Odessa Council Delays Water Rate Increase Action
Odessa City Council postponed any decision on water rate increases to the next meeting on February 11. City Manager Dick G. Pepin urged changes including a higher per thousand gallon charge, separate minimums for multi dwelling units on one meter, higher minimums for larger meters, and ending county free water for road maintenance outside city limits.
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Odessa
L. B. Cooper
Ed Costello
Dick G. Pepin
Pepin
Water District Okays Hike In Odessa Rates
The Colorado River Municipal Water District sold 4.6 million dollars in revenue bonds to expand Odessa supply with 33 miles of 30 inch line and an 80 million gallon Odessa reservoir. Odessa charges rise to 46 026 per year fixed plus six cents per thousand gallons. Big Spring and Snyder see smaller bills. An executor also said the rate hike funds finance Odessa expansion.
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Colorado River
Cooper
CRMWD
Paul Phillips
Phillips
Ed Costello
Someody
Costello
Guy B. Neal
Pete
Harold R. Downs
Big Spring
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Odessa
Eastman Dillon
Union Securities Arts Company of New York
Texas
Martin County
Snyder Allied Fence Company
Austin Bridge Company of
Dallas
Buzzard
Howard County
Fairbanks, Morse and Company
Austin Bridge Company
Snyder
Charles Perry
Robert T. Piner
E. V. Spence
Walter H. Ross
Weather forecast from Weather Bureau at the air terminal
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy days with mild afternoons and cold nights. Highs range from the 60s to near 70, nightly lows in the 20s to 30s. Hourly temperatures listed for Abilene Alpine Amarillo Chicago Denver El Paso Fort Worth Galveston New York Oklahoma City San Antonio St Louis and sunset at 6 20 P M with sunrise 7 44 A M Thursday.
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Worth
Galveston
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Oklahoma City
San Antonio
St. Louis
Presidential Ability Bill Agreement Nearing House Action
Washington reports House leaders agreed on a bill to let the vice president act as president if the chief executive is disabled. The bill creates an eight member presidential inability commission including the vice president, Speaker, Senate president pro tempore, secretary of state, and party leaders. It requires six votes to determine disability and outlines procedures for certification and readjustment.
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House Judiciary Committee
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Footprints Put Hope Into Hunt
Footprints found in the snow raised hope that 12 year old Scout Dennis Warschmidt, missing since Saturday near Grindstone Canyon in Mendocino National Forest, may be alive. A football coach, Gus Manolis of Chico State College, died of a heart attack during the search. two companions stayed with the body while a third notified relatives and officials.
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Gus Manolis
Chico State College
Chico
Prisoners Calm After Rebellion at Montana Prison
Calm returned to Montana State Prison after a 30 hour demonstration by 275 inmates. Warden Fay Burrell said disciplinary action will deny privileges until they resume work, with inmates resolved to protest.
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Deer Lodge
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Montana State Prison
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Burrell
Charge Hinges On Hand Shake in Army Dispute
FRANKFURT Germany The U S Army has charged Lt William B Morton 32 of San Antonio Texas with disrespect and conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly refusing to shake hands with Capt Carl J OKelley of Tucson Arizona Morton is also accused of urging two enlisted men to commit perjury at an official investigation His attorney says Morton saluted properly and acted militarily respectful and questions the law’s stance on handshakes potential penalties include five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
William B. Morton
San Antonio
Tex
Morton
Carl J. O’kelley
Tucson
Ariz
Hawau
Army
Franklin J. Potter
O'Kelley
Potter
Lincoln Nebraska murder duo sought in six more killings
Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, both charged with murder, elude a wide Midwest hunt after being seen in Muskogee and Kansas City. FBI joins the case as authorities connect them to eight victims in and around Bennet and Lincoln Nebraska, including Carol King and her date found in a storm cellar.
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Charles Starkweather
Midwest
Caril
Lincoln
Neb
Starkweather
United Press Telephoto
Muskogee
Okla
Kansas City
Nebraska
Carol June King
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
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Nebraska Safety Patrol
Miss King
Bennet
Velda M. Bartlett
Marion Bartlett
Betty Jean
Farmer August Meyer
Robert Jensen
Jensen
King
Roert Calvert
Miss Fugate
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Dan Casey
Kansas
Iowa
Calvert
Meyer
Bartletts
Bartlett
Fire destroys Frontier Motor shop at $12,000 loss
Fire officials probe a blaze that torn through the Frontier Motor Dodge and Plymouth Co., 807 East Second, destroying paints, thinner, equipment, and two 1957 cars, with a government truck and boat also damaged. Owner J B Hayes estimates losses just under 12 000. Firemen saved the main building as temperatures stayed sub freezing and no injuries were reported.
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Frontier Motor Dodge and Plymouth Co
Main Motor Company
U.S. Post Office
J. B. Hayes
Tulip Lane
Motor Company
Second Street
Hayes
Mental expert exam of killer in Arkansas case
Bobby Joe Burns, 28, was evaluated by state mental hospital doctors in Fort Smith to understand why he drugged his mother and beheaded her. He had been released from the same hospital last May and faces first degree murder charges. He confessed in a rambling statement claiming an Aztec rite inspired by Khrushchev. The murder occurred at their home. the head was found in a church choir loft. Burns fled to Oklahoma pastureland before surrendering.
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Ark
Bobby Joe Burns
Burns
W. Burns
Khrushchev
Russia
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
Oklahoma
Here
Moffett
Okla
Barracks Burned Near Midland In Early Fire
Fire destroyed an unused barracks building southeast of Midland early today. No injuries were reported.
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Midland
Union Payment Today During Term Admitted
Washington reports union racketeer Joey Fay says he and his wife received over $100,000 from Newark Local since he began prison time in 1947. Senate Rackets Committee hearings noted real estate deals and direct payments, while Fay rejected claims of undue reward, detailing his wife’s $67,800 salary plus $1,000 yearly bonuses and a $3,272 car grant during his confinement.
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Washington
Joey Fay
Newark
Senate
Fay
Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Operating Engineers Union
New York City
Girl Attacked In City School
NEW YORK A second rape report comes from a Brooklyn school as authorities try to curb violence around campuses. Earlier, two Brooklyn students were slashed by drunken teens demanding money, and more than twenty youths have been arrested.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jupiter-C launch plans hang on Florida weather
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida Hurricane winds up to 140 mph aloft threaten to topple the Jupiter-C rocket as officials delay the Army launch. Ground winds 20 to 30 mph and squalls possible along the coast add to the uncertainty. Officials plan a launch this week if conditions improve after Thor’s successful missile test drew crowds and renewed talks of a moon reconnaissance program.
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Air Force Weather Central
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Mothers Flying Back From China
Three American mothers who spent three weeks in Red China with their prisoner sons left for the United States today. Mrs. Jessie Fecteau of Lynn Massachusetts Mrs. Mary Downey of New Britain Connecticut and Mrs. Ruth Redmond of Yonkers New York accompanied by Downey's son William 25 flew home via Manila and Honolulu. Red China's premier Chou En Lai turned down a plea to release their sons but a spokesman held out hope for clemency if the prisoners behave well.
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Hong Kong
Red China
United States
Jessie Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Downey
New Britain
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