of 17th Street and Conet Drive on Tuesdays.
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A. L. Wright
17Th Street
Conet Drive
Donating To Worthy Causes Can Cost Money And Friends
Article outlines the scale of corporate giving in the United States, noting about 300 million dollars annually and potential growth through tax deductions. It describes how Jersey Standard Oil and others manage contributions via committees, budgets, and criteria tied to business advantage and community impact. It cites Ford and Sears, Roebuck as examples of foundations and corporate budget approaches.
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U. S. Treasury
Ford
Sears, Roebuck
Jersey Standard Oil
Claude L. Alexander
National Industrial Conference
Jersey Standard Plan
Comepany
Dems Set Ballot Paths as Texas Campaigns March On
Democratic candidates moved to secure ballot positions with county committees meeting to set costs of filing and reporting expenses. Rep Lindley Beckworth led a push with about forty appearances across towns, while Price Daniel defended the field with engagements in Livingston Woodville Lufkin Nacogdoches and Center. Busier night featured a Carthage banquet honoring State Senator Margie Neal as candidates pressed ahead.
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McLean
Texas
Lodge
Porter
Lindley Beckworth
U. S. Senate
Saturay
Beckworth
Livingston
Woodville
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Center
Carthage
Margie Neal
Three Nabbed Here In Theft of Cash
Juvenile Officers G. K. Kelly has two Negro juvenile girls aged 14 and 15 in custody and a 19-year-old companion in city jail for investigation of rolling a Negro man of 40 dollars. The three were arrested in the Flats about 10 a.m. Sunday after a report by Johnnie Stocks of 421 S Hancock that the money was taken during a hotel tryst. No charges had been filed at noon today.
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G. K. Kelly
Johnnie Stocks
S. Hancock
62 More Casualties Identified in Korean War
Washington brief: Defense Department lists 62 additional Korean War casualties List No 58. Among them eight are dead 52 wounded and two injured in battlezone accidents, with the figures reflecting ongoing tolls of the conflict.
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Washington
Defense Department
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Diane
Gazette
Johnnie Wise
Snowhite Bakery
ELL
Ampuriers
FOX Music CO
North Lee
Dial
Model Shop Appliance CO
West 4Th
Kimball Pianos “Keyboard of
Wurlitzer Organs
King of Electronics
Armstrong Music CO
E. 8Th
Clifford E. McGuire
Optometrists
North Grant
J. R. Jeter
S. Allen
Kentucky
T. P.’s Weekly
A.S.E. Ackermann
North
Texas Electric Service Company
Pioneer
MES
Acemasters
Pacemaster
New Mexico
New Pacemaster Times
Austin
Amarillo
Lubbock
Fiomeezh Air Lines
Baylor Watches
Vine Avenue Baptist Church
505
Vine Avenue
D. C. Hamilton
Arthur DeLoach
L. E. Johnson
B. F. Pate
Sam Dawson
New York
Wirskey
Schenley Dist., Inc
N.Y.C
Haney Walsh
Chicago
Dearborn
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