Pair Held For Forgery And Gun Violation
Hobbs woman Ann Sharp 22 and Albuquerque man Thomas Barton 36 were arrested after attempting to pay a 110.37 bill at Ramada Inn with a forged credit card as police found a sawed off shotgun. Barton was held for possible federal firearms violations and both faced forgery charges with bonds set at 10000 and 5000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs, N.M
Treasury
Ann Sharp
Holens
Thomas Earl Barton
Albuquerque
N.M
Ramada Inn
East Second
Floyd Hudman
Mote
Miss Sharp
Mary Lillard
O.D. Lillard
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Barton
Local Marriage Licenses Reported in County Court
The county court records list multiple marriage licenses issued including Manuel Ponce Hinojos with Adelina Dutchover Rojero and Lonnie Ray Lange with Betty Jane Parker among others. District court records show divorces filed and civil suits, with traffic accident notes for Odessa and local addresses.
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Manuel Ponce Hinojos
Adelina Dutchover Rojero
Lonnie Ray Lange
Betty Jane Parker
Mark Allen Simpson
Shannon Marie O'Reilly
Dale Kent Parks
Karen LaJune
Humble
Michael Wayne Hall
Linda Marie Lansford
Howard Price Hendrix
Iwana Odile Montgomery
Larry Benton Milton
Patricia Jean Willis
Roger Dale Willis
DeAnna Marcelle Wadley
Harold Edward Phelps
Jo Monica Panther
Harold Dennis Smith
Barbara Ann Tucker
Marie Lara Valles
Francisco Marquez Valles
Robert Glenn Tucker
James Freddy Cowen
Delia Thomas
Ricky Leearris
Kathie Vaughn
Brenda R. Lewis
Pittsburg
Doris Tucker
East 11Th
John Fort
Odessa
Francis Ripley
San Jacinto
Karron Jean Ford
North Sam Houston
Jury Decides For Plaintiff In IAB Appeal
A 70th District Court jury deliberated eight hours Friday and awarded Bill Gestring Jr. of Benton Arkansas the requested $19,649 for injuries from work at a Pecos job site. Gestring sued Transport Insurance Co. of Dallas after an IAB award of 49 dollars weekly for 401 weeks. Gestring alleges injury date April 23 1970. Attorney Thomas Hirsch of Odessa represented Gestring. John Berke Jr. of Odessa represented the insurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bill Gestring Jr
Benton
Ark
Pool Co
Pecos
Gestring
Transport Insurance Co
Dallas
Industrial Accident Board
Thomas Hirsch
Odessa
John Berke Jr
Allies recapture battalion in fighting near Quang Tri
Reported Tuesday that about 300 government rangers were retaken with 30 dead 40 missing and more than 66 wounded. Ranger reinforcements said they killed 35 enemies Friday aided by air strikes. Communists shelled a fire case with mortars and a captured U.S howitzer. Government casualties rose in two actions. U.S. B52s dropped 1,300 tons in the province and DMZ. Marines weathered heavy shelling near Quang Tri with 207 enemy killed while 15 government dead. Over North Vietnam U.S. jets logged 310 strikes the week’s high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
China veto blocks Bangladesh from United Nations seat
United Nations Security Council vote ends with China casting the lone veto against admission for Bangladesh. Huang Hua cites sacred duty as Beijing blocks membership while Soviet Union India back Bangladesh in the General Assembly move to reconsider. US supports Bangladesh bid and seeks swift repatriation of war prisoners to ease objections.
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United Nations. N.Y. Tap
China
U.N
Bangladesh
United Nations
Huang Hua
Security Council
Peking
Hua
Pakistan
General Assembly
Soviet Union
India
Viktor L. Issraelyan
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Moscow
U.S
Christopher H. Phillips
Yugoslavia
Britain
United States
Council
Taiwan
Absentee Tax Vote Hits 336
Midland votes on a new one per cent city sales tax to fund the general fund. Absentee balloting reached 336 by Friday, with Mayor Ernest Angelo Jr. noting the tax could replace about a seven per cent property tax rise.
