Murder Trial of Roy King in Seagraves Case
Roy King of Seagraves, 22, stands trial for the murder of Seagraves businessman Scott Williams after a burglary gone wrong. Co defendant Jerry Watson invoked the Fifth Amendment refusing to identify who fired the fatal shot. Jury of three women and nine men deliberated after two hours of arguments in Judge George Hansard’s court, with Watson already serving a life sentence on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Roy King
Seagraves
King
Jerry Watson
Watson
George Hansard
Vernon Adcock
Scott Williams
Adcock
Damage Suit Trial Begins in Odessa Collision
In 70th District Court on Wednesday Mary McLeaish sues Leland Marley for 21050 dollars over a July 16 1971 auto crash on Texas Street. Plaintiff's attorney Don Frazier and defendant's attorney John Berke Jr. led the case as jurors Howard Cunningham Luther Calvert Joyce Freeze Ruby Jones Carole Anderson Sammy Dodd Preston Mealer Sherman Barron Robert Simmons Steven Hudson Linda Miller and A.J. Smires were seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McLeaish
Leland Marley
McLeaish
Texas Street
Marley
Don Frazier
John Berke Jr
Howard L. Cunningham
Luther H. Calvert
Joyce Freeze
Ruby K. Jones
Carole T. Anderson
Sammy Dodd
Preston L. Mealer
Sherman L. Barron
Robert W. Simmons
Steven Hudson
Linda M. Miller
A.J. Smires
Two Hurt In Car Mishaps
Three-year-old Barbara Crews is in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after being struck by a car in the 2600 block of Custer while chasing a dog. She is the daughter of Ralph and Barbara Crews of 2607 North Custer. The driver was Barbara S Bennett of 3004 Eastover. In a separate incident Kenneth McMillan, 17, of 3939 Tanglewood, was treated and released for a collar bone injury when the car he leaned against at his home backed into him. The driver was Teddy McMillan, 19, of the same address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Crews
Medical Center Hospital
Custer
Ralph Crews
North Custer
Barbara S. Bennett
Eastover
Kenneth McMillan
Tanglewood
Teddy McMillan
Ex-Addict Tells Of Experiences Crusade Speech
The ex heroin addict and founder of the Ex Addict Church in Los Angeles told how he beat a heroin habit costing $75 a day. His remarks closed a two night youth crusade at Bonham Junior High with about 750 youths in attendance. A team from Los Angeles and San Antonio prepared two weeks for the event, highlighting drug use among Midland Odessa area youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Arguinzoni
Los Angeles
Bonham Junior High
Bill Goree
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship
Arguinzoni
San Antonio
Goree
Midland-Odessa
New York
Four Burglary Reports and Shoplifting Case Filed
Police seek clues in four burglaries. From Odell Osborn’s home at 6415 Westcliff a .264 rifle a 12 gauge shotgun and two cameras were missing after a front door entry. Lyric Theater at 218A North Grant had pried back doors but no losses reported. 3104 North Dixie Blvd neighbor reported open back door at 3102 North Dixie Blvd with no losses. Five Points Barbecue at 600 East Murphy had an entry with no confirmed losses. In Ector County Court Mary Frances Bernal 19 of 1007 Monterrey faces shoplifting charges for four cigarette cartons taken Monday from G C Murphy Co at 619 North Grant on bond set at 1000.
