Redrawn Texas House Map Sparks Bids and Battle Over Districts
Lawmakers tangled over a reapportionment plan led by Haynes to redraw districts. Sen. Word and Rep. Jones resisted while Patman questioned changes moving Angelina and Cherokee counties and separating towns like Orange and Angelina. Haynes pushed another plan amid tense negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Teague
College Station
J. P. Word
Meridian
Senate
Haynes
Patman
Clyde
Texas
Angelina
Orange
Wilson
Bill Patman
Wright Patman
Angelina County
Cherokee County
Delwin Jones
Lubbock
Angelm
Local Postal Workers Receive Special Awards in Odessa
Fourteen Odessa Post Office employees were recognized for Superior Accomplishment and Adopted Suggestion awards. Postmaster Wade Slough presented six carriers with 200 cash awards, listing recipients and their addresses. The remaining employees earned Adopted Suggestion awards of 25 or 35 dollars, with names and positions provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Slough
Ermilo Mijares
Dwane
Marvin
Odessa Post Office
Carl N. Dotson
Doran
Donald M. Eddings
Conley
Jim B. Henslee
Eastland
Marvin W. Holt
Elliott
James D. Mattern
Beverly
Clifford I. Bevers
Bagley
William N. Brown
Westbrook
James D. Cook
Lee T. Harris
Redondo
William H. Johnson
Jesse W. Perritt
Nabors Lane
James D. Pool
Patton
Abraham L. Womack
Winfield
Odessa American Postal Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows newspaper masthead and procedural notes from the Odessa American including address, mailing status, publication frequency, and subscription rate mentions. Names and specifics are garbled. no clear event or person details emerge.
County Court Records Show Diverse Legal Actions and Hospital Admissions
Marriage licenses issued for seven couples including Bobby Harrison and Patricia Gray. civil and criminal cases filed in county and district courts. numerous medical center admissions and discharges on June 2. births recorded. multiple traffic accidents reported in Odessa with names and damages listed.
Texas liquor bill tightens supply and taxes
Senate debate focuses on requiring liquor wholesalers to buy from primary American sources. House sponsor Rep. Jungmichel faces questions from Sen. Christie as Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission backs the provision. The plan also shifts liquor tax rules, raises whisky taxes, cuts beer tax, and allocates taxes to counties and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ino
House
Charles Jungmichel
LaGrange
Bates
Joe Christie
el Paso
Christi
Christie
O.N. Humphreys Jr
Texas Alcoholic ‘Beverages Commission
Brands of Texas Inc
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Ted Read
Texas
Comlin
Man Sentenced After Probation Revoked
Robert Norman Freitag, 28, of 300 Pennell, ordered to serve three years in the state penitentiary after probation revoked for new charges. Freitag had five years probation set Jan 11 for burglarizing H and J Delicatessen on Aug 9 1970. Prosecutor John Hoestenbach handled the 161st District Court case with attorney Jerry Childs representing Freitag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Norman Freitag
Pennell
Freitag
H. & J. Delicatessen
West County Road
Frietag
Jerry Childs
John Hoestenbach
161St District Court
Two People Charged With Worthless Check Felonies
Defrauding by worthless check charges were filed Thursday in Ector County Court against two individuals. Mrs. D W Lacasse, 37, Andrews, allegedly cashed a bad check for 37 dollars and 17 cents on May 1 at Pants Palace on East Eighth. Jie M Bowles, 31, 2738 Brentwood, allegedly wrote a worthless check for 26 dollars and 76 cents on April 3 to TG Y located at East 42nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
D. W. Lacasse
Andrews
Pants Palace
East Eighth
Jie M. Bowles
Brentwood
Tg&y
East
Seven Men Face DWI Charges in Ector County Court
Seven men were charged with driving while intoxicated in Ector County Court on Thursday. Navarette 17, of 324 East Ruth, arrested Sunday at 12 15 PM on South Grant, released on 1000 dollar bond. Additional defendants include Martin 26, 602 Johnson, arrested Saturday at 10 40 PM on South Dixie, released on 1000 dollar bond. Corbitt 22, 224 Santa Rita, arrested Sunday 4 32 PM on West 14th, released on 500? bond. Cervantez 21, Route 1, arrested 12 20 AM Monday on US 80 east of Odessa, released on 500 bond. Wooton 34, 1904 North Belmont, arrested 2 15 AM Saturday on US 385 north of Odessa, released on 500 bond. Dominguez 33, 101 East May, arrested 9 45 PM Sunday on IH 20 west of Odessa, jailed in lieu of 500 bond. Bradford 35, Goldsmith, arrested 1 40 AM Sunday on US 395 north of Odessa, released on 750 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Rodolpho O. Navarette
