Sharp Haden Avoid Another Day In Court
An out of court settlement was reached to avert a federal court appearance by Hous ank Sharp and W D Haden II. They were to disclose financial records and income tax returns in a suit seeking to collect a 50 000 judgment from Olympic Life Insurance stockholders. Olympic, now in conservatorship, was tied to the Sharpstown stock scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp
Haden
Dallas
Housank Sharp
Recomog
W.D. Haden II
Toa
U.S. District Court
William M. Taylor Jr
Olympic Life Insurance Co
Fort Worth
Olympic
Texas
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
John Osorio
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Taylor
Sharpstown State Bank
Sharp’s Bank
Olympic Treasury
Many Draft Eligibles May Be Let Off
Washington AP reports about 70,000 men with low lottery numbers could escape being drafted next year if no new calls are issued in January to March. Most are students who lost deferments, with extended priority potentially delaying or avoiding callups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Justice Harlan Dies at 78. Court Veteran and War Hero
Obituary notes Harlan born May 20 1899 in Chicago. Princeton law 1923 Oxford masters. NY Law 1924. corporate lawyer then U S Court of Appeals 1954, Supreme Court 1955. WWII colonel, Legion of Merit and Croix de Guerre recipient. private funeral in Weston Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Harlan
Chicago
Princeton University
Oxford
New York Law School
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
U.S. Air Force
Weston
Conn
Two Robberies Being Probed In Odessa
Two Odessa residents reported robberies on Wednesday night. B W Wilson, 14, said six Latin American teens jumped him near Broughton and Clemens, taking 4.07 dollars after he left a store at 7 40 p m. Mary Savage, 709 Fitch, said three women robbed her at knife point in the 800 block of South Tom Green, yielding 38 dollars. No suspects yet. cases under investigation Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Wilson
South Broughton
Broughton
Clements
Mary Savage
Fitch
South Tom Green
Two Odessa Residents Charged In Hospital Parking Theft
Arturo Gomez Levario and Guadalupe Joe Miranda were charged in Ector County Court with theft of a $15 battery from a nurse's car at the Mealeat Center Hospital lot on December 23. Both men posted $1,000 bonds and were arrested while walking from the parking area. The stolen auto battery belonged to Mrs. Earl Spencer who was on duty at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector
Mealeat Center
Arturo Gomez Levario
South Gulf
Guadalupe Joe Miranda
West Avenue
Earl Spencer
South Lauderdale
Young Man Treated After Fight At Medical Center
Donald E. Hayworth 22 of 600 North Dotsy was treated in the Medical Center Hospital emergency room Wednesday for a cut lower lip he received during a reported fight. He said he was struck by another man and was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Hayworth
North Dotsy
Medical Center Hospital
Hayworth
County Court Records From Local Jurisdiction
Marriage licenses issued list Leon Hardin with Betty Grandstaff and several others. District court filings include divorces and civil suits, with names such as Rita Templeton and Joe Templeton. Medical Center Hospital admits and discharges enumerate many patients including Nedra Houser and Linda Luna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hardin
Betty Joan Grandstaff
Michael Bruce Davis
Vickie Ruth Strackbein
iGary Scott Hermes
Panela Marie Kerlin
David Elwood Hill
Kandice Kay Swift
James Oliver Garrett Jr
Vicky Lynn Sloan
Augustin Bustamante Barriga
Elydia Alvarado Flores
Dana Charles Coneley
Stephen Austin Jancsik
Donnie Ray Hill
Arturo Gomez Levario
Guadalupe Joe Miranda
Nellie lSubla
Rita Sue Templeton
Joe Edward Templeton
Shirlee Sargent
Marvin Ray Sargent
Wanda Jean Jackson
Stevin Jackson
Sandra Kaye Stilwell
George Frank Stilwell
Edgar B. Weaver
George H. Meeks
Modern Rental & Leasing Co
Darrell Fra Hey
Medical Center Hospital
Nedra Kay Houser
Linda B. Luna
Robbie E. Johns
Doyle W. Covington
Linda Fay Scarpa
Sion
Tatum
Dorian M. Rand
Sandra K. Freeman
Mark H. Belainger
Damon R. Crawford
Joe L. Yarbough
Richard V. Welch
Darrell G. Hednett
Pam L. Gilbreath
Keith R. Atwell
Midland Youth Fatally Wounded in Arkansas Shooting
A Midland teen on a Hot Springs trip was accidentally shot by his older brother while cleaning a .22 caliber rifle. Terry Ferguson, 14, died at University Medical Center Little Rock after the incident on a holiday visit with his father. Funeral services are set for Friday in Midland with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. survivors include his mother, father Harold Ferguson of Hot Springs, three brothers Dennis Michael Randy, two sisters Debbie and Lisa Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Hot Springs
Ark
University Medical Center
Little Rock
Tifle
Billy Freeman
Bunch
Terry Olan
Keith Ferguson
Dorothy Fergusson
Mike
Leonard Street Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Gross Mortuary
Harold Ferguson
Dennis
Michael
Randy
Debbie
Lisa Brewer
el Monte
Calif
Thant Ends 10-Year Reign at U.N.
