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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1965
Page
2
A freight train derailment on the Cotton Belt Route near a south central Arkansas city prompted evacuations of up to 2000 residents. A tank car with tetraethyl posed the biggest risk due to potential fumes and explosion. Firefighters withdrew after two hours as a tank car later exploded. residents sought safety in churches, relatives, a bus station, or a park.
Ector County officials release weekly school menus with Tuesday options including spaghetti and meat sauce or baked short ribs for secondary students. Wednesday features barbecue beef on bun or oven baked liver, corned beef with cabbage, and sides. Friday offers tuna with tartare sauce or veal cutlets with gravy and daily hot rolls and beverages.
Bobby Blair an 18 year old from 2903 Mc Call Place was treated after breaking his right wrist while skating and released from Medical Center Hospital Sunday.
New York dispatch recalls Capt. Charles J. White who piloted a crippled Eastern Constellation after collision with a TWA jet above the Connecticut coast. He steered over treetops, saving most aboard as the plane burned, while two died and others were hospitalized. The jet landed safely at Kennedy Airport. White perished in the crash. rescue crews and officials praised his last actions.
Midland Board of Realtors will host its annual officer installation at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Midland County Club. Officers to be installed include Donald Johnson president Mary Ann Carr first vice president C E Hogue second vice president and Frances Hillin secretary treasurer New directors are Thomas B King Ronald James Carroll Grafa and Walter Faller.
In Anson Texas three inmates escaped the Jones County jail with apparent outside help. Gerald Knight of Dallas was accused of raping and beating a 12 year old girl, Pete Guerrero a burglary suspect, and Kenneth Chase charged with swindling. Jail staff noted the escapee trio may have had a key. Knight’s alleged crime involved abducting the Dallas girl near a show. she was later found on a West Texas road alive but assaulted.
The Zoning Board of Adjust ment will hear two requests for special exceptions. Ed Ether edge seeks to build a residence within five feet of the rear lot line in Idlewild Estates 1515 Idlewood Lane in district A. An unnamed applicant seeks temporary trailer occupancy in Beall Subdivision 201 Ellis Drive in district B.
The Odessa (Tex) American is published daily and Sunday by the Odessa American at 222 6th Street, Odessa.
Officers of the Black Gold District of the Boy Scouts of America for 1966 were installed at the First Baptist Church in Odessa. Donald Black was named district commissioner while L. L. Hackler and Lee Criswell became district vice chairmen. Nine Odessa leaders received training awards, including Mrs. Fran Harrison, Mrs. Margaret Anderegg, Mrs. Mary Ann Seibert, and Kenneth Keene who earned the Scouter's Training Key.
Two Big Spring men were injured Sunday when their car overturned 3.7 miles west of Penwell on U S 80. Driver Concepcion Munoz 49 suffered back injuries and minor cuts. Francisco Alcantar was treated for a head cut and released. Passenger Willie Alcantar unhurt. A tire blew, causing loss of control, the vehicle striking a guard post before overturning about 1 30 p m.
Five youths aged 6 to 12 were questioned after Gibson's Discount Store employee Steve Knowles reported shoplifting items including soap, men's briefs, two rulers and two house numbers from 2525 North Grandview. The boys were released to parents and told to report back after school Monday.
Odessa police investigated two weekend vandalism cases. Edith Ada Allen of Mc Kinney reported burglars broke into a storage house at 1000 South Dixie and smashed about 400 phonograph records and a chest of drawers. Linda Pulte of 3830 Kenwood reported trash cans and scrap lumber were dumped into her backyard.
The University of Texas Business Research Bureau reports a second straight monthly decline from a peak, though activity remains 11 percent higher than a year earlier. Dr. Francis May notes the dip is not unusual and expects December gains. national outlook favors a mild fourth quarter downturn. Projections for 1966 include a 6.4 percent rise in gross national product to 714 billion dollars, with inflation near 4 percent and median family income up to 7,400 dollars. Texas is expected to share in the prosperity.
In a clash south of the abandoned Michelin plantation two soldiers were killed and two wounded as a government relief column aided militia platoons. Communist forces opened with heavy 50 caliber machine gun fire, forcing a battalion to change positions. A dying lieutenant directed air strikes via field radio while a wounded sergeant called in jets.