East Ruth
South Grant
Dan Martin
Johnson
South Dixie
Gary Don Corbitt
Santa Rita
West
Jose Guerrero Cervantez
Route 1
U.S. 80
Odessa
James Wallace Wooton
North Belmont
US 385
Arnulfo N. Dominguez
East May
Obie Deaton Bradford Jr
Goldsmith
US 395
City Pipe seeks judgment in suit over $609
Ben Glast operator of City Pipe and Supply Co. sues Richard E. Stone operator of Dick's Water Well Service in 161st District Court seeking a judgment of $609. The case was filed Thursday and names both parties in the civil action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
161St District Court
Ben Glast
City Pipe and Supply Co
Richard E. Stone
Dick’s Water Well Service
Medical Meet Opens Friday in Odessa for 150 Technologists
About 150 medical technologists from across Texas attend the Texas State Society of American Medical Technologists meeting at the Inn of the Golden West in Odessa. Registration starts Friday at 5 p.m. Workshops on bacteriology and parasitology run 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday features include enzymology and hepatitis donation testing, hematology discussions, and electrophoresis demos. A Saturday 5 p.m. business meeting nominates officers for 1972 and selects National Convention delegates. Evening events include a banquet and dance with Joe Robbins and the Hi-Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Society of American Medical Technologists
Inn of the Golden West
Louis Linneman
Tssamt
Medical Center Hospital
The
Golden West
Joe Brown
Wilbert Miether
Odessa
Mike Rush
Rush
Houston
University of Texas In Austin
Douglas Moore
Lubbock
Moore
Donna Pederson
David
Joe Robbins
Hi-Five
Catalina
East 42Nd
Juveniles Held for Violating Parole in Ector County
A 17-year-old girl on parole and a 14-year-old boy on probation were jailed in Ector County for parole and probation violations. Authorities say both are habitual truants and the girl had left the State Girls School only five days earlier while the boy had been on probation since last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Woman's Rites Set Saturday for 77 Year Old
Services for Mrs. Lee Ann Daniel 77 of 506 Washington Lane will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bunch Street Church of Christ with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Paul A. Rix Funeral Home directs arrangements. She died at home Tuesday after a long illness and is survived by son Leon Daniel of San Bernardino California. Orley Infield of Osage Oklahoma, father of Mrs. Bill Thomas, died Wednesday in Cleveland Oklahoma after illness. services are pending with Powell Funeral Home Hominy Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ann Daniel
Washington Lane
Bunch Street
Church of Christ
Odessa
Paul A. Rix
Leon Daniel
San Bernardino
Calif
Orley Infield
Osage
Okla
Bill
Virginia) Thomas
East 55Th
Cleveland
Powell Funeral Home
Hominy
Oklo
Final Services for Raymond Faulkner and others
Funeral services for Raymond Faulkner age 32 of Odessa will be at 3 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church with burial in Goldthwaite. Paul A. Rix Funeral Home in charge. He died at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his mother and siblings. Also services for Mrs Estelle Jones of Mullin set for 2 p.m. today at Mullin Baptist Church with burial in Oakview Cemetery Mullin. Wilkins Funeral Home in charge. Dr Rolla E Dyer, 84, former NIH director, died of a heart attack and linked cigarettes to lung cancer. Maj Gen Leonid V Novikov, 85, died. noted for military writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Dru Lynn Matthews
Snyder
Grandfalls
Church of Christ
Hammond Funeral Home
West Texas Medical Center
Abilene
Snyer
Matthews
Carlsbad
N.M
Virginia Matthews
Treasure Collins
Hollis Matthews
Big Spring
B. C. Matthews
Plano
Byron Matthews
Lovington
N. M
Nancy Louise King
First United Methodist Church
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Raymond Faulkner
West 26Th
First Methodist
Goldthwaite
Paul A. Rix
Medical Center Hospital
McCamey
Odessa
Clarence E. Faulkner
C. R. Faulkner
Clute
William T. Bowen II
West 59Th
Felix S. Landers
Fort Worth
Clyde Faulkner
Arlington
Estelle Jones Goldthwaite
Estelle Jones
Mullin
Mullin Baptist Church
Oakview
Wilkins Funeral Home
Goldhwaite
Brownwood Community Hospital
Myrtle Wilson
Midland
Atlanta
Rolla E. Dyer
U.S. Public Heath Service
National Institutes of Health
Moscow
Leonid V. Novikov
Defense Ministry
City Planning Chief Lish Heads to Texas Meeting
