North Vietnam admits air raids hurt economy and industry
The North Vietnamese government, via the Xinhua News Agency, acknowledged American bombing disrupted economy. Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi said raids forced a local supply policy to use local materials and favor small scale production to meet war and economic needs.
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New China News Agency
Hanoi
North Jamese
le Thanh Nghi
China News Agency
Neghi
U.S
Nghi
North Viet Nam
Change Of Venue Denied In Howe Court Martial
A military board refused Lt. Henry H. Howe’s bid to move his court martial from Ft. Bliss Texas. Howe, of Boulder Colorado, faces charges over a Viet Nam war protest placard. Trial remains scheduled near El Paso on December 13.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Henry H. Howe
Boulder
Colo
U.S
Ft. Bliss
Lunch Box Suit Dismissed By Court
Cleveland court upholds dismissal of a beta employee case against International Salt Co and the United Mine Workers Union. The state District Court of Appeals ruled the employee should have filed in federal court after an arbitrator upheld his firing for refusing company lunch box inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
State District Court of Appeals
International Salt Co
International Salt
United, Mine Workers Union
Power blackout hits El Paso area and New Mexico cities
A widespread power outage affected El Paso and nearby areas after a U S Bureau of Reclamation effort to boost generation near Elephant Butte Dam. El Paso officials had warned such outages unlikely while police logged only minor looting. Flights remained on emergency power as residents faced rapid darkness and stalled traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Co
U.S. Bureau of
Elephant Butte
el Paso Electric Co
Ray Lockhart
el Paso
United States
el Paso International Airport
Suspect Named In Two Charges In Odessa Burglary Case
Michael Way Byrd 21 of 1504 North Tom Green faced two charges after a car crash near Odessa. He is charged with driving while intoxicated in Ector County Court and burglary in Justice of the Peace court. Police say Wednesday night burglary at Shackleford Co. on Murphy stole $13 cash liquor and beer.
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Michael Wayne Byrd
North Tom Green
Byrd
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
42Nd Street
Ector County
Court of Justice of the Peace
B. Wedgeworth
Shackleford Co
Murphy
Former Mexican Leader Improves After Brain Aneurysm Surgery
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, ex president of Mexico, underwent cranial aneurysm surgery Sunday and is reported to improve rapidly at Santa Fe Hospital. Bulletin says condition is very satisfactory and visitors may be allowed. In Odessa, Avery Duell, 25, lost a hand while working on an oil lease near Crane. He was treated at Medical Center Hospital and released.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Santa Fe Hospital
Duell Avery
Drury
Lane
Crane
Avery
Yale E. Key Well Service Co
Medical Center Hospital
Retirement Banquet Planned for Mobil Employee
A Mobil employee, Brian Franklin, 65, is to be honored at a retirement banquet at Farr's Cafeteria in Grandview after a dinner near 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. The event involves about 35 to 36 Mobil workers and spouses, with details about a prior confrontation between Franklin and his wife Josiane and another man.
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Lyons
France
UPI
Brian Franklin
Jean Tortane
East 13Th
Farr
Grandview
Humble Oil Co
Cartinn
Luanne Franklin
Tortane
Mobil
Josiane
Midland Oil Operator Held on Immoral Film Charges
Roy Lockett a 49 year old Midland independent oil operator remained free on $1500 bond after being charged with possession of immoral motion pictures. He was arrested Wednesday night in his North Midland apartment by Midland detectives concluding a month long probe sparked by Midland High School authorities. Lockett said six reels were left by a man no longer living in Midland.
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Midland
Midland Independent
Roy Lockett
North Midland
Midland High School
Lockett
Fund Raising Drive Slated for Andrews Boys Club
A campaign to raise 8000 dollars for the Andrews Boys Club begins with a door to door drive Monday. Bill Flanary, president, appoints captains for the effort to fund a club manager salary. Captains include Cecil Tucker and others. John Miller chairs the drive.
Students Plan Historical Tour From Midland and Lee High Schools
About 25 students from Midland High and Lee High Schools, members of the High School Historical Club, will tour Andrews County historical spots Saturday morning. They will visit the new $3 million high school guided by members of the Andrews Chamber of Commerce and Andrews County Historical Survey Committee. Pam Smith leads the Midland club and Bob Aldridge heads the local historical society.
