Harris County teen Henley tied to Corll killings in Texas
Henley, 17, faces two murder counts in Houston and three more in San Augustine County connected to the Corll case in which four bodies have been located. Brooks, 18, charged with one murder. Henley’s attorney seeks psychiatric examination, a Harris County trial, and bond reduction. Authorities plan further digs at High Island and the Houston boat shed, while identification of the bodies continues through dental, clothing, and fingerprint evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henley
San Augustine
Texas
Houston
David Owen Brooks
Dean Allen Corll
Charles Melcher
State District Court
George Walker
Melcher
Harris County
Walker
San Augustine County
Brooks
High Island
Robert McCroskey
John Hoyt
Corll
Lewis Otter
Chambers County
Chambers
Jefferson Counties
Otter
R. E. Culberson
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Tex
Culberson
Everett Waldrop
Atlanta
Harry Lynn Waldrop
Donald Edward Waldrop
Croll
Marty Ray Jones
Charles Cary Cobble
William Ray Lawrence
Cobble
Jones
Lawrence
Cox Rejects Privilege Claims Over Nixon Tapes
Supreme Court bound conflict over presidential privilege as Cox argues for full disclosure from Nixon aides. Haldeman Ehrlichman and the President face subpoenas. Sirica sets Aug dates for filings and arguments as a second grand jury is sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cox
Nixon
Grand
Raza Unida backs Montezuma seminary use in New Mexico
Delegates at the New Mexico La Raza Unida convention approved a resolution supporting using the Montezuma seminary at Las Vegas as a Chicano seminary school or veterans rehabilitation center. The group also elected Chris Eichwald Veronica Sanchez Fred Trujlo to its Congress de Atzlam and re elected Juan Jose Pena as state chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo, N.M
New Mexico
la Raza Unida
Montezuma Seminary
Las Vegas
Chicanos Unidos Para Justicia
Montezuma Unidos
Los Padres
Chris Eichwald
Corrales
Veronica Sanchez
Alamogordo
Fred Trujlo
Juan Jose Pena
Larry Hill
Loretta
Manuel Archuleta
Pena
Hill
Eichwald
Gloria Cruz
Bernalillo
Antonio de Vargas
Rio Arriba
Five men charged with driving while intoxicated in Odessa
Five persons were charged with driving while intoxicated Sunday and early Monday and were released Monday on $500 bond. Four arrests were by the Texas Highway Patrol and one by Odessa police. The cases were filed with Justice of the Peace Otis Moore who set bond. Names include Gilbert Sanchez, Billy Lamb, Lorenzo Martinez Castillo, Steven Ray Niblett, and Joe Bonnie Wright with addresses and arrest locations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Patrol
Odessa
Justice of the Peace
Otis Moore
Gilbert Sanchez
West Clifford
Lincoln
Billy Lamb
North Hancock
West County Road
U.S
Lorenzo Martinez Castillo
South
Sam Houston
U. S
Welcome Set For Teachers
The Midland Chamber of Commerce education committee schedules a Welcome for New Teachers at 6 p.m. on August 21. Over 400 administrators and new faculty from Midland ISD, Midland College, St Ann's Catholic, Midland Christian, Trinity, and Hillander will attend. Special guests include UT Permian Basin administrators and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Midland Independent
Midland College
St Ann's Catholic School
Midland Christian School
Trinity
Hillander
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Firemen Respond to Two Sunday Calls in Odessa
Odessa firemen answered two Sunday calls. At 2:24 p.m. a car fire at 304 Hudson damaged wiring and hoses in Robbie Pitman’s vehicle from a carburetor backfire. A second call at 5:20 p.m. reported a city trash container fire at Ninth and Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Robbie Pitman
Hudson
Pitman
Ninth and
Pittsburg
Bond Hearing Slated For Ft. Worth Five
U S District Judge Leo Brewster prepared to discuss bond terms for the "Fort Worth Five" jailed for contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury. Attorneys weighed a possible bond set around 5 to 15 thousand dollars each, as Supreme Court involvement and a looming Nov. 1 term deadline shaped the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
U.S. District Court
Leo Brewster
Brewster
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Kenneth Tierney
Daniel Crawford
Matthias Reilly
Paschal Morahan
Thomas Laffey
Seagoville
Northern Ireland
Five
Atty
Frank McCown
Larson
McCown
Crawford and
Morahan
Tierney
