Hijacker Surrenders Motive Cited for Airliner Divert
Report details hijacker surrender and motives behind diverting the airliner. Passengers were treated well and not allowed to disembark immediately. no Americans aboard. List of nationalities includes seven Italians and five Kuwaitis among four crew. Notes recent MEA hijackings and Israeli interceptions involving Beirut, Benghazi, Lod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Djibouti
Kuwait
Hdad
Israel
George Habash
Habash
Beirut
Mohammed Touni
Benghazi
Lod
Tel Aviv
Touni
Canada Rail Strike Causes Widespread Disruptions
The 56,000 nonoperating Canadian rail workers strike triggers layoffs and plant closures, affecting GM Oshawa and other facilities. Freight moves only with perishable food as mediators declare talks futile. In Lubbock, Knapp named executive editor of Avalanche-Journal. burglaries and fires report Odessa incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ontario
Alan B. Gold
Manage
Accident Fatal To Alpine Man
Alpine man Gilbert Rodriguez died in a two car crash on US 90 west of here. Ronald Dugger of New Braunfels survived with a broken ankle as his car burned. Fidel Briseno and Lupe Martinez of Marathon were hospitalized with multiple injuries. Funeral services for Rodriguez were pending. He worked for Southern Pacific Railroad and was 27. He left a widow and six siblings. The accident occurred when Briseno’s westbound car collided with Dugger’s eastbound vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalde
Here
Gilbert Rodriguez
Ronald Dugger
New Braunfels
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Uvalde Justice of the Peace
John A. Monagin
Rodriguez
US 90
Fidel Briseno
Marathon
Uvalde Hospital
Lupe Martinez
Briseno
Tevac
K.R. Stafford
Dugger
Stafford
Geeslin Funeral Home
Alpine
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mary Salgado
Mary Denise Rodriguez
Faustina Salcido
Francisca Fuentes
Carlsbad
N.M
Eduberen Rodriguez
Eliora
Maggie Dutchever
Fort Davis
Josephine Lunquist
Kennedy
David Hernandez
Atlanta
Odessa Woman Loses Cash After Purse Theft
Odessa police investigated five theft complaints Saturday night. An Odessa woman reported $336 missing after leaving her purse in a car for 15 minutes, with $106 in cash, $231 in checks, and several credit cards gone. Additional reports included a stolen tire and car items, a shoplifting incident at a 7 Eleven, and two bicycle thefts by residents Kenny Gossett and Jackie Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Wanda Jacobs
North Tom Green
Eldon Ford
Pagewood
East Second
James Walker
Don Lee Oison
North Eisenhower
North Golder
Kenny Gossett
West 23Rd
Jackie Bates
East Everglade
Former LBJ Aide Named Dallas Times Herald Executive Editor
Tom Johnson Jr., aide to Lyndon B. Johnson, was named vice president and executive editor of the Dallas Times Herald. The Times Herald is a Times Mirror Co. subsidiary and is acquiring KTBC-TV pending FCC approval. Felix R. McKnight was named vice president and longtime editor. Gloria Jean Torres, 21, of Fort Worth died in a three car crash on Interstate 35 near Troy. Two others injured were Henry Swanson and Michael Cutley, both 19, treated at Ft Hood and Temple hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tom Johnson Jr
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dallas Times Herald
Jas. F. Chambers Jr
Johnson
Ktbc—Tv
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Times Mirror Co
Federal Communications Commission
Chambers
Felix R. McKnight
Times Herald
Troy
Tex
Gloria Jean Torres
Fort Worth
Interstate 35
Eddy
Henry Swanson
Michael Cutley
Ft. Hood
Arti- Tell Havier
Temple
Three Children Treated After Hospital Visit
Three children were treated at Medical Center Hospital on Saturday. One, a 2-year-old grandson of Troy Bruster, swallowed about nine prdls and received charcoal and fluids. A 3-year-old son of Robert Vaughn was treated after swallowing charcoal lighter fluid. Another 3-year-old son of Linvd Phillips was treated for an insect bite on his left foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Michael C Ryers