Secretary-General U Thant finishes a decade as head of the United Nations after a final day at headquarters. He appeared pale from a recent ulcer hospitalization and said he felt relief, planning rest and a book after retirement begins Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
U.N
Thant
46 Persons May Be Killed On State Roads
Austin authorities forecast 46 deaths on Texas streets and highways between 6 p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday as 78 hours of patrol begin. DPS Director Col. Wilson Speir said speeding and drunk driving will be targeted and praised officers for Christmas safety, noting a prior prediction of 52 to 44 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
DPS
Odessa Fire Dept fires 1500th run drains false alarm
The Odessa Fire Department made its 1,500th fire run at 5:15 PM on Wednesday during a day with four calls. The key incident involved a shorted lighting circuit causing smoke at Garrison General Tire Co. There was no damage after firefighters arrived. Earlier calls included minor kitchen smoke at Jack Stover’s home and a small wall burn from a gas line at Moody Smith’s home. A call at Joe Araiza’s residence was a false alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Garrison General Tire Co
North Grant
Jack Stover
Smith
Moody Smith
East Odessa
Joe Araiza
East Sixth
Teen Ager Hurt In Auto Smashup
A 16-year-old Odessa girl was treated at Medical Center Hospital after a three car crash on Andrews Highway at 8:51 p.m. Wednesday. Passenger Connie Sue Meek complained of neck and back pains. The Lovett car and a second vehicle were stopped at 42nd and Andrews when a third car driven by John W. Searcy struck from behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Eighth
Marty MH. Collins
Monahans
Ben Roden
North Elliot
West County Road
May Williams Palmer
West 81St
Vicki T. Henderson
Eisenhower
East Eighth
Cathryn L. Gibbs
East 43Rd
C. Michael Boxell
Springdale
Belmont
Zuela
Holifield
West Fifth
George K. Roeder
West 16Th
East Second
Edward C. Johnson
West Second
Robert L.hicks
Kenneth W. Keene
East 21St
del Rio
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Andrews Highway
John W. Searcy
East 23Rd
Jonni Marie Henson
Glenwood
Gay Roger Lovett
Hanley
Connie Meek
Waverly
Odessa Gir
Medical Center Hospital
Connie Sue Meek
Marie Meek
Sue Roger Lovett
Lovett
Rites Slated For Watchman Doyle Turney 59
Funeral services for Doyle Jackson Turney 59 night watchman for Plastic Applicators Inc were set for 2 p m today at Trinity Baptist Church with burial Friday in Mount Carmel Cemetery Wolf City Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements A service will be held at 2 p m Friday in Owens Funeral Home Chapel Wolf City He died about 2 30 p m Wednesday in Medical Center Hospital after a seven day illness He was born February 11 1912 in Heber Springs Arkansas and married Arva Nell Carpenter on November 27 1948 in Greenville The family moved to Odessa in 1948 from Greenville He was a World War II veteran Survivors include his widow two sons Ronnie Dean Turney and Kenneth Lee Turney both of the home two brothers W C Turney of Drasco Arkansas and L J Turney of Greenville two sisters Mrs Rosa Hines of Cordell Oklahoma and Mrs Fiona Johnson of Wolf City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Jackson Turney
Mesa
Plastic Applicators, Inc
Trinity Baptist Church
Mount Carmel
Wolf City
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Owens Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Heber Springs
Ark
Arva Nell Carpenter
Greenville
Odessa
Ronnie Dean Turney
Kenneth Lee Turney
W. C. Turney
Drasco, Ark
L. J. Turney
Rosa’ Hines
Cordell
Okla
Fiona Johnson
Hubbard- Kelly
George E. Mallard
Ector
Columbia
South America
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Maillard
Parker Drilling Co
Colombia
Tehuacana
Florence Parker
St.Louis
Mallard
Mexia
J. A. Gleason
Inchon
Korea
E. B. Ross
South Bend
Ind
Jal
N.M
James Emery Rogers
Cooper Funeral Home
Kermit
Kermit Cemetery
Tuesda
Carlsbad
Jar
Martinez
Calif
Canadian
Oklo
Jimmy
Marty
Bradley
Steven
Fresno
Deborah Marlene Rogers
Laurence Combs
Sandra James
San Angelo
Ruth Mayes
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Edom
St. John’s Hospital
Mayes
Brownsboro
Dan Moody Smith
Carl Carey Merkel
Carl Carey
Merkel
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill
Starbuck Funeral
Hendrick
Ex Odessa Resident Lil lie Bragg Rites Scheduled
