Barbara Mackle rescued after 83 hours in earth buried box
Barbara Mackle, 20 year old Emory University student, was rescued after being buried alive in a concealed box near Norcross Georgia. FBI Director Hoover announced the container had air, water, food and a lamp, and the kidnapers had taken a $500000 ransom from a Miami shopping center hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sity
Mexico
University of Miami Institute
el Hatillo
Honduras
Pm Fine
M Fine
Rank
Barbara
Frank Jackle
Emory University Coed
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Frank Mackle
McGee Road
Norcross
Atlanta
Dorsey Rainey
Gwinnett
Hoover
Mackle
Miami
Permian Panthers Fall to Reagan Raiders in Rough Showdown
In a hard fought Texas clash, Emory Bellard directed Reagan to a 17 11 win over Permian. Bellard went 7 of 9 for 111 yards, while Donald Ealey ground 77 yards on 16 carries as the Raiders held off late Permian push. Panthers graphed late life but could not overturn the deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Bellard
Donald Ealey
West Texas
Bellard
Raiders
Ealey
Central Texas
Travis Raven
Austin Reagan
Mayfield
Panthers
Cox
Hix
Cats
Reagan
Tommy Stewart
Permian
Kent Hulsey
Billy Schott
Mike Bayer
Bayer
Schott
Austin
Permin
Dennis Duckworth
Stewart
Billingsley
Travis Wright
Duckworth
Garland Childers
Odessa American Rates Notice 1940s Public Rates
The Odessa American lists subscription and single copy rates for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 2.00 per month, retail trading zone 1.90, all other zones 0.15 per week, and mail options at 20.00 per year, 11.00 for six months, 5.50 for three months, and 2.00 per month. Single copies are 1 cent daily and Saturday, 2 cents Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Ector County
District Court Divorces and hospital notes dated December 20
District Court grants divorces for a long list of pairs including Katye Sanders and Earnest Sanders Jr and Anne Smith with Robert Smith. The page lists patients admitted and discharged on December 20, several births with names and weights, and city traffic accidents with names, ages, addresses, and damages. The report mixes court actions with medical and traffic records from Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District
Katye Mae Sanders
Earnest Sanders Jr
Anne Smith
Robert A. Smith
Carolyn Hill
Charles
William Hill
Janelle Potts
Paul Potts
Gayle Myers
Terry Dean Myers
Dorothy McAlister Ballard
Witmer Eugene Ballard
Martha June Guthrie
E J. Guthrie
Joe Eldon Pierce
Mildred Lavon Pierce
Wilma Jean Moore Gann
George E. Gann
Charles D. Witherspoon
Jewell. Witherspoon
Kenneth E. Perry
Patricia W. Perry
Carolyn ‘Ann Aaacks
James Edwin Meeks
Joyce Joan Gilstrap
Flonta L. Gilstrap
Mary Anita. Schulze
Ben Erwin Schulze
Patricia Ann Rinaca
Charles Michael
Rinaca
Loretta Morgan
Billy Ray
Morgan
Jessie V. Armitice
al Davis
Armitice
Girl Injured In Accident In Odessa
A 17 year old Odessa girl Martha Ann Franklin sustained cuts and abrasions in a two car crash at the Dixie and Electric intersection Friday night. She rode as a passenger in a 1955 sedan driven by 19 year old Roy William Harmon. The other car fled the scene. Harmon reported a car to his right tried a left turn and scraped his car. Franklin was treated at Medical Center Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Martha Ann Franklin
East 27Th
Dixie
Electric
Miss Franklin
Roy William Harmon
East Second
Harmon
Medical Center Hospital
Accident Kills Texas Couple near Leesville
Mr and Mrs Ralph C Carr of Austin Texas were killed when their car skidded on a rain slick Louisiana road 8 12 miles east of Leesville. Mrs Carr died at the scene and Mr Carr died en route to a hospital after the car rolled over several times. police listed their Austin address as 514 Dawson Road.
