Presidio Names First Mexican American School Chief
Presidio appoints Oscar Velasco 31 as superintendent, making him the town’s first Mexican American to hold the post. A Presidio native, he trained at Texas Tech, taught in El Paso, worked with the Ford Foundation program, and led Migrant Education for the West Texas Education Center prior to this role.
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Presidio
Oscar Velasco
Velasco
Midland High School
Texas Tech
el Paso
Ford Foundation
West Texas
Odessa American masthead and subscription rates notice
The Odessa American operates daily at 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 and lists home delivery rates for Odessa and Ector County at 2.50 per month, retail 2.00, and all other zones 25 cents weekly. Mail subscriptions are 75.00 yearly or 15.50 monthly with single copies at 10 cents daily and Saturday and 25 cents Sunday.
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Odessa
Texas
4Th Street
Odessa America Telephone
Ector County
Sundcyr
County court tariffs and medical center notices in June report
County court licenses list multiple couples including Michael Wayne C lecker and Martha Carolyn Pannen and Gordon Earl Beck with HRunhilde Brown. Criminal cases show Jesse O. Jeffr ey for aggravated assault. Divorce and civil suits filed include several pairs and damages claims. Medical Center Hospital reports numerous admissions on June 30 and discharges the same day, plus births and a long list of patients. City traffic accidents detail multiple pairs involved, locations and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wayne Clecker
Martha Carolyn Pannen
Gordon Earl Beck
Hrunhilde Brown
William Donald Christian
Juanita Chris Breeman
Michael Wayne Hutchins
Dorothy Sue Hackworth
Romaldo Valadez Jr
Viola Carrillo
Jesse O. Jeftrey
Donna Jackson
Walter Lee Jackson
Evanell Battreal
Henry Lovell Battreal
Marlene Sue Buckler
Crow Named Gaines County Judge in Seminole
Marcus Crow, 35, longtime Gaines County resident, was appointed county judge to replace the resigning Chester D. Browne. He will serve until the next general election. Crow, an A&M graduate, is first vice president of the Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce and farms 17 miles west of Seminole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Crow
Gaines County
Chester D. Browne
Crow
A&m
Seminole Area’ Chamber of Commerce
Seminole
Midland woman misses court in theft case
A 32 year old Midland woman failed to appear in Municipal Court Thursday on a petty theft count and forfeited a $100 bond. Mrs. Tommy B. Gibbons was accused of taking two boxes of medication and a package of razor blades from Gibsons Discount Store, 2525 North Grandview.
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Midland
Tommy B. Gibbons
Gibsons Discount
North Grandview
Vandalism damages three cars on East 43rd street
Police checked a vandalism report from Raymond Cothran of 1509 East 43rd alleging three autos were damaged in front of his home Thursday. One car had seats cut, another had air conditioner damage, and the glove box was vandalized on the third.
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Raymond Cothran
East
Midland Due Phone Complex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co will build a 13 million six story switching facility in Midland to handle about two million long distance calls daily. The project near downtown Midland will add more jobs, with construction starting late 1972 and completion in 1974.
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Midland
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Wilco
T. C. Gravitt
San Antonio
Gravitt
Two Men Face Assault Counts In Odessa Area
Kansas man David E. Kirby and Curtis D. Handley of Kansas City were jailed in Ector County on $2,500 bond for aggravated assault. They allegedly beat El Rey Devoree 17 near Palomino Bar on U.S. 385, fired shots at his car, and fled after deputies pursued them. Devoree was treated for facial injuries.
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Kansas
Odes
San
Ector County
Odessa
David E. Kirby
Melody Lane
Curtis D. Handley
Kansas City
Kans
el Rey Devoree
Colorado City
Medical Center Hospital
Palomino Bar
U.S. 385
South
Devoree
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
House Panel Votes Contempt Over Selling of the Pentagon
The House Commerce Committee voted 25 to 13 to recommend contempt of Congress against CBS and its president Frank Stanton for refusing to provide subpoenaed material related to the televised documentary The Selling of the Pentagon. The full committee adopted the subcommittee’s recommendation and sent the case to the House floor for approval, potentially sending the matter to the Justice Department for prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Stanton
Pentagon
House
Justice Department
Planning Board Approves Lakeside Estates Plat Odessa
The Odessa Planning Board approved a preliminary plat for Lakeside Estates Addition in northeastern Odessa with restrictions. Changes include renaming Balconnes Street to Montclair, prohibiting Maple trash containers, and limiting driveways on Maple blocks. They also refused to open a public hearing on banning indoor amusements in certain districts, noting zoning rewrite is underway.
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Odessa
Ector County
Ronald Crain
Melvin Etheredge
Freese
Nichols
Esmond
Baliconnes
Montclair
Art Lish
Fiesta Institute of Archiects
Look Where Secrecy Led Us Ellsberg Charged
AP Boston report states Daniel Ellsberg, MIT researcher and Pentagon leaker, says government secrecy caused 50 000 American deaths and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese. He cites 20 years of concealment and defends releasing documents while facing federal indictment in Los Angeles for unauthorized possession of secret materials.
