Federal judge may halt Texas House vending inquiry
AP reports Dallas based B and B Vending Co seeks to block access to its records as the Texas House Investigative Committee weighs its authority after a Dallas legislator alleged 90 percent of taverns are controlled by vending machine operators. Judge Taylor set Monday for ruling on whether the committee can compel the company.
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Dallas
Texas House Investigative Committee
B & B Vending Co
House
Coravane the
Ss. _US. Dist
William Taylor Jr
B&b
Dick Cory
Taylor
Jim Clark
CRMWD Plans Rehearing After Appeals Court Ruling
The Colorado River Municipal Water District will seek a rehearing of the Third Court of Civil Appeals decision reversing and remanding a condemnation case to Coke County Court. If denied, CRMWD will pursue the matter to the Texas Supreme Court. The commission had set an initial award of 754 515 for 4 014 acres, later reduced to 545 580. Helen Willcockson and others appealed.
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Colorado River Municipal Water District
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Coke County Court
James Rosser
Texas Supreme Court
Helen Willcockson
O. H. Ivie
Gover Monger
CRMWD
Robert Lee
Willcockson
Texas Water Plan
Youth Killed In Smashup At Marathon
An 18 year old Louisiana youth Joseph Wesley Barrow died at the scene of a one car turnover 27 miles east of Marathon late Friday night. His wrecked sedan was found about 9 a.m. Saturday. Investigators say the car skidded off the highway around 10 p.m. Friday and he died from massive chest injuries. Barrow's home is listed as DeQuincey Louisiana. Funeral arrangements are set with Geeslin Funeral Home of Alpine and Snider Funeral Home of DeQuincey.
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Marathon
Louisiana
Joseph Wesley Barrow
Here
Texas Highway Patrol
Rand
Barrow
DeQuincey
California
Geeslin Funeral Home
Alpine
Snider Funeral Home
Israel Jordan To Meet Soon On Humanitarian Questions
Israel and Jordan will hold their first direct talks since 1967 over humanitarian issues at the Allenby Bridge. The meeting, supervised by the International Red Cross, may occur tomorrow or the next day and will cover refugee family separations, visits to Jordan and Israeli-held territory, and river trade restrictions aimed at stopping Arab-smuggling of sabotage materials. Col. Mohammed Dahoud will represent Jordan, with an Israeli officer from the West Bank governor’s office.
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Tel Aviv
Defense Ministry
Allenby
Jordan
International Red Cross
Mohammed Dahoud
West Bank
Divorces and medical notices in district court records
District court grants divorces for multiple couples and lists medical admissions and discharges. The lengthy entry includes many names such as Hugh Wallace Hazel Wallace and Linda Dye Howard Dye, plus numerous patients admitted or discharged on December 13, with births and traffic accidents noted, including names like Danny C. North Eisenhower and Paula Tigner. The records mix divorces, hospital admissions, births, and traffic incidents with many repeated family surnames.
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Bistrict
Hugh Wallace
Hazel Webb Wallace
Walter Neely Dotson Sr
Rachel Virginia Dotson
Gerald Roy Beatty
Betty Beatty
Linda Louise Dye
Howard Dye
Charles Witherspoon
Jewel
Pitherspooty Shreda Joyce
Moore
Larry lLore
Louise Patrick
Willem - Patricks
Evelyn Quick Ronch
James Neve Rowch
Eddie Pyle
Jerry Pyle
R. J. Stone
Frances C. Stone
Robert L. Nichols
Sonia Gailarent
Dixie Washington
Charles Washington
Larry Herbert Hunt
Carolyn Sue Hunt
Homer Dean Mclean
Karen LeMay
McLean
Pinkle Lee Reynolds
William David Reynolds
Clifton Cole
Dolores Cole
Susan Lea Kennedy
Johnnie Mack
Ruby Kay Coots
James Cools
Lois Gllstrap
J. Gilstree
Sulian Mae Holmes
James L. Holmes
Betty Taylor
J. M. Taylor
Jack J
Wall
Doris Arlene Wall
Mary Lynn Berger
Jerry Lee Berger
Doris Anne Love
Richard Larry Love
Peggy Sue Steed
Jackson Hollis Steed
Carol Manson
Frank Allen Manson
Mera Mae Burch
William B. Burch
Shirley Wallace
John Russell Atwood
Juanleta Merle Atwood
Peter E
King Hussein hints at autonomous West Bank for peace
In a Sunday Observer interview in Amman King Hussein said he would renounce sovereignty over the West Bank if it led to peace with Israel. He asked whether the land would become a Palestinian state, saying yes if that is what the people want. The piece links his remarks to recent U.S. and Israeli peace proposals for a demilitarized autonomous Palestinian state with Jordan, centered on East Jerusalem, Haifa, and Gaza access.
