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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1964
Page
2
A $39,000 damage suit was filed Monday in the 70th District Court against Furr's Inc. Plaintiff Jonnie Cason of Odessa alleges injuries from an accident at a Furr's Food Store at 1218 East Eighth last March 26.
A 39 year old Brownwood man D. W. Hamrick was released after paying a 25 dollar fine for rudely displaying firearms. He was arrested Sunday at 42nd and East County Road and spent a night in jail while armed with a .22 caliber rifle. Hamrick pleaded guilty in city court Monday.
An ad promotes 20/20 THE PROFESSIONAL EYE MEDICATION for minor eye irritations. It touts fast effective relief and urges readers to obtain 79/20 at drug counters Adv.
A 20 year old Crane resident Joe Wesley Yocham was jailed on a Ward County car theft charge after a stolen vehicle tied to Monahans was found abandoned in Odessa. He signed a statement and Monahans officers planned to return him to Ward County.
L C Cox owner of Cox Welding Works named defendant in a suit on account filed in Ector County Court seeking a 127 dollar judgment.
Thomas E. Taylor reports damage to his 1962 automobile parked at his home on Beechwood. Police were investigating Monday as they pursued leads in the case.
AP reports President Johnson links his leadership to a Great Society while touring New York and Texas. He frames unity over partisanship, cites urban renewal, education, poverty elimination, and rural electrification as pillars, tracing roots to his Texas experiences with the Pedernales Valley cooperative and NYA retraining efforts.
The Odessa American lists carrier rates of 1.60 per month in Odessa and Ector County 1 per week in Retail Trading Zone and 5c per week in All Other Zone. Mail rates are 18 per year 10 six months and 5 three months. Published daily except Saturday at 22 East Fourth Street Odessa Texas entered second class matter March 3.
President Johnson drove under the 70 mile per hour Texas limit on a 15 mile trip from his ranch to a Fredericksburg church with Mrs. Johnson and Lynda Bird. A staff car behind him rolled over glass from a broken bottle, flattening its tire but no one was injured.
Dan Bowen age 5 was treated at Medical Center Hospital Sunday after accidentally swallowing medicine at home. His father Dan Bowen located him at 1101 Overton and called for help.
Tense nerves can disrupt bowel impulses causing constipation. Colonalip tablets offer a colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to gently restore colon activity overnight. Clinically proved, introductory size advertised.
Multiple obituaries report funeral services and pending rites for Eva Mae McDonald of Green, Bud Shaw of Midland, Vestel William Kyle of Dallas, and George Thomas Lovelace of Brownwood. Details include birthplaces, survivors, burial plans, and service times in various local churches and chapels.
Funeral services for 5 year old Mary A. Alaniz of 1450 South Sam Houston were set for 4 p.m. today at San Jose Catholic Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery arranged by Paul A Rix Funeral Home. She died after being run over near her home and was DOA at Medical Center Hospital.
An Andrews secretary remained in Medical Center Hospital with injuries from a three car crash at 27th and Andrews Highway Sunday. Jerry Sue Smith, 26, suffered internal injuries but was reported resting well. Names listed include Ronnie Dale Smith 22 Odessa Billy Fred Watkins 28 and Langdon L White Jr 20.
Odessa Police Department Sergeant Tom Whittemore 36 of 1504 Keeling resigns effective June 26 to pursue self employed trucking. Whittemore joined the force November 7 1955 and was promoted to sergeant August 1 1958.
The Board of Equalization will meet at Crockett Junior High School on Tuesday and Wednesday. Taxpayers may attend hearings starting at 9 a.m. with sessions for Odessa College and Ector County public schools.
The Odessa Rangers and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce membership evaluation committee will meet at 7 30 a.m. Tuesday in the Lincoln Hotel to discuss new membership sales and related plans.
A 1960 model auto owned by J. L. Popham suffered a punctured gasoline tank when a trailer hitch came loose near Grant and Clements. The trunk burned and paint blistered. At Jimmie Erwin’s 2510 North Adams home a pickup bed caught fire, burning rags and a spare tire.
The Democratic Coalition will hold a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday organizational meeting in the Ector County Courtroom to elect chairmen for four sections including a liberal division PASO committee a Negro group and a labor section. The coalition is a splinter faction affiliating with the state group. A film People To People will be shown.
Louis James Miller of Odessa filed an appeal Monday in 161st District Court challenging an Industrial Accident Board award against Universal Underwriters. He seeks 14035 dollars plus the maximum available by law for total and permanent disability from injuries on March 2 while employed by Odessa Motor Corp.
The Anthony Texas tourist entry point will receive brochures on the Permian Basin for distribution to visitors entering the state. Dalton Haines president of the Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce John Ben Shepperd past president Adolph Janca Odessa Chamber manager will deliver them. Copies planned for other entry points soon.
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