Basin Men In Service Highlight Training And Overseas Assignments
Army and Navy personnel from the Basin area are listed for recent training and overseas duties. Highlights include 2nd Lt. Anthony M. Williams completing airborne school at Fort Benning and serving as a jumpmaster trainee, Navy technicians like David N. Parker and James R. Smith advancing through schools and serving on the USS Bon Homme Richard, and Ensign William G. Reid commissioned in the Naval Reserve at Harvard. Others report recruit graduations, ship visits to Bombay and Singapore, and assignments at Fort MacArthur and Augsburg Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Permian Basin
Army
Anthony M. Williams
LeRoy Williams
Rosewood
Fort Benning
Williams
Odessa High
Virginia Military Institute
David N. Parker
Navy
S. H. Parker
North Butt
Fort Stockton
Aviation Electronics
Memphis
Tenn
James R. Smith
Navy Aviation Electrician
Charles G.smith
Tatum
N.M
Bon Homme Richard
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Pacific
Singapore
Bombay
William G. Reid
Albert Greene
North Jackson
Naval Reserve
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Armed Forces Reserve Officer Training Corps
Donald G. Blake
Howard G. Blake
East Main
Brownfield
Naval Training Center
San Diego
India
Tex A. Wilson
Robert T. Wilson
Diane
Claude A. Johnson
Ralph E. Johnson
West May
Jack N. Osborn
Junge 24
Navy Training Center
F. G. Beverlin
Andrews
Willis D. Severe
Willis T. Severe
East 35Th
Johnny C. Watkins
Mac C. Watkins
North Jefferson
Hobbs
Summer Storms Roll Over U. S
Summer storms swept the central United States with destructive winds hail and heavy rain. An Illinois tornado demolished a farm house near Springfield injuring two. The storm area stretched from the Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley and the southern Appalachians with heavy rainfall reported in Louisville Indianapolis and Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated - Press
Ilinois
Springfield
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Louisi Ville
Indianapolis
Ind
Crane Beauty Event Slated for Friday Evening
Crane officials announce the Summer Recreation Program Beauty Revue contestants in senior junior and intermediate divisions. Senior finalists include Nan Crittenden Beverly Short Louise Coon Mary Thomas Nancy Webb Barbara Tennison Marsha Plummer Kay Stokes Linda Moore Carlton Earp. Junior contestants are Debbie Mathis Sue Evans Janis Palmer Cindy Edmiston Brendan Hunter Denice Sales Sherry Wiseman. Intermediate finalists include Cindy Van Zandt Patsy Cowden Catherine Cook Kay Heiser Janis Hoestenbach Betty Bodiford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janis’ Palmer
Cindy Edmiston
Brendan Hunter
Denice Sales
Sherry Wiseman
Cindy van Zandt
Patsy Cowden
Catherine Cook
Kay Heiser
Janis Hoestenbach
Betty Bodiford
Paris Faces Plan to Clean Historic Monuments
Paris city leaders push a five year program to scrub and restore historic monuments and public buildings despite traditionalist protests that dirt is part of the city’s charm. The initiative aims to refresh the capital’s aging façades and landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Girl Carrier Judy Cast Top Cellist In Odessa
Judy Cast a 16 year old Odessa newspaper carrier is also a leading girl cellist. She recently featured as string soloist at the Border Music Festival in El Paso. Judy plays with the Odessa Symphony and the Odessa High Symphony, plans Odessa College journalism and Texas Western studies, and aims to be a soloist after college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Barnes
Judy Cast
Odessa
Odessa American
el Paso
The
Sum
Mer Orchestra
Judy
Odessa Symphony
Walter Mantani
Odessa High Symphony Orchestra
Midland Symphony
Odessa High
Jack
Stice
East 21St
Odessa College
Border
Texas Western
of Texas
Abraham Chaves Jr
A. H. Cast
West 57Th
Reds Concentrate Troops In India
NEW DELHI India AP reports indicate the Communist Chinese are massing heavy troop concentrations along India's border areas. The chief of staff said there is a likely risk of trouble on the disputed Tibet border as talks with China continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Tibet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ollie J. Osborn
Eighth
Avenue K
Eunice
Bill J. Ratliff
John H. Ratliff
East May
Boston
Macon
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Academy
Canada
Bermuda
Steve T. Beverlin
Jack E. Gibson
Leron E. Gibson
East 13Th
Air Force
Amarillo
Gibson
Permian High School
George C. Flowers
Vada
George H. Flowers
West 23Rd
Southeastern Signal Corps School
Fort Gordon
Odessa High School
B. F. Walker Inc
Jack C. Lucas
Ace Lucas
Kaufman, McLamey
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
McCamey Marine
Marine Recruit Depot
Paul C. Sublett
Paul Sublet
McCamey
Sublet
Marines
U. S
Lexington
Kyi
Crane
Carrier
Reds
Lester’s
Plotter
Johnny Haviland
Lester
Johann Haviland
China
WALCO
Wallace Silversmiths
North Grant
Wallace
Wes
Addres
N. Grant
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