Possible conspiracy to assassinate Nixon shocks New Orleans
Federal and city officials downplay public details of a suspected plot to kill President Nixon during a New Orleans visit. A federal source calls the threat serious, while a police official predicts a lengthy, blown-out investigation with no clear evidence yet. The episode prompts Nixon to alter his motorcade route and avoid a Canal Street parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Nixon
Giarrusso
Canal Street
Edwin M. Gaudet
Secret Service
Arroyo Hondo
N.M
Gaudet
Rivergate
Sakharov Accused Of Sharing Information by Soviet Official
Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov, famed as the father of the hydrogen bomb, says a top legal official accused him of passing information to foreign intelligence. He described a Thursday meeting with deputy general procurator M P Malyarov in a written account provided to Western reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Andrei D. Sakharov
M.P. Malyarov
Sakharov
Malyarov
Soviet Committee For Human Rights
Secret Police
California
Odessa Man Injured In Accident
A 7 year old Odessa man remained in critical condition in Medical Center Hoses ICU after a two vehicle collision four miles west of Odessa at Texas 302 and FM 1936. Karl V. Morris of 6708 West County Road suffered possible ruptured spleen, broken ribs, chest injuries and lacerations. Morris drove a 1964 pickup east on 302 and collided with a 1969 van driven by Eldon Dale Box Jr. of Midland. Box and passenger Bobby Jo Howard were uninjured. The van overturned and the pickup left the road into a fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Medical Center
Texas 302
Karl V. Morris
West County Road
Eldon Dale Box Jr
Midland
Box
Bobby Jo Howard
Morris
Texas
Joe Hunt
JP Admitted To Hospital In Ector County
Howard Williams 44, justice of the peace for Ector County, remains in satisfactory condition after Monday night admission for hip injury and recent surgery in Houston to remove kidney and spleen. His wife says he fell from a wheelchair at home and is recuperating at Medical Center Hospital. Williams returned home from Houston last weekend. Also listed is 16 year old Gary Hagler in satisfactory condition after a car motorcycle crash Monday afternoon at East Eighth and Royalty, suffering a broken arm and head injuries.
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Howard Williams
Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
Williams
Petroleum
Houston
Gary Hagler
Sue Farris
Grandview
Hagler
East Eighth
Royalty
Leno
John Casey Nesbitt
Bill Nesbitt
Fort Stockton
Odessa College offers new operating room technology program
Applications are being accepted for a two semester curriculum at Odessa College Division of Technical Vocational Education. The program includes a six week internship at Medical Center Hospital next summer. Enrollment limited to 14 students. Instructor is Mrs. Jean Clay, OC nursing program graduate and former Medical Center nurse.
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Odessa College
Division of
Medical Center Hospital
Jean Clay
Medical Center
Continental Singers To Perform Tonight
The Continental Singers directed by Dennis Worley and featuring Linda Bastiaannet perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sherwood Baptist Church. Los Angeles based group on a 75 day U.S. tour with a 25 voice choir and 12 piece orchestra.
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Continental Singers
Linda Bastiaannet
Dennis Worley
Sherwood Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
Sherwood Church
the Apostle
Apostle Paul
U.S
Bastiaannet
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Santa Barbara
Woley
Southwest Texas State University
Odessa Man Hurt In Wreck Near Midland
A 26 year old Odessa man escaped serious injury after a rear end collision on US 80 six miles west of Midland. John Michael Lea was treated at Midland Memorial Hospital for nose, arm and rib pains and released. The unattended 1967 car stalled on the roadway and its owner Marilyn Godwin of Midland was away seeking help.
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Odessa
Midland
John Michael Lea
Beverly
Midland Memorial Hospital
Texas Highway
L.R. Hunt
Lea
Marilyn Godwin
Jury selection underway in 836 dollar damage suit trial
In 70th District Court jury selection began Tuesday for an $836 damage suit with a cross action for $15,000. The case stems from an auto accident on October 5, 1970 at Kermit Highway and West University. Plaintiff N L Fuson of Big Lake sues Billie R Lumpkin of Odessa. Lumpkin counters. Attorneys are Al Waifoord of Midland for the plaintiff and Richard Abalos of Odessa for the defendant and cross-plaintiff.
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70Th District Court
Kermit Highway
West University
N.L Fuson
Big Lake
Billie R. Lumpkin
Odessa
al Waifoord
Midland
Richard Abalos
Mom Won't Pay Duty On All That Loot
AP reports in Perth that customs opened a box addressed to Gail Cleaver’s mother and found diamonds worth 77 dollars. Mrs Cleaver refused duty, claiming the item was not hers while a Dublin firm later misdelivered Gail’s clothes instead of the diamonds due to mixed airline labels. In Texas, Robert Lee Brown, 43, of Warn was killed in a grain-truck crash near Interstate 35 and Loop 340 in Waco.