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Midland
Fred Poe
Ernest Angelo Jr
Midlands General Fund
Local Dentist Attends Meet Distinct Pedodontics Vote
Odessa pedodontist Dr. E. T. Blair attends the American Academy of Pedodontics in Boston where 1,64 members rejected a proposal to rename the profession to pediatric dentists. The vote upheld the term pedodontists as acceptable Greek roots for child and tooth specialists. Meanwhile U.N. actions include a March 1970 veto on Rhodesia and debate on Bangladesh admission tied to prisoner repatriation, with a 4-4 vote and 7 abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Blair
American Academy of Pedodontics
Boston
Academy
Pediatric
United
Rhodesia
Bangladesh
China
Somalia
Sudan
Guinea
Two Damage Suits Filed In Odessa Courts
Friday two damage suits were filed in 70th and Trl Pastrict Courts. Delia Thomas sues Ricky Lee Harris for injuries claimed Feb 19 in an auto mishap for more than $1,000. Kathie Vaughn sues Brenda Ro Lewis for injuries claimed Aug 16 in an accident for more than $1,000. All four parties reside in Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T&lst
Delia Thomas
Ricky Lee Harris
Kathie Vaughn
Brenda Ro Lewis
Odessa
TARS State Sunday Event at Prairie Pete Park
The Odessa Chapter of Teens Aid The Retarded i TARS will hold an ice cream social from 3 to 4 30 p m Sunday at Prairie Pete Park to provide prospective members with information about the group. A membership drive for youths ages 14 to 21 is about to launch, according to Becky Bongham, TARS telephone chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
I Tars
Prairie Pete Park
Becky Bongham
TARS
Bribe Case Results In Damage Suit In Ector County
J Fred Cowen Ector County Coliseum manager and two other defendants named in a 161st District Court $400 000 damage suit linked to a bribery indictment. Plaintiff Robert Glenn Tucker of Lubbock says his company Hi Productions owed him $1500 plus expenses and that Cowen helped him seek reimbursement, alleging libel and malicious prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
J. Fred Cowen
Ector County Grand Jury
Robert Glenn Tucker
Lubbock
Cowen
Hi Productions
Dallas
Earl Halliburton
Tucker
Alice Cooper
James Freddy Cowen
Worker Dies Of Oil Burns In San Antonio Fire
Harold T. Hartman, 44, of Billings Montana, died at Brooke General Hospital after suffering second and third degree burns covering about 60 percent of his body in a refinery fire. He had been in critical condition since arrival Aug 16 and was transported to the Institute of Surgical Research for burn treatment. Police report a rock was thrown through a window at Otta's Dairy Store No 8 on West Seventh Street Thursday night.
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San Antonio
Tex
Harold T. Hartman
Billings
Mont
Army Burn Center
Hartman
Institute of Surgical Research
Armed Forces
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Otta’s
West Seventh
Four Enter Guilty Pleas To Felonies
Four defendants pleaded guilty Friday in 70th District Court to separate felonies. Dwayne Ray Simon of Greybull drew three years probation for the Gulf Station burglary. Calvin Leverett was placed on two years' probation for passing a forged check at Cashway Lumber. Seminole's Kathryne Lynn Ward received seven years probation for marijuana possession. All cases featured defense by Odessa attorneys. state was represented by Assistant District Attorney John Hoestenbach.
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70Th District Court
Dwayne Ray Simon
Greybull
Wye
Gulf Station
West County Road
Attorns
Phillip Godwin
Odessa
Calvin Leverett
Grand
Cashway Lumber Co
East Second
Charles Winston
Kathryne Lynn Ward
East University
Walter Wilson
Deaths: Infant Twin Robert Eugene Altom
Infant twin Robert Eugene Altom, one day old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Altom of 4319 Durango, died in Medical Center hospital. The surviving twin Ronald Dean was in fair condition. Other survivors include two sisters Taysha Lynn and Tamara Denise, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Nail of 2503 North Golder. Funeral services are pending at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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Robert Eugene Altom
Fred A. Altom
Durango
Medical Center Hospital
Ronald Dean
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Taysha Lynn
Tamara Denise
A. D. Nail
North Golder
Centenarian's Rites Monday for Mrs Farley
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Farley will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel with burial at Decker Community Cemetery at 3 p.m. She died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after two months as a patient. Born February 28, 1872 in Glenrose, she is survived by one daughter Anna Ramelle Live of 414 Vermont, a brother B. B. Carlton of Glenrose, two grandsons and one great grandson.
