Rockefeller Faces Cold Reception On Brazil Trip
New York governor Nelson A. Rockefeller departs from Kennedy Airport for Brasilia on the third leg of a Latin America mission. Since May 11 his tour has sparked protests and violence, with at least three dead, while Brazil prepares for a hostile welcome amid a military regime and restricted political freedoms.
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NEW York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Brazil
Kennedy Airport
Brasilia
Rockefeller
Nixon
Mexico City
Peru
Venezuela
Chile
Bolivia
United States
Frank Church
Idaho
Rio de Janeiro
U.S. Information Agency
Rio
Sao Paulo
Uruguay
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Congress
Sunday Crash Claims Life Of Alpine Man
An Alpine 22 year old service station attendant, Peter Taylor Rodriquez, died in a head on crash with a westbound tractor truck nine miles west of Alpine on U S 290 at about 7 20 p m. The truck driver from San Antonio, Porfirio B Martinez, 5 years old, escaped with minor cuts and bruises and was reported in satisfactory condition at Brewster County Memorial Hospital. The auto driver was eastbound in a 1967 model car. the truck was a 1959 model tractor trailer. Firemen extinguished the blaze after the collision welded the vehicles together and moved the disabled truck from the road after U S 90 was closed. Funeral services tentatively set for Tuesday at Geezlin Funeral Home with a rosary at the home tonight. Rodriquez was born June 3 1947 and survived by his widow Emanuela two sons Robert Ruben one daughter Barbara Rodriquez and several family members.
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Alpine
Peter Taylor Rodriquez
Here
U.S. 290
Rodriquez
Porfirio B. Martinez
San Antonio
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Texas
Jimmy Perdue
Rodriguez
Martinez
Alpinea
Perdue
van Horn
Geesling
Emanuela
Robert. Ruben
Barbara Rodriquez
Eulalio Rodriguez
Odessa American entry at Kenrath Street 2
Local Texas newspaper entry notes an address at 2 Kenrath Street in Odessa with no further details or events available from the readable text.
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the Odessa
Texas
Kenrath Street
Odesse, Texas
Supreme Court ruling on Powell case limits court reach
The Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision limits adjudication on Powell's claims while leaving questions about the $55,000 back pay and a $25,000 House fine unresolved. Chief Justice Warren notes Congress can expel but cannot deny Powell his elected seat by a simple majority. Justice Stewart dissents, saying the case is moot and the Court should avoid sweeping constitutional rulings.
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Warren
High Court
Powell
House
Tost
Congress
Potter Stewart
Sewar
Stewart
Supreme Court
Pair Injured In Car Crash in Odessa
Two 18 year old Odessa boys Harold Davis Jones and Russell Knight were treated in good condition at Medical Center Hospital after their 1967 model car left Shafer Street east of Redbud, struck a utility pole, and crashed around 1:40 a.m. Both sustained head and body bruises.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Shafer
Redbud
Harold Davis Jones
Patewood
Russell Knight
Vietnamese pacification gains cited in Vietnam report
U S officials report 84.2 percent of South Vietnam's 17.2 million people are relatively secure from enemy control. May saw 134,100 people brought under government control, leaving about 14.5 million within government security and 2.7 million in contested or Viet Cong areas. Pentagon says part of 25,000 troop withdrawal will include about 2,000 mobilized reservists to be returned or demobilized.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Church Removes Liberal Pastor in Iowa
The Rev. Stephen Cree of Montrose Iowa and author of The New Act for Sex was ousted from the United Methodist ministry after a closed conference session. Iowa Bishop James S Thomas cited lack of effectiveness while denying the sole cause was the book, which argues for greater sexual freedom and contraception within marriage. Cree, married with five children, co wrote the book with Karen Manning of Bettendorf.
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Stephen Cree
Iowa United Methodist Ministry
Cree
Yvet
Yvonne
Iowa
United Methodist
James
Thomas
Des Moine
Des Moines, Iowa
United Methodist Church
Montrose
James 5. Thomas
Karen Manning
Bettendorf
Clergyman Resigns After Controversial Book Publication
The pastor Cree faced a church conference ruling after publishing a controversial book. He sought voluntary location to leave ministry in good standing to teach, but the conference voted for involuntary location, suspending him under a cloud.
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Cree
Odessa civic schedule includes Chamber board noon barbecue
Odessa events list shows Chamber of Commerce board meeting at the Board Room at noon with a barbecue. Grandview Lions Club noon session at Sutphens. 1:30 P.M. Odessa Prospectors at First State Bank Community Room. 8 P.M. Ector County Park Board. 8 P.M. American Legion Post 430 at Legion Hall at Eighth and Puchlo.
