Taxi Rate Hike Wins Approval
Odessa city council approved a 25 percent rise in taxicab rates amid opposition from City Cab Co. owner U S Brown and inquiry into Merriman’s stance. New rates set first half mile 55 cents, each extra quarter mile 10 cents, waiting time 5 per hour, affecting Yellow Checker Cab as well.
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Jim Reese
U. S. Brown
City Cab Co
Tom Hirsch
Brown
Hirsch
Yellow-Checker Cab. Co
Wayne Merriman
Breakin Loss At 1800 Spurs Odessa Filing Cabinet Theft
Ector County deputies seek clues after a burglary at O and L Well Service at 3808 Kermit Highway. About $1800 vanished from a filing cabinet though cash was normally kept in a back safe. Entry via bathroom window. staff note money was for employee advances. Several cabinets pried, tools used, window screen and broken commode lid found outside. Deputy notes insurance papers torn and missing. Includes county court marriages, divorces, civil cases, hospital admissions and a list of traffic incidents.
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Ector County Sheriff’s Deputies
Odessa Well Service
O&l Well Service
Kermit Highway
Sharon Hobanks
Smith addresses young voters at Odessa rally
President of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce notes rising city calls as a Texas governor campaigns on youth turnout. A staffer reports an upcoming opening in Houston Tuesday night and Smith praises vocational education, new state universities, medical schools, and the Texas Communities Tomorrow Program. The event featured Ector County Judge Mike Barney introducing Smith.
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Odessa
Texas
Austin
Ector County
Mike Barney
Smith
Texas Communities Tomorrow
Two Thefts Reported In City Police Brief
The police department reported no thefts under investigation on Wednesday. Joe Bob Bizzell of 1418 Fargo cited the theft of a wallet from the Permian High School field house, containing $10, ID, and a driver's license. Bruce Kelly of 1516 Mesa reported a bicycle stolen.
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Joe Bob Bizzell
Fargo
Permian High School
Bruce Kelly
Mesa
Odessan Dies and Services Set for 74 Year Old
Odessan Orien Alvie McCoy 74 died Tuesday night at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services Thursday at 4 am Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born March 18 1897 in Jacksboro he came to Odessa in 1950 from Whiteface. Survived by widow son Ray McCoy six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. he was a member of St Luke's Methodist Church and a 32nd degree Mason.
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Orien Alvie McCoy
Gulf Oil Co
Ector County
Bill McCoy
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard Kelly
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Ray McCoy
Olton
Nixon outlines 1971 aims for Moscow trip and SALT pace
President Nixon signals a cautiously optimistic tone for the Moscow visit, urging progress on SALT talks begun in 1969. Kissinger expects a first-stage accord before or at the summit, likely limiting ABMs and land-based missiles but not submarine-launched systems. The speech discusses aid to African nations and references broad UN and China issues.
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United Nations
China
Moscow
Kissinger
Nixon
Russia
United States
Hospital Board Meeting Set For Thursday
The Hospital's Board of Managers will meet Thursday in the medical library to review the financial statement and monthly statistics. They will consider the current bills for payment and will provide time for any further new business to come before the board.
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Medical Center Hospital
Deaths Carlos Melendez DeLao 63 Odessa longtime resident
Carlos Melendez DeLao 63 of Odessa died today at 1 15 a m in Medical Center Hospital after a three month illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday at St Joseph Catholic Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include his widow three daughters two brothers and a sister. Records show he was born November 4 1908 in Candelaria and married Josefina Sanchez March 27 1948 in Marfa after moving to Odessa in 1948.
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Carlos Melendez DeLao
del Rio
Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Candelria
Marfa
Josefia Sanchez
Eloy Prado
Fort Worth
Gerado Galindo
1007
Loren DeLao
Bonifacio DeLao
van Horn
Thomas DeLao
Chihuahua
Mex
Edith M. Gillespie -Killeen
Edith Marie Gillespie
Killeen
Pershing Park Baptist Church
Killeen City
Temple Hospital
W. D. Gillespie
Terry Wilcox
Lisa Gillespie
Glen Wells
Frank
Colorado City
M. R
Daisy) House
Houston
Riker-Rains-Seale
van Buren
Ark
M. R. House
Glasscock County
Pablo Zarate McCamey
Pablo Zarate
McCamey
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Larry D. Sheppard
Resthaven
McCamey Hospital
Mexico
Siria Flores
Auroria Flores
Firebaugh
Calif
Joe Zarate
Fernando Zarate
Rubio Zarate
Christie Shoemake Kermit
Christie Lee Shoemake
T. G. Shoemake
Wickett
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Kermit Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
Kermit
Roy
Lane
Van
Neil
Francis P. White
Mrs. L. V. Piedfort
San Angelo
Brady Rites Being Planned
Brady Rites Being Planned or Frank Robinson Kittrell, 76, of Kingsland, a retired carpenter, died at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday in Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services will be held in Brady. Local arrangements are Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home. He was born Jan. 17, 1896, in Stephenville and married Jan. 16, 1942, in Tuscola to Florence Yantis. Survivors include his widow and two sisters.
