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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
6
London reports Britain opened its first guided missile range in the Hebrides west of Scotland with a successful launch of a U S Army Corporal missile amid official statements.
Washington AP says Republican leadership discounted Lyndon B. Johnson's offer to cooperate with President Eisenhower on legislation. Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen doubts Eisenhower will accept Johnson's definition of good legislation and says Johnson's spending cuts may not win approval. Johnson aims to push veto-proof bills despite liberal Democrats urging strong development measures that could be vetoed.
A Texas woman from Paris, 605 25th St, writes of losing 45 pounds using Barcentrate, claiming no hunger pains or energy loss. She endorses asking local druggists for the product and notes a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
At Eglin Air Force Base Florida the tug Cadet ran aground in Choc taw tchee Bay and was struck by two fuel barges. Seaman Michael Horn of Port Arthur Texas sustained back injuries and was taken to Fort Walton Beach hospital for observation. Engineer Theodore Sullivan escaped with scratches. Tug Captain Joseph Meaux said the vessel, owned by Sabine Transportation Co., would return to Port Arthur under its own power.
In San Antonio the fatal shooting of 65 year old Leandro Faustino at the Alamo Broom factory was blamed on an “eternal triangle.” A 47 year old woman, Josepine Aguirra, was wounded in the thigh by a stray bullet. A man with a 30.06 rifle accused Faustino of being too friendly with his wife, then fired twice. Faustino died from a severed artery. The gunman fled and was not quickly caught.
Dr. Horace W. Babcock uses the 200 inch Hale telescope at Palomar Mountain to peer back in time and study the universe’s origin, age, and expansion. Researchers Bowen and Babcock aim to quantify cosmic distances, matter content, and how the cosmos evolved from its young state to today.
Weslaco AP report says Hidalgo County agent James Deer urged farmers to include DDT in insecticide sprays to combat bollworms as harvest nears. He notes bollworms are major pests in cotton and mentions scattered red spiders cabbage loopers and leafworms on crops.
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