Paris peace talks strain Thai allied stance split emerges
In Paris a mission led by Vice President Ngueynen Cao Kay with members including Saigon lawyer Mrs. Nguyen Thi Vui and former premier's aide Nguyen Xuan Phong aims to push among allies. Bangkok reports a split in allied camp on negotiated peace terms with Thanat cryptically criticizing U.S. eagerness to restart talks and warning non-Communist Southeast Asia risks, as Thailand faces internal division over Vietnam policy.
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Paris
Ngueynen Cao Kay
Nguyen Thi Vui
Saigon
Nguyen Xuan Phong
Bangkok
Thana Khoman
Thailand
Hanoi
Thanat
United States
Washington
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
American Cavalry Repels Strong NVA Attack Near Saigon
AP reports U S forces held lines after a four hour clash as North Vietnamese troops broke through at least once. Bombers and helicopters pounded bases while 12 B52s dropped 360 tons east of the action, and mortars and small arms opened fire from the night position before retreat toward the Cambodian border.
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Richard Merron
Saigon
Planetarium Show Investigates Jesus Birth Sky Evidence
The Poole Planetarium at Odessa College presents a December show examining astronomical events at Jesus birth. It questions the traditional December 25 date, reexamines Matthew's chapter, and reconstructs the sky of that era. Shows run Friday to Sunday in the first three December weeks at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday 3 p.m. matinees. admission 50 cents adults, 25 cents children.
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Poole
Poole Planetarium
Wilkerson Hall
Odessa College
Man’s Attack is Thwarted in Odessa Home Invasion
Detectives report an Odessa woman frightened a prowler from her North Odessa residence Tuesday after a scuffle. She awoke to a man at her bedside as a child slept nearby. The intruder wielded a knife but dropped it. she slashed his left shoulder with the weapon she recovered. He fled through a rear door, heading to a neighbor for help. The attacker is described as a brown haired white man about 20 to 24, 120 to 130 pounds.
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Odessa
North Odessa
Man Held on Aggressive Assault Charge After Cafe Slashing
John Sherman Taylor, 28, of 220 Carver, is jailed in Ector County on a $2000 bond for aggravated assault after allegedly slashing Robert Thomas Peterson, 29, at Ethel's Cafe on East Murphy. Peterson was treated for facial wounds and released from Medical Center Hospital. Bond was set by Corporation Court Judge Cecil Hardwick. The case was to be filed in Ector County Court.
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John Sherman Taylor
Carver
Ector County
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Robert Thomas Peterson
Patterson
Ethel’s Cafe
East Murphy
Peterson
Medical Center Hospital
Ester County
Corporation Court
Cecil Hardwick
Gas Victims Are Improving
A 28 year old Odessa woman and her three children were improving at Medical Center Hospital on Wednesday after carbon monoxide poisoning. Mrs Clifford Dave Tacker of 121 West Odessa Street and children Yvonne Renee 4 David Wayne 3 Sharon Kay 7 were listed in satisfactory condition. They were found unconscious by a relative in their South Odessa home Monday.
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Odessa
Medical Center ‘Hospital
Clifford Dave Tacker
West Odessa Street
Yvonne Renee Tacker
David Wayne Tacker
Sharon Kay Tacker
South Odessa
Village Kiwanis Installs New Officers in Midland
J. P. Crawford was installed as 1969 president of the Village Kiwanis at the annual banquet in Ranchland Hills Country Club. Installing officer was Paul Cooper of Midland, district lieutenant governor. Guest speaker Rev. Mickey Warlick spoke. Other officers named include Guy Brown first vice president Joe Boatright second vice president Jack Smith secretary treasurer Don Caudill Luis Salinas Art Oestman and John Larson directors.
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Midland
J. P.crawford
Kiwanis
Ranchland Hills Country Club
Paul Cooper
Mickey Warlick
Guy Brown
Joe Boatright
Jack Smith
Don Caudill
Luis Salinas
Art Oestman
John Larson
Three collection suits filed in Ector County Court
On Wednesday in Ector County Court three collection suits were on file. The Model Shop Inc. of Odessa seeks 253 dollars from C. H. Jackson Jr. of Odessa. Jack Walstad Oil Co. Inc. of Hobbs New Mexico seeks 631 dollars against Packers Inc. of Odessa. Darbyshire Steel Co. Inc. office in Odessa seeks 251 dollars from James Bentley of Fort Stockton, operator of Chaparral Concrete Co.
