Sulphur Claim Dispute Settled in Texas Court
In Fort Stockton Texas Mrs. Lucille Smith and rancher Roy McDonald reached an agreement ending a dispute over sulphur claims on McDonald land. Smith may drill 700 foot core holes on five sections by December 31 to keep the claims alive, with surface damages settled and a $7,000 bond posted to cover plugging costs. The Texas Railroad Commission asserted jurisdiction over exploratory drilling to prevent water pollution. Judge Charles Sherrill said a formal order would follow.
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Fort Stockton
Lucille Smit
112Th District Court
Smith
Roy McDonald
Fort Stockton and Midland
Texas Railroad Commission
TRC
Austin
Charles Sherrill
Bombing Plot Exposed by New Haven Register
The New Haven Register reports an undercover operation by state and local police with a federal agent derailed an extremist bombing plot targeting police HQ and two banks in New Haven. Five men were arrested on conspiracy charges. a sixth remains sought. The defendants face $100,000 bond each.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
New Haven Register
the Register
New Haven
Militant
Hill Parents’ Association
HPA
Community Progress, Inc
Ronald Johnson
Alonzo Russell
Curtis Belton
Community Progress
Willis Brooks
James Cotter
Guilford
Odessa American Local Newspaper Rate Card Paragraph
The notice lists subscription prices for Odessa and Ector County readers. It details home delivery and mail rates, weekly retail charges, and single-copy prices for daily, Saturday, and Sunday editions. It includes the paper’s address and phone numbers and notes post office enrollment. It cites publication as a second class matter under the 1879 act.
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Odessa
Tex
4Th
Texas
Ector County
Queen Elizabeth's Rolls stalls trip to Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth and her children endured a public delay when the royal Rolls stalled en route to the Sandringham estate. Police helped push the car aside while the party switched to Queen Mother Elizabeth's car. Prince Philip remains hospitalized after wrist surgery but will join at Sandringham for January.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth
Royal Estate
Sandringham
Whitehall
Prince Philip
King Edward VII Hospital
England
Wallace to Head California Ballot as Independent Party Registers
In Sacramento, 79,001 voters joined the American Independent Party backing George Wallace, ensuring a place on the California presidential ballot. Secretary Frank M. Jordan noted 27 counties with over 50,000 voters each push the tally well past the 66,059 threshold, with total figures still rising as counties submit official counts. The Peace and Freedom Party faces a lag and may miss the threshold despite claims of 52,000 voters.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
American Independent Party
Alabama
George Wallace
California
Frank M. Jordan
Jordan
Secretary of State
Wallace
Peace and Freedom Party
Jack Weinberg
Wreck Victim Dave Gale Treated After Accident
Dave Gale age 18 of 3828 Candy Lane was treated at Medic Center Hospital Friday night for a head laceration from an auto crash earlier at Second and Muskingum.
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Dave Gale
Candy Lane
Medic Center Hospital
Second
Muskingum
Marines press offensives in An Hoa area amid heavy casualties
Marines arrived by helicopter near An Hoa to block a Viet Cong stronghold. Viet Cong firing from spider holes pinned them down before the area was overrun, leaving 33 enemy dead. Twenty‑one Americans were killed or wounded and bodies were found stripped of gear.
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Hoi An
An Hoa
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
South China Sea
Duy Xuyen
Tam Ky
Quang Tin
Quang Nam
North Vietnam
Bridge Tragedy Spurs Hearing In Silver Bridge Case
National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing to question witnesses and survivors of the Silver Bridge collapse in Point Pleasant. Thirty six bodies recovered from the Ohio River with ten still missing. Army Corps of Engineers to remove wreckage in three or four days.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
William C. Foster
Ohio River
Foster
Army Corps of Engineers
Child Treated After Swallowing Chemical At Local Center
David Alkire an 18 month old boy son of Mr and Mrs David Alkire of 1009 Cimarron was treated at Medical Center Hospital Friday night and released after swallowing a chemical.
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David Alkire
Medical Center Hospital
Gunmen Loot Small Store in South Midland Robbery
Midland police arrested James Williams, 28, at his southside home about 8 p.m. Friday after a daylight robbery at Speedy Pak Grocery. Two other suspects were being sought as Mrs. Walter Snead described a tense holdup with a printed demand note and a sack of cash.
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Midland
South Midland
James Williams
Southside
Speedy Pak
Walter Snead
Wreck Victim Loss Spurs Funeral Services in Midland
Funeral services are set for Julius M. Hollowell 78 of 3605 North Muskingum to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with Love Buckman officiating graveside in Westbrook Texas Cemetery. Hollowell died from a two truck collision at West 27th and FM 1936 Thursday. Survivors include two daughters and two grandchildren. Graveside services for Henry Lyle Rudloff two are at 3 p.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery under Newnie W. Ellis Funeral Home direction. He died at Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness born March 7 1965 Midland. Survivors include his mother two brothers a sister and grandparents.
