Airliner crash details and local crime notes from Odessa
The article describes a runway crash with parts scattered near a politically sensitive landing, noting the Federal Aviation Administration found the glide slope of the instrument landing system not operating during the approach. It mentions the airport’s terrain, upcoming NTSB IRA investigators, and then transitions to local crime: Curtis Gaston fined for petty theft, Jackie Lee Bartlett bonded on a DWI charge, with a brief note on the Odessa American publication details.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Sma
National Transportation Safety Board
IRA
Charleston
Curtis Gaston
Cour of Justice of the Peace
Howard
Williams
Clark's
Discount Center
Eighth
Grandview
Loyal Democrats of Mississippi Back McGovern Bid
Jackson Mississippi AP The Loyal Democrats of Mississippi claim endorsement from Sen George McGovern in a bid to challenge the regular delegation at the national convention. They accuse the regulars of denying adequate Negro representation and note McGovern’s pledge of un equivocal support. Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Sen Eugene McCarthy already supported the loyalists. Oscar Carr Jr says the group met to prepare for its Sunday state convention as part of a push to seat a representative Mississippi delegation.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
George McGovern
McGovern
D-S. D
George Wallace
Oscar Carr Jr
Tito hosts Czechoslovak visitors amid talks of unity
In New York and Moscow reports, Tito welcomed Czechoslovak WWII partisans and factory delegates during talks on bilateral cooperation. He urged unity against difficulties while Soviet observers tracked Red Army maneuvers and Prague liberalization. Prison bakery figures note inmates bake five million pounds annually at Rikers.
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Tito
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Alexander Dubeck
Bratislava
Anidee A. Grechko
Czechoslovak
Krasnaya Zverzda
Red Star
New York
Rikers Island
George McGrath
Correction Department
JQ Quilum
Parks Department
Brie Wit
Alfred R. Rochesbain
Seattle
Wash
Thes
Hochester
Ronny Ani
We Marvey
William Ae
Kennedy
Suspended priest and divorcee wed in quiet California ceremony
In IdllWyild California a 20 minute ceremony on a university campus joined William DuBay the suspended priest and a 33 year old divorced mother Marylabour. The bride, daughter of a local family, wore a pale pink chiffon dress while the groom wore a Nehru jacket. Both described hopes to speak out on religious and social issues.
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Idyllwild
Calif
James Francis
William DuBay
McIntyre
Ieee
Eee
Music School
Marylabour
Glen Wall
Stata Bayle
Odessa Couple Suffer Tragic Car Crash Losses
An Odessa Texas area crash killed two boys, Gary Jones 9 and Cris Jones 6, as their mother Mrs. J. L. Jones was seriously injured. The accident occurred south of Cisco on U.S. 183 when the car overturned into a ravine. Funeral services will be by Rust Funeral Home. The mother and a third relative from Eastland survived, with the family recently moving from Odessa to San Antonio. The article also notes political coverage of McGovern and convention dynamics.
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Crsco
America
Odessa
McGary Leon Jones
Cris' Gover
Edwin Jones
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Sammie L. Jones
San An Lhency
Tonio
McGovern
Gary
Democratic
Graham Hospital
Cris
Daugh
Humphrey
Sen. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
South Dakota
le Lacillity
Eastland
San Antonio
S. B. Jones
Carl Graves
Hattie Mae Graves
Cisco
Democratic nominee, wedding details amid South Dakota race
The piece reports on a Democratic nominee for a second term in South Dakota facing a GOP challenger, with campaign notes, along with a wedding at a Medical Center Hospital. It mentions Carol Gray and DuBay, a bridegroom, and a child Burl Davis, detailing injuries from a fall and a hospital stay, plus a TV appearance and a reception.
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South Dakota
sucDavi Une
Treaty N
Archie
Medical Cent Gubbrud
Ter
Carol Gray
McGovern
DuBay
Randy Davis
Davis
West
Laure
NBC
Thes DuBay
Infant's Rites Slated Monday
Infant Larry G. Wallace Jr. died Saturday in John Sealy Hospital Galveston. Graveside rites set for 2 pm Monday with Rev. G E Judd officiating. Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in charge. Born June 29 1968 in Odessa. Survivors: parents Glenn Wallace West Monroe Louisiana Mineola Rogers Bossier City Louisiana Alfred Ellsworth Eugene Oregon.
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Larry G. Wallace Jr
Larry G. Wallace Sr
East Ninth
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
G. E. Judd
First Freewill Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
Glenn Wallace
West Monroe
Mineola Rogers
Bossier City
Alfred Ellsworth
Eugene,, Re
Wallace Bucks RFK's Stand On Viet War
Wallace defends Kennedy's opposition to the Vietnam War and says dissent is not an overt act against policy. McGovern says he does not want a fourth party and would indict anyone advocating Communist victory if elected. Wallace drew 4,000 to 4,500 at a Burlington rally amid a two day North Carolina campaign tour.
