Lawmen Track Suspect From Scene Of Crime
Odessa detectives tracked burglary suspect Manuel Bray Gray from the Garcia home at 1114 Roxana to his trailer at 1026 East Murphy, recovering $126 hidden under a stove. Gray admitted planning the break in after climbing through a window and leaving by the same route. He was jailed pending burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Fred I. Roberson
Russell E. Baker
Jesus Garcia
Roxana
Lee
Manuel Bray Gray
East Murphy
Roberson
Baker
Gray
Garcia
Notrees School Action Slated By Board Of Trustees
The Ec tor County Independent School District board plans action on a protest by Notrees residents to merge Notrees with Gidsmith Elementary. The meeting, Thursday night at 7 30 in the Administration Building board room, will also consider teacher hires, resignations, and bus routes for the coming year.
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Notrees
Gidsmith
Suspect Sought On Felony Charges In Two County Case
Two county deputies sought an Odessa man named in two felony charges filed with Justice of the Peace Thomas D. Murphy. C. L. Vice faces theft by bailee for borrowing a tape recorder from Earl Beckworth and not returning it. He is also charged with giving a worthless $50 check to Ross Stephens, who signed a felony check swindle charge against him.
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Odessa
Justice of the Peace
Thomas D. Murphy
C. L. Vice
Earl Beckworth
Beckworth
Vice
Ross Stephens
Stephens
Hospital Board Meet Postponed in Phillips Building
The Med ycar Center Hospital Board has rescheduled its regular monthly meeting to Friday in the Conference room of the Phillips Building. The session was originally set for Thursday at 4 p.m. but was called off due to the funeral attendance of R. C. Mason, a Phillips Petroleum Company employee likely connected to the board.
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Board of Managers
Medycar Center Hospital
Phillips Building
R. C. Mason
Phillips Petroleum Company
California Man Held Under Bond
A 7 year old California salesman, held on a KW bond in Ector County Jail, faces a Grand Jury indictment for a felony charge. The case ties to a California man, with details limited by the readable text.
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California
Calif
Ector County
Grand Jury
Lubbock Man Given 2 Years
A 27-year-old Lubbock man, James Maynard Johnson, was ordered to serve two years in the state penitentiary after his probation was revoked in 161st District Court by Judge C V Milburn. Johnson faced a theft conviction from 70th District Court in January 1957. Probat ion officer Miles Jones testified Johnson reported only twice to probation, and noted arrests in Lamesa and a four-year sentence for a hot check, plus moves to Big Spring and Odessa. He is also wanted in several Texas cities and New Mexico on other charges. Johnson shrugged when asked to explain violations. Assistant district attorney Mike Berry prosecuted.
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Lubbock
State
161St District Court
C. V. Millburn
James Maynard Johnson
70Th District Court
Miles Jones
Ector County
Johnson
Jones
Lamesa
Big Spring
Odessa
Texas
New Mexico
Ed McNeel
Mike Berry
Chamber Drive Slated Friday in Odessa
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce contact club will conduct a half day drive Friday afternoon to enlist Odessa business firms and individuals in the chamber. Ed Forman, chairman, said the goal is to contact as many business people as possible to show why they should join the chamber's industrial development program. All 40 members of the club will canvass from their businesses to seek prospective members. Lon Hardin, membership manager, noted monthly outreach in addition to regular recruitment. In 1950 the club sold 19 chamber memberships in the first five months.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce Contact Club
Odessa
T the
Chamber
Ed Forman
Foreman
Cr- Club
Lon Hardin
Addiiton
Contact Club
N&a Chamber
Burns Victim Treated Here
A 13 year old Odessa youth was reported in good condition Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital treated for first and second degree burns on his right arm chest and abdomen. Jimmy Joe Hukill son of M. S. Hukill 7304 Georgia was burned at home Tuesday when lighter fluid he was playing with accidentally caught fire. Fred B. Dean 40 910 West 38th was admitted for observation after a softball game collision at McKinney Park. Dean underwent X ray and complained of neck pain. Shawn Alan Faught 28 year old son of Chester J. Faught 503 West 33rd no accidentally swallowed nail polish remover at his home.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Jimmy Joe Hukill
M. S. Hukill
Georgia
Fred B. Dean
West
Dean
McKinney Park
Shawn Alan Faught
Chester J. Faught
Blaze Blowback in Odessa Jail Case Draws Charges
A 19 year old Lubbock man remained in the county jail on an East Second Wednesday indictment for theft and arson related offenses. John Gilbert Wilson is accused of cashing a worthless $153 check and other charges tied to a refrigeration boxcar fire at Lincoln Hotel Grove Clothiers. Reynolds Davidson, arrested in Yuba City, faces shoplifting and related counts. Deputy Sheriff Joe Baker reported the blaze caused minor damage and linked it to the boxcar incident in Odessa.
