Grant funds to boost Permian Basin police training
Gov. Preston Smith approves a 35733 grant to advance regional police training in the Permian Basin. Funds flow through the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission from the Criminal Justice Council to contract with the City of Midland Police Academy for two 480 hour basic peace officer certification courses and at least 12 four hour in service training courses for regional police agencies.
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Austin 4Staff
Preston Smith
Permian Basin
Smith
City of Midland Police Academy
Two thefts investigated by Odessa Police Friday
The Odessa Police looked into two burglaries on Friday. Bobby J. Perry reported his car at Spur Cafe on Andrews Highway was broken into with a guitar and case stolen. Gean Ballew claimed a pistol was taken from his East 1th home during the day. A defrauding an innkeeper charge was filed in Ector County Court against H. D Davis of Lamesa for paying July 24 lodging with a bogus 14.42 check at Holiday Inn on East SHwy. 80. No arrest had been made.
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Odessa
Bobby J. Perry
Andrews Highway
Spur
West County
Gean Ballew
East
Ector County
H. D Davis
Lamesa
Holiday Inn
Shwy
Big Bend Unit Receives $59,830 Federal Grant
Gov. Preston Smith approved a $59,830 federal anti poverty grant to Big Bend Community Action Committee in Marfa. The funds support a community development program across Fort Davis Marfa Alpine Marathon and Presidio, funding street paving indoor plumbing student aid at Sul Ross State University elderly transportation and periodic doctor visits in Marathon along with low income housing in Presidio.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Big Bend
Christmas Bonus: A Generous Gift From Genesee Jewelry
Sam L. Majors Jewelers promotes Christmas bonus checks as expressions of goodwill and urges customers to invest the gift. The piece notes a long work week history, praises saving, and showcases a jewelry selection at 2732 N Grandview with contact numbers.
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Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Carl
Custon
Iver
Sam L. Majors
Navy arms cost-cutter Gordon Rule pressured to retire
The Navy quickly reassigned Gordon Rule after his Senate testimony criticizing President Nixon’s shipbuilder appointment. Adm. Isaac Kidd Jr. sought Rule’s retirement, saying he lost confidence in Rule’s judgment, while Rule vowed to fight and not sign retirement papers despite the pressure. The Pentagon confirmed the reassignment from director of Navy procurement control.
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Navy
Gordon Rule
Senate
Nixon
Pentagon
Adm
Isaac Kidd Jr
Rule
Kidd
Admiral Kidd
Navy Procurement Control
Jerry Friedheim
Eisenhower
Rule criticizes Navy over delays in Litton contract
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the Navy of a cruel reprisals against a truthful employee. Rule testifies that Litton Industries delays and cost overruns plague a multimillion-dollar shipbuilding contract. Nixon appoints Roy Ash to budget post. Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex cited. Kidd temporarily reassigns Rule to Navy procurement control retirement.
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William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate
House
Navy
Litton Industries
Nixon
Litton
Roy Ash
Offshore oil lease bids may all be accepted after review
New Orleans AP The government may accept nearly all of 119 offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and gas bids totaling 1.673 billion dollars after further review. Decisions on 113 bids were reached, with final determinations possible after Christmas. Tracts span from south of Lake Charles to Main Pass, depths 200 to 300 feet.
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Bureau of Land Management
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Treasury
Gulf
Alaska
Lake Charles
Texas Line
Main Pass
Mississippi River
Ex Lea County Assessor Named NM Deputy Director
Gov Bruce King named former Lea County Assessor Gaile H Hooper as deputy director of the State Property Appraisal Department. Hooper succeeds Cecil Picket who became director after Haskell Smith retired. Hooper has been assistant secretary for federal programs at the Department of Hospitals and Institutions since March 1970 and has twice led the New Mexico Association of Counties.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
Lea County
Gailen H. Hooper
Hooper
Cecil Picket
Haskell Smith
Department of Hospitals and Institutions
Lea
New Mexico Association of Counties
Calif man in critical but improved condition after crash
A 20 year old California man Daniel Scott Dunlar was critically injured with head injuries in a two car crash near Balmorhea on Wednesday. Vernon Paul Akin 25 from Palm Springs reported in satisfactory condition with chest pains at Pecos Memorial Hospital.
