Odessa Man Sentenced Five Years In Robbery Assault Case
A 70th District Court jury deliberated almost four hours before finding Lon G. Reed guilty of robbery by assault. Reed, 63, was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. Co defendant John R. Hatten faced charges dismissed but may be reindicted as an accessory. victim Rufus A. Cox testified to a brutal April 5 beating near an Odessa caliche pit after leaving a local bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon G. Reed
Carolyn Drive
State Penitentiary
Paul McCollum
Reed
Rufus A. Cox
Andrews
John R. Hatten
North Golder
Hatten
Warren Burnett
Cox
Odessa
District Court Divorce Suit and Public Health Records
Divorce suit filed Lenard Ray Simmons versus Marilyn Francisa Simmons in district court. County court notes no marriage licenses issued. Criminal cases: James Lloyd Boyd and Thomas Henry Kerlin charged with driving while intoxicated. Kerlin freed on a $1,000 bond. Admissions and dismissals list numerous patients, births, and deaths reported for December 3 and 4 with several named individuals and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenard Ray Simmons
Marilyn Francisa Simmons
James Lloyd Boyd
Thomas Henry Kerlin
Kerlin
Permian Basin Servicemen Reach Overseas as Christmas Near
Odessa area men serve worldwide this Christmas from Korea to England to Hawaii. Officers and enlisted men, including Lt. Joseph P. McCrimmon, Lt. Kenneth W. Perry, and Pvt. Apolonio Espinosa, are cited with duty at bases from Fort Sam Houston to Fort Hood and Fort Ord. The article notes large scale maneuvers in California and Louisiana, with many local families hoping for home leaves by Dec. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Odessa
Korea
England
Greenland
Hawaii
United States
Germany
France
Far East
Japan
Judge B. Evans
S. B. Thames
Ellis Drive
Parks Afb
Calif
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Army
Apolonio O. Espinosa
Francisco M. Espinosa
Alpine
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Fort Ord
Alpine High School
Joseph P. McCrimmon
H. P. McCrimmon
E. County Rd
Medical Field Service School
Fort Sam Houston
McCrimmon
Fort Riley
Kan
Crane
Andrews
Seminole
Kermit
California
Camp Pendleton
Gaylon W. Blakeley
J. R. Coker
Avenue S
John D. Porter
John F. Porter
S. W. Sixth
Richard D. Hightower
D. D. Hightower
S. Alford
W. L. Medcalf
Tom Medcalf
North Locust
Carrol Kolb
J. O. Wooley
Louisiana
Fort Polk
Harvey W. Hill
Clarence Hill
Grandfalls
4Th Armored Field Artillery
Fort Hood
Charles E. Cox
Charles B. Cox
Fr. Winn
Murphy
Melody Lane
4Th Armored Disputy
Frank Bstroyer
Shelton
Tech to Play Sugar Bowl With Negro Player
Georgia board of regents education committee recommended Tech be allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl against a Pittsburgh team with a Negro player. The full board began to discuss the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Education Committee of the
Georgia Board of Regents
Tech
Pittsburgh
Third Paving Project Due For Odessa
Odessa advances another paving phase under Brown and Root contract as 15 petitions from property owners join 140 blocks already improved or underway. If 30 more blocks’ petitions come in before December 13, a third group will be let. Major works include West 23rd paving near Odessa College and Vine Street paving tied to County Road projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Dick Pepin
Pepin
Brown and Root Construction Co
Brown and Root
West 23Rd
Odessa College
Grant
Kermit Hwy
Odessa
Vine
Second Street
West Eighth
West County Road
West 10Th
West Second
Truck Driver Hurt by Broken Wrench at Work
Virgil Werther a 40 year old truck driver living at the Central Hotel was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Saturday night with a fractured toe. He was tightening a nut on a wheel when the wrench broke and struck his toe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Werther
Central Hotel
Medical Center Hospital
Werther
Odessa Chamber to Approve Seven New Directors
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce expects the Board of Directors to approve seven new directors at the regular meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Officers are slated for election later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hub caps stolen and woman injured in fall
Mrs Lois F Abel, 34, of 1208 North, and Mrs Charles Griggs, 2112 West Washington, were treated at Medical Center Hospital after a fall from a car at a Colis parking space. Four hub caps were reported stolen Sunday by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois F. Abel
