Permian Wins State Crown In Epic 4-A Title Battle
The Permian Panthers defeated San Antonio Lee 11 to 6 at San Angelo Stadium to claim the 1965 Class 4-A state football championship. A dramatic finish saw Tony Conley tackle Pat Sheehan at midfield with two seconds left, sealing the victory before 15 000 crowd.
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Odessa
Divine Right
San Antonio Lee
San Angelo Stadium
Lee Volunteers
Pat Sheehan
Permian
Tony Conley
Sheehan
Permian High School
Panthers
San Antonio
Robert E. Lee
Gale Maxwell
Danny Edwards
Ricky White
David Routh
Larry Walsh
Ricky Jump
Youth Killed In Stockton Auto Smashup
A 19 year old college student from Sanderson was killed in a two car wreck near Fort Stockton. Five other persons were injured including three Fort Stockton youths and a 35 year old resident. Michael Scott McAllister of Texas Western University died from head injuries after being tossed against the dash and windshield.
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Sanderson
Michael Scott McAllister
Texas Western University
el Paso
McAllister
Kenneth McAllister
Terry Gille
Glen Draper
Hank Hardwick
Harold Hollingsworth
Fred Capers
Gille
Rhodesia Moves Against Oil Embargo and Debt
Rhodesia retaliates against the British oil embargo by cutting off petroleum to Zambia and refusing to honor certain debts. Premier Ian Smith calls Britain’s asset seizure an act of robbery and signals partial nonpayment of external debt while citing $362.4 million total. Gemini 7 astronauts Borman and Lovell return to Earth after a historic space mission and reception.
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UPI
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Zambia
Britain
Ian Smith
Bank of England
Lovell
Borman
Earth
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Johnson
Orphans Fill A House With 18 Children
Odessa American notes a home crowded with 18 orphans and 15 newly orphaned children. Despite gloom, residents maintain resilience and daily routines in a crowded shelter setting.
Hanoi accuses U S of peace talk hoax
Hanoi levels a charge that a North Vietnamese peace feeler was a hoax while Italians involved insist Ho Chi Minh spoke of willingness to negotiate. They say cease fire talks could begin immediately under 1954 Geneva accords without U.S. troop withdrawal as a precondition.
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Pham
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la Pira
Primicerio
Dean Rusk
Washington
VNA
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Pham van Dong
Amintore Fanfani
U.N. General Assembly
Fanfani
Johnson
Souveny Weather Forecast From Weather Bureau
Soueneny cloudiness today to night becomes partly cloudy. Cold again with a slight warm-up Monday. Winds 5-15 miles per hour.
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S. Weather Bureau
Viet Cong Fire Strikes Saigon Near Downtown
Viet Cong used mortar fire and heavy automatic weapons against an outlying area of Cho Lon near Saigon shortly before midnight. No casualties were reported though the attack marked the first mortar assault on the capital. The incident followed a dusk to dawn curfew for U.S. personnel amid rising violence.
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Cho Lon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Ozona Youth Dies Parents Hurt In Crash
A five year old Ozona boy Romaldo Tambung died and his parents were injured in a one car crash on FM Road 163 seven point six miles south of Ozona. His mother Fortuno Tambunga Jr. 21 suffered multiple injuries and was moved from Crockett County hospital to Shannon Hospital San Angelo. His father 26 was listed in fair condition. The car skid on rain slick pavement at a curve and overturned. Services set for 4 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Ozona. Burial at Ozona Cemetery Janes Funeral Home. Survivors include the parents and two brothers Kim John and Gene.
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Here
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Crockett County Memorial Hospital
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Crockett County Memorial
Joe Brownlee
Robert Brown
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Ozona Cemetery
Janes Funeral Home
Kim John
Gene
Bob Hope to write daily Viet Nam tour series
Hollywood comedian Bob Hope prepares a 14 part dispatch from Southeast Asia to be carried in The Odessa American. He jokes about leaving for holidays with shots passport and PX card as he heads to entertain U S servicemen and aid negotiations with LBJ backing his humor.
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America
Southeast Asia
U.S
Odessa American
Hollywood
Air Force
Viet Nam
White ‘House
Johnson
LBJ
North Hollywood
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