Agnew Probe Expands Amid Florida Kickback Inquiry
Subpoenas widen the probe into possible extortion bribery and conspiracy involving Vice President Spiro Agnew. Florida authorities investigate the J.E. Greiner Co. over options on rock pit sites tied to a Miami expressway, with Beall’s Beall’s investigation naming Jerome B. Wolff as a key Greiner figure. Governor Carter defends Greiner as the company faces environmental and funding questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Washington
Colson & Shapiro
Paul, Weiss and Associates
Jay H. Topkis
Martin London
Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Nixon
Gerald Warren
Warren
Baltimore
Florida
Maryland
Dade County
Richard Gerstein
J.E. Greiner Co
Miami
Janet Reno
Tampa Tribune
Department of Transportation
Miss Reno
Greiner
Jerome B. Wolff
Beall
Wolff
Georgia
Atlanta
Israelis Seize Flight 006 Diversion Sparks Beirut Tension
The Israeli military reports all passengers from Flight 006 were checked and allowed to reboard after being diverted toward a base. Authorities say the plane landed at 3 30 p m and resumed flight around 5 30 p m EDT. Beirut control notes the pilot followed Israeli instructions to southward flight amid regional strife, with Lebanon planning a U N Security Council protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghoaa
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Sinai Desert
Marjayoun
Tyre
Sea
Takieddin Solh
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Paving Suits Filed Against Odessa Residents
Jones Bros. Dirt & Paving Contractors filed six suits in 70th and 161st District Courts Friday against Odessa residents for unpaid paving assessments. Plaintiffs seek amounts from Abseal G. Suggs to Francisco Chavez, totaling $283 to $708, under a city ordinance of February 24, 1970 assigning a street paying contract to the Odessa firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Bros. Dirt & Paving Contractors, Inc
Odessa
T’ Abseal G. Suggs
Herman Martinez
Antiora H. Guerra
Erasmo Arrendondo
Mildred Baker
Francisco Chavez
Odessa Company
Miss Your Paper Notice for Odessa American Circulation
Miss your Odessa American paper or service unsatisfactory contact Circulation Department at 337-4661. Call during hours 6 45 p m on weekdays, Saturdays until shown, and Sundays until 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Heen
Odessa American publication rates and details
The Odessa American publishes from 222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 and is mailed as second class matter under the 1879 act. It lists home delivery rates 2.50 per month in Odessa and surrounding, motor route 2.80, and mail rates 30 per year 16 for six months and 8.50 for three months with single copy 10 daily and 25 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa ‘American
Ector County
Pair Jump Odessa Man Take $20 Robbery
Odessa police hunted two men after they jumped Tommy Lynn Iverson and robbed him of $20 near Sixth and Muskingum early Friday around 4:30 a.m. Iverson and companion Tommy Lee Garrison were walking when a car with four men stopped. two leaped out, Garrison escaped, Iverson was knocked down and robbed, then treated for a laceration at Medical Center Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Tommy Lynn Iverson
Iverson
Muskingum
Tommy Lee Garrison
Garrison
Medical Center Hospital
Deaths Of Mentally Retarded Probed At State School
Justice of the Peace Jim Dear outlined evidence that two mentally retarded boys died at the Austin State School in March 1972 and may have been killed by other mentally retarded children. He cautioned no definite cause of death could be established though autopsies indicated pneumonia and aspiration for one boy and that the other died after a seizure and possible self inhalation of sand. No charges or negligence found. no cover up suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Jim Dear
Austin State School
Dear
Texas
Bob Mitchell
Stephen Walker
San Antonio
Benito Vasquez
Belton
Walker
Three Prisoners En Route To Huntsville
Three Ector County inmates escorted by Sheriff Elwood Hill were en route early Saturday to the state prison at Huntsville to begin serving terms. Roy Elizondo, 35, of 1216 Honeysuckie, receives 10 years for heroin possession. James Lafayette Dennis, 33, of Eunice, N. M., gets five years for assault with intent to rape. Edwin Jewel England, 25, of the Washington Apartments, serves two years for assault with intent to murder. A grass fire at 813 Wilson burned ten feet of fence at Sally Jaquez’s home while she was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Elwood Hill
Huntsville
Roy Elizondo
Honeysuckie
James Lafayette Dennis
Eunice
N. M
Edwin Jewel England
Washington Apartments
Wilson
Sally Jaquez
Sales Tax Fairer Way Mayor Tells Rotarians