Funeral services for Mrs. Lil lie R Bragg 78 a Odessa resident 1941 1963 moved to Midland scheduled 2 p m Thursday at Paul A Rix Funeral Home Chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens She died Tuesday at Terrace Gardens Nursing Home in Midland Survivors include two sons John H Bragg Midland Thomas E Bragg Lubbock four sisters eight grandchildren and many nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie R. Bragg
Odessa
Midland
Paul A. Rix
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Terrace Gardens
Bragg
West Second
John H. Bragg
Thomas E. Bragg
Lubbock
Two Suit Hits Odessa Men For Auto Repair Damages
Two lawsuits filed in Odessa districts seek damages for auto repairs from separate crashes. Edgar B. Weaver of Odessa sues George H. Meeks for $787 over a June 27 incident. Modern Rental & Leasing Co. targets Darrell Fraley for $3,956 tied to a June 13 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Edgar B. Weaver
George H. Meeks
Modern Rental & Leasing Co
Darrell Fraley
Odessa American Postal Rates Listing Notice
A fragmented notice from the Odessa American lists postal rates and delivery terms in Odessa Texas. It mentions months, money figures, and various service charges, indicating a period-era public notice about mail and home delivery in the county.
Services Slated For Publisher Henington In Wolfe City
Funeral services for Bruce Henington 46 publisher co owner of Henington Industries yearbook publishers of Wolfe City set for 3 p m Friday at First Baptist Church Wolfe City Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery Survivors include his widow Barbara sons Wayne Bryan daughters Shelly Wendy and his parents Mr and Mrs C K Henington Wom Campbell San Antonio AP federal services for W G Gay Campbell 73 of San Antonio formerly of Odessa held today burial Friday Longview Cemetery Graveside rites under Longview Masonic Lodge Roy Akers Funeral Home in San Antonio in charge Campbell a retired Humble Pipeline Co employee died Tuesday in a San Antonio hospital after illness He came to Odessa in July 1939 from Wink Employed with Humble for about 30 years he retired Dec 1 1963 and moved to San Antonio Campbell born Bre mond Dec 9 1898 married 1923 Survivors include his wife Tresie a daughter Mrs Helen Carter of Longview a son Dr Billy G Campbell of San Marcos a sister Mrs Finch Gary of Bremond and five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe City
Tex
Bruce Henington
First Baptist
Henington
Henington Industries
Mount Carmel
Barbara
Wayne
Bryan
Shelly
Wendy
C. K. Henington
Ww. G. Campbell
San Antonio
W. G
Gay) Campbell
Odessa
Longview Cemetery
Longview
Wink
Humble
Antonio
Campbell
Bremond
Tres‘sie
Helen Carter
Billy ‘G. Campbell
San Marcos
Finch Gary
Odessan Dies Rites Planned For Lon O Burnett
Lon Odis Burnett 43 of Route 1 died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital after a sudden illness. A Lewie Montgomery Trucking Co. terminal manager, he moved to Odessa in 1957 from San Angelo. Funeral at Crescent Park Baptist Church Friday at 4 p.m. with burial Evergreen Cemetery Stanton. Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home in charge. Survived by widow Norris Lee Chesser. two sons Kenny Burnett of Denton and Lon Burnett Jr. of Fort Bragg. mother Etta M. Johnson of Ackerly. WWII and Korean War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Odis Burnett
Route 1
Medical Center Hospital
Lewie Montgomery Trucking Co
Odessa
San Angelo
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Stanton
Hubbard
Crescent Park
Hobbs Woman Dies In Odessa
Gladys Mae Abbott 70 of Hobbs New Mexico died Wednesday in a local nursing home. Services at 2 p.m. Friday at Roberts Funeral Home Chapel Hobbs with burial in Memory Gardens Hubbard Kelly Funeral arrangements. Survivors include husband Clyde Abbott of Hobbs a daughter Alex C White Las Cruces two sons Leon and Wayne Jackson both Las Cruces a brother Virgil Mielars Kerrville two sisters Alvera Miller Medina Eva Alford Austin 14 grandchildren three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Mae Abbott
Hobbs
N.M
Roberts Funeral
Memory Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Bell County
Clyde Abbott
Roswell
Abbott
Odessa
Church of Christ
Alex C. White
Las Cruces
Leon Jackson
Wayne Jackson
Virigil Mielars
Kerrville
Alvera Miller
Medina
Eva Alford
Austin
Third Class Mail Rates Rise in January
The Odessa Post Office announced a temporary rise in third class mail rates starting January 24. The single piece rate increases from 12 to 13 cents for up to four ounces, and circulars rise from 23 to 28 cents per pound. The hike, postponed earlier due to wage-price controls, completes a gradual phase-in under the Postal Reorganization Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Nixon
