Saigon region fights and political shifts noted
Reports from Saigon region describe ongoing heavy fighting near Quang Tri and in the Que Son Valley, with South Vietnamese officials claiming 180+ North Vietnamese fatalities while government losses reach 18 killed and 47 wounded. Political figures across parties discuss campaigns and policy criticisms amid election activity and public demonstrations. Two traffic crashes yield minor injuries, including Charla Wright and Mary E. Bexley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Quang Tri
Que Son
Associated Press
Dennis
Washington Post
Justice Department
Kennedy
Midland Court Adopts 1973 Budget With Tax Hike
Midland County Commissioners Court approved a 1973 budget near 2.8 million dollars and raised the effective tax rate by 43 percent while lowering the per 100 valuation rate to 8 cents. The rate will be 95 cents per 100 with 20 percent valuation next year 85 cents at 32 percent. The Midland County Bar Association urged creation of a county public defender program and asked for more information. The 1972 budget was 2,247,491 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland County Commissioners Court
Midland County Bar Association
Six Burglary Reports Prompt Ector County Probes
Police and sheriffs deputies investigated six burglary cases across Odessa and surrounding areas. Victims reported cash and valuables missing from homes and vehicles, including a $750 keystone item and $55 cash. Items stolen included a tape player shotgun transmission tools camera film phonograph radio purse and a .32 caliber revolver. A separate civil suit valued above 1000 was filed in 61st District Court by Arfie John Fox against Betty Joan McCann for an August 20 incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Park
Keystone
James Lovett
North Kelly
Fred van Maanen
Byron
Sammy Arias
South Texas
George E. Morris
Kermit
Andrews Highway
World Coatings, Inc
West Highway 80
61St District Court
Betty Joan McCann
Odessa
Arfie
John Fox
Lightning Sparked Fires Race Across California Forests
Firefighters battled about 2000 lightning ignitions across Northern and Central California as crews aimed to finish a 28 mile fire line near Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest. About 450 firefighters worked to contain fires burning brush and timber with 90 percent expected to be contained by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preads
California
Los Padres National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Stanislaus National Forest
Oregon
Sierra National Forest
Fresno
Sequoia National Forest
Porterville
Forest Service
Plumas, Lassen
Shasta
Trinity
Klamath
Modoc
Northern Counties
State Division of Forestry
Ojai
Six Victims List Thefts Sweep Record of Thefts
Local lawmen tracked nine thefts on Tuesday with multiple victims named. Robert Oehlschlager reported a stolen tape player from his car at 316 Casa Grande. Mabel Wheeler lost a hubcap from 2700 North Tom Green and H M VanMeter reported five gallons of gas missing from his pickup at 2911 North Hancock. Others reported stolen bicycles and a lawnmower, including Jerry A. Merritt 2523 Beechwood Mike Pardue 3808 Springdale Bobby Reeves 2212 Hanley Eddie Reese 318 West 47th and Ted Collins 805 North Hancock. Firefighters faced a major blaze with six deaths and five injuries from a helicopter crash. A Forest Service spokesman said containment remains at 100 percent at best, while San Diego County battles a 300 acre brush fire southeast of El Cajon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Oehlschlager
Casa Grande
Mabel Wheeler
North Tom Green
H. M. VanMeter
North Hancock
T. P. Brown
East 36Th
Jerry A. Merritt
Beechwood
Mike Pardue
Springdale
Bobby Reeves
Hanley
Eddie Reese
West 47Th
Ted Collins
Odessan Goes On Trial In Murder Case
Jury selection began in 70th District Court for Tommy Lee Jones in the January 3 shooting death of Billie Jean Hart, 21, at her home on 700 Fitch. Hart died from two .38 caliber bullet wounds to the right cheek and nose. Jones was arrested hours after the incident at his attorney’s office. A witness described the motive as stated to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District Court
Tommy Lee Jones
Billie Jean Hart
Jones
Hart
Fitch
Tom Sneed
Door To Door Drive Slated In Odessa
