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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1972

Page

4

Project Identification aims to curb burglaries in Odessa

Burglary prevention program opens Monday allowing residents to borrow motorized engraving pens to mark TVs radios and appliances with their driver license numbers and TEX letters. Pens come from OAIA with 900 decals bought for display. decals issued after marking and return. Officials say decals help identify stolen items and speed police recovery across city fire stations.

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Political power theme runs through SCLC meet

Dallas AP report on the SCLC convention shows a broad move toward multiethnic political power for the poor and oppressed. Delegates from Indiana to Philadelphia advocate human rights, voter registration, and unity of blacks, Chicanos, Indians, and Chinese, stressing practical political activism over factionalism.

SCLC Dallas Southern Christian Leadership Conference Bill Crawford Indiana America Crawford Darlene Wise Julius F. Shaw Indianapolis Rhodesia Ralph David Abernathy Abernathy J. L. Lowery Angela Davis John Moore Michigan Jesse Jackson U.S Juan Bond Georgia Jesse Julian Shaw Martin Luther King Gertrude Clark Philadelphia People's Movement

Bicycles increasingly stolen in Odessa with registration aiding recovery

Odessa police report 336 bicycles stolen this year with a 90 percent recovery rate. Theft rises as 10 speeds push prices from 75 to 300 dollars, encouraging fencing. Registration costs 30 cents, but ownership remains unregistered since last February, complicating counts.

Cliff Russell Odessa Byron Hawthorne Hawthorne Jack Tumlin Tomlin

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