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber of Commerce Board Room
Odessa Prospectors
First State Bank
American Legion
Legion Hall
Eighth and Puchlo
Ray's Appeal Denied Again in Memphis Case
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Arthur Faquin Jr. denied James Earl Ray a new trial for the King slaying. The denial followed Ray's bid to overturn his March 10 guilty plea while lawyers seek appellate review, with a 60 day window to file a bill of exceptions and plans to appeal Faquin's May decision.
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Memphis. Tenn
Shelby County Criminal Court
Arthur Faquin Jr
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King v
J.B. Stoner
Richard Ryan
Faquin
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
Prisoner Hanged at Stavis County Juvenile Home
AP reports 15 year old Jimmy Bri ones was found hanging by a bed sheet Sunday at Stavis County Juvenile Home. Police say the sheet was tied to a ventilator shaft and an autopsy was ordered.
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Austin (Ap
Jimmy Briones
Stavis County
Reagan County warrant arrest for Oscar Davis
Oscar Davis 42 of 1203 Ec 36th was arrested Monday by sheriff's deputies on a Reagan County warrant for swindling by worth less check. Bond was set at 735 dollars by Peace Justice Howard Williams.
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Oscar Davis
Sheriff's
Reagan County
Howard Williams
Finance Firm Sues For $735 Collection Judgment
A $735 collection suit was filed Monday in 161st District Court. Beneficial Finance Co. seeks a judgment against city resident James Mcantiee.
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161St District Court
Beneficial Finance Co
James Mcantiee
Deaths Lee Bryan West 56 Odessa resident dies of heart attack
Funeral services for Lee Bryan West 56 of Odessa will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Odessa Cemetery. West an insurance agent for Universal Life died Sunday night at home of an apparent heart attack born March 22 1913 in Cooper married April 17 1965 Juanita Lofton in Fort Worth moved to Odessa seven months ago from Fort Worth survivors include wife two sons Gary and Joe two daughters Bobbie and Yolanda mother Eunice West of Cooper two sisters and four brothers.
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Lee Bryan West
East 17Th
Hubbard-Kelly
Odessa
H. E. Gregory
East Side
Last Rites Set Here Tuesday
Multiple obituaries note funeral rites for several residents. Mrs Lutie Etta Gingrich 86 of Odessa dies. services Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with burial at Greenleaf Cemetery Brownwood. Rev Lawrence Menefee officiates. burial by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survived by daughter Marion White son Jack E Gingrich six grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Also noted are rites for Hugh A Patterson 61 retired oil field worker in Seminole with burial at Seminole Cemetery and services at First Baptist Church. E B Flournoy 88 Abilene with services Tuesday at Rochester United Methodist Church and burial in Rochester Cemetery. Survivors listed variably among families.
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Lutie Etta Gingrich
West 19Th
Medical Center Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Lawrence Menefee
Greenleaf
Brownwood
Vandals Break Window Panes at Elliott Hotel
Police reported bricks used Sunday to smash nine window panes and three light bulbs at the Elliott Hotel Building 105 West Third. In a separate vandalism incident, a plate glass window was smashed at the E and E Bicycle Repair shop 11 East 16.
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Elliott
West Third
East 16
Assault Charged James Walker Archer in Texas
James Walker Archer, 35, of North Lincoln, remained in Ector County jail on a $1000 bond on an aggravated assault charge. The complaint is filed in Ector County Court.
