Opening Nears for 16th Sand Hills Hereford Show in Odessa
Work crews rush to ready the Ector County Coliseum for the 16th annual Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show and indoor rodeo opening next Tuesday. The event features over 15 thousand dollars in prize money and showcases top rodeo stars including Jim Shoulders, with RCA noting Shoulders' near-season standings after a knee injury.
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Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum
Fair Grounds
West 42Nd
Andrews Highway
West Texas
Odessa
General Motors Parade of Progress
Fly Field
New Mexico
Lincoln Hotel
Lincoln Lobby
North Lincoln
West Fourth
Rodeo Cowboy Association
Kansas City
Rodeo
America
Jim Shoulders
Henryetta
Okla
Oklahoma
Shoulders
Omaha
Casey Tibbs
Fort Pierre
S. D
RCA
Coliseum
Buster Cole
Goldsmith
Cole
Ector County
Bill Hale
Six Auto Crashes Reported With No Injuries
Odessa Police logged six accidents in the last 24 hours with no injuries. Damage totals included 20 at North Grant and West Fourth, 200 at Third and North Sam Houston, 50 at Electric near Dixie, 75 at North Grant and 16th, and 40 from a fence strike in an alley near East Third. Drivers involved include Shirley L. P. Thruston, Emma C. Strahan, John W. Roberts, Ben Hale, Clarence B. Garrett, Annita C. Turner, Lucy B. Massey, Tommy Dill alba, Robert W. Butler, and William C. Braswell.
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Odessa
North Grant
West Fourth
Shirley L. P. Thruston
Austin
Emma C. Strahan
Lindberg
North Robertson
West 27Th
John W. Roberts
Ben Hale
Third
North Sam Houston
Clarence B. Garrett
South Texas
Annita C. Turner
McKnight
Electric
Dixie
Lucy B. Massey
East 35Th
Tommy Dillalba
Magnolia
Robert W. Butler
Keystone
William C. Braswell
North Lincoln
L. L. Brooks
Ast
District Court Divorces Filed and Hospital Admissions Dec 27
A district court list shows multiple divorce suits filed, no civil or criminal suits in county court, plus medical center notes detailing admissions and births on December 27. Names of plaintiffs and defendants in several divorces appear, alongside patient admissions and newborns with parent details.
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District Court
Patsy Maxineskins
Harold S&s. Deskins
Theo M. Hicks
Rubs E. Hicks
Ruby Tenora Guess
Walter B. Guess
Aiarl Toney
Johnny Lee
Toney
Adele E. McCall
Herman A. McCall
Lessie Lee Sonier
Albert ‘Lester Sonier
Arlean Lucas
Tiny Will Lucas
Wendal Steed
Kenneth Steed
Patricia Laverne Hughes
Daniel Byrd Hughes
Medical Center Hospital
Thomas A. Scruggs
Leo Payne
Norman E. Williams
Ruby V. Rush
Cordelia Jernigan
Lloyd M. Brown
Lela Tillison
Ronnie L. Gran
F. O. Brown
W. R B. Boyer
Jake L. Step
A. C. Lawson
Sammie G. MicLelland
Damon Maddux
Juan Germany
Nona Beth Dewees
Neva A. Schultz
Lois Faye Forbus
Tommy H. Bunger
Patrick Callahan
J. M. Smoot
Myrna Toxi Galloway
Peggy Joyce Elliott
James D. Love
Robert Wiesen
Airs. Co. W. Bell
Gene C. Ray
Jeffrey Mirts
Virgil Wardlaw
Garland Smith
F. E. Melot
South Alleghancy
John F. Lubke
Tom Green
Robert D. Phillips
North Adama
Bonds Set In Oklahoma Statutory Incident Case
Bond set at five thousand dollars each for Dearl Madison Flowers and Tommy Wayne Thomason of Odessa on charges tied to the statutory incident involving a 13 year old girl. The girl said the pair abducted her while en route to a movie with her brother, took her to a country spot and assaulted her. They were arrested Monday night and jailed Wednesday morning.
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Dearl Madison Flowers
Tommy Wayne Thomason
Odessa
Train pileup in Uvalde leaves no injuries
Station agent Joe Williams reported 20 Southern Pacific box cars derailed at Hacienda switch two miles west of Uvalde. There were no injuries as the cars piled up in the yard yesterday.
