World Heads Back To Work War Worry After Christmas
Christmas 1967 nears an end as American troops resume operations in Vietnam after a 24 hour truce. U S warplanes attack supply convoys in the north while crises in the Middle East and Korea unfold. Pope Paul VI prays for peace from St Peter’s and Johnson hosts family at the White House amid wartime messaging.
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Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Middle East
South Korea
Pope Paul VI
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
President Johnson
White House
Johnson
Pope Paul
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Sul Ross Choir Begins 13 Day Texas Tour
The Sul Ross State College Chamber Singers, 16 singers plus a flute and clarinet, depart January 3 for a 13 day tour in central Texas, performing 26 times in 15 cities and at Fort Hood Lackland and Carswell bases among others. The group will sing in six languages and present folk, production, and popular numbers while travelers include Gaby Ginn and others from Texas and New Mexico.
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Alpine
Chamber Singers
Sul Ross State College
Central Texas
Eagle Pass High School
Uvalde Community Concert Association
Brooks General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Wonderland
Mitchell Hall Service Claub
Lackland Air Force Base
Fort Sam Houston Chapel
Harlandale Methodist Church
McLennan Community College
Waco
Baylor University School of Music
Georgetown High School
Taylor High School
Temple High School
Fort Hood
Sun
Carswell Chapel
Sweetwater
Andrews High School
Lamesa
del Rio
Austin
Killeen
Belton High School
Hillsboro High School
Breckenridge
Weatherford
Gaby Ginn l
Ron Easley
Midland
Avis Faulk
Jim Parker
Dublin
Beth Gibson
Hale Center
Dannie Mesa
Monahans
Kathie Lanham
Mary Robinson
Mike Shafer
Nancy Stevenson
Alfred Howell
el Paso
John Irvie Jr
McCamey
Jan Agey
Patrick Sims
Houston
Carolina Flores
Ft. Stockton
Dale Jenkins
Odessa
Germany
Hungary
America
Six injured in holiday crashes near Odessa
Six persons were injured in two crashes near Odessa on the Andrews Highway and State 158. One victim, 24 year old George Owen Massey of Seagraves, suffered a head injury and remained in fair condition after being trapped for 30 minutes and taken to Medical Center Hospital.
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Odessa
Medical Center
George Owen Massey
Seagraves
Massey
Andrews Highway
John Steadman
Harris
Texas Highway
Jack Wasson
Andrews
Wasson
State 158
Alfred Miller
Goodland
Dewey Hansel Franks
North Tom Green
Jo Ann Miller
Davey
Darla Miller
Franks
Miller
Frank
Millers
McCamey
Speaker Named For Banquet In Monahans
Dr. Charles L. Allen of Houston will speak at the MonAhans Chamber of Commerce annual banquet in the Ward County Coliseum on January 19. George Callender succeeds Charles Wilson as chamber president. awards will name Citizen of the Year Outstanding Youth Leader and Merit Award Winner.
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Monahans
Charles L. Allen
First Methodist Church
Houston
MonAhans Chamber of Commerce
George Callender
Chamber
Charles Wilson
Ward County Coliseum
Waco Judge Donates Rare Books to Baylor University
Waco Judge Frank M. Wilson donated a collection of 2,135 books and about 50 medieval documents to Baylor University. The gift is described as one of the law school's most significant offerings.
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Waco, Tex
Waco
Frank M. Wilson
Baylor University
Law School
Rash Of Burglaries Reported Across Odessa Area
A weekend surge of burglaries swept Odessa and nearby areas. Thieves pried doors and windows at taverns, a cafe, and homes, stealing cash, cigarettes, liquor, a TV, guns, and personal belongings while some sites yielded no loot. Police said several sites show forced-entry attempts or unlocked access.
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Zanzibar
South Odessa
Chino’s
Magnolia
Welcome Inn
Murphy
Castelo
Prairie
Hambone
South Texas
Ector Cleaners
West Clements
Odessa American publication details and rates
The Odessa American announces its publishing location at 4th Street Odessa Texas with mail classification and contact numbers. It lists subscription rates for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County as 1.80 per month and retail zone pricing, plus lengths for other zones and single copies on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Odessa
Odessa American
4Th
Texas
Ector County
Suncey
Christmas Day in Vietnam Amid Surging Combat
A Marine F91 Cougar observation plane was shot down over South Vietnam and a Marine photo-reconnaissance Phantom crashed on return to Da Nang, killing the copilot and injuring the pilot. U.S. reconnaissance aimed to show higher Communist truck losses, while B52s resumed raids after the truce ended.
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Niques
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Con Thien
Bob Hope
George Romney
Michigan
Saigon
North Vietnam
Johnson
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Vietnam
North
Laos
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Man Freed on Bond After DWI Charge in Yukon Area
Ulman Roy Graham aged 30 of 2307 John was released on a 750 dollar bond after a driving while intoxicated charge. Graham was arrested by highway patrolmen Monday at Yukon and West County Road over the weekend.
