Odessa Chamber names seven to head search for new executive VP
Beate Dan Hermptill heads a seven member committee chosen by Odessa Chamber of Commerce president W. G. Leggett to select a new executive vice president manager after Lee Nelson resigns for a Toledo public relations post. Members include J. C. Chancellor Katie J. Griffith Tom Melton Wilbert Miether James Perry Bill Sears and E. L. Watson. Nelson joined Odessa from Orange in late November and will start his new duties soon. The committee stresses a thorough, unhurried search to find a candidate with Nelson’s abilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hermptill
Odessa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
W. G
Bill) Leggett
Lee Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
Hemphill
J. C
Katie J. Griffith
Tom Melton
Wilbert Miether
James Perry
Bill Sears
E. L. Watson
Leggett
Odessa
Nelson
Orangeé
Saigon Under Threat as Viet Cong Readies Restart
In Saigon the Viet Cong threaten renewed ground and rocket attacks after a lull, with leaflets claiming orders for a 10 day rest for battalions. Reports say two Viet Namese soldiers and two civilians were killed in Ca Mau as gun battles flare near the capital. A subcommittee debate touches liquor licensing and financial disclosure reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ca Mau
Saigon
Fey
Sume
Marion Due Sentencing In Lubbock
James Lee Marion awaited a judge in Lubbock to learn if he would be sentenced to the electric chair a third time. The 1:30 p.m. hearing before Judge William R. Shaver in the Seventh District Court concerned a 1963 Midland case involving Mrs. Fred Turner Jr. in the Mere area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
James Lee Marion
William R. Shaver
7and District Court
Midland
Fred Turner Jr
Marion
Perry Pickett
142Nd District Court
Deaths and a Odessa man found dead in separate notices
Long illness fatal to Mrs Josephine W Klander 1214 West 26th died at home. Services tentatively Saturday at Benham Memorial Chapel burial at Gayhill Cemetery. She moved from Brenham with daughter Alma Girali and was born April 23 1887. Henry A Pagan of Odessa found dead near Dora Roberts Gasoline plant with autopsy ordered by Justice of the Peace. Burial plans pending at Rix Funeral Home. Justice delay granted in Marion Klander case after Supreme Court declined to hear appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine W. Klander
West 26Th
Hubbard-alleshana
Arcly WaPo
Benham Memorial Chapel
Gayhill Cemetery
Gayhill
Klander
Odessa
Brenham
Alma Girali
Marion
Henry
Huntavilles
St. Judge Shaver. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Bam
Henry A. Pagan
Dora Roberts
Midland County
Midland Justice of the Peace
John H. Biggs
Rix Funeral Home
Warren Burnett
United States Supreme Court
Charles de Gaulle
Ruth Fryar Prude
University of Paris
de Gaulle
Alljher Fort Davis
Digiolay
Paris
Texas
National Assembly
Woman Sought In Check Case In Saigon War News
Fragmented dispatch reports a forged check case in Bill Sears Super Market involving a woman named Donna Ine2Zlake. amid Saigon shelling and civilian casualties, with military actions and political debates continuing in Austin and Washington as authorities pursue verification and potential hearings.
Transplant patients, hearings, and jail escape noted
Dr James D Hardy detailed heart transplant progress and deaths, while Senate actions on liquor and private clubs faced delays. Phone lines jammed with calls from survivors as Fierro and Thom survived. A jail trusty, Julius Szabo, vanished from a work detail, and Marion's death sentence case prompted a potential stay.
Three generations mourn as families list survivors
A jumble of obituaries and notes from Midland Kermit Alpine and surrounding areas lists survivors for Opal C Payne 67 a Midland carpenter and Charles Edward Jerman 59 of Midland. It covers deaths with brief service details and scattered family connections, including grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Midland 4 H horse show slated at Youth Arena
Midland staff report a 4 H Sub horse show Saturday at the Youth Arena behind the County Exhibit Building on U S 80 east. Classes include halter Western pleasure Western riding reining pole bending and barrel racing. Entry fees 3 for first event 2 for subsequent. Judge Cotton Marriott of Seagoville. Trophies rosettes awarded for grand reserve champion mare and gelding senior high point horse reserve high point horse junior high point horse and reserve high point rough sixth place recipients listed.