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Andrews
Midland High
Lee High
Andrews County
Andrews Chamber of Commerce
Andrews County Historical Survey Committee
Midland Club
Pam Smith
W. K. Smith
Bob Aldridge
Harlem anti poverty agency under scrutiny by PwC
Price Waterhouse & Co. branded HARYOU-ACT accounting as wholly inadequate in a memo dated Oct 19. The Harlem agency faces missing records, overdrawn accounts and unpaid vouchers as the federal government withholds nearly 1 million dollars during an probe into irregular practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Anti - Poverty Agency
Price Waterhouse & Co
Haryou-Act
Price Waterhouse
Midnight Woodsmen Trim Freeway Trees in Silent March
Los Angeles AP reports anonymous crews using power saws at night to fell trees along Southern California freeways. The state vows action against the phantom wood scutters while billboards and sight lines are affected by the covert activity.
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Los Angeles
Paul Bunyan
California
Andrews Seeks Applications For County Clerk Post
Andrews County seeks applicants for the county clerk position after Charlie Burkett resigned. Applications accepted until 10 a.m. Monday. County Judge Roy Bennett will screen applicants and a temporary appointment will follow the deadline.
Mother Indicted By Grand Jury
Honolulu AP reports the Oahu grand jury indicted Margaret Young, 38, on first degree murder for allegedly drowning five children in their Aiea bathtub on November 22. Life imprisonment is the maximum. she is jailed without bail.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Margaret Young
Hawaii
Young
Air Force
James Young
San Antonio
Tex
Aiea
Two Men Burned In Butane Fire In Midland
Midland staff report Jimmy Morgan and John Castleberry, employees of FWA Drilling Co., Midland, were admitted to Midland Memorial Hospital Friday morning with facial and hand burns after filling a truck with butane and fuel flashed. Injury extent undetermined at press time.
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Midland
Odessa
Jimmy Morgan
John Castleberry
Midland Memorial Hospital
FWA Drilling Co
New FBI Assistant Named For Hoover
Cartha D. De Loach, 45, an FBI agent since 1942, is named assistant to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The move fuels speculation Hoover may groom De Loach as a possible successor when he retires. The attorney general will nominate Hoover’s replacement, though Hoover’s recommendation would carry weight.
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Washington
UPI
Cartha D. de Loach
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
de Loach
Space Engineer Dead Of Cancer
Space pioneer Hugh L. Dryden, key NASA leader and deputy administrator, died of cancer at 66. Revered for guiding the U S space program, he was a former minister and a respected public servant praised by Vice President Humphrey for his contribution to aeronautics and space over four decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryden
Hugh Latimer Dryden
United States
Estes Bond Forfeiture Upheld in Fraud Case
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling ordering Billie Sol Estes to forfeit a $1,000 bail bond. Estes, imprisoned for fraud related to his farm fertilizer empire, left Texas for Colorado in violation of bond terms, justifying the forfeiture reduction from $10,000 to $1,000 and the court’s finding of breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court of North Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Texas
Colorado
Senator Urges Fresh Thinking At NFO Convention
Senator Ralph Yarborough urged new ideas and fresh thinking for farm programs at the National Farmers Organization convention in St Louis. He praised the NFO for leading market transformations and said producers should set the value of their products.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Rites Planned for Fortenberry After Plains Crash
Services for Stanley Thomas Fortenberry 51 killed when his car hit a grain truck near Plains will be held at Assembly of God Church in Denver City with Rev. Homer Parkington and Rev. James Fortenberry officiating. Burial in Denver City Memorial Park. Fortenberry, a Plains dealer mechanic and farmer, moved to Denver City recently from Plains. Survivors include Charlene Bundrant his widow eight children and other relatives. James Grady Hudson Sr. 67, brother of Amelia Sams of Midland, to be buried at Benjamin Cemetery after services at First Christian Church in Benjamin.
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Denver City
Stanley Thomas Fortenberry
Plains
Assembly of God Church
Homer A. Parkington
Singleton Funeral Home
Fortisbe
Yoakum County Memorial Hospital
Plains City
Lewis Jack
Bundrant
Lubbock
Fortenberry
Yoakum County
Kaney
Okla
Charlene Bundrant
Gary
Kingsville
Douglas Ashmore
Odessa
Joseph Jannarone
Augburg
Germany
Mary Peer
Perryville
Sally
Kimberly Fortenberry
Stanley Jr
Joseph
Jonathan
Lois Abney
Maude Barnhill
Bill
Hobbs
N. M
Howard
Roswell
Mark
James
Calvin
Charles
W. C
Knox City
James Grady Hudson Sr
Benjamin
Amelia Sams
Midland
First Christian Church
Smith Funeral Home
Hudson
Gemini 6 to chase Gemini 7 in early December
Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford plan a space chase starting 8 10 a m CST December 13 nine days after Gemini 7 lifts off from the same pad. Rendezvous could occur 5 hours 40 minutes later as engineers assess damage to the launch stand and Kraft says the mission could stretch one more day if needed.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
America
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Borman
Lovell
Schirra
Stafford
Severe rainfall drenches Texas with floods and road closures
A wave of heavy rain broke across Texas with 5.11 inches at College Station in 12 hours and widespread flooding. San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and surrounding areas saw flash flood warnings, numerous road closures, stalled vehicles, and a rescued jeep on Helotes Creek. Temperatures stayed mild with highs near 70s in the Rio Grande Valley and mid 40s in Wichita Falls.
