Speaker Frank M Pool to lead joint Odessa civic meeting
Frank M Pool founder and president of a general oil field contracting firm will speak at a noon meeting of five Odessa civic clubs at the Inn of Golden West Ballroom. About 200 men expected for the Christmas gathering with Pool discussing religion in countries traveled, illustrated by slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Pool
Inn of Golden West
Odessa Kiwanis Club
Odessa Jaycees
Downtown American Business Club
Odessa Rotary
Downtown Lions Club
Pool
J. Camden Chancellor
W. K. Williamson
Downtown Lions
Jack McElmurry
Odessa Kiwanis
Larry Melton
Jaycees
Lou Brahn
Downtown Abc
George Harris
Texas A&m University
Pool Co
SMU Receives 1 Million Gift for Law Library Project
Mr and Mrs George M Underwood Jr of Dallas pledge 1 million toward SMU law library as part of a 4 5 million quadrangle project including Florence Hall renovations and library equipment and furnishings costing 3 8 million the campaign opened by Dean Charles O Galvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
George M. Underwood Jr
Southern Methodist University
Charles O. Galvin
SMU Law School
Florence Hall
Texas lawmaker slams Kennedy on border worker bill
UPI reported Texan Rep. O C Fisher of San Angelo criticized Senator Edward Kennedy for proposing a plan to register Mexican green card workers and limit cross border hiring. Fisher said Kennedy lacks practical insight into border town problems and urged focus on Massachusetts issues. Te xas Rep Eligio de la Garza questioned the bill’s constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Texas
O. C. Fisher
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Fisher
House
San Angelo
Kennedy
Department of Labor
Sim
Ilar
U.S
Massachusetts
Mexico-U.s
Eligio
Ki 1
Heart Transplant Recipient Battles Pneumonia in South Africa
Cape Town doctors report Louis Washkansky, who received history’s first human heart transplant two weeks ago, is fighting mild pneumonia in both lungs. He is on penicillin and immunosuppressive therapy as Dr. Christian Barnard monitors his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
UPI
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Barnard
Winter Storm Strikes West Texas Harming Three Men
Campbell reports three men injured after a car and helicopter evacuation to a bus. Victims lay on cots in a recreation hall as first aid staff from the substation treated them. About 36 families in the area aid the injured while Patrolman Johnny Koonze remained at the scene. Snow and sleet reduce visibility on U.S. 180 in one of the state's worst winter storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Johnny Koonze
West Texas
U.S. 180
Bridge Collapse Traps Drivers as Ohio River Span Falls
Eyewitness accounts detail the sudden break on the Ohio River bridge as vehicles plunged into the water. Edmondson and Needham survived by clinging to debris and escaping through windows. Towe was missing. Local bystanders and a high school student witnessed the catastrophe and its chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmondson
William M. Needham Jr
Ashboro
N.C
R. E Towe
Dallas Kayser
Point Pleasant
Kayser
Ann Davis
Kanauga
W. Va
Ohio
Publication billing and delivery rates in Odessa American
The Odessa American lists subscription prices for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 1.80 per month, retail zone 40c per week, all other zones 35c, mail rates 20 verr, 11 per 6 months, 3 months 550 and 2.00 per month, with single copies 10c for daily Saturday and Sunday mornings. Contact numbers FE 74661 or LO 31440 are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gally
Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Texas
Ector County
Storm paralyzes Texas highways and shelves in El Paso
Weather reports show widespread wintry conditions across West Texas. Roads west of the Pecos River slowed to a near standstill while El Paso stores emptied and police logged over 200 traffic accidents. A cattle truck and four cars blocked a freeway, with one injury.
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Abilene
Alpine
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Mineral Wells
Tyler
Waco
Austin
Beaumont
Port Arthur
College Station
Corpus Christi
Midland
San Angelo
Victoria
Wichita Falls
Department of Public Safety
Pecos River
el Paso
Amarillo
Dalhart
Dallas- Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
District Court Divorces and Civil Suits Noted in Local Record
The record lists divorces granted including Nella Harding versus Julian Harding and multiple others, plus civil suits filed such as Cynett v Bassham and Montez v Chevrolet. Medical center reports Dec 15 admissions and discharges, with numerous named patients and births. City traffic accidents tallied with locations, damages, and involved drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Nella Harding
Julian L. Harding
William D. Dieu Jr
Edna Dieu
Virginia Starks
G. Wesley Starks
Homer Brant
Pheby Brant
Loice Childress
Bruce Childress
Diana Moncrief
William Moncrief
Daisey Irene Swinney
James Eudell Swinney
Owen Cotton
Mary Cotton
Bertha Mae Robinson
J. W. Ferrell Robinson
Dennis McCoy
Elizabeth McCoy
Margie Torrez
George Torrez
Jeannie Faye Arnold
James A. Arnold
LaNelle Birmingham
James E. Birmingham
Dennis Joe Cynett
Lanier
Vestal Bassham
Aneseto Montez
George Young
Chevrolet
Harold Green Henderson
Medical Center Hospital
Lula E. Halbrooks
William F. McGee
Roy Lee Brewer
Bennie B. Mathis
Carlos C. Carrasco
Edward L. Langford
Three Injured In Ice Road Smashups On State Roads
Three people were hurt in traffic mishaps on ice covered streets Saturday none seriously. B O Worley 43 of 2202 Catalina suffered head cuts when his pickup overturned south of State 181 three miles north of State 302 at a bar ditch. Perry Phillips 20 of Midland was admitted for facial cuts. Ennis M Atwood of Andrews reported minor injuries in a two car crash in the 900 block of North Graftt involving Robert G Atwood 54 of Andrews and Hammond Rexroat 49 of Terre Haute Ind.
