Four Hurt In Wrecks In Big Spring Area
Four persons were injured Thursday in separate auto wrecks in Big Spring. Clifford Draper, 52, was treated for facial lacerations after his car rear ended another on U S 80 at Second Street and Dale Street. passenger Belton Brunson, 33, also of Big Spring, suffered multiple facial lacerations and was treated and released. Mary Walters, 23, of 1223 Hickory, sustained no injuries in the same incident. A three car crash at Second and Jefferson sent Quin Morgan, 37, of Andrews, to the hospital with back and neck injuries. he remained in good condition.
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Second
Dale
Clifford Draper
Big Spring
Center Hospital
Belton Brunson
Draper
Brunson
Mary Walters
Hickory
U. S. 80
Jefferson
Andrews
Quin Morgan
FHA Lists Vacant Houses In Basin
FHA officials in Lubbock announced the Basins vacant homes for sale by the Federal Housing Administration. About 600 in Odessa and 1050 in Midland as of December 1, with additional homes in Fort Stockton Kermit Monahans Pecos and Wink. Prices range 6000 to 12500 with two to four bedrooms. No down payment but buyer pays taxes mortgage insurance and interest.
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Odessa
Federal Housing Administration
Midland
FHA
Lubbock
Permian Basin
Fort Stockton
Kermit, Monahans
Pecos
Wink
Midland man seeks $14,035 in appeal case
Hardy Slaughter appeals an Industrial Accident Board award seeking a $14,035 judgment from Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. He alleges an injury on June 9 while employed by Beaty Ford Co and seeks the maximum allowable by law for total and permanent disability.
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Midland
Industrial Accident Board
Universal Underwriters Insurance Co
Hardy Slaughter
Beaty Ford Co
Slaughter
Odessa Chamber Plans Second Caravan Tour
Odessa Chamber of Commerce members launched the second caravan promoting the January 4 9 Sandhills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show. The convoy travels Thursday through Andrews Seminole Seagraves Denver City Lovington Hobbs Eunice Jal and Kermit before returning to Odessa late Thursday night.
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Odessa
Rain Blamed For Crashes In Odessa Area
Wet highways led to two crashes injuring two people near Odessa. Mrs. Lawrence W Payne, 42, was hospitalized with a head laceration after a car rear ended a truck driven by Sydney Liles, 40, near the Terminal gate ten miles east of town. A second wreck on State Highway 302 involved Lee Cude, 51, and Clarence Oglethorpe, 46, with Cude treated for a minor chest injury. Both crashes were attributed to rain slick roads.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Terminal Gate
Here
Lawrence W. Payne
East Eighth
Texas
U.S. 80
Sydney Liles
Electra
Liles
Lawrence
FM 866
Lee Cude
West Second
State 302
Cude
Clarence ‘Oglethorpe
Andrews ‘Highway
Universal Sheet Metals
Oglethorpe
Waitress Injured Lifting Trays at Odessa Restaurant
Dorothy Lewis age 27 of 1900 East Seventh was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Thursday after injuring her back while working at an Odessa restaurant. Attendants reported she was hurt lifting trays and her condition was listed as good.
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Dorothy Lewis
East Seventh
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Local Resident Pleads Guilty in Worthless Check Case
Odessa resident T. L. Burkhaulter 26 pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to an Ector County hot check charge. Judge W. M. Hill fined him $10 and sentenced him to one day in jail for passing a worthless $8.41 check on October 15 at a Sears Food Store.
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T. L. Burkhaulter
Burkhaulter
Las Vegas
Trailer Park
W. M
Bill) Hill
Sears
Odessa American ad rates and mailing terms
The Odessa American announces subscriptions by carrier and mail with rates: $1.60 monthly in Odessa and Ector County, 36 cents weekly in Retail Trading Zone, and 3i cents weekly in All Other Zone. Mail rates are $18 per year, $10 six months, $4.50 three months, and $1.75 per month.
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Odessa
Tex
Oderra
Texas
Ector County
Two Odessa Men Sentenced in State Court
Curtis Don Handley 18 received a 5 year prison term after probation revocation for burglary and forgery offenses tied to a Feb 3, 1964 break in at Ror Smith’s home. Roland L. Praytor 22 got 3 years for forging a $25 check on Nov 5 at Sundown Foods. Both cases heard by Judge C. V. Milburn with Walter Acreman as court attorney and Mike Berry for the state.