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California
Odessa
Medical Center
Daniel Scott Dunlar
Balmorhea
Vernon Paul Akin
Palm Springs
Calif
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Santa thieves strike at Lone Star packages
In Big Spring Texas the holiday mischief ends with a theft from a residence. Curtis Reynolds found mail box packages wrapped in Christmas paper filled with rocks. Police investigated the incident as a local theft case and emphasized securing mail and decorations to prevent further loss.
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Big Spring
Tex
Santa Claus
Curtis Reynolds
Reynolds
Two Damage Suits Filed in Odessa Courts
Two lawsuits were filed Friday in 70th and 161st District Courts. Fred W. Cook of Odessa sues Kate-Line, Inc. for 921 dollars claiming unreimbursed company expenses after serving as a salesman. Larry Yarbrough of Andrews sues Gibson's Discount Center, Inc. for 15000 dollars over his daughter’s arrest for alleged theft on December 27, 1971.
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Fred W. Cook
Odessa
Kate-Line, Inc
Larry Yarbrough
Andrews
Gibson's Discount Center, Inc
Two Charged In Kidnapping Of Amanda Dealey
Two men face state kidnapping charges after abducting Amanda Dealey in Dallas. Bond set at 100000 each. Mrs Dealey, gagged and bound, was dumped behind a barrier after a rambling terrorizing ordeal with calls demanding money and a Friday deadline.
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Mayhew
Mandy
Ransonettes
Bond
Bombing Report Details North Vietnam Casualties and Damage
Reports from Hanoi Haiphong describe widespread damage to civilian property including Bach Mai Hospital as U S bombings continue. Indian British French and Swedish embassies claim damages while U S airmen missing totals rise to 43 with 36 crewmen unaccounted.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Surendra Pal Singh
New Delhi
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U.S
Singh
Foreign Ministry
Bai Mai
North
Surviving Andes Crash Told by Canessa and Crew
A survivor describes the Plane crash in the Andes and the crew’s struggle at 12000 feet near San Fernando. They wired a makeshift antenna to hear stations, endured two snowstorms, and rationed heat and water while awaiting rescue.
OEP Urges More Heating Oil Production
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness urged refineries to convert more crude into heating oil and less into gasoline to ease the Midwest fuel shortage. George A. Lincoln said the industry should maximize distillate capacity while railroads expedite propane car movements. The Midwest faces shortages due to late harvests wet weather and high moisture, with governors forming task forces to coordinate suppliers and customers. Propane and natural gas drying needs loom as crops remain unsheltered and require substantial drying fuels.
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Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
George A. Lincoln
OEP
Lincoln
Way
Midwest
Iowa
Ohio
Nebraska
Minnesota
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Odessa American publication and subscription rates notice
The Odessa American published daily and Sunday from 229 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79769 and is a second class matter under the 1879 act. Subscriptions show home delivery in Odessa and Ector County 2500 per month and other zones 2000 per month with various weekly and yearly rates. Single copy prices are listed for daily Saturday and Sunday editions.
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Odessa
Man Held Over Viet Connection Heroin Ring Case
A 31 year old man was ordered held for grand jury action in a Vietnam connection heroin scheme. Thomas E. Sutherland faces charges of using fake military documents and impersonating an Army Sergeant after his Dec. 11 arrest at Andrews Air Force Base. Agents whispered of heroin smuggling hidden in cadavers of dead U.S. service members from Vietnam, part of an eight year operation buying Thai heroin for 1700 a kilo and reclaiming it at 20000 a kilo.
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Baltimore
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Clarence E. Goetz
Thomas E. Sutherland
Sutherland
Castle Hayne
N.C
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Michael E. Marr
Marr
Thailand
Cocaine Seizures In Separate Miami Incidents
U S Customs inspectors seized four pounds of cocaine worth 440000 in two incidents involving false intact suitcases. A Dallas couple Robert Eugene Nolte 25 and Sydney 25 and a Swiss national were arrested after arriving from Lima Peru on Braniff flight 984. A separate accident report notes 2 year old Richlynn Monique Golden treated and released after being struck by a car near Fitch address. Driver Bobby Harris 17 address unknown.
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Miami
U.S
Dallas
Tex
Customs
Robert Eugene Nolte
Sydney
Lima
Peru
Braniff Airlines
Richlynn Monique Golden
Richard Hunter
Fitch
Medical Center Hospital
Bobby Harris
South Vietnam Plans Christmas 24-Hour Cease Fire
South Vietnam announced a unilateral 24-hour Christmas cease-fire starting noon Saigon time Sunday, applying only to South Vietnam. The United States said it would honor the truce, while it remained unclear if American air raids in North Vietnam and Laos would halt. Previous Viet Cong and South Vietnamese truces have been violated despite declarations since 1985.