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James Walker Archer
North
Lincoln
Ector County
Funeral Rites Slated Tuesday for John J. Wright Aged 77
Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel for John J. Wright 77 of 907 East 16th. He died Sunday at Medical Center Hospital. Born September 10 1892 in Oklahoma he was a retired farmer and a Baptist veteran. Survivors include his wife eight daughters three sons a brother three sisters and 27 grandchildren. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Rix Funeral Home
John J. Wright
East 16Th
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Oklahoma
Mary Ethel Kincheloe
Hamilton County
Wright
Weems
Wink
A. R. Edinburgh
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert Carlisle
Hamilton
J. D. Richardson
DeLeon
A. E. Duvall
Irving
Clarence Hodges
Fort Worth
C. G
Osburn
Norfolk
Charles Steelman
Odessa
Floyd ‘Wright
Johnny Wright
James ‘Wright
Plano
Scott Wright
Lampasas
Nannie Wagner
Demoss Bratton
Pecos
Albert Grader
Jonesboro
Lula Adams
Dallas
Lula F. ‘Adams
Midland
Slaughter Chapel
First Baptist Church
Hillcrest
J.W. Adams Jr
Henry B. Kerr
Houston
Axel Frandsen
Bella Vista
Ark
Igus Henderson
Natalia Juarez McCamey
Natalia ‘Juarez
McCamey
Rankin Hospital
Sheppard(Spaulding
Attagracia Martinez
el Paso
Catherine Gonzales
Otawa
Ohio
Amberica Tagle
del Rio
Genevobo Juarez
Doroteo Juarez
Theodore Juarez
Ceres
Jernigan
Calif
Pecos County
Memorial Hospital
San Angelo
Vernon Rex
Sandy) Doyle
Shannon Hospital
Johnson’s Funeral Home Chapel
Morris Eliott
Eernainies Episcopal Church
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
Dome
Lockhart
Tim
Viola Gwens
Clifton Devie
Odessa Man's Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Abe Walker aged 69 of 1505 West 12th are set for 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Sixth and Jackson Street Church of Christ with Earl Danley officiating. Walker died Sunday in Houston of an apparent heart attack after six years of illness. Born May 5, 1900 in Gena Louisiana, he married Florence Cromwell June 2, 1926 in Stephens Arkansas. A resident of Odessa since 1938, he was a retired Pan American Oil Co. pumper and founding president of the Pan American Federal Credit Union. Survivors include his wife, two daughters Mrs. Herman Horn of Houston and Mrs. John Diller of Odessa, one brother Huston Walker of Kermit, and six grandchildren.
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Abe Walker
West 12Th
Jackson Street
Walker
Houston
Gena
Florence Cromwell
Stephens
Ark
Odessa
Sixth
Church of Christ
Pan American Oil Co
Pan American Federal Credit Union
Herman Horn
John Diller
East 21St
Huston Walker
Kermit
Vera McSpadden
Robert Lee
Vera Fay McSpadden
Marfa
Williams ‘Funeral Home
Diamond McSpadden
Alpine
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Sul Ross State College
Tomy McSpadden
Killeen
Marcus Hill
Hayden, Ariz
Bill Bomar
Bowie
Chism Brown
Russell McBroom
Inez Sullivan
Paso
B. J. Acock
Corsicana
Graveside Rites Set in Odessa for John E Kyles
Graveside services will be held at 10 am Tuesday in Odessa Cemetery for John Ephrem Kyles, 54, of 213 Carver. The funeral details note the deceased’s residence and age.
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Odessa
John Ephrem Kyles
Carver
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Former Odessa Resident Dies
Raymond S. Allred 71, former Texas district attorney and brother of the late Gov. James B. Allred, died in a San Antonio hospital after a heart condition. A Bowie native, he lived in Odessa about 20 years before relocating to San Antonio where he ran a deposition service. Surviving are his widow Clara Mae Allred, a daughter in San Antonio, a son on active U.S. Army Airborne duty in Vietnam, and four grandchildren. He had five brothers who served as district attorneys or judges in Texas. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Porter-Loring Funeral Chapel in San Antonio with Sunset Memorial Park burial.
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San Antonio, Tex
Raymond S. Allred
Texas
James B. Allred
San Antonio
Bowie
Allred
Odessa
Clara Mae Allred
John Stacey
San
de iTex
Raymond Allred
Porter-Loring Funeral Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
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OR. D
Leach
Slider
Optometrist
Biel
North Lee
Church
Prver
N Odessa
Grandview Lions Club
Sutphens
Taccees
Inn of the Golden West
Ector County Park Board
Hershel Gee Phont
Reagan
Sues
Todd & Todd
Hugh A. Patterson
Seminole
Gene Hawkins
Seminole Cemetery
Seminole Memorial Funeral Home
Patterson
Seminole Memorial Hospital
Marlow
E. B. Flournoy
Rochester
Abilene
Rochester United Methodist Church
Elliott Funeral Home
Flournoy
Coryell County
W. A. Hicks
Brady
Hazel Hester
Billy Hicks
Bill Street
W. C. Litfle
Lamesa
Ralph Fiournoy
Dan Fiournoy
Roy Fiournoy
Kyles
Agnes
Beaumont
Mrs
Hattie Lyons
Zwolle, la
Oliver T. Jernigan
Fort Stockton
Fort Stoketon United Methodist Church
East Hill Cemetery
Owen Funeral Home
Sulfur, Rock, Ark
Marcie Rice
Tuckerman, Ark
First Methodist Church
Pecos ‘County
William 7. Jernigan
Ben Jernigan
Batesville
Vernon Doyle
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