Charles Griggs
West
Washington
Sunday Medical Center Hospital
Colis
Inlet
Drouth Drives West Texas Cattle Decline Across Counties
The Cattleman magazine staff, using U S Census figures, shows a wide fall in Texas cattle from 1900 to 1954, with West Texas losses in Andrews, Ector, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Reeves, Ward and Cameron counties. Some counties like Seminole in Gaines show gains, while Lower Valley Cameron County records a dramatic drop from 153,895 to 28,995 cattle. The drought and cotton controls contributing to shifts in cattle population are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Drouth
The
Cattleman
Fort Worth
U. S. Census of Agriculture
Texas
West
Andrews County
Ector County
Seminole
Gaines County
Brewster County
Alpine
Borden County
Crane County
Crockett County
Culberson County
Dawson County
Big Spring
Howard County
Jeff Davis County
Loving County
Martin
Stanton
Midland County
Pecos County
Presidio County
Reagan
Reeves
Tom Green
San Angelo
Upton County
Ward County
Winkler
Yoakum
Lower Valley
Cameron County
Odessa Safety Talks Target City Drivers This Season
Odessa schools kick off the Safety Conscious Contest with assemblies by uniformed officers as part of a city effort to curb traffic fatalities. The program runs through December 16, with photos and prizes for top safety students and cooperation from the Ector County School System and Odessa Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Odessa
Jess Cariker
Cariker
Odessans Rites In Roscoe Today
Funeral services for James Bradford Dunn 84 who died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital were set for 2 p m Monday at First Baptist Church Roscoe with Rev Harvey Wolfe officiating. Masonic graveside rites planned. Dunn born Lebanon Tennessee lived in Roscoe 50 years before moving to Odessa in 1944. He was a retired building contractor and lumber yard operator. Survivors include daughter Mrs Jack Rozman Odessa son Homer Dunn Lubbock and three grandchildren Jimmy Jack and Nancy Rozman. Hubbard Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bradford Dunn
Medical Center Hospital
First Baptist Church
Roscoe
Harvey Wolfe
Sherwood Baptist Church
Mr. Dunn
Walnut
Odessa
Lebanon
Tenn
Two Civil Trials Set For District Court
In 70th District Court Judge Paul McCollum set two cases for trial this week. Alice R. Kirby versus John Peter Staves and Joseph King and wife versus Traders and General Insurance Co. Other docket items were passed or settled. Jury panel summoned for 9 a.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District Court
Paul McCollum
Alice R. Kirby
John Peter Staves
Joseph King
Strong Charged In Overcoat Theft
Willard Irving Strong, 48, of Odessa Hotel, is jailed on charges of lifelong theft after detectives arrested him Sunday night for stealing an overcoat from the First Methodist Church. He allegedly took a coat owned by D. W. Leach, 1513 North Doisy, saying he had been drinking and took the wrong coat by mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Irving Strong
Odessa
First Methodist Church
Strong
D. W. Leach
North Doisy
Andy Fenton
Odessa Records 16 Weekend Car Crashes
Police logged sixteen weekend traffic accidents in Odessa with no serious injuries. Read across intersections on East 25th West Fourth and Hancock Myrtle, detailing drivers such as Jordan Williams Cop Richardson and Noblett along with damages and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Sixth and North Medical Center Hospital
Lee
Odes S. Jordan
Eastover
Robert E. Williams
East 36Th
Helen L. Copwith
Gene Ilen
McCamey
H. Ruegge
Santa Rita
Tom Green
East 25Th
Hich
Two Accidents At Same Spot East of Odessa
The Highway Patrol logged two crashes within three hours at the same spot less than a mile east of Odessa on Highway 80. One injures a man treated at Medical Center Hospital. The drivers Shafer, Merrill, Green, and Morgan face fines for speeding, improper turning, or defective indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Roughneck Dies In Car Mishap Near Monahans
Thomas Jack West 36, an oilfield roughneck, died at Medical Center Hospital from injuries sustained when his car overturned near 10 miles east of Monahans on U S Highway 890 around 12 15 a m Sunday. He lived at the Pittman Hotel in Seminole but was believed to have recently resided in Crane. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hubbard Funeral Home, and the body will be taken to Sapulpa Oklahoma for burial.