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Uvalde, Tex
Joe Williams
Southern Pacific
Hecienda Switch
Uvalde
Woman Faces Forgery Count in Texas Case
Mrs. Gladys Carruth, 40, of Odessa, was charged with two counts of forgery in Justice of the Peace Court. She allegedly cashed two forged checks for 15 dollars at Everybody’s Food Store No 2 and 20 dollars at Bishop and Sikes Food Store, signing as Lester Cobb with Cobb’s alleged permission. She is jailed in Ector County with bonds of 500 dollars each.
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Gladys Carruth
Odessa
Justice of the Peace 4
P. Boyt’s
Carruth
Everybody’s Food Store
Bishop and Sikes Food Store
Jimmy Harris
Harris
Lester Cobb
Cobb
Ector County
Electric Mishap Injures Woman at Home spa
Mrs. Nelda Abney was found in her bathtub and nearly electrocuted while using an electric dryer. Neighbors and medical staff started rescue efforts and she was rushed to Medical Center Hospital in good condition despite burns on several areas. She lives at 1413 East 35th, with another resident nearby at 11417 East 35th.
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Nelda Abney
Medical Center Hospital
Lucille
Solon To Get Checkup Before Speech Tuesday
Senator Lyndon Johnson plans a Mayo Clinic physical in Rochester Minnesota to assess fitness to stay Senate majority leader. He will travel from Houston and speak at a Capitol event next Tuesday marking his recovery from last July's heart attack.
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Houston
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Senate
Washington
Capitol
Women’s National Press Club
Odessa approves right of way for western interceptor sewer
City officials report final details on securing rights of way for Odessa's new 225000 dollar western interceptor sewer line. Tubby Taylor, city contractor, expected to finish signing rights this week as bonds for the four mile line and an eastern interceptor were approved last May. The project aims to support westward growth with pipe stockpiled in San Antonio and detailed routing along Highway 51, Monahans Draw, and near West County Road to 27th Street.
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Tubby Taylor
Odessa
San Antonio
Highway 51
Grandview
Monahans Draw
West County Road
27Th Street
42Nd Street
South Grant
Do It Yourself Bandit Steals From Western Union
In Falton Kentucky a man robbed a Western Union office of about 330 dollars after his money order cash request was refused. He grabbed a pile of cash and told the operator Nettie Hicks that all cash it himself.
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Falton
Western Union
Nettie Hicks
TV Station Tours To Start Tonight
The two day open house at the new KOSA TV studios 1211 North Whitaker will begin today from 4 to 8 p.m. Tours through the studios will also be held Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. The CBS affiliate will begin operations on New Year’s Day with guided tours by staff.
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Kosa-Tv
North
Whitaker
CBS
New Plant Planned for Athens Furniture Factory
The Olive Myers Spahti Manufacturing Co. announced plans to break ground January 4 in Athens for a 2.655 million dollar furniture plant. The facility will employ about 300 workers with a yearly payroll near 12 million dollars.
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Athens
Tex
Olive Myers-Spahti Manufacturing Co
New Trial Bid is Overruled in Permian Welding suit
Judge McCollum ruled against Warren Burnett in a $68,700 damage suit filed by Julia Lee Taylor and William T. Taylor of Mount Vernon and Leesburg against Permian Welding Supply Co. A jury verdict awarded $10,000 to the Taylors on one count but voided another. The case concerns the death of M. O. Taylor, Odessa barber and life insurance salesman, killed in 1954 when his car collided with a Permian truck on East Highway 80 near Odessa.
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Paul McCollum
70Th District Court
Warren Burnett
Julia Lee Taylor
Mount Vernon
William T. Taylor
Leesburg
Permian Welding Supply Co., Inc
Taylors
M. O. Taylor
Odessa
Paving Requests Due for Odessa Construction Push
Odessa residents must sign and file petitions with the city council before the January 10 meeting to join the latest paving extension. Brown and Root of Houston lays hot mix asphalt, with over 100 blocks completed citywide. additions depend on petitions and owner agreements.
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Odessa
Dick Pepin
Brown and Root Co
Houston
Pepin
Brown and Root
Slayer Tells Story Leading To Shooting
Arthur Eugene Moore recounted his sequence of events leading to the slaying and his suicide. He described his arrival in Odessa and his routine at the Texas Cafe where Lucille Vice worked, telling a hospital reporter the tale in his room.
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Slayer
Bob Leary
Arthur Eugene Moore
Texas Cafe
Odessa
Lucille Vice
School Census Stated in Ector County Initiation
School officials expect about 16 000 school age children to be enumerated as the annual census begins Monday in Ector County. Enumerators will record full names birthdates and addresses while noting household counts to compute total population for the district. Captain Vernon Wright Korean War hero recalled to active duty spent Christmas in Odessa with his mother and stepfather.