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70Th District
C. V. Milburn
Curtis Don Handley
State
Milburn
Roland L. Praytor
East Sixth
Handley
Ror Smith
East 21St
Bill Lowe
Praytor
Sundown Foods
West Clements
George Olesh
Walter Acreman
Mike Berry
Local Officers Check 6 Thefts
Six thefts were reported to police and Ector County deputies Thursday. A television set and a radio were taken from Frank Edwards at 2111 East Ninth. May and Duncan Music Co. at 520 North Texas reported a loss of a transistor radio. Opal Freeman at 213 West 15th reported a .22 pistol removed. J. M. Durden at 1509 East 13th said hub caps were missing from his auto. Cooking utensils were taken from a garage at 3101 North Hancock. Swanson Metal Coating Corp at 7502 West Second said a thief siphoned $1.50 of gasoline from a company truck.
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Ector County
Frank Edwards
East Ninth
May and Duncan Music Co
North Texas
Opal Freeman
West 15Th
J. M. Durden
East 13Th
G. E. Wright
North Hancock
Swanson Metal ‘Coating Corp
West Second
Tragedy in Philadelphia Area: 3 Civil Rights Workers Missing
Civil rights workers traveling from Meridian to Philadelphia on June 21 were stopped for a speeding charge and released after paying a $10 fine. They vanished that night and their burned station wagon was found two days later in swampy terrain northeast of Philadelphia. Reports claim informant tips, possibly up to $30,000, led to discovering bodies buried by dirt in a dam on Olen L. Burrage property, Burrage later charged among 21 involved. Evidencea maximum of 10 years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Citizens later organized a legal defense fund to aid the 21 defendants with bond costs and legal battles.
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Meridian
Philadelphia
Price
Olen L. Burrage
Blaze Damages Residence in Local Fire
Fire heavily damaged the home of R. E. Williams at 212 East 11th, when a cigarette burn on a couch sparked a blaze in a wall. Flames consumed the living room and its contents, with smoke and heat damage extending to the rest of the frame structure.
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R. E. Williams
East 11Th
College Sets Award Dinner at Odessa College
Odessa College will hold its annual employee award dinner Saturday at 7 p.m. in the student union. P. J. Wallace will present a 10-year service pin to Mrs. Prebble Storie and 5-year pins to Joe C. Zant, Mrs. Beulah Fleming, Gordon A. Golder, Mrs. Rose W. Kinzer, John W. Lamb, Paul V. Peck, Melvin V. Pittman, James D. Pratt, Dr. Helen K. Reinhart, C. A. Roberson, Mrs. Yvonne Vernon, and Blanche Yarbrough. An appreciation plaque goes to Leland Croft. the college band and Madrigal Singers will perform.
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Odessa College
P. J. Wallace
College Board of Regents
Prebble Storie
Joe C. Zant
Beulah Fleming
Gordon A. Golder
Rose W. Kinzer
John W. Lamb
Paul V. Peck
Melvin V. Pittman
James D. Pratt
Helen K. Reinhart
C. A. Roberson
Yvonne Vernon
Blanche Yarbrough
Leland Croft
Board of Regents
College Madrigal Singers
Three Odessans Hurt At Home
Three residents suffered injuries in separate home accidents Thursday. Dora Ainsworth, 79, 1305 East 23rd, fractured a neck bone in a fall and was admitted to Medical Center Hospital with good condition. Arlin Powell, 13, 315 Patterson, burned his right leg backing into a hot stove and was admitted for treatment. Julia Heard, 5, 2730 Redwood, had two broken fingers after catching her hand in a cement mixer while playing near home. attendants report she is in good condition.
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Dora Ainsworth
East 23Rd
Medical Center Hospital
Arlin Powell
Otho Powell
Patterson
Young Powell
Julia Heard
Billy G. Heard
Redwood
Lawmen Probe Burglary At Williams Residence
City detectives investigated a burglary at the Joe Nell Williams home 219 Wabash. An intruder reportedly gained entry through a bedroom window and took a wrist watch along with several pieces of clothing.
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Joe Nell Williams
Wabash
Talks on Vietnam aid and NATO nuclear force discussed
U S officials said Washington would assist the government and counter North Vietnamese infiltration as Gromyko questioned Rusk about a proposed NATO nuclear weapons force. Rusk argued the plan would be blocked by strict safeguards ensuring no single country could use the weapons. The talks followed Johnson's recent meetings with Prime Minister Wilson on the nuclear issue and Gromyko’s arrival in New York for the UN General Assembly.
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Viet Nam
United States
Gromyko
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
West Germany
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Moscow
New York
U.N. General Assembly
King Accepts Prize Amid Call for Global Peace
King accepted the prize on behalf of the civil rights cause saying the world must find a path to peace. He urged humanity to abandon revenge and retaliation, noting the long road from Montgomery to Oslo as testimony to this truth.
