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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
8
In Oklahoma City a police wagon incident left a man jailed while trying to free his brother. The family described the attempted rescue as a loyalty act that went awry, ending in detention.
One of two 15 year old delinquents who fled from a six man tumbling team in College Station is held in Cotulla and will be returned to Dallas Friday. The youths were residents of the City-County Industrial School in Hutchins and were taken to Texas A M by John Hanson, supervisor. One boy and two girls who accompanied them were picked up near Cotulla. the other youth hitchhiked back to Dallas and was returned by his father.
The United Steelworkers union with a strike authorization targets smaller steel firms to breach the industry's united front. Talks with 11 companies begin this afternoon after earlier negotiations with the big three stalled. If no deal by June 30 a nationwide steel strike could cost billions.
Tom and Lucy Clark of Richmond Virginia depart New York in a Renault to drive 5750 miles in under 120 hours. The trip aims to beat the 65 hour 14 minute New York Los Angeles record set last May by Clark who bets 50 cents against the plan. Clark, 32, estimates $450 personal cost if he wins the bet.
Sen Price Daniel campaigned across Texas promising a high plane political fight and clean government. He avoided gutter politics and urged local handling of segregation via separate but equal schools with no federal aid while continuing local Christian leadership. He spoke in Huntsville and planned stops in Conroe Madisonville Centerville Fairfield and Corsicana.
Vienna dispatch reports Rude Pravo states Czechoslovakia will abolish the death penalty and life imprisonment as part of legal reforms. The move signals major criminal justice changes in Prague.
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