West fires scorch vast western forests and towns
Widespread fires across Oregon Washington Montana Idaho and Nevada threaten homes roads and tourism. Fire crews fight multiple blazes across 40 000 acres in Montana while Montana officials warn of ongoing out of control fires and rising costs. Oregon crews battle blazes sending evacuations and shifting resources as counties report heavy losses. Local residents describe near misses and a wall of flame advancing toward towns as agencies ramp up containment efforts and public access restrictions remain in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Forest Service
Irelines
Enterprise
Ore
Montana
Jordan
Bureau of Lands Management
Bill Lyon
U.S. Forest Service
Thomas L
Russell
Winnett
Blood Creek
Washington
Idaho
Kootenai National Forest
Snake Creek
Bitterroot National Forest
Prewitt Creek
Goat Creek
Flathead National Forest
Tri-Creek
Lolo National Forest
Mt. Hood National Forest
Nixon motorcade protest and security details in New Orleans
The article recounts a 1970 incident where Gaudet was arrested after a motorcade through the French Quarter and a flag desecration charge tied to Nixon. It notes Giarrusso’s car theft, planned Canal Street route, and a noontime crowd. It also covers Nixon’s New Orleans visit with Kissinger Haig Ziegler, and a large White House staff presence ahead of a California Labor Day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaudet
Nixon
Giarrusso
Algiers
Lake Pontchartrain
Watergate
New Orleans
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
America
Indochina
Kansas City
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
California
White House
National Security
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
VFW
Florida
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Patrick J. Buchanan
Bryce Harlow
Melvin R. Laird
Anne Armstrong
Roy L. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
WJFW
Louisiana
Edwin W. Edwards
Moon Landrieu
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Winners Named By Riding Club At Odessa Weekend Show
Winners in Western Pleasure Barrels Poles and Flags events at the Odessa Riding Club were led by Randy Hamilton Chris Phillips and Shelly Hodge with multiple minors and seniors placing across 6 and under 7 9 10 12 13 19 and 20 and over divisions. The event featured a wide slate of youths and adults competing for top honors in a busy weekend program.
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Odessa
Western Pleasure
Randy Hamilton
Chris Phillips
Chris Awalt
Sally Hodge
Terry Wilcoxson
Kerry Wilcoxson
Sandy Willeke
Mike Marker
Kellie Hind
Tracie Hodge
Jeff Ashley
Roland Hamilton
Mary Cloyd
Diana Willeke
Amy Willeke
Terri McRee
Michele Lee
David Keeton
Steve Ashly
Tammie Mathews
Steve Keeton
Erin McRee
Lyle Green
Doreen Hensley
Annice Hicks
Sandy Smith
Walt Bailey
Kay Tullous
Dana Hakill
Shelly Hodge
Angie Haberman
Gary Otwell
David Copeland
Mandy Sneed
Danny Otwell
Tim Lee
Daniel Sneed
Marv Cloud
Steve Ashley
Ricky Minzenmayer
Geanne Barnett
Gus Willeke
James Lucrs
Jack Lee
Dv Smith
Sheila Smith
Christ Awalt
Gary Orwell
Joe Botkin
Traci Hodge
Ann Minzenmayer
Hollie Deckert
Kay Tallows
Donna
Terri McRae
Towanna McKinney
Sherry Parris
Daphine Bailey
Donna Botkin
Gary Smith
Five Suspects Charged With Driving While Intoxicated
Five suspects face DWI charges in Ector County. Donald Ray Jordan 19 remained jailed on 500 bond. Gonzalo Guzman 42 Midland posted 50 bond. Bobby Nagiller 42 posted 5000 bond. Robert York 46 posted 100 bond. Norman Samson 43 posted 100 bond. Bonds set by Justice Purifoy. Police reports cite arrests across Odessa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Donald Ray Jordan
Alexander
Peace
J.A. Purifoy
Texas
Gonzalo Guzman
Midland
West Loop
Norman Lee Samson
Wilson
West County
Purifoy
Shooting Probed After Park Shooting Wounds Teen
Odessa police investigated a Sunday night shooting that struck 17 year old Xavier Garcia in the back of the head near Floyd Gwin Park. Garcia declined to press charges, no arrest made, and he was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital.
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Xavier Garcia
South Jackson
Floyd Gwin Park
Garcia
Medical Center Hospital
Flames Burn Floor Tiles At Drury Lane Home
Firefighters answered three calls over the weekend. At 12:43 p.m. Sunday a gas fumes ignition near a tile kitchen floor at Francisco Florez's home on 1302 Drury Lane burned floor tiles and singed joists beneath.
