Odessa Chamber Report Details City Tax Spending
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce on schedule released a report on the first 60,000 city tax installment for industrial development. It shows no salary breakdown for two staffers, with speculation that Kenneth Prater earns two dollars monthly. expenses total 16,990.36 for a two month period.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Gene Garrison
Chamber
Kenneth Prater
Garrison
Prater
Odessa
IV Council
Marsha Hill
Ray Fuqua
Economic Research and Development Council
Ron Neighbors
Chamber of Commerce
Crawford Martin remembered as dedicated Texas public servant
Texas leaders mourn Atty Gen Crawford Martin after his death. Gov. Preston Smith and other officials praise his years of public service, noting his courage and nonpartisan work. Funeral plans set in Austin and Hillsboro with memorials to his scholarship fund at Hill Junior College.
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Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Texas
Smith
Hill
Margaret Ann Mash
Brandon
Tex
Jim Martin
Houston
Sherry Hill
Victoria
Nancy Martin
Southwest Texas State University
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Northwest
Austin
State Cemetery
Martin
First Presbyterian Church
Hillsboro
Covenant Presbyterian Church of Austin
First Presbyterian Church of
Hill Junior College
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Crawford
John Tower
R-Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Ben Barnes
North Vietnam rejects terms amid renewed peace effort
Nhan Dan says the United States pressures Hanoi with absurd terms while the nation seeks peace in independence. Vietnam News Agency reports B52 raids on Hanoi area Kham Thien, describing cratered streets, mass destruction, and civilian suffering as U.S. command avoids comment on casualties.
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Nhan Dan
Hanoi
Vietnam
Kham Thien
School's Damage Suit Dismissed in Midland Case
Mrs. Rita Duke’s $25,000 federal damage suit against the Ector School Board was dismissed by U.S. District Judge D W Suttle in Midland after she filed a motion. The suit claimed constitutional rights violations in rejecting her bid to run for the board in the April election, while trustees argued she failed the residency requirement. Board officials welcomed the decision, noting no base for the suit and legal actions within the law.
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Rita Duke
Ector
U.S
D. W. Suttle
Midland
Sharon Hollis
Suttle
New Jersey
Duke
Charles Lambeth
Perkins
Howard Purvis
James R
Buzz) Hurt
Purvis
Hurt
Gloria T. Svanas
Deaths fill multiple obituaries in West Texas notices
The week’s death notices list Jay Campbell age 62 at Medical Center Hospital and Grover King 80 of Imperial, plus Cecil L True of Seattle Gulf Oil head, Willie Burl Johnson truck driver, Hayes Bonner Corsicana matriarch, Martha Jane Greer Zephyr resident, Stella Nutt Alpine nurse, with funeral home arrangements pending or set. Names, ages, origins, and burial details appear alongside hospital deaths and autopsy notes.
Fire Destroys Well House and Hay Barn Fire
A well house at rear of 2515 Cambridge owned by Wilfred McLeod burned after an electrical short, extinguished in 10 minutes using 300 gallons of water. Earlier, children playing with matches set 15 bales of hay at west Mth and Loop 338 ablaze, put out in 10 minutes with 200 gallons. Henry Knezek owned the hay. A cigarette caused a trash container fire at 521 North Grant around 12:25 p.m. Friday with no damage.
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Cambridge
Wilfred McLeod
West Mth
Loop 338
Henry Knezek
North Grant
Midland Woman Killed In Crash
A two car crash eight and a half miles west of Midland at U S 158 and FM 1788 at about 4 40 p m killed 58 year old Hattie Vera Bagwell of Midland a passenger in a 1970 Volkswagen driven by her son 26 year old Charles R Bagwell of El Paso Bagwell who served in the U S Army at Fort Bliss sustained a broken nose and was treated at Midland Memorial Hospital She was pronounced dead at the scene by Midland Peace Justice Robert Pine and her body was taken to Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home arrangements pending Randy Allen Bingham of Hobbs New Mexico driving a 1973 automobile failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with the Bagwell vehicle both cars spun into a bar ditch no one else was injured as the other driver escaped uninjured.
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Hubbard-Kelly
Willie Burl Johnson
1814
West 30Th
Canyon
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Canyon Justice of the Peace
W. A. Wilson
Johnson
B.F. Walker Trucking Co
Kimberly
Ala
Odessa
Birmingham
Jose Perego
Allen Johnson
Buddy Jenkins
Chestnut
Diane Dunston
West 61St
Willard Johnson
Aponbough
Robert Johnson
F. E. Hughs
East 6Th
Mildred Cornelius
Lucille Hughs
Bernice Singleton
Wilma Trimm
Midland
U.S. 158
Hattie Vera Bagwell
Charles R. Bagwell
el Paso
Bagwell
Fort Bliss
Midland Memorial Hospital
Robert Pine
Newnie W. Ellis Funeral
Texas Highway
Lee Ross
Bingham
Odessa American Marriage Licenses and Court Notices
Marriage licenses issued include Darrell Williams Sr with Elvira Barrandey and others. Civil, criminal, and divorce filings listed along with district and city court notices, traffic accidents, vandalism reports, and police activity at local sites in Odessa Texas.
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Darrell Eugene Williams Sr
Elvira Barrandey
Larry Norman Parker
Tracey Patricia Williams
Benito Madrid Ramirez
Nieves Lianer Garcia
Dale Lee Harrington
Dana Jean Grimes
Edwin Ray Frazier
Anita June Johnston
Douglas Ray White
Alice Zayleen Bruno
Gould, Inc
Race Division
Woppy’s Auto & Hyd
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Council
Jim Reese
University of Texas Law
Senate
Sen
Will Martin
Price Daniel
Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General's Department
John L. Hunter
Medical Center
Colorado City
Hunter
Karen L. Branson
West 15Th
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Jay Campbell
Judy
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Grover King
Fort Stockton
Imperial
King
Crane
Paint Rock
The
Baptist Church
Nora King
R.M. Huddleston
Truman Groves
Ann Harris
Sue North
Edna King
Nell King
Jirm Murray
Bonnie Maxey
Antelope
Earl King
Stanfield
Ariz
Cecil L. True
Seattle
Gulf Oil Co
True
True’s Oil Co
Pacific Northwest
American Oil
Cecil, Jr
Gull Oil Co
Hawaii
Hayes Bonner
Corsicana
Corley
James Andrew Bonner
Springdale
Oakwood
Bonner
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Alton Hughes
Arlington
Terry Fluker
Lake Jackson
Jeff Womack
Kilgore
Robert Boyd
Eureka
D. A. Nichols
Martha Jane Greer Brownwood
Davis-Morris
Martha Jane Greer
Zephyr
Brownwood
James Riley Greer
Alvin 0. Greer
Bert R. Greer
B.O. Musgrove
Coleman
Bertie Clements
Greer
Zephyr Cemetery
Stella Nutt
Circulation Department
the Odessa
Col“ Bejuns
Sbicca Cobbies
RED Cross
Eejans
Amercan Odessa American
East Ath Street
Odewa American
Ector County
James’ Eaward
District Court
Kay Frances Shelton
Charles Edward Shelton
Erlynda Kay Bishop
Ivan Darel Bishop
Kenneth Ray Bats
Cadena Ads
Cord White
South
Grant
Sammie Woodard Graham
Fitch
Fred Trevino
South Anderson
Eagle Drive Inn
West Seventh
la Fiesta Community Center
Ruth
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