Monahans Hearing Recessed For Week
Bennie Earnest Wilson and Curtis Ray Roberts, both 25, serving time for a 1960 Pecos armed robbery, filed habeas corpus petitions from Huntsville. Wilson testified of coercive confession, while Judge Starley granted a week recess to seek witnesses. Roberts’ hearing postponed. Wilson had pled guilty and drawn 50 years, Roberts’ death sentence commuted to life.
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Wilson
Murray
Howze
Monahans
Curtis Ray Roberts
Pecos
Huntsville
Roberts
143Rd District Court
A. R. Archer
Math Teachers Set Meeting at Permian High School
About 500 educators from 30 area cities are expected to attend the Permian Basin Math and Science Teachers Association meeting Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Permian High School. The event will focus on computer teaching methods and data processing with Mrs. Sam Meador, Mrs. John Blackburn, and Carroll Forrest in charge of arrangements.
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Permian Basin Math and Science Teachers Association
Permian High School
Sam Meador
Permian High
John Blackburn
Pease
Carroll Forrest
Hood
Freitag released on bond after aggravated assault charge
Sammy Joe Freitag aged 24 of 758 Tower Circle was named Thursday in an Ector County Court charge of aggravated assault. Freitag was released Friday morning on a $750 bond from the Ector County jail. He is accused of attacking Ray Ellis, 45, of 2200 West 13th, Wednesday night at Judy's Bar on West Second Street.
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Sammy Joe Freitag
Tower Circle
Ector County
Freitag
Ray Ellis
West 13Th
Judy’s
West Second
Appointee Named THA Memorial Gifts Chairman
Mrs. Robert Stone of 4204 Wayside was named Ector County memorial gifts chairman for the Texas Heart Association. She will oversee memorial gifts used to fund cardiac research programs.
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Robert Stone
Ector County
The
Texas Heart Association
THA
Suspect Faces Theft Complaint At Erwin Used Cars Lot
Police sought a middle aged man accused of taking a 1959 car from Erwin Used Cars at 710 North Adams with promise to pay. J R Erwin at 521 Douglas filed theft by false pretext with Justice J A Purifoy after the suspect failed to return. name not yet released.
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Erwin Used Cars
North Adams
J. R. Erwin
Douglas
Erwin
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Appeal Filed Over Unemployment Tax Dispute in Odessa Firm
Hall Sprinkler Sales Inc of Odessa files appeal in 161st District Court challenging TEC ruling that $820 in unemployment taxes and penalties apply to Ray Blevins. The firm contends Blevins was an independent contractor, not an employee.
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Texas Employment Commission
161St District Court
Hall Sprinkler Sales, Inc
Odessa
TEC
Ray Blevins
Blevins
Odessan files two appeal cases in district court
Odessa man Lupe Pequeno filed two appeals in 161st District Court from Industrial Accident Board awards. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of Dallas is named in both suits seeking $10,500 for alleged disability from injuries on April 5 and August 10 while employed at Kleen-Air Filter Service Co.
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Odessa
Lupe E. Pequeno
161St District Court
Industrial Accident Board
Westchester Fire Insurance Co
Dallas
Pequeno
Kleen-Air Filter Service Co
Flight Logs Reveal DPS Planes Used On Personal Trips
State planes operated by the Department of Public Safety flew legislators and officials on personal trips 51 times in fiscal 1967, with nearly 20 percent of trips requested by non-DPS passengers. Notable names include Rep. W. S. Heatly and Gov. John Connally, plus University of Texas and Texas A&M figures.
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Austin
Tex
UPS
Department of Public Safety
DPS
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
Heatly
House Appropriations Committee
Atty
Crawford Martin
West Texas
Martin
Ney Wade
Dallas
Beeville
Jim Wade
Texas A&m
Gene Stallings
A&m
Earl Rudder
Department of
Dizzy Dean
Huntsville
John Connally
Woman Injured In Car Wreck At Andrews Highway
A traffic mishap at 42nd and the Andrews Highway left Juanita Hedges West with minor injuries after her car pulled from a parking spot and collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Jo Ann Preston. West’s car then hit a gas pump, causing a fire that firefighters extinguished.
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Andrews Highway
Juanita Hedges West
Tisdale
Jo Ann Preston
Austin
Vandalism Reported in Two City Incidents
Friday police checked two vandalism cases. Ruby Rouse of 1010 Drury Lane reported holes were knocked in a rental at 1006 Drury Lane. Vandals also broke two windows at Alcon Co. located at 1801 East Pearl.
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Ruby Rouse
Drury Lane
Alcon Co
Heavy Damage From Truck Fire At Shamrock Steel Site
A Thursday blaze caused heavy damage to a large flat bed truck owned by Shamrock Steel Co at 238 West County Road. Firemen blamed a flooding carburetor for engine damage and a shattered windshield. A separate fire at 10th and Whitaker damaged a panel truck owned by F W Hendrick with minor impact. A fire at 1803 East 43rd damaged a playhouse and fence behind L J Smith residence. No injuries reported. Fire crews also attended a malfunctioning heating unit at Warren Burnett law offices on North Lincoln, with no damage. A grass fire at 4413 Brahma was extinguished.
