Navajo Reservation Stranded by Snow Struggles in Arizona
Air Force helicopters searched the Navajo Reservation from Window Rock to Chinle for marooned Navajos after a storm. Dozens suffered frost bite, and one two year old reportedly died. Officials estimated up to 60,000 in distress as crews dropped food and medical supplies and moved to aid Rough Rock and Pinon regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Graves
Window Rock
Ariz
Air Force
New Mexico
Chinle
Pine Springs
Rough Rock
U.S. 66
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Northeast
Adams
United States
Pinon
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Arizona
Dogs Loose On Land Linked To Fatal Creek Attack
Scott reported seeing dogs after the attack but locating the second boy failed. Rescue squads found the eldest boy's body about 300 yards from the scene. Dr. Faulkoner ruled the death from severe blood loss due to lacerations. Earnest Floyd’s dogs, usually penned, ran loose on his land near the Goodman property line. The dogs are in the Amherst County dog warden’s custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Jack Faulkoner
Amherst County
Bryant
Earnest Floyd
Lynchburg
Goodman Land
Floyd
Goodman
Odessa American Rates and Contact Details
The Odessa American lists delivery and mail rates including home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at $1.80 per month, retail trading zone 40 cents per week, all other zones 35 cents, mail rates $20 per year $11 six months $5.40 three months and $2 per month, with single copies 10 cents daily and Saturday and 2 cents Sunday mornings. It also provides office address 222 E 4th St Odessa Texas 79760 and telephone numbers FE 7466 and LO 31440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Texas
Ector County
CRMWD Plans $3 Million Pipeline Project
Colorado River Municipal Water District directors may set a $3 million pipeline job at a Thursday meeting in Big Spring. The plan covers 33 miles from Big Spring to the Martin County well field pump station with 36 inch pipe and steel cylinder variants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Settles
Big Spring
Martin County
O. H. Ivie
Charles Normal
Perry
Odessa
Robert Lee
Jans Lake
IAB
Jarea
Colorado River
Colorado City
Mitchell County
Texas Water Rights Commission
Robert Lee Lake
CRMWD
Bridge Collapse Over Ohio River Claims Multiple Lives
A major bridge linking two states collapsed into the Ohio River at 5 p.m. Friday. A 40 year old man was recovered from a trailer truck cab among wreckage. Divers and officials described dangerous conditions and miles of river traffic disruption with up to 15 thousand onlookers.
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Holt
Cheviot
Ohio River
Max Ray
New Orleans
Ray
Ohio
William D. Falck
Army Engineers
Point Pleasant
Ohio Highway Patrol
Local beach tragedy ends in swift loss of Harold Holt
A beach party recounts Harold Holt being swept out by a treacherous tide as waves rose quickly and a lifeguard effort failed. Mrs Gillespie and Alan Stewart describe Holt's progress, then disappearance and final moment as the sea boiled into fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Gillespie
Alan Stewart
Holt
Stewart
Alan
Falls Leave Seven Injured at Local Hospital
Seven people were treated at Medical Center Hospital after weekend falls. Ruth Yarbrough 42 Juanita Iske 60 Bonnie Jean Cook 35 Audrey Ethridge 30 Angel H Lopez 72 and others suffered fractures. Sue Antley 22 fractured right ankle Louise Danley 67 fractured left leg. All in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Ruth Yarbrough
South Texas
Juanita Iske
West Second
Bonnie Jean Cook
Audrey Ethridge
Zeneta
Angel H. Lopez
Sue Antley
North
Tom Green
Louise Danley
el Paso
UT Faculty Probes Antiwar Case at Texas
University of Texas faculty committee reviews Larry Caroline antiwar remarks and two to three other matters as part of academic freedom and responsibility inquiry. Texas Board of Regents chair Frank Erwin says report could define academic responsibility and freedom with possible policy guidance by February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
Erwin
Orville Wyss
Wyss
Caroline
Odessa events listed for Chamber Optimists and theatre
A day’s agenda lists 11 AM Chamber of Commerce board meeting in the chamber board room followed by 12 noon Hi Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant with Cullen Akin as guest speaker. Evening programs include The Littlest Angel at 7 PM by the Children's Theatre and an 8 PM Odessa Prospectors meeting at First State Bank Community Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting
Board Room of Chamber of Commerce
Sands Restaurant
Cullen Akin
The
Children’s Theatre
West 42Nd
Odessa Prospectors
First State Bank Community Room
Final rites set for Thetford at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel
Edward Dewey Thetford 44 of 1406 East 38th died in a pickup crash on Interstate 20 near Crane Avenue. Funeral at Hubbard-Kelly with Rev. Leonard Hartley officiating. Burial in Big Spring City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Imjogene and two sons Eddie Gene and James. Thetford served in World War II and worked for Midwest Equipment Co. in Odessa. He was born August 27, 1923 in Marysville and moved to Odessa in 1947. His parents and several siblings also survive.
