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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
1
The feature presents responses from multiple readers and names across communities, listing individuals with diverse views on Father’s Day privileges and related social expectations. The piece blends captions and reader quotes, reflecting a dated mid century tone with scattered names and local references.
In NAHA near Naha Airport a Nike type missile ignited premature ly during readiness drills. One soldier died and five were injured as the rocket traveled several hundred yards before breaking up in an open field. No explosion occurred. General Booth ordered an officers board to probe the incident while fatalities and injuries remained under next of kin notification.
A dance is planned at the Odessa Youth Center Friday with the Classics rock and roll group. Gene Babb, the center director, says members admit free with a membership card while guests pay 50 cents. The event runs from a stated time until 12:30 p.m.
Louis Mireles, 22, Andrews man, pleaded guilty to drunken driving and attempted assault after a traffic incident at East 17th and East County. Detectives reported a knife threat and a fleeing assailant as a housewife alerted officers following a collision.
Four persons were injured in separate incidents Wednesday and treated at Medical Center Hospital. Arnold D. Rynders, 62, of 1207 Bonham, remained hospitalized with a broken right leg and dislocated ankle after a pipe fell on him while unloading. Roy J. Wallace, 54, of 700 North Jackson, was released after stitches for a leg wound from a power saw incident at home. Debra Kay Douglas, 14-month, daughter of Mrs. KetIy Douglas, 713 North Meadow, and Clovis Preston, 24, of 10 Courts, 1302 East Second, were also treated and released. Douglas reportedly drank bleach, Preston suffered a hot tar burn on his right arm during a construction job.
Wetleeng burglars broke into the Park Drug at 922 West County Road and stole several hundred dollars in liquor and inventory. Detectives initially thought the intruders fled empty handed but whisky and vodka were later found inside. The entry involved ripping off boards from a rear window and removing the glass pane to gain access.
Theron Ray Green, a post polio child of T G Green Madera, will stay flat for three weeks at Medical Center Hospital after a fall at home left his right leg broken and left leg brace ridden. His mother noted daily physical therapy and brace use for two years with improving condition.
Detectives investigated six thefts ranging from a chrome manifold to a baseball glove. Gaylord Price reported a $45 chrome manifold stolen from a park red car at his home. Danny Wagnon said a baseball glove with his name printed inside was taken from Field Gwin Park. Kenneth Little reported five pairs of slacks stolen from his laundromat at 244 Egera.
An Odessa youth, reported by authorities in Tulsa, was fined after a disputed low bid case tied to a construction project near the Clinton-Sherman area. The incident involved multiple cited individuals, including William Barrick and Joe Warton, with arrests recorded in connection to alleged indecent exposure. The investigation names several addresses in Oklahoma and Texas as part of the surrounding lèse-majesté bid dispute.
Beatrice Riddick Gentry 38 and her husband Theodore Gentry 38 were involved in a boiling salt water attack. Riddick confessed to pouring boiling salty water on her husband while he slept after years of arguing and faces a separate charge tied to a forgery case. Schriver pleaded guilty to theft. his parole for a forgery conviction was revoked. Judge McCollum ordered Schriver to serve a three year term concurrently with his parole.
Survivors of some 1957 Mainsine Audrey victims sue the U S government for negligence in warning Cameron Louisiana residents of the Gulf Coast storm. About 60 persons fled in the June 2 1957 cyclone, with survivors alleging the Weather Bureau failed to issue timely alerts.
William G. Stuber, 95, former third president of Eastman Kodak Co, died Wednesday in Rochester. Rev William E. Doughty, national counsellor of the Near East Foundation, died Thursday in Roslyn Heights, New York.
Frank Young reports that a girls twenty inch bicycle was stolen on West Third. Authorities seek details from potential witnesses about the burglary and the bicycle’s description.
The 70th District Court advised the district attorney's office that three indictments returned by an Ector County grand jury have been dismissed at the request of the complaining witness. Named defendants include Donald L. Cook and John Dewitt Woodall for forged instruments and Bobby Ray Shook for theft.
Clinton William Wyatt, 61, was treated and released after a slow-moving auto backing on Tom Green struck him in the 300 block. No damage reported. Police said McKinley Hudson, 36, backed his auto south on Tom Green, injuring Wyatt as he walked along the street.
Delegates to the Shrimp Association of the Americas discussed a plan to protect shrimp by restricting fishing in breeding areas. In Mexico City AP reports details on a proposed regional effort involving multiple countries and agencies. Curtis Yarbrough, 30, faced charges in a separate case of theft and arson, with a 1950 model car damaged by fire.
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