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Leesville
Ralph C. Carr
Austin
Tex
Rainslick
Louisiana
Carr
Carrs
Dawson Road
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr Dies in St Louis at 54
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr widow of the St. Louis Post‑Dispatch editor died Saturday afternoon of cancer at her home in St Louis. A Philadelphia native, 54, she helped form a major private art collection with two portraits in it. She co directed the State Door Canteen during World War II and was famed as hostess and cook. Survived by her husband and son Joseph Pulitzer IV, plus parents and siblings. Memorial gifts to St Louis Neighborhood Association. Funeral plans incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer Jr
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Philadelphia
Louise Vauelain
Pulitzer
America
Lulu
American Theater Wing
John R. Klotz
Samuel M. Vauclain III
William E. Vauclain
Firemen Battle House Blaze in Odessa Suburb
Odessa firemen responded to a major house fire at 4208 Fernwood on Saturday afternoon. Resident Ben Richards reported an extension cord in his bedroom shorted and started the fire. Bedroom and contents were a total loss. smoke caused extensive damage to the rest of the brick house. Three Odessa units worked 30 minutes using 30 gallons of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Fernwood
Ben Richards
Police Probe Three Thefts
Odessa police detectives Saturday were investigating three thefts. Mary Hernandez James reported her 1957 station wagon stolen while shopping at a market. Joe Castello said a portable television was stolen from a Storehouse in his yard. Betty Fesperman said nine guns worth about 500 dollars were taken from a case after an unlocked bedroom window was entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Mary Hernandez James
West Lindberg
Joe Castello
Betty Fesperman
McKnight
Man Hurt From Fall At Barbecue Spot On Andrews Highway
John Ramos 45 of 110 Kennedy Drive was treated at Medical Center Hospital Saturday for a broken right ankle after tripping and falling over a fence on the premises of a barbecue restaurant in the 3100 block of Andrews Highway around 7 am. He was admitted in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ramos
Kennedy Drive
Medical Center Hospital
Ramos
Andrews Highway
Odessa Woman Dies Saturday
The Odessa community mourns Thelma May Davis 53 of 1711 West 13th who died Saturday after a month long illness at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services Monday at 11 a.m. Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lucian Rudd officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survived by three sisters and worked at Piccadilly Cafeteria. Born in Oklahoma City March 7 1915. A Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma May Davis
West 13Th
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral ‘Home
Lucian Rudd
Belmont Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Davis
Odessa
Piccadilly
Oklahoma City
Ruth’ Rikli
North Eidson
Louis Lubbes
Wanda Williams
Houston
Monahans
Gus Davis Bryant
Ward Memorial Hospital
Church of Christ
15Th
Alien
Johnny Williams
Hammond Funeral Home
Gulf Oil Co
Bryant
Cooper
Florita
8. E. Edwards
Westridge
Sam E. Bryant
O. H. Bryant
Colorado City
G. C. Whitefield
C. L. Woods
Lubbock
Q. D. Sheppard
Grand Prairie
Molly Bryant
Presswood Frederick R. Dies. WWI Veteran 71
Frederick R. Presswood 71 died at 7 15 a m Saturday at Veterans Hospital Big Spring. Funeral at 2 p m Monday Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Elvis Barrington. burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Born Oct 28 1897 Madison County. U S Army WWI European Theater veteran. Survived by widow, one daughter Mrs James S Spence Norfolk Va, two sisters Mrs Johnny Mills San Angelo and Mrs Lula Gotcher Merizon, two grandchildren.
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Presswood
Tyler
Monahans
Midland
James S. Spence
Norfolk
Johnny Mills
San Angelo
Lula Gotcher
Merizon
Winds Continue To Plague Texas State Roads
The warm front made driving hazardous across southeast northeast central and northern Texas as late Christmas shoppers faced miserable travel. Police and the Texas Department of Public Safety prepared for a high toll of accidents statewide. Dust covered West Texas from Big Spring to Midland and moved north to Lubbock and Amarillo while fog thickened over Mineral Wells Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls Tyler Longview and Lufkin. Light rain fell at Junc tion Lufkin McKinney Greenville and Texarkana with El Paso and Wink clear. Thunderstorms formed as a Pacific cold front advanced and moved northeast by dusk, dropping temperatures from .10 to 25 degrees.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
West Texas
Big Spring
Midland
Lubbock
Amarillo
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Tyler
Longview
Lufkin
Odessa Soldier Dies in Vietnam and Other Local Obituaries
Final rites set for Ronald G. Saffell in Odessa with 2 p.m. service at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Soldier with the 1st Air Cavalry, 19, resident of Odessa, survived by parents and siblings. died near Saigon after April 2 arrival. Roe Baker of Marfa died in a pickup crash near Eunice NM. services 2 p.m. Monday in Eunice Cemetery. survived by brother Buck. Horace A. Stanford of Andrews dies after surgery. services pending. long-time Humble Oil Field supervisor. survived by wife Billie Ruth, children Roger and Jerry, and other relatives.