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Frank Robinson Kittrell
Kingsland
Medical Center Hospital
Brady
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Stephenville
Tuscola
Florence Yantis
Rankin Pace
Winters
Lucy Kittrell
Final Services Slated Thursday
Funeral notices list Floyd Merle Palmer 41 of Columbus Neb died after attempting a jail break. Services set 2 p.m. at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Survived by father Andrew Palmer, siblings and several relatives. Other notices follow for Sarah Jane Jinkins, Sherman A Armstrong Snyder, M R Daisy House, Viola Mae Boles, Ann Jackson, David McKinney, Pablo Zarate, and Christie Shoemake.
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Floyd Merle Palmer
Columbus
Neb
Hubbard-Kelly
Odessa
Palmer
Andrew Floyd Palmer
Hill‘mont
Johnny Palmer
West 81St
Virginia Horn
Redbud
Rex Dinwiddie
Joinerville
Elizabeth Tisdale
Hillmont
Odessa American: postal records and subscription rates
The Odessa American lists mailing details and subscription prices. Home delivery in Odessa and Ector County cost 2.58 monthly, with retail and all other zones at 2.00 and 0.35 respectively. Single copy cost 0.50 daily and 0.25 Sundays.
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Odessa
Texas
Gat Street
Iti
Odesse American
Odesse
Ester
Named In Charge Gloria Selvera Faces Welfare Fraud Charge
Gloria Selvera, 21, of 307 Lotte Man, was charged in Ector County Court on Wednesday with receiving benefits from the State Department of Public Welfare by false statements on Sept 16. No arrest had been made.
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Gloria Selvera
Lotteman
Ector County
State Department of Public Welfare
Odessa civic events and sports schedule notes
Noon Downtown Lions Inn of Golden West Ballroom. Odessa Civitan Sands Restaurant Noon Sand Hills American Business Club Sands Restaurant 6:30 P.M. Evening Lions Sands Restaurant 7:30 P.M. Ector County School Board Administration Building at Eighth and Lee 7:30 P.M. Odessa Toastmistress Club KOSA TV conference Room 1211 North Whitaker 8 P.M. Harlem Globetrotters Ector County Coliseum.
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Downtown
Lions
Inn of Golden West
Sand Hills
Sands Restaurant
Ector County School Board
Bulding
Eighth and Lee
Odessa Toastmistress Club
Kosatv Conference Room
North Whitaker
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Permian Basin
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M. F. Lawless
Lakeview Addition
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Geneva Eloise Reese
Linda Kay Harlow
Russell Larry Harlow
Gordon R. Pruitt
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Thomas Louis Williams
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Richard Earl Smith
Argonau
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Ira J. Norwood
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Roy M. Mahan
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Daniel M. Jay
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Henry G. Wilhelm
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Clifford Dart
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Edward F. Demler
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Emerald
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Joyce B. Hallmark
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Leon Roberson Jr
Catalina
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Perryville
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Ridgedale
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Boulder
Penwell
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First Baptist Church
Melrae Angel Kelsooe
Martin County Hospital
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Stanton
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Charles Pierce
Big Spring
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Roselle
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Midland Memorial Hospital
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Irving
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Hugh Hines
Weatherford
Sam Logan
James Adamson
W. E. King
Taylor Monteith
Lovington
N.M
Lea County
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Monteith
Alice
Sarah Jinkins
Sarah Jane Jinkins
Totten Funeral
Electra
Old Electra
Cooper Funeral Home
Jinkins
Maysville
Ala
C. J. Jinkins
Farmington
Carl Fletcher
Don Gordon
Roswell
Bill Pence
Hershell Pence
Hugo
Okla
Eva Whitley
Bonham
Bessie McDaniels
Sulphur Springs
Opal Payne
Essie Smith
Sherman A. Armstrong Snyder
Sherman A. Armstrong
Snyder
Calvary Baptist Church
Pyron
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Round Rock
Willie Raley
New Mexico
The
Baptist Church
L. T. Atzback
Fort Stockton
Charlie Bentley
Springfield
Billy Henkel
Floyd Swafford
Roscoe
Johnny Hazelwood
Dermott
Arthur Armstrong
George Armstrong
Viola Mae Boles
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Victor Mellinger Dry Goods Co
Cecil Boles
San Antonio
Watson ‘Hammond
Catherine Henry
Audrey Crawford
Mount Calm
Molly Crawford
Lucille Trantham
Yucca Valley
Bonnie Stover
Dorothy Haner
Carlton Davis
Ann Jackson
Humble City
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
David McKinney
River Welch Funeral Home
Mount Olive
Wilford Hall Hospital
Lackland Air Force Base
Trenton
Tenn
Malinda Pachall
McKinney
Navy
Ruth McSwain
Ray Pachall
Louis Pachall
Oriculation Department
Noom
Odessa Civitan
Evening Lions
Harlem Globetrotters
Ector County Coliseum
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