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Andrews Highway
Wayne L. Jones
North Milburn
Elmer L. ‘Richardson
South Alleghaney
East Murphy
South Dixie
R. L. Stevenson
Lindy Ave
Willie L. Jenkins
West Fourth
James S. Key
South Grant
John W. Pegg
Tom Green
Speedway Drive Inn
Muskingum
East Eighth
Harman D. Noblett
West Fifth
Larndell Ewing
East 18Th
West County Road
Murphy
William Z. King
Drury Lane
Debere ‘Martenez
King
Martinez
Delbert D. Flowers
Wilson Drive
Mamie E. Pollard
West 10Th
Mariano C. Hernandez
Reynosa
Milam School Yard
Hancock
Myrtle
Hoover I. Jackson
Washington Lane
Isaac Hernandez
Prairie
North Lee
Crane
Dale F. Schellhorn
West Lindberg
Avery H. Stuarts
North Dotsy
W. H. Leggett
Lasseter
Charles Miller
South Jackson
North Grant
Odessa D. Thomas
Odessa
Warren M. Camflin
East 14Th
Beverly A. East
North Hancock
Bernice G. Winkler
Century
Julius G. McConnell
North Whitaker
Thomas Jack West
Oilfield Roughneck
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Highway Patrol
West
Monahans
Pittman
Seminole
Hubbard Funeral Home
Sapulpa
Okla
Penwell Youth Dies In Hospital
Walla Fuentez aged one near two passed away at Medical Center Hospital after a two week illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Gerardo Fuentez of Penwell and brother to Jose Gerardo Jr and Manuel. Burial plans were set for Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
Nitro Glycerine Theft Rings Sheriff’s Probe North Of HQ
Forty quarts of solidified nitro glycerine were reported stolen Saturday night from a magazine north of the Sheriff’s Posse Headquarters off Highway 51. Thieves sawed a roof hole to enter. nitro belonged to Tom Zeigler. A prior theft of 34 quarts occurred about four months earlier from Zeigler and George Randall. No suspects or clues. no car tracks or fingerprints. In a separate loss, two welding hoses and two oxygen regulators valued at $100 were taken from Toad’s Welding Service on East Highway 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Posse
Highway 51
A. C
Bud) Shelton
Sheriff's Office
Shelton
Tom Zeigler
Zeigler
George Randall
Toad
Association for Mentally Retarded Children to Pick New Name
The group meets at 8 p m Monday at the Ector County Crippled Children's Treatment Center to choose a permanent name and plan a broader regional scope. At the first meeting on November 19, attendees from Barstow, McCamey and Midland joined about 74 participants as committees formed to locate a meeting place and set future dates. The association aims to establish a home for mentally retarded children in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For
Mentally Retarded Children
Ector County
13Th and Muskingum
Ector Association For
Barstow
McCamey
Midland
Association
Odessa Woman Treated After San Angelo Car Crash
Mrs. Mae Adkins, 36, of Odessa, was treated at Shannon Hospital San Angelo for back injuries after a car she rode in overturned near San Angelo. Driver Elizah William Adkins Jr., also of Odessa, was named in the report. Her condition was listed as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Adkins
Odessa
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Robbery Probe Continues Here
Odessa detectives and sheriff s deputies investigated the $750 armed robbery of King's Grocery Store at 3019 South Grant Saturday night. A lone intoxicated gunman staged the heist, fled on foot, and one suspect has been checked but no new developments have surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
King’s
South Grant
Funeral Services for Angela Luna Held at St Mary's
Funeral services for Angela Luna of 40714 East Ann were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Wm. A. Lensing officiating. Burial followed in Odessa Cemetery. Luna, 32, died Saturday night at home after a brief illness, survived by husband E. H. Luna, two sons Adon and E. R., and three daughters Roberta Elidia and Petra. Paul A. Rix Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Luna
East Ann
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Wm. A. Lensing
Odessa
Two Men Hospitalized After Altercation at May's Place
Two men were admitted to Medical Center Hospital Sunday night for cuts from May's Place incident around 5 p.m. Frank J. Hudson, 31, of 419 N. Sam Houston, suffered a right shoulder blade wound and L. C. Johnson, 38, of 225 S. Hancock, was cut on the right arm. Hudson works for Garrison Tire Co. and Johnson is a brick contractor laborer for Fred M. Whitmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
May’s Place
Frank J. Hudson
N. Sam Houston
L. C. Johnson
S. Hancock
Hudson
Garrison Tire Co
Johnson
Fred M. Whitmore