Troy Bruster
Tanglewond
Stacy Vanehn
Robert Vaughn
Brad C. Phillips
Linvd Phillips
West 18Th
Danish Pilot Is Rescued Near Keflavik
Danish pilot Jan Held Christiansen was forced to make an emergency sea landing when his six seat Cessna 310 ran out of fuel. He escaped in a rubber dinghy and was rescued by a US helicopter from the NATO base at Keflavik Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rieykjavik
Iceland
Keflavik International
Jan Held Christiansen
Christiansen
Goose Bay
Canada
Germany
NATO
Keflavik
Odessa American publication and subscription rates notice
The Odessa American lists address, phone number, and subscription prices for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County. Rates include $2.50 per month for local delivery, $2.80 with motor route, and annual mail options of $30, $16 semiannually, $8.50 quarterly, and $3 monthly. Single copies cost 10 cents daily and 25 cents on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa American
Ector County
Odessa tomorrow meetings and events schedule
Tomorrow in Odessa lists events across the day at multiple venues including Ector County Courthouse at 10 A.M. and noon club meetings at Inn of the Golden West and Sands Restaurant. Other gatherings run through 8:30 P.M. at Eastside Center, Branding Iron, CAP Headquarters, and East 21st address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Kiwanis
Inn of the Golden West Coachroom
Chaparral
Sands Restaurant
Friendship Club
Eastside Center
13Th and Adams
Odessan Woman Dead in Home. Rites Slated for Harlow
Mrs. Janet Harlow Ellis, 42, was found dead Saturday at 1100 West 21st Odessa. An inquest by Justice of the Peace J. A. Purifoy was pending after autopsy results. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Abilene. Survivors include husband Jim Ellis, son Jimmy Ellis of Houston, daughter Vickie Sue Ellis, mother Victoria Thorne, and three sisters all of Abilene. Kami Mitchell, 19 hours old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mitchell, died en route to a Lubbock hospital. Services were in Denver City Memorial Park. Survivors include grandparents and great grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Harlow Ls
West 21St
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Purifoy
Cross Plains
San Antonio
Jim Ellis
Odessa
Abilene
Church of Christ
Jimmy Ellis
Houston
Vickie Ellis
Victoria Thorne
Billie Ruth Harlow
Marie Freeman
Katherine Hamilton
Nora Perr Mitchell
Haskell
Gibson
PECOS
Jennifer Lynn Gibson
Lynn H. Gibson
el Paso
Toyah
Pecos Funeral Home
Jason Lee
A. L. Gibson
Sydney Falcon
Andrews
Eugene McDermott
Dallas
Eugene B McDermott
McDermott
J.C. Karcher
Geophysical Service, Inc
Texas Instruments, Inc
Geophysical Services
Brooklyn
Stevens Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Stevens Institute
Highland Park Methodist Church
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Mary McDermott
District Court Divorces and Medical Center Hospital Notices
District Court grants divorces for multiple couples including Madison and Nichols cases. Medical Center Hospital lists Aug 24 admissions and discharges with numerous patients and babies. Births recorded for Aug 24 include several families with location details and newborns. City traffic accidents section reports multiple incidents with involved persons and vehicles and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Cener Hospital
Delia J. Sutton
Katie Bradford
Luciana C. Balles
Betty Barnes
Jenna Carol Tarpley
Marla L. Massey
Ida Seth Armstrong
Patricia V. Perkins
Virginia L. Hednes
Tommie D. McAden
Joan Coe
Vernon E. Williams
Agustina Alaniz
John Wi. Williams
Jerome Cross
George E. Schmidt
Lester White
Elia R. Alvarez
Margie N. Davis
Barbara
Priscilla L. Walker
Baaby
Susan L. White
Rites Set For Mother Son Pecos
Funeral services planned for Shirley A. Yanttie 24 and her 4 year old son Christopher after a car truck crash west of Pyote. Survivor Stephanie Yantti, 5, remained in serious condition at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso with head injuries after transfer from Pecos Memorial.
