Five Injured In Auto Mishaps In City
Five people were injured in Sunday traffic incidents within the city. Milton Woodward, 24, was hospitalized with back injury and bruises after being pinned in a 600 block West 10th collision. Reginald Simmons, 21, sustained a bruised right leg from a two car crash at East County Road and 10th. Maria Lopez, 50, and Mildred Hunt, 27, were treated for ankle and knee, arm, and facial injuries from separate crashes on East 11th and 10th. Donald Hunt, 30, and Don Hunt, 3 weeks old, were involved in a Texas and 13th wreck with damage near $1,500. Pat Baycum, 18, was cited after backing from Cabell's Minit Market. Police report vehicle in gear pinned Woodward. Simmons crash involved a station wagon driven by James Edward Robinson, 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Milton Woodward
East 10Th
Danny Hunt
East 11Th
Reginald Simmons
East
West 10Th
Woodward
East County Road
10Th
Simmons
James Edward Robinson
Wabash
Texas
Marie Lopez
South Sam Houston
Donald Max Hunt
Hunt Family
Andrews Highway
Claude Emmitt Polk
Andrews
Anna McKee Gaddy
Odessa
Billy Deadman Hobbs
West Sixth
Eugene Clemens
Gloria Clemens
Randy Lee Clemens
Mona Leah Clemens
Herman Tee Weaver
Barbara Hutchinson
Brownwood
Robert Weaver
Polk
Clements and Broughtons
Ruth McPherson Stalik
James Baker
South Alleghancy
Hancock and
Wth
Jack Sewart Dixon
Sprngdale
Allen Atkins
Beechwoon
Janet Atkins
Beechravod
Maple and Lith
Daniel Gene Breen
Jack Payne Nevant
East Th
Nevwars
Terry Nevens
Jerry Nevers
East Idth
Brown
Herbert Nailes
Melody Lanee
Tom Green
W. L. Horell
Pendictoo
Vicki Botte
Melody Lance
Miss Botte
West County Road
Florence D. Norman, Jr
Siga East Lh
John B. Owen
North Grant
Gramgend Ith
Andrew Sims
Imh
Beverly Jean Alexander
J Avenue
John Clyde Colas
Seder
Mark
Willie Dawn
Perry Marsh Hodges
Smolier
Diefiervon
Theenor A. Hodec
Parker and Willam
Par
Word
I. Henderson
Tex
Damacres
Adams and Eyghth
Jeanne Henier Carsien
Boulder
Leole C. Warren
Odersa
Royal Bradley
Almiene
Damarces
Eagy County
William Hho
East Ord
Marcelle Es Beak
Keystone
Arent Copmy Road
Eanith
James Edward Robinson, Jr
Simone Wan
Damares
Marie Ramires Lopez
Sem
Houston
Dimald Max Hort
Maria Leper
Mildred Hom
Danny Hom
Damarre
Weed
Bencom
North
Washington
Peder Tna
Kendal L. Green
East Sind
Odessa insurance man and All American Wight dies in New Mexico
Johnny Wight an Odessa insurance salesman and former All American football star died Sunday after a heart attack in Ruidoso New Mexico he was 63. He lived at 27200 Rowland Odessa and funeral services are set for 3 p m Wednesday at Fly Gibbs Funeral Home Paris Texas with burial in Paris Cemetery Maples Funeral Home of Kermit handled local arrangements. Survivors include his widow two brothers a sister and other relatives.
