Odessan Boyhood Told In New Book by Jed Miller
Jed Miller visits Odessa to autograph his new book Junior Dear at West Texas Bookstore from 1 to 4 PM Saturday. The volume follows Junior Taylor's Dust Bowl youth of the 1930s, drawn from the life of an Odessa man.
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Odessa
Junior
Jed Miller
Cimarron
Gladys Miller
West Texas
North Grant
Junior Taylor
Dust Bowl
Jed
Miller
Deaf Smith County
Fire damages kitchen after grease overheats on stove
Firefighters were not needed as a neighbor quenched a stove top grease fire at 2135 Westbrook, saving the home of R. E. Harkfield. Smoke caused minor kitchen damage. The intervention halted the blaze Friday morning without injuries reported.
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R. E. Harkfield
Westbrook
Sirhan Sirhan Held in County Jail Medical Wing
Law enforcement tightens security as Sirhan Sirhan is moved to the medical section of the county jail for treatment of a broken index finger and a sprained ankle from his hotel arrest. Deputies guard the corridor and security is heightened after a thorough medical exam.
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Pitchess
Sirhan
Weather and crime notes mix in Texas and California
A Pacific cool front lingered south of Lubbock with cooler air expected and high 90s near Odessa Midland. Sirhan Sirhan remains jailed under psychiatric care after arraignment on attempted murder charges. security tightens amid bomb threats and media access. Temperatures range from 70s to 105 in various cities as heavy rains push Guadalupe River out of banks near Victoria. Farmers advised to take protective measures through Monday.
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Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Odessa-Midland
Wichita Fallas
Dell Rio
Maudin
Texas
Sirhan
Marcus Crahan
Pitchess
Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
Herald Examiner
H. P. Blavatsky
Panhandle
Samuel W. Yorty
Yorty
Pasadena
Longview
Calveston
Mineral Wells
Presidio
Guadalupe River
Thee
Vittoria
Victoria
Miss Your Paper Information and Contact Details
Missed Odessa American delivery information with phone numbers for the Circulation Department. Includes hours, address, postal note, subscription rates by mail and home delivery zones, and single copy prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
Americar
Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Post Ofice
Sinstecong
Kennedy Funeral Witnesses Shroud in Nation's Grief
Crowds fill Fifth Avenue as Kennedy family gathers at cathedral for prayer and tribute after the second assassination in five years. Mrs John Kennedy kneels beside the casket aided by Edward Kennedy while Ethel Kennedy graces the scene with a poised smile amid mourners and onlookers.
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Kennedy
Washington
America
Cathedral
John Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Fifth Avenue
Atest
California
Robert Kennedy
Ethel
Fagles Install New Officers In Eagles Fraternal Order
New officers of Broncho Aerie and Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles were installed Friday in Aerie Hall at 519 West Seventh. Installing officers included Bo Baker and Mrs Wayne Beasley as heads, with S D Somerford and Tom Allmond conducting. Bill Sims presented cash awards to 14 members signing up 12 or more new members. top producer was John Brookshire.
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Broncho Aerie
Order of the Eagles
Bo Baker
Wayne Beasley
Aerie Hall
West Seventh
Jack Jones
Bill Sims
S. D. Somerford
Tom Allmond
Aerie
Bud Evans
Paul Heifner
James Doloff
Howard Wagner
Jack Hailer
B. F. Patterson
Bobbie Seaton
L. B. Cooper
Cecil Taylor
L. E. McKee
John Brookshire
Boggs Discusses Need for Broad Warren Commission Like Inquiry
Boggs urged a wide spanning inquiry into violence in society after the Kennedy assassination and Oswald killing. He called for a professional staff including sociologists criminologists and psychologists to probe media violence education housing and social conditions. He said the commission should seek facts and causes first and may issue a report similar to the Warren Commission. He accepted the appointment reluctantly as House Democratic leader.
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Boggs
Warren Commission
Johnson
House
Memorial Service for Robert Kennedy at Unitarian Fellowship
The Unitarian Fellowship at 401 East 42nd hosts a memorial service for Robert Kennedy at 10 a.m. Saturday with Bill Nichols, minister, leading the tribute.
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Unitarian Fellowship
East 42Nd
Robert ‘Kennedy
Bill Nichols
Deaths and funeral notices from West Texas region
A roundup of obituaries and funeral notices from Odessa Crane County and surrounding areas. Julio J Nunez 62 of Crane County died likely of a heart attack near Glass and Everett Banch. H N Crenshaw 71 in Dallas. Lonnie L Fenwick 64 Ballinger gunshot case ruled accidental. Richard Thompson 40 former Odessa manager died in Dallas. Marion Cook 82 Lovington resident died at home in New Mexico. Dar Duryea 61 Hollywood actor and veteran character actor dies.
