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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
2
Apollo 17 astronauts Evans Schmitt plan lunar orbit experiments and a Taurus Littrow touchdown. They expect two extra days in orbit, then a home splashdown December 19. Schmitt previews geology goals at Taurus Littrow and the South Massif site.
A cold front caused freezing drizzle and sleet from the Rio Grande Valley to Northeast Texas with ice coating Dallas Fort Worth and snow or freezing rain elsewhere. Temperatures ranged 15 to 44 degrees as schools closed and travel was discouraged. An ice storm warning covered interior South Central Texas and parts of Southeast Texas with hazardous conditions likely to persist tonight.
Marriage licenses issued for Vance Darrell Smith and Barbara Ann Julian, John Alvin Simmons and Jennifer Elizabeth Wood. Criminal cases filed include James Arthur Majors Jr with destruction of private property and Joseph Abe Sims with aggravated assault. District court shows divorces and various civil cases, with numerous names and addresses. Medical Center Hospital reports multiple admissions and discharges on Dec 9 and Dec 10, detailing patient names, guardians, and unit notes. The Colorado River Municipal Water District advances pipeline loops to shift water delivery in the East Howard field from Moss Creek Lake to diversion works at Colorado City.
Three Odessans filed additional signatures Sunday to force a recall election of Mayor Jim Reese and four city councilmen. They added 287 on Reese 85 on Dan Hemphil 90 on Wilbert Miether 83 on Dick Clark and 67 on Jack Anderson. Although petitioners say they may pursue court action the city secretary said the effort remains insufficient as about 5 000 signatures per official were required.
Wilburn Elliott, 57, of Odessa, a Bernon Co. salesman born in Roscoe in 1915, died at home after a sudden illness. Survived by widow Anna Sue Anderson, two daughters, mother, half brother and three half sisters. Services pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home 1218 East 43rd.
Funeral services are planned for three Odessa men killed in a light plane crash near Quemado on a weekend fishing trip. B. E. Glover 46, Bill Rogers 45, and Ray Eugene Rives 45, all Odessa residents, will have services Monday at Trinity Baptist Church and Sunset Memorial Gardens. Rives previously worked for Atlantic Richfield and was a WWII veteran. Also noted are services for Mrs. Frank Upton 77 of Brownfield and Mrs. Alla B. Ives X of Hobbs, with survivors and burial details listed.
Four candidates vie for the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang leadership as ballots are counted Monday at 6 p.m. The winner, to be named at a Tuesday press conference and installed at January banquet, succeeds Don Carter with the whip passed to the new boss. Herb Atkins Art Berggren Jerry E Lyon and Mel Porter are the contenders, with the next highest vote getter as first assistant boss.
Five thefts were under investigation on Monday, including three strings of Christmas lights reported missing from 1331 Wilson at the Luna residence. Other losses: a television set, rollaway bed and shelves from Fred Winslett’s 605 West Clements office. a toolbox and hand tools from Paul Moore’s 1702 East 12th home. items from Evelyn Allen’s locked car totaling 23 dollars. and an auto battery stolen from Billy Carter at 1002 West 21st.
With seven days left for spring pre registration Odessa College reports 1 227 students already signed up Pre registration continues through 5 p m December 19 in the Student Affairs Office Regular registration for OC students is January 1 in the Student Union Building Students who pre register may pay fees that day or by mail.
Weekend tours to 22 museums in 18 Permian Basin communities drew hundreds of Odessans and West Texans, organizers said. John Ben Shepperd of Odessa called the effort very successful and noted a committee will study mutual promotion and annual tours, including Odessa’s Presidential Museum in the Ector County Library basement.
John Ben Shepperd, assistant to the president of El Paso Products Co., returns to Gregg County for a noon Kilgore luncheon at the all service club. He will dedicate a historical marker at the World's Richest Acre where 24 oil wells produced oil valued at 5.5 million dollars. Shepperd, born in Gladewater, attended local schools. his mother remains there.
Memorial notices list Mrs. Edn Dorthea Louisa Howes 62 of Gardendale as awaiting funeral arrangements with Hubbard Kell Funeral Home. A Odessa resident since 1958, born December 2, 1910 in Bigfoot Til, she married Irvin A. Howes in Chicago in 1929 and is survived by two sons, two sisters, and five grandchildren in Gardendale and Jacksonville.
Federal investigators began examining a downed two person plane found 35 miles north of Fort Hancock. The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle was missing since Oct. 29 on a Corpus Christi to Phoenix flight carrying Mr and Mrs William Carson of Scottsdale. Two burned skeletons were recovered with a watch stopping at 6 27 on the 2t day, and wreckage spanned 600 yards with one engine intact near the other.
A 300000 damage suit files against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Inc by Basin Admiral Appliance Repair Center over alleged refusal to disclose a Odessa business phone number. The petition says service began July 19 and callers’ numbers were not provided for three months despite repeated requests.
The Odessa schedule lists multiple noon meetings at various venues including Grandview Lions Club Branding Iron and Hi-Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant. Evening sessions include Odessa Chess Club at Odessa College and veterans groups at VFW and Legion halls with times from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
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