Bookmobile service expands Ector County Library reach
The Bookmobile, sponsored by the Junior Service League, extends library services across Ector County. With 4000 to 5000 books moved monthly, it targets preschool to fourth graders but serves adults too. Weekly stops include San Jose Park and Bellaire Park with morning and afternoon sessions, year round until Aug. 7, staffed by one on duty plus volunteers.
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Junior Service League
Ector County
Ector County Park and Recreation
Denny Stevens
Heron
Muskingum Streets
Floyd Gwyn Park
10Th
West County Road
Hayshet Mentary School
Wbratian
Lbrarians
Stevens
League
R.C. Waddell
East
Jist
Pat Searcy
I Shawn
Judge Webber Drops Holdings In Laundry
An Odessa County judge declares he no longer owns stock in Monarch Laundry or Monarch Cleaners and says he held stock only to assist a client. He contends his shares caused no conflict of interest but resigns from county business ties to avoid legal or ethical concerns.
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Judge Webber
Monarch Laundry
Bannowsky
Fudge Selwyn Webber
Tor County Court-At-Law
Pele Boferican
Ladly
Tleaners Corporation
Monarch
UMS
Irmuly Slugire
Monarch Cleaners
Laundry Corporation
Jagsdry
T Am
Attaw
Ector County
Commissioners Court
Webber
Odessa Ameri
Benson
Earl Ben
Sofar
Thig
Alli Ly
Lise
Pital
Alma Cade
Vath
Oil Coun
Pany
Blount
Hamilton
Commissioner’s Court
Thel
Man Hospitalized After Accident
One of two injured in separate mishaps, W. S. Nance of East Sixth was treated for a bruised arm after a tire blew off while working at the Texas Tire and Supply Company on Kermit Street. The other injured person remained hospitalized at Medical Center, Yrenital.
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Monlay
Secauase
W. S. Nance
East Sixth
Texas Tire
Panel Discusses House Measure
A daytime meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee at Day's Restaurant discussed House Bill No. 3. Rep. Howard Smith of Virginia led the discussion, focusing on federal centralization and Supreme Court rulings affecting state laws.
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Chamber of Commerce
Day's
Howard Smith
Virginia
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Congress
T. W
Ike) Lovelady
Chain Tian
Governmental Affairs’Committee
Assault charge in Ector County Court at Law
Wilson, 32, of Odessa, charged with aggravated assault in Ector County Court-at-Law. He is accused of cutting James McQueen, of 711 South Wabash, across the stomach with a knife today.
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Wilson
Odessa
Ector County
James McQueen
South Wabash, l
Four DWIs Charged In Ector County Court
Four persons were charged in Ector County Court at Law with driving while intoxicated. Louis Mireles 22 Andrews Natividad Armendariz 33 Kenneth Bolinger 20 and Oscar Wheeler 42 were listed as charged. Each arrest followed a car accident or being involved in one.
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Ector County
Louis Mireies
Andrews
Natividad Armendariz
Jeter
Kenneth Edgar Bolinge
Seminole Street
Oscar Edmond Wheel
North
Tom Green
Mireles
East County Road
Armendariz
Magnolia
Muskingum
Bolinger
Drury Lane
Wheeler
Offrith
North Tom Green
Gang Feeds Dallas Convention in Odessa Chuck Wagon Crew
Odessa business leaders organized a massive feed for about 12 000 attendees during a Dallas convention. The Chuck Wagon Gang, backed by local firms and Kiwanis International members, prepared meals on site and transported meat, beans, and coffee to the Dallas auditorium parking lot. Curtis Heaton oversaw health checks as 50 of 225 Odessa volunteers assisted, while the group touted Odessa pride and planned future large serves in Houston and Duncan.
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Dallas
Odessa
Odessi Bs Chamber of Commerce
Bacom Zn
Troy Tite
Tate
Pn; Fm
Lee Vance White
Eugene Davis
Coin Poms South
Jackson
Justice of the Slaw
Ponce
Food Mart
East Eighth
Curtis Heaton
Heaton
Houston
Duncan
Okie
Avery
Chuck Wagon Gang
Is. & Duster
West Texas
Street Project Launched Here
Mitchell Darby, the general contractor, began preliminary work to widen and repave South Crane Avenue to the city limits. He is laying eight inch water mains and replacing some four inch lines to prevent future tearing during pavement upgrades.
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Crane Avenue
Mitchell Darby
Darby
Paul West
Uty
West
Guilty Plea Sends Odessa Burglar to Prison
Johnny Ray Clary 51 Cox West Carolyn Drive pleaded guilty in 70th District Court to burglary of Woodlock Furniture Co 816 North Grant. Judge Paul McCollum imposed an eight year prison term after Clary testified he broke into the store on May 12 of this year took about 63 from a safe. Clary an Odessa resident since 1950 said he has spent most of adulthood in confinement and admitted a total of 12 burglary jobs. State witnesses Nadine Woodlock Lt James Johnson Byron Hawthorne Jr testified.
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Johnny Ray Clary
West
Carolyn Drive
Paul McCollum
Clary
Hiss
Bury
Woodlock Furniture Company
North Grant
Clay
Odessa
George Fowler
Taven
Fowler
McConner
Nadine Woodlock
James Johnson
City Defective Division
West Odessa
Byron Hawthorne Jr
Senate Confirms Milburn As New District Judge
Ector County Attorney C. V. Milburn was named judge of the new 161st District Court in Ector County after Senate confirmation during a 30 day special session. Milburn will assume duties when the court begins operation in September as Gov. Price Daniel had nominated him last week. Elders note several attorneys are seeking Milburn's vacated county attorney post until next year’s election.