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Julio J. Nunez
Glass
Everett Banch
Crane County
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Nunez
Fort Stockton
Lahiitas
Rebecca Sujera Dee
Johnny
South Washington
Frank
Spur
Julio Jr
Erron
Henry
Magnolia
H. N. Crenshaw
Dallas
Evelyn. Mastin
Byron
Victor Cooper
Restland Wildwood Chapel
Restland Cemetery
Crenshaw
Gaston Hospital
Nevada
Texas
A. C. Garrett Masonic Lodge
Gaston Avenue Baptist Church
Lena
Sam
Homer
Winfred
C. C. Crumpley
James E. Knott
Lonnie L. Fenwick Ballinger
Lonnie L. Fenwick
Joyce Tinney
Grace Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Allen-Davis Funeral Home
Fenwick
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Ballinger
Don Atkins
J. W. Barr
Here
Comanche County
Runnels County
Emma Verner
Ruth Hutson
Lexington
Kathlene Spencer
Roby
A. 0. Fenwick
San Angelo
Ina Partin
Carbon
Bonie Hensley
Junction
Thresa Harding
Richard C. Thompson
Midland
Richard
Dick)Thompson
Ellis Funeral Chapel
Rhodehaver-Miller Funeral
el Paso
Thompson
Parkland Hospital
Safeway
Roswell
N. M
Las Cruces
N.M
Jacks 1
Tenn
Rotary Club
Leddy
Ernestine
Rob Lynn
Thelma Rae
Robert
Mary Bureh
Marion Cook
Lovington
Central Avenue Church of
Church of Christ
Belen
Claunch
Charles F
Preston JG
Amarillo
Gary S
Boulder
Colo
James W
Pecos
Fred W. McIntosh
Cochise
Ariz
D. H. Dean
Wayne Camp
Vandals damage Odessa school and car in separate incidents
Three vandalism cases were reported Friday morning in Odessa. Zavala Elementary School windows and interior glass were broken on Pine and Clifford, with a broken door window to the library. a separate breakage affected a car hood on North Lincoln. Also noted were a Zanzibar window break and several local injuries, while funeral notices for Mary Rogts and Ellis McKenzie, both Odessa-area residents, described ceremonies and survivors.
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Zavala
Pine
Clifford
Zanzibar
Fitch
Mary Rogers
Plainview
Purvis V
Mary) Rogts
Henry H. Fischer
Alfed Joe Fischer
Odessa
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Mark Williams
First Methodist Church of
Parklawn Memorial Gardens
Lemons Funeral Home
Rogers
Johnson County
Throckmorton
Purvis Rogers
Clovis
N.M
First Methodist Church
George Fischer
Esmond D. Fisher
Pampa
Berry F. Fischer
Henry Killman
Belton Redwine
Thomas Killman
Seymour
Lottie Merrill
Mamie Raper
Addie Hibbitts
Odessian Held on Carrying Prohibited Weapon Charge
Police said they planned to charge a 19 year old Odessan with carrying a prohibited weapon after a Thursday night arrest at the Sportsman Club on West Second. A loaded revolver was found in his pants pocket during a police search at headquarters, following an earlier liquor law violation.
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West Second
Western band at Legion clubroom Hast Eighth
At 9 P.M. Jay Lange and his western band perform in the American Legion clubroom Hast Eighth. At 8:30 P.M. the final performance of Permian Playhouse presents The Odd Couple at 316 West 42nd.
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Jay Lange
American Legion
Oees LL
Permian Playhouse
West 42Nd
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Odessan
Eagles
Order of Eagles
Law
Stewart's Imported Motors
Dixie
ST Ma
S. Fisher
B. Fisher
Optometrists
Hollywood
Dar Duryea
Vandals
O. W. Cargil
North
Lincoln
E. N. McKenzie
Big Spring
Ellis Neal McKenzie
Rosewood Chapel
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
East Hill Cemetery
McKenzie
Iraan
Janette Gaston
Fort
Pedro Valero
Alpine
Our Lady of Peace
Roman Catholic Church
Holy Angel Cemetery
Geeslin
Refugia Valero
F. Elicitas Ramirez
Leonarda Espinosa
Onassa
Steve Gatlin
Estor Mata
Gene Collins
John Rivera
Charles A. Miller
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