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Julius M. Hollowell
North Muskingum
Hubbard-Kelly
Love Buckman
Sherwood Church of Christ
Westbrook
Texas
Hollowell
West 27Th
FM 1936
Medical Center Hospital
Henry Lyle Rudloff
Midland
Lynell Rudloff
Fairview Cemetery
Newnie W. Ellis
John Rudloff
Robert Dale Rudloff
Joe Ellen Rudloff
Seven white men sentenced in Mississippi civil rights case
In Jackson Mississippi seven white men were sentenced to three to ten years for conspiring in the 1964 killing of civil rights workers in Neshoba County. Samuel H Bowers Jr Alton Wayne Roberts received ten year terms the others got six or three years. The judge allowed bond pending appeal and raised bonds for two defendants.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
U.S
Harold Cox
Samuel H. Bowers Jr
Laurel
Alton Wayne Roberts
Meridian
Cox
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Billy Wayne Posey
Philadelphia
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Bowers
Roberts
Wrence Rainey
Meticlan
James Ananey
Price
Posey
Horace Doyle Barnette
Jimmy Arledge
Jimmy Snowden
Barnette
Arledge
Snowden
Fire crews extinguish blaze reported on Schell alley
Firefighters responded Friday to a trash fire in an alley behind 207 Schell. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the small blaze.
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Schell
Vandals Hit Twin Cactus Drive-In and FHA Home
Deputies reported two vandalism incidents near Odessa. The Twin Cactus Drive-in on U S east of Odessa suffered shattered windows, damaged plumbing, and wall breaches with about 5000 dollars in damages. A Federal Housing Administration home at 1323 Bluebonnet had bullet holes found during the probe.
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Twin Cactus Drive-in
U. S. St
Odessa
Federal Housing Administration
Bluebonnet
Lawyer Seeks Judge's Post for Ector County Court
John H. Budd Rogers, former Ector County attorney, filed to run for judge of the Ector County Court-At-Law in the May 4 Democratic primary. He cites juvenile court work and court duties as key, age 44 with wife Maria and 8 year old son Jeff, living at 5200 Johnson.
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John H
Buddy) Rogers
Ector County
W. M
Bill) Hill
Rogers
Odessave
Baytor University
Ladies Auxiliary
Johnson
Gold Barracks
Maria
Jeff
First State Methodist
Two Injured in Horseback Riding Incidents
Two riders suffered injuries in separate horseback mishaps. Ray Burns, 17, of 812 West 61st, was listed in satisfactory condition with an injured left knee and leg after a horse knocked him down. Nancy Taylor, 12, of 3630 Loma, was referred to a private doctor following a fall from a horse.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ray Burns
George Burns
West 61St
Nancy Taylor
Charlie G. Taylor
Three Theft Cases Reported in Local Incidents
Police and sheriff's deputies investigated three theft cases Friday night. Gene Greeson reported a stereo stolen from his parked car and tools including a shotgun from Century Welding Co. Beverly Robbins said four hubcaps were stolen from her property.
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Gene Greeson
West Fifth
Century Welding Co
Beverly Robbins
East Fifth
Burglaries Investigated At Saint James Church and Car
Police investigated two burglariesFriday at Saint James Baptist Church 309 South Hancock looting a coke machine and desk of change and about $7 in bills with no signs of forced entry. Walter L Casity Odessa reported his car window smashed and shotgun thefts from the vehicle.
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Saint James Baptist Church
South Hancock
Walter L. Casity
Odessa
Mwre
Funeral set for Mrs Della Stagner in Frost Texas
Mrs Della Stagner 85 of Midland dies Friday at Parkview General Hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday in First Methodist Church Frost with burial in Frost Cemetery. Survivors: sons Ross Stagner Pleasant Ridge Michigan Frank Stagner Wichita Falls a daughter Dorothy Gray Hobbs New Mexico 10 grandchildren 13 great-grandchildren.
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Midland
Della Stagner
First Methodist
Frost, Tex
Frost Cemetery
Seminole Man Gets Fine and Jail for DWI
Seminole resident Dewey Hansel Franks, 38, was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Ector County Court Friday. He was arrested by the Texas Highway Patrol on December 24 at the intersection of Highway 158 and 385. The plea was entered before Judge Mike Berry.
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Dewey Hansel Franks
Ector County
Franks
Texas Highway Patrol
Mike Berry
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North Grant FE
American Legion Hall
Pueblo
Sun
Sv Service
American Bank of
Commerce Fdic
Odessa College
Ros Sue Simmons
Damon Simmons
East 16Th
Julie Pressly
Julian Pressly
North
Lauderdale
Bankerslireman
Sonny Webb
ABC
Mrs. Della Stagner
Faza
John Wayne Jones
Virginia Gay McMahan
Bobby Ray Banta
Helen Loretta Burkhalter
Betty Carmack Reid
Walter Lawrence Reid
Bill Douglas Brooks
Doris Lavon Brooks
Dale Grisham
Freda E. Grisham
Albert E. Rheams
Ruth Rheams
Marvin A. Armstrong
Nola Carter
Murdock
Leslie Hinton
Ida Boydstun
Billy R. Boydston
East County Road
Rodger Eugene Easley
Walnut
Gary Stephen Johnson
Cimarron
Grant
John S. Green
Lyndale
Robert Eugene
Cherry Maddux Jones
East 37Th
Donald K. Campbell
West 23Rd
Precious McMahon Jr
Wabash
Will Thomas Plumbee
West Lindburg
Andrews Highway
Geneva H. Stout
Amarillo
Homer Warren Sage
North Jackson
Alleghancy
Glenda Redding Walters
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