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Ector County
Model Shop Inc
Odessa
C. H. Jackson Jr
Theft Hearing Set for Andrews in Petty Theft Charge
Melvin Gene Andrews, 30, Route 1, is to have a hearing December 18 in Cor poration Court on a petty theft charge. He is accused of taking flaring tools last month from TG&Y at 3300 Andrews Highway and is free on a $100 bond.
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Melvin Gene Andrews
Route 1
Tg&y
Andrews Highway
Man Released After Hospital Treatment in Elm Street Incident
J. T. Murphy of 411 Elm was treated at Medical Center Hospital for head and face contusions and a left elbow injury and released. Police announced no charges would be filed after their investigation.
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J. T. Murphy
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Board backs new medical and dental schools plan
The Texas College Coordinating Board proposed a Houston medical school and a San Antonio dental school with state aid for Baylor medical and dental colleges. It also outlined funding for junior colleges and a loose North Texas federation replacing an urban university concept. The plan requires legislative approval and would expand UT and Baylor enrollments, with emphasis on training physicians and dentists and regional health education coordination.
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Austin
Houston
Santonio
Baylor Medical and Dental
Texas College Coordinating Board
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth-Denton
University of Texas
Dallas
North Texas
University of Texas At Arlington
Texas Woman’s University
North Texas State University
North Texas State
Texas Woman’s
East Texas State
Tion
University of Texas Dental School
San Antonio
Dallas’ County Dental Association
Newton Gresham
Baylor Dental
Board
Baylor Medical College At
Baylor Dental School
Baylor Medical College
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baylor
Texas Medical Schools
University of Texas Medical School
Texas Medical Center
Harry Provence
Waco
Charls Prothro
Wichita Falls
Victor Brooks
Brooks
el Paso
Temple
Tyler
Houston-Galveston
Baylor University School of Denistry
Dallas-Fort Worth
Southwest Center For Advanced Studies
SCAS
University of Texas System
Ut-Arlington
Engineer’s Council For Professional Development
Southwestern Medical School
East Texas State Univrsity
Southern Methodist University
Texas Christian University
Sul Ross Grad Dies In Alaska Plane Crash
Jewel Ray O Re ar 43 a Balmorhea Texas native and Sul Ross graduate was killed in a 39 person crash 150 miles southwest of Anchorage Alaska He taught at Dillingham Elementary School and was a veteran his relatives in Balmorhea are notified and funeral plans await decisions on Alaska or West Texas burial. Survivors include his wife two daughters five sisters and five brothers with services pending.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Balmorhea
Tex
Jewel
Ray O’rear
West Texas
Odes O’rear
O’rear
Dillingham
Sul Ross State College
Loraine
Mitchell County
Mary Hubbard
Buffalo
N. Y
Alice O’ Rear
Melanie O
Odes O
David
Carlsbad
Albert
Plainview
Alene Talbot
Hobbs, N. M
Alene O
L. A.O
Midland Woman Held on Shoplifting Charge
Mary Beth Bowers a 20 year old Midland woman was held in Ector County jail on a 2500 bond for shoplifting. The complaint is filed in Ector County Court.
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Mary Beth Bowers
Ector County
Odessa club calendar lists multiple events at local venues
At 9 A.M. City Planning Board meets in Council Chamber at City Hall. Noon gatherings include Downtown Lions Inn of Golden West Ballroom Odessa Civitan Sands Restaurant Sandhills American Business Club Sands Restaurant Life Underwriters Association The Barn. Speaker Mike Furman First State Bank. 6:30 P.M. Evening Lions Sands Restaurant 7:30 P.M. Basin Lions Little Mexico Cafe 7:30 P.M. Texas State Guard Odessa unit National Guard Armory at 4501 Andrews Highway.
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Cena
Life ,Underwriters Association
the Barn
Mike Furman
First State Bank
Texas State Guard
Odessa
National Guard
Andrews Highway
Deaths in several Texas towns reported in brief notices
Rusk Ida M. Acker 83 died after long illness at Rusk Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Maydelle Baptist Church with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery Braynel. Survived by husband T. E. Acker, son Adair Acker, two daughters Clarice Meador and Mrs. Charlie Thompson, siblings, and grandchildren. Dallas R. J. Byrd 80 who organized the Texas Civil Air Patrol died in Dallas. Midland Efie Lewis 74 died at Parkview Hospital. Brownwood Bill Laird 63 died at a Brownwood hospital. Midand Dorothy Faye Woodard Hines 25 died in Los Angeles. McCamey Elizabeth Sue Godwin 47 died at McCamey Hospital. Burial plans in San Angelo.