Odessa Mayor Jim Reese urged a one per cent city sales tax as a fairer revenue source, projecting $600000 in six months and a property tax cut if approved. He cited inflation driven budget increases, outlined $401900 in major projects, and urged action on federal budget controls while addressing local finance concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Davidson
Jim Reese Friday
East Rotary
Reese
Austin
Odessa
31St and
Grant
South
Grant-Clements- Muskingum
North
Andrews
Rotarians
Sam Ervin
Senate
Ervin
Congress
Two Charged With Marijuana Possession After Shooting Probe
Charles Penny and Sheryl Diane Williams, both of 212 South Jackson, were jailed in Odessa on Friday night charged with marijuana possession following a shooting investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Penny
Sheryl Diane Williams
South Jackson
Odessa
Midland law enforcement completes 40 hour homicide course
Twenty seven area officers completed a 40 hour in service homicide investigation course at the Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy in Midland. Funded by a Criminal Justice Council Training Grant from the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission, attendees included multiple Midland Police Department personnel and deputies from surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy
Midland
Criminal Justice Council
Permin Basin Regional Planning Commission
Midland Police Department
Joe E. Brownless
Ronald N. Bryant
George Capehart
Jim Colburn
Jay D
Joe L. Matlock
Hayes
Montey K. Johnson
Jim McFadden
Bill W. Morgan
Dwayne A. Moseley
Billy D. Ray
Gayle R. Reeves
Gib Roch
Donald L. Stout
Jerry Don Stuard
Terry G. Taylor
Gerald W. Ward
Robert C. Walker, Jr
Midland County Sheriff's Office
Three Facing DWI Charges In Odessa Area
In Ector County Court on Friday three persons were charged with driving while intoxicated. Billy Hill 50 of West 10th was arrested after a 11 p.m. stop on U S 80 west of Odessa. Joseph McCoy 3 of Flamingo was picked up at 10 50 p m on U S 80 two miles west of Odessa. Josue Vasquez 20 of North Milburn was stopped at 2 20 a m on U S 385 one mile north of Odessa. All posted bonds of 500. Police said the shootings occurred at a residence where marijuana was later found along with two match boxes and a plastic egg under bloodied sheets. A female victim was treated for a non life threatening wound at Medical Center Hospital. The incident produced marijuana possession charges against a couple filed with Justice of the Peace Fus Moore. No bond details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Billy Hill
West 10Th
U.S
Odessa
Joseph Nathaniel McCoy
Flamingo
Josue Alfredo Vasquez
North Milburn
U.S. 385
Penny
Medical Center Hospital
Larry Lindley
Floyd Nauman Jr
Justice of the
Man Arrested On Fraud Charge In Texas
Jaramy Bart Heath, 26, of 307 East 10th, released on $590 bond after arrest for defrauding an innkeeper. He allegedly left Longhorn Motel on June 3 without paying a $122.50 bill. Charges filed in Ector County Court. Bond set by Justice Otis Monre. A separate $1,270 suit was filed by Nitro Products Corp. against Skylite Oil & Gas Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaramy Bart Heath
East 10Th
Ector County
Heath
Longhorn
East Second
Justice of the Peace
Otis Monre
Nitro Products Corporation
Skylite Oil & Gas Co
Odessa
Woman and Children Hurt In Bonham and East 17th Crash
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Kuykendall, 34, of 2503 Cambridge, was treated at Medical Center Hospital after a two car collision at Bonham and East 17th. Her children Kelly, 10, and Teresa, 8, were treated and released with rib and elbow injuries. Driver Wallace M. Hadley, 15, of 1412 Tulip, caused the crash as he traveled south on Bonham while Kuykendall headed east on 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Kuykendall
Cambridge
Medical Center Hospital
Bonham
East 17Th
Kelly
Teresa
A.m
Wallace M. Hadley
Hadley
Kuykendail
Regent Pays UTPB Visit By Edward A Clark Of Austin
Edward A. Clark former ambassador to Australia and past International Bank president toured UT Permian Basin campus in Odessa with his wife. Clark is UT System regents member and former Texas secretary of state. his visit followed a Sul Ross meeting in Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Clark
Austin
Australia
The
International Bank
University of Texas
Permian Basin
University of Texas System Board of Regents
Clark
UT Permian
Board of Regents
State Senior Colleges System
Odessa
Alpine
Sul Ross State University
Texas
James Allred
UT System Board of Regents
Preston Smith
Orientation Slated At PHS Sophomore Orientation
Permian High School schedules a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday tour oriented sophomore orientation in the Main Auditorium. Sponsored by the Student Council the event includes building tours and an introduction to the administration.
