Pecos Railroad Sold No Changes Planned
Pecos Valley Southern Railway, Pecos Valley Southern Transport Co., cement and gravel operations in New Mexico were sold to Portland Cement Co of Chicago. W T Hazlewood said the line carries one daily freight round trip and expects no major changes. Sale price was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Pecos Valley Southern Railway
Toynhvale
W. T
Bill) Hazleywood
General Portland Cement Co. of
Chicago
Esco Material Corporation
Estern
Pecos Valley Southern Transport Co
Odessa
Midland
Roswell
N. M
Hoban
F. M. Reeves and Sons
Hazlewood
Balmorhea
Toyabevale
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas and Pacific Railway
Stanton Gets Federal Aid for Low Rent Housing Project
The Public Housing Administration approved a $905 212 loan to the Stanton Housing Authority for a 78 unit low income housing project costing about $8,893 per unit. Forty two elderly targeted homes will be included as part of an urban renewal effort in Stanton.
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Stanton
Public Housing Administration
Washington
Stanton Housing Authority
Odessa American Subscription Rates and Publication Details
The Odessa American lists telephone and LO numbers for subscriptions with monthly and weekly rates. Mail subscriptions are priced at $18 per year with six month and three month terms. Published daily except Saturday at 2 East Fourth Street Odessa Texas entered as second class matter under act of March 3 879.
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Odessa
American Telephone &F
Ector County
Odessa American
East Fourth Street
Texas
Odessa woman awarded 21000 in damage suit verdict
Judge C V Milburn weighs a jury verdict in a case where Mrs. Ben Hale, widow of a man killed in a Feb 6 1963 crash, sought damages. The 70th District Court jury found contributory negligence by Hale in the Andrews Highway Barrow Drive collision with Deputy Baker’s auto, while defense argues verdict for them. Trial concluded Wednesday after deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ben Hale
Ector County
A. M. (Slim) Gabrel
Joe Baker
C. V. Milburn
Hale
Baker
Andrews Highway
Barrow Drive
Milburn
Forrest Bowers
C. E
Nursing Class Signs Students For Licensed Vocational Program
Applications are being accepted for a new Licensed Vocational Nursing class at the nursing classroom of Medical Center Hospital between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The program is sponsored by Medical Center Hospital Ward County Memorial Hospital Monahans Permian General Hospital Andrews and Odessa College.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ward County Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Permian General Hospital
Andrews
Odessa College
Whitmore Injured in Warfield Area Traffic Crash
Eddie Whitmore aged 28 of 3114 East County Road was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a broken left arm after a traffic accident Wednesday about five miles north of Warfield. He remained hospitalized Thursday.
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Eddie Whitmore
East County Road
Medical Center Hospital
Warfield
Burglars pried open coin op soda machine at Fryman’s
Thieves broke into Fryman’s Service Station at 2501 East Eighth Thursday and pried open a coin operated soft drink machine. They took an unknown amount of change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fryman’s
East Eighth
Final words decoded from Pacific Airlines crash tape
The Civil Aeronautics Board released a deciphered electronic translation of the last cockpit contact by Raymond An dress from the May 7 F27 crash near San Francisco. The FBI probes the passenger backgrounds including former Olympic athlete Frank Gonzalez connected to a revolver found in wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Andress
Pacific Airlines
San Francisco
The
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Bell Telephone Laboratory
Murray Hill
N.J
Bell
Andress
Ernest A. Clark
FBI
Frank Gonzalez
Ohio Boy 12 Wins National Spelling Bee
Falls, Ohio boy William Kerek, 12, won the 37th National Spelling Bee by spelling geophagy in the 30th round. The contest started with 70 finalists from 33 states and D C, sponsored by Scripps Howard papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Falls
Scripps-Howard Papers
Caker
District of Columbia
Scripps-Howard
Odessa Native Joins Texas Supreme Court Staff as Briefing Attorney
Raymen Charles Stoker Jr the Odessa native and Odessa High School graduate will start work Monday as briefing attorney for Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert W Calvert. He earned his law degree early this year from Baylor University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymen Charles Stoker Jr
Raymen Stoker Sr
Sandalwood
Texas Supreme Court
Robert W. Calvert
Odessa
Odessa High School
Baylor University
Two Odessans Hurt in Separate Accidents at Work and Home
Louis Kincannon 35 of Route Two Odessa sustained a back injury while working on a construction job 20 miles south of Penwell and is listed resting well at Medical Center Hospital. Carrie Hudson 29 of 506 Wabash suffered a cut lip and a back injury at her home and is being treated.
Odessa Country Club Duplicate Bridge Winners
In Odessa Mrs. Ben Glast and Mrs. Fred Lugenheim took first place in the Duplicate Bridge Association play at the Odessa Country Club. Tied for second were Mrs. Dolores Sullivan and Mrs. A G Barnard, while another second/third tie linked Mrs. Ed Prichard with Mrs. Harvey Conger, both from Midland.
