Two Thefts Investigated In Midland Area
Local lawmen Friday investigated two thefts. A Cemline Inc employee reported a starter motor two Sandhopper a desk and a chair stolen from an abandoned building valued over $1100. A youth took $5 and credit cards from a Ross Elementary School teacher’s purse. Rita Birkhead chased the thief. he fled with another boy in a blue car. UTPB buys Chambers Encyclopedia for library use from spring drive funds.
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Cemline Inc
East Highway 8
Ross Elementary
N. Everglade
Rita Birkhead
Midland
Policy
Burglary Cases Probed and Miscellaneous Local Crime
Ector County deputies probed two burglaries at SIW Pipe and Supply and Bundick Enterprises with safes, cash, and equipment taken after intrusions through doors and a window. A vandalism report on Ed Etheredge home noted damages and dye on surfaces. a 11 year old was held for shoplifting, and a 33 year old Odessa man posted bond for driving while intoxicated. Sharon Atkins daughter, seven, condition listed after head injury from a fall at home.
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Ector County
Odessa
Bowman Andrew Grissett
East 63Rd
Andrews Highway
Justice of the
Otis Moore
Grissett
Odessa Attorney Threatens Water Deposit Suit Over Deposits
Odessa attorney Gerald Fugit threatens a class action in federal court over water deposits dating back to 1963. He seeks six percent annual interest to be returned to depositors, citing a statute, while city officials dispute applicability. The city reports 230,659 in meter deposits across 21,074 accounts and notes current residential deposits at ten dollars.
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Fugit
Cty
Odessa
Gerald Fugit
Jim Reese
Ron Neighbors
Larry Sinclair
Unclear OCR Local Notice With Rates Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local notice or billing schedule with rates per month and per week, including weekly and Sunday rates. It mentions Odessa, Amencar, and various numeric figures but lacks cohesive context or complete names and dates. The readable items indicate price, subscription terms, and distribution timing but details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey
Odessa Amarpic
Gustair
Odeain
Odessa
Crater of Diamonds Park Draws Gem Hobbyists and Tourists
Sam Majors notes Murfreesboro Arkansas hosts the Crater of Diamonds state park where visitors can dig for diamonds for two dollars a day and receive free stone appraisals. Since 1906 about 60,000 stones have been found with eight percent gem quality. only ten of the 60 one‑carat plus US diamonds hail from Crater of Diamonds. A famous 34.25 carat blue gem named Star of Urfreesboro was found in 1964.
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Murfreesboro
Arkansas
America
Crater of Diamonds
John Huddleston
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Henry Ford
Rockefellers
United States
Woman Injured In Two Car Crash In Odessa
A 21 year old Odessa woman Virginia Dewees was admitted to Medical Center Hospital after a two car crash at 17th and North Dixie Boulevard at 2 02 pm. She suffered neck and shoulder injuries and was listed in satisfactory condition. The other driver was Novelle D Williams 46 of Dodd City driving a Pixie southbound. both cars heavily damaged.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
North Dixie Blvd
Virginia Dewees
Tanglewood
Pixie
Novelle D. Williams
Dodd City
Fire Burns Fence and Camper Trailer in Odessa
Odessa firefighters rushed to three incidents Friday. A fire at Ollie Franklin’s home damaged about one foot of fencing and scorched paint on his camper trailer, likely started by a youngster. investigators found a container with combustible liquid nearby. A separate fire at H J Griffis’ home involved a shorted air conditioner motor with no damage reported. Fluorescent lights at Lite Kitchen Cafe smoked when one overheated, prompting a fire call.
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Odessa
Ollie Franklin
Holley
H. J. Griffis
North Jackson
Lite
West Second
Local Courts Report Multiple Family and Civil Filings
Matter of Record lists marriages, divorces, civil suits, and traffic accident notes across COUNTY and DISTRICT COURT. Reuney Stewart and Sandra Lee Woitson appear alongside Robert Lee Wrrant Jr and Terrie Elaine Bryant. Civil suits include Featherlite Core vs Melvin Oldaner and Fioretta Sawyer vs Patricia Smyth with damage and account claims.
