Long Walk Across Line From Panmunjom to Freedom
Pueblo crew members describe fear of being shot crossing the Bridge of No Return after 11 months captivation. They recount dreams of release, daily rations of cigarettes from North Korean captors, and a welcome from South Koreans as they returned on a C141 jet with requests for magazines and a Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Panmunjon
Sidney J. Karnes
Belleville
Ark
Bridge of No Return
Karnes
Navy
Puebldo
Earl M. Kisler
St. Louis
Michael W. Alexander
Richland
Wash
Robert W. Hill Jr
Harrisburg
South Korea
J.C. Charles B. Law
Tacoma
Law
Frederick G. Schumacher
Schumacher
Sea of Japan
America
Four Prisoners Moved to Ector County Jail
Four inmates transferred from the city jail to Ector County jail where they were being held Thursday Lonnie Berry Pesnell 49 Walker Hotel was held on a felony theft charge in 3000 bond Dorothy Jean Myers 33 and Billy Myers 33 of 602 Myrtle were held on 1500 bonds for shoplifting John Sherman Taylor 20 of 220 Carver held on 3000 bond for possession of barbiturates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Ector County
Lonnie Berry
Pesnell
Walker Hotel
Dorothy Jean Myers
Billy Myers
Myrtle
John Sherman Taylor
Carver
Three Odessa Residents Face Shoplifting Charges
Three Odessa residents remained in Ector County jail Thursday after being named in shoplifting charges filed in Ector County Court. Charles Pree, 50, of 308 Wabash, Billy Myers, 33, of 602 Myrtle, and Jean ne Myers, 33, of 602 Myrtle are accused of taking three pairs of slacks from Levine's Department Store on North Grant Street last Saturday. Bond set at $1500 for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Ector Cunty
Charles Pree
Wabash
Billy Myers
Myrtle
Jeanne Myers
Levine’s Department
North
Grant
County Court Records and Hospital Notices Chronicle Local Events
Marriage licenses issued list many couples including Lloyd Michael Hamby and Linda S Branscum and Emivel Oren Clark and Irma Lee Grogan. District court shows divorce and civil suits. criminal charges include shoplifting and DWI. Medical Center Hospital records show admissions dismissals births for Dec 24 25 with extensive patient names and confusions. Traffic incidents report numerous collisions with parties named and damages itemized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Michael ‘Hamby
Linda S. Branscum
Emivel Oren Clark
Irma Lee Grogan
Richard Celes Palmer Jr
Theta Frances Hawkins
William James Cols
Carrivn Jean Porterfield
George Michael Morgan
Deborah Lynn Crowell
Donald Pat Lucas
Peggy Ahart
John Belvin Lee
Virginia Ruth Earnest
Avid L. Collins
Vickey Carol Pat
Ole Robert Campbell
Carotea
Lilly, Gart
Edgar Tiner Jr
Nefe Jannette Turrentine
Thomas Roy Parsons
Sandra
Gail Phillips
Licon Ard
Ophelia Gonzales
Larry
David Rushing
Julienne Wells
Charles Pace
Thomas Raymond Swinney
Billy Myers
Jeanne Myers
Deanna Lee Beaveri
Billy
Leon Beaver
Moram H. Holley
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Industrial Accident Board
Tibbets Bit Service Inc
Roatral Drilling Corp
Pper
Robert Bruce Hugs
American Honda Motor Co
Medical Center Hospital
Phillip P. Viccibally
Edwin E. Broadway
Donald W. Beaver
J John J. Lasseigne
Robert
Sheryl De Ann_ Atchley
Malissa Garrett
Michael A. Tallaferro
Robert Lee Boone
Jay Stephen Bell
James Wesley] Stout
Lee M. Reynolds
Grady’ P. Woods
Cliff G. ‘Gardner
Morris P. Barker
Clogner F. Farr
Barton Delmar. Jones
Jeanie Rybell
Carlos
James W. Allen
Jack D. Hampton
Jane Ave
Igirl
E . Donald
W. “Beaver
Terry Drive
Jboy
M. Carrasco
South Lee
John J. ‘Lesserone
Eldson
Wie
Chambers
Gist
Community Club Schedule Notes Morning Meetings
Tomorrow schedule lists a 7 AM entry at a restaurant, a noon Eastside Rotary event at the Holiday Inn, and a noon Odessa Optimists meeting with guest speaker Gayle Dishong. The topic is the Summer Olympics attended by the speaker at Sands Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastside
Holiday Inn
Odessa
Swinney Released After Bond In DWI Charge Near Odessa
Thomas Raymond Swinney, 55, of 816 Foster, posted 750 bond and was freed after a DWI arrest. Texas Highway Patrol notes he was taken into custody last Saturday about 12 miles west of Odessa on U S 80. The complaint is filed in Ector County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Raymond Swinney
