Odessa Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Firefight
Sp 4 Noble D. Talley, son of Rex and D. Talley of 3707 Spruce, sustained an open head wound, loss of speech, and eye trauma in a firefight near Lai Khe, Vietnam. He remains in a military hospital in serious but not yet permanent condition with unclear speech prognosis. Talley has been with the First Infantry Division since March 11 and will be hospitalized for an undetermined period.
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Noble D. Talley
Rex
Talley
Spruce
Vietnam
Odessa
Lai Khe
Odessa American Masthead and delivery rates notice
The Moessa Odessa American lists publishing details and subscription rates. It states daily and Sunday publication by Odessa American, with address 222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas and post office registration. Rates are given for home delivery $2 per month, other zones 90 cents weekly, by mail $20 per year, and single copies 1.5 cents daily.
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Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Odessa
Texas
Ector County
Midland Crash Injures Three
A Tuesday one car crash near Interstate 20 in Midland left three injured. Dorothy Wiley 42 of Cantonment Florida in serious condition with head and neck injuries was airlifted to Odessa's Medical Center Hospital where her daughter Robero Andros 18 was listed in satisfactory condition with a broken collarbone and head injuries. Linda Veatch 23 received first aid at Midland Memorial and was released. The Riley-Wileys had been living in Glendale Arizona and moving to Florida. The car tied up traffic and was a total loss after overturning and landing on its wheels.
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Midland
Midland City
Odessa
Medical Center
Dorothy Wiley
Cantonment
Fla
Lindai Veatch
Midland Memorial Hospital
Wiley
Jin
Ward
Legal and medical notices from a cluttered 1950s page
The page records civil suits including sworn accounts and district court divisional actions among Bennett, Beane, Hagman, Logan, Cross, and others with insurers and contractors. It lists admissions and discharges at a Medical Center Hospital with names such as John Field Kathleen Ketton James Matheny and Dorothy Smith, plus births on Aug 6 and Aug 7. It notes Eisenhower's health attack and ongoing heart monitoring with doctors estimating days to assess damage and referencing prior events since 1955. It mentions traffic incidents and property damage on streets like East 3rd and Avenue Wilson, detailing cars involved and preliminary police findings.
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Martinoe Lense
Eugene Julsey
Claire Diane Coriano
Mate Bennett
David P. Cross
Mane Beane
Jerry L. Logan
Aaurle Bennett
Fitior L. Hagman
Sultan
Worle Bennett
David S. Harger
Morin Bennett
James Fagen
Korie Bennett
Dudley Servos
Marle Bennett
Nooks McMahon
Aeroland Casualty Co
Hamlin Arid
Sultan Can
Jimmie Joan Henry Black
Fred M. Fitzgerald
S. Commercial Standard Insurance Co
Industrial Accident Board
Cecil K. Derrick
Dole Robinson
Medical Center Hospital
John W. Field
Kathleen Ketton
James A. Matheny
Charles » Smith
Jim €. Penn
Rudolph Brewster
Robert Samuel Bunyan
Dorothy Wiley
Stephen Keith Amos
James L. Babcock
Linden Milburn
Carey W. Whelen
Ben Janson
Walter T. Henderson
Wile \. Porter
Robert OL 'Whit Toyrman
E. Cooper
Truman Walker
Roy P. Strange
Gary Terk
Justy Dean Morris
Oscar H. Peart
Joel Acuff
Toni Martin
Bradley Deakins
Terry B Hix
David L. Freamen
Claude R. Garner
Lee Chesterimmons
Edmond Lee Tillman
Carlos OQ
Ornelas
Gerarade
Uribe
Guillermo Rodriguez
Jose H. Gicida
Pablo Aliijarez
Mikel A Ava
Concencion A. Hindas
Robert 2. Newman
Jerry W. Bray Eines
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Andrews
Damane
Lee
Waller Reed War
Odessa
Terry Ane Brown
Damace
Andrews Hishyway
Melody Lane
Darmaog
Ray Aj
Man beaten at Briarwood Apartments released after treatment
A man identified as Derry Dickerson was treated at Medical Center Hospital Tuesday night for a scalp cut after a beating at Briarwood Apartments. Police were reportedly notified of the incident but no report was made.
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Derry Dickerson
Briarwood Apartments
Medical Center Hospital
Nixon leads in Texas caucus amid delegate splits and recalls
The Texas delegate caucus at the Republican National Convention opened with tension as Nixon, Reagan, and Rockefeller factions jockeyed for first-ballot strength. Nixon received backing from Alaska's Hickel and Iowa illusions faded. Michigan and Ohio leaned toward Nixon while key allies urged favoring candidates.
Black ex-convict held suspect in Alvarado kidnapping
In Cleburne Texas a Black ex convict, James Crawford Jr., 24, of Waxahachie is charged with kidnapping after holding a young white couple at gunpoint near Alvarado. He allegedly forced them to drive to a gas station and then to a roadside park where the husband was tied. The woman was returned home and the suspect captured before dawn. He is held without bond in Johnson County jail.
