More Improvements Slated At Hospital
The hospital board approved purchases of 35 electric beds worth 23000 and a sprinkler system for 14000 as part of ongoing improvements. They voted to pay only 10 percent of a 25000 final installment to Cooper Construction Co, delaying 17780 until two minor construction items are finished. Donnell Biggers urged paying up to 10 percent and withholding 17280 until completion.
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Medical Center Hospital
Cooper Construction Co
Cooper
Donnell Biggers
Biggers
Earl Benson
Dallas
State Insurance Board
Marfa Observes United States Immigration Day Festivities
Marfa hosts the third annual Immigration and Naturalization Appreciation Day with a Social Hour barbecue and a 9 p.m. dance. The event honors Border Patrol personnel and their families, with notable guests from Washington and San Pedro.
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Marfa
United States Immigration and Naturalization
Odessa
Tex
Lone suspect ruled out in Texas Tech campus murder
A man in his 30s approached a police car claiming to be the killer but investigators ruled him out after psychiatric evaluation. Mrs. William C. Morgan, 54, was slain in a biology lab on the third floor of the science building. her throat was cut and an attempt to sever her head was made. Police noted composite sketches prompted several tips but no solid leads remained.
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Lubbock
Tex
UPI
Texas Tech
William C. Morgan
Bill Cox
Lubbock Police Department
Cox
Fierce clashes along the South China Sea front
U S forces report heavy fighting at Dai Dong near Bong Son with APCs and air power clashing against Communist defenses. North Vietnamese troops engaged U S aircraft near Bu Dop, inflicting and suffering casualties in a five hour battle as U S infantry claimed 49 killed and four Americans dead.
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South China Sea
Dai Dong
Bong Son
U.S
Two Union Men To Go On Trial In Texas
Two former Firestone Petrochemical Center employees face February trial on charges of unlawful possession of dynamite. Victor Donnell Simmons, 38, and Thomas William McCorkle, 33, were indicted in April after an attempted dynamiting of a natural gas line near the Firestone plant. Both men, Local 423 members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, were on a $10,000 bond and barred from returning to work after the strike settled.
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Orange, Tex
UPI
Firestone Petrochemical Center
Dist. Atty
Roy Wingate
Victor Donnell Simmers
Thomas William McCorkle
Firestone
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Simmons and McCorkle
Local man fined for defrauding after guilty plea
Stanley Petrey age 24 of 2761 East 10th pleaded guilty before County Judge Mike Berry to defrauding charges. He was fined 50 dollars after admitting he wrote a worthless twenty dollar check to Farr's Super Market No 23 at 1218 East Eighth on December 1.
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Stanley Petrey
East 10Th
Mike Berry
Petrey
Farr
East Eighth
Sul Ross Announces Fall Graduates Across Degrees
Sul Ross State College lists 87 Hawaii to El Paso students among fall graduates. Ten master degree candidates include June Graham Alpine and Jeffrey Henderson Crane. Undergraduate degrees cover Bachelor of Music, Business Administration, Science, and Arts with notable names from Alpine, Midland, Odessa, Monahans, and surrounding towns. Graduation exercises are set for May 12, 1968.