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Francisco Florez
Drury Lane
Odessa
Florez
Texas and Pacific Railway
West First
12Th
Loop 338
Services for Frank Smith Henderson father of James Smith
Frank Smith 68 of Henderson father of James H. Smith of Odessa dies after brief illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bryan-Cothron Funeral Home with burial at Bridges Cemetery. Survived by widow three sisters two brothers and two grandchildren. Also lists marriages, divorces and civil suits, hospital admissions and discharges, births, and city traffic incidents with various names and places.
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Frank Smith Henderson
Frank Smith
Henderson
James H. Smith
Odessa
Bryan- Cothron
Bridges Cemetery
Smith
Pine Hill
Emory B. Adams Midland
Emory B. Adams
Hamilton
Park Heights Church of Christ
Adams
Parkview Hospital
Ira Adams
Newton Cemetery
Riley Funeral Home
Satie A. Dockery
Midland
Satie Agnus Dockery
Newnie W. Ellis
Riker- Raines Funeral Home
Colorado City
Dockery
James O. Dockery Sr
James Dockery Jr
Charles Ralph Dockery
Ralph J. Giannone
Herman Garrett
Pasadena
Ed Loughrea
San Antonio
Martin Miller
Longview
Fred Miller
Athens
Preston Miller
Baltimore
Pat Ballard
Katherine Weaver
Canton
Margarete Cole
Garland
POST
Frank J. Brewer
Etta Brewer
Seminole
First Baptist Church of
Brewer
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dallas
Terrace Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
T. J. Brewer
Jess Blesingame
San Angelo
Immanuel Baptist Church
Lawhaven Memorial Gardens
Shannon Hospital
Blesingame
Deaths and services in West Texas notices
Funeral services are listed for Mrs. George F. Haywood of Seminole and J. T. Clement of Brownfield. Granville Dawson of Big Spring, Emory Adams of Midland, and Matthew Abney of Andrews are also noted with burial details. Various survivors and funeral arrangements across Terry County, Midland, and Lovington appear, including dates, locations, and cemeteries.
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J. T. Clement
Granville D. Dawson
Big Spring
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Mount Olive
Dawson
Abilene
Hardin- Simmons University
Texas Tech University
International Harvester Truck Division
West Texas Equipment Co
Midland
Midland Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
First Baptist Church of
Former Big Lake School Chief Dies
Obituary notices for Ben Featherston former Reagan County ISD superintendent die after illness at 68. Services held at First United Methodist Church in Big Lake burial at Glen Rest Cemetery. Featherston served as Big Lake schools chief since 1959 retired 1959 1 age details included. Also notes Rev Jess Blesingame bishop L P Cowley death notices from Texas Minnesota and AP brief.
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Bernie E. Sherill
West 10Th
Rix
Little Cemetery
Seminole
Oklo
Medical Center Hospital
Sherill
Odessa
France
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign War I Auxiliary
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Golden Age Club
First Methodist Church
Big Lake
Ben Featherston
Reagan County Independent
First United Methodist Church
Johnson
San Angelo
Glen Rest
Featherston
Trickham
Coleman County
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
McMurray College
Hardin- Simmons University
Abilene
Sul Ross State University
University of Texas At Austin
University of Wyoming
Frances Arnold
Santa Anna
Sonora
Federated Women’s Club of
Order of the Eastern Star
Board of Stewards
Reagan County
Lions Club
Seth Stout II
Riley Featherston
Raliegh, N. C
Lubbock Man Fined for Carrying Prohibited Weapon
Stephen Paul Moffitt 27 of Lubbock pled guilty to carrying a prohibited weapon. County Court-AT-Law Judge Phillip Godwin fined him $100 after Odessa police arrested him on November 1 1972 at Second and Hancock. Police found a .32 caliber pistol under a seat of his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Paul Moffitt
Lubbock
Phillip Godwin
Moffitt
Odessa
Second and
Hancock
Odessa Tomorrow Schedule Of Meetings And Events
Odessa calendar lists events for the day including the Odessa Chamber of Commerce board in the Reddy Room at 11 AM, Grandview Lions at the Bonanza Steakhouse at noon, Hi-Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant, and Odessa A M Club at Inn of the Golden West. From 2 PM to 4 PM senior citizens and other clubs meet at Eastside Community Center, while 6:30 PM hosts Odessa Chess Club at Odessa College. Evening events include Parents Without Partners at Sands Motel, American Legion Post 430 at Legion Hall, and wrestling at Ector County Coliseum.
