Odessa Citizens Honored At 45th Chamber Banquet
Aubrey JX. Barlow named Outstanding Citizen of the Year at the Odessa chamber affair attended by more than 600. Neil Holst, a football line judge, urged 1972 goal planning, teamwork, and creative thinking for community progress as Jay Poynor takes the presidency. Also notes UT Permian Basin approval and French self service stores accounting for 35 percent of retail food sales.
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Susie Perkins
Avalanche
Journal
Odessa
Jay Posynor
Supreme Court
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Johnny Vacca
Holst
Chamber of Commerce
Barlow
Chamber
United Fund
Odessa Beautiful Association
Medical Center Hospital
Killion’s Band Praised In National Magazine Feature
The Raiderland band at Texas Tech receives high praise in Audience, a Boston published bi monthly magazine. Wells Teague, a Tech graduate, writes that Tech sits in a fertile band region and Dean Killion earns major credit for the halftime show’s success. The feature is part of a series on lesser known regional aspects of American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Wells Teague
Dean Killion
Tech
Hill Publishing Company
Boston
Alan Arkin
Saul Bass
Saul Bellow
Robert Bolt
John Cassavetes
Robert Penn Warren
Vacant House Fire Suspected Arson Near Ave F
A small vacant house at 603 Ave F was gutted by fire about 9 p.m. Friday with officials suspecting arson. Two nearby houses have burned in recent days as police investigate. Earlier, firefighters put out a blaze at T G Wolfe residence 4901 17th St with damage estimated from 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Ave. F
T. G. Wolfe
17Th St
Car Bus Crash Sends Three To Hospital
A city bus and a car collided at Broadway and Avenue T at about 8 15 am Friday sending three people to Methodist Hospital for treatment and injuring six others who remained in fair condition Friday night The car occupants were Johnny Odom 22 Paula 22 and their 10 month old Melissa Authorities named the bus driver Jack Thomas Jr of Slaton The bus westbound on Broadway turned left onto Avenue T when the crash occurred No citations were issued Three others were hurt in two separate three car rear end crashes in the Hub City Friday afternoon Richard Eugene McMillan 17
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Broadway
Avenue T
Methodist Hospital
Johnny Odom
7Th St
Paula
Melissa
Jack Thomas Jr
Slaton
Thomas
Avenue
Odem
Richard Eugene McMillan
38Th St
19Th Street
Thomas J. Payeneny 2
Wolfforth
Linda Stanton Nelson
Carroll Frank Townsend
Fordham St
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Townsend
Tommy Lee Townsend
iTony Salas
1St St
Rome Police Recover 25 Stolen Paintings
Rome police recovered 25 paintings stolen last summer after plainclothes detectives arranged a rendezvous with a man selling them at bargain prices. The operation followed weeks of investigation and targeted artworks including works by Maurice Trillo.
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Rome
UPI
Mauricetrillo
Negro applicant blocked from Elks lodge here
Middleboro Mass UPI reports a Black man named Ezell was denied membership in the whites only Elks lodge. Ezell, a Boy Scout troop scoutmaster and sponsor described as a volunteer, said his application was rejected Thursday night for not meeting lodge requirements and he plans to pursue all internal avenues before any legal action.
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Middleboro
Mass
UPI
The
Elks
Middlebury Lodge
William Evell
Ezell
the Elks
Odessa Rites Set For Mrs Mabry
Graveside services for 88 year old Mrs Lulu Mabry are scheduled for 2 p m today at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev Gary Keating of Pacific Road Christian Church officiating Burial is by Paul A Rix Funeral Home She died Thursday morning in Graves Nursing home She was a native of Illinois Survivors include two daughters Mrs Paul Kaiser Odessa and Mrs Zora Joy Gifford of Lubbock three brothers Parks Mills Ralph Mills and Glenn Mills three sisters Zellah Lewis Alda Poaye and Lilla Thanes a grandson and four great grandchildren
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Parks Mills
Ralph Mills
Glenn Mills
Zellah Lewis
Alda Poaye
Lilla Thanes
Armed Bandit Robs Grocery in Odessa
An armed bandit robbed attendant Gilbert Goldman Jr. at the 1 Z Stop Grocery on West 10th Street and Loop 338 of 141 dollars around 8 10 p m Friday. The suspect, about 25 to 30, 6 foot 2, 160 pounds, wore jeans and a striped longsleeve shirt and fled on foot possibly toward a green auto with another man driving north on Loop 338. Goldman was unharmed.