Foster
Texas
Swinney
Odessa
U. S. 80
Jis
Ector
Youngster Sanchez Released After Dog Bite Treatment
Sanchez, 12, daughter of Mrs Leonora Sanchez of 718 South Lee, was discharged from Medical Center Hospital Wednesday after receiving treatment for a dog bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie.’ Sanchez
Leonora Sanchez
South Lee
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa American publication rates and details
The Odessa American lists contact numbers, office address, and 1950s subscription rates. It notes daily and Sunday publication, mail pricing by year and half year, and single copy prices for daily, Saturday, and Sunday editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Ecter County
Midland Career Conference for College Seniors
Midland hosts its first career opportunity conference at Scharbauer Hotel featuring nine teen companies including Cities Service Continental Emsco Gulf Oil and Texaco. The program runs 9:30 a.m. with city welcome by J Wilmont Hunt and Chamber remarks by Decker Dawson. Students meet firms two hours then attend a luncheon and a 15 minute Midland slide presentation. Reservations via Midland Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Cities Service
Continental Emsco
Dawson Geophysical Co
Dresser, Atlas
Drisco Oil Tools
Elcor Chemical Corporation
el Paso, Natural Gas, Geophysical, Services, Inc
Getty Oil Company
Globe Exploration
Gulf Oil
Midland Independent School District
Chamber
Decker Dawson
Greeks Tackle First Hijack Incident on El Al Flight
Passengers remained calm as the plane halted and the emergency chute opened. Greek authorities, led by deputy premier Stylianos Patakos, cordoned the airport and questioned travelers after two Arab hijackers fled the El Al jet from Tel Aviv via Beirut. One passenger killed by gunfire. police counted numerous bullet holes in the fuselage. Mrs Glassman, traveling to visit her sons in New York and Miami, recounted the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el al
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Air France
Greece
Styliano Patakos
Glassman
Theman
Zwi
New York University
Daniel
University of Miami
Settlement in friendly suit over motorcycle accident
In 70th District Court a $17,300 settlement resolves a damage suit brought by Bruce Hugg and Mary Bruce Hugg on behalf of their son Steve Bruce Hugg against American Honda Motor Co. The suit alleges a 1967 motorcycle bought March 8 had a rear wheel lock leading to a crash on April 24 1967 injuring the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District
Robert
Bruce
Hugg
Mary
Jean Hugg
Steve Bruce Hugg
American Honda Motor Co
Serviceman Harold Reeves Rites Set After Vietnam Death
Services for SP4 Harold Ray Reeves of Odessa will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry Thorpe. Military graveside rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Gainesville Cemetery. Reeves died December 18 in Vietnam from a booby trap. He served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and was born April 17, 1950 in Gainesville. He had worked at the Odessa American circulation dept and played football for Permian High School in 1967. Survived by his parents, four sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ray Raster
Odessa
Rix
Jerry Thorpe
Hill Baptist Church
Gainesville
James
T. “Reeves
Hanley
Reeves
Army
Vietnam
Fort Bliss
Fort Polk
Permian High School
Odessa American’s
Gainivesville
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Bien Lau
Barbara Faye Powell
Germany
Valerie Louise
Janice Kay
Jeanette Gaye Reeves
Johnny Floyd
Bobby Gene’.Reeves
G. E. Reeves
Apollo 8 Splashdown Near Hawaii on Christmas Day
Apollo 8 is prepared for a Pacific splashdown about 9 55 am CST Friday 1000 miles south of Hawaii after re entry temperatures near 5000 degrees. The crew will ride out the night in the liferaft awaiting dawn rescue in the mission marked by Christmas greetings from families and a televised spaceflight showcase. The astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders orbited the moon and captured hundreds of photographs while NASA officials assess the mission’s significance for the 1969 moon landing goal.
