Odessans Set for Europe Bike Tour This Summer
Four Odessa residents plan a two month cycling tour of Europe. The group includes Bill Holm and his wife, Dot Sloan, and Martha George, with two other Texans aboard. They depart New York June 6 and ride through Belgium, Holland, West Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Scotland, then Canada, totaling about 40 miles daily with time for sightseeing.
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Jem Scott
Crockett
George
Holm
Sin Crane
Teachers Association
Sloan
New York
England
Belgium
Holland
West Germany
France
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Riviera
Paris
Scotland
Montreal
Canada
Crane School System
Bill Holm
Europe
Shoopman
Boy Hero Saves Girl From Drowning In Houston
In Houston on May 24 a nine year old boy, Charles Kirkpatrick, rescued six year old Mary Gibson from Buffalo Bayou after she fell in. He and nearby friends aided in bringing her to shore, and she was revived by parents on the bank.
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Houston
Charles
Poodles) Kirkpatrick
Mary Gibson
Buffalo Bayou
Mary
Bobbie Ruth
Willie Joan Henry
Bayou
Willie Joan
Poodles
Douglas McAnally
Gaston Leureau
Gaston Leureau, 11, Rushed To the Bank. Pooches
Doug
Youngest KY Rep Proposes Voting Age Cut to 18
Frankfort Kentucky United Press report notes Rep. John A Sloan 24 introduced a bill to lower the legal voting age from 21 to 18 on his first day in the Kentucky House of Representatives. The measure aims to expand the franchise to younger citizens.
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Frankfort
Kentucky House of Representatives
John A. Sloan
Testimony links daughter to El Paso killing
Wealthy Tulsa widow Mrs. Barter Fleeger testified that her daughter Mary Jean Parsons phoned collect after fatally shooting her husband Lt. Richard Parsons in El Paso on February 16. The San Antonio trial heard the daughter told her mother she had killed him and discussed a frying pan before the line went quiet.
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EL Paso
Barter Fleeger
Tulsa
Mary Jean ‘Parsons
Richard O. ‘Parsons
Rar
Mr. Fleeger
Caterpillar Plague Dying Out In Minnesota Resorts
Brainerd Minnesota May 24 resort owners say the worst caterpillar invasion is waning after black and yellow tent caterpillars covered a two million acre area. They sprayed insecticides to shield the tourist season but millions of trees and shrubs were stripped of foliage by the migrating larvae.
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Brainerd
Minn
North Woods
Minnesota
They Like To Know Boston Psychologist Advises Adopted Kids
Boston University psychologist Dr. Lowell S. Trowbridge with two adopted children urges telling adopted youths the facts from the start. He says reveal they were chosen from several candidates and that many kids enjoy hearing the story repeatedly.
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Bostow
Boston University
Lowell S. Trowbridge
U. S. Shouldn't Let Reds Make Propaganda Hay
John Fisher argues against Soviet propaganda by exposing Red slavery and forced labor. He urges free international inspections, stress on POW camps, and widespread broadcasts of verified horrors from Poland Hungary and Russia to spur liberation and democratic independence.
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East Siberian Sea
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Kremlin
Washington
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Kola Peninsula
Finland
Gulf of the River Ob
Ural Mountains
Arctic
Pacific
Siberia
Vorkuta
Urals
Arctic Ocean
Mole
Iceciles
Archangel
Khaimer-In
Molotov
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
White Ruthenia
United Nations
Iron Curtain
America
Europe
Asia
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Soviet Republics
Odessa man Troy Alcorn to graduate at East Texas
Odessa resident Troy G. Alcorn is among 303 candidates for degrees at East Texas State Teachers College. Commencement is at 3 p.m. today in the college auditorium with guest speaker R. B. Anderson of Vernon. Alcorn majors in art and seeks a Bachelor of Science degree. his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Troy G. Alcorn of Odessa.
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Commerce
Odessa
Troy G. Alcorn
East Texas State Teachers College
R. B. Anderson
Vernon
Alcorn
N. Adams
No Audience Left in Toast as Fire Alarm Drums Out Guests
In Groton Connecticut UP reports guests at a Pioneer Hose Company function fled the room when an alarm sounded. The toastmaster had begun his opening remarks as the audience stood and exited.
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Groton, Conn
Pioneer Hose Company
196 Pass Food Handlers Exam
A total of 196 persons obtained certificates in sanitary food handling after completing the annual Foodhandler's school at Crockett Junior High School auditorium. The program was sponsored by the Ector County Health Unit with Tom Warren of Austin, State Health Department, as instructor. Twenty seven local establishments earned awards for 80 percent staff attendance.
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Crockett Junior High School
Ector County Health Unit
Tom Warren
Austin
Cemeat
Well Treated Man Breaks Ankle After Icy Slip
Clyde Odin, 31, broke his ankle when he slipped on an icy sidewalk in Minneapolis. A police squad car, a general hospital ambulance, and the fire department rescue squad responded to aid him. Odin said he was well taken care of.
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Minneapolis
Clyde Odin
Municipal “Works
General Hospital
Fire Department
Odin
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