Thai embassy hostage crisis ends with cotracted exit
Four gunmen seized six Israelis at the Thai embassy in Bangkok. After hours of captivity, negotiations led to safe conduct out of the country. The group and several Thai officials flew to Cairo aboard a plane, with hostages released at the airport.
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Cambodia
Shimon Avimov
Amir
Moustafa el Essawy
Dawee
Cairo
Chatichai Choonhavan
Asa Sarasin
Foreign Ministry
Bank contribution and legal troubles tied to 1971 Texas scandal
Duncan, a major contributor to Humphrey and Nixon, faced a $2.27 million Dallas State Court suit over a land mortgage linked to the Sharpstown banking scandal. The action, involving deposits from defunct Sharpstown entities, arises as Duncan secured a $200,000 Washington loan and funded the campaigns. A separate $500,000 suit emerged in Bexar County, with National Bank of Washington, linked to United Mine Workers ownership, and True Davis as president following Tony Boyle’s defeat. Jury trial for the larger suit is set for July 16.
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Humphrey
Nixon
Dallas
Texas
Sharpstown State Bank
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Washington
Ind
Bexar County
Indiana
National Bank of Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Davis
Jack Anderson
Thomas Eagleton
Eagleton
Odessa Firefighters Contain Eight Calls Across City
Odessa firemen answered eight calls Thursday including a total loss well house at Glen Payne home on 6518 St. Louis due to an electrical short. Cars, trash fires, and heater and cigarette lighter incidents prompted responses at Lincoln Street, National Bank on Eighth and Echo, and city landfills with minor damages overall. A large fire in suburban Hurst forced evacuations and damaged stores linked to a bulldozer starter unit fire. another stove grease incident caused minor damage at 3927 Dumont.
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Odessa
Glen Payne
St. Louis
North Lincoln
Larry Adams
National Bank of Odessa
Eighth
Echo
Carl Branan
Dumont
East 56Th
Bonham
Pleasant
Atty Gen Crawford Martin Ill in Office Rush
A Texas attorney general Crawford Martin was rushed to a hospital after an illness in his office. An employee said they were fairly sure he had a second heart attack. Martin, 56, previously had a heart attack March 5, 1971 and underwent eye surgery at Johns Hopkins. He lost the Democratic primary to John Hill and Hill is set to be sworn in January 2.
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Austin
Crawford Martin
Martin
Hart
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John Hill
Hill
Winter Storm Slams Mountain RegionCausing Closures and Snow
A powerful winter storm swept the Intermountain region with heavy snow and high winds, closing highways and creating hazardous driving eastward toward the Plains. Up to nine inches of snow fell in areas including Salt Lake City as conditions deteriorated.
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Associated Press
Intermountain
Plains
Salt Lake City
Judge Accept Guilty Plea in Auto Burglary Case
Jimmy Wayne Vance, 24, of 312 West 47th, pleaded guilty in 70th District Court to breaking and entering a motor vehicle. He received three years probation in place of prison for the Aug. 29 auto burglary of Ronnie Cotheren’s vehicle in the 5700 block of West 26th. Vance was represented by Ruff Adders of Odessa. the state was led by Assistant District Attorney Dennis Cadra. He testified he had no prior felony convictions.
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Jimmy Wayne Vance
West 47Th Friday
70Th District
Ronnie Cotheren
West 26Th
Vance
Ruff Adders
Odessa
State
Dennis Cadra
Vandalism Case Under Investigation at Local Elementary School
Odessa Police detectives investigate vandalism at Zavala Elementary School where rocks shattered eight windows at Pine and Clifford. A second item notes Robbie Morris named First National Bank employee of the year. Mrs Morris, Brownfield native, began in 1952 in the Proof Department and now serves as Installment Loan Operations Supervisor. The Morrises reside with two Permian High School sons at 2660 East 25th Street.