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Odessa
U.S
George Mahon
Lubbock
Emil Rassman
Midland
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Odessa ‘Lionettes
Lions Clubs Auxiliary
Lionettes
George Harris
Bossman
Institute of ‘Texan Culture
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Upper
Klamath Lake
Carson City
Nev
Stanislaus National Forest
Columbia
Calif
Granite Creek
Stanislaus
Pilliken
Eldorado National Forest
Yosemite National Park
Cherry Reservoir
Pittiken
California 50
Canal Street
Bourbon Street
Rivergate Convention Center
Mississippi River
Bobby Edward Nagiller
East 52Nd
Second
Grandview
Robert Junior York
North Hancock
Marvin Gdonald Blackman
Juanita Christine Freeman
Elias Infante Emiliano
Bertha Aticia Soto
Katherine Robbins Riley
Jerry Lee Riley
Sharon Kay Malone
Robert Dexter Malone
Jesus R. Flores
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Award of Industrial Accident Board
Hilton Doran
Mireta Burns
Willy Halbert
Carlos Reyes
Billy Gene Crose
Terry G. Fair
Charlotte W. Holladay
Nellie G. Bejarann
Patricia W. Darden
Vicky L. Speight
Charlette Jane Jarrell
Martha T. Hernandez
Denise M. Stapp
Lucia Flores
Ira R. Johnson
Vada R. Guice
Benjimen W. Farmer
Brian L. Hymes
Roderick Cornish
Sallie J. Shore
Marina A. Gonzales
Louise E. Walton
William W
Beth L. Benoit
Margaret A. Jennings
Rebecca Bedrick
Mary E. Jenkins
Baby
Eddie Nathan Holladay
Bagley
Speight
Brentwood
Ain ‘Varrell
East Eighth
Lenone F. Nunez
Sandra J. Grant
Linda A. Welch
Sharon L. Cecil
Magila Reyes
Florence C. Chapman
Emma J. Hunter
Alton P. Farrar
Teofilo Orona
Jane C. Bradley
Alice N. Whitlay
Helen D. Walker
Harold L. Friend
Evelynl. Pape
Mary V. Barnhill
Marceleine Washington
Billy J. Masters
Linda Addy
Susan E. Duggar
Kathleen Harris
Ruth J
Edna M. Pando
Deshonna M. Sanders
Eva Harper
Joe Patino
Michele R. Tegeler
Sherre L. McGlarney
Charlie F. Landreth
Bobby L. Cook
Patricia L. Wiles
Lana R. Wiles
Frances S. Cook
Ilanella Owens
Debra G. Kessler
Calvin E Fultz
Boana J. Kill
George M. Grant
Ector
Bobby Dale Welch
North Golder
Arvil F. Stapp Jr
Monahans
Cecil Ray Chapman
Barstow
Windsor Hunter
Chillicothe
Jose Reyes
South Washington
Matias Hernandez
Route 1
Myers and
Clifford — Clemente John Sonzales Jr
West Lindberg
Clydia Bowser
Eighth and
Meadow
Judy Kennerly
Cumberland
Mary Horton
Pecos
Muskingum
Sidney Cummings
Elizabeth Turner
Kermit
Anita Franklin
East Win
Elaine Crompton
Doran
Crescent
Betty Blount
Eastover
Betty Quinn
North Jackson
East 42Nd
Walter Bailey
James Myrick
Eisenhower
East University
Jesse Harp
Windsor
Kenneth Border
Andrews
Richard Carpenter
West Eighth
Claude Spangier
Moe
Lene Vontes
Worth Washington
Hempten
Wiz Falamor
Jimmine Capris
Handy Damnnocs
Banham
Johnny Warren
Brnharm
Onal Hudson
James Luck
North
Aleghaney
Janice Renfro
George Haywood Brownfield
George F. Haywood
Brownfield Funeral Home
Terry County Memorial
Haywood
Gaines County
Corsicana
Yoakum County
Raymond Haywood
Brownfield
Burton van
San Luis Obispo
Lou Patton
Phoenix, Ariz
Posey Henderson
Bronco
Matthew Abney Andrews
Matthew Dwayne Abney
Andrews Babyland Cemetery
Permian General Hospital
Cheryle
Allen Abney
Bob Echols
Red Thompson
Montague
Edna
Pearl Taylor Slaton
J.B
Edna Pearl) Taylor
Slaton
Church of God In
Engelwood
Englands Funeral Home
West Texas
Doyle Ray Taylor
Seagraves
Catherine Beall
Fred G. Young
Laguna Beach
Ralph Young
Pittsburgh
Leo. J. Wenske
Lovington
N.M
Leo J. Wenske
Smith Funeral
Moulton
Mounton
Wenske
Philips Petroleum Co
Lea County
W. H. Pruitt
Masonic Lodge
Leonard
Vera Ann Fulkerson
Weimar
Vernon Wenske
la Grange
L.P. Cowley
ST. Paul, Minn
Leonard P. Cowley
Archdiocese of
St. Pauli
Odessa Chamber of Commerce Board
Texas Electric Reddy Room
Grandview Lions
Bonanza Steakhouse
Sands Restaurant
A & M Club
Inn of the Golden West
Eastside
Odessa Chess Club
Odessa College
Sands Motel
East Second St
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
Ector County Coliseum
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