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Midland
U.S. 80
Here
Cotton Marriott
Seagoville
High Point
Two Burns Victims Receive Treatment
Funeral services for S. V. Newsom age 69 father of Mrs. Dorothy Drake of Odessa were set for 4 p.m. at North Side Baptist Church Vere with Rev. A J Franks and Rev. Ed Crow officiating. Burial followed at Brownfield Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home supervision. Newsom was found dead at his Brownfield home and death was ruled natural. Survivors include two sons Alfred and J T of Brownfield, two daughters Mrs Drake and Mrs Jean Hobbs of Big Spring, five sisters and nine grandchildren with two great.
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Midland
Opal C. Payne
Midland Memorial Hospital
Bethel Baptist Church
Roy S
Resshaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Payne
Carroll County
Georgia
Texas
Hamlin
Eastland Kermit (Special
Services
Charles Edward Jerman
Carbon
Mable
Kermit/Midland
Jerry
Memorial Hospital
Ronald
Snyder
Joyce Buddy Fritz
Con Boles
Odessa
Gary
Eastside
Shepard
Lubbock
Church of Christ
B. C. Hamlin
W. T
Permian
Colorado City
Kermit
Proctor
Blanche Corrine Webb
Charles Kelly Jarman
U. S. Army
Germany
Paul Edwards Jarman
Dallas
L. D. Bramblett
Springs
L. G. Choate
Abilene
Ward
Parker Jarman
Jas Otis
Jarman
I. C. Jarman
Mexico
C. E. Stewart
Maryland
Brownfield
S. V. Newsom
Dorothy Drake
North Side Baptist Church
Vere
A. J. Franks
Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Oy Brownfield Funeral Home
Newsom
Justice of the Peace
Frank Gray
Alfred
J. T
Drake
Jean Hobbs
Big Spring
Palmer Mosier
Warswaw
Peart Flemming
Plano
Coleo Duncan
Fenton
Pauline Chamberlin
Dimple Gibbins
Wichita Falls
Budget Board bill eyed for debate on state expenditures
The Appropriations Committee bill totals 2.53 billion from all funds including highway taxes and federal aid. A 13.4 percent across the board pay raise is proposed for state employees under the position classification plan. The bill could reach debate Monday but likely not before liquor by the drink bill is finished. The Department of Public Welfare would gain much of the increase for child welfare, while two workers suffered burns in a hallway incident during hospital treatment.
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Cara Ak Lae Bale
Ralph Hall
Appropriations Committee
Ben Barnes
House
John Connally
Senate
Er Board
State Department of Public Welfare
Department
Ehter Hospital
Frank H. Crow
Igsex
Rexall
Jett
Department of Mental
General Revenue. Com
Delbert Hawks
Rodérick
Com- Drilling Corp
Robbery Suspect Remains In Jail
A suspect identified as L. Prince was jailed after police say he held four teenagers at gunpoint in a pickup on South Jackson. Detectives found two watches later identified as items taken from the youths. Victims include Bobby Harmon 15 Jay Johnson 15 and Mike Johnson 17. A girl, Katie Dixon 7, suffered a broken arm in a separate incident and was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flliott
L. Prince
Harmon
South Odessa
Prince
Ficul
Bustul
Tom Green
Pearl
Bobby Harmon
Custer
Mike Johnson
Lamesa
Jay Johnson
Raymond Norris
Girl Bitten by Dog Treated and Released
Gloria Trejo an 11 year old girl living at 501 Crane was treated at Medical Center Hospital Wednesday after a dog bite and later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Trejo
Crane
Medical Center Hospital
Damage Suit Filed After Two Vehicle Crash
A $51.00 damage suit was filed in 70th District Court on Thursday over a June 24, 1967 two car collision in Odessa involving T. E. Brooks of 1407 West 19th and defendant Roger Sparks. The case seeks damages for injuries to Brooks and his wife, Iday, against Sparks, who allegedly cashed a bogus $20 check March 17 at Lloyd's Grocery Market.
