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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1973

Page

2

Hereford and Quarter Horse Show auction nets $32,697 in Odessa

The Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show auction raised 32,697.15 dollars for 80 participants led by 40 Hereford steers selling for 27,553.80 and 40 fat lambs at 5,143.35. Grand champion steers and the grand lamb sold to the Championship Club of Odessa with top bids by Jamie Dyer Fort Davis and Jill Hunt Ackerly, while detailed buyer seller ties and prices are listed for steers and lambs.

Bob Horn Ector County Coliseum FFA Sand Hills Jay Poynor Championship Club Odessa Jamie Dyer Fort Davis Jill Hunt Ackerly Frank Lindley Merizon Lamb Key Stegner Wortham Frontier Motors Barry Peiser Marfa Championship Paul Slater Tom McKnight Ewell McKnight el Paso Products Co Kmid-Tv First National Bank First State Bank American Bank National Bank of Odessa Permian Bank and Trust Sewell Motor Co Malenda Smith Coleman J. L Dusty) Rhoades Kirk Stubblefield Mitchell County Electric Service and Supply Steers Alps Oil Co Ann Holland Brewster Area Builders and Marks Crane and Broncho Chevrolet Sheila Bond Midland Ffa Ector County Independent School District Deana Holcomb Martin Eidson-Wasson Realtors James Steen Marfa Ffa Bill Elms Mikey Gilmore Lea Deana Finch Swisher Barbara Lacik Scurry Gibson’s Distributing Co Ann Abbey Frank Green Tammy Rabon Kelli Youngblood Dawson Sonny Henderson Anita Lane Johnson Brothers Oil Co Kathy Harrell Kosa-Tv Belinda Burkman Shackelford McVean Barlow Jay Lane Permian Basin Gary Don Harkey Mitchell Pritchard and Abbott David Winkler J.L Roberts Auto Supply Vickie Patterson Crane the Samson Corp Marci McKnight Jeff Davis Sears, Roebuck and Co Clarence Scharbauer Jr Scott Home

Midland Robbery Adds To Series At Bert's Liquor Store

A lone bandit robbed Bert's Liquor Store in southeast Midland Friday afternoon, escaping with about 650 dollars after forcing the owner to open the register and empty pockets. Odessa police and the sheriff's department issued an all points bulletin for a 5'7" black man in a green shirt. The incident followed two other armed robberies in Midland since January.

Midland Bert Bert Cain Cain Midland County Sheriff's Department Bert's Liquor Store

Deaths And Local Fire Reports From Odessa Area

Odessa area death notices and minor local incidents include Eva V Gray of Odessa dying after an apparent heart attack. Funeral plans announced for Cross Plains. Additional items note vandalism and a motel fire injuring a Midland girl. Loyce E Jones of Midland dies in Baghdad Big Spring hospital. services scheduled. Survivors listed for Gray and Jones families include multiple children and relatives across Texas and Oklahoma.

Eva V. Gray Odessa Medical Center Hospital James Gray Higginbotham Funeral Home Cross Plains Gray James H. Gray Route One Bill Gray San Antonio Charles N. Gray Killeen Donnie Gray Liberal Kan Connie Pittman Westridge W.W. Ray Midland Loyce E. Jones Big Spring Veteran's Hospital Newnie W. Elis Clyde Jones Belton Mount Pleasant The Baptist Church Order of the Eagle Gracie Lee Jarrell Lawton Okla Edward E. Jones Big Spring Doris W. Grosey Covina Calif Lester Jones Ozark Ala Royce FE. Jones Enterprise

Odessa American publication and subscription rates notice

The Odessa American lists office address at 722 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 and explains second class matter status under the 1879 act. It details home delivery and retail zones pricing for subscriptions by month or year and single copy rates for daily and Sunday editions.

Odessa Texas East 4Th Street Odessa American Ector County

Odessa CAP Squadron Meets Tomorrow at 7 PM

Regular meeting of the Odessa Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will be held at 7 PM at the CAP Building, Ector County Airport.

Odessa The Civil Air Patrol CAP Ector County

Modern, Clear Constitution Being Sought

Governor Edwin Edwards urged Louisiana delegates at the constitutional convention to draft a modern clear instrument free of special interest influence. He plans full participation as delegates begin wholesale revision of the 52 year old 255000 word document, which he called a mass of complexity and confusion.

