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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
4
The feature by Charles McCain surveys opinions on whether husbands or wives are more qualified to manage family finances. It interviews diverse readers, presenting viewpoints and social norms influencing money management roles in households.
In district courts here four damage suits totaling 281 650 were filed Thursday. Plastic Applicators Inc Odessa seeks 155 000 from William Ray Pemberton W M Byerly and F E Byerly for unfair competition involving Kwik Check Inc and alleged trade secrets transfer. Joyce Fisher of Odessa seeks 75 050 from Montgomery Trucking Co and Ray Fox for injuries May 4 1961 on Kennedy Road. Clarence E Christian Odessa seeks 30 350 from Permian Electrical Co for injuries May 27 1961 after a collision. Leona F Randolph Odessa seeks 21 300 from Cook and Bates Well Service Inc and Kenneth Ray Poole for injuries May 8 1961 after rear end collision.
Six thefts were being checked by officers on Thursday. Victims include Jessie J. Hitt Jr. of 4900 Clover where a transistor radio worth about 30 dollars was stolen from a car parked at 12th and Dotsy. Missing items include a license plate and spare tire from cars at Cecil Beaty’s used car lot, 720 East Eighth. Siphoned gasoline, hubcaps, and missing bicycles were reported by Jack Suter, W. R. McCorde, and residents Mrs. M. W. Krascar and Johnny Jenderson.
Police seek Glen Roach a former Odessa resident named in a car theft charge. Roach is accused of stealing a 1956 station wagon owned by James Q Kilpatrick at 1110 North Adams and a 1956 motorscooter taken Wednesday. The vehicles valued at about $100 remained missing.
An Odessa man in good condition at Medical Center Hospital suffered a back injury after falling from a horse on Wednesday and was X-rayed Thursday. Walter Lewis Gaines aged 4 of East 42nd was treated for a broken nose. James William Davis pleaded not guilty to disturbance and drunkenness and was released on a $50 bond after an incident on East Second Street. C. W. Logan aged 28 of Courtland received a sprained knee in a motorscooter mishap and was treated in the emergency room.
Helen Trimble of Odessa seeks declaratory relief in Ector County Court to restore state vehicle registrations suspended after a traffic accident at Seth and Andrews Highway February 10. Defendants Tuboscope Co Houston Turbular Sales Co Odessa and Francis Winchester are named, with Trimble arguing she was not involved and that no cause existed to suspend registrations.
William H. Holloway of 411 South Lincoln was in Ector County jail on a theft charge. He is accused of cashing a worthless 935 check at Southside Gulf Seaice Station 221 South Grant on May 31. No bond had been set Thursday.
Officers report no entry into the Tillery and Parks company building after a Thursday window break near the lock. The incident left the window smashed with $12 North Gram noted in the scene.
The suburban National Bank of Odessa declared a regular five percent semi annual cash dividend for stockholders of record as of June 23 at Wednesday’s meeting. Bank executive vice president Jack Logan noted the 5 percent dividend doubles the amount announced at year end 1960. Opened January 25, 1959, it is among few banks to declare a dividend before completing its second year.
Charles Arthur Fergerson, 22, 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 $2,663 of the stolen money and the case is in Justice of the Peace C. P. Robison's court.
Rev Thomas D Murphy 77, a veteran Presbyterian minister and former Odessa justice of the peace, once served as a Korean missionary and helped grow the West Texas church. Born 1884 in Millerton La he studied law briefly before theology, preached across states, and retired in 1949 due to arthritis while serving as JP for 10 years.
Odessa College announces a two week speech workshop for West Texas high school students in grades 9 through 12. Ten courses, 8 to 9 a.m. registration June 19, cost 10 dollars per course with a three course limit. UIL changes include prose reading poetry interpretation and persuasive speaking replacing some events. A climax tournament June 30 will award best actor and actress with first through third place prizes.
An Odessa child and a Midland woman were slightly injured in two city traffic mishaps on Wednesday. Wanda Jimenez, 3, daughter of Chon and wife, was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a bruised right leg after being struck near her home. In Midland, Willie Hood Firth, 52, was hurt in a two car crash at Grant and Second when a southbound vehicle struck his car from behind driven by Don Lee Wofford. Damage totaled ten dollars.
Funeral services will be held Friday in Wichita Falls for Mrs. Opal Blair 47 Mankin resident and mother of Mrs. J D Copeland Odessa. Burial will be at Crestview Memorial Park after services at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home chapel. Blair died from injuries in a traffic crash near Ruby Friday two Odessans, Sandy Dianne Sellers 8 and Carolyn Sue Sellers 5, were killed. Survivors include her husband Odis Blair four daughters and numerous relatives.
Henry Theo Allen a 39 year old transient mechanic was jailed after a $30 city court fine for indecent exposure and drunkenness. Police said they arrested him in the 100 block of East First.
Frank Dotson of Sinclair Oil and Gas Co. told deputies on Thursday that a truck tire a wheel and a 15 ton mechanical jack were stolen from a lease about two miles west of Wea County Road on Yukon Road. The equipment was valued at 125 dollars.
Two Odessa residents seek total and permanent disability benefits from Industrial Accident Board awards. Claude Long sues The Standard Insurance Co. for 14035 in 161st District Court claiming a back injury on February 4 1961 while lifting a diesel barrel at Internal Pipeline Maintenance Co. Earl L Hokett seeks 14035 from Industrial Indemnity Co claiming a back injury May 23 1960 with United Concrete Pipe Corp. in Odessa in 70th District Court.
Charles William Robinson, 22, of Andrews, is listed in good condition at Midland Memorial Hospital after sustaining a head injury in a one car crash a week earlier, reported 13 miles south of Midland on State Highway 158.
A 15-year-old Odessa youth was held in custody after admitting involvement in a garage burglary on May 27 at 38th and West County Road owned by James L. Lusk. Two engines were later found at Commercial Metals after the youth sold them as junk. The arrest followed an investigation by Jim Garrett, probation officer, with a hearing date pending.
MEXICO CITY AP A 100000 pesos eight thousand dollar bail was set for 23 year old Dorothy Joan McCain of Gainesville Texas. Judge Rosa Mana Ponce cleared her of other charges after her husband Miguel Burbury Poe a cattle rancher accused her of stealing one thousand dollars. The defendant says she stabbed in self defense during a dispute at their apartment.
Charges of aggravated assault were filed in Ector County Court against Ochis Brown of Odessa. He is accused of striking Minnie Maloy in the face with a butcher knife on Monday near South Hancock and threatening her. Brown had not yet been arrested.
Joe Bowley, a patrolman of the Odessa Police Department since December 2, 1957, resigned Thursday due to taking a better paying job, leaving the force after 15 years of service and earning $22 Patton.
Mortgage licenses issued for Thames Cunningham Hibe Truclove Myers Hender son and others. Criminal charges filed and civil suits listed across court docket. Medical Center Hospital admits and discharges on June 14 with long birth and patient detail. Births and city traffic accidents documented with names ages and damages.
Two civil suits filed Thursday in Odessa seek a total of 5647.69. Deal G. Smith asks 3338 from Fred W. Weismore and Jewel J. Wetmore on a note dated January 1, 1961 in 70th District Court. West Texas White Track Equipment Co. seeks 2109.69 from E. C. Ezell Fort Stockton on a note dated September 28, 1960 in 161st District Court.
Odessa tavern Strawberr's Lounge on East Eighth was broken into by burglars who pried a window and entered a storeroom. The cigarette machine and till box were forced open, yielding about $1 in cigarettes and roughly $1 in change. Owner E B Thorn, 207 North Tom Green, reported the incident.
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