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Edward Dewey Thetford
East 38Th
Hubbard-Kelly
Leonard Hartley
Sherwood Baptist Church
Big Spring
Thetford
Midwest Equipment Co
Crane Avenue
Odessa
Marysville
Imjogene
Eddie Gene
James Thetford
Ronrfie Steen
M. S. Thetford
A. M. Thetford
Collinsville
C. D. Thetford
Gainesville
Albert Fleitman
Meunster
Kenneth Clark
JC. L. Newton
Jets Battle North Vietnam Air Defenses at Phuc Yen
North Vietnam bases at Phuc Yen direct antiaircraft and MIG defenses with a tracking system. Red Star said Russians showed how to man missiles in Hanoi during raids. Four U.S. planes were downed, raising losses to 765 over North Vietnam and 217 over the South. Dogfights show U.S. pilots with a large margin, 36 planes lost in North Vietnam versus at least 99 MIGs downed.
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Phuc Yen
North Vietnam
Red Star
Moscow
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Heart transplant patient shows signs of possible rejection
Doctors report lung changes in Washkansky as possible rejection progresses. Barnard notes treatment begun and antibiotics hold lung infection at bay while family stays hopeful and describes the patient as determined to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Washkansky
Ann
Odessa Woman Jessie Richardson Rites Planned
Final rites for Mrs. Jessie Molly Richardson 75 of 810 North Tom Green were set for 4 p.m. today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel with burial at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Okla. City cemetery. She died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a three day illness. She moved to Odessa in 1955 from Ada Oklahoma and was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include two sons Fred M. Wallace of Mesa Arizona and Ivan W. Wallace of 1201 North Tom Green. one daughter Betty Werline of Wichita Falls. two step sons Earl Richardson and Jess Richardson both of Pittsburg, Calif.. one step daughter Oma Richardson of Burbank, California. one brother. seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Joe Nathan Ingram
Odessa
Chandler Funeral Home
Chandler
Okla
Daversport
Ingram
Tanglewood
Medical Center Hospital
VFW
Jack Ingram
Clovis Ingram
Edmond
Kenneth Ingram
Santa Marina
Calif
Lee Stevens
Beggs
Orman Cheatwood
Gary Jackson
Oklahoma City
Donetta Ingram
Jessie Molly Richardson
North Tom Green
Hubbard-Kelly
Imile
Woman Found Dead in Alley in Texas
Betty Jo Tyson 37 declared dead by Justice of the Peace after being found unconscious in an alley about 10 a.m. in the 300 block of a Texas city. Autopsy ordered, resident of 414 East Pearl, services pending at Cummings Funeral Home. LaRue Mitchell 62 Brady dies after car pedestrian crash. funeral today in Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with burial at Fife Cemetery. Survivor includes daughter Billie Shaffer of Odessa.
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Betty Jo Tyson
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Texas
Williams
East Pearl
Cummings Funeral Home
Brady
LaRue Mitchell
Wilkerson Memorial
Fife
Mitchell
Brady Hospital
Billie Shaffer
Odessa
Five Alarms Answered in Weekend Fires
Firemen battled five blazes over the weekend. The Ida Mae Brown home at 804 A Hudson suffered heavy damage with one room lost to a cigarette fire. Matches caused a mattress fire at D E Everback 2701 Fair Oaks Circle. A dropped cigarette destroyed 4 mattresses at Ira Sheffield 309 West Murphy. An electric short in a light fixture damaged a dog house at Harris Lisson 1424 Meadow. Grease overheated in an oven at Delmar Hickmott 2007 Beverly.
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Ida Mae Brown
Hudson
D. E. Everback
Fair Oaks Circle
Ira Sheffield
West Murphy
Harris Lisson
Meadow
Delmar Hickmott
Beverly
Officers Seeking 2 Stolen Vehicles
Police and deputies investigated three reports of stolen vehicles. Lester Joe Norwood reported a 1956 model car taken from his home at 7305 West 27th. Jean Anderson said her 1960 model station wagon disappeared from near her Lincoln apartment. Robert Rios reported a 1964 model car stolen after parking at the Sun Down Grocery in the 400 block of South Grant.
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Lester Joe Norwood
West 27Th
Jean Anderson
North Lincoln
Robert Rios
Atlantic
Sundown
South Grant
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W. Allen Adams
Enone
B. Fisner
S. Fisher
Optometrists
the Choe
Perpetual Care
Karen Cariker
B. G. Cariker
Glenwood
Globe of the Great Southwest
Idessa
Ector County “Park Board Meeting
Park and Recreation
North Vine
American Legion
Jeanne Carroll
Timothy Walker
Midland
Timothy DeWayne Walker
L. E. Walker
Fairview Cemetery
Thomas Funeral Home
Dallas
L. Montgomery
Benjamin Palmer
Menard
Benjamin
Ben) Palmer
Hext
First Baptist Church
Mission Funeral Home
Palmer
D. Harvey Palmer
Rites
Oklahoma
JETS
Ralph Pat Rushing
C.L.A
American Amicable Life Insurance Co
Garden OF Prayer
North Texas Odessa
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