A door to door collection for Cystic Fibrosis will run in Odessa from 6 to p.m. volunteers from Tri Hi Y 4 H Clubs and Rainbow Girls will carry IDs and packets. A four year old Odessa girl was treated for a broken arm after horseback riding. In Hart Street shooting a woman was killed and a second shooting followed at 205 Bunch where Wilma Stevenson was found dead. Jones is indicted in the second case and awaits trial in Hart case with jurors examined as a group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Billy Wade
East Ilth
Tri Hi-Y
Rainbow Girls
Medical Center Hospital
Cynthia A. Osborn
Jo Ann Beauchamp
West 69Th
Spassky to Star in San Antonio International Chess
Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer may headline the San Antonio tournament set for November through December. Spassky has accepted, pending Soviet approval, with Russia to send two grandmasters. Fischer may narrate for a network telecast planned to reach worldwide audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
George Church
Spassky
Fischer
Church
Soviet Union
Russia
New York
Spanish International Network of
Rene Anselmo
U.S
Larry Evans
Lubomir Kaulek
Anthony Saidy
Kenneth Smith
Robert Byrne
Walter Browne
Australia
Mario Campos Lopez
Mexico
Svetozar Grigoric
Yugoslavia
Zlasimir Hort
Czechoslovakia
Julio Caplan
Puerto Rico
Woman Dies Rites Slated
Funeral services for Mrs. J. F. Berry 77 of Odessa will be at Hubbard Kelly Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Odessa Cemetery. She died Monday at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include two sons, two sisters, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Also noted are other deaths and obituaries across the region with service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F
Rose Nellie) Berry
Hubbard-Kelly
Odessa
Jones Edward Berry
North Adams
John Doyle Berry
Bellflower
Calif
Mary May Lansford
Isabell Duncan
St. Louis
Pecos
David Vega
Verhalen
Christ the King Catholic Church
Brogado
Saragosa
Vega
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Manuela Vega
Guadalupe Vega
Okinawa
Moisis Vega
Geronimo Vega
Margue
Otto S. Hambright
Stamford
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Home
Hambright
Cindy Young
Midland
Everett Clarkson Snyder
Union Baptist Church
Everett Clarkson
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Snyder
Clovis
N. M
Mike Storey
Jerry Allen
Waco
Gene Clarkson
Casper, Woo
Hal Clarkson
Phoenix, Ariz
Rachel Bateman
Bowie
Lucille Bynum
Ruby Banks
Jack Berry
Damon Ralph Crawford
Sandalwood
Wise
Bonham
Arlidge Ridge
Crawford
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
White's
North Grant
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frankie Daniel
Lubbock
Dickie
Danny
Melvin Riddle
Spur
Eula Faye Wood
Lovington N.M
Church of the Nazarene
Lovington
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Gary Wood
Springfield
Mark Wood
Peger Awalt
Julia May Fowler
Janaria Walser
Alamogordo
Joyce Dossey
John W. Rogers
Post
Archie Rogers
Ft. Myers
Fla
Jack Rogers
Alfred Rogers
Hobbs
Jewell E. Jackson
Eastland
Carbon Baptist Church
Baker Funeral Home
Murray Cemetery
Carbon
Bobbye Joe K. Jackson
Dwain Jackson
Fort Stockton
Loua Ann Griffith
W. T. Payne
Andrews
Dorothy Kruttgn
Amarillo
Blackburm-Shaw
Dorothy Brutton
Wellington
Fort Worth
Cleo Brown
Canyon
Burl Worley
Mrs
June Purcell
Denver, Colo
37Th Street
Church of Christ
Wayne Smith
Big Spring
Lamar County
Connie Shepherd
James Beaver
Fluvanna
Richard Miller
Ropesville
Jerry Smith
Maydell Winters
Raymond Wray
Abilene
Russell Smith
Gordon Smith
C. Porter
Bristol Midland
Ellis Funeral Home
C. Porter Bristol
Midland Memorial Hospital
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Midland Memorial Hospital Building Fund
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Bill Bristol
J.E. Suberbielle
Beaumont
B.D. Suberbielle
Funeral services and obituaries from a Texas area paper
Funeral services for Damon Ralph Crawford 43 of Bonham and Porter Norrell 66 of Delhi are listed along with others including Mrs Eula Faye Wood Mrs Jewell E Jackson Mrs Dorothy Kruttgn and Wayne Smith. Agencies include Wise Hubbard Kelly Smith-Rogers Baker and local churches with burial sites in Bonham Lovington Carbon Snyder and Murray Cemeteries.
