Cowen signs new statement in bribery probe
Ector County Coliseum manager J Fred Cowen spent hours with district attorney investigators and signed a new written statement about an alleged bribery attempt amid a probe. The affair centers on a 1972 bribery case linked to 1000 show tickets and a drop box. Cowen's suspension from his $11744 annual post was announced after the meeting as an audit of Coliseum operations proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Martin
Ector County Coliseum
J. Fred Cowen
Cowen
Tom Barker
Dennis Cadra
Coliseum
Alice Cooper
Tucker
Mike Barney
Salvador Guerrero
Bill Elms
Julian
Pressly
Erskine Wunsch
Wunsch
Earney
Record Number Sign Up At OC
Odessa College preregistration ended with 2257 students signing up for fall classes. DC day college accounts for 1805 pre enrolled while 452 are in night school. Night enrollment rose 145 from last year’s 317. Last two days added 255 sign ups. next week counselors will assist remaining preregisters before regular registration on Aug 30.
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Odessa College
Dc’s Day College
Student Affairs Office
Marfa Youth Fatally Injured In Bicycle Truck Crash
A 13 year old Marta boy, Freddie Shely, died after his bicycle collided with a northbound truck at the Dean and Salarosa intersection. He was taken to Brewster Memorial Hospital in Alpine where he died of head injuries. Funeral services are set for Sunday at First Baptist Church, with burial in Marfa Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, two sisters, and grandfather.
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Marfa
Marta
Dean
Salarosa
Freddie Shely
Fred Shely
East Third
Shely
Bobbie Anthony
Rink Polson
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Glen Brumley
First Baptist Church
Kelley Funeral Home
Marfa Cemetery
Ray Allen
Lea Elms
Las Cruces
N.M
Terry W. Shely
Rankin
Damage suits filed in Ector County courts
Two damage suits were filed in Ector County District Courts Friday. A.D. Hathcoat of Odessa seeks 55000 damages from Ace Machine Shop of Houston for injuries alleged on January 14, 1972 while working in Odessa for the Houston firm. The suit seeks 20000 for pain and anguish 20000 for injuries and 15000 for medical treatment.
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Ector County
A.D. Hathcoat
Odessa
Ace Machine Shop
Houston
Hathcoat
Ex Manager Of Foundation Being Sought
A former manager of the Abilene Industrial Foundation, E. Elton Ables, 42, was named in 17 felony embezzlement indictments totaling 56,558 dollars. The grand jury alleged checks drawn Aug 12, 1969 to Oct 1, 1971, were forged or misused to convert funds to Ables. He resigned 1971 to join Wichita chamber. An Odessa home break in yielded no losses. A bicycle accident in Odessa led to damages suit for 5,000 dollars. Three Odessa women in a two car crash were treated at Medical Center Hospital.
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Abilene, Tex
Abilene Industrial Foundation
E. Elton Ables
Midland
42Nd
District Court
Ridgiea State Bank
Fort Worth
Ables
Foundation
Economic Development Department
Wichita, Kan. Area
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Third
Golder
Patricia Brooks Jackson
Autumn
Dorothy Hall
Seminole
Jackson
Marie Rabon
Roxanna
Tavior Johnson
Cimaron
County Court Marriage Licenses and Court Actions
Marriage licenses Granted to Lilly Gene Gandy Pamela Jean Conaway Jeffrey Lynn Burrow Cathy Ann Estell Harold Lewis Sigman Oortha Lanella Harvey Rodney Lynn Pittman Judy Kay Perkins Jerry Lynn Mullins Pamela Ann Fenton Carlton Leroy Baring Rebecca Ann Harvey Civil cases Lowell Clive Caddell vs Texas Department of Public Safety still on appeal Criminal cases John Henry Washington serious threat to take a human life Chad McRyen driving while intoxicated District Court Divorces Amelia V Nabarette Luis S Nabarette Civil suits First National Bank vs Edward J Holland A 0 Hathcoat vs Ace Machine Shop Mid-Continent Supply Co vs West Tex Hydraulics Lynn R Huff vs Charles O Howard State of Texas vs Edward Espino Esparza City Traffic Accidents East University and Neighbors Lane Luz Martinez McGuire Jessie Sanford Jr 40 1423 South Washington and 47 1505 Cimarron Damages heavy multiple pairs of listed accidents with names ages addresses and damages noted John Henry Washington 602 Wabash charged with making a serious threat to take a human life Norma Washington 738 Tower Circle Driving while intoxicated charges filed against Chad McRyea of Waines Apartments Arrested Tuesday at 31st and Grant
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Lilly Gene Gandy
Pamela Jean Conaway
Jeffrey Lynn Burrow
Cathy Ann Estell
Harold Lewis Sigman
Oortha Lanella Harvey
Rodney Lynn Pittman
Judy Kay Perkins
Jerry Lynn Mullins
Pamela Ann Fenton
Carlton Leroy Baring
Rebecca Ann Harvey
Lowell Clive Caddell
Texas Department of Public Safety
John Henry Washington
Chad McRyen
District Court
Amelia
Nabarette
Luis S. Nabarette
First National Bank
Edward J. Holland
A. 0. Hathcoat
Ace Machine Shop
Mid-Continent Supply Co
West Tex Hydraulics
Lynn R. Huff
Charles O. Howard
State of Texas
Edward Espino Esparza
Nisi
University
Luz Martinez McGuire
South Washington
Jessie Sanford Jr
Cimarron
Ith
Tom Green
James Rouse
Drury Lane
Ernestine Alexander
East 11Th
Dotsy
Fannie McAdams
Catclaw
Brenda Newby
West 31St
West 10Th
James Taylor
Dawn
Jimmy Camp
West Ada
East Eighth
Anita Franklin
East 13Th
Elaine Crumpton
Doran
North Muskingum
Sidney Cummings
Lubbock
Elizabeth Turner
Monahans
Meadow
Judy Kennerty
Cumberland
Mary Horton
Pecos
East Fourth
Sherry Honne
Ricky Hubbard
Eastover
Funeral services set for Alpine residents in three notices
Funeral services pending for Mrs. Bonnie Murray Alpine 73 died in Brewster Memorial Hospital after illness. Survivors include husband Augustus Lee Murray two daughters eight sons and many grandchildren. Also pending services for Mrs. Leatrice W Bailey 73 of Seminole died on arrival at a Seagraves hospital. Memorials directed to Flying Ambassadors. Then report from Casa Grande Ariz describes a mining shaft collapse at Hecla Copper Mine trapping two men with one rescuer injured and two teams delaying entry as flames threaten the area.
