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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1954
Page
1
A garbled report shows Yarborough linking his campaign to insurance policy issues. It mentions Governor Avan Showers and county charges, with unclear details about a televised advance and promises tied to leadership and public plans.
Puerto Rican Nationalist group members Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero Irving Flores Rodriguez and Edna Lebron faced long potential terms after convictions on assault with a dangerous weapon for shootings in the House. Lebron, acquitted on five charges, vowed to continue the struggle for independence and stated she fired into the ceiling not to kill.
Washington notes that Roy M. Cohn faced possible dismissal as chief counsel and Arms counselor John G. Adams could be removed as part of Senate Investigating subcommittee moves after contentious Arne McCarthy hearings. Senator Potter signaled removal of key \"employes\" on both sides, affecting Adams and Cohn.
Reported sighting links two suspects Harry Bdaare and Tenric Disuser to a 1949 grey Studebaker with Indiana plates. They allegedly overpowered Patrolman Walker and Deputy Sheriff Glen South during a roadside incident north of Indianapolis and escaped in a car abandoned east of the city.
The Weather Bureau projects a five day outlook for June 18 to 22 across East and Central Texas with temperatures about 35 degrees above normal. Normal minima 68 to 77 and maxima 87 to 97 degrees. No significant changes and little rain expected. West Texas near normal in Panhandle and El Paso with 3 to 5 degrees above normal elsewhere and similar precipitation outlook. Local thunderstorms expected in Panhandle and South Plains after the weekend.
Partly cloudy tonight with a slight temperature change. High today around 1060, low tonight near 72. Lows tomorrow forecast around 71 with a high near 98 yesterday. Overnight trends show 71.
Cuero files suit against Earl S Tupper of Massachusetts over the old Cuero airport land bought for 10000 in 1951. The city says no plastic factory was built, leaving the land idle while a 500 job plant was promised. Trial began with Tupper testifying briefly and awaiting continuation.
Houston voters will decide on two bond measures in July. One measure asks for 33 million dollars to fund citywide improvements and the other seeks 15 million dollars for school projects. The elections occur as officials outline project scope and deadlines.
Houston witnesses testify that William H. Scott frequented the Ayres hotel connected to a brothel case. State witnesses allege Scott and Lorraine Ayres used a playroom and rooms 11 and 12, as prosecutors press for conviction on operating a bawdy house charge. District Judge Langston King recessed until 2 p.m. for further arguments.
Exiled Guatemalan resistance forces mass near the Honduran border amid signals of a possible rebellion against President Jacobo Arbenz. Reports claim 5,000 troops poised near the border and 300 men spotted by ambassador Chinchilla. U.S. warns against arming Guatemala as Castillo Armas coordinates from Tegucigalpa.
A Wichita Falls airman, 22 year old C. J. Nichols of Sheppard Air Force Base, was found wounded and delirious on a country road east of Fort Worth by Arlington youths. He was taken to Carswell Air Force Base Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left leg and said two men in a car with an out of state tag had picked him up after he was hitchhiking in Westmoreland. Arlington police and county officers searched for the two suspects and whether a robbery occurred.
Jerry B. Ahern a 34 year old insurance agency head and boxing referee was found guilty of contempt of court after admitting misconduct as a juror. He was fined 106 dollars and jailed 72 hours for talking to a fellow juror during a recess in a city condemnation case. The attorney denied testimony he called William Blessing during trial to recruit him in an alleged payoff scheme.
Guatemala accuses foreign provocateurs of dropping munitions marked with hammer and sickle in the south. Interior ministry says three aircraft conducted airdrops of rifles and ammo, later recovered by soldiers and farmers. Evidence shows hammer and sickle marks, but officials cannot confirm Soviet manufacture.
Gene Littler, 23, Palm Springs, shot 69 to reach 139 for 36 holes and take the early lead in the U S Open at Baltusrol. Ben Hogan, seeking a fifth title, posted 70 for 141 to hold second with Ef Furggol, Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum tied at 143. Sam Snead and Billy Joe Patton remained on course as others faltered in a crowded leaderboard.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche will address the 45th annual NAACP opening in Dallas on June 2.
The anti British People's United Party assumed office as the majority in the Belize British Honduras assembly. Officials urged cooperation with London while warning against disasters like in British Guiana. The PUP seeks independence and aims to build US economic aid to counter communism.
George B. Parr a South Texas political figure faced a court date on an assault to murder charge after allegedly striking Cristobal Ybanez with a rifle barrel in a San Diego street last August Att Gen John Ben Shepperd and Gov Allan Shivers planned to attend the hearing which was delayed briefly for defense and family reasons.
Mexico City reports seven large factories to begin operations within the next year costing nearly 80 million dollars. A spokesman for the government financing agency says the plants will enable processing of raw materials, production of machinery, and greater independence from foreign markets, creating jobs and reducing foreign currency outlays.
The United States announced five American airmen were seized by Communist Indo-Chinese rebels. Major General John W. O Daniels flew to investigate the kidnapping scene near Tourane air base as Saigon authorities reported the men were marched south in a column of prisoners. French forces evacuated Moullapamok on the Mekong as loyalist farmers reported the capture and concerns rose over propaganda use by the Reds. The embassy withheld names and addresses pending relatives on the front.
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