Final Maid of Cotton contestant named tonight in Memphis
The 19 finalists from 15 cotton states gather for interviews in Memphis as candidates compete to become the next Maid of Cotton. Three Texans compete including Seree Scott of Odessa, Vickie Elaine Esty of Lubbock, and Kristen Marie Holmberg of El Paso with the winner set to represent the industry in world appearances starting Monday in Dallas.
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Memphis, Tenn
Maid of Cotton
Texas
Odessa
Seree Scott
Wallace A. Scott
Parker
Vickie Elaine Esty
Lubbock
Kristen Marie Holmberg
el Paso
Memphis
Janice Joy Benson
Odessa American Mailing and Subscription Rates Notice
The Odessa American lists mailing details and subscription costs. Home delivery in Odessa and Ector County is $1.80 per month, retail zones 40c per week, other zones 35c. ad rates are $20 yearly, $11 semiannual, 3 months $5.50, and $2 per month. single copies 10c daily, 20c on Saturdays.
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Odessa
Tex
Odessa American
4Th Street
Texas
Ector County
Vandalism cases under investigation in Odessa
Gloria Savala of Odessa reported an auto driven by a man rammed her car multiple times. Miguel Villaloves of 801 South Sam Houston said four windows were broken on his vehicle.
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Gloria Savala
Odessa
Miguel Villaloves
South Sam Houston
Marines Strafe South Vietnamese Positions As Coastal Encounters Intensify
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces clashed with entrenched Communist units along the coast 125 miles east of Saigon, with air support given to irregular defenses. Actions included three helicopter incursions near An Hoa and Duy Xuyen, and infantry drops near Tam Ky as fighting persisted through the day.
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Saigon
U.S
An Hoa
da Nang
Duy Xuyen
Tam Ky
Texas and
Fort Worth
Garfield and
Golf Course Road
Delano
Circle Drive
Midland
Midland Tax Committee
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Kermit and
Odessa
Kermit
Midland voters set record turnout in city election
Mayor pro tem Joe D Ward offered a brief comment as Midland voters turnout broke the previous city election record of 6 566 in 1961 with 7 156 ballots cast 122 were discarded for improper machine use Alamo Junior High hosted the largest polling block with 2 327 votes split with 1 782 for the sales tax and 465 against It notes opposition from merchants to the tax but says Christmas rush reduced organized protests and urges focus on city needs for the next two years
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Joe D. Ward
Midland
James McCullough
McCullough
Alamo Junior High School
Retail Merchants Committee
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Weather Outlook For Texas Panhandle And Statewide Cold Snap
The forecast notes a small chance of light snow in the Panhandle this morning and increasing cloudiness across Texas. Daytime highs expected in the 60s in South Texas and 40s in the Panhandle with sub freezing conditions inland, while the Gulf Coast and Rio Grande Valley stay above freezing. Rain or drizzle are possible in eastern Texas tonight with a 30 percent chance, and light rain or snow possible across Oklahoma Arkansas and parts of Texas by Saturday.
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Panhandle
Texas
Lubbock
Brownsville
South Texas
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Fire damages two autos in separate incidents
Fires Thursday and Friday caused moderate damage to two automobiles. A short in a 1964 model under the hood of a car owned by Tressa Merritt at 4508 Conley triggered the blaze at 1010 East Eighth. A 1965 model car owned by C A Howell at 2640 San Carlos had hood paint damaged by a backfire through the carburetor near his residence.
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Tressa Merritt
Conley
East Eighth
C. A. Howell
San Carlos
Howell
Texas
Patton Carthage
Nixon
Crystal City Drive
Moss
Deaths from Midland Odessa area crashes and Marfa
Funeral services pending Friday for Julius M Hollowell 78 of Odessa after a two truck collision killed him Thursday at West 27th and FM 1936. He had moved from Sand Springs Oklahoma two months ago and was a retired service station operator. Also pending Friday in Marfa are services for John Calderon 43 who died in Riverside California after a sudden illness. Calderon formerly lived in Marfa and was a World War I veteran. Survivors include two daughters and two grandchildren for Hollowell and two sons a daughter and his parents for Calderon.
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Julius M. Hollowell
North Muskingum
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Hollowell
West 27Th
FM 1936
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Robinson
Ector County
Sand Springs
Oklo
Mississippi
Big Spring
Church of Christ
W. L. York
Wilma Mitchell
Seminole
Marfa
John Calderon
Kelly
Calderon
a_ Riverside
Calif
California
Air 2
John Calderon Jr
Jimmy Calderon
Hazel Martinez
Margarita Calderon
Drury Lane
David Rodriguez
Wendell
Idaho
Paul
Five Children Treated After Chemical Swallowing Incident
A child from Santa Maria California and five relatives including Rudolph Henri and Alberto Calderon were treated at Medical Center Cajon for swallowing a chemical liquid. The 2 year old Margarito Calderon Jr. was among those treated. all were released later.
Funeral services for John J. Keetee in Throckmorton
John J. Keetee 74 longtime Texas civic leader and Hardin-Simmons trustee died after a short illness in Olney hospital. He served on the West Texas Chamber of Commerce board and was a former member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board. Funeral set for 3 p.m. today in Throckmorton.
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Throckmorton, Tex
John J. Keetee
Hardin- Simmons Univesity
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Keetee
Olney
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Odessa Woman Dies Of Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Tennessee Trammell aged 90, longtime Odessa resident since 1935, died after a long illness in a Midland hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church with burial at Aspermont Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, one son, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Elizabeth Tennessee Trammell
Odessa
Midland
Breckenridge
Aspermont
Trammell
First Methodist Church
J. C. Zant
J. P. Kelley
H. H. Hitt
W. A. Trammell
Leesville
Mattie Rowan
Newburg
Ore
Ross Jackson
Evening Shade
Ark
Oma Tidwell
Dallas
Ozro Dockery
Grace Smith
Lubbock
Charles McMillan
Wrecks Injure Four In Odessa Area Traffic Crashes
Four people were injured in three separate crashes on the Odessa outskirts late Thursday and early Friday. Harry Lindenberg III, 20, was admitted for cuts and possible concussion after a 2:30 a.m. one car overturn on 27th west of Odessa. Willis Perrie, 46, Plainview, suffered severe head cuts when his car hit a parked tractor-trailer on Andrews Highway at 8 p.m. Thursday. A two car collision at 27th and Loop 338 injured Jackie Ratliff 17 and Zula Elliott 51 Midland both treated and released after first aid.
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Odessan
FM 1936
Harry W. Lindenberg
San Carlos
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Harry W. Lindenberg III
Lindenberg
Willis Perrie
Plainview
Perrie
Andrews Highway
27Th
Loop 338
Jackie Dean Ratliff
C. D. Ratliff
Stoner
Zula Elliott
Midland
Elliott
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Sand Hills
Doc and Festus
Fame
Coliseum Fairgrounds
Cotton Bowl
Cumcari
N.M
Jeanie Cobb
Ashdown
Sally Edwards
Ponca City
Okla
Linda Lee Schellack
Lake Charles
B. Fisher
S. Fisher
North Grant FE
Marines
Ato Z Rental Center
Monthru
Pend
Hardin-Simmons
E. 8Th
W. County Rd
Burger Chef System
Indianapolis 7
Indiana
Quessa
Dessa
Ralph Yarborough
Inn of
Floyd Gwin
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