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Lubbock
Ector County
East
John Gilbert Wilson
Reynold Royce Davidson
Yuba City
Texas and Pacific
Odessa
Joe Baker
Wilson
Davidson
Lincoln Hotel
Grove Clothiers
North Graal
Odessa Man Confesses to 25 Burglary Cases
A 21 year old Odessa dishwasher broke after questioning Tuesday and admitted to 25 burglaries and thefts in Odessa over six months. Leonard J. Gonzales Jr. provided details on loot valued around $5,000 and led investigators to stolen goods, with charges pending after a written statement.
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Odessa
Leonard J. Gonzales Jr
Leonard J. Gonzales
Marshall Yates
Stanton
James Johnson
Fred Johnson
Seeo Bs
Group Selects Odessa For 1964 Convention Bid
Odessa wins the 1964 Lutheran Women Missionary League convention bid after a Dallas presentation by Jay Alvey of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Houston and San Angelo also bid. Over 300 league representatives from across Texas will attend the 1955 convention.
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Dallas
Texas
Lutheran Women Missionary League
Odessa
Jay Alvey
Two Odessa Men Named Directors Of West Texas Chamber
A. K. Barlow and W. E. Brace, both of Odessa, were chosen as directors of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce at its San Angelo convention. Barlow is president of McVean and Barlow Inc. Brace is a consultant and former manager of the Texas Electric Service Company. The 1961 convention will be held in Mineral Wells.
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Odessa
A. K. Barlow
W. E. Brace
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Barlow
McVean and Barlow Inc
2Nd Brace
Texas Electric Service Company
West Texas Chambers
San Angelo
Shelé
Youths Attacked Suspects Sought in Odessa Incident
Three teens aged about 15 hoped by police as suspects after attacking three younger boys Tuesday night in South Odessa. Don Tucker reported his 13 year old son and two companions were jumped from a car near his Grant Street home. Victims did not know the older youths but gave officers a car description.
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South Odessa
Don Tucker
South Grant
Quake Shakes Tokyo Downtown
A minor earthquake rattled downtown Tokyo today. The meteorological agency logged a five on the seismograph with 36 waves beneath the ground. No injuries or damage were reported.
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Tokyo
OPS
Odessa Rites Set Thursday for Loyd Sheppard
Loyd Sheppard 63 of Odessa died Wednesday in Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring after a two year illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday Hubbard Funeral Home with Rev H M Soademan Midland officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors: daughter Mrs John B Tabor Odessa two sons Loyd Don Sheppard Allenspark Colorado and Robert E Sheppard Kansas City Missouri two sisters Mrs E F Nix Longview and Mrs S D Gamble Merkel one brother Leo Sheppard Aransas Pass and 1 grandchildren.
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Loyd Sheppard
East Second
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Hubbard
H. M. Soademan
Midland
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Sheppard
Odessa
Ranger
Methodist Church
John B. Tabor
Honeysuckle
Loyd Don Sheppard
Allenspark
Colo
Robert E. Sheppard
Kansas City
Army
E-F. Nix
Longview
S. D. Gamble
Merkel
Leo Sheppard
Aransas
Pass
Odessa Man Treated After Left-Chest Stab Wound Incident
An Odessa man, Clarence Edward Jones, 315 Lindy, was treated and released at Medical Center Hospital after a stab wound to the left chest during a disturbance at the 1 and 3 Bar, 1034 East Murphy. Lavonne Lee, 72, 403 South Muskingum, was arrested and later pleaded guilty in city court to assault and creating a disturbance, fined $100 and jailed in lieu of the fine.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Clarence
Edward Jones
Lindy
East Murphy
Lavonne Lee
South Muskingum
Jones
Vandals Strike Two Odessa Homes
Juvenile officers investigated two vandalism cases in Odessa. At Ardy Drive off West 16th Street, intruders punched holes in a roof of a house being built for Vick Kinney. Nearby, John B. Robinson reported several windows smashed at a vacant house on North Lee Street.
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Odessa
Vick Kinney
Ector
Ardy Drive
West 16Th Street
John B. ‘Robinson
North
Lauderdale
I North Lee
Crashes Injure Four Odessans
Four Odessa residents, including two children, were injured in two separate two car crashes. Bill R. Boshell and his wife Carolyn suffered minor injuries after colliding with Rutherford L. Hall at Sam Houston and 14th. In a second crash at Robertson and Barrow Drive, six year old Olin Dixon and eight year old Carroll Wallace sustained minor injuries as passengers in Earl Dixon’s car, which collided with Clarence Whipple’s vehicle.
