McGovern sweeps primaries across four states
McGovern leads with 33 percent to Wallace 30 in Florida Wisconsin Pennsylvania and Massachusetts results show Wallace strong in New Mexico with 30 percent of the vote. In New Jersey McGovern claimed momentum but precise delegate counts remained contested as Humphrey trailed. Senate and House races also finalized in several states with renominations and new district outcomes.
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Florida
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Wallace
New Mexico
McGovern
Humphrey
Bruce King
New Jersey
California
George
Ted van Dyk
East Orange
N.J
Labor
Bird strikes helmet trigger motorcycle crash west of Odessa
A 19-year-old motorcyclist, Danny Lance Harrington of Odessa, was treated at Medical Center Hospital after a bird strike into his helmet caused him to lose control on Moss Avenue 13 miles west of Odessa. He suffered contusions and body bruises as the bike skidded into a drainage ditch. The incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. State Patrolman Jim Edington noted the rider was traveling north when the bird struck the visor. Additionally, Joe M. Sandoval filed an appeal with the Texas Industrial Accident Board in 61st District Court seeking $19,649 for injuries at Broncho Chevrolet in 1971. Harley Moore, 45, was reported in satisfactory condition after fracturing his left foot from a eight-foot scaffold jump.
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Danny Lance Harrington
Dunn
Odessa
Moss Avenue
Harrington
Medical Center Hospital
Jim Edington
Texas Industrial Accident Board
Joe M. Sandoval
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Sandoval
Broncho Chevrolet Co
Harley Moore
North Graham
Medical Center
Lawmen Probe 3 Burglaries In Odessa
Odessa police investigated three burglaries on Wednesday including the concession stand and projection room at Twin Terrace Drive In Theater on Andrews Highway 3600. Items stolen totaled 235 dollars plus candy. a recorder and tapes and a hot plate were taken. Fire calls Tuesday included three vehicle incidents.
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Odessa
Andrews Highway
Five Women Charged With Worthless Checks In Ector County
Five women face charges of defrauding by worthless checks in Ector County Court. Judy Grass 28 listed 900 East 25th allegedly passed a 6.62 dollar check at T G Y Store on March 2. Susan Shulga 22 of 943 Nimitz is accused of a 9.35 dollar bogus check at the same store March 13. Ines Flores 23 Crane is charged with cashing a 9 dollar check at T G Y on April 1. Mrs Larry Mendenhall 25 of 1626 East 37th is accused of a 10.10 dollar bad check on April 27 at T G Y Store. Paula Garcia and other cases involve 22.50 and 6.62 or 9 dollar checks. No arrests were made Wednesday. Ronnie Eugene McDonald 29 of Seminole was released on 500 dollar bond after surrendering to answer a child desertion complaint filed by Margaret McDonald 3637 Locust. Bond set by Peace Justice Howard Williams.
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Ector County
Judy Grass
East 25Th
T.g.&y
Andrews Highway
Paula Garcia
Gibson’s Discount Center
North Grandview
Susan Shulga
Nimitz
Larry Mendenhall
East 37Th
Ronnie Eugene McDonald
Seminole
Sheriff's Department
Margaret McDonald
Howard Williams
Ector
Alpine Council Requests Delay in Lake Alpine Project
Alpine City Council asks the Texas Water Rights Commission to delay indefinitely the Lake Alpine Project. The city plans a $400,000 Musquiz water project ten miles north, now unable to participate. Councilman Lee Smith says completion by next summer should satisfy city needs for years and future reconsideration is possible. Alpine has completed test well work and seeks HUD funds.