Ex Odessa Man Dies Of Crash Injuries
Charles B Steed 36 a former Odessa resident died in a Pasadena nursing home from injuries suffered in a one car crash Sept 23 near ReY He was born Feb 19 1936 in Hobbs New Mexico lived in Odessa 1946 to 1966 and was an Odessa High School graduate in 1954 Services were pending at Forest Park Funeral Home in Pasadena He is survived by his wife Peggy two sons Michael and Dart his mother Ole Stovall of Odessa his father C Q Steed of Fayetteville Ark two brothers Gary of Odessa and Jack of Sweetwater and step brothers Michael Jerry and Verl Stovall of Pencil Bluff Ark
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Pasadena
Calif
Charles B. Steed
Steed
Hobbs
N. M
Odessa
Odessa High School
The
Baptist Church
toRey
End
Forest Park Funeral Home
Peggy
Michael
Dart
Ola Stovall
Halifax
C. Q. Steed
Fayetteville
Ark
Gary Steed
Jack Steed
Sweetwater
Michael Stovall
Jerry
Verl Stovall
Pencil Bluff
William H. Simpson Goldthwaite
William Henry Simpson
Mullin
Mullin Baptist Church
Oakview Cemetery
Wilkins Funeral Home
Simpson
Veterans Administration Hospital
Temple Monday
Travis County
Elvie Emma Henry
Brady
Moran
Elaine Bode
Breckenridge
Ima Lou Thomas
Imperial
Frances Hamilton
Roscoe
W.H. Simpson Jr
Austin
Leslie C. Simpson
Springdale
Harvey Simpson
Rising Star
Jim Simpson
Joe Moore
Round Rock
Tom Sylvester
Ida Mae Cantwell
Bill Cantwell
Amarillo
Man Handed Prison Terms In Odessa Burglary Case
Herman Ray Bryant, 20, of Odessa, received two five year prison terms in 70th District Court after pleading guilty to two burglary indictments. The sentences run concurrently and his four year prior probation for attempted burglary at Have Elementary School was revoked. Bryant admitted the Feb 28 burglary of Emma Rivers’s residence and the March 14 break in of Herbert Farris’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Herman Ray Bryant
Monterrey
Have
Monahans and Fitch
Emma Rivers
Wabash
Herbert Farris
Bryant
Harold Young
John Green
Theft Suspect Held In Jail
A 20 year old Odessa man remained in city jail Tuesday after being arrested for shoplifting 74 dollars of merchandise from an Odessa firm. James Ricki Morelan, 4913 Cordova, was arrested at 6 30 p m Monday at Cooks Discount Center 2021 East Eighth. Morelan is accused of taking 15 record albums and a backpack worth 74 dollars. The charge was filed in Justice of the Peace J A Purifoy court but bond had not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
James Ricki Morelan
Cordova
Cooks Discount Center
East Eighth
Morelan
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Odessa events schedule for college, clubs and meetings
Tomorrow in Odessa events list 10 A.M. Odessa College Freshman New Student Orientation in the Auditorium. NOON Downtown American Business Club at Inn of the Golden West Coach Room. NOON Odessa Rotary at Inn of the Golden West Ballroom. NOON Tri Service Lions Club at Sands Restaurant. 6 30 P.M Odessa College Midland College Faculty and Student Hot Dog Supper in the Student Building. 8 P.M Odessa College Midland College Faculty Meeting in the Student Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
Downtown
American Business Club
Odessa Rotary
Lions Club
Sands
Midland College
Odessa College-Midland College
Famed German Singer Lale Andersen Dies at 62
VIENNA AP Lale Andersen the German singer of wartime hit Lilli Marlene died in a Vienna hospital at age 62. She collapsed from exhaustion on a Vienna tour promoting her book Heaven Has Many Colors. A publisher said heart failure caused her death. Born in Bremenhaven Andersen debuted on stage in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Lale Andersen
Lilli Marlene
Belgrade
Miss Andersen
Bremenhaven
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Jean Westwood
John V. Lindsay
McGovern
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Nixon
John G. Schmitz
American Party
Manhattan
San Diego
White House
Robert Dole
Republican National Committee
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Adolf Hitler
Charla Wright
Robert C. Wright
East Everglade
Miss Wright
Monte D. Eicher
Brentwood
Eicher
Everglade
D. T. Osborn
Mary E. Bexley
Homer Bexley
Ranchland
University
Grandview
Donald E. Johnson
Permian
Rhonda Bullington
G. R. Bullington
East 17Th
Christie Cook
Fred Cook
Tulip Lane
Breakins
Ector
San Diego County
el Cajon
Odessan
Bunch
Wilma Stevenson
Sneed
Texas
John Stehle
Spill Memorial Chapel
Monthall United Methodist Church
Gonzales
Katie Bauer
Austria
Hungary
America
Goliad County
Winters
Herbert Stehle
Luella Cox
Synder
Gussie
Gussie Bristol
Julia O’connor Parker
Wayland
Mass
Julia O'Connor Parker
Women's Trade Union League
Burleson Commission
Charlotte Story
Bakersfield
United States
Porter Norrell Sayer
Porter Norrell
Delhi Baptist Church
Buffalo
Norrell
Sayer
Paris
Dixie Maddox
Broadway
Jack Norrell
Lawton
Ron Norrell
Munich
West Germany
Leo Norrell
Alabama
Marjorie Roberts
Ruth Ely
Sunray
Hubert Norrell
Pete Norrell
Charles Steed
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