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Johnny Wight
Odessa
Ruidoso
N.M
Wight
Rowland
Fly- Gibbs
Paris
Tex
Maples Funeral Home
Kermit
Hugo
Okla
University of Texas
Tulane University
New Orleans
Tulane
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Rolling College
Florida
Louisiana Tech
Kilpore
Carlisle
Port Neches
Texas
Permian Basin Life Insurance Company
Charles Wight
A. T. Wight
Hugo, Okla
Jack Nowlin
Five Prisoners To Huntsville
Five men were taken to the State prison at Huntsville Monday to start serving sentences totaling 14 years for felony crimes. They are William Homer Brown 24 Sterling City five years for burglary James Fernandez 26 1101 Reynos a two years for burglary Cletus Clifton Lee 44 622 South Lincoln five years for probation violation and Jake Dalton Bobbit 30 Kouitz two years for theft. Deputy Sheriff G E Hill escorted the prisoners to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
William Homer Brown
Sterling Sity
James Fernandez
Reynosa
Cletus Clifton Lee
South Lincoln
Jake Dalton Bobbitt
Kouitz
G. E. Hill
Two Are Charged With Desertion in Ector County
In Ector County Court two Odessa residents face child desertion charges. Nicholas Hernandez, 40, is accused of failing to support three children ages 8, 7, and 5, with a complaint signed by his wife Manuela Hernandez. Lela Faye Wilson, 25, is charged with failing to provide for six children ages 4 months to 9 years, with the complaint signed by Mrs. Roy Brewer Jr. of Midland, who noted Wilson left the children at her Midland home on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Nicholas Hernandez
Odessa
Manuela Hernandez
Lela Faye Wilson
Four Enter Guilty Pleas in Ector County Court
Four defendants pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses before Judge Bill Hill. Bobby Dale Bryan 26 of Day and Night Apartments received 14 days in jail and a 50 dollar fine for desertion and a separate three day jail term for a worthless check. he had failed to support three children and admitted issuing a 10 dollar bad check to W I Baird. Dempsey Eakin 24 Jal NM was fined 50 dollars and given 14 days for giving beer to a 16 year old, contributing to delinquency. Pleasant Harmon Yocham 48 of Gist Place drew three days in jail and 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated. Edward Pegues 49 of Bunche pleaded guilty to theft, got one day in jail and 25 dollars for issuing a bogus 12 dollar check to Food Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Bill Hill
Bobby Dale Bryan
Bryan
Juanita F. Bryan
East 13Th
W. I. Baird
Odessa
Dempsey Eakin
Jal. N. M
Pleasant Harmon Yocham
Gist Place
Yocham
North Golder and
Yukon Road
Texas Highway Patrol
Edward Pegues
Bunche
Food Mart
Jurors Called In Civil Suit in Odessa Trial
A $5,000 damage suit set for 9 a.m. Tuesday in 161st District Court before Judge George M. Kelton, with a jury panel summoned for selection. Plaintiff E. B. Wallace of Odessa seeks $65,000 from Orabell Armstrong and C. W. Wilkins for Irene Wallace's whiplash injury in a traffic crash at North Florida and Alabama on August 2, 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
161St District Court
George M. Kelton
Kelton
E. B. Wallace
Odessa
Orabell Anderson Armstong
C. W. Wilkins
Wallace
Irene
North Florida
Alabama
Orabell Armstong
Wilkins
Three Breakin Cases Probed By Odessa Detectives
Three burglaries were reported to Odessa detectives on Monday. J E Rachel reported cigars valued at 686.75 missing after a vent glass hole was opened in a car at his home. Black’s Liquor Store saw $26.80 of liquor and beer stolen after a door was forced. Vinson Supply Company suffered hammer attacks on two coin operated machines and a failed candy machine break in.
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Odessa
J. E. Rachel
Sandalwood
Black
South Crane
Helen Hobanks
Vinson Supply Company
West Second
Stolen Vehicles Recovered Near Odessa and Andrews
Two vehicles stolen in Odessa over the weekend were found abandoned. A 1961 pickup from Ed Dennard's service station on Grandview was located about three miles south of Andrews on U S Highway 385. A 1958 car owned by Keith Patton on East 17th was found on State Highway 18. Patton reported the car taken from a downtown location Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ed Dennard
Grandview
Andrews
U. S. Highway 385
Keith Patton
East 17Th
Patton
Doxingtown
Four Juveniles Placed on Probation in Burglary Case
Four boys aged 10 to 14 appeared before County Judge Wiliam M. Hill on burglary charges for the Sand Hills Restaurant break in on April 29. All sentences were suspended and each was placed on probation. Two will go to Otto's Boys' Ranch, the others to live with their stepfather. Clint A. Dodson cited family cooperation and urged probation over the Gatesville State School. The mother said Otto's Ranch offers work and supervision lacking at home due to long work hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam ‘M. Hill