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Alpine
Alpine City
Texas Water Rights Commission
Alpine Lake
Musquiz
Lee Smith
Lake Alpine
Odessan Earns Ideal Girl Scout Honor in McCamey
Gail Graham of Odessa was elected an Ideal Girl Scout at a Permian Basin Girl Scout Council awards banquet in McCamey. Daughter of B F and Mrs. Graham, she has led Senior activities as president of the Senior Planning Board and served as SPB representative to the Council Board. She is a 12 year Scout who completed a Counsel-In-Training course at Camp Mitre Peak and will staff at Camp Rocky Point this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Graham
Odessa
McCamey
Permian Basin
Girl Scout Council
B. F. Graham
North Jackson
Graham
Permian Council
SPB
Camp Mitre Peak
Davis Mountains
Camp Rocky Point
Lake Texoma
Midland Integration Order Stayed By 6th Circuit
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay on Midland Texas school integration, allowing officials to continue under the current plan. The order, issued last October by Judge Ernest Guinn, would have closed one school, opened another, and changed a bus terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Midland
Tex
U.S. District Court
Ernest Guinn
Guinn
Fiddlers Contest Scheduled In Pecos For July 2
The Pecos Lion's Club sponsors a first time fiddlers contest during rodeo week open to Permian Basin players. Prizes run 125, 75 and 25 with 20 contestants sought. Back-up instruments allowed but main focus on fiddles. Held at the Community Center with no entry deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
The
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
John Rediger
New Mexico Results Listed Hobbs Banker Wins Nomination
Hobbs banker Jack Daniels, 49, won the Democratic Senate primary in New Mexico. Republican Pete V. Domenici, 40, led the GOP field. Daniels carried Lea County with 5,773 votes and faces Domenici in November to succeed retiring Sen. Clinton Anderson. Lea County favored George Wallace in the presidential primary. A host of local races and nominations are also reported including state senate and House races across Lovington, Eunice, Hobbs, and surrounding areas.
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New Jersey
Dominick Daniels
West New York
Joseph DeFino
Cornelius Gallagher
Hudson County
Peter Odino
Senate
South Dakota
New Mexico
Karl E. Mundt
Clinton P. Anderson
James Abourezk
Mundt
Robert Hirsch
Gordon Mydland
GOP
Jack Daniels
Hobbs
Forrmers
Albuquerque
Lovington
N. M
U.S. Senate
Pete V. Domenici
David F. Cargo
Daniels
Lea County
George McGovern
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Henry
Scoop) Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Bill L. Lee
James R. McCrory
Donald LaVaughn Sanford
Ed Roberts
A. C. Holder
W. F. Collum
Robert Madera
Jal
Aubrey Burl Williams
Eunice Grocer
Dorothy Pruit
Frank C. Smith
Ralph Wrinkle
Joe Price
Wrinkle
John A. Robbins
Otis L. Bailey
Raymond Wade Worrell
Flo B. Wyrick
Midland to receive extra federal funds for water plant
Midland expects $162,760 more in federal grants for the water pollution control project in the southeast area, bringing total federal funding to $1,790,360 of a $3,255,200 cost. Project includes a new activated sludge facility and interceptor sewers with 50 percent Midland funds, 30 percent federal, and 20 percent state. R. R. Butler Inc. of Bryan is the contractor. Construction began December 1 and should finish in December 1973.
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Midland
City of
R. R. Butler Inc. of
Bryan
Oldest Ranch Is Sold in Arizona
Buenos Aires Cattle Co. spread near Sasake in Arizona has been sold to Peter G. Wray and H. Wayne Pruett. The ranch covers about 115000 acres across two properties and was previously owned by John R. Norton II, R. M. Norton III, and A. Boyd Clements. The price was not disclosed. Norton hopes for a profit on the $2 million paid in 1967. In Albuquerque, Calvin Brown is set for trial the week of Aug 28 for murder in the death of taxi driver William Lake. Brown pleaded innocent to murder charges in juvenile court, then was bound over to adult district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson. Ariz
Arizona
Buenos Aires Cattle Co
Sasake
Peter G. Wray
H. Wayne Pruett
John R. Norton II
Phoenix
R. M. Norton III
A. Boyd Clements
Blythe
Calif
Norton
Albuquerque. N.M
Calvin Brown
Albuquerque
Brown
William Lake
James A. Maloney
Bound Over
Odessa civic and club meetings listed for tomorrow
Tomorrow in Odessa events include noon Lions at the Inn of Golden West Ballroom and noon Odessa Civitan and Sandhills American Business Club at Sands Restaurant. Evening Lions at Sands Restaurant at 6 30 PM. At 7 30 PM the Ector County School Board meets at the Administration Building on Eighth and Lee and Odessa Toastmistress Club gathers in the KOSA TV conference room 1211 North Whitaker.
