Weather Outlook Impacts Texas Panhandle Fronts Severe Storm Watch
A cold front drives severe weather across Amarillo and Pampa while Lubbock and Plainview report 27 and 26 degree readings. Forecasters warn of a potential major storm from New Mexico, with hazardous driving conditions across Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico into the Panhandles and possible two to four inches of snow in places.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Brownsville
Tyler
College Station
Matagorda Bay
Houston
Weather Bureau
Panhandle Plains
ABC Directors Vote Dividend
The American Bank of Commerce board declares 25 cents per share cash dividend for stockholders of record Dec 20 1967 payable Jan 3 1968. Directors also approve increasing capital stock to 1 050 000 via 5 percent stock dividend, subject to stockholders approval at Jan 11 1968 meeting.
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Board of Directors
The
American Bank of Commerce
Kidnapers Targeted Glendale Bank Official's Wife
A Glendale suburb near Los Angeles reports a kidnapping of a banker’s wife. Two gunmen took the woman to force $50 000 from Union Bank in Van Nuys and instructed her to drop cash in a street trash can. Police, about 50 officers, surveilled the drop site.
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Glendale
Los Angeles
Union Bank
van Nuys
Howe
U S Reinforces 101st with Paratroopers and Training
The 101st Airborne Division adds a full 105mm cannon and 37 helicopters as 105 paratroopers receive training before field deployment. The unit joins the Americal Division's 1st Brigade. An infantry operation 28 miles northeast of Saigon reports 52 Communist troops killed in six days with US losses at two dead and 25 wounded.
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101St
Americal
U.S
Saigon
Reagan Elementary Choir Delivers Christmas Concert
Reagan Elementary School students entertained Reagan PTC members with a Christmas concert Tuesday night and repeated the program this morning in a school assembly. Pictured are Laneil Blackmon 10 Gillham 11 and Kim Crowder 11 years old with their families in Marks.
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Reagan
Reagan Ptc
Laneil Blackmon
W. D. Blackmon
Ciela Vista Place
Marks Gillham
R. D. Gillham
Bonham
Kim Crowder
Nina K. Crowder
Odessa American publication and pricing details
The Odessa American details its publication office at 222 E Fourth Odessa Texas 7974, postal classification as second class matter since March 3 1879, and contact numbers FE 74661 LO 31440. It lists subscription rates 1.80 monthly in Odessa Ector County, 40c weekly in Retail Zone 35c in All Other Zones, and mail rates 20 per year 11 per six months 550 for three months and 2.00 per month. Single copies priced 10c daily Saturday and Me Sunday mornings.
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Odessa
Odessa American
4Th Street
Texas
Ector County
Zoning Board Grants Yearlong Trailer Exception in B Zone
The City Zoning Board of Adjustment met in regular session Wednesday morning and canceled its December 27 meeting. It granted a one year temporary zoning exception to Robert L. Wilkins to occupy a trailer at 2101 West Fifth in a B zone.
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City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Robert L. Wilkins
West Fifth
Suit Filed Over Contract in Ector County Court
Odessa resident Howard F Barrett-Smith is named as a defendant in a contract suit filed Wednesday in Ector County Court. Plaintiff Constance Henderson seeks a $773 judgment against him.
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Odessa
Howard F. Barrett-Smith
Ector County
Constance G. Henderson
Miller Rites Pending After Odessa Operator Dies
Donald Dewitt Miller 75 retired Odessa restaurant operator died early today at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring after a long illness. He lived at 1015 East Sixth and moved to Odessa in 1934 from Strawn. He was born Oct 29, 1892 in New Haven Indiana and married Mamie Hiltebrand on Feb 24, 1921 at Strawn. He was a WWI veteran and member of First Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife three sons Bob A. Miller Burt B. Miller Bryce V. Miller one brother Alden W. Miller six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
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Donald Dewitt Miller
Odessa
Veteran’s Administration
Big Spring
Hubbard-Kelly Funera
Miller
East Sixth
Strawn
New Haven
Ind
Mamie Hiltebrand
First Methodist Church
Bob A. Miller
Beaumont
Burt B. Miller
Milwaukee
Wis
Bryce V. Miller
el Paso
Alden W. Miller
Blanchester
Ohio
Homer Rackley
Marathon
Geeslin
Rackley
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jean
Cheryl Joseph
San Pablo
Calif
Janis Rackley
Alpine
Syd Rackley
David Rackley
Ruby Rackley
Tucson
Ariz
Ford Rackley
Greek junta crisis sparks fear and shifting forces across Greece
Conflicting reports from Greece describe rebels gaining support as Crete may join the revolt. Communications to the north falter while Athens sees tanks near royal palace and military HQ. Police mobilize and the army declares a state of alert after the April coup and Kollias tenure.
