C-C Directors Favor Flight to San Antonio from Odessa-Midland
Odessa Chamber of Commerce directors back a proposed Central Airlines daily morning flight from Odessa Midland to San Antonio. Central will seek a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing with a June 30 Austin session on perimeter roads linking to Interstate 20. Bill Smith urged attendance by city and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Central Airlines
Odessa-Midland
San Antonio
Central
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bill Smith
Chamber
West Texans
South Ameica
Smith
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Odessa
Jay Alvey
Alvey
Dallas
Haliburton Oil Well
Duncan
Okla
Kemmerer
Wyo
Industrial Department of the Chamber
Odessa Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
Odessa approves six one way streets plan after protests
Odessa City Council approved adding six one way streets to the traffic plan after a public hearing and protest petitions from about 15 residents. The ordinance set emergency reading and directs traffic north on Sam Houston and Tom Green streets and south on Washington and Hancock with other changes stretching to 27th and 29th streets.
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Tracy Byers
Odessa
Ray Pats
East Fourth
East Fifth
Adams
County Road East
Patton
Ray Jennings
16Th
North Washington
Cecil Hardwick
North
Washington
North Sam Houston
Jennings
Leon Fowler
East Mth
Fowler
Truman Kirk
Murray Cannon
East 27Th
Hancock
Tom Green
Cannon
J. S. Gillespie
14Th
Lawrence Day
West 14Th and
North Grant
Guy Neal
Alton Sikes
Craig Rumbaugh
Gordon Headlee
Odessa Council Awards Contracts Totaling $284,765
Odessa City Council awarded three low bids totaling about 284,765 for water sewer lines in Fleetwood Addition phase and a major thoroughfare overlay on 42nd Street. Bids included Clyde Construction for 166,120, H G Counts for 108,955, with additional equipment bids and other water system bids close in value. The meeting also annexed Fleetwood Addition, banned pole placards, swapped an alley for a bank, set South Grant speed limits, and approved removing unused parking meters for a loading zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Clyde Construction Company
Clyde Yarbrough
Fleetwood Addition
East 46Th
North Clover
H. G. Counts and Company
Odessa and Midland
42Nd Street
City Water
Golder
Grandview
City Water Department
Bowles
Edens Company
Dallas
M. B. McKee Company
Lubbock
Well Machinery Company
Fleetwood
Brown and Olds
R. B. Hodgson
R and L Construction Company
Brown and Root
Parker Construction Company
Water Department
Bowles and
Edens
Kennedy Drive
Monahans Street
Jess Cariker
Firm Reports Loss of 226 From Local Store Safe
Detectives probe the disappearance of 226 from a safe in the G F Wacker Variety Store office at 1222 East Eighth. Five other thefts are under investigation, with a 1957 automobile, a dress, a tire, a radio and a baseball glove among loots. Manager A A Wharton blamed access to an unlocked vault and noted an extra 340 in a cash box was overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Wacker
East Eighth
A. A. Wharton
Merle Washburn
Bruck
Wharton
H. A. McCall
Webb
Seventh
Texas
Louise
South
Grant
Donnie McDole
Midland
North Texas
Tony Ward
East 52Nd
Sherwood Park
Contact Club meeting led by Jay Poynor at Sands motel
The Contact Club will meet at 7 30 a m Thursday at the Sands motel with Jay Poynor presiding A report on oilfield and supply prospects will be presented at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wid
Jay” Poynor
Contact Club
Sands Motel
Wrong Customer Gets $50 Change
Police search for a man who left an Odessa drive in restaurant Monday after being given wrong change. A Casey's car hop says a $50 bill payment led to another customer receiving the change. the suspect drove a rust colored 1957 car with a woman and small child. If he does not come forward, the drive in demands $50 repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Drive
Liane Jones
Drury Lane
Casey’s Drive-Inn
South Grant
Jail release follows dismissed felony charge for Tillman
John Larry Tillman aged 36 of 1218 North Hancock was released from Ector County jail after a felony check swindle charge was dismissed. He paid 25.50 in fines and court costs on a misdemeanor charge after restitution for a worth under 50 dollar check. The second complaint was filed before Justice of the Peace Thomas Murphy.
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John Larry Tillman
North Hancock
Ector County
Tillman
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Murphy
Odessa Man Held on Child Desertion Charge
Vernon Lee Edwards, 26, of Odessa, was jailed in Ector County after his wife filed a child desertion complaint and deputies arrested him at 420 South Lee. Justice of the Peace A P Boyt handled the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Vernon Lee Edwards
South Lee
Justice of the Peace
A. P. Boyt
Two Odessa youths injured in 63rd and Dallas crash
Two Odessa residents, Johnnie Gibson 14 and Gary Birdsong 15, were treated and released at Medical Center Hospital after a two car wreck at 63rd and Dallas outside city limits. Drivers Mary Gibson 47 and Michael Payte 16 were involved. Gibson driving north on Dallas and Payte west on 63rd. Both cars likely total losses. Birdsong rode in Payte’s 1959 model car. Johnnie Gibson a passenger in Gibson’s 1953.