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Cleburne
Tex
Podice
Alvarado
Fort Worth
Ed Norris
I Cleburne Force
Phil Staley
James Crawford Jr
Waxahachie
Justice of the Peace All Bowers
Crawford
Johnson County
Reagan rejects vice presidency citing California governorship
In a telegram released after the convention, Ronald Reagan states he would not accept the vice presidency. He lists his reasons including staying governor of California to continue responsible government and to better serve the party as a campaigner. He also hints that a Nixon visit to Soviet Russia could undermine the sitting president's power.
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Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Hicke
California
Reagan
Hickel
Michigan
George Romney
White House
Emil Lockwood
Rockefeller
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
New York
Associated Press
New York City
John V. Lindsay
GOP
Peter O’donnell
Albert Fay
National Committee
Texas
Delegaton's
Warren Amster
Peace Machines Inc
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Amster
Paul Eggers
Eggers
John Tower
Georgia
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Tower
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Soviet Russia
U.S. envoy cites freed pilots and Hanoi stance
Harriman said additional releases would be welcomed, especially for injured and long-held captives. Fourteen North Vietnamese have been held since 1986 after attempting attacks on U.S. ships. five were released earlier from a total of nineteen. He spoke as the Republican National Convention unfolds in the United States.
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Sponse
North Vietnam
Harriman
U.S
Tiartiman
United States
Odessa Club and Civic Meeting Schedule Card
Tomorrow schedule lists 7 events across Odessa venues. Sunrise optionals at Sands Restaurant, noon meetings for Lions Inn of Golden West and Civitan, Toastmistress Jefferson Room, Sandhills American Business Club, and Evening Lions at Sands. School Board and Chamber of Commerce meetings follow at Ector venues.
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Downtown
Lions, Inn of Golden West
Odessa
Evening Lions
Sands
Ector Any School Board
North Ly
Death of Odessa Resident Napoleon Alfie Stepp at 77
Napoleon Alfie Stepp 77 of 601 West 34th Odessa died early today at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Friday at Paul A. Rix Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jack Hackworth. Graveside rites Friday afternoon in Robert Lee. Born October 10, 1890 in Texas, Stepp moved to Odessa from Arkansas in 1960s. Retired from the Seattle business. Survivors include his wife Annie Worsham Stepp, two daughters Mrs. K. C. Cardwell and Mrs. Randolph Beard, two sisters and two brothers, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Napoleon Alfie Stepp
West 34Th
Medical Center Hospital
Paul A. Rix
Jack Hackworth
Terrace Hills
Seattle
Annie
K. C. Cardwell
Randolph Beard
Cameron, Ariz
R. §. Anderson
Silver
Willie Burleson
Slaton
A. Stepp
el Paso
W. A. Stenp
Baton Rouge
Funeral Notices Reach Across Texas Communities
Funeral details for Mrs. Gertrude D. Carmichael 80 of Andrews and Mrs. Minnie Wilkerson 73 of San Angelo outline services in Walton Meredith Camp Grounds Menard and San Angelo while Ysidro Ybarra Sanchez 87 of Fort Stockton received a Fort Stockton mass. Survivors include children siblings and many relatives. Services are handled by Meredith Camp Grounds Cemetery Johnsons and Owen Funeral Homes with interment at respective cemeteries.
Gunman Robs Midland Drive-In Grocery Store
Midland detectives seek clues after a stocky man 35 to 40, about six feet tall, robbed a Midland 711 drive-in grocery on South Big Spring. The pistolman, wearing sunglasses and a plaid denim shirt, took about $50 from Jeanetta Blevins and ordered her to lie face down. The loot included two fives and about 38 ones. The suspect fled. police described the weapon as a .22 caliber revolver.
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Midland
Blevins
Appeal Filed Over Industrial Accident Board Award
Odessa resident Fred M. Fitzgerald seeks 14035 dollars in an appeal filed Wednesday in the 161st District Court. He claims his injury occurred April 29 while employed by Lone Star Constructors. Defendant is Commercial Standard Insurance Co.
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Odessa
Fred M. Fitzgerald
Industrial Accident Board
161St
Fitzgerald
Lone Star Constructors
Standard Insurance Ca
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Jack Cox
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Favorite Sons
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H & M Granite CO
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Acam
Paul Heifner
East 43Rd
National Junior Rodeo Association
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Oil Show Grounds
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Meredith Camp Grounds
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San Angelo
Mininie Wilkerson
Mission Funeral Home
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Hest
Johnson
Wilkerson
Clinic Hospital
Howard Wagner
Jess Wagner
Ozona
Ysidro Ybarra Sanchez
Fort Stockton
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Owen Funeral Home
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Pecos County Memorial Hospital
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Victor
Augustine
Ysidro Sanches Jr
Julio Ferras
Alpine
Jose Sosas
Lubbock
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Norm, Lopez
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