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King
Montgomery
Ala
Oslo
Teen Injured on Motorscooter After Wet Leaves Flip
Hart Larry Hanson a 14 year old boy of 219 West 16th was slightly injured when a motorscooter he rode in the 1800 block of North Washington flipped on wet leaves near 1 p.m. He was taken to Medical Center Hospital in good condition with back bruises noted by attendants.
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Larry Hanson
West 16Th
North Washington
Medical Center Hospital
Deaths Rites Slated Here Friday
Obituary notices from Odessa and surrounding towns list services for Frank Pierce 70 of Odessa. J F Chism 76 of Kilgore. J Durham 21 of Tahoka. Tammy Singleton 16 months Lovington. Mrs W T Burnham Jr 42 Marathon. Mrs Emily Estelle King 71 San Angelo. John Randolph 60 Dawson County resident. Survivors span spouses children siblings and grandchildren. services at First Christian Church Tahoka Baptist Church Marathon Cemetery Eldorado Memorial Park. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Alpine
W. T. Burnham Jr
Marathon
Marathon Cemetery
T. O. Perrin
First Presbyterian Church of
Fort Stockton
San Angelo
Emily Estelle King
Odessa
Jack H. King
Johnson Funeral Home
Paul Terry
Trinity Methodist Church
Eldorado
Tex
King
Eastern Star
VFW
Duke J. King
Robert A. King Jr
Lamesa
John Randolph
Dawson County
Branon - Philips Funeral Home
Milo R. Arbuckle
Lamesa First Baptist Church
Lamesa Memorial Park
Randolph
Medical Arts Hospital
Joseph F. Randolph
Odesssa
Victoria Randolph
Walter Bruce
Joe Portales
Woman Sought in Midland Check Fraud Case
Ector County sheriff's deputies sought a Midland woman in a felony check swindle reported by Chick Fair of the Diamond Shop. Fair said a bogus check paid for a woman's ring and a man's ring totaling $112.20. A complaint against Mrs. E J Blanco, Midland, was filed in Justice of the Peace J A Purifoy's court.
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Ector County
E.J . Blanco
Midland
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Vaughan in Snyder
Funeral services for 73 year old Mrs Mary Frances Vaughan of Snyder will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at East Side Church of Christ with Don Browning officiating. Burial is at Dunn Cemetery. She died Wednesday at home after 41 years in Scurry County. Born July 31 1891 in Van Zandt County she married T Vaughan. Survivors include a son Raysell Vaughan of Midland 28 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Roger S. Durham
Tahoka
Foe
O’donnell
Lea County
Homer Durham
Betty Marley
Odessa
Jeral Durham
Brownfield
Lovington N. M
Tammy Singleton
Don R. Singleton
Lovington
Paulin Funeral Chapel
Artesia
N. M
E. J.bradshaw
Lovington First Baptist Church
Lea General Hospital
Jerry Singleton
Noel Singleton
Louis Hendrix
Silver City
Raysell Vaughan
Midland
Goldsmith Man Hurt In Job Mishap
A 41 year old Goldsmith man named John Raglen was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Thursday after a gas incident at work. Attendants reported he inhaled gas while working near Goldsmith and his condition was updated today.
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John
Bunche
Aubrey Jones
Clifford
Henry Mills
Dallas
Goldsmith
John Raglen
Medical Center Hospital
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Faye Ash
East 57Th
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Grandview
Virginia Waldrum
East 43Rd
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C.S.B
Portland
Oregon
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Bonham Junior High School
21St
Royalty Streets
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
IRST
Church OF Christ
Odessa, Texas
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Marlin Bulldogs
Dianecia Powell
Jimmy Young
Mary Ann Mancil
Pasco
Teen-Ager
Hart
Frank ‘Pierce
Bluebonnet
First Christian Church
Wilburn J. Mindel
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Paul A. Rix
Graham
Navy
Marines
Woodson
Jess Pierce
Three Rivers
Ralph Pierce
Fort Worth
Roger Pierce
Fort Sumner
Jack Dickenson
Melrose
Byrd Roberts
Okinawa
Japan
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Crane
Hap Pierce
Monticello
C. H. Harvey
Ingleside
Will Rush
J. F. Chism
Kilgore
Rader Funeral Home
Chism
James S. Chism
Houston
D. N. Applewhite
Jim Eaves
Douglas
Barbara Melton
Springbrook
Roy Akers
San Antonio
Burnham
Brooke General Hospital
Kinney County
D. N. Hendricks
D. N. Hendricks Jr
Seattle
Wash
Odessa High School
Future Farmers of America
Huntsville
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Pete Frankson
F. W. Frankson
Seward
Joe Herrington
Ss A. Levegion
Bill Adams
W. T. Adams
Mary Frances Vaughan
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