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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1954
Page
4
Enrollment for the second session of indoor pool swimming at Odessa High School changes to July 6 from July 5. Registration starts at 9 a.m. on a first come first served basis. Six classes for girls and six for boys will run, with the Fieldhouse located south of the main building.
The Panther Creek Valley in eastern Pennsylvania faces economic collapse after Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. suspends its anthracite operations. About 40,000 residents depend on the mines, with 5,000 workers beginning a 10 day vacation before layoffs.
Ladder truck No. 1 raced to a sprinkler alarm while the accompanying trailer rolled across the street causing a chain of car crashes. The trailer driver had not ridden along and slept through the event. No injuries or fire damage occurred.
Four million workers would gain unemployment compensation under a measure approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. The plan extends coverage to firms with four or more workers for at least 20 weeks a year, shortening the current fourfold requirement. The committee expects final action late today.
Police in Portland Maine report thirteen enraged high school girls restrained an alleged assailant, John T Doughty Jr, until deputies arrived. Doughty pleaded innocent to the charge and is held at five thousand dollars bond for the grand jury. Deputy Gerald Gould said the group faced the suspect with sticks and stones.
Senator Knowland predicts a Far Eastern Munich if Mendes-France and Chou En-lai negotiate. He argues China will demand the Tonkin Delta and that a settlement would tilt Southeast Asia toward communism, disarming Laos and Cambodia, with only lip service to independence. He spoke at the Machinery Allied Products Institute.
Pecos prepares for the 25th Pecos Rodeo opening July 1 to 4 with Lt Governor Ben Ramsey, Comptroller Bob Calvert, U S Rep Ken Regan, state and local officials, and possibly Lyndon Johnson among the parade notables. Eight visiting sheriffs and the Reeves County Posse will join the parade, while Flying Valkyries Roman riding act practices. The town also showcases the new State Theater, a Beta Sigma Phi street dance, and other rodeo week events.
Cincinnati patrolman Herschel Hall testified he stopped John Burrell 28 for driving too carefully at 35 mph. Burrell had no Ohio license, only a Kentucky one. Judge Gusweiler dismissed the no driving permit charge, joking Burrell was stopped for doing nothing.
Police said 12 year old Jerry Hartman of Mishawaka Ind has stolen more than a dozen cars for joy rides. He allegedly sat on a suitcase to peer over the wheel and the case was described as chronic by authorities in South Bend Indiana.
The House Interior committee approved a bill to promote uranium prospecting and mining on western public lands. The measure passed by voice vote after debate over impact on mining claims for other minerals.
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