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District Court
White Stores Inc
Jim Carter
James Deramus
Sordwestern Bell Telephone Co
Medical Center Hospital
Lucio L. Flores
Juan C. Herrera
Robert Glenn Marshall
Leonard C. Stribling
Albert F. ‘Bird
Douglas
H. “Combest
John William You
Luis C. Rodriguez
Robert. Joe .Graves
Susan
Anita Davidson
Michael Preston Cherry
Jimmy Joe Hukit
Randy Terrell Whisenhunt
Joe Lynn Momyomerms
W. J.brown
Daphine
Diane Hauber
Max Woe Baes
Grace A. Davidson
George Carroll Burns
Robert E. Palmer
Warren J. Rhoads
Betty Lapretta Ellis
Bille Patrica Tolbert
Milbur-D. Davis
Cecil G. Smith
Meredith Conway
Randy
R RR
CG. Shafer
Emmitt J. Roberts
Glenn Sullivan
Coner L. King
Mack McKinley Ross
Sanford Roy Smith
Johnny L. Etheredge
Susan Lynn Gunn
Wilmer Choice
Robert Otis
Canon
Dupe
Julio Susan
John Warren Carroll
lRay Edward McCraw
Robert L. Smith
Maurice Garb
Edward
J. Kapol‘chok
Mirs
Arthur
P. “Kennedy
Allen
H. Cotte
Thomas Jefferson
Francis
Nellie Unias
Vidal Valles
Claude H. Kennethers
Jonnny M. Woods
Sharon Kay Gerhardt
Dawn
WU En
Albert FL Bird
East 36Th
C. I. Johnston
St. Louis
Antonio D. Carrasco
Gulf
Lobby Gene Headrick
Cambridge
Fl Edsel R. Davis Jr
North Jackson
James R. Cannon
Brazos
Douglas H. Combest
East
John William Young
North Henderson
C. Rodriguez
Magnolia
Robert Joe Graves
Odessa
Robertson and Barnow
Clarence W. Whipple
Robertson
Monroe Dinu
Fort Worth
Olin R. Dixon
Caryroul
Evan Wallace
Barrow
Hancock
Lawrence Edwin Ridwell
Roger
Cruz ‘Ranfel Jr
South Grant
Sam Houston
Carolyn Boshell, Sr
Bill R. Boshell
Santa Ana
Carolyn Boshell
Medical Loak Hospital
Boshell
Barrow Drive
Carrol Evan Wallace
Bar?row
Earl Monroe Dixon
Clarence W .Whipple
Whipple
Dixon
Democratic runoff tally shows 11914 votes cast here
A canvass completed Wednesday by election workers found 11,914 votes cast in last Saturday's Democratic runoff election with no significant changes in tabulations. C. O. Buck Mann, Election County Democratic chairman, stated the figures from the canvass.
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C. O. (Buck) Mann
Ector County
Odessa Permian Summer School Enrolment Report
Principal John Colgin announced Odessa summer school enrolment at Permian High School. Total Wednesday enrolment was 852, with 223 in driver education and 639 in regular classes. A 15 student class in typewriting offers no credit. There are 23 teachers paid $45 for six weeks from student fees, with no district funds used.
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Odessa
John Colgin
Permian High School
Democratic runoff candidates must file expense reports by June 14
Ector County Democratic chairman Charles Buck Mann announced Wednesday that candidates in the Democratic runoff held last Saturday must file sworn campaign expense statements by June 14.
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Charles QC
Buck) Mann
Ector County
Five Hot Checks Charged In Ector County Court
Five individuals faced charges Wednesday in Ector County Court for passing bad checks. J. Montgomery, 40, already jailed on forgery, also accused of theft by worthless check for a $7.10 misused payment at Al Package Store. Others include Elmer D. Thurman for a $10 fake check at Pinkie’s Liquor Store, Betty Wardlaw linked to a $25 hot check at Melvin’s Clothiers, Joe Perry for cashing a $15 worthless check at Smith’s Final Service Station, and Joe Neal Allen Jr. for a $10 hot check at Pinkie’s Liquor Store.
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Ector County
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James Fleming
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Jimmy Lou Burr
Springdale
Ark
Sherwood Park
Miss Burr
R. H. Miller
East 27Th
Chamber Drive
Odessan
Ens
Paul Neal
Geraldine Sisney
Vernell Haynes
Neida Banks
Ernest Gardner
Helen ‘Brantley
James Robertson
Gash Maples
Jerry Tune
Linda Burns
J. M. Montsomere
Elmer Thurman
Betty Wardlaw
Joe Perrymai
Joe Neal Allen Jr
E. M. White
South
Lincoln
Gonzales
O. C. Wharton
East Ann
A. L. Crownover
Irene Naylor
West First
Rose M. Filip
Bluebonnet
H. H. Hasha
Woodlawn
D. R. Perry
South Dixie
Joe Dobbs
East Fifth
East Fifth,on Sept. 16; Mrs. E. S. Rhodes
East Sixth
East Anne
Manuel Jaquez
Monterey
William J. Lehman
South Jackson
D. L. McKeefer
Wanda Huggins
South Anderson
J.D. Evett
Jack Cecil
L. E. Hall
Kermit Highway
Lynn Snyder
Bud Chatswell
Bill Lowe
Soany
Holderman
Howard Williams
Rutherford L. Hall
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