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Shamrock Steel Co
West County Road
Murphy and
F. W. Hendrick
North Bernice
10Th
Whitaker
L. J. Smith
East 43Rd
Warren Burnett
North Lincoln
Brahma
Mishaps Leave Two Men Injured At Local Hospital
Two men were treated and listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after separate mishaps. John Jackson, 57, of 3208 Bellaire, suffered a broken back after falling about 30 feet from a rig structure. George Leon Beard, 19, of 825 East 14th, sustained a back strain while lifting a can.
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Medical Center Hospital
John Jackson
Bellaire
Jackson
George Leon Beard
East 14Th
Two Injured In Mishap At Local Hospital Scene
A 16 year old boy named Vernon Drain, son of W. L. Drain of Route 2, remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after an injury to his left hip while playing ball. Another person injured was treated and released. Nora Morris, 57, of 311 South Muskingum, was treated for a fractured left arm after a fall.
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Medical Center Hospital
Vernon Drain
W. L. Drain
Nora Morris
South Muskingum
Child and teen treated after ingesting substances
A 27 year old girl Phyllis Lowann Eggleston daughter of Phillip Eggleston Sanderson was treated Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after she swallowed medicine and later released. A 5 year old boy David Garza son of J V Garza 702 Drury Lane was treated after swallowing bleach.
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Medical Center Hospital
Phyllis Lowann Eggleston
Phillip Eggleston
Sanderson
David Garza
J. V. Garza
Drury Lane
Deaths in Jal and Monahans Render Local Obituaries
Navy corpsman Jimmy Clifton Mathis 22 died in Vietnam after stepping on a booby trap near Quang Nam. He is survived by his widow Judy Lima of Jal, his parents Roy and Mrs. Mathis, a brother Roy L. Mathis, a Seguin grandmother, and his Jal connections. James Samuel Hand 100 of Monahans died after a four day illness. former deputy sheriff and railroad man, survived by daughter Laura Garrison and several grandchildren. Burial in Seagraves Cemetery with services by Webb and Hammond funeral homes.
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Jal
N.M
Navy
Vietnam
Quang Nam
Jimmy Clifton Mathis
Mathis
Smithville
Texas
Judy Francine Lima
Frank Lima
Balboa Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Marine Company
First Baptist Church
Danny Payne
Kermit
Cooper Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Roy C. Mathis
Eunice
N. M
Roy L. Mathis
Seguin
Mattie Galbreath
Monahans
James Samuel Hand
Webb Funeral Home
Seagraves
Hammond Funeral Home
Hand
Ward Memorial Hospital
Odd Fellow Lodge
Gaines County
Henderson County
Miss
Laura Garrison
Frances Henderson
Midland
Graveside rites for Shirley Ortiz in Pecos
Shirley Ortiz 21 a Pecos resident for a month was killed Tuesday at the old Crockett Hotel. J. F. Hightower ruled she was shot by Antonio Rodriguez who then shot himself. Ortiz born March 29 1946 in Indiana leaves husband Reymundo Ortiz two sons and parents in Odessa.
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Pecos
Shirley Ortiz
Fairview
Pecos Funeral Home
Harlingen
Antonio Rodriguez
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
el Muerto
Garza
Aureliz R. Rodriguez
Combes
Daniel Rodriguez
Juanita R. Martinez
Isabel R. Cruz
Beatrice R. Benavides
Snow Storm Paralyzes Cities From New Jersey To New England
A major multistate snow storm dumps heavy snow across the northeast, killing at least eight in Pennsylvania and fifteen overall. Eight inches fall in central New Jersey, closing westbound Lincoln Tunnel lanes and causing numerous accidents. In Kentucky spawned storm tracks along the eastern seaboard, with deaths from collisions in Pennsylvania and a fatal sledding accident in New Haven. Local areas report heavy snow from Missouri to New England, with travel warnings and airport flight cancellations.
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New Jersey Turnpike
New York City
New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel
Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Wall Street
Kentucky
Seaboard
New England
Cape Cod
Washington Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Purchase Line High School
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Kenneth Dombrowski
New Haven
Conn
Missouri
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Ely
Nev
Pacific Coast
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Odessa American
B. Fisner
Fisher Optometrists
North Grant FE
Odessan
Choe
Esflow
Eejuns
Marinell Horne
Crane High
Lubbock
Crane
Phillips
Lowery Stadium
Connally
Floresville Ranch
John Ben Shepperd
Conroe
Yashe
Vodure
the Ciy
Holcomb’s
Ridgecrest Shopping Center
West 10Th E
U. S
Nutcracker
Mrs
Odessa , Texas
Odessa College
Permian Playhouse
Laura
West 42Nd
Iraan High School
Sherry Barnam
Reggie Badgett
Miss Burnam
H. C. Burnam
Badgett
Delbert Badgett
Kaan High School
E. 8Th
W. County Rd
Burger Chef System
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