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Louis Spain
Ector County
Spain
Vernon Wright
Air Force
Odessa
J. M. McKinney
Wright
413 Fighter Day Group
George Air Force Base
Calif
Senoritas to Perform at 21st Sun Carnival in El Paso
Las Senoritas de Las Rosas drill-dance team and six Aggie Honor Guard escorts depart Saturday for El Paso to take part in the 21st Southwestern Sun Carnival. They will perform during the Sun Parade, Sun Bowl halftime, Jamboree intermission, and New Year ceremonies in Juarez, under sponsor Mrs. Belle Holm.
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Las Senoritas de Las Rosas
Odessa College
el Paso
Aggie
Texas
United States
Juarez
West Texas
New Mexico
Belle Holm
Davis Services Set for Hattie Davis in Texas
Death reported in Greeley Colorado of Mrs Hattie Davis wife of Henry E Davis who lived at 2704 Kay Funeral services scheduled for 2 pm Thursday in Gallatin Texas Survivors include husband daughter Mrs J H Rives of Greeley son Roy E Davis of Odessa sisters Mrs Rosa Spradley Mrs J R Judice Mrs H J Stephens and brothers W C Henry W S Henry John D Henry and Albert Henry Funeral arrangements handled by Macus Funeral Home in Greeley
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Greeley
Colo
Hattie Davis
Davis
Henry E. Davis
Kay
Gallatin
Tex
J. H. Rives
Roy E. Davis
Odessa
Rosa Spradley
J. R. Judice
Houston
H. J. Stephens
Big Spring
W. C. Henry
W. S. Henry
Huntsville
John D. Henry
Dallas
Albert Henry
San Antonio
Macus Funeral Home
Jet Transport Makes First Nonstop Atlantic Jet Crossing
Britain's Comet jet airliner flew from Montreal to London in 6 hours 18 minutes in history’s first nonstop Atlantic crossing by a jet transport. The 30,041 mile round-the-world shakedown lasted 66 hours 43 minutes with an average 548 mph from Montreal to London.
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London
Britain
Montreal
Canada
T A Scruggs Services Set Here Thursday
Thomas Allen Scruggs 73 year old retired attorney died Tuesday night at Medical Center Hospital. He lived at 320 North Dotsy and had been ill for some time. Funeral services 3 p.m. Thursday Hubbard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lem Tittsworth officiating. Burial Odessa Cemetery. Survived by widow two sons Sgt Joel D Scruggs and Hubert A Scruggs daughter Mrs G D Bean brother James W Scruggs sister Mrs Will Murchison two grandchildren pallbearers named Local attorneys to serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Thomas Allen Scruggs
Medical Center Hospital
Scruggs
North Dotsy
Odessa
Presbyterian Church
Menard
Lou Ethel Robertson
Hubbard Funeral Home
Lem Tittsworth
Normandy Heights Presbyterian Church
Odessa Cemetery
Joel D. Scruggs
United States Air Force
Hubert A. Scruggs
G. D. Bean
Blue Eye
James W. Scruggs
Will Murchison
Jack Laird
Joe Blount
C. E. Walters
Lee Simpson
A. M. Morris
Tinker
Hendrick
Teenagers Face Charges In Multi Town Car Theft
Two 17-year-old boys, Charles Ray Grady and Jim L. Hanen, face car theft charges in Justice of the Peace Thomas D. Murphy's court. The group of teens, including a 14-year-old girl and three other youths, is linked to burglary at a Goldsmith drugstore and a drive-in burglary in Andrews after stealing a car from the iBrancho Chevrolet lot. Juvenile hearings are pending for others involved.
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Justice ‘of the Peace
Thomas D. Murphy
Odessa
Midland
Andrews
Guldsmith
Selwyn Webber
Grady
Hanen
Ear B. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace
M. Newman
Goldsmith
Accident investigation Doorstep prompt for sheriff in Ithaca
Sheriff Howard A. Harvey was about to leave his office when an assistant asked him to investigate a trailer truck accident. The trailer was reportedly on his front lawn. The remark played off the abrupt call to duty.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Howard A. Harvey
Harvey
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Rumbaugh Trucking Co
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Pappy Jenkins
Rumbaugh
State License Bureau
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Frankie
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Apy Ra
Senoritas
Atlantic
T. A. Scruggs
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