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Friensss
Rssted
Reuney
Aaurice Stewart
Sandra Lee Woitson
Robert Lee Wrrant Jr
Terrie
Elaine Bryant
Joan Wesley McCready Jr
Deporan Mae Winchester
Adrice Perez Guadarrama
Lorna Pera
Donnie Ben McFatter
Teresa Kay Shepherd Owil
Louis la Havate
Rocky Worth
Velma Junelia Davis
James Foster Daws
Margaret Helen Gilham
Richard D. Gillham
Betty Sue Spurlock
Tillman Spurlock
Nina J. West
Larry Sova West
Gary Smith
Sandra Sue Smith
Ralph Crews
Elfriede H Crews
Kathleen M Sufier
Jor Butler
Jeanette Bascert Raschke
Edward Marvin Raschke
Fioretta Sawyer
Patricia Smyth
Damaars
Featherlite Core
Melvin Oldaner
Vth
North Doe
Novelle
Nixon report says no Vietnam peace opportunity existed
Washington AP report summarizes a 13 page White House mini white paper denying a lost peace chance in Vietnam. It targets Sargent Shriver and supporters Harriman and Vance, claiming no real opportunity arose during the period in question and noting Shriver sought a domestic post in October 1969 with John Ehrlichman.
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Washington
Administration
Nixon
Vietnam
Sargent Shriver
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus Vance
South Vietnam
Ort
Harriman and
Vance
Paris
Shriver
France
White House
John Ehrlichman
Train Wreckage Cleanup Underway Near Toyah
Workers cleared a derailment site on Texas & Pacific tracks one mile east of Toyah after Train No. 61 derailed at 3 a.m. Friday. Twenty five cars piled up, some damaged, with no injuries reported among caboose crew. temporary shoo fly track installed as salvage and repair crews from Big Spring, Odessa, and El Paso aided.
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Toyah Stall
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Here
C. D. McDaniel
Tovah
Journal
Ot-Yard
Devon
Transgem
McDaniel
Big Spring
Odessa
Fl Paso
T&p
No al
Dupo. Hill
West Coast
Hig Spring
FE Paso
Enraine
Eel Paso
el Paso
Palacios
San Angelo
Midland
Beaumont
Waco
Dallas
Cotulla
Lubbock
Texas
Republicans and Democrats at Miami Beach convention vivid foreign policy talks
The article describes convention activity with a foreign policy plank stressing relations with Taiwan Peking and NATO plus disarmament ideas with Eastern Europe. It notes debates on domestic issues like day care and abortion within the party, and reports McGovern Shriver campaigning while GOP events unfold in Miami Beach as weather figures in Texas.
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People’s Republic of China
Republic of China
Taiwan
Japan
Peking
North Atlantic
United Nations
U.N
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Cuba
Rhoades
Jill Ruckelshaus
Nixon
William P. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Administration
Miami Beach
National Committee
George McGovern
Midwest
Milwaukee
Deaths Gun Victim's Funeral Will Be Monday
Funeral services are scheduled for Monday in Andrews for Preston Warren Grissom 18, who died Thursday from a gunshot wound at Nara Visa Truck Terminal in New Mexico. Grissom, born 1954 in Andrews, moved to Nara Visa two years ago. His father Mark Grissom, jailed on murder charges, was released on bond. Burial will be in Andrews Cemetery. services in Tucumcari handled by Dunn Funeral Home. Grissom survived by wife Bernice and his parents.
