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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1961

Page

4

Eisenhower attacks Kennedy spending and centralization

Former President Dwight D Eisenhower on a televised program criticized Kennedy administration spending and centralization of federal power. He urged Republicans to oppose expansive appropriations and large humanitarian programs, insisting the GOP defend its 1960 platform. Other guests Nixon Rockefeller and Goldwater questioned Kennedy foreign policy and vowed to press for a stronger stance against Communism.

New York Dwight D Eisenhower Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Barry Goldwater R.ariz Nelson A. Rocke Feller Kennedy Liberty William E. Miller Miller GOP House of Representatives Nixon Rockefeller Goldwater

Congress Asked To Abolish Armed Services Academies

Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover urged Congress to abolish the service academies if drastic improvements are not made. Speaking in secret testimony to the House Appropriations Committee last May, he criticized all academies but focused on Annapolis and its products, also sarcastically questioning West Point cadet studies.

Washington Hyman G. Rickover Congress Rickover Annapolis House Appropriations Committee

Foster Parents Comment on Modern Naval Academy Training

Kenmore New York AP report notes Foster Parents Rickover criticizes midshipmen at the Naval Academy as a regimented group trained for a Navy that no longer exists. He cites officers who are unaware of today’s realities and the gap between training and needs, while referencing 625 surviving children in a related context.

Rickover Tthe Naval Academy Kenmore N. Y Delmar W. Adams Navy

Traveler's Diary Has A Message

The Coast Guard ordered Betty Kozak and Mari anne Aherne off the river after their plastic raft trip toward New Orleans proved unsafe. They rebounded with a rubber raft, loaded supplies, sunk, rode a towboat to Chester, then sailed again until a storm and mosquitoes forced landfall near a riverbank crew's pickup and a farmhouse stop before Cape Girardeau.

Betty Kozak Downers Grove Ill Marianne Aherne Falloping Sweden Mark Mark Twain Chester Miss Kozak Cape Girardeau

Jaycees Break Down Atlanta Racial Bar

The 41st annual National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in downtown Atlanta marked a racial barrier breach as Pennsylvanian Jaycees president William Johnson and other Negro delegates stayed in previously all white hotels. Johnson, listed under an assumed name at the Dinkler Plaza Hotel, joined about 3,000 attendees with expectations of 10,000 as the event opens. The Jaycees drawn crowds congest downtown streets for committee meetings, the opening merchandise mart, and a Texas-size barbecue by the Odgena Tennessee Jaycees over a massive pit.

Atlanta UPI National Junior Chamber of Commerce The Jaycees William John Son Pennsylvania Jaycees Johnson Stroudsburg Dinkler Plaza Merchandise Mart Odegsa, Terx

Funeral Rites Pend In Alpine

Funeral services are pending at Livingston Funeral Home in Alpine for Evelyn Cox 55 who died at 3 p m Sunday in Brewster County Memorial Hospital of injuries from an automobile accident south of Marfa Saturday afternoon. Her husband Charles Cox in fair condition at Alpine Hospital with scalp lacerations and possible back injuries. The couple were returning from Presidio when the crash occurred on U S Highway 67.

Alpine Livingston Funeral Home Evelyn Cox Brewster County Memorial Hospital Marfa U. S. Highway 67

Bomber Crash Kills 3 Men in Lincoln Nebraska

A B47 Stratojet bomber on a local training flight exploded Sunday night near Lincoln, killing three crewmen and injuring a fourth not seriously. The dead are Capt. Albert Marinich of Uniontown Pennsylvania, Capt. Allan H. Matson of Portland Oregon, and Capt. Russell Holst of Red Wing Minnesota. Surviving is Lt. Thomas T Wesner.

Lincoln Neb Papper Albert Marinich Ludwick Marinich Uniontown Allan H. Matson Harold J. Matson Portland Ore Russell Holst Margaret Holst Red Wing Minn Thomas T Wesner

Pioneer Dies Rites Tuesday In Grandfalls

Mrs. J. R. Bell 72 a pioneer West Texan died Saturday night while visiting Lovington New Mexico on her 52nd wedding anniversary Barnes Funeral Home Monahans will conduct services at 2 30 p m Tuesday in First Baptist Church Grandfalls burial Odessa Cemetery Survivors include husband four sons Gene Bell Mickey Bell Donald Bell and Bob Bell one daughter Mrs B J Middlebrook 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren

Grandfalls Barnes Funeral Home Monahans First Baptist Church of J. R. Bell Pioneer West Texan Lovington N. M Odessa Cemetery Gene Bell Redbud Mickey Bell Monticello Dr Odessa Donald Bell Bob Bell Artesia B. J. Middlebrook Crane

Funeral Set in Big Lake

Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the First Methodist Church for Mrs Mattie Harbert 92 of Los Angeles Calif a former Big Lake resident Burial will be in Big Lake Cemetery under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home She died June 15 in a Los Angeles hospital Survivors include two daughters Mrs Ada Sweatt of Big Lake and Mrs Inez Rancourt of Los Angeles and one son O M Harbert of Los Angeles

Big Lake First Methodist Mattie Harbert Los Angeles Calif Robert Massie Harbert Crane Ada Sweatt Inez Rancourt O. M. Harbert

Funeral set for Oscar Warren in Kermit

Funeral services will be held at 3 p m Tuesday in Eastside Church of Christ for Oscar Warren 75 a Winkler County constable who died Sunday after a three week illness Burial will follow in Kermit Cemetery under Hixson Funeral Home direction Warren served as constable in Kermit eight years He is survived by son Paul of Kermit daughter Lena Blankenship brother Arthur Warren Dublin sister Verda Taylor Houston three grandchildren and two great grandchildren

Kermit Eastside Church of Christ Oscar Warren Winkler County Warren Kermit Cemetery Hixson Funeral Home Paul Lena Blankenship Arthur Warren Dublin Verda Taylor Houston

Amarillo Men Hurt In Mishap Near Taos New Mexico

Two Amarillo Air Force Majors were hospitalized with injuries from a Sunday car overturning six miles north of Taos New Mexico. Miss Mary Dwyer of Albuquerque was killed. Passengers Robert Nix of 1907 Adobe Drive and Burton Lewis of 1633 Cisco Drive suffered fractured left ankles.

Taos Amarillo

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