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Ulman Roy Graham
John
Graham
Yukon
West County Road
Austin editor Charles Green dies at 66 in Austin
Charles Green executive editor of the Austin American Statesman died Monday after cancer surgery. Funeral 2 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd with private burial at Oakwood Cemetery. He was 66 and a 48 year veteran journalist active in civic groups Headliners Club and Bachlor Club and a Lyndon Johnson campaign worker. Survivors include his widow Floy daughter Beverly Robinson Green and brother Tom.
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Austin American-Statesman
Oakwood Cemetery
Episcopal Church
Green
Seton Hospital
Minerval Wells
Tex
Tattler
Texas
University of Oklahoma
Fort Worth Press
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Odessa
Laredo
Austin
Naval Air Transport Service
Navy Reserve
Headliners Club
Bachelors Club
Lyndon Johnson
Floy
Beverly Robinson Green
Southern Seminary College
Buena Vista
Tom
Mineral Wells
Penwell Man Dies After Long Illness At 65
Samuel Edward Rhodes, 65, Penwell businessman and owner of Rhodes Welding Co., died at 2:50 a.m. Monday at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Rhodes, born December 13, 1902 in Hugo Oklahoma, moved to Penwell in 1937 and was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include three sons Jack Rhodes Coy Rhodes and Lowell Rhodes a daughter Mrs G L Hooper, two brothers A L Rhodes and Bill Rhodes, and 16 grandchildren. Also notes Rotan funeral for Howard A. Smith.
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Samuel Edward Rhodes
Penwell
M. D. Anderson
Houston
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rhodes
Hugo
Okla
Rhodes Welding Co
Ector County
Oklahoma City
Church of Christ
Jack Rhodes
Tripp
Coy Rhodes
Snyder
Lowell Rhodes
G. L. Hooper
Crane
A. L. Rhodes
Powerly
Bill Rhodes
Midland
Treffie Viola Gamel
Midland Memorial Hospital
Asbury Methodist Church
Fairview
Thomas Funeral Home
Rule
L. A. Gamel
Thomas Leonard Gamel
Dorothy Louis Snyder
Shirley Ann
Sandra Kay Gamel
Henry Thor
King
Richard Herman King
Odessa
Henry Elmo King
Augusta Garren
Ola Mae Snow
Rencie Harris
Farmersville
Odessa Man Frank Maywald Dies After Heart Attack
Frank Melvin Maywald 51 former constable candidate and Pan American Oil Co pumper died at Medical Center Hospital at 2 15 am Monday after a heart attack. He lived at 1101 Honeysuckle Odessa and was active in Permian Council for Retarded Children and the Sheltered Workshop. Funeral services are set for 10 am Wednesday in the Chapel with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include wife Julia Spruill a son Benny and several relatives. Memorials may be directed to local charities.
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Frank Melvin Maywald
1 ‘Oil Company
Medical Center Hospital
Maywald
Permian Council For Retarded Children
Shelter Workshop
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
Maynard
Benny Maywald
B. H. Maywald
Gilmer
Alton Maywald
Kilgore
Marvin Maywald
Navasota
Dorothy Whipple
Aztec, N. M
Elsie Weatherall
Talco
Permian Council
Services Held For Odessan Guthrie 62 Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services were held in Hub ibard Kelly Funeral Home for Cecil Leon Guthrie 62 a retired heavy equipment operator. A second service was planned at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Guthrie born August 21 1905 in Grayson County died Sunday night after a long illness. He moved to Odessa from Levelland in 1950 and is survived by his wife two sons a daughter a brother four sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Hubibard-Kelly Funeral Home
Cecil Leon Guthrie
Orchard
Parker and Parker Construction Co
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Lubbock
City of Lubbock
Guthrie
Grayson County
Myrle Avant
Odessa
Levelland
E. J. Guthrie
Noble
Neil Guthrie
Twilight Beaty
Kay
Preston
Helen Booker
Oildale
Calif
Stella Hawkins
Tommye Watkins
Jewel Woodruff
Funeral Set For Wednesday For Jack Steadman
Funeral services for Jack Steadman 44 a former Odessa resident will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St Luke's Methodist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home direction Steadman lived in Odessa 14 years was a Hughes Tool Co representative He moved to Anchorage Alaska in April 1965 He died Friday in his Anchorage home after an apparent heart attack He was born July 5 1923 in Duncan Oklahoma Survivors include his widow two sons Steve and Gregory both of the home his mother Mrs Elouise Rodgers 311 Sunset and one sister Mrs Sue Gray 403 Conet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Steadman
Odessa
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Steadman
Hughes Tool Co
Anchorage
Alaska
Duncan
Oklo
Steve
Gregory
Elouise Rodgers
Sunset
Sue Gray
Odessan Dies Monday Night
Dale M. Thomson 58 of Odessa died Monday night at Medical Center Hospital from a suspected heart attack. Funeral Thursday at Westminster Presbyterian Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Thomson was VP of sales for Meter Service and Supply. Born June 12 1909 in Bartlesville Oklahoma, he moved to Odessa in 1964 from Midland. Survived by wife Mary Eloise Dimit Thomson two daughters Mrs Mary Hudgins of Dallas and Vicl Ann Thomson two sons Charles Mark Thomson a sister and other relatives. Funeral arrangements pending for Corsicana resident Mrs J Curington Sr 87. Survivors include two daughters Cleo Curington Odessa and Mrs L M Speed Midland.
