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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
2
Mrs. Esther Lloyd and her daughter Judith thirteen were named as non paralytic polio patients by the city health department. Four deaths and seventy eight polio cases have appeared in the metropolitan area this year versus one hundred five cases and two deaths the previous year.
In Detroit four traffic policemen rushed to calm a stampede at the larwest Theater where Sadie the mare, brought to publicize a film, spooked by a slick floor and excited youngsters. Policing action prevented injuries as mare and crowd settled.
California judge says working mothers, not just necessity, push families toward luxury pursuits. He notes American home life shifts as mothers enter the workforce to fund cars, bigger houses, and extras, risking children losing kinship and guidance.
Aron Kriss 60 an oil and gas businessman died yesterday following a heart attack in Wichita Falls. Funeral arrangements are pending with family noting he built a local energy and business network.
The United States and Mexico continue curtailing Rio Grande pumping to conserve water in Falcon Reservoir. Mexican irrigation from Piedras Negras to upper Falcon is banned at night, and US city releases remain cut off. Reservoir storage 216000 acre feet. level about 242.15 feet. US may shut down when level nears 240 feet.
Walter Rivers hired a crane to remove a large diseased magnolia outside his Jacksonville home. The multiton tree toppled and crushed the roof when the crane slipped during the removal work.
The Atomic Energy Commission reports Los Alamos Lab found a neutrino, a second particle after the antiproton, seen as a key to the force that binds atomic nuclei. Dr. Willard Libby says the finding validates nuclear theory and aids basic knowledge for atomic energy, with no immediate practical use. The team led by Frederick Reines and Clyde Cowan Jr. is credited.
A massive road-building program looms in Colorado, with around 125 million dollars expected to be spent over the next three years. The plan eclipses prior state projects in scale and impact, signaling major infrastructure investment for Denver and surrounding areas.
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