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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
3
The Inquiring Photographer by Charles McCain reports reader opinions on whether husbands or wives are more fit to manage household money. Responses highlight debates over roles, responsibility, and financial knowledge in family life.
Four damage suits were filed in district courts seeking total awards of 281650. Plastic Applicators Inc Odessa asks 155000 from William Ray Pemberton and others for unfair competition involving trade secrets and Kwik Check Inc. also faces injunctive damages. Other suits include Joyce Fisher seeking 75000 from Lewis Montgomery Trucking Co and Ray Fox for a May 4 1961 collision near Kennedy Road. Clarence E Christian seeks 30350 from Permian Electrical Co for injuries in a May 27 accident. Leona F Randolph seeks 21300 from Cook and Bates Well Service Inc and Kenneth Ray Poole for rear end injuries on May 8 1961 near East Second and North Hancock.
Police investigated six thefts on Thursday. Victims included Jessie J. Hitt Jr. who reported a $30 transistor radio stolen from a car at 12th and Dotsy, and Cecil Beaty's used car lot where a license plate and spare tire vanished from autos. Siphoned gasoline from a vehicle affected Jack Suter, two hubcaps from W. R. J McCorde's car, and two residents reported missing bicycles.
Police pursue former Odessa resident Glen Roach on a 1956 station wagon theft charge tied to James Q. Kilpatrick of 1110 North Adams. A 1956 motorscooter also reported stolen from Roger Harris Coco at 1309 Castle, valued at 100 dollars. Both items remain missing Thursday.
Route One Odessa resident Guy Goodyear, 48, was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a back injury after a Wednesday horse fall. Walter Gaines, 44, was treated for a broken nose from a Wednesday disturbance. James Davis, 36, pleaded not guilty to disturbance and drunkenness and posted a $50 bond. C. W. Logan, 28, sprained knee in a motorscooter mishap and was treated and released.
Helen Trimble of Odessa filed a declaratory judgment suit in Ector County Court asking to regain state registrations for her vehicles. Defendants Tuboscope Co Odessa Tubular Sales Co and Francis F Winchester are named, with Trimble alleging action by them with the Department of Public Safety that led to suspensions. The dispute stems from a Feb 10 crash at the intersection of 5th Street and Andrews Highway involving Charles Trimble and Francis Winchester, with Trimble claiming she was not involved and asking the court to determine whether the defendants had cause to seek the suspension.
William H. Holloway aged 45 of South Lincoln is jailed in Ector County on a charge of theft. He is accused of cashing a worthless $25 check at Southside Gulf Service Station 221 South Grant on May 31. No bond had been set Thursday.
Vandals shattered a window at the Tillery and Parke Company building on 912 North Gram. Officers reported no entry had been made despite the break near the lock.
The board of directors of the suburban National Bank of Odessa declared a regular five percent semiannual cash dividend for stockholders of record as of June 23. Bank officials noted the payout is double the prior year's final quarter, marking an unusual move for a bank just into its third year of operation since opening January 7, 1959.
Charles Arthur Fergerson, 22, of Walker Courts, remained in the county jail under a $2,000 bond on a felony theft charge. He is accused of taking about $3,000 from a parked car in south Odessa. Police recovered $2,665 of the stolen money, per the felony theft complaint filed in Justice of the Peace C. P. Robison's Court.
Rev. Thomas D. Murphy, 77, a retired Presbyterian minister and former Odessa justice of the peace, led a life from crusading pastor to Korean missionary. He inspired growth in West Texas churches, spent five years in Korea, and now lives at 922 East Wink Ave. Odessa.
High school students in West Texas enroll in a two week Odessa College Speech Workshop to prepare for UIL contests. Registration is 8 to 9 a m Monday June 19 in the college auditorium lobby with a $10 fee per course and a limit of three courses.
An Odessa child and a Midland beauty operator were slightly injured in two city traffic mishaps on Wednesday. Wanda Jimenez, 3, released from Medical Center Hospital after X rays for a bruised leg, was struck by a car near her home. Willie Hood Firth, 52, Midland, was injured in a two car crash at Grant and Second when a southbound vehicle struck his behind. Damage set at $10.
