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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1967

Page

4

School Menu For Ector County Schools Next Week

Elementary menus priced at 40 cents and junior high and senior high at 50 to 55 cents. Elementary students may only choose from elementary items while older students may pick from either menu. Menu items include sandwiches soups hot dogs and drinks with daily specials listed for Tuesday through Friday such as country fried steak and baked pork chops with sides and desserts.

Ector County

Odessa Coin Club names officers for adult and junior divisions

The Odessa Coin Club elected officers at its Thursday meeting in the First National Bank Community Room. Goldsmith’s B. M. Panther will lead the adult group as president, with R. W. Anstot vice president and other officers including R. D. Edge secretary and Mary Wright treasurer. Tim Libson heads the junior division, with Johnny Haney as vice president and Paul Hurt as treasurer. Hollice R. Clark was chosen show chairman for the 1968 Per mian Basin Coin Show. Meetings are at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday and open to the public.

School Officials to Attend Austin Education Conference

Three Ector County School officials will attend the School Administrators Advisory Conference on Education in Austin this week. Sponsored by the Texas Education Agency, meetings run Wednesday through Friday with Howard Butler, Gifford Hodges, and Bill Holm among the attendees.

Ector County Austin Texas Education Agency Howard Butler Gifford Hodges Bill Holm

Youth Activists Use Underground Tactics In Schools

A wave of antiwar and antidraft activism targets high school students through off campus networks and underground papers. Quakers figure prominently as organizers while some schools push to present draft law information within the system.

Glamour Magazine New York Glamour

Computers Select Correct Schools

New York NEA report describes the American College Selector in Los Angeles offering a ten dollar service to pick six best suited accredited colleges via a 10 page questionnaire. It aims to guide applicants and counselors toward a “right” college without filing applications or guarantees of admission.

New York NEA American College Selector Los Angeles States Puerto P United States

Dear Ele and Walt Advice Column Panel

A printed advice column features reader questions on handling mean talk, balancing dates with friends, and managing chores when sick. Ele and Walt offer blunt responses urging communication, boundaries, and self care while addressing expectations for respect, freedom, and nursing school ambitions.

Schedule of Events in Ector County This Week

The weekly schedule lists activities at Eastside and La Fiesta venues. Notable items include Southside 50 plus Club on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Eastside Golden Age Club 6-12 p.m. on Thursday. Friday features Pistols and Pet toe coats at 7:30 p.m. and Mary Annes School of Dance at 34 p.m. Saturday hosts Prairie Dance Club 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. La Fiesta hosts a private birthday party 6-12 p.m. Sunday shows none.

Ector Country Buildings Southside Eastside West Texas Woodson la Fiesta Mary Anne’s School of Dance

Patriarch Alexei Urges Peace Prayers for Vietnam

Moscow Patriarch Alexei of Moscow and all Russia urged the faithful to pray for peace in Vietnam in his Christmas message to the Russian Orthodox faithful at home and abroad. The 90 year old leader thanked God for favors upon the motherland and praised the Soviet social system in Tass reporting.

Moscow Alexei Russia Vietnam Soviet Union Tass

Friendly Octopus Says Ocean Friend Not Threat

Soviet scientist A Naumov told Komsomolskaya Pravda that the octopus is the kindest animal and shows no aggressiveness toward men. He dismissed reports of octopuses attacking people as myths and insisted the creature is man’s friend.

Moscow UPI A. Naumov K Komsomolskaya Pravda

It’s Fun to Sew Cozy Knit Set Pattern 7028

Sewing pattern advertisement by Alice Brooks in The Odessa American offers a mohair knit set including cape hat and coat. Available in small, medium, or large with pattern 7028. Send 50 cents per pattern, 15 cents extra for first class mail and special handling. Mail to Alice Brooks Needlecraft Dept. Box 163 Old Chelsea Station New York NY 10011.

Alice Brooks Odessa American Needlecraft Dept Old Chelsea Station New York

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