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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
8
In London a dreamlike court scene sees Maureen Grimes, 22, charged with stealing groceries. The judge imposes a fine of 17.64 dollars as she was described walking with a strange mix of phrases about marriage and three shillings sixpence.
Television schedule fragment lists KOSA and KVKM channels with daily time blocks for news weather sports and dramas. It shows program names like I Love Lucy Love Of Life The Guiding Light and The Ford Show along with game shows and cartoons.
Local business entry for Victory Home Equipment Co located at 5th and Texas with phone line FE 7 4688. Advertises household appliances and services. Includes contact details for customer inquiries and delivery options.
Funeral services for William Collins Meers 64 of 2422 Judy Odessan will be held Friday at 1 a.m. at North Side Church of Christ with John Gibson officiating. An inquest verdict of death by own action was recorded. Burial follows Saturday at Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls. Chapel of the Roses handles arrangements.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the Church of Christ in Breckenridge for Mrs. Marry Moore 87 a pioneer resident who died there at 3 p.m. Thursday. She had been ill a long time. Survived by three daughters Mrs. George W Tripp Mrs. Guy Arnot and Miss Fay Moore eight grandchildren three in Odessa.
A 1961 model station wagon stolen earlier this week in Alamogordo New Mexico was found abandoned near a vacant lot at Seventh and Jackson. Police say a warrant was issued for a suspect accused of stealing the car but he had not been arrested as of Thursday.
A 7th District Court jury returned a verdict for the defendant in a $20,000 damage suit. Plaintiffs Jerry L Whanon Odessa and family claimed injury from a 1957 accident at Fourth and Lee. Defendants Henry Hall Odessa Linda Dallas Employers Casualty Co were represented by Shafer Bockl Lemmons. attorney Will Hadden led plaintiffs. Judge C V Milburn presided.
Edward Pegues of 412 Bunch was fined 25 and one day in jail after pleading guilty to defrauding with a worthless check. He was accused of passing a $12 bogus check at Food Mart last November.
Gov. Price Daniel announced the appointment of Morey Millerman of Abilene to the Texas Real Estate Commission to fill the late William Elliott’s unexpired term. The term ends October 5, 1965.
The Colorado Land Board auctioned 20 acres west of Boulder with a minimum bid of 150 dollars per acre. Local officials noted the sale as part of the state land program, highlighting the value of the rugged terrain for potential development or conservation.
Two appeals from Industrial Accident Board awards were filed in 70th District Court on Thursday. Graydon Eddy of Odessa seeks 14,035 from Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. for injuries on October 24, 1960 while with Hughes Tool Co. Andrew Edwards of Odessa seeks 14,035 in an appeal against Maryland Casualty Co for injuries while with B and Construction on January 18, 1961.
Three new employees have been hired by the City of Odessa per city personnel director M. H. (Pete) Gildon. Pat Sue Cook, of 1510 East 42nd, becomes a book clerk in the utility billing department. Barbara Ruth Williams, 901 North McKinney, and Pamela Jo Forbus, 381 Walnut, join as vacation help workers in the same department.
Ector County juvenile officers detained three boys, two 13 year olds and one younger, after they admitted breaking several windows at Parker Heights Christian Church at 27th and Maple Tuesday. They were released to their parents Thursday.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman travels to Washington to press the administrations omnibus farm bill while signaling openness to a compromise. He may concede on giving Congress limited options over new farm programs, including veto, amendments, or tacit approval. Also notes on tractors for Cubans bill, pension critique, and Joe Louis boxing racketeering letter.
NEW YORK AP For almost nine hours $129 635 in jewels placed in a shoe box went unnoticed while carried around in a car from a limousine service. Elisha Walker Jr 48 of Syosset New York brought the gems to town for appraisal. He rode the Long Island Rail Road to Long Island City then boarded a pool limousine to his Wall Street office. Walker realized upon arriving at his office about 9 am that he had forgotten the package. The limousine service police and his insurance company were notified.
Wayne Lingle, 38, of 905 Drury Lane, was stabbed in the back at his home tied to an ice pick incident at Medical Center Hospital on Wednesday. Odesson treated him and was later released. Lingle declined to file charges.
John Caphart, a 12 year old from Tulsa Oklahoma, wins the National Spelling Bee after Lana Gay Burker of Andrews misspells adipose. Caphart secures the crown by spelling distichous and smaragdine correctly and earns 1000 dollars plus a weekend trip to New York.
Four debt suits filed Thursday in 70th and 16th District Courts name Odessans. The American Bank of Commerce seeks 1672 from Pat Hickman. National Bank of Odessa sues M. R. Walker for 668. Garrison General Tire seeks 2017 from Homer Burnett. West Texas White Equipment Co sues W. A. Black for 3716 in an account suit.
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