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Odessa
63Rd
Dallas
Medical Center Hospital
Johnnie O. Gibson
Alderfer
Gary Birdsong
McKnight
Texas Highway
A.j.mcreynolds
Mary Gibson
Michael Daniel Payte
Lyndale
Court Accepts 3 Guilty Pleas In Odessa Area
Three men pled guilty in Ector County Court At Law to charges unrelated to DUI. Richardo Marques 21 of Big Spring received an $80 fine and four days in county jail after arrest by Odessa police. James Dale Kennett 34 of Burkburnett was fined $75 and jailed three days following a Monday arrest west of Odessa. Grady Thompson Baylor 30 of 310 Fitch was fined $75 and given three days in jail after a Monday arrest in Odessa by city officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oscar Criswell
Velma
Narma Fieming
Don Jessie Jones
Martha Canana Elcher
Lawrence
W. Everitt
Herman Jones Jr
Joe H. Saunders
William Johnson Jr
George Phillips
South Tom Green
James Dale
Kennett
Burkburnett
Grady Thompson Baylor
Fitch
Elmo Wasson
Elmo Wasson Men’s
Biz Spring
R. E. Waters
Sporteen
Grandview
F. R. Spaulding
Robert L. Callahan
Ector County
Richardo Marques
Big Spring
Odessa
James Dale Kennett
Texas Highway Patrol
Doctor resigns as head of Crippled Children's Center
Dr. Caroline Lewis resigned as medical director of the Crippled Children's Treatment Center in a board meeting. The board named Mrs. Mildred Mead, chairman, as active director. Center secretary Pat Cobb said Mrs. Mead will attend a state Easter Seal campaign meeting in San Antonio at the Hilton on June 25-26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Lewis
Crippled Children’s Treatment Center
Mildred Mead
Pat.Cobb
Mead
Hilton Hotel
San Antonio
Employes Added In City Offices
The city announced two new hires on Monday in Odessa. Ramona Gail Mullins, of Walnut Street, was hired as a vacation replacement clerk-typist in the finance department, arriving in Odessa in 1958 from Snyder. George Emil Haas, of Ellis Drive, was hired as a mechanic at the city sewage plant and is a long-time Odessa resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Pete) Gildon
Ramona Gail Mullins
Walnut
Miss Mullins
Odessa
Snyder
George Emil Haas
Ellis Drive
Haas
Woman injured In Car Crash Near Odessa
A 24 year old Odessa housewife Mrs Sarah Potter was cut by flying glass and bruised after a one car crash on the Andrews Highway ten miles north of Odessa. Potter was treated and released at Medical Center Hospital. Driver Joe Peer 28 received a ticket after Potter swerved to miss a pickup on the wrong side of the road and struck traffic signs at the intersection of Highways 158 and 385.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Andrews Highway
Medical Center Hospital
Sarah Potter
East 29Th
Texas Highway Parolman
Jimmy Nail
Joe Peer
Nail
Potter
Two Suits Filed In Ector Court
Two civil suits were filed Tuesday in Ector County Court at Law. Elmo Wasson of Big Spring sues R. E. Waters of Odessa alleging non payment for 22 jackets valued at 658.90 plus 200 in attorney fees. F R Spalding of Odessa sues Robert L Callahan for a loan of 250 on a color television set with no payments received.
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Ector County
Elmo Wasson
Big Spring
R. E. Waters
Sporteen
East 27Th
Grandview
Wasson
Sod Waters
F. R. Spalding
Odessa
Robert L. Callahan
Spalding
Callahan
Infant Rites Set Wednesday for Perry Infant
Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R Perry are tentatively set for 10 a m Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Park Rev Strickland First Presbyterian Church will officiate The infant was still born at 8 a m Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital Survivors include parents a sister Elizabeth Ann 214 paternal grandparents Charles B Perry Odessa and maternal grandparents Tom White St Paul Minn Hubbard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
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Charles R. Perry
East 14Th
Sunset Memorial Park
Strickland
First Presbyterian Church
Medical Center Hospital
Charles
Nancy Jo Perry
Elizabeth Ann
Charles B. Perry
Odessa
Tom White
St. Paul
Minn
Hubbard Funeral Home
Odessan Jailed For Threatening A Neighbor
A 45 year old Odessa man Herbert Leslie Cooper was jailed in Ector County after being charged with threatening to do bodily harm and disturbance. Neighbor C G Hatter at 310 East 35th filed the complaint before Justice L R Stewart. Hatter said Cooper threatened him at his home and a hearing was set for Tuesday.