Baton Rouge. la Edwin Edwards Louisiana Edwards

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Extortion Hoax Paid Then Recovered

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher met a $20,000 extortion demand from a caller posing as detective Oliver Ball. The money was dropped at a bank depository but was not collected. it was later recovered by police. About 200 employees evacuated during the noon hour as the incident unfolded.

Fort Worth Oliver Ball Amon Carter Jr Star-Telegram Oliver Carter Ball FBI Savings and Loan

Capital Cities to acquire Carter Publications stake

Capital Cities Communications will acquire Carter Publications assets including the Star-Telegram and its Citizen-Journal stake. LIN Broadcasting properties join the package. WBAP-TV slated as a major LIN station. Carter Foundation notes tax limits force sale to a group offering long term service to Fort Worth and West Texas.

Capital Cities Fairchild Publications United States LIN Broadcasting Carter Murphy Citizen-Journal George W. Hawkes Amon G. Carter Foundation Carter Publications Star-Telegram Fort Worth West Texas

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Sherman Mary Grote Llano Pauline Slater Deanne Hall Howard Texas Electric Service Co. Co Pete Fincher Colorado City Texas Flange Janna Love T.B. Tripp T.B. Tripp and Son From John Jones, Midland 4-H, $572; Waddell Blank Kirk Lewis Bailey Wells Machine Co Jacque Lane Pioneer Natural Gas Co Wayne Vanpelt Coleman Ffa Odessa Savings and Loan First Savings and David Hall Wood Oil Distributing Co Kathy Knox Chem Corp., Inc University Olds-Cadillac Robert Cox Montgomery Ward Barbara Tucker Ward Lambs — Cassteven Anna Ffa Freese Endress Esmond Joe Dutton Kimble Jim Espy Todd Swift Schleicher Everybody’s Doxie Dutton Will Faris Colorado City Ffa Greenway Development Bryan Boyd Crosby Baile Griffith Tire Drennan Frendship Ffa Main LaFrentz and Co Rocky Rutherford Dr. Charles McCollum Brady Wheeler McVean and Candy Smallwood Kinney Lewie Montgomery Danny Valdez Santa Anna Ffa Murphy and Rochester Susan Newman Odessa Chuck Wagon ‘Gang Jettie Steen Quicksilver Co Jeanne Mills Alpine Ffa Alvin Parker Hank Wise E.M. Schur Roxann Airhart Shook’ the Co Nicky McCullock Southside Frent Fiesta Apartments Buck Smallwood H.G. Bedford Mitch Lane Tom Green Conner Construction Co Pamela Peiser A-1 David Yocham Texas Tank Sales and Rental Co Cara Blackmon Permian Air Conditioning Co Bob Powell Sheriff Elwood Hill Bill Ballew Carl Annette Rogers Menard Furr Mike Powell Furr's Marion Sharp G.F. Waddell Nickie Stephens Upton Lone Bandit Hits Store UTPB J. Marvin Higbee University of Texas of Southwestern American Association For Higher Education Morris Keaton Antioch College AAHE Higbee Charles E. Davisson Walnut Ector North Texas Leroy Jessie Brown Patricia Ann McGee Adan C. Flores Maria del Carmen Galindo Telles Parke, Davis & Co Service Drug of Midland, Inc Phillips Furniture Co Marilyn Peters Roy M. Flores Nina Faye McDaniel Neil Owen McDaniel Judy Gail Cornelius Donald Terry Cornelius Lydia Sennette Sexton James Edward Sexton Monahans Mark Thomas Roy Pride East Monahans Hubert Eugene Rogers Center Grandview Patsy Boman Zellars North Adams North Grant James Louis Shipman North Lee Elizabeth Bogard Harkness North Tom Green Lee Ray Hugh Kunkel la Casa Marion Reid Bowie Damages Light Headlee University Betty Francis Madsen Glenwood Cheryl Madsen Melinda Madsen Scott Douglas Horne Rounte Robin Yoder Candy Lane Cynthia Madsen Henry E. Cooper East 13Th Madsen Horne Donald Thomas Hensley Route 1 Yoder Mrs. Madsen Cooper Hensley West Third Ronald Sutton West 19Th Delux West Second Francis Sterling Odessan Orris A. Fike Four Seasons Nursing Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Fike Eastland Wellington Skellytown Eunice Wayne Thompson Nabors Lane Ezra Thompson Amory Loyce Morgan Euell Coldiron J. D. Cooper Guymon Clell Hall White Deer Roselle Pels Lin Kilt Am-Fm Houston Foundation
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