Laffey
Riley
U.S
New York
Douglas
Supreme Court
Texas
Black Elks open convention in Dallas weeklong event
The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks known as the Black Elks opened their Dallas convention with 20 000 delegates. Dr Dolores Hunter spoke at a Saturday session and Hobson Reynolds credited Lyndon B Johnson with inviting the group to Dallas. Reynolds, a leader listed by Ebony as a top 100 black leader, noted LBJ would have liked to meet them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
The
Black Elks
Dolores Hunter
Texas
Bill Hobby
BPOE
Hobson Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
Reynolds
Johnson
Lincoln
Ebony Magazine
Damaged Machine Shop Faces Suit Over $3000 Claim
Damage claimed in excess of 3000 dollars in a suit filed in Ector County Court by C A Templeton Machine Shop against defendant Benny Edward Jackson of Odessa. The machine shop at 2727 North Golder alleges damage from a traffic mishap on August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
C. A. Templeton Machine Shop
Benny Edward Jackson
Odessa
North Golder
Odessa Community Groups Schedule Tomorrow
City Council meets at noon in City Hall Council Chambers. Noon events include Grandview Lions at Bonanza Steakhouse Hi Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant Odessa A&M Club Inn of the Golden West Jaycees Inn of the Golden West. 6 30 P M Odessa Chess Club at Odessa College. 7 30 P M Propbusters Club Flame Room Pioneer Natural Gas. 8 P M American Legion Post 430 Legion Hall Eighth and Pueblo. 8 38 P M Southside VFW Post 6717 515 West Pearl. 8 30 P M Wrestling at the Coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propbusters Club
Flame Room
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Southside
VFW Post
West Pearl
Ex Odessa Sewage Worker Killed by Gas Poisoning
Marvin Leonard Hill 22 a former Odessa resident died Saturday after being found in a pit at a sewer job in Tom Green County along with another coworker. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Evangelical Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife Suzanne Mead Hill a son and a daughter and his parents Leonard and Mrs. Hill. He had lived in San Angelo about a year and attended Odessa High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Leonard
Soapy) Hill
Evangelical Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Hill
San Angelo
Haynes
Sweetwater
Suzanne Mead
Andrews
Odessa High School
Church of Christ
Jason Kelly Hill
Robin Hill
Leonard Hill
West 12Th
Michael Hill
John M. Hill
Odessa
Wanda Hill
Earlene Dorn
H.L. Webb
Final Rites Set Tuesday for Eddie Stephens in Strawn
Funeral services for Eddie E. Stephens 75 of Goldsmith will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Strawn Church of Christ with burial in Mount Marion Cemetery Strawn. He died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include a daughter and one grandson. Stephens moved to Goldsmith from Breckenridge in 1952 and was a retired mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie E. Stephens
Goldsmith
Strawn Church of Christ
Mount Marion
Strawn
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Odessa
Stephens
Medical Center Hospital
Osage City
Kan
Lola Mae Sandefer
Stephenville
Breckenridge
Raymond Hughes
3000 Park Blvd
Lightning Kills Former Andrews Man
Jerry L. Shira 28, a former Andrews resident, was killed by lightning while taking shelter under a tree in a Brooklyn park during a thunderstorm. Burial will be in Andrews Cemetery with Singleton Funeral Home handling arrangements. He was born March 18, 1945 in San Diego and had lived in New York the past year. Shira graduated from Andrews High School and the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a mail clerk for Show Magazine. Survivors include his mother, Bernice Shira of Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Jerry L. Shira
Singleton Funeral Home
Shira
Brooklyn
San Diego
Calif
New York
Andrews High School
University of Texas At Austin
Show Magazine
Bernice Shira
Ex Odessa Rites Slated In Arizona for Gerald Fitzpatrick
Funeral services for Gerald Fitzpatrick 46 of Yuma Ariz will be held Tuesday at 10 am at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Odessa following a heart attack at Medical Center Hospital Odessa He lived in Odessa Monahans and Kermit before moving to Yuma in 1965 He was a postal worker and trailer park owner a World War I and Korean War veteran and member of the Monahans Masonic lodge He was born July 24 1927 in Dilton Okla married Deanie Anderson June 7 1956 in Lovington NM Survivors include his wife three sons a daughter and a sister January through February span notes for Jed Friday and Mrs W H Flippin follow in same column