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Wallace Bucks
RFK
Burlington
N. C
George Wallace
Robert Kennedy
Mankiewicz
Sen
Kennedy
Wallace Salinger
John F
Biill
McGovern
Alabama
Atemsur
U.S
News New
Wallace
Winston-Saly
North Carolina
Raileigh
Seeepuey
Services Set For Odessan Sunday in Athens Church
Funeral services are set for 10 am Tuesday at the First Pentecostal Church in Athens for Mrs. Lelia Lanora Grissom 85 of Odessa She died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a two month illness Burial will be in Shelby Chapel Cemetery Athens under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. She was born January 7 1883 in Henderson County married December 7 1903 to James W Grissom They moved from Houston to Odessa in 1954 She was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Odessa Survivors include four sons J A of Stanton Floyd of Athens Orval 812 West 19th and Gordon of Crosby three daughters Opal Folmer 2713 Madera May Breland 204 Ellis Drive Ruthie Gartman of Freeport Ruth Routsaball of Athens and Margaret Craig of Graham 40 grandchildren 56 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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First Pentecostal
Athens
Lelia Lanora Grissom
Madera
Henderson County
Marri Mg
James W. Grissom
Houston
Odessa
Grissom
First United Pentecostal Church
Inclde
J. A
Stanton
Floyd
Thens
Orval
West 19Th
Gordon
Crosby
Opal Folmer
May Breland
Nixon Campaign Stops amid Texas Visit and Political Feud
Nixon plans a Texas stop en route to San Diego to map campaign strategy with wife and daughters aboard. McGovern warns against expanding military force in Vietnam while urging end to involvement, as Kennedy distance remains clear in Democratic race. Two women jailed in Odessa and Crane on assault and theft charges amid county jail transfers.
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Nixon
Mission Bay
San Diego
Miss Your Odessa American Delivery Service
Notice for missed Odessa American delivery contact details for the Circulation Department. It lists phone FE 7 466 and hours: weekdays until 6 45 pm, Saturdays until noon, Sundays until 10 30 pm.
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Odessa
Circulation Department
Noor
Former Pecos Youth Killed in Alamogordo Crash
A 15 year old former Pecos youth died after a one car crash in Alamogordo on Friday night. Three other youths were injured and hospitalized. Gary Wayne Malett born July 30 1953 in Pecos lived there until three years ago moved to Alamogordo was pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral arrangements include a Rosary at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel and a Requiem Mass at St Catherine's Catholic Church Pecos with burial in Prairieview Cemetery. Survivors include his parents six siblings and three grandparents.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Pecos
Gary Wayne Malett
Malett
Gear
Pecos Funeral Home
Sumay
St. Catherine’s
Jerry Bob
Prairieview
Stephen Ray
Larry Don
Craig
David William
Lin
Ida
Sanda
Willa Jo
Earl Malett
Tom Kelly
Light Up the Skies dedication at Petrochemical complex
At 9 AM the Ector County Commissioners meet at the Ector County Courthouse. At noon the Odessa Kiwanis hold a public dedication at the Inn of Golden West Ballroom, followed by a 7:45 PM ceremony for the new sign at the Petrochemical complex between Dixie and Grandview.
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Odessa
Petrochemical
Dixie
Grandview
Mishap injures two. two rescued at sea and hospital
In Conneaut and Keswick, two people were treated after separate accidents. Ricky Manasco, 7, severed toe after his father’s canoe tangled. Paulett Waggoner, 22, fractured limb when boat struck a coffee table. Brown and Hawkins were rescued after drifting 20 miles off Point Pele aboard a freighter and at Medical Center Hospital in Satisfactory condition.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ricky Manasco
Brice
Manasco
West 39Th
Conneaut
Ohio
Paulett Waggoner
Lake Erie
Cumberland
Thomas H. Brown
James
United States Steel Corp
Brown
Keswick
Ont
Point Pele
Canada
Fairport
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Chicago
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Soviet Union
Pee Rken Lee Eee
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Agnew
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Tulie Nixon
Miami Beach
GOP
Julie
Tward Kennedy
United
Prune
Euw
Bobbie Ruth Wade
South Jackson
Ector
Irene Payne
Rob Mathews
Walker Apartments
Inctor
Dillford
L. D. Garrett
Crane
Bieta
Tetas Tel Aek
Zales National Watch Service
Zale
Ector County Commissioners
Ector County Courthouse
Sands
Odessa A&m Club
the Barn Door
Wildcat Toastmasters
Sands Restaurant
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South Lincoln and
Clements
Gospel Meeting
Ronald Courter
Union Lake Michigan
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B. Fisher
Optometrists
North Grant FE
Shin
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