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Kenneth W., Starkey
Seminole
Jackie L. Wilson
Tisdale
Oy A LaCombe
Douglas
Donald Ellis West
Tower Circle
Gir
Byron
Paul Eugene Hatfield
Patton
Johnny Farrell Hubbard
Sandalwood
Dixie
Terre Haute
Incl
Ennis M. Atwood
West County Road
Clements
Raymond Hugh Lee
Stoddard
Horace Eugene Loftin
West 10Th
Howard D. Smith
East 15Th
Odessa Oon
South Jackson
Idlewood
James Robert Leeton Jr
Crescent
Clarita Johnson
Glenwood
A. P. Airey
Dawn
Hancock
Tom Worth Moore
North Hancock
Marilyn Bland Hatfield
Jackson
LaJuie Guthrie
West 12Th
Otis E. Brasfield
West Hulmont
Patsy Thomas Martin
West Fourth
Harless
Mattie Parrish Tredway
West Third
Betty Hyatt Sandel
Springdale
Jimmie Lucas Swanner
Winchester
Gary Howard Hutchins
Everglade
Idamage
Beaty
Janet Chambers Cate
West
Earlene L. Brewer
Michael Patrick Starr
Pershing
Whitaker
Lloyd H. Chamlin
Alabama
David Garland Hall
East
Rowland — Dala Alan Henson
Castle Road
William C. Pendleton
Andrews
A. H. Dye
Adams
David Chase Jr
Green
Washinton
Everett Gay Guest
North Graham
James Pitch Ford Paxson
West 19Th
Laredo
Matamoras
Perfecto V
B. O. Worley
Catalina
State 181
State 302
Medical Center Hospital
Worley
Perry Phillips
Midland
Tom Green
North Graftt
Robert Gerald Atwood
Hammond Rexroat
Ind
Grant
Atwood
Rexroat
Four Injured In Accidents
Four people were injured in separate Saturday incidents and taken to Medical Center Hospital. Wayne Cope aged 49 of Goldsmith suffers a broken vertebra from a fall. Winnie Hagler, 70 of 311 Conet Drive, hurts a fractured left hip from a home fall. Judy O Neal, 16 from 1569 Englewood suffers a broken collarbone after stepping from a car. Pat Slaney, 20 of 903 Del Rio breaks a thumb when caught in a grinding machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Wayne Cope
Goldsmith
Winnie Hagler
Conet Drive
Judy O'Neal
J. J. O'Neal
Englewood
Pat Slaney
del Rio
Texas highway deaths fall slightly in 1966 tally
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports year end highway deaths running 2 percent behind 1965 pace and fatal wrecks down 1 percent. Total deaths reach 3,039 for the year, versus 3,097 last year, with 2,499 fatal accidents compared to 2,523 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPS
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Aid To Missions Upgrades With Radioteletype Network
In New Delhi the foreign office announced to Parliament that forty nine Indian diplomatic missions overseas now have radioteletype to receive reports from the home foreign office, improving communication for foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Home Foreign Office
Parliament
Odessan Virgil Bailey La Salle Dies After Illness
Odessan Virgil Bailey La Salle 58 died Saturday morning at Medical Center Hospital after a three day illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with Rev. W Strickland officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. La Salle was a Bowden Construction Co foreman and a 32nd degree Mason. He is survived by his wife Rachael Simmon five brothers and one sister. He was born February 15 1909 in Clay County Illinois and moved to Odessa from Pampa in 1947. He was a Presbyterian Church member.
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Virgil Bailey
Cadillac) LaSalle
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard- Kelly
Chenes
Rev. W. Strickland
Hest Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
LaSalle
West
Bowden Construction Co
Clay County
Ill
Rachael Simmon
van Horn
Odessa
Pampa
Presbyterian Church
J. V. LaSalle
Ada
Okla
Jack LaSalle
Leroy LaSalle
Carthage
R. A LaSalle
Lovelock
Nev
Fred LaSalle
Nashville, Ark
William ‘Kutalek
Houston
Odessa Man Ingram Services Pend At Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home
Joseph Nathan feeren 72 died after a two day illness at Medical Center Hospital. He lived at 1445 Tanglewood Odessa retired from construction and served in WWI. Survivors include three sons Clovis Ingram Edmond OK Kenneth Ingram Santa Maria CA four daughters and several relatives. Hallie Levi Adamson 75 died at home in Alpine from natural causes. He was a WWI veteran and VFW member with services pending at Geeslin Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Beatrice three daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren. Josie Rebecca Weyerts 72 longtime Alpine resident died in Brewster Memorial Hospital. Funeral at First Christian Church with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. she was born in Robert Lee and moved to Alpine 67 years ago. Survivors include two daughters one son one sister and many grandchildren.