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Bonnie Murray Alpine
Bonnie Murray
Alpine
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Geeslin
Murray
Mount Sinai Methodist Church
Augustus Lee Murray
Nora Lee
Houston
Aline Murray
Austin
Jack Murray
Lovington
N.M
Augustus Lee Murray Jr
John Murray
Frank Henry Murray
Cottonwood
Calif
Joe
David Murray
Edward Murray
Fort Stockton
Charles Murray
Gaithersburg
Lupe Alarcon
Julian Fierro
Leatrice W. Bailey
Seminole
Seagraves
Seagraves Hospital
Singleton Funeral Home
Gaines County
Lubbock
Bailey
Ryan
Oklo
S.W. Bailey
Lee W. Bailey
Betty Dennis
Dimmit
Nancy Biloyd
Pat Jones
Santo
Dorothy Hunnicutt
Oklahoma City
Mary Rawdon
Midland
Shafter Bailey
Vern Floyd
Denver City
Casa Grande
Ariz
Hecla Mining Co
Papago
Dick Glover
Phoenix
Glover
David Deeder
Champion Of Aviation Dies At 77
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and famed Navy air advocate, died of cancer at 77 at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda. A WW II Pacific theater leader and Annapolis graduate, he battled for naval aviation and helped push Navy-built carriers. He retired in 1957 after four years as chair. his career spanned World War I, II, and Korea.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Navy
Radford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Force
Air
Defense High Command
Annapolis
South Carolina
Pacific
Tarawa
Joint Chiefs
Chicago
Grinnell
Iowa
Riverside
Ill
Odessa American postal and subscription rates notice
The Odessa American lists mailing details and subscription prices. Rates include home delivery by carrier in Odessa and Ector County at 250 per month, motor route 280, by mail 30 per year, 16 per six months, 8.50 per three months, and 3 per month. Store copies priced 10 per copy daily and Saturday morning and 25 Sunday.
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Odessa
Anl
Odessa Man Injured in Fatal Big Lake Crash
A 39 year old Odessa man was injured Friday when a logging truck collided with a car driven by Clayton Holden 36 of Big Lake on Texas 137 and Ranch Road 33. Holden died at Memorial Hospital at 9 10 a m. Holdens survivors include his widow two children and a sister in Graham. Funeral services set for Bethel Baptist Church Big Lake pending.
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Big Lake
Odessa
Clayton Wayne Holden
Billy Joe Perkins
West
Holden
RR 33
Texas
Memorial Hospital
Texas Highway Patrol
Perkins
Bethel Baptist Church
Johnson Funeral Home
San Angelo
Don Davis
Graham
Investigation Continues In Man's Death Near Fort Davis
A 23-year-old man, Johnny J. Goodman, was found deceased in a sleeping bag on State 118 about 29 miles north of Fort Davis. Texas Highway Patrol says autopsy points to head injury from a vehicle passing over him after he slept in a bag. last seen hitchhiking near Kent and at the Prude Ranch, with a possible California residence. He was buried in the County Cemetery.
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Marfa
State 118
Fort Davis
Keith Morris
Texas Highway Patrol
Johnny J. Goodman
Morris
Gilbert Cano
McDonald Observatory
Goodman
Prude Ranch
Here
California
Frederick Bornstein
el Paso
Kent
Freddie Lee Powell
Austin
Grass fires in Odessa blamed on children playing with matches
Odessa firemen answered three grass fire calls Friday afternoon and night. One blaze at 10th and Avenue F was extinguished at 8:56 p.m. A second fire at Bicks Pawn Shop at South Grant and Shell occurred around 6-13 p.m., and a third at a vacant jet at 3.8 South Patterson around 6-22 p.m. All fires were believed set by children with matches.
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Odessa
10Th
Avenue F
Bicks
South Grant and
Shell
South Patterson
Gas Price Ceilings Set With Rollback Rule And Pump Labels
City council imposes ceiling prices on gasoline and diesel with minimum rollbacks to Jan 10 levels for margins widened during shortages. Gasoline and diesel pumps must display ceiling price and octane. Heating oil passthrough allowed at wholesale. officials warn against automatic price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
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Ear. Stevens
70Th District Court
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T.F. Hefner
Sherwood Park
Don E. Williams
Warren Heagy
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IMC Studios
IMC International
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Mid- Continent
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Mac Bradshaw
Wink
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Estquio Muniz
West Lynbrook
Ray James
North Kelly
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Karen Myers
Joseph Myers
Byron
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Tower Circle
DWI
Chad McRyea
Waines
McRyea
Grant
Richard Conn
Sheriff's Deputies
R. L. Vaught
Clover
South Coliseum
Bill Roe
la Casa
Cooks Discount Center
Linda Martin
West 16Th
Jerry Byrd
West 25Th
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E. Univ
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Odessa, Texas
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