City Planning and Building Director Arthur Lish departs for Austin to attend a day and a half session of the City Planning Association of Texas. He notes the agenda centers on the Council of Governments and its role in municipal planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lish
Austin
City Planning Association of Texas
Lish
Council of Governments
Mmuncipality Planning
Police Investigate Two Burglaries In City
Two attempted burglaries were reported Thursday by city police with no items missing. Officers found an open door at Levine's Department Store on East Eighth Street and a broken window at Mrs. Jacinta Benavides home on West Mable Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levine’s Department Store
East Eighth
Jacinta Benavides
West Mable
Midland woman faces felony check swindle charge
Sterlene Ellenmarie Tate, 35, of Midland posted a $3,000 bond after being charged before Peace Justice J. A. Purifoy with felony check swindle. She allegedly passed a worthless check for 100.73 dollars on May 17 to Akins-Paynter Tire Co. at 2525 East Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterlene Ellenmarie Tate
Midland
J. A. Purifoy
Akins-Paynter Tire Co
East Eighth
May rainfall above average at Midland Odessa area
The National Weather Service Midland Odessa reports May rainfall above normal at 2.77 inches, led by a 2.54 inch storm on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures averaged near normal with a high of 98 and a low of 39, and May had 10 clear, 10 partly cloudy, and 11 cloudy days with multiple thunderstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Midland-Odessa Regional Air Terminal
Shrimp Boil Planned by Fraternal Eagles Lodge
The Broncho Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles sponsors a shrimp boil at 8 p.m. Friday June 4 in the Eagles Lodge at 519 East Seventh. Music will be provided for members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles
Eagles Lodge
East Seventh
Optimists and Rotary Schedule at Sands and Inn venues
Morning meeting at 7 A.M. for the Breakfast Optimists and a NOON gathering of the Odessa Optimists at Sands Restaurant. An afternoon Eastside Rotary session is set in the Inn of the Golden West Coach Room, with a 6 P.M. Veterans of World War I meeting at Barracks 1867 and a 10th and Mac Hi-Spot Youth Center event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Noon
Eastside Rotary
The
Inn of the Golden West
Barracks 1867
10Th and
Mac
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Holt
Me M. Eddings
Coney
East 4Th Street
Odessa, Texas
Odessa American
Seroy Galt"esterday
Circulation Department
Bobby George Harrison
Patricia Ann Gray
James Terry Hammett
Rosa Rodriguez Quiroz
Kenneth Lee Rogers
Dorothy Mirl Hickson
Kenneth Wayne Lee
Debra Kay Bolden
Donald Glen Wade
Kathryn King
Gerald Edward Gray
Linda Catherine Peery
Isaac D. Haney
Ronny L. Shackelford
Stanley W. Bolden
Linda C. Bolden
Texas Department of Public Safety
Gordon Corbitt
E. Cecil Eddins
C. E. Cumbie
Alex D. Hughes
Kenneth Loy Kiker
Linda K. Green
Lonzo Q. Orr
Chester E. Swafford
James G. Hinchliffe
H. Leonard Todd
Nedra J. Shults
Bonnie L. Williams
Judy G. Nichols
Jimmie J. Carnes
June B. Elliott
Gladys E. Earnest
Harry L. Henderson
Mary K. Mosley
Robert McGuire
William T. Evans
Jimmie L. Phinnisee
Doris H. Allen
Ruth E. German
Patsy A. Miller
Karen
Jackson
Robert W. Hodge
Scottie D. Riley
Clinton D. Seitern
Luke E. Groves
Wesley D. King
Debbie C. Fyke
Jo McGuire
Dexter W. Armstrong
William H. Tennis
Stephen M. Hibbs
Pauline B. O'Hair
Willard J. Gunter
Lou R. Bonner
Nell
Fred E. Martin, Jr
Juan F. Sanchez
John L. Watts
Jam Davia White
Patton Drive
James C. Byers
North Hancock
R. Salazar
Mable
Boy
East 10Th
Albert W. Dale, Jr
Maple
Julia F. McAnally
Hilltop Drive
Weldon F. Lewis
Wildwood
Patsy B. Zellars
North Sam Houston
North Lincoln
Quida G. Arnold
Emelinda M. Olivas
Lolita G. McBride
Washington
Tanglewood
Myrion Kelly
Parker
East Second
Betty J. Lamb
East 23Rd
Darmage
Ector County Coliseum
Roger D. Toles
Willis
Verla L. Cypert
Pleasant Farms
Grandview
Fred J. Jessen
Harless
Ray B. Daniels
North Grant
Letha J. White
James F. Greer
Fairlane
Zales
Zales Jewelers
Std & Grant
Great Oil Basin Center
DWI
Dawson
Dave Dawson
Lea General Hospital
Lea County
Clarence
Verna Click
Seminole
Paul A. Sevareid
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Minneapolis
Eric Sevareid
Cbs-Tv
Wton-Tv
Kmsp-Tv
Bonham Junior High School
Christi Cook
Fred Cook
Tulip Lane
Steve Weylandt
L Center
Elwood Weylandt
Pessa
Breakfast Optimists
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Optimists
Arthur
High Spirits
Permian Playhouse
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