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Pecos
Grand Prairie
Pyote
Pecos Funeral Home
Shirley A. Yanttie
Christopher Yantti
Stephanie Yantti
el Paso
Providence Memorial Hospital
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Funeral service for Mrs Viola L Cook 65
Funeral services for Mrs Viola L Cook 65 who died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness will be held 4 PM Monday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery. Born July 4 1908 in Stephenville she married Elmer M Cook in Vera on Dec 12 1925 and moved to Odessa from Ranger in 1949. She was a Baptist and survived by a son Kenneth Ray Cook two daughters Mrs Joe Robbins and Mrs Aline Looney a sister four brothers seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial arrangements listed for other victims in the same accident are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola L. Cook
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Garden
Stephenville
Vera
Elmer M. Cook
Odessa
Ranger
Baptist Church
Drury Lane
Kenneth Ray Cook
North Golder
Joe Robbins
Garnet
Aline Looney
Wilson
Amos Kinniebrough
Gilland
Boyd Nail
Fort Worth
John Nail
Houston
Ed Nail
Roscoe
Lloyd Nail
Lewis Woodfin Kitchen
Colonial Nursing Home
Tohoka
Church of Christ
Terrace
Hudrian Funeral Home
Post
Brevard
N.C
Garza County
Lillie Pope
Snyder
Post Church of Christ
Oliver Kitchen
Seminole
Lela Owens
North Carolina
Agilee Welch
Annie Galloway
Revard
Charles L. Wynne
PECOS
Odessa Medical Center
Pecos Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Canutillo
N.M
Wynne
Earl Wynne
Monahans
Claude Wynne
Gene Wynne
Bill Gilctest
Mentone
van Garlick
Mack
Colo
Leland Hemphill
Midland
Parkview Hospital
Thomas Funeral Home
Fairview
Caldwell County
Hemphill
Eloise Hemphill
Henry Lee Hemphill
Four Die In Two Car Crash Near Austin
Four people died when two cars collided on U.S. 183 about 14 miles south of Austin. Identified victims include Santiago Cruz Cuellar, 23, of Lockhart. Edward West, 31. Jean West, wife of Edward. and the Wests' 3-year-old daughter Delena Christine. The Wests were from Portland, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Austin
U.S. 183
Santiago Cruz Cuellar
Lockhart
Edward West
Jean West
Edward
Wests
Delena Christine
Portland Tex
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Japan Air Lines
Europe
Libya
Lebanon
Middle East
Bag
Lubbock Paper Promotions Told
Lubbock
David EB. Knapp
Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
Knapp
Burle Pettit
Don Henry
Pettit
Kenneth A. May
Gordon Zeigler
Worth Wren Jr
Vaughn Hendrie
Barbara Brown
Orchard
Sam Lee Grissom
East 23Rd
Grissom
McKeever
GM Oshawa
Quebec
U.S
Canadian Pacific Rail
Railways
Charles Kennedy
Alberta
Penwell
Texas and Pacific
Ron Walker
Bonham
IH 20
Stockyard Co
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
LBJ
Dallas Newspaper Post
Todd & Todd
Rix
Jackson
Rational Funeral Directors Association
Texas Funeral Directors Assocation
Ector County Commissioners Court
Ector County Courthouse
Wildcat Toastmasters
Evening Optimist Club
the Branding Iron
CAP Group XVI
CAP
Parents Without Partners
East 21St
Tee
Nyy
Bast OE
Robert H. Madison
Susan Ann Madison
James Robert Nichols
Earlie Lee Nichols
Myrtle McClure Sims
Joe Abe Sims
Salema A. Rodriguez
Manuel C. Rodriguez
Sharon Jones
Tony Mac Jones
Irene Marquez
Joe A. Marquez
James Henry Hilburn
Retha May Hilburn
Flora Fay Lindsey
Ernest Lee Lindsey
Billy W. Cobb
Linda L. Cobb
Terri LaDelia Shields
Larry Don Shields
Cecil William
Sam Houston Beene
Kathie Sue Collins
Ray Thomas Collins
Barbara Ann Neighbors
David W. Neighbors
Deloss Leo Alexander
Karen Elaine Alexander
Karen Kay Hamilton
Sidney Earl Hamilton
William Armstrong
West
Cruz Gonzales
Bobby D. MacAden
Clover
Tarpley
James N. Perkins
Royalty
Eleuterio Orona
del Rio
Charles Hedges
Paul Massey
North Alleghaney
Grant
Geri Hubbard Green
Gary Terrace
David A Miles
Poughkeepsie
Light West University
Golder
Glen Dale City Jr
Spur
Willam Claude Moseley
Gardendale
Bine East
Bind
Patrice Lyne
Meetreys CR Ltd
Asd
Fays
Bobscoma Letmards
Dan Tate Davin
Ang Werth
Muskingum
Degen Recke
Tuscola
Florence Moonen Moore
BOS
Tarragon
Cme
Finck West University
Bona
US Trak
Jafar Gia
Odessa College
Rye Werth
Eeie
Devents
Douglas
Grantyeow
Terry
East Seventh
Barker
Vile Alps
Creare
Ranerore
Petra
Fiat
Kenneth L.C. Godwin
Johnny Thomas Wright
Dudley Hughes
Thomas E. Richie
Alexandria
Yantti
Silver City
Christopher
Stephanie
Grover Hightower
Gary Hightower
New York State
Donna May
Cathy Hightower
G.H. Hightower
Jewel Landrum
Anthony, N.M
F.C. Barnwell
Mount Pleasant
Barnwell
Wells Point
Richard Baggett
Buddy Barnwell
Hobbs
H.R. Snedegar
Falcon Dr
Carl Herman Flach
Frankfurt
Carl-Hermann Flach
Free Democratic Party
Flach
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
Voty Serinus
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