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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1968
Page
2
U.S. and South Vietnamese forces intensify hunts for enemy troops and rocket launchers. Reports say 61 rockets seized south of Saigon along with other weapons finds this week. A U.S. spokesman cites improved intelligence and base camp seizures before weapons move. Air Force bombers increase strikes on suspected enemy concentrations and supply caches.
Odessa College trustees weigh bids to replace a faulty master clock and 30 synchronized clocks in the science building and related facilities. One contractor offers a system correcting all clocks to standard time at $1105 with a year warranty, aiming to restore synchronized class start times this September.
The article details Miss J R McEntyre of Everglade winning a pageant with singing and dancing performances by contestants including Miss Andrews 1967 68 and Natalie Kay Mabry current Miss West Towns who impressed with ballet. Mabry is invited to Smithsonian for the glider Lisa event but cannot attend due to Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth. Scholarships of 1000 from Columbia Business College and Billye Moore School of Charm Midland are noted.
A two year old cow was shot to death by police after it charged several children in Kansas City. The animal had escaped from an overturned cable truck and a spokesman said it menaced youngsters and charged multiple youths.
President Johnson welcomes Rene Barrientos of Bolivia to the LBJ branch during a private visit tied to Boliva Day at HemisFair in San Antonio. Attendees included Walt Rostow and NSC staffer William Bowdler as they discuss trade and regional market developments.
A downtown night airless and humid at 71 degrees leads into a Weather Bureau forecast for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with possible showers. Rainfall across Texas varied, with 1.99 inches at Dalhart and other readings in Am a rillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock and El Paso, while temps ranged from the 60s to near 90.
In South Lancaster Massachusetts a Protestant group cites The Old Rugged Cross as the best loved hymn in a regional poll. Police investigate vandalism case as light posts and a survey of about 60 churches are mentioned with spokesman Clements commenting on the hymn’s prominence.
The Odessa school board approved a bond retirement header valued at 499,163 for capital outlay and reduced the present figure by 10,897. Trustees also retained Covington Shelton and Taylor to design a new animal shelter for the biology department, with an estimated cost around 10,000. The board adjourned and will reconvene in September.
About 14 aircraft prepare to launch from Odessa to resume the search for a white Beech Bonanza missing since Friday on a San Antonio to El Paso flight. The pilot Hubert Gardner and his wife were aboard. a cockpit message suggested a possible medical emergency as the cause. Local CAP officials noted limited visibility hampered initial efforts, with early sweeps covering roughly 80 percent of the expected route.
FLASHat: Le foun N, M. Both were students in Valentine Public Schools. Surviving them are their parents, a sister, Ruth Maxine Cox, 12, of the home, a brother, Geral Cox, 19, of the home. Funeral services for the youths are tentatively set for 2 p.m. Monday in the Community Church of Valentine. Burial is to be in Elm Grove Cemetery under direction of Geeslini Funeral Home of Alpine. Youth Injured Ronnie Simms, 19, 2100 North vee, was admitted to Medical Center Hospital late Friday, a night after he told attendants, he was injured in a traffic mishap on the Andrews Highway. He was reported in satisfactory condition with a fractured pelvis. Police released no details on the mishap im mediately.
Funeral services are set for Frank James Hawkins 76 in Fort Worth with burial at Mount Olivet. Troy Franklin Roberts 72 of Kermit will be buried in Kermit Cemetery after services at Grace Temple Baptist Church. Rayfus McLaughlin 60 of Midland will be buried in Fairview Cemetery after services at Eastside Church of Christ. Survivors include wives, children, siblings, and grandchildren across Odessa Fort Worth Kermit Midland area towns.
In Lake Placid New York a New York Bar Association panel urged that a member be present at police stations during civil disorder to act as ombudsman ensuring proper police conduct. George Bushnell Jr former Detroit Bar president and riot experience advocated lawyers monitoring riots and reporting missteps.
Cardinal Brennan, a Pennsylvania coal town native who rose to become the highest ranking American in the Vatican legal system, was buried after a Pontifical Requiem Mass. He was praised as a man of few words but many deeds, and noted for his roles within the Sacred Roman Rota and as its dean.
New York Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller and his wife Happy arrived in Honolulu for a series of political meetings. At 74, Rockefeller, ill in recent months, travels with his entourage as Hawaii hosts governors, bishops, and delegates for a busy July weekend.
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