VN negotiators blame Nixon drive for prolonging war
Xuan Thuy and Mrs. Bind charge the Nixon administration rejected peace plans in 1969 1970 and 1971 and pursued Vietnamization to extend the war. They urge ending support for the Thieu regime and back a Saigon government reflecting South Vietnamese aspirations. South Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Dang Lam opposes coalition proposals for Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Nixon
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Nixon Veto Targets Education and Health Spending Levels
President rejects spending increases in two key departments asserting a 28.7 billion cap for HEW and Labor. Veto notes complain of 660 million above request for education and 900 million excess for health including NIH research and hospital grants. Senate Finance backs revenue sharing with social services cutbacks, signaling future ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Institutes of Health
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Lawyers Settle $25,000 Suit in Odessa Case
A 25,000 damage suit filed by Marie Bentley of Odessa against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and HBH Construction Co was settled before jury selection in 70th District Court. Bentley alleged injuries from a September 17 incident when she stepped into a hole caused by cable installation. Representing Bentley was Thomas Hirsch. the phone company cited Marlin L. Gilbert. the construction firm was represented by John Berke Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District Court
Marie Bentley
Odessa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
HBH Construction Co
Thomas Hirsch
Marlin L. Gilbert
San Antonio
John Berke Jr
Two Account Suits Filed In Odessa Courts
Two suits on account were filed Thursday in 70th and 16st District Courts. Air Repair Exchange of Odessa sued Emmett C. Vice for 608 dollars. Paul Clark sued George J. Register for 48 dollars. Both suits list Odessa residents. Also Sheriff reports: H D Laman of Fort Stockton injured at work and in satisfactory condition after his foot was broken by a drill stem at Fort Stockton site. he was taken to Medical Center Hospital. A woman, Terry Baker Oneal, 21, was charged with possession of a dangerous drug after police found amphetamine in her purse. bond set at 9 000 dollars. Larry Henderson, charged in Ector County Court with driving while intoxicated, arrested 12:25 am Tuesday. bond set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Repair & Exchange of Odessa
Emmett C. Vice
Odessa
Paul Clark
George J. Register
H. D. Laman
Fort Stockton
Medical Center Hospital
Laman
Ector County
Terry Baker Oneal
North Alleghancy
East Murphy
Larry Leroy Henderson
Fle
Coase
Kermit Man
Harvey Jesse Jeffery
West
Justice of the Peace
J.A. Purifoy
Truck Crash Injures Odessa Man Near Brownfield
Larry W. Paton, 26, of 720 Elliott, listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a truck accident nine miles north of Brownfield on U S 385 at 10 45 AM Wednesday. Eaton, driver of the rig, suffered left wrist and ankle injuries and possible concussion. admitted to Odessa hospital after treatment at Brownfield. Midland College to begin fourth year Sept 5 with nine new courses including Descriptive Astronomy and Petroleum Accounting. A $21,000 damage suit filed in 61st District Court against M System Food Stores Inc of San Angelo by Felix E. Davis of Odessa for a slip and fall at Grandview and 42nd Street on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry W. Paton
Elliott
Medical Center Hospital
Brownfield
Eaton
Odessa
U.S. 385
Levelland
Midland
Midland College
M System Food Stores, Inc
San Angelo
Felix E. Davis
Grandview
42Nd Street
Wrecks injure four in Monahans area crashes
Two Monahans residents remained in good condition at Medical Center Hospital after Wednesday traffic crashes injured four others. Lynn C. Thompson, 50, suffered head lacerations and Alma Weaver Graham, 43, a passenger in a 1972 pickup, sustained severe head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Medical Center
Lynn C. Thompson
Alma Weaver Graham
City Workers Attend Meet in San Antonio
Odessa city employees attended the ninth annual Midsummer Safety Conference in San Antonio along with public safety officials from across Texas. In Odessa the conference covered safety programs, first aid, drugs and alcohol, ambulance service, and related topics. Police and fire department personnel reported traffic crash injuries in two interactions near Odessa and the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa City
San Antonio
The
Texas Safety Association
Tommy Callendar
Dean Williams
Odessa Fire Department
Jim Cummings
Civil Jury Trial Over $1530 Car Damage Suit
