Service Slated for Early-Child Appraisals in Ector County
Ector County Public Schools offer this week a free appraisal service for children under school age who may have disabilities affecting learning. At Austin and Rusk Elementary, sessions run 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm through Friday. Special education director Keith Dial urges parents with children who will be age three by Sept 1 and who show potential handicaps to attend for evaluation.
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Ector County
Austin and Rusk
Keith Dial
Austin Or
Rusk
Dial
Crane District awards three project contract to Kermit firm
Crane Independent School District selects Crane Builders Inc of Kermit as low bidder for three projects worth 429 900 dollars. Additions to elementary schools begin in 2 3 weeks with 120 day build times. A new all weather track starts Oct 1 and runs 100 days. Football stadium home stands to be built in 150 days after season. Financed from a 750 000 dollar bond.
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CRANE
Oasis Builders Inc
Kermit
Crane Independent
M.D. Ford
Ford
Man Admits DWI Charge in Ector Court
A 32 year old Odessa man pleaded guilty in Ector County Court at Law to driving while intoxicated. William J. Buffington of 116 Catclaw was fined 75 dollars and placed on six months probation in lieu of six months in jail after his Dec 3 1971 arrest on US 385 north of Odessa. Judge Phillip Godwin accepted the plea.
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Odessa
Ector County
William J. Buffington
U.S. 385
Phillip Godwin
Boy Hurt Head Hospitalized After Iron Post Knock
James Baldwin nine year old son of Mr and Mrs John H Baldwin was admitted to Medical Center Hospital with a head injury after bumping his head on an iron post Tuesday night He arrived at the hospital early Wednesday morning in a satisfactory condition following dizziness and illness.
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James Baldwin
John H. Baldwin
Medical Center Hospital
Albuquerque Man to Be Sentenced in 1967 Murder Case
Jerry Lunn faces sentencing Thursday after a conviction for second degree murder in the 1967 Albuquerque shooting of Nick Candelaria. The AP report notes the pending court action in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Jerry Lunn
Nick Candelaria
Eddy County Disposal Site Studied
The Atomic Energy Commission plans to drill a bore hole near Carlsbad New Mexico next month to test salt beds for storing atomic waste. Pilot facility design would begin about 1977 with full operation not before 1982 or 1983 and testing through about 2000. Similar studies are under way in Lyons Kansas.
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Carlsbad. Num
Atomic Energy Commission
Eddy County
Frank K. Pittman
AEC Division of
Waste Management and Transportation
AEC
Pittman
Lyons
Kan
Man Charged With Weed Possession
Revely Curtis Bullard twenty one of 3001 Roberson faced a possession of marijuana charge after Odessa officer Walter Suttle stopped his car at 61st Street and Andrews Highway finding four bags believed to contain marijuana. Bullard posted a 2500 bond and was released from the county jail after the felony complaint was filed.
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Reveley Curtis Bullard
Roberson
Odessa
Walter Suttle
Bullard
61St and
Andrews Highway
Suttle
Valles
Five Vandalisms Under Investigation by Odessa Police
Five vandalism complaints were investigated Wednesday by Odessa police. Reported damage included a plate glass window at Harbison-Fischer Sales Co on North Grant, a back window at the Girl Scout House on South Grant, a damaged garage door at a rental on North Muskingum after rocks were piled on it, a kicked car door near La Casa after a motorcyclist stopped, and glue or varnish poured on a car at East 36th. No missing items were reported.
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Odessa
David Abbott
Louis
Harbison-Fischer Sales Co
North Grant
May Jenison
Snyder
Girl Scout House
South Grant
Bill Stroud
Dawn
North Muskingum
Stroud
Charlie Ray Fulfer
la Casa
Fulfer
Fuller
Robert Biakner
East 36Th
Floods claim several lives across Texas region
Rain persisted for a third day as floods forced 500 to 600 Houston area families from homes. William J. Bullock Jr., 53, drowned near Houston. Richard Cope, 24, and Evelyn Demmerling, 20, perished in a car crash near Mansfield Dam. Danny Cope, 19, missing near Iowa Park. Becky Horne, 18, died in Fort Worth street crash. Tornado damage pegged at $5,000 on the Mexican border. Additional twister sightings reported near Houston, Lumberton, and near Linton.
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Grant Hiseng
Harris County Volunteer Marine Division
Houston
William J. Bullock Jr
Pasadena
Little Vince Bayou
Mansfield Dam
Austin
Richard Cope
Evelyn Demmerling
Danny
Cope
Iowa Park
Fort Worth
Becky Horne
del Rin
Lumberton
Texas
Linton
Corpus Christi
Overnight storms bring heavy rainfall figures to multiple counties
National Weather Service observers logged ongoing severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings through the night. Palacios reported 5.85 inches, Victoria 4.23, San Antonio 3.34, Houston 2.0 and Corpus Christi 1.40. Alerts remained in force for Colorado and Austin counties with flash flood warnings in low areas along streams for Atascosa, Karnes, Fayette, Dewitt, Lavaca and Colorado counties into the morning.