Officials at Cape Kennedy and the Houston Space Center said Gemini 6 remains set for Dec 13 with no decision yet to move it earlier. A Sunday launch would force Gemini 7 to adjust its egg shaped orbit to a circular path to enable the first space rendezvous with Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard Gemini 7.
Bernardo M Ramos 44 operator for Century Plastic Inc dies after year long illness at Medical Center Hospital His services were set for 4 p m today at the Catholic Church in Sheffield with burial in Sheffield Cemetery He resided at 4413 Bryan Road and was a Holy Redeemer Catholic Church member A Traan born Navy veteran who lived in Odessa since 1954 born September 25 1921 in Imperial
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. at Paul A. Rix Funeral Home Chapel for Robert Tommarson 60, found dead Saturday night at his home. Burial followed at Olton Cemetery at 4 p.m. Justice of the Peace C. P. Robinson ruled death due to probable heart attack. Tommarson, an 11-year Odessa resident born April 20, 1905 in Paris, moved from Olton and worked for a construction firm. He belonged to Belmont Baptist Church.
Odesson, 71, was found dead in his trailer at 513 Fitch Monday morning, apparently of natural causes. Funeral plans were pending with Cummings Funeral Home after a neighbor checked on him.
Bertie Howard Terry Sr. dies at home after 19 years in Kermit. Funeral services are at 10 30 a.m. Tuesday in East Side Church of Christ with Fritz officiating. Burial will be in Kermit Cemetery.
Crane hosts a Permian Basin Historical Society meeting where Odessa area historians shared historical data on local towns chaired by John Ben Shepperd of the State Historical Survey Committee. Officers to be elected at the January meeting.
Theodore Cabrera a 39 year old resident of 118 West Pearl was held in Ector County jail Monday for probation violations. Cabrera already serves a three year term on a sentence for assault with intent to murder. County probation officers reported he was to be processed.
Mrs. Andres Agurre, 59, of 1001 Reynosa, remained in good condition at Medical Center Hospital after a Sunday incident in which she accidentally swallowed rubbing alcohol. She was admitted Monday for observation and treatment.
Two people were treated and released after dog bites. Ralph E. Chanault of 1214 Wilshire was bitten on the right hand and Don House, age 3, son of Milton House, 910 West, was bitten on the lower lip.
Odessan Wilbur Clyde Cousins 69 retired from Atlantic Oil Co died Sunday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness A resident of 804 North Lassiter he was born September 28 1896 in Texas He came here in 1938 from Wink married Vida Dunagan June 19 1920 He was a member of the Sixth and Jackson Street Church of Christ and the Masonic Lodge Survived by two daughters one brother two sisters and eight grandchildren Burial will be Tuesday at Mount Olive Cemetery in Fort Worth with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home directing
Mrs. May T. Rutledge aged 68 of Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services planned in Forrest City Arkansas with Paul A. Rix Funeral Home arranging. Born October 19 1897 in Wynne Arkansas she moved to Odessa from Forrest City three years ago. Survived by three brothers John H Taylor and James E Taylor of Forrest City George Taylor of Clinton Louisiana and four sisters including Orla Lee Taylor Thelma Woods and Mrs William Dodds.
KERMIT Special Charlie Frank Davis 48 a Kermit painter died Sunday at his home after a brief illness. Services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Cooper Funeral Chapel with Rev Jimmy Law. Burial in Kermit Cemetery. Born August 29 1917 in Milburn Oklahoma he moved to Kermit ten years ago. Survivors include four daughters two of them Mrs Jerry Driskell and Mrs Penny Driskell plus Neva Davis all of Kermit and Mrs Mary Nobles of Wink four brothers Arthur Clayton Donald and Alva and a half sister Mrs Leona Burns of Batesville Mississippi.
Benjamin C. Russell 67 died Saturday in Winkler County Memorial Hospital. Services were held at 3 p.m. today at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Ford officiating, burial in Kermit Cemetery. Russell had lived in Kermit for one year.
Clarence G. Shook, 41, brother of Odessa resident Mrs. Marie Purvis, died Sunday at Simmons Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery. Born February 1, 1924 in Glenwood Arkansas, he had long lived in Sweetwater. He is survived by two daughters Mary Alice and Betty Marie Shook, a brother Harold Shook of Carsbad New Mexico, his mother Mrs. H. B. Shook of Sweetwater and a sister Mrs. Mildred Riddle of Tyler.
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