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Odessa
W. 10Th Street
Loop 338
Gilbert Goldman Jr
A. A. Bruckner Rites Pending
A. A. Bruckner, 65, of Tow died about 7 am Friday in Methodist Hospital. Services are pending with Rix Funeral Directors. He moved to Lubbock County in 1916 from Austin and was a Lubbock High School graduate. He lived in Tow since 1969 and was a member of the local bricklayers union. Survivors include his wife Ina, a son Pierce, two daughters, two brothers, three sisters, and eight grandchildren.
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A. A. Bruckner
Tow
Methodist Hospital
Rix
Lubbock County
Austin
Lubbock High School
Llano County
Bricklayers
Lubbock
Ina
Pierce
Decatur
Tll
Joe Ann Oliver
Japan
Mary Hendricks
San Antonio
Herman
20Th St
Benny
Amarillo
Bertha Adair
18Th St
Annie Norcross
40Th St
Margaret
Charleston
S. C
Rites set today for Lorenzo man Jessie Fernandez
Services for 64 year old Jessie Fernandez, longtime Lorenzo grocery owner, will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Lorenzo Catholic Church. Burial follows at Lorenzo Cemetery with Carter Funeral Home directing. He died Thursday in Methodist Hospital, Lubbock, after residing in Lorenzo since 1956 and born in Monterey, Mexico. He leaves a large family including wife Tomasa, eight sons, four daughters, a step-family, two step-daughters, two brothers and 25 grandchildren.
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Lorenzo
Jessie Fernandez
St. Lorenzo Catholic Church
Lorenzo Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home of
Ralls
Fernandez
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
San Antonio
Monterey
Mexico
Masonic Lodge
Tomasa
Alfred
Joe
Richards
Jessie Jr
Raul
Paul
George
Benito
Pontiac
Mich
Amalia Guererro
Celia Fernandez
Maria Hernandez
Dalia
Joe Martinez
Oralia Soto
Memphis
Ark
Mary Lou Gujar
Mrs. Jennie Edes Dies at 85 Services Set Today
Mrs Jennie Edes 85 died about 730 am Friday in a Levelland nursing home. Services at 3 pm today at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Filed Blake officiating. Burial in City of Levelland Smith Funeral Home. Native of Wortham she lived 43 years in Hockley County. Survived by daughter Mrs Robert Odell Levelland three sons Ivie Johnson Levelland Leon Johnson Odessa and Clifton Johnson Lubbock two sisters Mrs Carrie Wasson and Mrs Ben Wasson Wortham 11 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Levelland
Jennie Edes
Trinity Baptist Church
Filed Blake
City of Levelland Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Edes
Wortham
Hockley County
Robert Odell
Ivie Johnson
Leon Johnson
Odessa
Clifton Johnson
Lubbock
Carrie Wasson
Ben Wasson
Bombings Stepped Up In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland saw intensified attacks with a bomb at a British army camp near Belfast and a hotel blast in County Fermanagh. Security sources suspect local girls invited to a dance may have aided smuggling explosives. No casualties reported. Gunmen also raided a border village post office after detonations.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Palace Barracks
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Holywood
Melvin
Garrison
County
Fermanagh
Atom Definition in Early Science Text
An early scientific note explains that the atom is the smallest unit of matter making up an element. It states the term derives from Greek, meaning indivisible, and highlights the concept of indivisibility in matter.
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Reagan High School
Reagan
John McKenzie
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Killion
John Askins
Coleman Hall
Texas Tech University
Maytag
Fet
Mrs
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Lorenzo Man
Coor
Shallowater Ager
Banlon
AL Manny
Laneoridy
Texas Avenue
Sjbuwisib
Devco, Inc
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M. E. Carlton
50Th St
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Avenue X
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34Th St
Dupont
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