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Palacios
Victoria
San Antonio
Houston
Corpus Christi
National Weather Service
Colorado
Austin
Atascosa
Karnes
Fayette
Dewitt
Lavaca
Economic Game Plan Tests a Middle-Of-The-Road Approach
The article reviews debates among Shultz Connally and Burns over responding to inflation. It notes Treasury and Fed positions, Roy Ash's cautions, and mentions rising consumer prices 42 percent from January to April with food up 254 percent, while wholesale prices rose 2 percent in May. It discusses avoiding broad price freezes and considering selective controls on large firms, margins, and refunds, with Nixon favoring voluntary programs and wide coverage if needed.
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Nixon
Labor
Peter Brennan
New York
Wth
Stans describes role as cashing checks in 1972 campaign
Former Nixon fundraiser Stans testifies that he acted as a cashier paying funds in 1972, with the finance committee largely separate from campaign leaders. He recalls being told by Mitchell and Magruder about authority to direct payments, and that he later learned the funds were for Watergate defendants. He says he was uninvolved in planning the Watergate break in and coverup.
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Stans
Sinan
Mans
Alg
John N Mitchell
Sloan
Mitchell
Ted Stuart Magruder
Sloan Tor
Mitchells
Magruder
Metall
Tony
Herbert W Kalmbach
Nixon
Odessa Students Launch HOTLINE Telephone Counseling
A group of Odessa students will start a Friday to Sunday telephone counseling and referral service named HOTLINE. Officers include Glenda Robbins president Russell Hickerson vice president Sharon Kepple treasurer Linda Addy secretary. Training by Sam Brannen Michael Ross John Fenner Joe Glass. Service runs 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays with donations funding a possible textbook and film fund.
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Odessa
Hotline
Glenda Robbins
North Dotsy
Russell Hickerson
Route 3
Sharon Kepple
Fast Century
Linda Addy
Buchanan
Miss Robbins
Robbins
Weekend Activities Planned by Parents Organization
Parents Without Partners outlines a weekend of events with a Thursday 8 p.m. general meeting at the Chamber of Commerce conference room where Mrs. Vernice Hillier speaks on reading and home libraries. Friday features a Park Plaza Club room supper with appetizers wine and a 7:30 travel segment, then casseroles and salads at 3715 Amherst, followed by a 8:45 to 9 p.m. return trip to 1409 East Century for dessert and coffee. Saturday hosts a 9 p.m. Fandance at 3008 East 2st with a 34 cent admission, and a Father’s Day watermelon feed at Flood Gain Park on West County Road at 6 p.m. Bring-your-own-watermelon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Vernice Hillier
Park Plaza
Amherst
East Century
East
Flood Gain Park
West County Road
Five Hurt In Odessa Wreck With Seven Involved
In a two vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Odessa three of seven occupants were hospitalized with serious injuries. Maria Fierro, 49, remains in serious condition with hip and shoulder injuries. Westly Short and Scotty Short, aged 1 and 6, are in satisfactory condition with facial lacerations and a fractured leg. Lois Anderson Short, 25, and Stephen Coffman, 11, were treated and released. Minerva Fierro and Denise Short were not injured. The collision occurred at North Muskingum and East Fourth at 3 39 p m and involved Mrs Fierro driving one car and Miss Fierro as a passenger in the other.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Maria R. Fierro
Westly Kyle Short
Gene Short
Scotty Eugene Short
Lois Anderson Short
Stephen Odell Coffman
Jerry Coffman
Nabors
Minerva Fierro
Hilltop
Denise Short
North Muskingum
East Fourth
Lynn Crumrine
Five Theft Cases Investigated By Local Police
The Ector County sheriff and Odessa Police report five theft cases under investigation. Leonard Todd of 511 North Lee said a water well pump and fittings worth 450 dollars were stolen from 7009 West Dunn between June 1 and June 8. Don Burt reported two surface wheel grinders valued at 150 dollars taken from Basin Battery. Rodney D. Prichard reported loss of two boxes with 36 stereo tapes and a camera from his car at 2013 Idiewood. Bicycles were stolen from Randy Wilson at 2602 Cambridge and Bobby Lanz at M1 North Bernice.
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Leonard Todd
North Lee
Todd
West Dunn
Don Burt
Basin Battery
Andrews
Rodney D. Prichard
Idiewood
Twwo
Randy Wilson
Cambridge
Bobby Lanz
North Bernice
Odessa Man Frank Wilson Dies At 74
Frank Leslie Wilson 74 of 1516 North Golder died Tuesday after a six year illness. Services 10 a.m. Thursday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born November 1 1898 in Livingston he married Mildred Harper February 3 1925 in M. Calm. He came to Odessa 1945 from Denver City and belonged to First Baptist Church Mason Lodge Hobbs New Mexico and a 32nd Degree Mason in McAlester Oklahoma. Survivors: widow daughter Wynona Willemin of 2831 Brentwood son William Flynn Wilson of Bedford sister Bessie Guynes of Waxahachie five grandchildren one great grandchild.