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70Th District Court
T. E. Brooks
Ilessa
West 19Th
Roger Sparks
Odessa
Iday
Ector County
Susan
Wayne Allen
Lloyd's Grocery
West County Road
Fire bomb reported on a Midland front lawn
Mrs. John Sykes of 2700 Spur told No Damage Police on Thursday morning that a fire bomb was hurled onto her front lawn. Police did not report any damage or its extent. Her husband works as an officer with Ector County Juvenile Probation Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sykes
Spur
Ector County
Two Alarms Responded For Fire At Local Shops And Car
Firemen responded on two alarms when an air conditioner shorted at Goins Plumbing Shop 3517 Andrews Highway. A cigarette caused a fire injuring the front seat of a 1963 model car owned by Florida Lee Ballard 223 Carver. The blaze occurred while the car was parked at 1704 East Crescent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goins Plumbing Shop
Andrews Highway
Florida Lee Ballard
Carver
East Crescent
Charge Filed Against Odessa Man For Suspended License
John Miller Cooke 21 of Odessa faces a charge in Ector County Court for driving with a suspended license. Texas Highway Patrol said Cooke was stopped here early Thursday and was not in custody at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller Cooke
Odessa
Ector County
Texas
Cooke
Woman in Custody Faces Multiple Charges in Two Counties
Joyce Elaine Lowe 21 of Mineral Wells held in Betor County Jail on a 1500 bond for teloncaing. The Betor County Court filed the complaint and deputies say she also faces a defrauding charge in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Elaine Lowe
Betor County
Betor
San Angelo
Community meeting schedule at Sands and City Hall
Breakfast Optimist at Sands Restaurant 7 AM. City Planning Board 10 AM in council chambers City Hall. Boataide Rotary at Noon at Holiday Inn. Odessa Optimist at Noon at Sands Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sands Restaurant
City Planning Board
Boataide
Holiday Inn
Odessa
Teens Questioned by Police Over Mower Theft
Two teens aged 14 and 18 were questioned by police regarding the alleged theft of a mower from Joyce Freeze’s home at 2022 West Fourth. The youths were later released to their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Freeze
West Fourth
Pleads Guilty in Custody Theft Case
Leslie David Chaney aged 20 of Bronco Apartments pleaded guilty before Luthe the Petce Howard Williams to a diary in custody theft and was fined 100 dollars. David Ray Miller aged 18 faced auto theft charges after allegedly taking two tool boxes from West Sixth Street and was held at Ector County jail. The incidents involve vehicles and tools and occurred near McCasland on Chestnut.
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Leslie David Chaney
Bronco
Ector County
Howard Williams
David Ray Miller
West Sixth
Johnny C
Betor County
McCasland
Gies x
Chargable Pipe Service
Drews Highway
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D. C. Payne
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Burnett
Austin
Saison
Bill Clayton
Spring
Donna Ine2Zlake
Spears
Ayuraueo
Wren
J. A. Purifoy
Aavink
Lay
Clayton
Dan Dink Mo
Clark
Johnson
Viets
Cong
Dong Nai
Gia Dinh
Giat Dinh
CT Meara
Eam
James D. Hardy
Sprent
Phoenix
Ariz
Louis John Fierro
Elmont
Connally
W. Ew
Jim J. Bales
Edinburg
L Bates
Thomas
Fierro
Groote Schuur
Cape Town
Blaiberg
Trusty
Julius Szabo
North
Belmont
Supreme Court
Wens Neet Een Areenraunnenne
Mota
C. E. Jarman
W. Newsom
Jack Longbotham
College Station
John Robert
Prude
Fort Davis
Paul Martin
Houston
Otho Joyce
Mercedes
Louise Dearing
Natchez
Athart
Slicu
Pompidou
France
Rothet
Ultra Jhheft
Thel
Ace Equipment Co
Wests
Gaul Second
First
Wavell Faye
Ouleyspurly
Len
Tack Fryar
San Antonio
Bill Fryar
Midland Horse Show
CU Auuwiluil Sven
Budget Board
Katie Dixon
Eddie Dixon
Medical Center’ S Hospital
Sierra
5Th
Grant
Great Oil Basin Center
Bulova
Dad
Camnember
Zale
Seweler
5Th and Grant Great Oil Basin Center
Dales’ Jeweler
BSB
Ovissa
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