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DUI Ovwi
June Graham
Alpine
Jeffrey Henderson
Crane
Bon Hyup Koo
Seoul
Korea
Billy Ward
Fort Davis
Bill Cave
Ackerly
Rosemary Gibbens
Marfa
Eva O’rear
Rankin
Edward Williams
Monahans
Hubert Windsor
Midland
Jerry Dorf Baird
Iraan
Sul Rosston
William Fovrier
Horolulu
State College
Hawaii
Herschel John Fulbright
Thejos
Valentine
Jose Anguiano
del Rio
Carol Baker
Odessa
Leonard Baxter
Nancy Blount
Virginia Bogusch
Rosemay Browning
Raul Carrasco
Reyes Catillo
Phillip Cates
Greg Chavarria
Ft. Stockton
Alfredo Chavez
Roland Collins
Ballinger
James Cox
Imperial
Craig Dentot
San Antonio
Cyprian
Buono
Nnewi
Nigeria
Dewey ‘Farley
Donna Farley
Betty Feuge
Doss
Shirley Frazier
Sweetwater
James Fulmer
Dorothy Gary
Susan Glass
Dorothy Glover
Randy Handtel
Harold Halbrooks
Loop
Jesse Hale
Andrews
Walter Hall
Port Arthur
Dorothy Hamilton
Fort Stockton
Marvin Harper
Grapevine
Lorena Harris
Kermit
Dianne Nalls Hodges
Llano
Jim‘mie Kirk Hodges
Kenneth Holmes
Charlotte Horne
Dana Westfall Huckle
Ring Huggins
Alice Johnston
Euda Kemper
William Kemper
Jeneva Leicester
Big Lake
Winston Leicester
Ebba Sue Lingle
Donna Lockhart
Janyth Maierhofer
Jo Ellen Meeks
Judy Miles
Eleanore Miller
Armando Musquiz
Charles McClure
Lou Ann McKentzie
Monty McMillan
Seagoville
John Neill
Arthur Oakley
Wallis
Odessa Eyes City Sales Tax Vote Absentee Totals Rise
City Secretary Jewel Saunders reports 22 people cast absentee ballots on the first day for the December 28 election on a proposed one per cent Odessa sales tax. Absentee voting runs weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through December 22.
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Jewel Saunders
Lawmen Check 6 Theft Cases
Six theft cases were under investigation by city police and a sheriff's deputy Friday night. The Shell Oil lease near Notrees reported a mercury theft valued at 264 dollars from a 30 pound shipment. Other losses included 13 stereo tapes and valuables from Rickey Trumble’s car, four gallons of gasoline from Don Lawson’s pickup, oil and gas from Jack Richardson, a clock from a laundromat, and clothing from John William Day at the Golder Hotel.
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Shell Oil Co
Notrees
Rickey Trumble
Don Lawson
Kermit Highway
Jack Richardson
South
Grant
Pittsburgh
John William Day
Golder Hotel
Local Firemen Answer 3 Calls
Odessa firemen answered three alarms Friday responding to a stove fire caused by grease, a clothes dryer blaze at the H. W. Tripp home, and a grass fire at Spur Street.
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Odessa
Cumberland
H. W. Tripp
Golder
Spur
Andrews Calls Special Vote on City Promotion Amendment
Andrews City Council votes to refer a constitutional amendment to voters on January 9. If approved, funds for the municipal promotion program would come from the existing budget without tax rate changes and aim to attract new industry through advertising and promotion efforts.
Court records list multiple injuries and damages in county cases
The report names several individuals including Sam Houston and Vernon Murphy with addresses as well as Jerry Don Lowe and Maria Guadalupe Sotelo among injured parties. Damages are cited at various intersections and a total of $150 referenced.
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Sam Houston
Vernon Franklin Murphy
North Milburn
Jerry Don Lowe
Maria Guadalupe Sotelo
South Washington
Vernon Murphy
Ate . Andrews Highway
Ruth Bowen Stewart
Odera Lands Cobb
Monahans
Washington
Bill Lee Rankin
Alfred Gilliam
Rankin Kn Gilliam
West County Road
Betty Lewis Kelly
West 26Th
Enoch W. Minter
West Tenth
Rites set for golfer Bo Wininger in Guthrie Oklahoma
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church in Guthrie for 45 year old golfer Bo Wininger who died Thursday in an Oklahoma City hospital. He lived in Las Vegas and played in the Odessa Pro Am, winning twice in 14 of 19 events. Burial is at Summit View Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Nita two daughters his mother two sisters and a brother.
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Odessa
Wininger
Nita
Lisa Wininger
Holly Wininger
Eva Wininger
Guthrie
Okla
Geneva Hall
Wilma Holding
Covington
Raymond Wininger
McPherson
Kan
Big Lake
Jerry Green
Medical Center
First Methodist Church
Wilmeth
Robert Lee
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Pfc Pedro R Aguilar
Funeral services for Pfc Pedro R. Aguilar an 18 year old Marine killed in Vietnam Dec 1 are set for 11 am Monday at St Josephs Catholic Church. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens directed by Chapel of Roses Funeral Home. A rosary will be said at 830 pm Saturday at the funeral home chapel. Aguilar was in Vietnam three weeks when his jeep struck a land mine on a jungle road near Quang Tir.