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Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
U.S
Anders
Mission. Control
Earth
H. Borman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Moon
Sea of Tranquility
Retired Humble Employe Dies
George Washington Davis 70 retired mechanic of Humble Pipe Line Co died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Sixth Jackson Streets Church of Christ with Earl Danley and Joe Cross officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens directed by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Davis resided at 501 North Graham Odessa came in 1939 from Wink born September 12, 1898 in Nolan County married Nettie Good September 23 in Iowa Park. He was member of Sixth Jackson Streets Church of Christ. Survived by widow two sons Walter Ray Davis 1908 West 65th and Lloyd N. Davis El Paso four brothers W A Davis Ponta Walter Davis Whitesboro Leland Davis Henrietta four sisters Mrs Emma Key Wichita Falls Mrs R A Williams Town Park Mrs W R Norwood Arlington and Mrs Robert Phillips Henrietta and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Davis
Humble Pipe Liné Co
Medical Center Hospital
Sixth
Jackson Streets
Christ
Earl, Danley
Joe
Cross
Lorie
Odessa
Sunset Ti Oatial Gardens
Hubbard
Kelly
North
Graham
Wink
Nolan County
Nettie ‘Good
Iowa
Park
Walter
Ray. Davis
West 65Th
Man's Funeral Slated Friday For Odessa Resident Arthur McGee
Arthur Windle McGee 56, longtime Ken Nel operator of 3607 North Golder, Odessa, died Wednesday after a long illness. Services set 10 a.m. Friday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born March 16, 1912 in Oklahoma City he moved to Odessa in 1948 from Houston. Survived by widow Pauline Lenore Ranney, a son Riley McGee Odessa, and two daughters Delores Staggs Sweeney and Rebecca Lebow New Orleans. McGee was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 1338 Dallas Scottish Rites and the Square and Compass Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Windle McGee
North Golder
Hubbard- Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
McGee
Oklahoma City
Okla
Odessa
Houston
Pauline Lenore jRanney
H.A. McFarland Masonic Lodge
Dallas
Bahrain Island
Eleven Theft Cases Seen in Local Police Report
Eleven theft cases were under investigation Thursday. Residents reported items stolen from homes and businesses including a stereo, speakers, a tape carrier case, a blanket, liquor, a tricycle, a radio, a mink coat, cash, tools, a store stereo radio combination, a news rack, a tire, plywood, and 24 uniforms from a laundry truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Church
North Graham
Bill Edwards
Luisa M. Olivas
Drury Lane
Boyd Ruskin Smith
Lubbock
Nimitz Junior High School
Roy Johnson
Alabama
Strain ‘Brothers Construction
Angus
Texas Industrial Laundry
South Crane
Tax Position To Be Filled Within Week
Odessa City Manager Ronald Neighbors said he expects to name a new city tax assessor-collector by next Wednesday. He noted no formal applicants yet but two or three have expressed interest and discussions have included current city employees. The replacement for Marvin Hillhouse, leaving Jan. 15 for Alvin, will have duties similar to the 1962- tenure post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ronald Neighbors
Marvin Hillhouse
Alvin
Hillhouse
Funeral planned for Zoe Ann Miller two year old