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Dale M. Thomson
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Thomson
Sweetbriar Circle
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sunset Memoria ‘Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Midland
Bartlesville
Okla
Mary Eloise Dimit
First Presbyterian Church
Mary, Hudgins
Dallas
Vicl Ann Thomson
Charles Mark Thomson
W. A. Botts
Tulsa
Corsicana
J. Curington Sr
McCammon Funeral Home
Cleo Curington
East 13Th
L. M. Speed
Cars Stolen Woman Charged In Local Incident
Police and deputies chased leads on two auto thefts. James E Pryor reported a 1956 model car taken from his home. M M Frank Barbara Lee Van, 42, of 510 Westlin, may appear Friday in Corporation Apartments on a petty theft charge after being arrested Saturday for allegedly taking bath powder at TG and Y. She was free on a $100 bond.
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James E. Pryor
College
M. M. Frank Barbara Lee van
Westlin
Sinclair 16Th
Corporation Apartments
Tg&y
Andrews Highway
Child Released After Aspirin Ingestion Case
Two year old Arady Frazier Jr. was released from Medical Center Hospital over the weekend after swallowing aspirin. Authorities note no lasting injuries and advise parent supervision.
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Medical Center Hospital
Arady Frazier Jr
East Center
Firemen Respond to Kitchen Grease Fire at Hoovers
Over the holidays, one alarm was sounded after a grease spill in an oven at Arlin Hoover's home 1316 Elmwood. Smoke spread through the kitchen but no damage was reported.
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Arlin Hoover
Elmwood
Odessa Man's Rites Slated for Lorenzo Dow Hart
Lorenzo Dow Hart 70, curator of the Meteorite Museum near Odessa, died Monday in Veterans Hospital Big Spring. He lived at 814 Jefferson and will be buried in Odessa after services at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel. He was born 1897 in Hale County and married Viola Dixon in 1934. He came to Odessa in 1944 from Longview. He was a Baptist and WWI veteran. Survivors: widow, son Leonard Hart, daughter Latricia Williams, brother P B Hart, three sisters, and three grandchildren.
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Hubbard-Kelly
Lorenzo Dow Hart
Meteorite Museum
Odessa
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Hart
Jefferson
Hale County
Viola Dixon
Henderson
Longview
Rites Planned for Several Women in Texas Cities
Funeral notices describe services in Midland Stanton Ballinger and Odessa for Mrs Martha Gloer 79 Mrs Catherine Stuart 80 Mrs Grace Thomas 86 and related survivors including children grandchildren and siblings. Services were held or set across churches and local cemeteries with arrangements by local funeral homes.
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The
Associated Press
Sul Ross
Baylor U
Charles Smiley
East Pearl
Crane Highway
John Norwood
Wedgewood
A. H. Martinez
Manuel
East Second
B. Fisher
S. Fisher
Optometrists
North Grant FE
Fe Tech
Austin, Tex
UPI
Church of the Good Shepherd
Charles Green
Howard A. Smith
ROTAN
Rotan Church of Christ
Post
Weathersbee Funeral Home
Smith
General Crude Oil Co
Jal
N. M
Eunice, M. M
Hamlim
Clairemont
Jim Frame
Goldsmith
Roland Trout
Bill Sartain
Jayton
Leslie
Fort Myers
Fla
Robert
Horace Smith
Jewel Cobb
Eloise McGuffin
Florence Cox
Copperas Cove
Ruby Adkins
Seminole
Llano
P. G. Raymer
Frank M. Maywald Odessan
Odessan
Mary Jane Everts Snyder
Mary Jane Everts
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Mrs
Ira Deakins
Ballinger
Talpa
Allen- Davis
Garrison Funeral Home
Sunny Lane
Raymer
C. E. Foster
W. H. Chewning
J. R. Curington SR
Leonard Hart
Latricia Williams
P. B. Hart
North Jackson
Clay Neill
Arlie Dean
Hereford
H. L. Leverett
Kingsland
Martha Rosa Gleer
St. Paul
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Curtis Abernathy
T. F. Fortner
Lithia
G. C. Fortner
Smyrna
Catherine M. Stuart
Bazette Baptist Church
Bazette
Kearnes
Newnie W. Ellis
Stuart
K. R. Stuart
Wallace Sebesta
Stanton
Caldwell
Sebesta
Lampasas
Webb
Grace Thomas
Coleman City
Allen-Davis Funeral Home
Thomas
George Scruggs
Harlin Thomas
Tressa Thomas
Qnessa
Downtown
American Business Club
Col
Chester J. Butcher
Webb Air Force Base
Na Tri-Service Lions
Sands
Dale Carnegie Alumni Association
Sands Restaurant
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