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Odessa Country Club
Ben Glast
North Golder
Fred Lugenheim
Redbud
Dolores Sullivan
North Washington
A. G. Barnard
Beechwood
Ed Prichard
Harvey Conger
Midland
Free On Bond For Henderson Charged With Threat in Ector County
William Duane Henderson aged 24 of 1001 Sylvain was released on 400 bond after being charged in Ector County Court with threatening Virginia Ann Henderson of 1515 North Alleghaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Duane Henderson
Sylvain
Ector County
Henderson
Virginia
Ann Henderson
North Alleghaney
Two Students Selected for Dallas Math Seminar
Sandra S. Oliphant and George Roy Terrell of Permian High School are among 34 youths chosen to attend a math seminar at Southern Methodist University in Dallas from June 8 to July 11. The program, funded by an $8,265 National Science Foundation grant, aims to boost interest in math and related sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra S. Oliphant
George Roy Terrell
Permian
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
National Science Foundation
Wiring Sparks Blaze in 1958 Auto at Home
A fire under the hood of a 1958 model car owned by G. D. Thomas at 1412 South Broughton caused a blaze. Firefighters also tackled a grass fire in the 4000 block of Stillwood.
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G. D. Thomas
South
Broughton
Stillwood
Landlords Plan Election Meeting in Odessa
The Odessa Landlords Association will elect new officers at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Ector County Library. The gathering marks the group's first anniversary. Formed in June 1963 the association now has 47 members.
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Odessa Landlords Association
Ector County
LBJ Kennedy to Confer on World War I Veterans
President Johnson and Attorney General Kennedy will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hi-Spot West 10th and MacArthur for a discussion of departmental matters. The session, described as a business meeting, will include coffee and doughnuts.
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Bar- Washington
UPI
Pressrack No. 1867
Dent Johnson
Atty. P
Robert F. Kennedy
West 10Th
MacArthur
Deaths in Alpine Midland Fort Stockton and Brownfield
Obituaries detail funeral plans and survivors for Cassie Boyce Harry Gaines Maude Ann Richardson Mandia Donaghe across Alpine Midland Fort Stockton Brownfield. Survivors listed include sisters brothers daughters and extended family with burial in Woodbine Easthurlt and Brownwood cemeteries.
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Alpine
Cassie Boyce
First Christian Church of
Artesia
N.M
Woodbine Cemetery
Weed and Artesia
N. M
Annie Dalton
J. A. Anderson
Jim Nichols
Jack W. Johnson
Covina
Calif
Midland
Harry P. Gaines
Newnie W. Ellis
Brownwood
Gaines
Midland Memorial Hospital
Brown County
Tex
Dolores
Lee Gaines
Corpus Christi
Jim Reed
Turkey
Maude Ann Richardson
Owen Funeral Home
Easthurlt
Richardson
Arkansas
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Buster R. Richardson
San Angelo
O. B. Richardson
San Saba
E. W. Richardson
B. R. Richardson
Fort Stockton
R. C. Richardson
Republican Runoff Polling Sites in Ector County
Voters may cast ballots 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Saturday in the Republican runoff. Paper ballots used. Precinct One sites Fannin, Cameron, Pease Elementary. Precinct Two Alamo, Reagan, Permian High, Fire Station Brentwood, Ross, Goliad. Precinct Three Odessa College Auditorium, Odessa High, Burleson, Hood, Goldsmith, Lamar, Woodson, Rusk, Ector High. Gulf Station listed.
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Ector County
Fannin
Cameron
Pease
Alamo
Reagan
Permian
Brentwood
Grandview
Ross
Goliad
Odessa College
Odessa High
Burleson
Hood
Goldsmith
Democratic runoff voting locations and hours listed
Voters can begin at 7 a m and vote until 7 p m on Saturday in the Democratic runoff. Balloting sites include the Ector County Courthouse Floyd Gwin Auditorium Dowling Elementary Bonham Junior High Permian High Burnet Elementary Ireland Elementary San Jacinto Ector County Coliseum Sam Houston Goldsmith Community Center Precinct Four Lamar Elementary Blackshear High La Fiesta Southside Zavala Penwell Community Centers.
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Dowling
Bonham
Permian High
Burnet
Ireland
Goliad
Bowie
San Jacinto
Ector County
Sam Houston
Goldsmith Community Center
Notices Community
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Pecos Railroad
Lester Humphrey
Nuclear Rocket Development Center
Jackass Flats
William Kerek
Cuyahoga
Barry
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Barry Goldwater
California
Arizona
America
Bee
Richard R. Baker
University of Dayton
Odessan
Plymouth
Ford
Chevrolet
Sebring
Florida
V&s
U.S.A
French Tool & Supply Company, Inc
East Second ST
Kennedy
Ine Meeng
Sted
Johnson
George E. Reedy
Justice Department
Mrs. Maude Richardson
Mrs
Mandia Donaghe
Brownfield
Brownfield Funeral Home
Donaghe
Lampasas
First Baptist Church
Warren Donaghe
Imperial Beach
Robert Donaghe
Paducah
Hugh Donaghe
Denver City
Frank Donaghe
Ed Morton
Ella Cobb
Brownfiled
V. Hinkle
Plains
Precinct
Lamar
Gonzales
Milam
Woodson Boys Club
Rusk
Ector High
Gulf Station
Penwell
Floyd Gwin
Pease Elementary
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