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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1971

Page

3

Pro Golfer Doug Sanders Amid SEC Probe and Grand Jury

Professional golfer Doug Sanders found himself in the middle of a financial investigation as the SEC sought 170000 in connection with National Bankers Life stock. Tommy Shannon of Fort Worth testified before a grand jury while others involved faced cross examination and deposition proceedings in Dallas Houston and Austin.

Tommy Shannon Fort Worth Sharp SEC Houston Travis County Austin Texas Crawford Martin Day Frank W. Sharp Securities and Exchange Commission Sharpstown State Bank Dallas Sanders National Bankers National Bankers Life Morton L. Susman Texas House General Investigating Committee Rep Menton J. Murray Harlingen Susman Murray Doug Sanders Feder. Deposit Insurance Corp

VEE Spraying Nears Completion Along Texas Coast

Aerial spraying against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in Texas is finished with weather delays expected to extend spray in Louisiana. The tally shows 91 confirmed horse cases in 12 Texas counties and 61 human VEE cases, with 1,438,965 horses inoculated across nine states.

Houston Texas U.S. Department of Agriculture Louisiana Calcasieu Cameron Parishes Cameron County State Health Department

Texas sells $25 million sewage bonds for state program

Texas approves a $25 million bond sale to fund early sewage treatment projects under a $100 million program. The Texas Water Development Board will handle loans with Halsey, Stuart & Co. as low bidder at 4.95333 percent. Local entities borrow 25 percent locally and 50 percent with federal aid. priority goes to the worst systems with loans expected to last three to four years.

Austin Texas Soldier Texas Water Quality Board HLS Sop Luccune Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., & Associates Chicago Texas Water Development Board WDB W. E. Tinsley Bob Fleming Water Quality

Helmet Crash Not Serious

KEY WEST Florida AP patrolman Jimmie Jones says his helmet saved him from a bare headed collision with another helmet. He was wearing his helmet while operating traffic light control when a telephone lineman dropped his hardhat. It hit him squarely on the head and almost knocked him down. Jones reported only a slight headache.

Key West Fla Jimmie Jones Jones

Drivers Get Stuck in Fresh Walnut Street Concrete

Two motorists attempted lane changes in downtown Philadelphia and became trapped in 14 inches of newly poured concrete on Walnut Street. A police report notes the incident occurred Tuesday as crews worked on the street.

Philadelphia Walnut Street

Dallas Schools Adopt Plan For Busing Blacks

Dallas School board approves a desegregation plan to bus about 7 000 Black students to six mostly white high schools in North and East Dallas. No white students will be sent to predominantly Black schools as ordered by a federal court. Judge Taylor is to review the plan, which shifts some limits but keeps ninth and 12th graders at current schools if not closed by court.

Dallas Dallas School Board Emmett Conrad U. S. Dist William M. Taylor Tylor Eugene Smith Dallas Board

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