Memory of D Day from a Ranger at Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc
The article recounts Captain Jay H. Mehaffey’s D Day memories on June 6 1944 aboard HMS Prince Leopold and on Omaha Beach. He details rough seas 0630 H hour fierce German fire at the sea wall and hedgerows and the climb to Pointe du Hoc with the 5th Ranger Battalion.
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Normandy
Jay H. Mehaffey
Odessa TV
Mehaffey
Betty
1208
Smith
U. S. Army
Prince Leopold
French
France
Ranger
Texas
Pointe du Hoc
Rudder
Omaha Beach
C Company
Vierville
English Channel
D-Day
Point du Hoc
Dog Green
Sea Wall
D Company
Omaha
352Nd
Seat
Norman Gota
116Th Infantry
Chateau de Vaumicel
Pecos Society Plans 3 PM Meeting and Marker Ceremony
The Texas Permian Historical Society meets at West of the Pecos Museum Pecos at 3 p.m. Carlysie Raht Odessa author speaks on Old Buck and I. A 20 minute memorial for R. T. Waddell follows. There is a Pecos Orient Hotel history exhibit and a Barney Riggs review. A Pope's Marker dedication closes the event with Lee Myers as speaker.
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Texas Permian Historical Society
Pecos Museum
Pecos
Carlysie G. Raht
Odessa
Old Buck and I
R. T
Cotton) Waddell
Old Orient Hotel
Paul Morrison
Old
Barney Hubbs
J. T. Prewit
Barney Riggs
Byron Lackey
Museum Board
Pope
Orla
Ronald Roberson
Lee Myers
Carlsbad
N. M
Odessa College Summer Session Registration Start
Registration for Odessa College's first summer session begins at 7 p.m. Monday in the Student Union Building. Classes run Tuesday to July 17 with a second six week session July 21 through August 28. Evening classes meet Monday through Friday with a normal six hour load and a maximum seven hours.
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Odessa College
Diseases Listed By Health Unit
Diarrhea led the week's report to the Ector County Health Unit with ten cases. Other diseases and counts include measles ten chicken pox ten sore throat ten upper respiratory infection ten strep throat five pneumonia three tuberculosis two trench mouth two mumps two venereal disease two and impetigo one.
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Ector
Water Deliveries Set Record For District
Colorado River Municipal Water District set May records pumping 1 176 209 198 gallons a 33.8 percent rise from last year. Member cities used 887 156 000 gallons up 133.25 percent. oil firms took 289 053 198 gallons up 35.5 percent. Odessa 511 900 000 gallons up 26.53 percent. Big Spring 287 589 000. Snyder 87 667 000 up 57.14 percent.
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Colorado River
Sun Oil
Odessa
Big Spring
Snyder
Rotan Water District
Six Odessa Boys State attendees named
Six Odessa youths were among about 700 from across Texas attending the American Legion Boys State in Austin this week. The group includes David Max Brownlee, Manuel Gonzales Prado, Joe King Wallace, Stephen Gayle Knowles, Freddy Otis Roberson, and Robert Marlar Lowrance.
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Austin
Odessa
American Legion Boys
David Max Brownlee
Manuel Gonzales Prado
Joe King Wallace
Stephen Gayle Knowles
Freddy Otis
Roberson
Robert Marlar Lowrance
Language Instruction Planned For Children
Ector County will start a seven week language program Monday at Milam Elementary for Spanish speaking first graders to build English vocabulary. Classes run 8 am to 12 noon with no charge to tuition. County Democrats will select precinct officials and delegates at precinct meetings June 30 in the Lea County Courthouse Lovington.
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Ector County
Milam
Hobbs, N. M
Lea
Lea County
Lovington
Miss South Plains Pageant Scheduled for June 12
The 1964 Miss South Plains Pageant will be held in Brownfield on June 12, sponsored by the Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Brownfield
Brownfield Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Odessan
Lea Democrats
Camera Center
DR. S. Fisher
Fisher
Fisher Optical
PTE el 7
DR. Fisher
J.m.mcdonald CO
Owl
Dad
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