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George Paridis
Greece
Ansa
Eissel‘man
Zaloxordidi
Crete
Athens
Royal
Pentagon
Constantine V. Kollias
Constanttine I
Kollias
Larisa
Odessa clubs and meetings schedule for noon to evening
Noon Odessa Toastmistress Club at Inn of the Golden West Jefferson Room. Noon Downtown Lions at Inn of Golden West Ballroom. Noon Odessa Civitan at Sands Restaurant. 2 PM Industrial Visitation sub committee tour Templeton Machine Works. 6:30 PM Evening Lions at Sands. 7:30 PM Ector County School Board at Curriculum Building 801 North Lee with a curriculum report.
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Odessa Toastmistress Club
Inn of the Golden West Jefferson Room
Downtown
Lions
Inn of Golden West
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Templeton Machine Works
Ector County School Board
North Lee
Veterans Plan Christmas Dinner for WWI Group
The 1867 Odessa veterans of WWI and its auxiliary announce a special meeting and their annual Christmas turkey dinner at 6 p.m. Friday at the Hi-Spot Recreation Center in Floyd Gwin Park. R. L. Price of Lamesa will speak. open to veterans and their spouses or widows. Women are asked to bring a covered dish.
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Odessa Barracks
Auxany
Floyd Gwin Park
R. L. Price
Lamesa
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ABC
Kote
By David and
Davin
Franklin’s Wig Shop
Grant
Spanglis
Crystal
Bonham Junior High School
Lonnie Clark
Bobby Clark
Crescent
Karen Davis
Jorette
Loyd C. Davis
Patton
Jeryl Hoover
J. N. Hoover
Cambridge
James Brown
Hobbs
N.M
Lea General Hospital
Griffin Funeral Home
Brown
Gene Horn
Oldsmobile-Cadillac
Shirley Profitt
Alberta Gibson
Alberta Gitson
Little Zio Baptist Church
L. T. Ward
Everglade
Gibson
Albuquerque
Kate Garrett
SFC
Leon Canfield
PRYOR
Okla
David Williams
Dorothy Tudor
Vietnam
Canfield
Army
John F. Kennedy
Virginia
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ja Son
Jerry M. Roberts
Roberts
Oleen Roberts
San Antonio
Japan
States
198Th Infantry
Hobbs High School
Fort Hood
Tex
Fort Ben Ining
J. D. Gray
N. M
Prairie Haven
Gray
Wadenedey
Jackie Spurlock
Larry
Bobby
Donnie Gray
Jerry Gray
U. S
Charlie Gray
Carl Gray
Dallas
Shelby Gray
Valey Mills
Edna Autery
Carlsbad
Hattie Bell Gore
Mountainair
W. B. Guy
Abilene
First Baptist Church
Fairview
Spill Funeral Home
Guy
Abilerte
L. C. Briley
Midland
Lela Mae Adcock
Margaret Haines Mason
Margaret Rachel Haines
Mason
Bethel Cemetery
Camp Air
Mason Funneral Home
W. L. (Luther) Weaver
Denver City
W.L
Luther) Weaver
Singleton Funeral Home
Memory Gardens
Rising Star
Luther Weaver
Bob Weaver
Lovington
M. M
Eunice Cason
Long Beach
Clarence Rankin
Tuscola
A. D. Weaver
Terri JO Eudy
Marvin Eudy
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Harry Beaty
Kansas City
Weilert Funeral Home
Troost
Leavenworth
Kan
Beaty
Cecil Beaty
George Lobstein Coleman
George W. Lobstein
Coleman
Stevens Memorial Chapel
Hamilton
Lobstein
Overall-Morris Hospital
Coy A. Lobstein
Sunrise Optimists
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Civitan
Sands
Sandhills
Evening Lions
the Exchange
B. Fisher
Fisher Optometrists
North Grant FE
Veterans Plan
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