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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1968
Page
2
Prague struggles as Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces move into Czechoslovakia. Reports describe clashes near radio buildings, tanks along major roads, and civilian demonstrations against the occupation. Prague Radio and CTK cite gunfire, arrests, and a tense border with Bratislava and Praha airport in play.
Revenue data shows CRMWD's water district reporting total 1988 revenues of $157.50 thousand for the period, with oil companies paying $654,499 in a comparable period last year. Operating expenses exceed income by about $36 thousand from months prior, including $926,986 redirected to debt service and reserve funds. Water billed to districts remains well below prior year levels.
Reports from Videranth on the Col onda River municipal dam project and oil well mounds above Robert Lee. The dam and intake works advance with embankment, rock riprap, and piping. site work shows completion around the east end and storage channel fed from the river.
Ambiguous notes report three suspects, Hernandez, Lopes, and Carls, arrested on felony charges after alleged vehicle thefts. Courtes and police details are unclear but indicate pending judicial action with accusations of stealing cars and related offenses.
Regional leaders from Odessa, Monahans, Marfa, Andrews, Midland and nearby towns anticipate a Region League session to discuss municipal governments and the mayoral race as Renton 4 schedules its four meetings amid board involvement and local representation.
Carole Frontman, 22, gave address 1019 West Fourth, remained in Ector County jail after being named in a charge of threatening to take a life. The suspect Voorhies, also of 1019 West Fourth, is accused of threatening Voorhies on Tuesday. The complaint is filed in Ector County court.
Tomorrow in Odessa Texas multiple groups convene at Sands Restaurant and City Hall including Optimists at 7 AM, Noon sessions for Toastmistress Lions Civitan and other clubs at Inn of Golden West and First National Bank Community Room. An AGM ice cream supper for students exes and families is planned at Floyd Gwin Park.
Reports say the doctors used bretylium tosylate to treat General Eisenhower’s ventricular fibrillation but note it failed to control recurrent episodes. They stated lidocaine was not effective after bretylium. The hospital emphasized that drug judgments require controlled studies and warned against inaccurate reporting.
A prison uprising in Ohio left guards hostage at the state penitentiary as 300 inmates protested, with more than 100 guards on scene and a lethal impasse feared. In a separate flare at Lebanon Correctional Institution, 5 inmates were shot and about 20 injured during a two hour rampage as 200 inmates refused to return to cells. the facility was secured and guards were sent home after a tense night.
An Ector County Court jury acquitted Raymond Richard Young, 40, of driving while intoxicated after a 20 minute deliberation. Police reported the incident occurred near Interstate 20 and West Damage Road around 5:30 pm with Young a truck driver in the case.
Green County authorities report 21-year-old Odessa soldier Miguel Gallegas Ybarra missing from Fort Sam Houston while charged with the murder of Michael Robineau, Denver oil heir. Ybarra, free on $15,000 bond, once worked as a cook after custody release in San Angelo. Robineau’s body was found near Wall in January.
President Johnson convened the NSC after received word of Soviet Poland and East German troops entering Czechoslovakia. Rusk summoned Dobrynin to the State Department for a late meeting. Bail and Leddy attended. Pentagon said no alert issued. Mansfield noted possible intervention was anticipated though unlikely to derail reforms.
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