Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Odessa American in Odessa, Texas

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1960

Page

2

U S Plans Spectacular Series of Rocket Tests

The United States plans a dramatic sequence of rocket tests in the Pacific to prove the Zeus anti missile system can shoot down missiles. Tests to impact Nike Zeus large scale production, potentially costing up to 15 billion dollars for nationwide defense. Zeus missiles to be fired from Kwajalein against Atlas missiles from Vandenberg at 18000 mph.

Washington UPS United States Pacific U.S Free World Ment White House Kwajalein Island Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif

Fair Weather Tracks Texas Flood After Rain

The Associated Press reports a week of heavy showers across Texas causing widespread damage and deaths. In Victoria, Guadalupe River floodwaters six inches above flood stage shut a park road. Houston floodwaters receded with snakes likely loose. Civil defense warned of further flooding if the river nears thirty feet, while highways reopened and others remained closed in Port Lavaca area.

Texas Houston Victoria Guadalupe River Alton Oliver Civil Defense North Harris County Conrad Hinshaw

Cocktail Party Can Prove Real Fun For Wide-Eyed Teetotaler

New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE notes teetotalers can enjoy cocktail parties more than drinkers. He describes the revelers as chaotic performers, while sober attendees observe with ironic detachment and find moral superiority in abstinence.

Hal Boyle New York

GOREN'S BRIDGE CONTRA THREE NO TRUMP DEFENSE

A bridge hand drama unfolds as West leads diamonds and declarer misreads spades. Despite a heart finesse, West holds the key queen of hearts and king of spades, allowing East to rack up three more tricks and defeat the contract.

West Dummy East Declarer

Also Mentioned on This Page

Beauty By Jimmy Hatlo Aeson THE Associated Press Olympus Goren's Bridge West Pass Vsew Art Linkletter Dallas Dalphus Twx Dutt Stram
Search Courier

Search the Odessa American Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Odessa American?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication