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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
2
Odessa Junior Chamber Commerce announces its annual Charity Christmas Dance at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Lincoln Hotel Ballroom. Proceeds aid the Odessa Boys Club to buy sweat shirts for needy youngsters. Tickets cost 3 dollars per couple. Tom Hart serves as project chairman.
A district court entered a judgment Monday in a friendly damage suit totaling 1600 dollars. The settlement was paid to Robert T. O'Connor of Odessa for injuries to his year-old son Mike from an auto accident in August 1965 on West Second Street. Defendants were Elizabeth Brennan and Christine Jackson, both of Odessa.
Five year old Fernando Mata, son of Ray Mata of 812 Laredo, was treated at Medical Center Hospital late Sunday for burns on the stomach and hand after playing with a cigarette lighter and a can of lighter fluid.
Mrs. Sue Roby Andrews, 74, longtime resident, dies after illness in Midland General Hospital. Services set for Tuesday at Singleton Funeral Home with burial in Andrews Cemetery. Survivors include stepchildren in Cross Plains, Beeville, Andrews, Hugo, and Lovington. Meredith D. Ganaway, 57, former Odessa resident who moved to Midland, dies of apparent heart attack. Funeral services pending. wife Lillian and son John, plus two brothers listed among survivors. Alfred L. Crager, 82, dies after long illness in Medical Center Hospital. Services pending at Chapel of Roses. daughter and son named among survivors.
Rosary for Mark James Neslony six year old son of Mr and Mrs Engelbert J Neslony 7005 West 26th will be read at 730 am today in the Paul A Rix Funeral Chapel Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 am Tuesday in Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Paul A Rix Funeral Home The boy died Sunday in Methodist Hospital of Lubbock after a long illness Survivors include the parents one brother William Ray and two sisters Doris Ann and Marilyn all at home his grandmother Mrs Mike Neslong Yorktown and grandparents Mr and Mrs Otto Diedering Bloomington
An Ector County court on Monday filed a charge of wife desertion against 45 year old H H Batchelor with unknown address. He is accused of failing to provide for his wife Mildred who resides at 2722 Walnut.
Bessie Marguerite LaRue 63 advertising veteran found dead at home in Odessa death ruled natural causes. Other notices include Cecil Collier 42 of Odessa died in Fillmore California, Thomas Nichols Hesson 74 of Andrews died after long illness, Emma Cortez 28 of Odessa died after six months illness in Marfa Catholic Church services today.
The Associated Press reports 26 people died in Texas from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, with 19 traffic accidents. Victims include plane crash near Victoria. Dallas, Midlothian, Roby, Cisco, Pharr, Edinburg, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Nacogdoches, Fort Worth, Tyler, Grand Saline, Austin, Grand Saline areas, and others. Names include Grady Lynn Costello, Jerry Bailey, Rosa Gutierrez Garcia, Roberto Garcia, Rafael Cavasos, Mary Massey, and more. several shootings and a nursing of injuries noted.
Roy L. Green aged 75 of Weslaco collapsed and died minutes after a car truck collision on U S 281 west of Brownsville on Saturday. R W Fair a Tyler pioneer and founder of Fair Oil Co died Friday from earlier injuries in a Tyler traffic accident. Grady Lee Pittsch of Crystal...
Fight continues from page Huong 35 miles south of Saigon as Viet Cong machine guns strike a pagoda sheltering asleep workers including women and children. A line of corpses blocks the nearby highway while Marines near Da Nang push toward the Phuoc valley, a suspected Viet Cong base with caves and tunnels large enough to hide heavy equipment.
Two Odessans were treated and released from Medical Center Hospital after a weekend disturbance. Carleton Don Jarrell, 17, was treated for facial bruises while Adam Ramos, 20, of 704 Prairie, received care for a small stomach cut. No charges were filed immediately.
Odessa police investigated an attempted break in at the Odessa College Student Union Building. Custodian John B. Allen said two students saw a man trying to pry open a northwest door. the would be burglar fled and pry marks were found on the door.
The Odessa American provides contact and postal details with periodical rates listed. Rates include options for monthly and quarterly subscriptions, reflecting standard newspaper practice in the era.
Odessa College reports about 700 students pre registered for spring by Monday. Pre registration runs Nov 23 to Jan 14 with regular start Jan 24. Early registrants avoid last minute course and time slot rush. Day classes enrollment rose 27.2 percent to 1,666. total enrollment including evening college is 2,505. Previous fall pre registering reached 1,447.
Gemini Flight Director Christopher Kraft Jr notes problems as Schirra and Stafford await launch. Officials prepare a recycle plan after the 90 foot rocket’s near miss on Oct 25 when an Agena rendezvous rocket exploded en route to orbit.
Two 19 year olds from Odessa and Monahans were seriously injured in a one car crash north of Andrews Highway and 52nd. Driver Ben George Pool and passenger Richard Lynn Sargent were admitted to Midland Memorial Hospital with head injuries and a fractured skull respectively. The car skidded from the highway at midnight after speeding, striking an iron fence post. Both were reported progressing satisfactorily Monday morning.
Over the weekend seven people were injured in multiple traffic incidents. William Donaghe, 82, was hospitalized after a crash at Eighth and Golder at 8 24 a m Monday, suffering a broken hip and other injuries. Guy Haddon, 36, was treated for minor injuries and released. Donaghe’s car struck a utility pole and hit a yard at 809 North Golder, then he was thrown onto the lawn. Walter Vickers, 67, was hospitalized for observation after a rear leg and head injuries when Myretha Vickers, 58, allegedly pressed the gas instead of the brake while backing into a lot. His car knocked down a fence, a tree, and hit the southeast corner of his house. Roland Masterson, 17, was hospitalized for whiplash after a three car crash at Second and Jefferson late Saturday. Mavis Carroll, 44, was treated and released for knee bruises and abrasions. Garry Holland, 17, Mavis Carroll, and Masterson were listed as head on, with Carroll later released. Gary Humphreys, 17, was treated for facial cuts after a one car crash into a utility pole near East Eighth and Highway 80. initial police reports of a fight were retracted. Martha Robinson, 21, was a passenger in a car driven by Albert Robinson Jr.. a separate vehicle left the scene and collided with them and with a second car driven by Raymond Rambo.
Three suspects sought by Ector County deputies face county court charges for defrauding by worthless checks. Damon J. Parker allegedly cashed a $20 phony check at A. L. Davis Food Store on Oct. 3. Wilma Jo Jenkins is charged with passing a $2.53 hot check at Clark's Discount Center on Sept. 11. C. J. Chase allegedly passed a bogus $11.85 check at Clark's on Oct. 28.
Two suspects remained in custody and another was released on her own recognizance after hot check charges. Marilyn Leah Loomis, 19, was freed on recognizance. Joann Smith, 33, and Daryl Nadine Hyatt, 35, were held in Ector County jail with bonds not yet set. All three face county court defrauding charges.
Ann Carriger aged 36 with address 4107 Pleasant forfeited a 100 dollar cash bond in city court Monday morning after being charged with vagrancy no visible means of support and petty theft The charges stemmed from a shoplifting incident at Dixie Drug 838 West Clements involving a bottle of cough medicine
A 14 year old Odessan was arrested Saturday for shoplifting two turtles from a variety store in downtown. He confessed to taking eight goldfish from another variety store the same day. After counseling, he was released to his parents without pets.
L S Cude of Odessa appeals an Industrial Accident Board award claiming total and permanent disability from injuries suffered August 18 while employed at Triangle Sheet Metal Works. He names Truck Insurance Exchange as defendant in the 70th District Court action.
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