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Odessa
Zavala
Pine
Clifford
Robbie Morris
First National Bank
Morris
Brownfield
First National
James
East 25Th St
Permian High School
Elevated Debby Ratliff Named UTPB News Director
Debby Ratliff 26 of 4201 North Grandview has been promoted from information writer to director of news and information at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a $1000 monthly salary. A Baylor University graduate in 1969 with a BA in English, she did graduate work in history at Baylor and Rice. She serves as Friend of the Ector County Library and sits on the boards of the Presidential Museum and the Ector County Chapter of the American Cancer Association, and has been at UTPB since last February.
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Debby Ratliff
North Grandview
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Baylor University
Baylor
Rice University
Ector County
Presidential Museum
American Cancer Association
UTPB
Theft Report At Red Carpet Lounge In Odessa
A billfold with $300 cash was stolen Thursday from under a counter at the Red Carpet Lounge on North Jackson. Elizabeth Calhoun reported she left the purse under the counter that morning and someone took it during the day. Two other thefts were being checked Friday including a cutting torch worth 890 taken from W. D. Lester’s truck and a purse with $30 missing from Betty Lee Shoes on North Grant. Elisa Ramirez reported she left a purse at the store front.
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Red Carpet
North Jackson
Elizabeth Calhoun
North Adams
Odessa
W. D. Lester
West 48Th
Betty Lee Shoes
North Grant
Elisa Ramirez
Lindberg
Oil Worker Dies In Fall Near Crane
A 42-year-old Crane oil field worker, Leon Watson Blocker, died after falling from a derrick about 10 miles southwest of Crane. An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Sara Adams. officials said it likely was an accident but a heart attack could not be ruled out. Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Sheppard Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Crane Garden of Memories. Blocker, a T&K Oil Field Service Co. employee, lived in Crane four years. He was born January 23, 1930, and married Dorothy McDougal on October 30, 1971. He was a service veteran and a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his widow, two daughters and a son in Iowa, his father Cub Blocker of Wewoka, Oklahoma, and a sister Vergie Pool of Marysville, California.
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Here
Leon Watson Blocker
Justice of the Peace
Sara Adams
Sheppard Funeral Home Chapel
Crane Garden of Memories
Dorothy McDougal
Blocker
American Legion
Iowa
Cub Blocker
Wewoka
Okla
Vergie Pool
Marysville
Calif
William W. Boatright
Dublin
Harrell Funeral Home
William Walter Boatright
Howard C. Boatright
Byron
New Dublin
Huntsville
Ark
Boatright
Congregational Methodist Church
Emila
The
Home
Mary Ruth Harris
Addie Mae Echols
Sadie Mackey
Victoria
Wanda Austin
Arlington
Lewis Boatright
Coleman
Buck Boatright
Brownwood
Jimmy Boatright
San Angelo
Jacky Boatright
Dortha Lea Stracener
Audie Conner
Santa Anna
Leona Nixon
Lesfel Estes
Dora Slate
Mary Smith
Taylor Boatright
Hardy Boatright
Odessa
Rodger Hooper
West 10Th
Roy G. Hooper
Greenville
Jane Hooper Buster
Atlanta
Joe Buster
Texarkana
Buster
Cass County
Vivian
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Roy Hooper
Hugo
Mount Olivet
Lampton Mills Funeral Home
William W. Hooper
Juanita Fields
Cisco
Magdalene Benavidez
Queen City
Sharon Duncan
Dian Robertson
Ector High School
Carol Lee
Terri Hooper
Leah Hooper
Guy Hooper
Bull Jones
Jal
Nevada
Jones
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Tilton
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Mattie Courtney
Lake City
Buel Jones
Everett Jones
Lola Rodgers
Goldsmith
Clint Jones
Harrisburg
Ill
Robert H. Braly Tulia
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Robert H. Braly