Zoe Ann Miller two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arlie D Miller of 1624 Lyndale died Tuesday after brief illness at Medical Center Hospital. Services set for Friday at 2 p m at First Baptist Church Phillips with burial in Highland Park Cemetery Borger. Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors in charge Local arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survived by one brother Arlie D Miller Jr maternal grandparents Burl Willis Phillips and paternal grandparents Arthur Miller Jacksboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe ‘Ann Miller
Arlie D. Miller
Lyndale
First Baptist Church
Phillips
Highland Park Cemetery
Borger
Ed Brown and Sons Funeral
Medical Center Hospital
Fort’ Worth
Arlie
D. Miller
the Homie
Jacksboro
Funeral Set In: Oklahoma Mary McGuire Dies at 51
Mrs Mary McGuire 51 of 902 North Wink Wink was dead on arrival at Medical Center Hospital at 4 50 pm Tuesday from an apparent heart attack Services were to be held in Shawnee Oklahoma under Gaskill Funeral Home Local arrangements were by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Surviving are husband and three daughters Mrs Dennis Ely Joanna McGuire Elizabeth Hill and Mrs Mary Craddock and her father Tom Castle all of Shawnee Tulsa Daily News obituary style notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McGuire
North
Wink
Medical Center Hospital
Shawnee
Okla
Gaskill Funeral Home
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
McGuire
Whitting
Ind
Dennis Ely
North Adams
Joanna McGuire
North Wink
Elizabeth Hill
Mary Craddock
Amarillo
Tom Castle
Rites Scheduled For Odessa Man Bradley 65
Bradley 65 a retired salesman of 512 West 13th died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness Services are slated for 4 p m Friday in the Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Burial will be in Odessa Cemetery Bradley born March 22 1903 in Kaufman County came to Odessa in 1936 from Ranger He was a World War II Army veteran Survivors include his widow Lettie Lee Thain two daughters Mrs Don Hayten and Mrs Joyce Trawick two brothers Don Bradley Tahoka and I V Bradley San Angelo two sisters Mrs Grace Maroney Olney and Mrs Chessie Allphin Tahoka and four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Forrest’ Bradley
West
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
Bradley
Kaufman County
Ranger
Lettie Lee Thain
Don Hayten
Eastlith
Joyce Trawick
East- 11Th
Don. Bradley
Tahoka
I. V. Bradley
San Angelo
Grace
Maroney
Olney
Chessie Allphin
Hobbs
N.M
Alice Georgia Weddle
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Griffin Funeral Home
Corpus Christi
Helen Huff
Cecil Huff
A. B. Carroll
Jay Roberts
Minnie Drennan
Pearl Schooler
Crane
Eden McGuire
McCamey
McDonald
Bill McDonald
San Diego
Calif
Rites Friday For Baby Girl Beverly Lynn McEver
Final rites for Beverly Lynn McEver, 17 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D L McEver, will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church at 2 p.m. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens under Rix Funeral Home. The child died Tuesday after a long illness at Medical Center Hospital. She is survived by grandparents H M McEver and J P Gray and their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Lynn McEver
D. L. McEver
North Center
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rix Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