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London
Jordan
Hussein
West Bank
Sunday Observer
Amman
Jordan River
Israel
Observer
Gavin. Young
Palestine
Young
Mideast
East Jerusalem
U.S
Jerusalem
Sein
Nablus
Mediterranean
Haifa
Gaza
Four-Sided Debate Over Vietnam Conference Persists
The division over Vietnam talks pits four sided Communist front against two sided allied view with South Vietnam’s front excluded. U S negotiators show guarded optimism for a breakthrough within two weeks as Ha Van Lau sessions hint at concessions. Tass reports North Vietnam accuses the United States of sovereignty violations amid ongoing bombings in the DMZ.
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South Vietnam
Sangon
Hanoi
U.S
Ha van Lau
Cyrus R. Vance
Lau
Johnson
Saigon
North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry
United States
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Tass
Viet Cong Activity and U S Bombing Near Saigon
Viet Cong operations were reported 30 miles northwest of Saigon with six American killed and 14 wounded. Saigon police claim arresting nearly 350 suspected Viet Cong over the past month and uncovering documents urging armed criminal cells. U S air and artillery targeted demilitarized zone positions, with three enemy groups spotted and bunkers damaged as clashes continued despite claims of a bombing halt by North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Con Thien
Odessa American notices and details on circulation
The Odessa American publication appears with standard postal and circulation lines including office address 1222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas and reference to entry as second class matter under act of March 3 1879. A home delivery rate for Ector County is listed as 2.60.
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Odessa Grexas American
Odessa “American
East 4Th
Odessa
Texas
Ector County
Local paper circulation hours and contact
Inquiries about service issues should call the Circulation Department at FE7-4651. Operating hours are 6:45 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, Saturdays until noon, and Sundays until 10:30 a.m.
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Odessa
Bankhead funeral held at Maryland churchyard
Miss Bankhead, famed actress known for her flair and signature tough dahling, was buried Saturday in a Maryland Eastern Shore churchyard after services at St Pauls Episcopal Church attended by about 35 mourners including sister Eugenia Bankhead and nephew William B Bankhead Jr. Estelle Winnwood, 85, British born stage star of Miss Bankhead's era, attended as a close friend. The actress died Friday at St Luke's Hospital in New York after influenza developed into pneumonia. The Rev Alfred N Redding led the services as mourners shivered under leaden skies.
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Rock .Hall
America
Maryland
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Eugenia Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
Miss Bankhead
Estelle Winnwood
St. Luke’s' Hospital
New York
St. Paul’s
Tallulah Bankhead Buried In Maryland
Tallulah Bankhead was buried in Maryland after a service at St Pauls Church, the oldest continuous Episcopal church in the United States, built in 1692. A green foliage covered casket with white chrysanthemums was lowered into the grave as mourners walked a slushy path to the lakeside. The Rev. Mr Redding led prayers. pallbearers included her nephew and Chestertown residents. Born in Huntsville Alabama, Bankhead was the daughter of the former Speaker of the House and had a brief marriage to actor John Emery.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Maryland
Redding
Tallulah
Huntsville
Ala
Miss Bankhead
U.S
House’ of Representatives
Congress
John Emery
Brazil Press Censorship Sparks Federal Police Action
Federal police shut down O Estado and Jornal da Tarde in Sao Paulo after they refused to retract an editorial critical of Costa e Silva. The Inter-American Press Association condemned military authorities for invading newspaper premises and censoring Brazilian press as radio stations aired global news.
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Correio da Manhal
Osvaldo Peralva
Correio
Sao Paulo
Federal Police
O Estado Arid Jornal da Tarde
Costa E Silva
Kubitschek
Peralta
Salvador Mandin
Rio
Guanabara
Italy
Ciro Kurtz
Guanaibara
Joel Silveira
O Paiz
Helio Navarro
Inter-American Press Association
Warming l.. Metrete Valley by dusk Saturday
A dry, icy air mass from a high pressure ridge lingered over the state, bringing a hard overnight freeze to northern half. No significant change expected through the weekend with thin high clouds only in west and north. Forecasts show lows ranging from 18 to 28 degrees across regions, with about 22° possible west of Pecos River.
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Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Pecos River
Obituaries of Light Leamon Wilson across Llano Pecos and Big Spring
Obituaries note the deaths of Lawrence R Light 54 of Llano born Oct 21 1914 died in Temple hospital. Survivors include Evelyn wife Douglas son in Vietnam daughters Virginia Moneeke Debra three brothers three sisters and one granddaughter. Also Elsie Mathis Leamon 85 died after a long illness in Pecos with two daughters three sons and 20 grandchildren. Jack C Wilson 52 business owner in Big Spring died in a local hospital with survivors including wife daughter two sons and two sisters and four brothers plus grandchildren.