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South Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Times
Hanoi
Regents Name New UTEP Leader
UT System Board of Regents appoints Dr. Arleigh B. Templeton as president of the University of Texas at El Paso, transferring him from UTSA to cool a volatile campus situation. No successor named as Joseph Smiley steps down to return to teaching and research.
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Joseph Smiley
LeMaistre
United States Department of Justice
Deaths and funeral notices from Texas towns
Obituary notes report multiple deaths with funeral arrangements. Willie Towel of Odessa will have 4 pm services at Odessa Cemetery, Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home directing, with survivor Charlene and a daughter and three grandchildren. Denton Knight, 73, Marfa, killed in outdoor fire. services 10 am at Kell's Chapel, burial in Marfa Cemetery. survivor details list six brothers and one sister. Walter James Payton, 69, McCamey, graveside 10:30 am at Resthaven Cemetery, Larry D. Sheppard Funeral Home handling. born in Oklahoma, machinist by trade, survivor son Walter Boyd VanDeMark. Walter Bell Vanzandt, 79, Abilene, funeral 4 pm Friday. formerly of Andrews, died in Hendrick Memorial Hospital. survivors include wife, two daughters, four sons, a brother, three sisters, and many grandchildren.
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Odessa Cemetery
Willie Towel
West Ada
Towel
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Charlene
Marvin Andrews
Wilson
Denton Knight
Gordon Knight
el Paso
George and
Martin Knight
Marfa
Bill Knight
Tucson
Ariz
Dixie Lee Knight
Navasota
Theodore Knight
Santa Fe
N. M
Burl Harris
Pecos
Walter James Payton
Walter Vanzandt
Abilene
Walter Bell Vanzandt
Andrews
Odessa
W.D. Vanzandt
Garland
C.L. Vanzandt
Shreveport
C.A. Vanzandt
Rockdale
R.L. Vandzandt
Arlington
Dell Vanzandt
Snyder
Bonnie Graham
Houston
W.M. Allison
Effie Stewart
Ruidosa
N.M
Two Treated For Injuries In Local Mishap And Fire
Two persons were treated in the hospital emergency room Friday night. Joe Hukill aged 20 suffered minor eye injuries at Huddleston Equipment Co while brushing threads from a sucker rod. Robert Pursley Jr aged 12 fell from a bicycle and sustained minor back injuries. Odessa firemen responded to a grass fire at Nimitz Junior High School football field, causing large scorched areas but no further damages. Odessa High School graduates of 1965 69 hold reunion tonight at 8 39 in Bam A at the Ector County Coliseum, Julie Pressly 1967 graduate in charge.
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Medical Center Hospital
Joe Hukill
East 63Rd
Huddleston Equipment Co
Odessa
Bam
Ector County
Julie Pressly
County Court Marriage Licenses and District Court Divorces
Marriage licenses issued include Roy Watson Rule Jr and Mary Corine Bitolas, Herman Lee Davis and Maurice Hobbs, Charles Henry Elliott and Terry Kay King, Pedro Ortiz and Made Jesus Munaz, Daryl Ray Scheloe and Joan Sartor, Donald Wayne Leverett and Twilla Jo Coffman, Charles Lester Thorpe and Lela Jane Finley, Charles Wartney and Angelique Aultman, Jeff Williams Burk and Karen Grace Ward, Clyde David Hines and Debra Kay Wilkerson. District Court divorces filed include Pat Pyron vs Craries Marlin Pyron.
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Roy Watson Rule Jr
Mary Corine Bitolas
Herman Lee Davis
Maurice Hobbs
Charles Henry Elliott
Terry Kay King
Pedro Ortiz
Jesus Munaz
Daryl Ray « Scheloe
Joan Sartor
Donald Wayne Leverett
Twilla Jo Coffman
Charles Lester Thorpe
Lela Jane Finley
Charles Wartney
Angelique Aultman
Jeff Williams Burk
Karen Grace Ward
Clyde David Hines
Debra Kay Wilkerson
HW. Daws
District Court
Pat Pyron
Craries
Marlin Pyron
Fred W Cook
Kole-Line, Inc
Larry Yarbrough
Gibson's Discount Center, Inc
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