H. M. McEver
North Ector
J. P. Gray
North Adams
Fractured finger treated after Midland car crash
James Jones, 25, of 600 East Pearl, was released from Medical Center Hospital Wednesday after treatment for a fractured finger suffered in an automobile accident in Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
James ‘Jones
East Pearl
Medical’ Center Hospital
Midland
Car Stolen In A 1958 Model Theft Report
Police checked an automobile theft after Jewel Jamison reported a 1958 model car stolen from a residence lot at 208 North Sam Houston. The vehicle was registered to Jamison and was missing from the property on the residence lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Jamison
Smith
North
Sam Houston
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William R. Rodenberg
Hiram Smith
Melvin C. Hensley
Sirdie Norman
Rodney €. Bullard
Gayla D. Myers
Jesse T.’ Adams
Verlon Brewer
John H. Ratliff
Billy E. Stanford
Linton C. Maynard
Cornell Morgan
Jackie L. Teal
Kenny L. Gillespie
Johnny M. Murphy
James D
Moss
Mendy
Mose
Hodges
William P. Wren
Stan Fh. Sharp
Shannon
Waddell
Howard A. Johnston
Pomele K. Parker
Thomas Co. Ruiz
Sue Wiley
ReneeneeEe
Carl Davie Miles
Carl
Clyde Waldle
Bobby
Gleon ‘Mitchell
Herman A. Armstrong
Robert W. ‘Hall
Jack B. Herrington
Jose E. Munoz
Louis Breedlove Jr
Charles E. McCorde
Olon
Alfredo Hindles
Homer Virgil Barnes
Pecktenig Teel
Cambridge
Donald ‘ Show Renson
East First
Jght
Pean
Liliespie
East 15Th
Maurice
Thurmen
Scott Tom Green
Andrews
Lotteman
Brenda
York Hanes
Beldon
Ray
Cleere
Hendrick
Limestone
Clyde Neil Smallwood
Fair Oaks
Bennie Dale
Moosher
Glenwood
May
H. C. Alexander
North Muskingum
Antonio Matta Granada
Rowland
Carlton
Eugene Grissom
Venices
Hancock
Andy Coats
John
Charlies Bussey
Trope
Frances M.schiemeyer
Alleghaney
Clovis E. Barnhart
Nogales
Ariz
Frances
Schiemeyer
iDamage
Magnolia
Atlantic
Victor Guerrero
Raul Cordova Elizondo
East Ada
Bev
Burney
Damage
Dixie
Edgar_ Oliver
Lundberg
Keystone
G. T. Warren
Tanglewood
Dexter
Big Spring
Golder
Delbert £. Holloman
Albuquerque
Joel T. Campbell
East 36Th
Valerie Sue Heston
Elmwood
Gary Lee
Brunk
N. M
Rosalee Stone Riley
San Jacinto
Muskingum
Joe Dave
Shelton
Ballinger
Robert L. Greene
Lancaster
Sandalwood
Jose Baeza Alvarez
Clifford
Eloisa Alvarez
Leonel Alvarez
Stephanie Ann Barnes
Terry James Ham
Blackstone
Michael
Thomas McAttee
Novato
James Raymond Herman
Leatrice B. Slay
Redwood
West County Road
Herbert
Dean Reaves
Alpine
Luann McClung
Lasseter
Billey James
Ruse
Crescent
Talley
Central Hotel
Jackson
Leonard Olen Darentt
Woodlawn
Maurice J. O'Connor
Crockett
George Austin Guess
Norff Hancock
Grandview
Roper
Paul Jones
Tom Green
Eighih
John Morris
Otis Guy Parker
East Fifth
Laurel and
Brentwood
Johnny Gensberg
Laurel
Marvin DeBolt
See
Irene Sanchez Quiroz
Jeter
Robert Allen Demerals
Hiltop
East Clements
B. Vv. Trevino
Elizabeth Moore
West Celements
Aurora
Luna Alvarez
William Haroid Sanders
Judkins
W. E. Mapp, Tank Co
Meadow
Jerry B. Greer
West 15Th
Robert B. Latham
East 56Th
Thelmaspas
South Anderson
Laredo
Clements and
Frank James Hudson
Lindberg
Gernando M. Acosta
Jal
Madera
Nicky Alton Bean
East 35Th
Frank Allen Ben
Bel
Dessa
Sands
RED Cross
American National Red Cross
Circulation Department
Agency
Man
Oklahoma
Alice G. Weddle
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