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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1973

Page

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Firemen Uncover Busy Weekend At Odessa Inquiries

An Indiana buried site near downtown Nash Ville reveals remains of a Stone Indian village about 900 years old. State archaeologists and university students work with the Bureau of Archaeology as firemen respond to four alarms including a water overflow, a knee entrapment, a well house burn and grass fires.

Nash Ville State Bureau of Relays Archelogy University of Tennessee Vanderbilt University Joe Bent“hall Odessa Charles Young Golden Crest Apartments Tanglewood Leonard Smith Tisdale Amy

Odessa Community Meetings and Club Events Schedule

Odessa hosts a packed slate with the Ector County Commissioners Court at the Courthouse at noon, Kiwanis at Inn of Golden West Coachroom, Chaparral Toastmaster at Sands Restaurant, Wildcat Toastmaster at Sands, Evening Optimist Club at The Branding Iron, CAP Group XV1 at Headquarters and Squadrons, CAP Headquarters Building, Ector County Airport, and Odessa Council for the Blind at Primitive Baptist Church, all timed through the day.

Odessa Kiwanis Inn of Golden West Coachroom Sands Restaurant CAP Group XV1 CAP Ector County

Ges Shortage Suit Settled

A Dallas trucking firm sued Shell Oil and others alleging a gasoline scarcity conspiracy. The case was settled out of court and dismissed by US District Judge Eldon B. Mahon. Terms were not disclosed. The suit, filed in March by Hunsaker Track Leasing Co., claimed a shortage after a contract expired. Shell argued its failure to fill demands did not constitute a legal wrong. The oil company had supplied Hunsaker Trucks for six years before the contract ended.

Dallas Shell Oil Eldon B. Mahon Hunsaker Track Leasing Co Shell Hunsacker- Shell Hunsaker

Fragmented Weems area records mix names and damaged details

The notice lists numerous names and partial addresses amid a fractured report of accidents and damages. It mentions a “FRAPFIC ACCIDENT” and references cars, injuries, and property impacts across various streets and towns, with many unreadable fragments and partial numbers.

Sixteen Texas liquor distributors face grand jury scrutiny

SAN ANTONIO AP Sixteen wholesale liquor distributors in Texas are ordered to bring records to a federal grand jury session in San Antonio Monday. Subpoenas signed by Dennis R. Bunker of the antitrust division seek documents on prices discounts terms and geographic sale areas from 1960 to present plus records of communications with wholesalers distillers and processors and any changes in brands carried. Local firms Black Distributing Co Allied Beverage Co and others including Terk Distributing Co Inc Odessa Cactus Beverage of Texas Amarillo Key Distributors Inc Houston Quality Beverage Co Inc Houston Tarrant Distributors Inc Houston America Wine and Importing Co Dallas Penlan Distributors Dallas Max Goldman Wholesale Liquor Co Inc Dallas White Rose Distributing Co Ft Worth Blazer's Wholesale Drug Co Inc Dallas Phil Schepps Distributor Dallas Julius Schepps Wholesale Liquors Inc Dallas Ltd of Longhorn Liquors Fort Worth Arlington Rueben Kogut Austin may have offices elsewhere.

San Antonio Tex Texas Dennis R. Bunker Antitrust Division Department of Justice Poetlesus Federal Antitrust Division Terk Distributing Co., Inc Odessa Cactus Beverage of Texas Amarillo Key Distributors Inc Houston Quality Beverage Co., Inc Tarrant Distributors, Inc America Wine An Importing Co Dallas Penlan Distributors Max Golman Wholesale Liquor Co., Inc White Rose Distributing Co Ft. Worth Blazer's Wholesale Drug Co., Inc Phil Schepps Julius Schepps

Local Woman's Rites Today For Mae Dewneall

Funeral services for Mae Dewneall 68 of 2700 Keystone take place at 2 PM Sunday at Rix Funeral Home after a long illness. Rev A T Simmons to officiate with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born Sept 10 1904 in Grimes County she moved from Houston to the area in 1945. She was active in Grace Baptist Church Floyd Easterling Chapter Eastern Star Belmont Baptist Church and Sherwood Baptist missionary work. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Novells of Bonham and Mrs Joy Lee Poteet of Poplarville Mississippi five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Mae Dewneall Keystone Ies Suaars Hospital Saturda Rix A. ¥. Simmons Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery Grimes County Houston Grace Baptist Church Floyd Easterling Order of the Eastern Star Belmont Baptist Church Sherwood Baptist Church Novells Bonham Joy Lee Poteet Poplarville Miss

Deaths Mrs Irene Garcia Marathon Funeral Details

Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Garcia of Marathon are set for 4 p.m. Monday at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Alpine. Visitation is 7 p.m. Sunday at Geeslin Funeral Home chapel with burial at Holy Angels Cemetery. Born February 2, 1890 in Fort Stockton, she lived in Marathon 70 years. Survived by three daughters, four sons, three brothers, 27 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.