W.M. Braly
Swisher County Memorial Hospital
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Swisher County
Braly
Wise County
Joy
Sam Braly
Washington, D.C
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Jack Braly
Tulsa
Bobbie Ann Smetherman
Fresno
Betty Crager
Houston
J.C. Braly
Long Beach
Art Braly
Amarillo
Weldon Braly
the Gazette
St. Vincent Infirmary
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Wilhelmina
George Whitfield Cook
Los Angeles
Hugh B. Patterson Jr
Little Rock
Gazette
Powell Smith
Knoxville
Thelma Rampy
Wichita Falls
Owens-Brumsey
D.S. Richardson
Truman
Rampy
Midland
William Rampy
Dallas
Virginia Lee Reeder
Thelma Wilson
Haley Richardson
Slaton
Pricilla King
Three Men Charged With DWI in Ector County
Herculano Aguirre 29 of Pecos Johnnie Henry 55 of Odessa and William Toney 29 of Odessa faced DWI charges in Ector County Court. Aguirre was arrested near Odessa on US 385 at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Henry was stopped on FM 2020 near Odessa at 4:14 p.m. Sunday. Toney was arrested near Odessa on US 385 at 11:20 p.m. Thursday. Bond set at 500 for Aguirre and Henry, 1,000 for Toney. A separate suit involved John I Lane of Odessa brought by B J Coskrey of Odessa.
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Ector County
Herculano
Aguirre
Pecos
Odessa
US 385
Johnnie Henry
West 23Rd
William M. Toney
Santa Rosa
Toney
70Th
John I. Lane
B. J. Coskrey
Odessa Man Found Dead In Truck
Willie Earl Johnson 49 of 1814 West 30th was found dead in a running truck north of Canyon. An autopsy was ordered with results pending. Canyon police suspected natural causes. Johnson, a driver for B F Walker Trucking Co, had lived in Odessa since 1956. He was a WWII Navy veteran, Baptist, married 1969 to Josie Perego, with a son Allen and two daughters. He was born November 14, 1923, in Kimberly Alabama.
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Hubbard-Kelly
Willie Earl Johnson
West 30Th
Canyon
Canyon Justice of the Peace
W.A. Wilson
Canyon Police Department
Johnson
B.F. Walker Trucking Co
Kimberly
Ala
Odessa
Birmingham
Josie Perego
Allen Johnson
Buddy Jenkins
Chestnut
Diane
West 61St St
Willard Johnson
Baton Rouge
Robert Johnson
F.E. Hughes
East Sixth
Mildred Cornelius
Lucille Hughes
Bernice Singleton
Wilma Trimm
Arkans as Editor Dies At Age 100
John Netherland Heiskell longtime editor of the Arkansas Gazette dies at 100 in Little Rock after recent hospitalizations for breathing issues. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with survivors listed. Gazette noted for Pulitzer prizes tied to its desegregation stance in 1957.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
John Netherland Heiskell
Arkansas Gazette
Heiskell
Veteran Reporter Wirges Dies At 75 In Arkansas
Joseph Bernard Wirges, 75, longtime Arkansas Gazette crime-solving police reporter for 49 years, died Thursday in Little Rock after emphysema and heart failure. Rosary Friday evening at Healey and Roth. funeral Saturday at St Marys Church. Survivors include three sons, three sisters, 16 grandchildren, one great grandchild. He began at the Gazette in 1913, left, then returned as police reporter, retiring in 1966 after a career shaping Arkansas crime reporting.
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North Little Rock
Joseph Bernard Wirges
The
Arkansas Gazette
Wirges
Healey and Roth Funeral Home
Little Rock
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert E. Wirges
Gene Wirges
Morriston
Joe Wirges Jr
Mary Major
Helen Schultz
George Berg
the Gazette
Arkansas
Tomorrow In Odessa Rodeo at Ector County Coliseum
At 8 p.m. the Sandhills Championship Rodeo takes place in Odessa at the Ector County Coliseum. Local fans await a night of rodeo action featuring top competitors and thrilling events.
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Ector County Coliseum
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