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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1965

Page

7

Boy Meets Girl Delivers Fast Lively Satire at Permian Playhouse

American staff writer Liz Lyne reports Permian Playhouse opened with Boy Meets Girl a brisk uproarious spoof of Hollywood. Casts lampoon magnates writers stars and bit players inside a madhouse studio where a baby's rise solves the script crisis.

Permian Playhouse Hollywood Larry Toms Happy Baby Happy Leonard Vickerstaff Ted Gonzales Playhouse Wayne Weeks Cowboy George Dave Lovett Jr Jane Hearn Susie Harry Neuhardt Keith Oehlschlager Charles Pendley Enid ‘Holme

Deactivation Planned for AEC Medina Facility

SAN ANTONIO AP The U S Atomic Energy Commission announced that the first employment deactivation at its Medina Facility will occur on January 20 1966. The facility's total deactivation is to be completed in the next few months with about 500 jobs terminated. The government said it will assist workers in finding other government jobs and noted actions tied to Senate timing and primaries in 1966.

San Antonio UPS U.S Atomic Energy Commission Medina AEC Senate

School drops fourth stanza of America over religious rights

Bayside High School in Queens bowed to a 16 year old girl's complaint that the fourth stanza of America invokes God and is a prayer. Assistant Principal Gertrude Waldeyer said the stanza was omitted during the morning singing at the 5000-student school, two years after the Supreme Court banned prayers in public schools.

New York UPI Bayside High School Queens America Gertrude Waldeyer U.S. Supreme Court

Thieves Steal Boat and Trailer From Car Lot

Police sought suspects after a 16 foot boat with inboard outboard motor and trailer was stolen from Ted Dean's car lot at 522 East Third. The thefts also included gasoline siphoned from a car at Odessa College and items from homes, including slacks an alarm clock and soft drinks.

Ted Dean Redbud East Third Robert Sindermann Clinton Odessa College Maxine Alexander

South Carolina Legislature Ordered to Reapportion Senate

A three judge panel led by Circuit Court Judge Clement F Haynsworth ordered the South Carolina Legislature to reapportion its Senate on a population basis by April. The ruling followed a short hearing after arguments and motions in the case.

Columbia, S.C UPI South Carolina Senate Circuit Court Clement F. Haynsworth

Jaycees Promote Christmas Train for Viet Nam Aid

Odessa Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers collect food clothing and medical supplies for South Vietnam Saturday and Sunday in cooperation with a national ACTT project. Donations go to four boxes at Strike It Rich Clark's and Gibson's with pickup by Jaycees if needed.

N. C San Francisco Viet Nam Odessa Philadelphia Strike It Rich Clark’s Gibson’s Jaycees Bennie Montgomery Odessa Chamber of Commerce Jaycee Montgomery ACTT America U. S

Imported Asian Vice Ring Operates In Sabah State

The Straits Times reported that top call girls imported from Singapore Malaya and Hong Kong by a well organized vice ring earn nearly 3000 dollars weekly in Sabah State Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia UPI Singapore Malaya Hong Kong Sabah the Straits Times

West Germany opens first postwar Soviet art show

Munich hosts West Germany's first postwar Soviet modern art exhibition featuring 200 drawings and 22 paintings by 24 Soviet artists opening Friday under UPI report.

Munich Germany UPI West Germany

Sanity Hearing Sought in Honolulu Bathtub Drowning Case

The court-appointed attorney for Margaret Young seeks a sanity board to examine her after she was indicted on first degree murder charges for drowning her five children aged seven months to eight years. Arrangements include arraignment in circuit court and burial of the children in San Antonio, Texas, per Air Force.

Honolulu UPI Margaret Young Sanity Board San Antonio Tex Air Force James F. Young Hickama Air Force Base

West Germans Drink 33.5 Million Champagne Bottles

West Germany consumed 33.5 million bottles of domestic champagne from July through September, according to the federal statistics bureau.

Wiesbaden Germany UPI Federal Statics Bureau

Television Listings for Saturday On KMID KVKM KOSA

TV schedule excerpt lists Channel 2 9 7 airing sports football and boxing content. Prime blocks include college football AFL wrestling and late night cartoons with news weather and variety programs across KMID KVKM and KOSA stations.

Kmid-Tv Hayden Fry Kvkm-Tv Kosa-Tv Captain Keongaroo Linus the Lionhearted Quick Drew McGraw Flicka Jackie Greason

Curbs On Investments Announced In US Dollar Drive

Washington officials said tighter limits on U.S. business investments abroad will be unveiled this weekend as part of a Johnson administration effort to end the dollar drain. The voluntary balance of payments program will include targets for firms to reduce overseas outlays on new plant and equipment. Banks will also get a new target to curb overseas loans. The goal is to balance international payments next year amid a decade of about 3 billion dollar deficits annually. The dip in U.S. gold stock to 13.9 billion reflects the need to back dollars with gold as foreign entities continue to hold dollars for global transactions.

