Odessan Woman Dies in Two Vehicle Crash
Mrs. Edna Marie Hickerson, 59, of 8105 Essex, died after a collision at Loop 338 and West 27th in Odessa. Three truck passengers, Ronnie Hanson, Doyle Whitworth, and Douglas Gaines, were injured and treated. Hanson, driver of the pickup, swerved to avoid Hickerson but the truck struck the car’s passenger side. Funeral services were pending.
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Loop 338
West 27Th
Edna Marie Hickerson
Essex
Medical Center Hospital
Ronnie Leon Hanson
Overton
Doyle Whitworth
Catalina
Douglas Gaines
East 36Th
Texas Highway
Bollinger
Infant Dies After Liver Transplant At Houston Hospital
An 16 month old girl, Shelia Renee Sanford of Corsican Texas, died four and a half hours after receiving an infant liver in a transplant at Texas Children's Hospital. Surgeons cited donor liver artery defect as possible cause. operation ended after three hours. Donor was Janice Marie Samuel, born Monday to Lawrence and Mrs Samuel of Houston. Shelia weighed 15 pounds and arrived in terminal condition from bile duct blockage.
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Tex
Texas Children’s Hospital
Shelia Renee, Sanford
Royce J. Sanford
Corrigan
Janice Marie Samuel
Lawrence Samuel
Samuel
Weak Front Brings Cooler Air and Showers to Odessa Basin
A weak cold front advances into the Odessa Midland area this evening bringing slightly lower temperatures and a 10 to 30 percent chance of scattered showers. Dust may rise as cooler air moves south from the Texas Panhandle with winds up to 25 mph. Tuesday's Odessa high was 96 and the day may reach the high 80s Thursday with the front possibly stalling.
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Odessa-Midland
Texas Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Terminal
Odessa
Terminal 1
Weather forecast from Hen U.S. Bureau terminal
Forecast shows clear to partly cloudy and warm today with an 10 percent precipitation chance. Tonight and Thursday expect clouds, cooler temperatures around 47 to 63, and scattered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms with gusty southerly winds shifting to northerly.
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WEA
Muriday
Soha
Steel union wins big contract as prices rise across industry
In Pittsburgh RP coverage Bethlehem Steel raised prices nearly 5 percent across the board the first such move since Kennedy era rollbacks. U S Steel said the increase is real despite no immediate Washington reaction while the union last night secured a new labor contract boosting wages and benefits by about 90 cents to one dollar per hour for 450000 steelworkers.
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John F. Kennedy
TY Ginal Candha Binant
Uo. Bite Leip
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U.S. Steel
Washington
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Oeauchehl
Christ
Senate panel shelves Fortas nomination for chief justice
A Senate Judiciary Committee session collapsed with only five of sixteen members present. The absence of key Southern senators blocked action on Fortas and Thornberry appointments to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate
Abe Fortas
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Johnson
Supreme Court
Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Senate Judiciary Committee
Soviet Leader Brezhnev Ill Ends Czechoslovak Talks
In Prague Brezhnev fell ill and did not attend the final session as three day talks between Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders near Cierna reportedly concluded after 4 am. Dubcek visited Brezhnev aboard the Soviet train during lunch, with officials noting an optimistic yet unsettled atmosphere.
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Leonid Z. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Tourse
Brezhjev
Cierna
Alexander Dubcek
Brezhnev
Hey
Vienna
Austria
Bratislava
Smena
Presidium
Emil Rigo
Fulbright Wins Arkansas Nomination in Primary
Sen. J. W. Fulbright won re nomination in Arkansas against three Democrats amid Vietnam War criticism, receiving about 53 percent with 2,548 of 2,659 precincts reporting. He avoided a runoff but missed his 65 percent goal, while opponents Jim Johnson, Bobby K. Hayes, and Foster Johnson trailed with 122,072 46,701 and 10,982 votes respectively.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
Jim Johnson
Bobby K. Hayes
Calico Rock
Foster Johnson
Pilot Requested Course Change Before Fatal Braniff Crash
A pilot aboard the Odessa plane asked for a course change one minute before the Braniff airliner exploded on May 3, killing all 85 aboard. The incident, investigated as a catastrophic midair disaster, drew inquiries into air traffic control procedures and pilot communications.
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Braniff
Cooper cites higher new contract in talks
R. Conrad Cooper, chief negotiator for management, says the new contract is higher than previous offers as negotiations continue with the union. Further details appear on Page 7-A.
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R. Conrad Cooper
Demos Demand Resignation of Lawmaker from Amarillo
Potter County Democratic executive committee calls for State Sen Grady Hazlewood to resign after he endorsed two Republican candidates California Governor Ronald Reagan for president and Texas governor candidate Paul Eggers. Hazlewood, in office since 1941, says he remains a Democrat and has no plan to quit.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Democratic Executive Committee
Grady Hazlewood
Hazlewood
California
Ronald Reagan
Texas
Paul Eggers
Senate
Duke's Mixture Sack Price Memory
A reminiscence recalls a time when six sacks of Duke's Mixture could be bought for a quarter. The note captures nostalgia for bargain tobacco prices and the change in consumer costs over the years.
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Duke
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