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Yuma
Gerald Fitzpatrick
Ariz
Johnson Funeral Home
Fitzpatrick
Home
Cheryl Fitzpatrick
The
H.W
Vivian) Taylor
Kermit
Jed Friday
Midland
Newnie W
Billy Friday
Richard Friday
Jerry Don Friday
Bobby Friday
Fort Carson
Vickie Friday
Jesse Kay Friday
Jack Friday
Weldon
Gerald Friday
Dallas
B.F. Stewart
Melvin Wallace
Elbert Smith
Jenriette Elbowski
Anderson
Services Set In San Antonio
Funeral services for Jessie Russell 83 of 306 West Clements are 3:30 p.m. Thursday at St Paul Methodist Church San Antonio with burial in Eastview Cemetery. Carter-Taylor Mortuary directs local arrangements with Rix Funeral Home handling. Russell died at home late Saturday. Peace Justice Otis Moore ruled death natural causes. Born October 24 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Russell
West Clements
St. Paul Methodist Church
San Antonio
Eastview Cemetery
Carter-Taylor Mortuary
Rix Funeral Home
Russell
Otis Moore
Alma L. Stone
Rites Planned For Odesson and Related Obituaries
Funeral services for Isabel M. Licon 60 of Odessa will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rix Funeral Home with burial in Odessa. She died at home Saturday after a natural death per Peace Justice Otis Moore. Licon born July 8, 1913 in Van Horn lived in Odessa 32 years and leaves husband A H two sons Noe and Roy, four daughters including Alice Press Naomi Rumanich Rosella Prager and Belinda Tucker, three brothers including Marcos Martinez, three sisters including Lana Luna and 10 grandchildren. Additional notices cover Ellen Lou Hughes 59 of Fort Stockton who died Saturday. Robbie Beall 80 of Nacogdoches longtime Beall department stores leader. J D Fussell 74 of Midland. and Maudie Crowder 63 of Denver City with services and burial details.
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Isabel M. Licon
South Jackson
Rix Funeral
Odessa
Licon
Peace
Otis Moore
van Horn
Alice Press
Naomi Rumanich
Los Angeles
Calif
Rosella Prager
Wisconsin
Belinda Tucker
Marcos Martinez
Pecos
Lana Luna
Ellen Hughes
Fort Stockton
C. B
Ellen Lou) Hughes
Fort Stockton Memorial Hospital
Fort Stockton Funeral Home
East Hill
Luling
Carizzo Springs
C. B. Hughes
Bobby Ray Hughes
San Diego
Henry Hughes
Herman Hughes
Seagraves
Ray Hughes
Bobby Joe Hughes
Lula Mae Cartwright
Corrine Hughes
Nancy Hughes
Robbie Beall
Nacodoches
Texas
Louisiana
Lufkin
Beall
Beall Department Stores
Nacogdoches
Beall Brothers, Inc
Jacksonville
Maudie Crowder
Denver City
First Methodist Church
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Crowder
Yoakum County Hospital
Canada
Alice Starnes
Helen Lange
Bend
Ore
Eugene Hallett
Portland
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East Texas
West Texas
Meldher
Grand Jury
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Watergate
John N
Mitchell
John W. Dean III
Dean
Sirica
Charles Alan Wright
Wright
Kennedy
High Court
Senate Watergate Committee
Raza Unida Okays Chicano Seminary
University of Albuquerque
the State Division of Textbooks
Mountain Bell Telephone Co
Steven Ray Niblett
Monahans
Andrews Highway
Joe Bonnie Wright
West 13Th
Ft. Worth 5
Damage Asked
A.M. — City Council
Council Chambers
City Hall
Grandview Lions
Bonanza Steakhouse
Sands Restaurant
Odessa A&m Club
Inn of the Golden West
Noon — Jaycees
Inn of the
Odessa Chess Club
Odessa College
American Legion
Legion
Eighth and Pueblo
Mary Bergeron
St. William's Catholic Church
Isabel Pierson
Hutchinson, Kan
C.C
Isabel) Pierson
Hutchinson
Frank Firebaugh
Doran Drive
Eastside
Johnson & Son Funeral Home
Pierson
B. Villarreal
Ozona
Bernabe Villarreal Sr
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Lima
Janes Funeral Home
Maurice Bisgyer
Washington
Maurice Bisgger
B'nai B'nth
Jewish Service Organization
Lightning
Arizona
W. H. Flippin Eden
William Henry Flippin
Eden
Concho County Memorial Hospital
Crane
Rites
Odesson
J.D. Fussell
J.D
Eddie) Fussell
Primitive Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Fussell
Rusk County
Rising Star
Snyder
Big Siping
Eddie Fussell
Amarillo
Jerry
Joe Fussell
Sanger
Richard Harris
Mineola
J.H. Kirkpatrick
Earl Fussell
Mary Crist
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