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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
2
The Supreme Court reappointed George Templin of Austin to serve as chief clerk for a four year term.
Irvin Kra cofounder of a Dallas jewelry firm died Tuesday night from a heart attack at age 78. He helped establish the business and was a longtime local businessman.
U S evangelist Billy Graham lands in Helsinki as a Helsinki Brass Band leads a crowd of about 3 000 Finns in greeting him with music and singing on arrival.
Forecasts cover East Texas South Central Texas North Central Texas West Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma. Expect partly cloudy warm days with widely scattered thundershowers Friday and Thursday night especially in northwest and eastern areas. Winds on the coast become southerly and moderate to locally fresh. temperatures reach 80s to 90s. Low temps range from 50s Panhandle to 70s in the extreme southeast.
Washington sources say one motive for the security review of J Robert Oppenheimer was to head off a possible congressional probe. The AEC panel found him loyal though not cleared for secret material. The transcript release followed Zuckert missing a 100 page summary and a vote to publish.
A new cool front moved south from the Panhandle bringing mild temperatures and potential thunder showers across the Panhandle South Plains and northwest East Texas. Dawn readings ranged from 64 degrees at Dalhart to 88 at Galveston as the Rio Grande Valley received a sizable flood toward Falcon Dam, easing a two month water shortage.
In Tulsa a man entered Peoples State Bank and handed a note claiming Mrs. Raiford’s husband a detective and her son were outside with a request for a sack of bills. The teller resisted and chased the robber, who fled. police found him in a garage within minutes. Later federal bank robbery charges were filed against Ralph J. Addington, age 35.
Senate leader William F. Knowland said the House reciprocal trade extension will be taken up Monday after a quick Finance Committee review. He expected approval after a short debate, following Tuesday committee action.
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