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Odell Osborn
Westcliff
Lyric Theater
North Grant
Carl Cooper
North Dixie Blvd
Five Points
East Murphy
Ector County
Mary Frances Bernal
Monterrey
G. C. Murphy Co
County Judge Sit-In Picked
Midland attorney John A. Woodside will act as Midland County judge for two weeks while Judge Barbara Culver vacations. He will be paid $39.35 per day, the same rate Culver earns. Woodside, a 1966 SMU graduate and former FBI special agent, was assistant Midland County Attorney from 1970 to 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
John A. Woodside
Barbara Culver
Culver
Woodside
Southern Methodist University
FBI
Midland County
Police Group Attends School at Odessa 4-Week Course
Eight Odessa Police Department officers plan to attend an Evidence Technician School at Terminal next week. The Texas A&M University extension service sponsors the 40 hour course Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Room 205 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center to aid formal certification. Officers attending include Sgt Victor L Crumline detectives L M Haller Joe Fincher Eddie Nealy and patrolmen Phillip Miles Dan Webster Mack Henderson and Dennis Bright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Police Department
Terminal
Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
Armed Forces Reserve Center
Victor L. Crumline
L. M. Haller
Joe Fincher
Eddie Nealy
Midland to Hold Hearing on 1972 73 Budget
Midland City Council set a public hearing for the proposed 10 483 46 budget for 1972 73 at 2 15 p m during its next regular meeting Aug 22 The session also covered bids rejection on two three ton sanitation trucks and purchases for fire uniforms chlorine for water department and a five year Pioneer Natural Gas Co franchise ordinance plus an easement with Texas Electric Service Co for Midland Odessa Regional Airport ramp lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland City Council
Sanitation Department
Fire Department
Water Department
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Texas Electric Service Co
Midland-Odessa
Two Charged In Death Of Area Woman
In Dawson County a 19 year old Lamesa woman Linda Delgado vanished June 3 and was found in a shallow grave near Welch. Siblings Eugene and Johnny Garcia are charged with murder after a car dispute and accidental shooting. Autopsy pending.
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Lamesa
Welch
Dawson County
Linda Delgado
Guy Kinnison
Kinnison
Justice of the Peace
A.L. Standefer
Eugene Garcia
Johnny Garcia
Eugene
Standefer
Austin
Eagleton Seer Shriver Ticket Boosts Democratic Unity
The Democratic gathering welcomed Sargent Shriver to the McGovern ticket as Eagleton reflected on past odds and choices. The tone was hopeful, with Humphrey urging unity to avoid defeat as Nixon sits in the White House. A subdued crowd of committee members and party notables, including Humphrey Muskie Jackson and Chisholm, rallied to press forward.
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Eagleton
Miami Beach
McGovern
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
God
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Alabama
George Wallace
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Shriver
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Humphrey
Richard Nixon
White House
Matter Of Record renee ernal district court divorces and hospital notices
District Court reports divorces filed in Veins Lee Degrate vs Degrate. Industrial Accident Board action noted. Medical Center Hospital lists numerous admitted patients and later discharges. births, weights, and locations given. City traffic accidents include multiple minor collisions with injuries and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee
Ernal
goDey Eckick
Lee Degrate
Degrate Internetenal
Industrial Ace Aceidert Board
Midland District OKs 1973 Budget Amid Tax Rate Talk
Midland Independent School District trustees approved a record 1972-73 budget of 13,858,792 dollars, an increase of about 259,000. They will meet August 22 to set a new tax rate, currently 1.78 dollars per 100 of property value, with the rate expected to drop as local assessments are reduced. The board plans to appeal Midland County’s detachment of Valley View Community. Trustees also agreed to assume maintenance and insurance costs for two city youth centers, about 14 dollars yearly, excluding food operations, which centers will reimburse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Independent School District
Glenn Allison
Allison
Thornton Hardie
Midland County School Board
Valley View
Greenwood Independent School District
Centers’ Board of Directors
Petty Theft Trial Slated for Odessa Man
Ernest Edward Shelton, 23, of 2739 North Alleghaney, is jailed in Odessa after failing to post $100 bond on a petty theft charge. He allegedly took car door lock knobs valued at $1.25 from Gibson's at 2429 West County Road, and was arrested at 2:20 p.m. by city police. Municipal Judge Cecil Hardwick set bond and scheduled a hearing for Sent. 12 after Shelton pleaded not guilty.