Driller Burns Hand In Midland Drilling Accident
Zepher Drilling Co. employee L C Fowler age 28 of 308 East Ann was badly burned on his right hand when a stove he was lighting exploded at a Midland area lease Saturday night. He is under treatment at Medical Center Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L C. Fowler
East Ann
Zepher Drilling Co
Midland
Fowler
Medical Center Hospital
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Jerry Adams
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James Ward
B. I. Lee
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Guy Southern
Jackarson
Connie Luna
E.L. Clift
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Bill Carlisle
Harvey Haney
Pat Harris
Mirs
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Lloyd Mitchell
van L. Schwethelm
Ben Roundtree
Steven Shumate
Magaret
Randall Little
Julia Anna Willams
Santos Barrientos
Nilly Fletcher Terry
Gaily
Annette Gill
James W. Scout
Larry Keith Robbins
Judith Lisa Fisk
Emory Donald Ruff
William W. Wallace
Luther Gordon Graham
Magdelena Banderas
David Wishert, Jr
James H. Riesser
Arrion Allen Foreman
Louis Alton Kincannon
Sammy Slean Fletcher
Douglas Darrell Brawley
Len Jennings
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Joe D. Lockhard
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George Parks Lawley
James E. Benedict
Francisco O. Lopez
Ernest Lee Lindsey
Thomas C. Susa
Bats
Thomas Andrew Michelson
Jimmy Jene Phillips
Harold Ariour Strickland
Cecil Tre Forza
Jay Ray Ambergear
Rsv F. Trice
O' Michael
O'Michael
Dennis Allen Grove
Billy Joe Gossett
Bluebird
Walter L. Cooper
Crescent
Joe L. Morrison
Patterson
Daniel Larry Shaffer
East 10Th
Bay
Ejlwond Weylandt
William E. Bingham
East
Charles RB. Roach
East Seventh
Raymond F. McDaniel
East Kennedy
James B. Dunn
Enrique Porras
George
T. Steele
Cynthia Kay Wheeler
Vicki Diana Nobles
Raymond G. Berry Jr
Davie Thomas
J. D. Fisher
Donald H. Reynolds
Guadalupe Ramos
H. H. Miller
Heckart Raleigh Whitson
E. J. McBride
Bert Mann
Shirley L. Smiley
Thomas West
A. W. Abel Jr
H. D. Allison
Waler Tayior
Eusevio Vega
A. D. Slaughter
Adam Rodriguez
C. O. Hanks
T. L. Hestand
J. L. Thomas
J. H. Hatten
H. T. Schriver
Joe H. Cunningham, Jr
Guild Dean O'Neal
Clarence Kenley
Berry Brown
James Warren Bullock
Pamela Larsen
Dale W. Moore
Clyde W. Bailey
James Culbersom
Benjamin F. Trimble
J. R. Wilde
Mitt Marshall Rogers
Angus N. McDonald
Thomas W. Tillman
Donald Charles Darrow
William Harvey Massengale
Garland Melton Graves
Bennie Wayne Riker
Edward Haddlesay Stowell
Hugh D. Allison
East Main
Walter Taylor
Lew
Eusevino Vega
Mattamoras
Arthur D. Slaughter
Bes
Aden Rodriguez
South Monterray
Cecil Odell Hanks
Sunset Bivd
Iba
Don Lamon Hestand
North Jackson
Julien L. Thomas
Lindberg
John Henry Fale
Blossom Lane
Walla Fuentez
G. H. Barris
South Washington
Boy
Permian Basin
Uate
University of Texas ‘School of Dentistry
U. S. Air Force Academy
Denver
Melvin E. Pollard
F. W. Pollard
West 24Th
Odessa High School
Kenneth W. Perry
Ridgecrest
Kenneth Leroy Hodges
Mina P. King
Nocona
Fort Bragg
N. C
Hodges
325Th Airborne Inf. Regt
Bert
82Nd Airborne IV
Fort Monmouth
N. J
University of Oklahoma
Deishler
Margie
Pecos
Jwhose Pacats
Winnsboro
39Th Field Artillery Bn
Fort Benning
Western Cottonoil Co
Raby J. Hamilton
T. O. Hamilton
Hamilton
Hys. Co
Sul Ross and McMurry College
John K. Richardson
John A. Richardson
North Big Spring
Co. A
Inf
Texas A and M
Cherry Point
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Cpl
Elio J. Spangler
Ed Spangler
Cedar
Kermit High School
Stanley Holcomb
D. M
Navy
San Angelo Junior College
Joe E. Vaughan
Jack Vaughan
North Belmont
Hqs. Co
Odessa High
Sul Ross College
Alpine Drug Co
Sul Ross
Daniel Ford
Jimmy M. Anderson
A. O. Anderson
East Sixth
Fort Campbell, Ky
Co. K
Ith Airborne Inf
Azzie H. Ford
Royalty
8Th Regt
Ford
Southern Methodist University
Bernice
Robert J. Burchardt
Navy Air Controllman 3-c
H. L. Burchardt
West Byars
Hobbs
Cavaniss Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Corpus Christi
Hobbs High
Floyd B. Monk
Cleo Talley
Route 1
Air Force
Gary Afb
San Marcos
Monk
Pfc
Richard W. Frailey
Hal W. Frailey
Marine Barracks Band
Pearl Harbor
Naval
Wendell T. Nelson
H. T. Nelson
Denver City
U. S. Naval
Pensacola
Fla
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Whiting Field
Nas
Milton, Fla
Culiil
By Galbraith
Pat OM
Sieux
T.M. Reg
Cope
NEA Service. Inc
Fred
Marge
If Kuegge
James T. Shafer
South
Robert iVernon Merrill
Justice Court
Shafer
Merrill
Voval Arthur Green
Marvin Wayne Morgan
Green
Morgan
Roughneck
Penwell
Odessan
L. A. Hospital
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