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Florence Farley
Vermont
Hubbard-Kelly
Decker Community Cemetery
Farley
Friday Medical Center Hospital
Glenrose
Anna Ramelle
B. B. Carlton
Odessan Man Dies After Heart Attack At Hospital
Stanley Bynum Koonce 39 of Odessa died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital at 3 15 p m Friday from an apparent heart attack. He was a cabinet maker born May 17 1933 in Stamford and survived by his wife Bernice Neckritz two daughters Krisandra and Lynette, a son Stanley William Loonce, five brothers and three sisters. Services were held for George M Nix 80 at Cooper Funeral Chapel in Monahans with burial in Kermit Cemetery. He died at Memorial Hospital in Kermit after an illness. He was a retired Amoco pump man and had lived in Monahans 14 years. Survivors include three sons Herman Nix, N N M Las Vegas, three brothers Ell, Arthur and Bill, four sisters and six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Ray McKinney Alpine
Geeslin
Ray MckKinney
Here
Marathon Baptist Church
Marathon
Amy
Maggie McKinney
Sue McKinney
Huntsville
Ark
Tom Mckinney
Stanley Bynum Koonce
North
Walnut
Medical Cener Hospital
Hubbard-Kelley Funeral Home
Koonce
Stamford
Bernice Lorraine Neckritz
Odessa
Houston
The
Baptist Church
Stanley William Loonce
Krisandra Lahoma Loonce
Lynette Christina Koonce
Wayne Koonce
500 West 47Th
William Koonce
Weatherford
Clifford Koonce
Jacksboro
Alvin Koonce
Calvin Koonce
Dorothy Koonce
Helen Koonce
Highland
Mary Koonce
Monahans
Cooper Funeral
George M. Nix
Kermit Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
Kermit
Amoco Production Co
Herman M. Nix
Las Vegas
N. M
Ell Nix
Aubrey
Arthur Nix
Denton
Bill Nix
Colorado City
Earl Gray
Alton Turner
Zeb Fortune
Lenna Curry
Damage Suit Is Settled in 161st District Court
A 835,000 damage suit settled shortly after a jury was chosen in 161st District Court. Plaintiff J. C. Whisenant of Odessa sued El Toro Perforators Inc. of Odessa over a May 8, 971 auto crash on Grandview. Defendant was represented by Ray Stoker Jr. and plaintiff by Clyde Bishop. Jurors named include Wilburn Elliott, George L. Stone, Tyrone White, Joan Owen, and others.
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161St District Court
J. C. Whisenant of
Odessa
el Toro Perforators, Inc
Grandview
Ray Stoker Jr
Clyde Bishop
Wilburn Elliott
George L. Stone
R. Tyrone White
Joan Owen
A. L. Casparis
Julie Ann Payne
Jewel E. Reed
Alice Schuessler
John Edwards
Maurine Culberson
E D. Ormsby
Geneva H. Stewart
Badly-Beaten Girl Fights For Her Life
A three year-old girl is in the intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester NY suffering a broken neck brain concussion burns and bruises over most of her body. Her mother Barbara Head of Towns GA says a 19-year-old man beat the child. Wendy Head was brought to the hospital Thursday by her mother one day after she said the girl was injured.
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Rochester. N.Y
Strong Memorial Hospital
Wendy Head
Barbara Head
Towns
Miss Head
Trio Held On Pot Charges At Dixie Street Home
Three men face marijuana possession charges after a search of 2302 North Dixie. Arrested were Michael L. Adams 24 and Michael L. Winters 24 of 2302 North Dixie and Jimmy D. Morgan 30 of 219 MacArthur. Detectives Jack Fillyan and Larry Lindley made the arrests. Bond set by Justice of the Peace J A Purifoy was 5000 for Adams and Winters and 10000 for Morgan.
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North Dixie
Michael L. Adams
Michael L. Winters
Jimmy D. Morgan
Dixie
Jack Fillyan
Larry Lindley
Justice of the Peace
J. A
Raza Founder Heads Campaign for Texas Governor
Ramsey Muniz announces Jose Angel Gutierrez of Crystal City will be his campaign manager for the Raza Unida bid. Muniz lauds Gutierrez after his MAYO leadership and Crystal City influence, while critiquing Briscoe and Grover for out-of-state PR.
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San Antonio. Tex
Ramsey Muniz
Raza Unida
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Crystal City
Texas
Muniz
Gutierrez
Dolph Briscoe
Tennessee
Henry Grover
New York City
Jose Angel
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Louin Sam Houston
Tambra Faircloth
Oran Faircloth
Lakeview Road
Sam L. Majors Jewelers
N. Grandview
Sammy Rice Almager
Seminole
Ervin Plumbtep Co
North Gram
Bill Alexander
John Hoestenbach
Almager
Raza
Mayo
Raza Adlida
Waco
Raza Unida Party
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