This Week in Odessa History

This is Newspaper Week. For several years it has been the custom to write feature stories on newspaper work, the freedom of the press.

But this year The Odessa Record is entering its 60th year, and it is important to know that at least one of its original subscribers is still among the readers.

Last week 1220 papers were printed, and all were sold except the file copies. How many readers the Record has is something we wouldn’t even try to guess. Any subscriber can tell of the friends who read his paper, causing us to wonder if the Record isn’t about the most borrowed paper in the west. We know...