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West
Texas
Red River Valley
College Station
Corpus Christi Weather Bureau
Nueces
Rio
Sabinas
San Antonio
Bexar County
Ito
Helotes Creek
Bandera
North Central
Abilene
Houston
Austin
Cotulla
Junction
Lufkin
Utopia
Uvalde
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Judgment Sought in Odessa Suit by Texcrete Co
Texcrete Co of Odessa seeks a $9 judgment in a suit on account filed Friday in the 70th District Court against W D Bell of Odessa. The case names Texcrete Co as plaintiff.
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70Th District
W. D. Bell
Odessa
Texcrete Co
San Angelo Man Emery Martindale Dies at 58
Emery Martindale 58 a San Angelo resident and Air Force retiree died Thursday morning after a three year illness. He is survived by his son Emery Martindale II of Hobbs New Mexico and brother A L Ben Martindale of Monahans. Services set for Saturday in San Angelo.
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San Angelo
Emery Sherwood Martindale
A. L
Ben) Martindale
Monahans
Martindale
Air Force
Emery Martindale II
Hobbs
N.M
Otto's Boys Ranch Week Proclaimed by Odessa Mayor
Mayor Preston Parker proclaimed Otto's Boys Ranch Week from Sunday to Saturday urging Odessa residents to support the ranch. Parker emphasized the program aims to build men of strong character and instills religious ideals in the boys.
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Preston Parker
Parker
Odessa
Otto’s
Boys Ranch
Guilty Plea Brings 30 Day Jail Sentence
E Salas age 28 received a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of barbiturates before Judge W M Hill in Ector County Court. Salas of 1106 Monterey was arrested May 17 at Electric and Laredo.
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E. Salas
Salas
W. M
Bill) Hill
Ector
Monterey
Electric
Laredo
Judgments Sought In Collection Suits
Two collection suits filed in Ector County Court seek judgments. Sam Carney of Bell County asks for 300 dollars in a suit on account against Odessa resident Bobby Penn. Franklin A. Pickens seeks 228 dollars in a suit on note against Bobby Ray Hitt of the same city.
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Ector County
Bell County
Sam Carney
Bobby Penn
Odessa
Franklin A. Pickens
Bobby Ray Hitt
Quilt Found Burning At Eighth And Maple Intersection
Odessa firemen were called out at 10 40 p m Thursday to extinguish a quilt found burning at the intersection of Eighth and Maple. The cause of the fire and the owner are unknown.
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Odessa
Eighth
Maple
Suspect Charged Over Prohibited Weapon in Ector County
A 23 year old man James Wesley Holloway of 334 East Marble was charged Friday in Ector County Court with carrying a prohibited weapon. He was jailed after officers found a butcher knife in his possession in the 800 block of Magnolia.
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Ector County
James Wesley Holloway
East Mable
Magnolia
Odessa American Public Notice Rates
Daily Odessa newspaper announces home delivery prices for Odessa and Ector County at 1.25 per month, other zones 35 cents, mail rates 20 per year, 5.56 for four months, and 2.00 per month. Subscription contact details referenced.
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Odessa
Tex
Dai'y Arg
Sundey
Odessa Amerizan
Odesse
Teves
Shteres
Texes
Pest
Ector
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Tokyo
Peacenik
Albuquerque
U.S. Bureau of Re
Judson Williams
Odessa High Latin Club
Odessa High School Latin Club
A R Dennis Vaughn
Carol Holt
Linda Lou Searls
Wayne Lee Criswell
Teria
Odessa High
Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
West 13Th
Carol
J. E. Sweeney
Lamar
Linda Lou
Robert S. Searls
Santa Rita
Criswell
Lee Criswell
North Alleghaney
Midlander
Dr. B. Fisher
S. Fisher
North Grant FE
Brands Agency
N. Girni
Arthur Murray Studio
Senator
Sun
Burger Che! Systems Fomeente
Adume
Rae Ie
Deatras
James Hudson
Gemini
Bob Colin Insurance
Emery Martindale
Otto
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