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Ronald G. Saffell
Odessa
Vietnam
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Saffell
H. A. Saffell
West 14Th
Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
Fort Lewis
Wash
Odessa High School
1St Air Cavalry
Larry Saffell
San Francisco
Calif
Jim Cherry
Dallas
J. C. Jackson
Midland
MARFA
Roe Baker
Eunice
N. M
Kelley Funeral Home
Baker
Here
U. S. 67
J. H. Cass
Runnels County
Buck Baker
Ackerly
Billie Ruth Valentine
Clovis
N.M
Roger L. Stanford
Jerry Wayne Stanford
Andrews
Sherry Stanford
Jayton
Bonnie Stanford
Lubbock
Oleta Bryan
Curtis V. Stanford
Hobbs
Services Set For Odessan Dowl Reaves Final Rites
Services announced for Dowl Reaves of Odessa at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel at 4 pm Monday with Rev J B Dolan officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Reaves died Saturday at his home after a brief illness Born November 16 1900 in Louisiana he moved to Odessa in 1943 He is survived by two sons Gerald and another with addresses listed a sister and three more relatives in Odessa Monahans and Tyler
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Midland
Thomas A. Keele
Midland Memorial Hospital
Ellis Funeral Home
Ross Payne
Cotton Flat Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Keele
Runnels County
Stanton
Air Terminal
W. T. Keele
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Kenneth Keele
Odessa
R. V. Benton
Fort Worth
Joe C. Sparks
D. R. Gardner
Tex Thurman
Dowl Reaves
West Third
Hubbard- Kelly
J. B. Dolan
Grandview Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Reaves
Justice of the
J. A. Purifoy
Louisiana
Earline Freeman
Ada
Okla
Monahans
The
Baptist
Loon
North Lincoln
Gerald
West
Melba Morgan
Tyler
Judy Laird
Harlingen
Apollo 8 flight update and first TV plans
Spacecraft from Apollo 8 continues its mission around the moon. NASA reports the crew evaluated booster proximity and fired attitude thrusters to increase separation. They prepared for a Sunday 2 51 p m EST television transmission showing earth and moon visuals. The S4B booster performed a slingshot maneuver around the moon to place itself into a solar orbit while the service propulsion engine tuned the flight path adding speed.
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Moon
Earth
Borman
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Croreunic
Fromelela i
Billy Breed
Bellard and Company
Ector County Commissioner Court
Uttra Film Styling
Jewelers
Grant
Great Oil Basin Center
Circulation Department
A.m
Don J. George
Mildred N. Whearton
Debra Denise Clark
Dana Hemphill
Ginger G. Sousley
James W. Allen
Edwin R. Warrington
Ian Finch Jr
Robert L. Ronson
Clyde Cotton
Mary B. Tripp
Wm. J. Andrews
Rene Mendoza
Isrngel G. Chavez
Eloy A. Prado
W. Carl Robinson
Lorie
Ann Cryer
Lewis W. Alexander
Relford Smith
Mark Norman
Elaine . Hook
Harold Armstrong
John W. Ward
Roland Francis Sullivan
James A. Matheny
Richard L. Miller
Abundio H. Martinez
James Stubblefield Jr
Elizabeth D Ingram
Donald McKee
James D._ Thomason
Aars
Ivy W. Coble
Frank J. Herbold
Kittle B. Smith
Bobby —. Allman
Hermon E. Ezelle
Ralph Woods
Loyd R. Hubbard
Jose R. Hernandez
Robert C. Beck
Jean Ann Carris
J. M. Cross
Cynthia Ann Kirby
Rachelle Lawrence
Frances Womack
Denise Ann Stolan
Becky J. Ratcliffe
Jerry Edward Baker
Paul Smott Smith
Nicholas Paul Prime
Baby
Pete Deanda Jr
James D. Elloitt
Gene Raymond Osborn
Garl. W. James
Henderson
Gary L. Finch Jr
Englewood
James W Allen
West 2St
Adam Gonzales
Jackson
Clements
Medie Griffith
Milton
East Fifth
Dorothy Davis Daniels
Allred
Darmage
Grandview
Omar E. Parker
Bonham
A. W. Childress
East 10Th
Mary Lindsey
Pleasant
Betty Sheffield Norman
Larry Gale Johnson
North
Washington
Roger Eugene Gresham
Cummings
Halley
Richard Adams
West List
John Lofton
Lincoln
William Harmon
East
Ato
H&h Granite CO
Stephen Hobeck
Gwin
Bubba
Bring
Alpine
Bubba) Kring
Sul Ross State College
Geeslin
Elm Grove
Frederick R. Presswood
H. A. Stanford
Odessan
Gus D. Bryant
Mose Adkinson
Singleton Funeral Home
Gussie Travis
Lawton
Janie Hardman
Emma Davis
Mexia
George Cotton
California
Clarence G. Ditto
Nalley-Pickle Funeral
Rosewood Chapel
E. G. Newcomer
Knott Baptist Church
Trinity Memorial Park
Ditto
Howard County
Waco
Clemmie Cockrell
Memphis
Ione Son
Cecil Autrey
Helen H. Scott
Ln Kelley
Helen Hartnett Scott
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Alfred L. Gavan
Marfa’s Catholic Cemetery
Fort Davis
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