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Llano
Lawrence R. Light
Temple
Light
Evelyn
Douglas Light
U. S
Vietnam
Virginia
Moneeke
Falls City
Debbora Light
Vernon Light
Odessa
L. V. Light
Pecos
Charles Light
Kermit
Alma Howard
Earl Waight
Baytown
Dan Bird
California
Pecos Funeral Home
Elsie Mathis Leamon
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Fairview Cemetery
Leamon
Nevada
Tex
Big ‘Spring
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Jack C. Wilson
Big Spring Construction Company
Burail
Trinity Memorial Park
Wilson
Wilson Brothers Construction Co
Earl Wilson
Big Spring
Jacqueline Elrod
Colorado City
Erid ® Wilson
Ardmore
Okld
Billy Bob
Fort” Worth
Jimmy Wilson
May- Dell’ Patton
Elsie.Carwood
San Antonio
Funeral Held For Baby Girl Joann Elizondo In Odessa
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at St Josephs Catholic Church for three week old Joann Elizondo daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Elizondo 2016 West Ninth Burial was in Odessa Cemetery under direction of Rix Funeral Home The baby died Friday night at Medical Center Hospitals emergency room from natural causes Survivors include parents two sisters Irene and Debra Sue grandparents Mr and Mrs Rey Elizondo and maternal grandmother Isabel Valdez
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Joann Elizondo
Joe Elizondo
West Ninth
Odessa Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Howard Williams
Ivors
Irene
Debra Sue Elizondo
Reylizondo
East
Ada
Isabel Valdez
del Rio
Odessa City Council Hears Staff Organization Plan
In Odessa, city council members convene at City Hall to discuss proposed changes to the city staff organization structure. The meeting follows afternoon gatherings by local clubs and CAP group events at Sands Restaurant and the Ector County Airport headquarters.
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CAP Group
CAP
Ector County
Itrians Habited Thousands of Years Ago Reachy Fragments
Readable fragments indicate ancient peoples in early periods, noting habitation patterns and regional spread. Details are sparse but imply long term settlement and cultural presence in a broad area.
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4 & H Granite CO
Stephen Hevack
Yuletide
Ringo
Cee Beer Tal
Bec
Jeffery B. Busselle
Walter M. Bee
Price E. Barker
Harvey Arwood
Garren G Eubanks
Clifton R. Turner
Robert L. Cort W. Rattlff
Robert Lair
Mark W. Perry
Darwin F. Stevens
James A. Burfield
Kyle Miller
Arfie J. Fox
Steven D. Phillips
Rossie M. Russell
Ralph. C. Smart
Jack 8. Wasson
Gerald A. Sth
Ednad L. Armour
Loretta K. Beathard
Henry L. Bunch
Carrie E. Anderson
Wayne Austin Vinson
Augustine Garcia
Tony Vonzeill Ford
Meredith Lynn Carroll
Obla L. Blackwood
Carl W. Ratliff
Lewis Stonely Poteet
John C. Null
Clyde C. Moore
Gary Lynn Heartsfield
Willie. M. Copeland
Lorry
Donald Farrow
Joe L. White
Harvey Kornegay
Earl Lee Owens
Elles
Rangel
James C. Brown
Cinda Faye -Dacy
Vicki Jo Wren
Alvie T. Smith
Johnston
Joe T. Amason
Edwin E. Easley
Juanita M. Matte
Alfonzo V. Ramirez
Neal
Shepard
John D. Sledge
Gary L. Brewer
Robert J. Thompson
Sherie
Jay Hampton
Yollie Junior Cox
Freddie D. Boen
Irwin W. Kennedy
Norma
Danny
North Eisenhower
James C. Shorts
A Snyder
James A. ‘Burfield
North Temercary
Washington
Charles H. Zellars
North Sam Houston
Paula Ann Tigner
North Jackson
Melva Zellars
Paula Tigner
Amburgey
Judy Ann Kennedy
North Amburgey
Damave Ray Emmert
Andrews Highway
Johnny Ray Stevens
Nicky's Drive Inn
Grant
Joe Danny Kert
East 43Rd
Glenn Boswell
Damave
Thomas West Cuan
Cordova
Joe Thomas Caleman
Blossom Lene
Frank Archuleta
Roger
Inerta Nutcracker
Holcome
Ridgecrest
Mielea
LY Metrete
L. R. Light
Elsie Leamon
Robert Fullerton Williams
Crane
Davis-Morris
Brownwood
Mullin
Sheppard Funeral Home
Williams
Miller Nursing Home
Mills County
Goldthwaite
Virgie Owens
Earl Reasoner
Walter Johnson
Loop
James Pool
G. E. (Maxine) Robinson
Nigeria
West Africa
Elias Ware Ery Crane
Mose
Eudy
Mose Light
Memorial Hospital
Clarksville
Texa i
Church of God
Cooper
Kermit Cemetery
Rose
Lonnie
Endy
Wichita Falls
Harvey Eudy
Laurence
Colorado
Haze
Riverside
Calif
Sylvia Key
Oklahoma City
Sarah Weaver
Lessie Edy Doth
Green
Qjpessa
Sands ‘Restaurant
Odessa A&m Club
Wildcat
Toastmasters
Sands
Irians
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