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Andrews
New Mexico
Quay County
Tucumcari
Preston Warren Grissom
Mark Grissom
J. W. Gallegos
Grissom
Quay County Sheriff's Deputies
Nara Visa
U.S. 3
Texas-New Mexico
Dalhart
Chapel of Chimes
Singleton Funeral Home
Dunn Funeral Home
Nara
First Baptist Church of
Logan
Bernice
Rites Sunday For Odessan Elmer White
Funeral services for Elmer Livingston White 69 will be held at 3 p m Sunday at Memorial Gardens. White a retired millwright died in Medical Center Hospital Friday He was born November 25 1902 in St Jo Texas He married Lovee Meetee in Callinesworth County Oct 24 1414 Survivors include four sons Dale White Hobbo White Leste White and Joan White two daughters Mrs Elaine Clark and Mrs Angie Edwards three sisters and many grandchildren Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Odessa.
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Roy L Hite
North Belmont
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Garden
Hite
Nelson Office Supply
Collinsville
Wichita Falls
Thelma Nicholas
Odessa
Fort Worth
First United Methodist Church
Odessa Masonic Lodge
KCCH
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Downtown Lions Club
West Texas Gem and Mineral Society
Robert Leo
San Bernadino
Calif
Betty Wintersteen
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bruce Wintersteen
Bruce Hite
Wellington
V. V. Hite
Harold Hite
Borger
Joe D. Hite
Amarillo
Scottish Rite Hospital
Elmer Livingston White
Sunset Memorial Gardens
White
Custer
St Jo
Tex
Lovee Meetee
Callinesworth County
Hobbs
Dale White
Hobbo White
Dale N. M
Leste White
Abilene
Joan White
Corpus Christi
Elaine Clark
California
Angie Edwards
Denver City
Oscar Dunlap
Oklahoma City
Ott Walden
Tula
T. B. Short
Harvord
Hwee
Getty
Marya
Gisce
Oakwood Cemetery
Cisen
Vrs Harper
Cisce
Baptist Church
of the Woodmen of the
Chronicle Leader Dies at 42 in Colorado Springs
Frank E. Warren, 42, longtime Houston Chronicle publisher, died in his sleep while vacationing in Colorado Springs. He rose from carrier boy to president of the Houston Chronicle Publishing Co., joining the paper in 1931 and becoming president in 1967. The obituary notes his Navasota origins and 1928 move to Houston. Roy Woodall, 63, a Gardendale resident, died at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. services are pending. Three injured in rain slick I-20 crash near Odessa: Conception Vaeze 43, Josephine Muniz 44, Alice Muniz 42, all from Monahans, with Alice and Conception hospitalized. The van skidded on damp pavement. occupants sustained various injuries.
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Houston
Frank E. Warren
Carrier Boy
Houston Chronicle Publishing Co
Colorado Springs
Cale Bill Price
Warren
Colorado
Price
Warren Ownson
Navasota
The
Chronicle
Roy Woodall
Gardendale
Medical Center Hospital
Woodall
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sophia
Conception Vaeze
Josephine Muniz
Alice Muniz
Monahans
Josephino Muniz
Texas Highway
Bob Forbus
Sabino Juarez Muniz
Buena Park
Calif
Forbus
Odessa
Tomorrow In Odessa Day of WWI Veterans Event
A notice from the Veterans of World War I and Auxiliary invites attendance at 2 P M at Black Gold Barracks 3475 followed by activities at Second Baptist Church 711 East 17th in Odessa.
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Black Gold Barracks
Second Baptist Church
East 17Th
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University of Texas
Permian Basin
Chambers
London
Oxford University Press
Ruth Thayer
UTPB
Ed Etheredge
Idlewood
Wkite
Sheplllings
Edna Revenaire
7-1
Crane and Clements
Peng
Kector
Louis Lb. Mayme Agaist
Sharon J. Atkins
Billy Atkins
Robertson
el Paso Products
United Fund
W.D. Noel
Ars
70Th District Court
Floretta Sawyer
10Th
Sam Majors
American Gem Society
Sam L. Majors
Herbert G. Klein
National Security Council
State and Defense Departments
At-Ward
Odessan
VRS. Iva
Fetherlite Corp
Melvin Oldaker
School For Wives
Globe Theater
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