The 70th District Court heard a civil action April 8 brought by Elvera Bingham Swinney and T.R. Swinney against Odessa resident Little Lod Barnes and C. F. Phillips Well Service Co over damages from a collision involving a Swinney car and Barnes’ truck. Plaintiffs’ attorney is Richard Abalos of Odessa. defense is John Gunter of Midland. Jurors named: Kenneth J. Polk, Virgil P. Holder Jr., Dan Bullion, Ruben T. Estrada, Carol Horton, Roy S. Cavness, George W. Bugg, Virginia J. Basinger, Floyd W. Schrimsher, Patricia A. Ri, D. W. Gavit, Martha F England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District Court
Elvera Bingham Swinney
T.R. Swinney
Little Lod Barnes
Odessa
C. F
Chuck) Phillips
Swinney
Barnes
Well Service Firm
Winneys
Richard Abalos
Midland
John Gunter
Kenneth J. Polk
Virgil P. Holder Jr
Dan Bullion
Ruben T. Estrada
Carol Horton
Roy S. Cavness
George W. Bugg
Virginia J. Basinger
Floyd W. Schrimsher
Patricia A. Ri
D. W. Gavit
Martha F England
One Teacher Still Needed at Nimitz Junior High
Ector County Independent School District officials report only one faculty vacancy a combined social studies and earth science post at Nimitz Junior High. Howard Butler, personnel director, said the vacancy will be filled soon as teachers begin pre-school in service and elementary registration is set for Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Independent School
Nimitz Junior High
Howard Butler
Race Track Liquor License Ownership Review In NM
State Liquor Director Carlos Jaramillo will meet with the State Racing Commission over ownership of the Ruidoso Downs liquor license. Sportservice of New Mexico acts as agent for most track concessions, while Emprise Corp. of Buffalo operates under Sportservice in New Mexico. Fortuna Corp., merged with Ruidoso Downs Inc., now holds the track, with Sunland Development owning a large stake and Kodiak Industries owning most of Sunland. Fortuna must file for a new liquor license, and major stockholders must comply with state law prohibiting felon's involvement.
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Santa FE
N.M
Carlos Jaramillo
Ruidoso Downs
State Racing Commission
Jaramillo
Sportservice of
New Mexico
Sportservice
Emprise Corp. of
Buffalo
N.Y
Ruidoso Downs, Inc
Tom Dunigan
Fortuna Corp
Ruidoso
Sunland Downs
Sunland Development Corp
Fortuna
Kodiak Industries Inc
San Diego
Calif
Sunland Development
Jarami
Services for Mrs Calderon and Mrs Brown in Texas obituaries
Two death notices from West Texas papers report services for Mrs Cenera R Calderon Brownwood 69 and Mrs Cora Brown Levelland 93. Calderon died after a long illness in Brownwood Community Hospital with burial at Greenleaf Cemetery. Brown died in Cook Memorial Hospital with burial at Ropesville Cemetery.
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Cebera R. Calderon
Brownwood
Cenera R. Calderon
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Greenleaf
Davis-Morris Funeral Home
Calderon
Brownwood Community Hospital
Mexico
Brown County
Apolinar Calderon
Coleman
Olivia Farias
Midland
Cora Brown Levelland
Cora Brown
George Price
Ropesville
Ten Theft Cases Under Investigation
Local law enforcement officers Thursday investigated ten theft cases. A 1965 model auto owned by Byron Beard at 1105 West University was stolen from 1204 North Lincoln yard and later recovered on Kermit Highway. A wallet containing 87 dollars was reported stolen from Berryhill’s at 3151 East University, belonged to Mrs. Owen H. Ham of 4324 Guernsey. Lea County Fair Queen Is Crowned.
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Byron Beard
West University
North Lincoln
Kermit Highway
Owen H. Ham
Guernsey
Berryhill’s
East University
E. P Gaston
Lea County
Lea County Fair Opens With Rodeo Parade And Queen Crowned
The 37th Lea County Fair began in Lovington at the Lea County Fairgrounds for a four day run featuring a Dig rodeo nightly. Barbara Watson 17 was named 1972 Lea County Fair Queen with Delinda Williams and Alice Brecken as runners up. A Wednesday parade through Downtown Lovington celebrated New Mexico statehood’s 60th anniversary as judging began at 8 a.m. and parade entries included banks, clubs, and rodeo contestants. Other items note a string of local thefts and incidents in Lovington area.
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Lovington
NUM
Permian Basin
Lea County Fairgrounds
Lea County
Dale Robertson
Barbara Watson
Marvin Watson
Lea
New Mexico
Four Injured In Two Late Evening Wrecks Reported
Two wrecks in the late hours sent four people to Medical Center Hospital for treatment. James Wooten, 28, of 416 Hancock, was treated for head and back injuries after his eastbound car struck a parked vehicle on West Second Street. In another crash at Eighth Street and Graham, Antonio Dominguez, 52, suffered head and neck injuries as his car collided with Gary Galloway’s vehicle. Others were treated for knee, shoulder, and shoulder abrasions, including Odelia Dominguez, 28, and Mattie Littlefield, 62, who rode with Corene Corby and were involved in separate collisions. Funeral notices and remembrances followed for Rayford M. Kirby of Wink, Mrs. Robert I. Thomas Flomot, Mrs. John H. Bradshaw, Herbert Phillips, L. H. Chivers, Edmund B. Watson, Tony Jones, and others with services planned or completed.