Irene Garcia Alpine Irene Garcia Marathon Alpine Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Geeslin Funeral Home Jaime Madrid Holy Angels Fort Stockton Huntington Beach Calif Juan Ureta Glendale Pedro Ureta Los Angeles Cosme Ureta

Man Found Dead In Houston Ditch

The body of Curtis Taylor Stewart 24 of Beaumont was found in a water filled ditch beside a road in Doors Houston early Saturday. A Houston butcher said his truck struck a man walking in the street. No charges were filed. The medical examiner was to determine if Stewart died of injuries or drowning. Frances R Fields 83 mother of Dan Fields of Denver City funeral services set for 2 pm today at First United Methodist Church with burial in Camp Springs Cemetery near Snyder. Bell Seale Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Mrs Fields died Friday in Snyder. She was a native of Erath County and had lived in Snyder since 1901. Other survivors include a daughter two sons a brother a sister eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

S.C. Franks Levelland S.C. Franks Winnie Jeffery Lavington N.M Fifth Street Baptist Church City of Levelland Smith Funeral Home Franks Levelland Louisiana Minnie Stewart Brady Minnie Stewart Alma Smith Midland Wilkerson Memorial Chapel Voca Vera Stewart Brady McCulloch County Houston Curtis Taylor Stewart Beaumont Frances R. Fields Snyder Frances R. Fields Dan Fields Denver City First United Methodist Church Camp Springs Snyder Bell Seale Funeral Home Fields Erath County Otis R. Landrum Pecos Calvary Baptist Church Jackson Kerpontee Lexington Funeral Home Landrum Bus Creek State of Kipment Service Co Reta Linda Landrum Roberta Landrum Rhonda Landrum Fraschee Atiz Tee Bee Ecos Arte Oe Frank Landrum Howard Alexander Kentucky Mae Underwood Snyder Mae Underwood Bill Sharp Bell-Seale Funeral Home Henrietta

Monday Rites For Odessan

Funeral notices from Odessa announce Monday services for a local resident buried at Baptist Church and list survivors across several families including Love and Phillips. Also reported are Otis R. Landrum of Pecos with services in Calvary Baptist Church and Mae Underwood of Snyder with a Henrietta Cemetery burial. Christopher Partain of Fall Brook dies, with services pending. Warner A Blank Jr. dies in Yoakum area car crash with two others injured.

Yoakum Tex Warner A. Blank Jr Here

Education Board Upholds Houston Teacher Firing

AP reports Gus Richter, a 56 year old Houston teacher with 18 years in the district, was fired after a disciplinary history marked by classroom disturbances. The board cited inability to maintain discipline in seventh grade math, despite years of satisfactory reviews.

Education Board Houston Gus Richter Richter Larry Watts Watts Kelly Freis Cullen Frets Fress

Missouri Beef Plants Shut Over Rising Cattle Costs

In Plainview Texas an AP report notes Missouri Beef to halt operations at all slaughtering plants as cattle costs surge. LaFleur says the company will shut facilities until cattle markets stabilize.

Plainview, Tex Missouri LaFleur Misesuri

Kissinger visit draft communique causes contention

Continued discussion over a draft communique critics say is not new but an explanation of the existing agreement. Thien remains dissatisfied with the text amid multiple drafting sessions led by Selliven and Thad Weld. Kissinger returned to Washington noting progress as preparations for a signing ceremony at the International Conference Center on Avenue Kleber were planned.

Thien National Reconciliation Council International Conference Center Avenue Kleber

Skylab Flight Crew Reports Weather Front Jokes

Skylab mission control notes a light moment as crew member Weitz jokes about a weather front during orbit. The log mentions passing over a weather pattern and confirms detection of a front, with references to solar cells and wing panels amid the mission dialogue.

Mission Control Weitz Mission Contral

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