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Perth
Australia
Gail Cleaver
Waco
Tex
Robert Lee Brown
Warn
County Court records mix licenses, divorces and cases
County Court lists marriage licenses for Victor Manche Martinez and Mary Margeret Rives and Fred Koontz with Ruth Elizabeth Oak. District Court shows divorces filed Marcie Clements v Marvin Clements and Allie M Sloan v Lavon Sloan. Civil suits include Semmy Martinez v Liberty Mutual Insurance. Medical Center Hospital notes patients admitted and discharged on Aug 20, with a long list of names. Traffic accidents across city, with involved parties, ages, addresses, and damage levels.
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Victor Manche Martinez
Mary Margeret Rives
Oartane Fred Koontz
Ruth Elizabeth Oak
Gonzalo Guzman
Donald Ray Jordan
Marcie Clements
Marvin Clements
Allie M. Sloan
Lavon F. Sloan
Semmy Martinez
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Industrial Accident Board
Medical Center Hospital
H. M. Tucker
Tom H. Moore
Nora G. Marshall
Francisco V. Hernandez
Leonard R. King
Bob N. Wright
Vera O. Wallace
Frank Hammontree
Margaret D. Menshausen
Gaines R. Morgan
Domingo Sauceda
Oleta S. Messer
Charlotte A. Briles
Nede J. Ellsworth
Elena V. Lujan
Karel M. Kimbrough
Sue F. West
Janelle B. Owen
Shirley A. Stokes
Betty S. Milliaan
Petricia W. Darden
C. M. Watson
Aganita J. Hernandez
Charles W. Bagley
Callye Fielding
Cordelia K. Garrett
Timmy A. French
Karl V. Morris
Eugene M. Higgins
Jack W. Yee
Robert L. Calicutt
Loretta J Taylor
Reta A. Barnett
Ruth B. Miller
Madlin M. Wright
W. O. Lee Jr
Gene H Ruegge
John W. Hubnik
Tifilo Zavala
Mark Cannon
Joe Patino
Edna Pando
Roderick Cornish
Eva Harper
Albert Johnson
Octavia Roberson
Janis McGee
Doris Newman
Otis Dakan
Abbie Cobb
Mertice Payne
Robert Patino
Ruby Blair
Debra Green
Brenda Holmes
Joe Mata Jr
Mary Cotton
Hazel McCullar
Carolyn Worster
Verna Ferrer
Gladys LeMay
Sharon Gray
Lucia Flores
Judi Montagmery
Mary Huckabee
Susan Cotton
Charles King
Doris McDonald
Robert Bryant
William Morton
Steven L. Vinson
John Davis Ybarra
John H Crabtree
Police Chief Resigns In Hobbs
Hobbs New Mexico police Chief Rae Neal resigns effective Sept 1 to become Rapid City SD chief. Appointed after Duane Peters was fired, Neal cited economic reasons. Acting chief Jim Palmer will lead Hobbs police until a permanent replacement is named.
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Hobbs
N.M
Rae Neal
Neal
Duane Peters
Rapid City
Ventura
Calif
Jim Palmer
Two DWI charges filed in Ector jail, two men charged
Two men faced DWI charges after early Tuesday arrests by the Texas Highway Patrol. William Vernon Gunn, 39, of Hobbs New Mexico, remained in custody in lieu of a $500 bond five miles west of the city on Texas M2. Rollo Burdette Fields Jr., 34, of 7004 West 29th, posted a $500 bond after a 12:45 am arrest three miles north of the city on FM 1882. Bond set by Justice of the Peace J A Purifoy.
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Ector County
Leiu
Bond
William Vernon Gunn
Hobbs
N.M
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
Rollo Burdette Fields Jr
West
Justice of the Peace
J.A. Purifoy
Midland College preregistration ends with small group
Midland College reports 7 students preregistered for fall, vs 527 last year, with officials predicting a record enrollment of 1,200. Regular registration is 6 to 9 p.m. August 28. Classes run September 4 to December 21.
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Midland
Midland College
Funeral Set Wednesday For Odessan Harold Reece Simmons
Funeral services for Harold Reece Simmons 53 of Odessa will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Cemetery Salina Kan. Simmons a Texas & Pacific Railway general agent died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital after an illness born June 4 1920 in Devon Kan moved to Odessa from Salina about 18 months ago married Gertrude Vaghn in 1941 served in World War II a Mason Shriner and member of the First Baptist Church survivors include widow son David Paul Simmons of Salina daughter Eleanor Rankin of Lexington Ky two brothers Floyd and Lloyd both of Wichita sister Evelyn Yank of Wichita and one grandchild memorials to American Cancer Society.