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Boston
Pentagon
New York Times
Daniel Ellsberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elisberg
Los Angeles
Midland man posted $500 bond on DWI charge
J C Davis, 47, of Midland, was released from Ector County jail after posting a $500 bond on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested about three miles east of Odessa by Texas Highway Patrolmen at 8 45 p m Wednesday. The charge was lodged with Justice of the Peace Manu-
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J. C. Davis
Midland
Ector County
Odessa
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Manu
Deaths in Perkins Oklahoma and Stillwater area
Mrs Jack Reynolds aged 75 longtime Perkins resident dies of an apparent heart attack at home in Perkins Oklahoma Services set for Friday at First Christian Church Perkins funeral arrangements by Strode Funeral Home Stillwater Oklahoma Survivors include son Bill Reynolds of Stillwater daughter Mrs Cecil Blanche Taylor and six grandchildren Barry E Buck Epperson 62 of 1905 McCall died Wednesday in Medical Center Hospital after an illness funeral arrangements at Paul A Rix Funeral Home pending today
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Jack Reynolds
Cecil
Blanche) Taylor
Cumberland
Perkins
Okla
First Christian Church
Strode
Paul A. Rix
Barry E
Buck) Epperson
McCall
Medical Center Hospital
Mansfield Credits Nixon and Peace Talks Progress
Senate leader Mansfield praises President Nixon for recent initiatives and signals possible progress in Vietnam peace efforts. Republican leader Scott calls the new proposal encouraging, as talks in Paris consider freeing all Communist prisoners with a U.S. troop withdrawal by year end. Mansfield notes his withdrawal amendment may influence, but credits the President’s actions rather than his bill. Kisinger’s trip abroad may place him in Paris at a pivotal moment.
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Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Paris
United States
Senate
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Fires damage storage firm and laundry building
Firefighters fought two alarms with the most damage at Lee Way Motor Freight Inc. 409 South Grandview where about 100 pallets burned behind the warehouse, blamed on a cigarette. An electrical short caused a fire that destroyed the motor of a washing machine at Night and Day Laundry 1228 West University Blvd.
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Lee Waye Motor Freight Inc
South Grandview
West University Blvd
Man Held on Aggravated Assault Charge in Ector County
Jesse D. Jeffrey, 30, of 6413 Andrews Highway, was jailed in Ector County in lieu of a $2,000 bond after a complaint filed in Ector County Court charged him with aggravated assault. He allegedly struck Lorene Jeffrey, of the same address, with a fist on Tuesday. bond set by Peace Justice Manuel Valles.
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Jesse D. Jeffrey
Andrews Highway
Ector County
Lorene Jeffrey
Manuel Valles
Lawsuit Settled in Odessa Over April 28 Accident
A.J. Brodwell and as next friend of minor Anthony J. Brodwell filed suit against Van Arthur Nelson and Brodnax Supply and Welding after an April 28 accident. Judgment of 3,882 was entered Thursday in the 161st District Court in a friendly settlement. All parties are Odessans.
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161St District Court
A.J. Brodwell
Anthony J. Brodwell
van Arthur and
Nelson
Brodnax Supply
Odessan Dies Rites Pending
Jack Filliott 33 of 7110 West 24th died at Medical Center Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Born August 3, 1937 in Sipe Springs he was married to Cathryn Enright since 1959. He lived in Odessa seven years after moving from Monahans. Survived by wife two sons a daughter his mother and siblings. Body lies at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. funeral arrangements pending with Higgin-Botham Funeral Home Rising Star.
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Jack Filliott
West 24Th
el Paso Products Co
Medical Center Hospital
Sipe Springs
Cathryn Enright
Rising Star
Monahans
Elliotts
The
Baptist Church
USAF
Mike
Wendell
Connie
Joe Sain
Mack Elliott
Doyle Adams
Eastland
Buddy ‘Cook
Carolyn Weber
Hempstead
Hubbard-Kelly
Higgin-Botham Funeral Home
Rates Hiked On Insurance Across North Texas
The State Insurance Board ordered a 25 percent rise in homeowners and extended coverage rates in the north-northwest region including Odessa Midland Abilene Lubbock and the Panhandle. Fire insurance rose 7.1 percent and extended coverage 19.3 to 25 percent. Across all buildings statewide fire rates up 15.2 percent and extended coverage 19.7 to 25 percent, with variation by construction and location. Policy changes reflect Gulf Coast increases in two tiers, central territory rises, and are higher than staff recommendations due to Hurricane Celia losses and inflation shaping future projections.
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Austin
State Insurance Board
Odessa
Midland
Abilene
Lubbock
the Panhandle
Texas
Seacoast
Gulf Coast
San Antonio
Dallas-Fort Worth
Waco
el Paso
Northwest Territory
Central Territory
G. J. Jones
Jones
Local Events Schedule Turns On Morning to Evening
The listing shows breakfast at Sands Restaurant at 7 AM, Rotary at the Coach Room of the Inn of the Golden West at noon, Odessa Optimists at Sands Restaurant at noon, Veterans of World War I at Barracks, Hi-Spot Youth Center at 10th and MacArthur, Merchant of Venice at Globe Theater at 8:30 PM, and Mile West Texas Pageant Preliminaries at Ector County Coliseum at 8 PM.
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Assside Rotary
the Inn of the Golden West
Barracksee
10Th and
MacArthur
Ector County Coliseum
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Circulation Department
Sammy Whitlock
Milburn
Donald A. Scott
Boulder
R. Boling
East List
Nabors Lane
Doran
Terry W. Grice
Lois D. Pearce
West County
Texas and
Michael R. Westfall
Route 1
Lewis E. Matthews
Lamesa
Fia
Betty Gray
Selective Service Local Board
O'Michael
Lotine Tock
CBS
Planning Board
Ellsberg
Wamsutta Mills
KING
East Sun Street
Odessan
White House
Fram
Breakfast Optio
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Optimists
Globe Theater
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