Sand Hills
Otto
Lovington Man Dies In Crash Near Pine Springs
A 26 year old Lovington New Mexico man A V Shurlock died at 540 am Monday in a Carlsbad New Mexico hospital from injuries suffered Sunday when his pickup struck a second truck near Pine Springs Texas on U S Highway 62 Investigators say he apparently fell asleep at the wheel The butane truck driver Tomas Sarazonza address unknown was not injured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington. N. M
Carlsbad. N.M
Pine Springs
Tex
A. V. Shurlock
Texas Highway Patrol
Shurlock
U.S. Highway 62
Tomas Sarazonza
Odessa Man Receives Five Year Sentence In Cop Beating Case
Luther Wesley Tucker 208 Weet Kennedy Drive was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault with intent to murder for beating Odessa policeman Roy Aldridge on May 11 1980 as Aldridge issued a traffic ticket. Aldridge sustained a broken jaw and facial injuries. Tucker was cut by flying glass as he fled after Aldridge fired. Two others pled guilty to felony offenses. Mary Lillian Murphy received a five year suspended sentence for theft. Hubert Hobson and Douglas Branscum drew three days in jail and fined $100 for DWI clarified by statements from several defense and prosecuting attorneys. Milburn noted jurors would not be tried due to pleas or indications of pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
State Penitentiary
Luther Wesley Tucker
Weet Kennedy
Roy Aldridge
Aldridge
Tucker
Murray, Howze
Monahans
70Th District
C. V. Milburn
Mary Lillian Murphy
Longview
Hubert F. Hobson
West
Douglas Gene
Branscum
West 15Th
Murphy
Wayne Cason
Charles H. Winston
Hobson
Harold Young
North Grant
Warren Burnett
Milburn
Damage Suits Seek 42000 From Odessa Firms
Two damage lawsuits filed in 70th District Court ask a total of 42000. Mr and Mrs R D Sutton of Tom Green County seek 30000 from Everybodys Grocery Stores Inc Odessa and manager George Briggs for alleged forgery charges and resulting jail time amid a back injury. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Lee Crawford of Odessa seek 12000 from Royal Crown Bottling Co Ward County alleging a Rotten decomposed substance in a soft drink caused illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Sutton
Tom Green County
Everybody’s Grocery Stores, Inc
Odessa
George Briggs
South Grant
Sutton
Briggs
Jimmy Lee Crawford
Odzsa
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Ward County
Theft Charges Filed On Pair
Charges filed in Ector County Court accuse Bobby D. Fletcher of giving a worthless check for groceries at Sears Food Market on May 20 and Raymond L. Specter of cashing a bogus $25 check at Food Mart on May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Bobby D. Fletcher
West Smith
Sears Food Market
North Grant
Raymond L. Specter
Food Mart
East County Road
Child Suffers Injury in Fall From Tree
Carlos Mendoza Jr. six, of 1106 Santa Rosa, was released from Medical Center Hospital after overnight observation for a broken left arm from a tree fall. Arturo Garcia, thirty six, of 1307 Clements, was treated and released after a nose injury in a mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Mendoza Jr
Santa Rosa
Medical Center Hospital
Arturo Garcia
Clements
Infant Dies of Illness in Lindberg Family
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Marcus C Dunn of West Lind sberg died Monday at Medical Center Hospital born May 31 and had been in critical condition since then funeral arrangements pending today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus C. Dunn
West Lindsberg
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County Budget Talks Include Salary Raises
Ector County commissioners review 1962 budget requests with proposed salary boosts for eight elected officials up to 10 000 a year. The plan also raises commissioners from 6863 to 7689.64 annually. Some officials oppose raises while Judge Gerald Fugit notes automatic increases within the budget. Sheriff Slim Gabrel already earns 10 000, others like Curtis Winn and Bill Fugit have higher duties and different maxs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Crumpler
Ector County Commissioners
Norman Maney
Kellus Turner
Ector County
Gerald Fugit
Winn
Fugit
Bill
County Court Matters Record Marriage Licenses and Cases
A county notice lists marriage licenses issued for Otis L. Adcock and Linda Collier, Russell J. Johnson Jr. and Virginia Brown, and others. Criminal, civil, medical center, births, admissions, discharges, and traffic accidents are detailed with names, charges, damages, and patient flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Lynn Adcock