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RUSK
Ida M. Acker
Rusk Memorial Hospital
Maydelle Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove
Braynel
Wallace Funeral Home
Jevel
Cherokee County
T. E. Acker
Adair Acker
Odessa
Clarice Meador
Denver City
Charlie Thompson
E. S. Bolton Jr
Maydelle
E. D. Bolton
Nacogdoches
R. J. Byrd
Dallas
R.J. Byrd
Texas Civil Air Patrol
Air Force Auxiliary
Sparkman-Hillcrest
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Byrd
Texas Patrol
Irving
Michigan
Texas
Effie Lewis
Midland
Rising Star Baptist Church
John’.Lewis Jr
Corsicaria
Doris
W. Richardson
Earl C. Lewis
Jackson’s. Mortuary
Bill Laird Brownwood
Bill Laird
Bangs First Methodist Church
Bangs
Wright
Laird
Brownwood Hospital
Sam Saba
Patsy Odell Rickels
Hobbs, N.M
William Boyd Rickels
Thomas Edward Rickels
Hobbs
Dorothy F. Hines
Dorothy Faye Woodard Hines
Los Angeles
Calif
Greater Ideal Baptist Church
Thomas Funeral Home
Hines
Jessie Whitmill
Freddie McLendon
M. Woodard
Woodard
Los Angeles Central
Walter McLendon
Troup
McCamey
Elizabeth Sue Godwin
McCamey Hospital
First Methodist
Lawnhaven Memorial
San Angelo
Godwin
Cisco
John Paul Godwin
Order of the Eastern Star
Rainbow Girls’ Organization
Ohe Son
Paul
Douglas Godwin
Beulah Witten
Munroe Witten
Beaumont
Raymond Witten
Fort Worth
Neal Witten
Morsetown
N.J
Spaulding - Sheppard Funeral Home
Sheppard’s life sentence, acquittals, and family saga
The article details Sheppard, an osteopath, once sentenced to life for second degree murder in Marilyn Sheppard’s death in Bay Village. After a retrial acquittal, he married Ariane Tebbenjohanns, lived in West Germany, then Cleveland. He later faced two negligence suits totaling 1.2 million and resigned from Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital amid marital disputes and alimony requests.
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Sheppard
Marilyn
Bay Village
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
West Germany
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Osteopathic Hospital
Two Women Charged Over Phony Checks in Local Stores
Dorothy K. Baker from Monahans faces charges for presenting a counterfeit $17 check at Pay Less Shoes on September 16, and Mrs. Marvin T. Capps of Pleasant Farms is accused of cashing a bogus $10 check at Safeway on October 14. Neither suspect was in custody on Wednesday.
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Ector County
Dorothy K. Baker
Monahans
East Eighth
Marvin T. Capps
Pleasant Farms
Safeway
West Clements
Bond Release for Harmon in Delinquency Case
Royce Harmon, 19, 1325 East Second, was freed from Ector County jail after posting a $3,000 bond on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is accused of enticing a 15 year old Odessa girl to sniff glue on November 25. the complaint was filed in Ector County Court.
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Royce
Harmon
East Second
Ector County
Odessa
Ector
Crane Man Jailed On Hot Check Charge
A 28 year old Crane resident James Harvey Tollison Jr. remained in Ector County jail Wednesday on a hot check charge. Bond on the complaint in Ector County Court was set at 1250 dollars.
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Crane
James Harvey Tollison Jr
Ector County
Suspect Named in DWI Case in Ector County Court
Garry Ray Holland, 20, with unknown address, is named in a complaint charging driving while license suspended filed in Ector County Court. The suspect, not in custody Tuesday, was stopped by Texas Highway Patrolmen on November 30.
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Garry Ray Holland
Ector County
Texas
Odessa Man Held On Suspended License Charge
Garry Ray Holland, 20, of 1312 West County Road, Odessa, was in Ector County jail on a $500 bond on a driving while license suspended charge. The complaint is on file in Ector County.
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Garry Ray Holland
West County Road
Injured Man Treated After Oil Field Chain Incident
Coy E. Day of Radio City Trailer Park was listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after an injured right hand. Attendants said he caught it in a chain while working in the oil field.
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Coy E. Day
Radio City Trailer Park
Medical Center ‘Hospital
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Odessa Civitan
Sandhills
Evening Lions
Basin Lions
Little Mexico Cafe
Dallas Atheltic Club
Hella Temple Shrine
Midlothian Masonic Lodge
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Layfayette
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