Shooting Victim Still Critical
Midland deputy investigators report Stafford-Virgil Massey a 31 year old Midland carpenter remained in critical condition at Odessa Medical Center Hospital with a forehead wound from a shooting early Thursday. The incident occurred at the home of acquaintance Steve Harrill near Midland. Harrill says he was outside when the shooting happened and found Massey later on a living room couch. He aided Massey most of Thursday and described him as despondent. Harrill offered to take a lie detector test.
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Midland
Virgil Massey
Odessa
Medical Center
Massey
Steve Harril
Harrit
Harril
Harrill
Sheriff Relieved As Inmates Leave in Blood Bank Release
Clayton Missouri AP reports St Louis County Sheriff Fred Joseph welcomed the release of 3 inmates after blood donation days, reducing sentences by 151 days per donation while 47 inmates donated to ease jail crowding. the county plans a new jail as a car theft was reported in Odessa Texas.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Lows County
Fred Joseph
Four Damages Suits Filed In District Courts
Four damage suits were filed in 70th and 16st District Courts. Petroleum Corp of Texas seeks 64799 over a water well contamination claim against H L Co Inc and others. Jimmie Colbaugh III seeks 12459 for his son’s May 2 crash with a garage employee. Susie Anaya seeks 35000 for a fall at a Odessa store against George Bicknell. Harvill seeks 782 for auto damage against Peter Pradon Jr.
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Breckenridge
Petroleum Corp
Texas
Ector County
H LL Co. Inc
Lee Bingham
Petroleum Pump and Transport Inc
Cady and Teague Transport Inc
Odessa
Harper Water System
The
Petroleum Corporation
Jimmie Colbaugh
Timothy
Grant and 13Th
Chester W. Smith
C and C
Harvey Bob Parker
Colbaugh
Parker
Susie Anaya
George Bicknell
Bick’s Furniture and Appliance
Luther Edward Harvill
Peter Pradon
Harvill
11Th and
Maple
Pradon
Peter
Nixon triumphs in convention with Agnew pick
Nixon addresses convention after selecting Agnew as running mate amid mixed liberal opposition. Delegates vote 1,123 for Agnew, 178 for Romney, while Goes, Rockefeller, and Rhodes show resistance. Nixon promises focus on law and order and Vietnam ending, with Bliss retained as national chairman and Eisenhower family support noted.
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Nixon
New York State
New York
Anagnostopoulos
Agnew
Athens
Mameé
George Romney
Michigan
Wixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Blaze Damages Power Chain Saw Accident
A gas tank of a power chain saw burst into flames Thursday afternoon while Cary Young used it to cut a tree at 2404 Park Blvd. He escaped injury as firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze. Causes cited include gas fumes ignited by a spark plug. four other alarms were handled by Thursday. A 1962 model car owned by Jay Martin at 4313 Winchester suffered minor damage to carburetor and wiring, while grass fires damaged a fence at 1317 Bluebonnet and were reported at 3649 Bonham and 718 Willow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Young
Park Blvd
Young
Jay Martin
Winchester
Teens nabbed in shoplifting spree report
Officers say two youths ages 14 and 16 led a string of thefts Thursday night and Friday morning, taking tubes of glue and beer from local stores. One 16 year old was released to parents. the other was referred to juvenile probation. Four teen suspects, two boys and two girls, were detained near Tradeway Grocery and Gibson's Discount Store and later released to guardians.
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Tradeway Grocery
1603 West
County Road
Odessa man charged with driving while intoxicated
Posts bond for $1,560 on charges of driving while intoxicated after a complaint filed by Justice JA Purifoy. Odom Jr. was arrested around 1:45 a m Friday by highway patrolmen four miles south of Odessa on U.S. 385. The case will be transferred later to Fort Worth County Court.
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Jin & Odom Jr
East 14Th
Justice
Peage JA Purifoy
Odom
Odessa
U.S. 385
Hint
Fetor County
Riots, Shootings Leave Several Dead in Liberty City
Gunfire on a Northwest 62nd Street block sparked a night of violence as police used teargas in Liberty City. Victims included John J. Austin 27 Moses Cannon 27 Larity Phillips 12 and Mattie Heath who died of a heart attack on her porch. Police arrested 148 for multiple charges.
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Melvin Reese
Liberty City
62Nd Street
John J. Austin
Moses ‘Cannon
Larity Phillips
Mattie Heath
Deaths S. L. Hand and Mrs Delila Caddell Andrews
Obituary notices report S L Hand 78 of Andrews died at Permian General Hospital after a sudden illness. Rites set in Singleton Chapel with burial in Andrews Cemetery. Survivors include wife Flora, children Earl Marie Gertie Louise, sister May Lawson, brother Wylie Hand, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Also funeral for Delila Ann Singleton Caddell 85 of Andrews set at Second Baptist Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include daughters Dan McDonald and Hubert Williamson, sons Hughes B. Caddell and William A. Caddell, 13 grandchildren and 13 greats. Jane Ballard 37, former Lubbock Brownfield resident, death in Washington DC. funeral arrangements pending with Brownfield Funeral Home. Mother listed Odessa resident Mrs Roy Herog.