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Odessa
Ector County
Herbert Leslie Cooper
East 35Th
Cooper
C. G Hatter
Justice of the Peace
L. R. Stewart
Hatter
Texaco Gets Temporary Injunction Against Parker
Judge J H Starley in Pecos grants a temporary injunction restraining Alvin Parker of Odessa from interference with Texaco Inc. and allows entry onto Parker land to drill for oil along a 300 foot roadway strip. Appeal filed, case to go to Eighth Court of Civil Appeals in El Paso.
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J. H. Starley
Pecos
70Th District Court
Alvin Parker
Odessa
Parker
Texaco, Inc
Will Hadden
Eighth Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
Starley
Texaco
Ector County Commissioners Court
Two Injured In Accidents In Odessa
Two persons were slightly injured in two separate traffic mishaps in Odessa. Milton Loud, 60, of East Beal, was treated at Medical Center Hospital after being struck crossing Muskingum and Pearl. Charles A. Reynolds, 23, of South Anderson, driving north on Muskingum, struck a child crossing Pearl. Reynolds’ car had about $250 damage. Bertha Collins, 32, of Washington Lane, was hurt when she fell from a moving car at Dixie and Electric and treated for a head cut before release. She was a passenger in a car driven by Charles Edward Hightower, with no damage reported.
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Grant
Marvin B. Mee
Larty
North Lincoln
James Edward Mayes
Drury Lane
Crane
Floyd Monroe Baker
Clifford
Sandrane Strickland
Hillcrest
Andrews Highway
James Travis Lanier
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Milton Loud
East Beal
Muskingum and
Pearl
Charles A. Reynolds
South Anderson
Reynolds
Muskingum
Bertha Collins
Washington Lane
Dixie and Electric
Charles Edward Hightower
Walker Apartments
Suspect Jailed In Check Case In Odessa Forgery Charge
A 35 year old Odessa man Garland Lee Kelley was jailed on a forgery and passing charge with a 2500 bond after C E Black signed the complaint. Black reported cashing a $15 forged check for Kelley at Bobby's Bar on Andrews Highway and learned it was fake, with Kelley admitting to cashing the check and having written other checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Garland Lee Kelley
Walker Hotel
C. E. Black
West 48Th
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Black
Kelley
Bobby’s
Andrews Highway
New Check Count Filed On Suspect Finley
A new charge of forgery and passing was filed against 32-year-old Lee Finley of Midland. The Justice of the Peace set his bond at 1,500 dollars on the complaint. Finley is held in the Ector County jail in lieu of a 4,000-dollar bond on two other forgery charges, bringing total bond to 5,500 dollars. W A Hall signed the complaint and said Finley cashed a forged 50-dollar check at a Bill Sears Super Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Finley
Midland
Justice of the Peace
Finley
Ector County
W. A. Hall
Sears
Odessa
Suspect Charged With Theft Here
George Phillips aged 47 of 411 South Tom Green was charged in Ector County Court At Law with theft. Detectors say he stole a wrist watch and about $5 from Walter Guy of 409 Lindy after Guy slept at Phillips residence. Guy reported waking to find the items missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Phillips
Tom Green
Ector County
Phillips
Walter Guy
Lindy
Guy
Community Chest Budget Okayed in Odessa
The Odessa Community Chest and United Fund approved a goal of 221882.62 at a noon luncheon led by budget chair A C Bassett with no dissent. The budget this year is 21 percent above last year and 33 percent higher than the prior year, to be distributed to local organizations including Red Cross Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Community Chest
United Fund
A. C. Bassett
Bob Clark
Hig
Community Chest
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Children’s Milk Fund
Girl Scouts
la Fiesta
Odessa Boys Club
Odessa Day Nursery
Odessa Youth Center
Panhellenic Baby Clinic
Phyl
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Bill Swank
Victoria
Walter Bains
Odessa High
L. T. Bains
West 24Th
John Newton
Gerald Don Benson
Ector
M. F. Benson
South Alleghancy
C-C
District Court
Rupert H. Stovall
Mary Lee Stovall
Betty Lou Ballinger
Robert Lee Ballinger
Armedia Kaye Covey
John Paul Covey
Carmen Frances Breashears
William Earl Breashears
Barton Edward Jones
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Earnest Earl Swanson
Carol Dawn Swanson
Jearldea Ensor
Eastland
W. G. Ensor
Berry G. James
Wilton F. Crocker
A. H. Hamilton
W. C. Carlile
Frank Bates
Juan Coronado
Julian B. Ramirez
Harvey C. White
Monahans
José A. Garza
South Sam Houston
Jrl
Cipriano B. Holguin
Penwell
Manuel Rodriguez
Gulf
Emaiie E. Black
Ector Court
Odessan
C. ‘Waddell
Bob Oviatt
W. B. Stowe
P. C. Harbour
Weaver Cunningham
T. B. Harris
Charles Perry
J. L. Rhoades
E. M. Schur
Kenneth Jumper
C. D. Albright
W. L. DeBolt
Marguerite LaRue
Ruth Allday
Hi-Spot
Lis Wheatley Day Nursery
Salva
Youthition Army
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