Four vandal cases being checked in Odessa
Odessa lawmen investigated four vandalism incidents on Thursday. An oil company yard reported three tires slashed on trucks. A resident on East 21st said Christmas light strings were torn. A brick struck a screen door at Mrs. Chowning’s home and eggs were thrown on her car. Tires on a vehicle owned by Hugh Griffin on North Hancock were slit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Johnson Brothers Oil Co
West First
Bill Martin
East 21St
W. H. Chowning
West 15Th
Hugh Griffin
North Hancock
Three DWI Charges Filed In Ector County Court
Two area men and a California man faced DWI charges in Ector County Court. Dana Charles Conley, 20, was arrested December 22 after a 11 p.m. stop near Odessa. Donnie Ray Hill, 20, was stopped December 24 on SH 20 west of Odessa. Stephen Austin Janosik, 27, of California, was arrested December 28 near Five Miles North. All released on bonds of 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Dana Charles Conley
Robertson
Odessa
Donnie Ray Hill
Mona ‘Hans
SH 20
Stephen Austin Janosik
Jeeree Palms
Canif
Odessa Man Shot Wounded in Hand Treated at Hospital
A 25 year old Odessa man James A Posteal of 900 Barrett was treated for a gunshot wound to the right hand at Medical Center Hospital on Wednesday. He told officials he was shot earlier by another person but gave no details. No police report or charges were filed Thursday. Posteal was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
James A. Posteal
Barrett
Postear
Graveside rites held for two day old Mantooth infant
Graveside services were conducted at Rose Hill Cemetery at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Sheryl Lynn Mantooth, two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alton Mantooth of Odessa. The infant died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after birth at the local hospital. Survivors include the parents a brother Alton Mantooth Jr paternal grandfather H W Mantooth Lindsay Oklahoma and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Ballard of Lindsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheryl Lynn Mantooth
Alton Mantooth
April Street
Odessa
Rose Hill
Hubibard-Kelly Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Alton Mantooth Jr
H. W. Mantooth
Mayisville
Okla
Mrs.ohn Ballard
Lindsay, Okla
Final Services Planned Friday
A series of funeral notices list final services Friday for several individuals. George E. Mallard 54 of Odessa died in Colombia while working for Parker Drilling Co. James Emery Rogers 32 of Jal died from injuries in a Carlsbad accident. Ruth Mayes 68 of San Angelo dies after illness. Ora Myrtle Holly a former Pecos resident graveside Friday in Fairview Cemetery. Carl Carey Merkel 67 longtime Merkel resident died in Abilene.
Wink man held on drunken driving charge in Ector jail
A 30 year old Wink resident remained in Ector County jail Thursday in lieu of a 500 bond on a driving while intoxicated charge. Bobby Gene Perkins was arrested at 1 40 a m Thursday two miles north of 18 385 Justice of the Peace Inuel Valles set Perkins s bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector
Wink
Ector County
Bobby Gene Perkins
Inuel Valles
Perkins
Vond
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Laura B. Adams
Massey Pounds
Winifred $. Lanson
Tom Maxs
Emma J. Tinney
Jewel K. Daniel
L. Don Watters
Delynne Gibson
Carolyn Sue Ramsey
Teresa E. Lawbaugh
Sandjra K. Nanez
Chester A. Churchill
Savino Alvarez
Morris Brasuet
Pascual Arias
Samuel Lebaron
Harry Bender
Joe Nunez
Martha Nicholson
Scott Snead
Juanita Bell
Eldora Townson
Owen Tudor
Kathy McCoy
Billy Webb
Bessie Gray
Vern DeBolt
Jose Salcido
Ethel Bowen
Carolyn Wallum
Dianna Faye
Teresa Lawbaugh
Jerry Lawrence
John Jones
Jon Gison
Raymond Melton
Mieshanne Lane
Donna Bell
Daniel Pyle
Teresa Glount
James Davisson
Ella Berry
Erminia Aguilar
Lillie Watson
Byron England
Susan
He Raney
Yi Manuel ‘Aoa
Ronnie Medford
42Nd
East County Road
Sherwood
Grandview Town & Country Shopping Center
College Park
Clements Ector
Teen-Aner
Rites
Watchman
Americas
4Th Street
Aneses
Galty
Suedey
Odessa American
Carly
Mortien
Circulation Department
Odessan
DWI
Ora Myrtle Holly Pecos
Ora Myrtle Holly
Pecos
Fairview
Weatherford
Mary D. Kroll
Helen Faye Freer
Martha Jane Stiles
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