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Downtown
Lions
Inn of Golden West
Sandhills
Sands Restaurant
Ector County School Board
Eighth and Lee
Odessa Toastmistress Club
Kosa TV
North Whitaker
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Eastland
D-Miss
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gil Carmichael
Meridian
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Montana
Metcalf
Henry Hibbard
Helena
Richard Kneip
Carveth Thompson
Forrest H. Anderson
Thomas L. Judge
Frank Dunkle
Fish and Game Department
Lisa Wiese
Nabors Lane
RL. Wylie
East Second
Larry Grimes
North
Roger Powell
Purcella Dawson
Orchard
Sherwood Cleaners
East County Road
North Plaza
Shell
Robert C. Block
East Third
Steve Stratton
Merrill
William C. Humphreys
West 24Th
Michael Phillip McKeever
East 51St
Ella’ Wallace
Atlantic
Bobbie Miller
North Clover
Melinda McCoy
Verde
Radford Smith
East 23Rd
J. F. Warton
Haywood
Texaco
Ines Flores
Crane
Odessan
Scout
Ideal
C. D. Burleson Jr
North Alleghancy
Hubbard-Kelly
Anson
Dennis
Miss
Sweetwater
Margie Whitworth
Air Force
Bobby C. Burleson
West 28Th
Bill
Steven Whitworth
Barbara Benson
Richardson
Ethel Kleppner
Childress
Reba Pelton
Theda Davis
Arlington
C. F. Burleson
Refugio G. Rey
Fort Stockton
Imperial
New Imperial Cemetery
Crane Memorial Hospital
Terlingue
Impérial
Terlingua
Heliodoro Rey
Refugio Rey Jr
David Rey
Raul Rey
Joe Rey
Juanita Turin
Hortencia Aranda
Portales
N.M
Dora Gutierrez
Chula Vista
Marvin H. Owen Kermit
Marvin H. Owen
Garden of Memories
Kerrville
Cooper Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
Roanoke
Roberta Guillet
Electra
Kermit
Dallas
Abilene Masonic Lodge
First Limited Methodist Church
Lions Club
Robert E. Owen
Austin
Joe Reynolds
W. W. Owen
Monahans
Rudy Owen
Houston
Oscar Gainer
Hemet
Curtis L. Saylor SR
Winnie
Fannett
Beaumont
Winnie Medical Center
Rose Coastal Funeral Home
Broussard Cemetery
St. Louis
Abilene
Saylor
Kate
Elsie Beckcom
Port Arthur
Janice Folsom
Curtis Saylor Jr
Mae Thornton
Kansas City
Walter J. Goble
Longview
Rader Funeral Home
Ella Goble
James Goble
Paul Goble
Viginia Holloway
Miss Bell Goble
New York City
Forrest Riley Seagraves
Forrest Knapp Riley
Seagraves
First Baptist
Webb
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Nevada
Ohio
Pampa
Chicago
Ill
Mildred
Stanley Smith
Loop
Wallace W. Waterfall
Bronxville
N.Y
Lewis P. McDonough Matador
Lewis P. McDonough
Matador
Teresa Meece
First Baptist Church
East Mound
Seigler
Traweek
Roaring Springs
McDonough
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Dept
Stanley
Canyon
Kathryn Dennis
Hereford
Ula Robertson
Green Valley
Ariz
Gene Lamberson
Billy J. McKibben
Eunice
Dan C. Berry
Thomas Bernard Kennan
Muriel Terry McNeill
Robert M. Moran
Hobbs Drilling Company
Milard
R. C.) Hayes
Lesta Duell Burdett
Gladys Idel Stephen
M.C Gandy
Tatum
Robert Lyle Bensing
Steve Wayne Beckworth
Skyline
Progressive School
Mrs. Murphy's Progressive School
Back Row
L-R
Tandra Langston
Michael Price
Kelly Wells
Rodney Jones
Jodie Edge
Kenny Holmes
Connie Plesant
Sandra
Slack
Darrin Skeler
Robbie Greene
Steven Handy
Cheryl Barton
Shawn Manahan
Christina Ragsdale
Kobi McMillan
Odessa Civitan
Evening Lions
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