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David Hancock
Midland
Thompson
Pepasus Road
Odessa
U.S. 80
Jack Wasson
Denorah Sparks Blount
Center
Charles William Crowl
Springdale
Bankhead Highway
Medical Center Hospital
James Wooten
Hancock
West Second
Wooten
B.W. Sides
Roanoke
Second Street
Antonio Dominguez
Roswell
N.M
Eighth Street
Graham
Gary Galloway
North
Dominguez
Homera Dominguez
North Whitaker
Eighth
Galloway
Odelia Dominguez
Mattie Littlefield
North Golder
West Seventh
North Washington
Corene Corby
James McKown
Corby
McKown
Washington
Windshield Shattered as Overpass Vandalism Spreads
A driver on Interstate 20 under the Crane Avenue overpass reported a object broken his windshield Wednesday afternoon. Police search for the culprits continues as five vandalism cases surface. Other incidents include a home windows vandalized with rocks, a rent house glass damaged, and air gun damage to a car. A 62 year old man posted bond for DWI in the early hours, with J A Purifoy setting bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Avenue
Interstate 20
Terry D. Yarnell
la Puente
Calif
Yarnell
Cambridge
Odessa Events Schedule Highlights Morning Breakfast to Theater
Tomorrow in Odessa features at 7 A.M. the Optimists breakfast at Sands Restaurant. At noon Eastside Rotary meets in the Inn of the Golden West coach room, Odessa Optimists gather at Sands Restaurant, and at 6 P.M. Veterans of World War I convene at Barracks 1867, Hi-Spot Youth Center at 10th and MacArthur. An 8:30 P.M. performance of Romeo and Juliet plays at the Globe Theater.
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Eastside Rotary
The
Inn of the Golden West
10Th and
MacArthur
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MOJO
Permian School
Charlotte Taliaferro
Mark Taliaferro
Springbrook
Tom Hefner
M. R
Hefner
Kirkwood
PHS
Ector County Public Education
North Vietnam
Veto
Odessan
North Adams
Gaston
Sears, Roebuck and Co
H. W. Britton
Lancaster
U-Save Grocery
L.A. Lawson
West Third
Marley Auto Sales
East Third
George Reynolds
Roosevelt
Kenneth Yielding
Nabors Lane
Rayford M. Kirby
Kermit
Rayford Milton Kirby
Wink
Cooper Funeral
Kirby
Veterans’ Administration
Killeen
Bell County
Baptist Church
Susie Kirby
Sam Kirby
Melody Lane
Earl Kirby
North Dixie
Nathan .Kirby
Herman Kirby
Eunice Allen
Norene Davis
Andrews
Robert I
Thomas Flomot
Robert
Mary Elsie
Thomas
Flomot
Thompson Funeral Home
Laurel
Miss
Hickory Grove
Big Spring
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Fannin
Texas
Flomet
Amarillo
First Baptist Church of
Flora Virginia Hammond
Miami
Fla
Elise Marie Carlisle
William A. Brown
Hobbs
James A. Brown
Truman W. Brown
Satillo
Robert I. Thomas
John H. Bradshaw Anson
John H. Marjorie Mullins
Bradshaw
Jones County
St. Luke's Hospital
Houston
First Baptist Church
Mr. Hope Cemetery
Lawrence Funeral Home
Georgia
John H. Bradshaw
Wilson Community
Mark Bradshaw
Herbert Phillips
Big Spring Veterans Hospital
Greater St. Luke's Methodist Church
Kurial
Jackson Funeral
Fairview Cemetery
Phillips
West Columbia
Nettie Phillips
Melvin C. Phillips
U.S. Air Force
London
England
Hespia McKinzie
Marie Tyter
Ooth
Austin Phillips
Hitchcock
Louis Phillips
Sammy Phillips
Paris
Ernest Phillips
Beatrice Herald
Mable Givans
W. Walter Tison
Asheville
N.C
Southeast
WSB
Atlanta
Florida Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters
L. H. Chivers
Ruth Bell
Bill Harris
Mark Richards
Dwayne Bush
Estelline Jenkins
Austin
Thelma Burris
Arlington
Estama Solomon
Colorado City
Edmund B. Watson
BIG Lake
Big Lake Petroleum Company
Johnson
Watson
Barnhart
Joycee
Phyllis Watson
Dallas
Phillip Watson
Bradley Watson
Dee Watson
Tony Jones
Riker-Rains-Sealer Funeral Home
Jones
Root Memorial Hospital
Smith County
Lavada Choice
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Sadie Toland
Milford Jones
Felix Jones
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Optimists
Globe Theater
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