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Frank Leslie Wilson
North Golder
Hubbard Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Livingston
M. Calm
Midred M. Harper
Odessa
Denver City
Wilson
First Baptist Church
Masonaic Lodge
Hobbs
N.M
McAlester
Okla
Wynona Willemin
Brentwood
William Flynn Wilson
Bedford
Bessie Guynes
Waxahachie
Former SBA Chief Dies
Hilary Joseph Sandoval Jr. former head of the Small Business Administration dies after a long illness at 43. Funeral mass planned in El Paso with burial at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery. Survived by widow Dolores two daughters three sons and extended family.
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EL Paso
Tex
Hilary Joseph Sandoval Jr
Small Business Administration
Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
Sandoval
Nixon
Dolores
George
Tucson
Ariz
Hilary Sandoval
Odessan Mary Jane Rowland Funeral Set For Thursday
Former Odessa resident Mary Jane Rowland dies after bicycle accident in New York. Funeral 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Episcopal Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include parents E C and Mrs. Rowland and siblings. Memorials to St Johns church requested.
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Mary Jane Rowland
E. C. Rowland
North Belmont
St. John's Episcopal Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Miss Rowland
Staten Island, N.Y
Odessa
Odessa High School
University of Indiana
Manhattan Island
N.Y
New York
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Mas
Ed Rowland
U.S
Alaska
John Rowland
Don Rowland
Houston
Christa Rowland
Addie Rowland
Odelata
Okla
Florence Goodman
Bartlesville
Rites Pending for Todd Ward Child in San Antonio
Funeral services for 21 month old Todd Ward son of Mr and Mrs James Ward of Jill Shafter are pending at Hubbard Kelly after he died at 4 40 am Wednesday in the Children s Hospital San Antonio following transfer from Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Saunders Funeral Home assisted in San Antonio.
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Todd Ward
James Ward
Jill Shafter
Children’s Hospital
San Antonio
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Saunders Funeral Home
Odessa community events schedule tomorrow
Tomorrow in Odessa lists activities at noon Downtown Lions Inn of the Golden Wet Ballroom and Odessa Civitan. Bonanza Steakhose at noon, Sands Restaurant hosts Golden Age Club at 8 PM, Bocanne Lions at 6 30 and 7 PM. Eetor County School Board meets at Administration Building Eighth and Lee at 7 30 PM. Odessa Toastmistress Club convenes at KOSA TV conference room 121 North Whitaker.
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Lions
Inn of the Golden Wet
Eetor County School Board
Eighth and Lee
Odessa Toastmistress Club
Kosa-Tv
North Whitaker
Suspect Held On DWI Charge in Texas Patrol Report
Ray Rutherford, 43, of 1996 Fast 36th, remained in Eetor County jail in lieu of 540 bond after a DWI arrest by Texas Highway Patrolman James Loika at 12 30 am six miles north of the city on the Andrews Highway. Loika filed the complaint with Justice of the Peace JA Puniov who set bond.
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Ray Rutherford
Eetor County
Rutherford
Texas
James Loka
Andrews Highway
Justice of the Peace JA
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Justice of the Peace
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Nicholas Flores
Ector High
Wyman Powers
Odessa High
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Permian High
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Texas Electric Service Co
University of Texas
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
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Connally
Shultz
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Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Roy Ash
Direcor
Office of Management and Budget
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White House
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Kalmbach
Crumrine
Fierro
Baker Ambulance
Ector County “Sneritt’s Department
Odessa Police Department
SBA
Donald E. Farris
Midland
Bell Poe
Newnie W. Ellis
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery
Farris
Kinchloe
Mich
Air Force
James W. Moore
PECOS
James Welton Moore
Church of God In Christ
Gilmer
Turner Brothers Mortuary
Moore
Willcox
Greenville
Diane
Dallas
James Welton Moore Jr
Lonnie Ray Moore
Gary Wayne Moore
Alvin Moore
John Moore
Phoenix
Ft. Carson
Colo
Brenda Moore
Cisco
Lois Moore
Abilene
Wesley Berry
Lampasas
Burnet
Briggs-Games
Oak Will
Berry
Sunivers
Ernest Berry
Fort Stockton
Odessan
Blanche Hicks
East Hills
Hicks
Memorial Hospital
Warren County
Iowa
Tyler
J.W. Cates
Sid A
Ira Eugene Norrell
Big Spring
Albert Norrell
Nalley-Pickle
Mount Olive
Norrell
Joan F. Gregg
Silverton
John F Gregg
Lee Gregg
Lovingtton
Silverton Church of Christ
Bural
Gregg
Hines Gregg
Brisco County
Odessa Civitan
Noon — Sandhills
American Business Club
Sands
Golden Age Club
Adams
Bocanne Lions
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