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Odessa
Ernest Edward Shelton
North Alleghaney
Gibson's
West County Road
Cecil Hardwick
Shelton
Hardwick
Rites Slated For Woman Mozelle Heller Wood, 64
Services for Mrs Mozelle Heller Wood age 64 of 218 West 46th will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Wood died after long illness at Medical Center Hospital. Born August 13 1907 in Rule she married Alvin L Wood in Abilene November 2 1924 and came to Odessa in 1940 from Big Spring. She was a member of Royalty Heights Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband four sons two daughters a brother and two sisters, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Mozelle Heller Wood
West 46Th
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Medical Center Hospital
Rule
Abilene
Alvin L. Wood
Odessa
Big Spring
Hobbs
N.M
First Methodist
James
Jim) Wycoff
Ora Gertrude Wycoff
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
Wycoff
Enid
Oklo
Memory Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Lea
Anderson-Pritchard Qil Co
Dorothy
Security Title Abstract Co
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Hobbs Country Club
Bob Wycoff
San Antonio
Sandra Eckert
Dallas
A.B. McCain
Fashion Cleaners
Midland
James Aa. McCain
C. C. Tull
Paul McCain
C. E. McCain
S. T. Hollis
Cleburne
Wadley Institute of Molecular Research
Robert R. Ellison
Robert R
Mary E.) Ellison
Marfa
Walli-Hi
Alpine
German
Tex
Indian Territory
Big Bend
Montgomery Ellison
5. L. Plumbley
First Christian Church
Kelley Funeral Home
James Frank Calvin
West Seventh
Scurry
The
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Myrtle Garrett
Kaufman
Polly Crowder
J. E. Thomas
San Angelo
J. E. (Lella) Thomas
Day Memorial United Methodist Church
Eola
Robert Massie
Baptist Memorial Geriatric Hospital
Rockwall
Gainesville
Kenneth E. Thomas
Marshall Thomas
Floyd Thomas
Theron Steele
Euless
Wanda Pinard
Joyce Burkhart
New Orleans
Mansel Holt
Cecil C. Ferrell
Denver City
Cecil Car
Ferrell
Twelfth Street Church of Christ
Seagraves
Seagraves Cemetery
Transportation Department of Vulcan Materials
Yoakum County Hospital
Lone Wolf
Okla
Virgie Oleda Kennedy
Walters
Odd Fellows Lodge
Church of Christ
Hazel Bowles
Eva Peckhiser
Westport
Brownwood
Lewis Wood
Davis-Morris Funeral Home
Greenleaf
Brown County
Woodland Heights
Ruby Williams
J.B. Estes
Brookesmith
Dean McAnally
Aspermont
D.R. Wood
Craig, Colo
W. S. Wood
Fort Stockton
Deaths Rites Today For Odessan
Obituaries from Hobbs to Midland and San Angelo list services and burials for James Wycoff 59 and his mother Ora Gertrude Wycoff 83 both of Hobbs. A B Mac McCain 68 Midland businessman. Mrs Mary Ellison 96 Marfa. James Frank Calvin 69 Odessa book salesman. Mrs J E Thomas 77 San Angelo. Cecil Ferrell 64 Denver City. Lewis Wood 74 Brownwood. Bobby Eckloff 17 Odessa charged with assault on policeman. multiple funeral notices with dates and locations across West Texas.
