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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1952
Page
9
About 300 dollars in cash and checks were stolen from Baerg's Service Station at 513 West Murphy. The burglar kicked out two front door panels to enter and removed the loot from a box inside a locked cigarette machine. Employer C. M. Brannon reported seeing the thief crawling from the doorway around 10 30 p.m.
Four Odessa suspects were arrested by Det. Capt. Andy Fenton and Det. Sidney Raley in the Odessa Flats. James Hump Eggins, Ruby Lee Eggins, Manuel Pryor, and Della Mae Taylor, all of 418 S. Tom Green, confessed to five burglaries including two in Odessa and provided details on other hits in Andrews and Lubbock. Loot recovered. suspects held in city jail.
Darla Suzanne Howard, 15 months, sustained severe burns from a fiery crash that killed her mother Dorothy Marie Fox in Odessa. Driver Billy Howard, on Navy leave, unhurt. Jim B. Taylor, 25, Penwell petroleum engineer, charged with murder with a motor vehicle. released on bond and treated for injuries.
Chalmus Atwood Thompson 67 of Odessa died Monday night at Medical Center Hospital from a heart attack. He had lived in Odessa eight years and worked as a night watchman for Hill Construction Co. Rix Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include his widow five daughters Mrs A M Terry and Mrs R B Nash both of Odessa Mrs G G Rogers Hobbs N M Mrs L S Tennyson CAME Mey and Mrs R M Parthmore Kilgore one son C A Jr Camp Parsons Colo three brothers and five sisters.
Billy Wayne Brown two years seven months old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown died in a Midland hospital after a long illness. Services were set for 2:30 p.m. at Hubbard Funeral Home chapel with Rev. E. E. Mason presiding. Burial followed in Odessa Cemetery. Surviving are parents two brothers Richard seven and James Michael ten months old and sister Nancy Carrol six. Paternal grandmother Mrs. Josephine Brown Sherman maternal grandmother Mrs. Earl Godwin Rotan and maternal grandfather F. A. Farquhar Colorado City.
Joe L. White of Curry Motor Freight Lines says Curry now operates overnight on a new Odessa to San Antonio route. Texas Railroad Commission certificates grant daily service from San Antonio through Junction Rocksprings Sonora Ozona Barnhart Big Lake Texon Best Rankin to all current points including Midland Odessa Lubbock Abernathy Hale Center Plainview Tulsa Happy Amarillo and the Lubbock Amarillo Air Force bases. The firm also bought Ponton Truck Line assets and extended Sonora Midland, adding 14 units and about 12 employees.
Three more boys fled the Stace Training School for Boys yesterday as authorities reported 17 inmates have escaped since June 2. All have been returned.
Atlanta July 1 Rebels Democrats pin hopes on Sen Richard B Russell of Georgia for the Democratic nomination to recapture party influence. Russell campaigns nationwide for delegates to the national convention and tries to shed sectional ties. Southern leaders back him, including George Byrd Haul Sparkman, with a strategy to block Truman and push a South acceptable platform. Kefauver’s rise creates chinks, while Georgia and several Deep South states lock in delegates. Arkansas backs Fulbright on first ballot.
The county court schedules multiple divorce decrees and suits including Eloise Bent ley versus Eugene N. Bentley an injunction to stop a divorce in Juarez Mexico while pending in court here. Other decrees granted include Mary Jolley Olen Baldock Edna Colvin Otis Williams Thelma Meroney and several others. Criminal cases include two guilty pleas for driving while intoxicated. Medical Center Hospital reports admissions discharges and births with numerous names and ages.
Rep J T Rutherford of Odessa announces a full week of campaigning in the El Paso region. He will attend a White Spur relay, speak at the Rotary Club, join Fourth of July events in Ascarat Par, rally in Fabens, attend a barbecue hosted by Frank Owens, and address the El Paso Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Henry Russell and Judge Alan Fraser spoke at the Odessa Jaycees noon luncheon in the Lincoln Hotel. They discussed the upcoming July 4 Independence Day Festival and the Miss West Texas contest while criticizing government waste and urging voters to consider candidates on merit.
Sgt. William L. Riddle aged 42 joined the Odessa police Aug 19 1950 after 13 years as a peace officer in several counties and states He has served on the day desk sergeant position and previously worked in Decatur Fort Worth Tuckhoe Calvert and Wise County Sheriff’s Department He lives at 517 A E Monahans with wife Mary Francis and their four children Marjorie Jane Rodney Betty Joan and Sandra Kay
District Immigration Chief John W. Holland ordered border patrols withdrawn eight miles from the border amid a surge of illegal crossings described as 800 a day. He reallocated agents from Hebbronville to Riviera to prevent entrants from moving northward.
Officers chased a troublesome horse through Odessa for three and a half hours ending near W 22nd Street and County Road. Captain J J Wise Det Bill Silvey Sgt Ben Jenkins and patrolmen Vernon Jones H J Hardcastle John Harper and A L Smithers pursued from 11 p m to 2 30 a m until Smithers lassooed and restrained the animal which is now tied on a S Crane lot.
The local draft board requests the current address of David Joseph Foy Jr formerly of Pasco Washington who registered with a general delivery address in Odessa. People who know his whereabouts are asked to have him contact the local board immediately to avoid delinquency and possible FBI involvement.
As Odessa relaxes a lenient watering schedule, many Texas cities impose strict limits on lawn irrigation and pool use. Amarillo and San Angelo restrict lawn sprinkling and water for pools. Corsicana bans lawn sprinkling and car washing. San Antonio requires recirculation and alternate-day watering. Dallas reports near record use with no formal ordinance.
Edward J. Fly, a Democratic party leader, was reported ill at a New York hospital in the Bronx. The illness postponed his attendance at the party convention, with plans unsettled as the event approaches in June.
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