Odessa Cadets Prepare for Amarillo Air Base Encampment
Dennis Drinkard Larry Gray and Greg Johnston of the Odessa Squadron board an Air Force C 119 Flying Boxcar for a Civil Air Patrol day at Amarillo Air Force Base. Commander Monroe Gray leads the group and the cadets will study military training Aerospace Education and general aviation. They depart Midland Saturday and return August 8 with Air Force transport from Kelly Air Force Base San Antonio.
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Dennis Drinkard
Larry Gray
Greg Johnston
Amarillo Air Force Base
Civil Air Patrol
Odessa
Monroe Gray
Larry
Civil Air Pa
Midland Air Terminal
Amarillo Base
The
Air Force
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Marfa Teens Take District Baseball Title
The Marfa entry won the Junior Teenage tournament by beating Rankin 8-3 in the championship. Monahans Cats finished runner-up after edging Rankin in the second game Tuesday night. Marfa advances to Brownwood for the state crown bid.
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MARFA
Monda Marfa
Rankin
Meneate Cats
Able Rivera
Jack Dyer
Smoke Dyer
Jesse Martinez
Glenn Jimenez
Robert Guevara
Albert Bustillos
Gaver Vosader
Jim Hartnett
David Martinez
Jim Espy, Jr
Robert Silva
Victor Vasquez
Maria
Cats
Monahans Cats
Brownwood
Terry Gray
Larry Lance
Jackie Dyer
Jessie Gomez
Russell Tate
Gomez
Monahans
Imperial Lions win district title in West Texas playoff push
The Imperial Lions, featuring Wickett players, defeated Odessa in a late night 8:30 playoff clash after clinching the Freshmen Teen-Age Baseball district tournament in Marfa last weekend. They previously beat Van Horn and the Monahans Cardinals en route to the district crown.
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Imperial Lions
Odessa
Imperial
Wickett
Marfa
van Horn
Monahans Cardinals
Separate Executions in Beirut Highlight Bureaucratic Rats
In Beirut a rat is dispatched by a municipal rat extinction squad after a written request. A mouse or cockroach requires the direct order of the health ministry’s director general, per regulations.
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Beirut
Ministry of Health
Red Velvet Day Golf tourney kicks off with Baker Wheeler duo
Donnie Baker and Charlotte Wiee eer won firt place in Scotch Foursome. Donnie Baker and Timmie Neace co chaired the WGA Red Velvet Day event that drew sixteen women who played the course backwards. Prizes were awarded for gross scores putts blinds and other events. Low gross went to Joelle Franklin and Martha Randolph led first and second. Fern Lewis had third.
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Donnie Baker
Chariotte Wiee Eer
WGA
Timmie Neace
Joelle Franklin
Martha Randolph
Fern Lewis
Kitty Peer
Helen White
Jenny Thrasher
Louise White
Jackie McGowen
Charlotte Wheeler
Ima Crook
Breckenridge
Joclle Franklin
Bobbie Patterson
Billie Paine
Marthia Randolph
Betty Johns
Kathy Smith
Residents Host Guests from Several Texas Towns
A local notice notes a household gathering with visitors including Kenneth Whittington Thelma Rhinehart Odessa Halley Brookshire Pecos Scottie Rhymes Kathy Shelia Kermit G T Walsworth and E E Wood Jonesboro. The text mentions mouse killing powder controls and a separate rat squad, with the city disclaiming responsibility for any accidental deaths.
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George Bentley
Kenneth Whittington
Thelma Rhinehart
Odessa
Halley Brookshire
Scottie
Pecos
Bill Rhymes
Kathy
Shelia
Kermit
G T. Walsworth
E. E. Wood
Jonesboro
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Dick Harrison
Lafayette Road
State Highway Department
Irol
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Charlie Smart
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Monahans News
Texas
Higher Education
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Jay
W. Sealy
Chening of
Biurserychool
Mrs
Claire Butler
Dwight
Horace
Monahans Country Club
Grady
Bob
Wichita Falls
Gidd Faircloth
West Texas
Sherrill
Holt Magee
Bob Merritt
Coy Coe
Floyd Coseland
Standard of Texas
Aolfina
Janet
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