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Permian High School
Permian
Marriage Licenses and District Court Actions Listed
County records show marriages issued for nine couples including Jody D Glasscock and Dorothy Faye Decker and James Aubrey Williams with Rose Nell Park. Civil suits filed include Nitro Products Corp versus Skylite Oil & Gas and several paving assessment cases. District Court notes divorces and additional civil filings. City traffic accidents report multiple collisions with names ages and damages. several cases list injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Couk
Jody D. Glasscock
Dorothy Faye Decker
Roy LaVerne Hess
Alla Fay Pierce
Jerry Nathan Lindsey
Donne Marie Smith
James Aubrey Williams
Rose Nell Park
David Mahlon Johnston
Teresa Ann Taliaferro
Richard Wayne Welch
Shirley Ann Lynn
Stephen Earl Trout
Elaine Denise Addy
Louis Earl Moore Jr
Janet Pabst
Robert Bert Cavin
Karen Johnston
Nitro Products Corporation
Skylite Oil & Gas
Faye Boren York
Robert D.sebolt
Carolyn Mayer
M. L. Mass
Freddie Walker
James L. Albert
Ruben Herrera
Billy Hill
Joseph Nathaniel McCoy
Josue Alfredo Vasquez
Bennie Edward Jackson
Linda Mendenhall
Jesse L. Mendéhall Jr
Patricia Puente
Abraham Puente
AlJtie John Fox
Venetta Suzanne Fox
Jones Bros. Dirt & Paving Contractors, Inc
Roseal G
Jones Bros
Patricia Francisco Rogers
Robert Edmond Lascroix
Gamage
Billy Joe Fallin
Wicklow
North
East 48Th
Nora Wallace Williams
Madera
Bonham and
East 17Th
Wallace PA. Hadley
Tulip
Elizabeth M. Kuykengall
Cambridge
Eighth
Primo Mireios Torrez
Rt. 1
Vivian T. Halbrooks
West 15Th
North Meadow
Linda Aliyne Wright
Midland
Robert Durwood Walker
North Graham
Opal
Martin Brannon
West Sth
Carolyn Green Mullins
San Jacinto
North Texas
Calvin Jessie Walden
Yealonda
Carmen Salana
West 48Th
Play Day Set For Saturday By West Texas Morgan Club
The West Texas Morgan Horse Club will stage a play day at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ector County Sheriff's Posse arena. Competition in three age divisions and a beginner's division will be held. High point winners in the age groups will receive $10 gift certificates while the beginner's division winner will be awarded a belt buckle. The normal riding events plus some fun events will be staged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Morgan Horse Club
Ector County Sheriff's Posse
Falling Clothes Injure Odesson in Odessa Laundry
Jose Torres of 416 South Lee, an Odessa laundry employee, was admitted with a cerebral concussion after a bag of wet clothing fell on his head at 11 10 a.m. Friday. A separate charge of driving while license suspended was filed against Bennie Edward Jackson, 24, of 6710 West 23rd, who was arrested at 6 40 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of West University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Torres
South Lee
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County
Bennie Edward Jackson
West 23Rd
West University
Deaths Rites Pending For Odessan
Funeral services were pending for Guyton Michael Young 71, of 1332 East Fifth, who died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. He was born December 1, 1901 in Matador and lived in Odessa since 1937 after moving from Spur. He retired after 15 years as a mechanic for Rowan Drilling Co. Surviving are his wife, three sons, four daughters, two brothers, 19 grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. Also listed were pending services for George Montgomery 83 and obituary details for Jerry Dean South 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyton
Michael Young
East Fifth
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Matador
Girard
Bessie Neff
Odessa
Spur
Rowan Drilling Co
Sixth
Jackson Street
James A. Young
Beverly
Guyton Neff Young
San Antonio
Pat Neil Young
Green Bay
Wisc
Reba Jo Perry
1000 Placer
Ruby Neil Matlock
Hurst
Elizabeth Galyon
Dallas
Wanda Wilkerson
Burlington
Iowa
Mike M. Young
Laramie
Wyo
J.P. Young
Mancos, Colo
George Montgomery
Eastroth
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Jerry Dean South
Garland
Restland
Restland Memorial Park
South
Bill South
Barthers
Woman Draws Probation On Drug Charge
Odessa woman Sammy Lucas Estes pleaded guilty in 70th District Court to possession of cocaine and received seven years probation instead of seven years in prison. She was arrested July 30 1972 by Texas highway patrolmen in the 2600 block of East Eighth after they found the drug in containers in the rear seat of the car. Estes, 920 North Hancock, testified she had no prior felony convictions. Charles Winston led her defense and Dennis Cadra prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Sammy Lucas Estes
North
Hancock
Texas
East Eighth
Charles Winston
Dennis Cadra
Lawmen Probe Six Thefts In Odessa Reports
Odessa police and the Ector County Sheriff's Department investigated six thefts Friday night. Items includ e pay telephone from Collier Laundry valued at 100, a citizen's band radio from Machine Tool Service, and interior goods from rent property at 813 Roxanna. A cutting torch, gauge and hose were stolen from another site, with bicycles reported stolen by two residents. A civil suit for more than 1000 was filed in 70th District Court by Patricia Rogers against Robert Lacroix over a June auto mishap at Tennessee and Santa Monica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Roxanna
F.W. Pate
Placer
C.R. Brown
Linda
Ray Hudgins
Grand Mesa
Robert Edmond Lacroix
Patricia Francisco Rogers
Tennessee
Santa Monica
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Japan Air Lines
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Jawad Hashem
R.O. Canon
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Christopher Allan Duke
Billy Duke
Mata
Pere AL YS
Ce Des
Nancy Chamberlain
Odessa College
Olivette Nazarene College
Kankakee
Ill
Dennis Chamberlain
Dickie Work Clothing Rental
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Doggett
Pen
Lester Humphrey
UTPBA
Odesson
the Odessa
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