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S. L. Hand Andrews
S. L. Hand
Andrews
Singleton Funeral Home
Hand
Permian General Hospital
Griffin
Big Spring
Odessa
First Christian Church
The
Odd Fellows
Flora
Earl Hand
California
Marie Allen
Wichita Falls
Gertie Louise Levey
Los Angeles
Calif
May Lawson
Paris
Wylie Hand
Delila Caddell Andrews
Delila Ann Singleton Caddell
Second Baptist Church
Columbus
Miss
Dan McDonald
Hubert Williamson
Hughes B. Caddell
William A. Caddell
Jane Ballard Brownfield
Jane Ballard
Lubbock and
Brownfield
Brownfield Funeral Home
Ballard
Washington, D. C
Roy Herog
Motorist Dies As Train Hit Near Hamilton Ohio
A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train carrying about 100 people derailed on the Butler Warren county line. One person, Albert Wills, driver of the car hitting the train, died, and about 20 were injured. The wreckage spread over a half mile four miles north of Middletown. The Cincinnati to Detroit service derailed five cars. two of the passenger cars toppled but did not burn. Wills’ body was found in a nearby field.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Warren County
Middletown
Cincinnati
Detroit
Albert Wills
Wills
Young Breakin Suspect Jailed
A 16-year-old boy was jailed in Ector County accused of burglary after being arrested Thursday afternoon. He is tied to a Tuesday break in at Adell Conner residence at 413 Carver where a radio and shoes were taken. A second break in was reported Friday morning involving Laura Salcedo on West Lindberg where a television and a phonograph were stolen from a home.
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Ector County
Adell Conner
Carver
Laura Salcedo
West Lindberg
Agnew's Stance Shifts Toward Nixon Amid GOP Drama
The speech triggers protest and praise as Agnew reevaluates Rockefeller’s bid. Agnew leans toward Nixon, calling Rockefeller the best GOP option, while denying cabinet post aims. He confirms support at Miami Beach, accepts a pivotal campaign role amid a volatile Republican field.
Three Appeal Suits Lodged in Odessa District Courts
Three Odessa residents filed appeals Friday in the 70th and 61st District Courts seeking 14035 dollars from awards at the Industrial Accident Board. Robert L. Malone says he was injured May 13 while employed by Yale E Key Oil Well Service in Ector County with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. as defendant. Michael D. Malone says he was hurt May 13 while employed by Williamson Well Service in Ector County with Reliance Insurance Co. as defendant. Sam Grilliette says he was injured Oct. 16, 1968 while working for Fish Engineering with International Insurance Co. as defendant.
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Odessa
Industrial Accident Board
Robert L. Malone
Yale E. Key Oil
Ector County
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Michael D. Malone
Ector
Williamson Well Service
Reliance Insurance Co
Sam Grilliette
Men Honored At County Agents Association Meeting
Two area men were honored at the annual state meeting of the National County Agricultural Agents Association held this week at the Windsor Hotel. Fred Wilkinson of Crane County was named a new director for a two year term, while Ivan Millican of Andrews County was among seven men who received honors. A separate incident reports a 13-year-old boy injured Friday morning when his motorcycle collided with a pickup at 47th and Guernsey. He was treated for a deep gash to the right leg at Medical Center Hospital. The pickup, driven by Orville Clifton Calvert, 62, backed from a driveway onto 47th, pinning the youth briefly under the rear of the truck.
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Miami Beach
Agnew
Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Republican Party
Associated Press
Maryland
Aft
America
Baltimore County
University of Baltimore
Abilene
Natonal County Agricultural Agents Association
Windsor Hotel
Fred Wilkinson
Crane County
Ivan
Millican
Andrews County
47Th
Guernsey
Medical Center Hospital
Carl Ruben Jeter
C. R. Jeter
Orville Clifton Calvert
Calvert
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Beechwood
A. L. Davis Food Store
Eighth and
Cumberland
Odessa American
East Ath Street
Act of Merch
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Atures Evan Jimmy
Aanca
L. Walter
Larry Ellen Driver
Frank A. Foy
Billy Ray Norman
Earl L. Tarbet
Lawrence S. Nichols
Linda J Phillips
Lewis
Boomer
Bobby J. Nichols
Abe Martinez
Woodrow Hill
Eugene F. Tallant
Sabel D.flores
Ben F. Burns
Ralph E. ‘Scott
Carey W. Wholen
Michael Lee Renshaw
William Walter Whitling
Aus
Edwin P. Having
Lindberg
Aherman L. Newton
East 49Th
Richard
Kilgore
North Texas
Claude Lee McKinley
North iAdams
Az Frank A Fay
Mabie
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South Gulf
Az City
Mary Fletcher Purcell
Martha M. Franklin
Melody Lane
Graham
Suzenne White Allen
Marth Whitaker
Richard Timothy ‘Shamas
Acton
Heelio
Eithth
Acoms
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Lubbock
Sarah Wydermyer
Pine
Mey
James Danise
HL. Lairson
Kelly
Ellen Risinger
North Amburney
Dixie
Vivian
Ferguson
Ruthmore, Ken
National Junior Rodeo Association
Odessa Jaycees
Frances Greenwood
Jacque McAshan
Janie Miller
Terry Cannon
Becky Bland
Kathy Bruton
Bob Conrad
Jas
Hougar NiMaeres
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Mission Bay
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joe Eisenhower
Vietnam
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Romney
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Mfi
Gibson's
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Jolee
Fashion
Mademoiselle
G. Manley
Crockett
Stanton
Hak Granite CO
Stephen Heback
Odesse
Young Breakin
Matamet
Drs. Leach
Houston
Optometrists
N. Lee
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