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Harold Reece Simmons
East 11Th
Texas & Pacific Railway
First Baptist Church
Roselawn
Salina
Kaw
Simmons
Medical Center Hospital
Devon
Kan
Odessa
Gertrude Vaghn
G. E. Brandenberg
Ronald
David
Grandfalls
Gary
Kenai
Alaska
Lydia Williams
Imperial
Joe
Valdmar
Houston
Olivia Luzano
San Antonio
Odessa Man's Rites Slated
Teofilo H Zavala 53 of 806 Gulf died at Medical Center Hospital after a month illness. Funeral services pending Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Burial in Odessa Cemetery. He was a HOMCO tool dresser, born July 22 1920 in Terlingua and married Manuela Lopez in 1942. He lived in Odessa since 1946, was Catholic, WW II veteran. Survived by son Manuel and three daughters Candalario Garcia Joe Martinez and Pete Balerio, plus four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teofilo H. Zavala
Gulf
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
Zavala
Homco International
Terlingua
Manuela Lopez
Alpine
Odessa clubs meet at noon and evening venues
Tomorrow in Odessa schedules listing Noon meetings at Inn of the Golden West for the American Business Club and Odessa Rotary, both in the Coachroom and Ballroom, plus a 8 PM Senior Citizens Dance at Eastside Community Center and a Tri-Service Lions gathering at Sands Restaurant.
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Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West Coachroom
Odessa
Sands Restaurant
Eastside Community Center
13Th and Adams
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Sant Clarence Giarrusso
Red Scientist
Webb County
Marco A. Uribe
Brooke Army Medical Center
Sheriff's Office
Texas Rangers
Starwood
Hogg
Here
US 90
U.S.S.R
Tass
Ent
Olle Stenholm
Communist Party
Dennis Worley -Director
Ross
Dixie Rotng
Wabash
Dick Reist
Chappara
the Sands
John Weir
Hub Wills
Barbara N. Brown
Orchard
Mr. and M Neee Barnett
Beechwood
Merv Milligan
Snyder
Auri Marshall
W.W. J. Darden
East
Larry Cecil
Rt 2
Boy
Peter Lane
Tom Green
Martha Walker Swink
Melody Lane
Herbert Allen Ross
North Adams
Andrews Highway
Ellis
Billy Donald Hammitt
Cynthia Jane Burns
West Cummings
Dixie
Delta Thurman Tavarez
Ector
Loretta Smith Tavior
East 43Rd
Claude Weldon Senn
Robert C. Priddy
Robert Proctor
East 53Rd
Meadow and Murphy
Mary Ownes Gaddy
Custer
Denson Stevenson
Bunch
Vth
North Jackson
Debra Louisa Baird
Jack Lee Palrick
Oakwood
Nancy Forman Cox
Wedgewood
Faye Miller
North Grant
Vernon G. Kelly
Nabors
West 10Th
Richard Bennett McLendon
San Fernando
Julius R. Henderson
West 19Th
Harold Simmons
Catarino L. Madrid
MARFA
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Merced
Kelly
Madrid
el Paso
Shafter
Delfina
Catarina Madrid Jr
Irene Campos
Betty Madrid
Aida Lara
Lydia Alvarado
Anita Villarreal
Aurora Franco
Lupe Lujan
Mrs
Sadie Dockery
Colorado City
Riker-Rains-Seale
Dockery
James Dockery
Charles R. Dockery
Ralph J. Giannone
Herman Garrett
Pasadena
Ed Loughrea
Pat Ballard
Tommy Kidd
Lovington N.M
Tommy Frank Kidd
Lovington
McMillan Lake
Artesia
Smith Rogers Chapel
Resthaven Memorial Park
Kidd
Lamesa
Jackson Avenue
Tommy
Buster S. Tidwell Lovington
Buster S. Tidwell
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Leslie Welch
Northside Baptist Church
Lovington Cemetery
Tidwell
Hurley
Lea County
W.H. Pruitt
Wallace Oil Co
Weldon Tidwell
Tucson, Ariz
Erma Tidwell
Alamogordo
Tressie Tidwell
Kenneth Tidwell
Clyde
Merle Tidwell
Fred C. Carter
Fred Charles Carter
Greater St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Fairview
Thomas Funeral Home
Carter
John Biggs
Kosse
Midland Country Club
Elma
Fred Carter
Joe N. Carter
Debra Carter
Glennis Carter
Lala Mae Carter
Alvin Carter
Richard Carter
Rayford Carter
Earl Carter
Parker, Ariz
Mary Nelson
Ora Bess
Carolyn Niblett
Rosa Johnson
Shirley Brackens
Sandra Carter
Blanchie Nedd
Aline Taylor
Lucille Gibson
Denver
Colo
Effie Mae Bolen
Hubbard-Kelly
Odessa Cemetery
Jack Burks
Geeslin
Elm Grove
Burks
Alpine Public
Sul Ross State University
G.M. Bridges
O.D. Woodard
Greater Ideal Baptist Church
Woodard
Oliva Woodard
Calvert
Huckabay Chevrolet
Willie Paul
Fort Worth
Dee Woodard
Anderson Woodard
Essie Woodard
Stafford
Luther Moody
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