Commencement Echoes at Ector High as Seniors Hear Challenge
About 3500 in Permian High Schoolfoldhouse greeted Ector High School graduates. Speakers Belinda Licon Pat Sanders and Mary Catherine Webb urged unity progress and service. Valedictorian Linda Mangus and salutatorian Webb led top seniors in a ceremony with diplomas and band music.
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A. Hericet
South Juckson
Pat Sanders
Charlie Sanders
Hudson
Mary Catherine Webb
J. J. Webb
West Ada
Linda Mangus
Claude WY. Mangus
West Clements
Miss Webb
Johnnie Holder
Osbelia Juarez
Danna South
Lieou
Miss Holder
Gufly
Evtar
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Odessa Jaycees Air Show at Ector County Airport
Odessa Jaycees present an air show at Ector County Airport on Sunday with 1:30 p.m. first performance. Gates open for admission at the gate. Highlights include skydiving, experimental planes, aerobatics by Jimmy Franklin, and a display of more than 50 aircraft types.
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Ector County
Savegss
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Lavington
Franklin
Waco
Nuloaal
Quis Sali
Kart Warth
Odessa
Huly
Pines
Bens Rai
Tinie
Odessa Texas Sunday Press Classified Notice Rates
Odessa American publication details dated in 1920s style list subscription rates and geographic zones for daily and Sunday editions. The notice shows prices: 1 year $20.00, 3 months $4.75, 2.80 monthly, and separate Sunday rate. It references addresses and delivery in West Texas.
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Daly and Saturdey
Hair Stynsts Opening Convention in Odessa
Bandit nets $30 in store holdup at Hawkins Grocery 1010 North Grandview. Police search for the armed robber who forced a clerk and customer to surrender cash. victim Lara McLaurin 21 described the suspect as olive shirted, about 380 pounds, wielding a pistol and warning others not to turn around.
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Candy
Houston
Seven Texans Listed As Dead
Washington AP reports 94 servicemen killed in action in Vietnam, including seven Texans: Army Spec. 4 Douglas Carter Jr of Dallas. Spec. 4 Roy L. Brager of Dallas. Pfc. Ted Brazzeal of San Antonio. Marines Col. James H. Jackson of San Antonio. and others named with addresses in Corpus Christi and Chapman Ranch. The casualty list details hometowns and family ties as the Defense Department confirms the deaths.
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Haabash
Betty J. Carter
Slade $J
Dallas
Roy L. Brager
Leora Garret
Frank St
Ted
Brazzeal
Harriett L. Brazzeal
Morningview St
San Antonio
James H. Jack
Four Thefts Reported Across City In Police Briefs
Four thefts were under investigation by city police Friday night. Items stolen include hubcaps from a car on East 36th and chip boxes from a truck at a resident’s home. Also noted were missing bicycle parts and other small valuables. damage accidents were logged in court dockets. Names and addresses appear in police summaries and court notices.
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Cald
Ae Tay
Richmond
Poco
Graham
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Lakeview
Sepee
Gary Wrear
East 36Th
Death of Robert L. Fitch at 54 in Casa Grande yard
Robert L. Fitch, 54, of 2201 West 48th, died about 7:30 p m Friday in a yard in the 200 block of Casa Grande where he had been mowing grass. Justice of the Peace Howard Williams ruled the death natural. Funeral services were pending late Friday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
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Casa Grande
Justice of the Peace
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Williams
Trustee Leaves Jail After Walk From City Barn
Leonard C. Jacobs, 39, listed at the Walker Hotel, walked away from his jail cell at Ode City Barn after being arrested Thursday on a drunkenness charge and placed in the city jail.
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Leonard C. Jacobs
Walker Hotel
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Democratic runoff polling locations and hours
Polls open at a.m. and close at 7 a.m. for Saturday's Democratic runoff. Voters will cast ballots at multiple precinct sites including Eeter County Courthouse, Floyd Gwin Auditorium, Pease Elementary, Dowling Elementary, Permian High School gym, Bowie Junior High, San Jacinto Elementary, Sam Houston Elementary, Goldsmith precinct sites, Jamar Elementary, South Gonzales Elementary, La Fiesta Center, and Penwell Community Building. Locations span several schools and community centers with varied voting venues listed for the election.
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Eeter County
Floyd Gwin
Pease Elementary
Bowie Junior High
San Jacinto
Sam Houston
Goldsmith
Property Destruction Charge Is Lodged Against J. D. Banks
J. D. Banks, 34, of 700 Fitch, is named in an Ector County Court charge of destruction of private property filed Friday. He is accused of tearing down a fence, gate, and smashing a screen at a residence owned by Elizabeth Jackson of 1314 West Clements. Banks was not in custody Friday.
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Fitch
Ector County Court
Banks
Elizabeth Jackson
West Clements
Firemen Learn Hard Hurt In Fall Near Seattle
Two off duty firefighters returning from a fire technology class were injured when their car caught fire. A 44 year old woman, Lillian Alexander, was admitted to Canter Hospital after the blaze broke out in the glove compartment. Donald Hamilton reported they fell while shopping. The incident involved shoulder and back injuries as the woman stomped out the fire. A separate UN scene notes Prime Minister John Gorton met with U Thant and discussed bombing in North Vietnam.
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Wash
Lillian Alexander
Aboit
Canter Hospital
Donald Hamilton
Odessa Boy Hurt In Fall From Building
A 9 year old Odessa construction worker O L Franklin 122 EF Jist fell from a building in Fort Worth at about 3 30 p m and sustained broken arms legs and a brain concussion. He was listed in critical condition at Methodist Hospital undergoing surgery. Local friends reported the injuries and the accident occurred while he worked atop the structure.
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Methodist Hospital
University Honors Veteran Teacher
Mrs. Mabel Wright Wyatt of Bloomington received the 1968 Carl Bredt Award from the University of Texas College of Education and was named Texas Teacher of the Year for 1967 68 by the Texas Education Agency. She began teaching 31 years ago in a Hoff one room school in Goliad County and has since taught 28 years in the Bloomington School District.
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Hoff
Goliad County
University of Texas College of Education
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Texas Education Agency
Wyatt
Two Fires Reported in Separate Vehicle Alarms
Firemen responded to two alarms Friday. Fire in the rear seat of Terrie Creswell’s automobile at 1305 West County Road was started by a cigarette. A burning air conditioner motor was found at 1108 Placer, near the Creswell residence.
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West County Road
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Placer
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