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Pedro R. Aguilar
Vietnam
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Chapel of Roses Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Aguilar
Funeral Home
Quang Tir
Services Planned for Ex Odessa Resident Arthur E Ricknell
Funeral services for Arthur E Ricknell 55 of Monmouth Illinois are set for 11 a m Saturday at Turnbull Funeral Chapel Monmouth Graveside rites will be held at 11 a m Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens Odessa resident Ricknell passed away December 6 after a long illness He was born July 2 1912 in Sweden and came to the United States in 1925 He married Katherine Hicks August 12 1934 in Macomb Illinois Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Carl Bradley Houston a father and step mother Mr and Mrs John R Ricknell Kewanee Illinois a brother John Ricknell Sterling Illinois three sisters Mrs Robert King Sterling Mrs H R Walters Roseville California and Major Olga C Bicknell Fort Belvoir Virginia and two more
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Arthur E. Ricknell
Monmouth
Turnbull
Odessa
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Ricknell
Sweden
United States
Katherine Hicks
Macomb
Billings Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Belmont Baptist Church
Carl Bradley
Houston
John R. Ricknell
Kewanee
Ill
John Ricknell
Sterling
Robert King
H. R. Walters
Roseville
Calif
Olga C. Bicknell
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Wedding Plans For Lynda Johnson Robb In Episcopal Rite
The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. EST Saturday with Rev. Canon Gerald McAllister officiating. Guests will toss rice after the vows and seven bridesmaids will dress in the Lincoln bedroom. Lady Bird Johnson will wear an aqua Adele Simpson gown with beaded detailing and aqua shoes. The groom’s mother, Mrs. James Robb, will wear a dress designed by Sister Marie Aloyse at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee.
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Gerald McAllister
San Antonio
Lincoln
Lincoln Room
Queen’s Room
Lynda
Lady Bird Johnson
Adele Simpson
James §. Robb
Milwaukee
Wis
Sister Marie Aloyse
Mount Mary College
Famed Lawyer Foreman Wins Acquittal for Balloon Vendors
Houston based UPI reports Percy Foreman, renowned defense attorney, helped Baney Stormoen and Arthur Lawson win acquittals in corporation court on a balloon selling charges. The pair were acquitted on a technicality after officers failed to sworn the complaints. Charges earlier alleged selling balloons without a permit. city later found no permit ordinance and refiled the case as selling balloons on a public sidewalk.
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Houston
UPI
Percy Foreman
Baney Stormoen
Arthur Lawson
Weather Notes Bring Strong Winds Across Texas
Frontal systems drive sixty mph gusts through Guadalupe Pass with El Paso at 40 mph. Afternoon fog and drizzle shroud College Station and Waco. Panhandle experiences west winds, while North Central Texas sees southerly 15 mph winds. Highs range from mid 50s in West Texas mountains to upper 70s in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Guadalupe Pass
el Paso
College Station
Waco
Panhandle
Texas
West Texas
Rio 1 Grande Valley
Senate ethics code report due in January
Washington UPI Chairman John C. Stennis said the Senate Ethics Committee will report a code of conduct to the Senate in January. He noted time is short as the current session nears its end and that the code would cover financial disclosure outside activities gifts and other topics.
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Washington
UPI
John C. Stennis
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Stennis
Fall From Auto Injures Woman in Odessa
A 20-year-old Odessa woman Judy Capps was treated at Medical Center Hospital after falling from a car driven by Jaye Zed Robinson in a parking lot at 3300 Andrews Highway. Attendants said she sustained librations on her hip and was later sent for further care.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Judy Capps
West Third
Jaye Zed Robinson
Andrews Highway
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Ector County Coliseum
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Freddie Scott
Everett Wayne Cobb
Thery Ann Cobb
Theda Mae Clayton
William Travis Clayton
Bo Wininger
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West 24Th
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First Presbyterian Church
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