Linda Sue Collier
Russell Harold Johnson Jr
Virginia Ruth Brown
Talmadge Austin Hester
Patricia Jane Goode
Earl Lee Tarbet
Shirley Dorene Tooke
Marshall Earl Neatherlin
Manlyn
Debra Warton
Edward Paul Creech
Dorothy Annette Waters
Jerald Dee Blair
Sharon Elizabeth Russell
Billy Dee Puckett
Patsy Sharon Hollis
Richard Linsey Sample
Irene Louise Holland
Hae Tucker Blythe
Iris LaVerne Kennedy
Billy Wayne Ivey
Martha Ellen Smith
Thomas Lee Gass
Linda Gillham
Raymond Don Thomas
Margaret Frishe
R. B. Hoad
Evelyn M. Pearce
Edward Pegues
Jessup Altomont Coldwell
Nicholas Hernandez
Lela Faye Wilson
Bobby D. Fletcher
Raymond L. Specter
William Edward Israel
Corporation Court
Howard A. Treadwell
Robert W. Barker
Sam O. Ashabranner
Jack Thomas Dickerson
Ira B. Hamil
Aramdo Flores
Alfred Lara
Charles A. Hall
James Ernest Newton
Tommy V. Graves
Elvin E. Shattuck
Truman H. Etheridge
R. V. Rogers
James C. Clark
Melissa Stewart
Robert F. McRae
Grady C. Huffman
Neal R. Ferguson
Ezra Latham
John H. Arnett
Lon David Boxley
Mitchell Davis
Harveys. Ratliff
Herman Lee Weaver
Robert Glenn Weaver
Claude E. Polk
Carlos Mendoza Jr
Donald W. Dye Jr
Shonna Ruth Smith
Top Students Apply for Summer Institute in Odessa
Fourteen area high school students enrolled in a five week summer institute in the physical sciences at Odessa College. Sponsored by El Paso Natural Gas Products Co, the program aims to become an annual effort for outstanding students. Participants come from Odessa Permian Odessa High Crane Midland Blackshear and O’Donnell High Schools with criteria including algebra and geometry completion and strong character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
Glen Richardson
Jan Rice
Conet Drive
Odessa
John Conner
East 47Th St
Permian High School
Dennis Williams
Sunset Lane
Odessa High
Gerald Aldridge
Tataside
Ocean High
James Martin
Midland High
Paulette Frye
Beverly
Permian High
Richard Newth
Idlewood Lane
Philip McCrary
North Lincoln
Marvin Reed
Hudson Ave
Blackshear High
Horace Bledsoe
Carver Ave
Arthur Denny
Midland High School
Five Thefts Probed by Police Across City
Five thefts are under investigation. Items stolen include a spare tire and wheel from a parked car, a six volt battery from Joe Costello’s car, nineteen dollars from a home, a two piece summer dress from a wash line, and a bike from the Andrews Highway area. Victims include V O M Byerly Willie Rodgers Mrs C M Dunnaway and Earl Sturdivant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. OM. Byerly
Westbrook
Joe Costello
East Ruth
Willie Rodgers
Nelson
C. M. Dunnaway
North Hancock
Withesline
Earl Sturdivant
Frontier Trailer Courts
Andrews Highway
Odessa High swimming classes filled for school children
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Odessa High School swimming instructor said Monday that classes for school children starting Tuesday are completely filled Another class will begin with registration on July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Armstrong
Odessa High School
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Odessan
Mary Ella Graham
W. H. Foshee
Circle Drive
Miss Graham
Joe B. Graham
West 22Nd
Lovington
Crawford
Ector
Gene Byrum
Ballard L. Wise
John T. Walker
Linda Gaye King
Ricky Lynn Whisenhunt
L. H. Wood
Joseph H. Marter Jr
Marcus Clark Dunn
Harold R. Cooke
Johnny A. Wells
Sack Clayton Kirk
Arthur Lane Jr
Noel Haren Rawls
Sam
Ashabranner
Doran
San Carlos
Winchester
Bluebonnet
Limestone
James Emmest Newton
West 13Th
William C. Pond
Julietta Bergen
Danny Shane Hunt
Patricia June Ray
Cecil Wayne Cherry
Milton Ray Woodward
Manuel Zavala
James Harlan Hall
Richard F. Ray
George S. Creacy
Kellie L. Kinard
James E. Seale
Diana Lynn Carr
Orbie Lee Edson
Lee Roy Way
Eliseo Avalos Najera
Victor Nabarette
Pat Tomlin
Robert E. Riggs
Elmer Guyton
Robert E. Thursby
George Ray Philips
Kit Tamvakis
William Robbins
Delia Garcia
John M. Mastin
Wesley F. Dunlap
Edwin I. Yarger
Lelia Kay Cooper
Ronald Charles Neyer
Carlos Mendoza ,Jr
Melvin Lee Scott
Donald Gene Reynolds
Roy Dewayne Halfman
Delbert Wilson
Hicks II
Terry Lloyd Hodges
L. M. Haynie
Frankie Tabor
Milton Davidson
Eva G. Ridgeway
Kenneth D. Shelley
Jimmie L. Morrow
James C. Decker
William P. Dow
T. J. Francis
Cleveland Edward Moore
Moris D. Card
John H. Armett
Frank E. Jones
J. L. Butler
Baby
Gilbert del Bosque
Cambridge
E. A. Najera
Magnolia
Matamoras
West Ith
Leigh L. Slade
Rosewood
Henderson
Carver
East Ann
Turner
Evitt
Tax Equalization Board
Bridge
Elvira C
Pete) Paddock
Maney
Hubert Martin
Maxine Mayse
Incodes
Eunice Snyder
Health Department
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