Mrs Opal Blair 47 of Mankin dies from injuries after a Ruby crash that killed Sandy Dianne Sellers 8 and Carolyn Sue Sellers 5. Services set for 11:30 a.m. at Owens Brumley chapel with burial Crestview Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Odis Blair four daughters two brothers and eight grandchildren.
Henry Theo Allen, 39, a transient mechanic, is jailed after a Thursday ATV court fine of zero dollars on charges of indecent exposure and drunkenness. Police say they arrested the suspect in the 100 block of East First.
Frank Dotson of Sinclair Oil and Gal Co. told Deputies Thursday that a truck wheel and a 15 ton mechanical jack were stolen from a lease about two miles west of Wea r County Road on Yukon Road. He valued the equipment at 13 dollars.
Two Odessa men seek total and permanent disability benefits from the Industrial Accident Board awards. Claude Long claims a February 4 1961 back injury lifting a diesel barrel while with Internal Pipeline Maintenance Co. and sues The Standard Insurance Co. for 14035 in 161st District Court. Earl L Hokett seeks 14035 from Industrial Indemnity Co for a May 23 1960 back injury with United Concrete Pipe Corp. in Odessa, filed in 70th District Court.
Charles William Robinson 22 of Andrews is in good condition at Midland Memorial Hospital with a head injury from a one car crash a week earlier. crash occurred 13 miles south of Midland on State Highway 158.
A 15 year old Odessa youth, held in custody, admitted his role in a garage burglary where more than 3000 dollars worth of car engines and transmissions were stolen. The break in at 38th and West County Road, owned by James L Lusk, occurred May 27. Engines found at Commercial Metals after sale for junk. Investigation led to arrest by Jim Garrett. Hearings pending completion of investigation.
A 25 year old Dorothy Joan McCain of Gainesville Texas had bail set at 100000 pesos eight thousand dollars after stabbing her husband Miguel Burbury Poe in their apartment. Prosecutors alleged theft of 1600 dollars, but Judge Rosa Maria Ponce cleared her of those charges. The defense says she acted to defend herself during an alleged attack over divorce.
Charges of aggravated assault were filed in Ector County Court on Thursday against Ochis Brown of Odessa. The complaint alleges Brown struck Minnie Maloy, 31 South Hancock, in the face on Monday and threatened her with a butcher knife. Brown had not been arrested.
Patrolman Joe Bowley, aged 31, resigns from the Odesea Police Department on Thursday to take a higher paying job. Bowley had served on the force since December 2, 1957, and cited better pay as the reason for leaving.
County court notices reveal marriages for Lewis Thames and Deanna Cunningham Bernard Hibs and Gladys Truelove Malcolm Myers and Fredina Henderson. Crim charges filed list Odis Brown for aggravated assault. Civil suits include Juanita Thornton vs Edward Engebretson and Helen Trimble vs Tubescope Tubular Sales and Winchester for declaratory judgment. District Court divorce actions appear for Huff and Huff Cleaver and Cleaver. Medical Center Hospital admissions include June Terry Evans and many others. discharges list numerous patients. Births on June 14 include Provance Pittman Johns Harris Nicholas McCollum and others. City traffic accidents list multiple incidents with damages reported.
Two civil suits filed Thursday in Odessa district court seek a total of 5647.69. Cecil G. Smith asks 3535 from Fred W. Wetmore and Jewel J. Wetmore on a note dated January 1, 1961. West Texas White Truck Equipment Co seeks 2109.69 from E C Ezeell of Fort Stockton on a note dated September 28, 1960.
The Odessa tavern Strawberry's Lounge at 2220 East Eighth was broken into on Wednesday. Owner E. B. Thorn of 207 North Tom Green said a window to a storeroom was pried open. Thieves forced the cigarette machine and jukebox, taking roughly cigarettes, change, and about $1 in coins.
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