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Ector County
C. V. Milburn
161St District Court
State Senate
Milburn
Senate
Price Daniel
Ector County Commissioners Court
Odessa
New car sales pace tops prior periods in June
United Press International reports first third of June saw dealer deliveries averaging 20,220 per day, the strongest initial June pace since April 1956, with May and 1958 figures also higher. Richard J. Sargent of Westinghouse Electric predicts 1959 will be a record year for major appliances as sales rise. stockholders reach 12.49 million in early 1958 per NYSE census, and over 80 percent of life insurers oppose variable annuity policies per Metropolitan Life poll.
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United Press International
Richard J. Sargent
Westinghouse Electric
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Representatives Aren't Notified On Balanced Budget Plea
Robert K. Gray secretary of the Eisenhower Cabinet asked a Kiwanis International convention for a show of hands on a balanced national budget and received unanimous approval. When he asked how many had told their congressional representatives, only a scattering raised. Gray said the point was made as prosperity, high taxes, and international peace argue for balance.
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Dallas
Robert K. Gray
Eisenhower Cabinet
Gray
Boll Weevils Hit Rio Grande Valley
WESLACORP reports boll weevils continued to rise in the Lower Rio Grande Valley mainly along the river and coast where infestations are heavy. Hidalgo County agent James Deer notes corn earworms persist in some fields but numbers have not grown. red spiders fleahoppers and bollworms show increased activity in Mexico.
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Weslacorp
Rio Grande Valley
James Deer
Hidalgo County
Mexico
Odessans Held In Ector Jail After Bar Disturbance
L. C. Hardin and Sonny H. Griffin, both Odessa men, were jailed in Ector County on charges of destroying personal property at the Bar X Bar tavern on South Crane. Lawyer Raymon Stoker filed complaints. Griffin allegedly caused about 60 dollars in damage, including a ripped pay phone and kicked doors. Hardin may have the drunkenness and disturbance charges dismissed in Justice A. P. Boyt's court.
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Odessa
Phela
Ector County
L. C. Hardit
Sherwood
Sonny H. Griffin
Drery Lane
X-Bar
South Crane
Raymon Stoker
Griffinh
Stoker
Hardin
Justice of the Peace
A. P. Boyt
Seven Thefts Reported Here Odessa Robbery Roundup Tops Loot List
Seven thefts were reported in Odessa with about 200 dollars in losses. Mrs. G N Jebmings said a suitcase with clothing including slacks a suit shoes shirts socks sheets and a sports jacket was taken from her home. Others listed include a 100 dollar rifle 10 dollar tool set stolen from a car at A and B Trucking Company and a 45 dollar grinder plus hand grease gun from Odessa Rig and Equipment. Local residents reported a radio a watch a water sprinkler a bicycle and other small items taken from unlocked properties.
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Odessa
G. N. Jebmings
East Fifth
B.L. Pace
A and B
Farm Road
G. D. Cree
Windsor
Odessa Rig and Equipment Company
West Murphy
Elmer Feathers
Obituary notes for Fitch Sherwin Daley Milligan Tobenkin Hibben
A cluster of obituaries reports the deaths of Dr John Andrews Fitch professor emeritus at Columbia 78 at Rhinebeck NY of coronary thrombosis. Robert W Sherwin 31. Max Sherover 60. Michael J Daley 78 father of Mayor Richard J Daley in Chicago. Maurice M Milligan 74 former US attorney. Paul Tobenkin 46 Herald Tribune reporter. Dr James H Hibben 62 chief of chemical division US Tariff Commission.
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United Press International
New York
John Andrews Fitch
Emeriluy
Columbia University
Fitch
Rhinebeck
N.Y
Chicago
Michael 3. Daley
Richard J. Daley
Columbus Hospital
Daley
Washington
James H. Hibben
Chemical Division
US Tariff Commission
McLean
Odessa Taverns Hit By Burglars
Burglars broke into two Odessa taverns early Tuesday taking four cases of beer a guitar a cornet and a juke box was pried open and looted Detectives said Patio Club at 1518 West Second was entered through an unlocked rear window A wealthy automobile dealer Don Allen of La Fiesta Bar 907 Magnolia died Tuesday thieves also took an air conditioner from a General Motors dealership nearby
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Patio
New York
Don Allen
Magnolia
Genera Motors
Ord
Barricade Damaged Man Falls To Death Atop Smokestack
A 51 year old steeplejack identified as Youkan WaSj fell from a smokestack in Paterson New Jersey while dismantling a damaged barricade and cutting a rope with an acetylene torch. The incident occurred Tuesday in the 700 block of Gulf Street after a motorist struck a flare and a trash fire call. The cause is under investigation.
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Paterson
Phillips
Youkan
WaSj
Gulf
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Smallel
Edward Pickett
Gary Walden
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John A. Gates
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Schell
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Joyce M Adams
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Zist
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Demayes
Jefferson
Win
Leonard Stringer
North Milburn
Mona J. Price
SM Center
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Counbe
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Monarch Aundry Corporation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Robert W. Sherwin
Thomas Sherwin
Max Sherover
Iniitute of America
Doctors Hospital
Kansas City, Mo
Maurice ML. Milligan
Kansas City
Tom J. Pendergast
Paul Tobenkin
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