Services Pend For Odessan Services Pend
Odessan Cleveland Moore 47 of 612 Morris died at 8 20 am today at Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Services are pending with Paul A Rix Funeral Home. Jerry Dale Pyle Hobbs
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Cleveland Moore
Morris
Medical Center Hospital
Paul A. Rix
Legion States Installation at American Legion Post 430
American Legion Post 430 in Odessa plans Saturday installation of new officers at the Legion Hut. For the first time a Vietnam veteran serves as an officer. Dept. Commander Jim Holiey will install the officers, followed by a covered-dish dinner at 7 p.m. and a dance by the Permian Playboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post 430
Legion
Jim Holiey
Department
Houston
Odessa
Post 430
Harvey Holcomb
Tom Williamson
Two Fires Answered in Odessa Area Turf Home Blaze
The Odessa Fire Department made two runs Tuesday afternoon both extinguished on arrival. A fuse box shorted causing a fire at Clayton Robinson’s mobile home at 50 Tropicana. A grass fire at Nick O Michael’s residence 314 McKnight caused no reported damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Clayton Robinson
Tropicana
Nick O'Michael
McKnight
Tomorrow Schedule Teletype for Odessa Events
Tomorrow in Odessa lists meetings and events including 9 30 A M American Association of Retired Persons East Side Recreation Hall 13th and Adams noon Downtown Lions Inn of Golden West Ballroom noon Odessa Civitan Sands Restaurant noon Sandhills American Business Club Sands Restaurant 630 P M Evening Lions Sands Restaurant 730 P M Ector County School Board Administration Building 730 P M Odessa Toastmistress Club KOSA TV conference room 1211 North Whitaker 830 P M Taming of the Shrew Globe Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired Persons
East Side Recreation Hall
13Th and
Adams
Downtown
Lions
Inn of Golden West
Odessa Toastmistress Club
Kosa-Tv
North Whitaker
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Williams
Steve Haley
Joe Smith
McGovern-Shriver
America
United States
DNC
Nora R. Whirfow
Betty L. Walker
Doris L. Baker
Bobby L. Dunn
Mary P. Dufur
Randall W. Mims
Cassandra K. Meredith
Matthew M., Parrish
Cynthia O. Velasquez
Barbara J. Crews
Deborah L. Baggett
Walter A. Elliston
David R. Cole
Marjorie L. Peart
Barbara J. Branson
John D. Hostatier
Aus
E.L. Spencer
Grace Blackwood
Billie Kidd
Jean Branum
Alvis Grayson
Donald Brooks
Rutus Young
Cathy Fenter
Tom James
Walter Presley
Deborah Gray
Mary Digby
Raymond Monroe
Mary Carrell
Walfie Jones
Sally Allen
Britton Bats
Donald Phillips
Lester Cole
James Dean
Cecil Pearson
Gary Knight
Nannette Sissel
Earnest Eggleston
David E. Hil
East 42Nd
Bitty Lee Finch
Pedro Almanza Jr
Bledstone
Louis Stark
Benefield
Frankie Silves
North Adams
Leonard Cruse
North Hancock
Brock Worth Custer
DO Eastover
Barbara Lee Creet
Barbara
Tangiewood
Kenneth A. McMillan
Kenneth McMillin
Morth Grandview
Jona
W. Mitchell
Disney
Miner
West County
Buddy Tennis
Tripp
Larry Ford
Devonian
Dixie Bivd
Betty Gregory
Fagewood
Marcy Adcock
Delwood
North Texas
Guy Sutherland
Mariana
Ted Kroll
Abilene Ford
West Wicklow
Terry Cox
Redbud
Second
Clara Cude
West Second
Vivian Bollinger
Kermit
University Blvd
Joyce Biges
Hamburg
Ark
Damace
Wiest
Clements
Salvador Cordovia
Jack Kersey
East
North
Grant
Fred Yeaman Jr
Midland Board
Odessan
Johnny Lee Seaman
Kermit Highway
Leaman
Pease
West Third
Bobby Eckloff
West Clifford
Max Wheeler Watters
Eckloff
Jerry Dale Pyle Hobbs
Jerry Dale Pyle
Douglas Ariz
Lea County
Ralph Wrinkle
Pyle
Robert Valadez
Wnkle
Wrinkle
H. W. Pruitt
Douglas Funeral Home
Roberts Funeral Home
Legion States Installation
Odessa Civitan
Sands Restaurant
Sandhills
Evening Lions
Ector County School Board
Eighth and Lee
Taming of the Shrew
Globe Theater
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