Washington UPI U.S Johnson ‘Administration Johnson U.S Treasury

Private Eye Arrested Here in Lubbock

Police arrested 27 year old private investigator Thomas R. Diebel in a parked car near Lincoln and Drury Lane on a loaded .22 pistol after he failed to register with authorities. The weapon charge was filed in Ector County Court and he posted a $1000 bond before being released.

Lubbock Thomas R. Diebel Ector County Diebel Lincoln Drury Lane

Compensation Case Settled for Odessa Worker

A workmen's compensation case that went to trial Thursday was settled Friday for an undisclosed amount. W. M. Thompson of Odessa, represented by Jerry Childs, had sought 14,035 dollars for injuries. The defendant was Houston Fire and Casualty Co., represented by Charles Tighe of Midland. Thompson was employed by Pacer Trucking Co. on July 2, 1964.

W. M. Thompson Odessa Jerry Childs Houston Fire and Casualty Co Charles Tighe Midland Ompson Pacer Trucking Co

Odessa Roughneck Held On U S Count

Odessa oil field worker Evan Duane Mack 32, of 909 North Tom Green, was jailed in Ector County on a federal charge of interstate transportation of stolen property. He remains in custody for transfer to Pecos likely this weekend.

Odessa Evan Duane Mack Ector County North Tom Green U. S Pecos

Suspect Posts Bond on Desertion Count in Odessa

Lewis Max Lyons, 38, of Route Two, Odessa, was freed on a $1,000 fugitive bond on a California charge of child desertion. Local deputies arrested Lyons Friday after receiving the warrant from San Jose authorities.

Lewis Max Lyons Route Two Odessa California Lyons San Jose Calif

Ten-year-old bitten boy released after dog bite treatment

Tommy Dale Jones, aged 10, son of D. H. Skeler of 1205 Copus, was released Friday from Medical Center Hospital after receiving treatment for a dog bite to his left leg.

Tommy Dale Jones D. H. Skeler Copus Medical Center Hospital

Logan man freed on bond in child desertion case

Jerry Lane Logan twenty one of 427 B West 57th was released on a one thousand dollar bond Friday on a child desertion charge. The complaint is on file in Ector County Court.

Jerry Lane Logan West 57Th Ector County

Held For Hockley County Theft Charge

Johnny Belcher aged 23 of 517 Patterson was released to officers from Hockley County on Friday to be taken to Levelland to face a theft charge. The service station attendant was arrested here on the warrant from Hockley County.

Hockley Johnny Belcher Patterson Hockley County Levelland

Baptists Report Gains Across Texas in Church-State and Race Relations

J Carroll Chadwick, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, told the executive board that Texas Baptists are making progress in all areas, especially church-state relations and race relations. He urged unity amid opinions on government loans for church schools while stressing human rights. W M Shamburger was elected board chairman and Ralph Smith vice chairman. The board authorized High Plains Baptist Hospital of Amarillo to negotiate a loan after Amarillo residents raise final $400,000 of a $5.6 million fund. Construction starts March 1966 with a 240-bed unit, expandable to 440.

Dallas UPI Baptist General Convention of Texas J. Carroll Chadwick Chadwick Texas First Baptist One Center Tex Texas Baptists W. M. Shamburger First Baptist Church Tyler Ralph Smith Hyde Park Baptist Church Austin High Plains Baptist Hospital of Amarillo Emmett Johnson

Charges Dismissed in Theft Case for Joe Treece

Joe Herman Treece a 31 year old laborer from Vivian La was released from the Ec tor County jail Friday. Treece had been indicted here for theft by bailee but District Attorney Jack Tidwell said the Charge has been dismissed for lack of evidence.

Joe Herman Treece Vivian Ector County Treece Jack Tidwell

Construction Bids Scheduled in Odessa Projects

Ector County will accept bids on December 27 for two paving jobs in South and West Odessa. Kenneth Esmond and Associates prepared plans to pave Meadow Street from Pearl to Murphy with resurfacing East Murphy from Industrial to Meadow. The Southside project runs about a half mile, and West 22nd from Conover to Loop Road 338 spans just under a half mile.

Ector County Odessa Kenneth Esmond Meadow Street Pearl Murphy East Murphy Meadow West 22Nd Conover

Paving bids sought by Ector County Court, Odessa

Ector County Commissioners Court will receive sealed bids for paving along Extension 7 Meadow Street south intersection at Murphy Street and Murphy Street extension to Meadow Street. Also about a half mile from Pease School to Ector County Loop No 338. Plans at Kenneth Esmond and Associates Odessa. Bids due by 5:00 P.M. December 2 1965. Court reserves right to accept or reject bids. J C Hamilton County Auditor.

Odessa Texas Ector County Commissioners Court Ector County Court House Meadow Street Murphy Street Pease School Ector County Loop No Kenneth Esmond and Associates West Lth Court House Ector Cual Commissioners Court J. C. Hamilton County Auditor

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