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Hubbard-Kelly
Joe Nathan Feeren
Medical Center Hospital
Ingram
Tanglewood
Odessa
Chandler
Okla
VFW
Jack Ingram
Clovis Ingram
Edmond
Kenneth Ingram
Santa
Hallie Levi Adamson
Alpine
Adamson
Oklahoma
VFW Post
Geeslin Funeral Home
Beatrice
Rosie
Elizabeth
Mildred
Hallie Adamson Jr
Tulsa
Monroe
Kerrville
Jasper Adamson
Mary Martinez
Big Spring
Kate Dominguez
Carlsbad
N.M
Josephine Galindo
Charlie Loya Jr
Rudy Loya
Kermit
Jim Adamson
Proma
Josie Rebecca Weyerts
First Christian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Elm Grove Cemetery
Weyerts
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Robert Lee
Fritz E. Weyerts
John S. Weyerts
G. W. Archer
Maria
Fred Williams
Fritz Bill Weyerts
Doshua Wakel
Marshall
Alice McNeil Clyde
Alice McNeil
Clyde
Church of Christ
Bailey Funeral Home
Odessan Leonard Hale to be laid to rest Monday
Funeral services for Leonard Peter Hale a longtime Odessa resident and World War I veteran will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Rev Roy Edgeman of Second Baptist Church will officiate Hale born August 29 1898 in Princeton died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring He moved to Odessa in 1948 from Grand Prairie Hale married Grace Buchanan in 1918 and is survived by Grace two daughters Mrs Warren Burnett of Country Club Estates Mrs Bruce Jackson of Dallas a son Edward Hale of 311 East 38th one brother R J Hale of 2723 North Adams 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Peter Hale
Odessa
Grand Prairie
Second Baptist Church
Hale
Princeton
Grace
Warren Burnett
Country Club Estates
Bruce Jackson
Dallas
Edward Hale
East 38Th
R. J. Hale
North Adams
Rites Pending For Odessan Mrs Jessie Richardson
Odessa notices list funeral pending for Mrs. Jessie Molly Richardson 75 of 810 North Tom Green who died Saturday after a three day illness. She came to Odessa in 1955 from Ada Oklahoma and belonged to the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Services at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with survivors including two sons a daughter two step children a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Molly Richardson
North Tom Green
Medical Center Hospital
Richardson
Odessa
Ada
Okla
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funera
Fred M. Wallace
Mesa, Ariz
Ivan W. Wallace
Betty Werline
Wichita Falls
Earl Richardson
Jess Richardson
Pittsburg
Oma Richardson
Burbank
Calif
Guy Grawley
Ardmore
Oklo
Teachers Oppose Annexation In Greater Israel Plan
A coalition of university and school teachers writers and artists formed to oppose annexing land from the June War era arguing that a Greater Israel would endanger the Jewish character of the state and its humanitarian and democratic nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
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B. Fisner
S. Fisher
Optometrists
North Grant
Contat
Raps Kennedy
the Odessa
Accutron Watches
Mother's Rings
Groves Jewelers
Edward Dewey Thetford
Crane Avenue
Thetford
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Forey As
Ame Aedrete
Granada
West Shell
Aeadow
Dwayne Allen Carpenter
Verde
George Samuel Chaffin
Eosteth
Dale
Lee Howard Moench
Wildwood
Tamara Julia Storey
Woodhaven
Johnnie Gaye Odges
Eye
Halifax
le Howard Moench
Third
Elliott
Richard Paul Freeman
Overton
D. W. Hames
Darmage
Caserly Oa Andsey
Patricia
Wardie
Alcorntil
Beverly
Oakwood
David Lee Tindall
Cambridge
Waylon B. Cleckler
East Everglade
Oan
Roy Vee Boskin
Parker Drive
Francisco Jimenez Ruiz
East 25Th
Bolt
Pittsburgh
William E. Brazier
East 11Th
Ray Leon Hillhouse
Bonham
Don Cornel Lynn
West 24Th
Lawrence Curtis Bates
Canees Everglade
Camilla & Drobish
Costie
Road
Randall Jay Kessler
North Colonial
Odessan
Mrs
Josie Weyerts
Genord Jones
Genard Jones
Eastside
Fairview J
Thomas Funeral Home
Jones
Norvell
Robert Jones Sr
Stanton
Timothy Walker
Dessa
Sands Restaurant
Odessa A&m Club
The
Sands
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