Damage Suit Goes On Trial
Trial began Tuesday in the 70th District Court over a $16,000 damage suit from a September 27, 1968 auto collision at Autumn and Clifford. Plaintiff Mary Margaret Rivas alleges injuries from a vehicle driven by Arturo H. Holquin, Odessa resident. Holquin seeks $300 for damage to his auto in counter action. Jurors include Mrs. Golden Levine, B. W. Palmer, Ronald Bird, Rosendo N. Del Bosque, Antonio Gonzales, David Heffelbein, C. L. Pierce, Samuel C. Carlton, Sidney J. Wright, Mrs. Ike B. Bryan, Lucille M. Halbert, and Joy Grier. Attorneys Don Frazier for plaintiff and Ray Stoker Jr. for defense.
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Mary Margaret Rivas
Arturo H. Holquin
Odessa
Holquin
Golden Levine
B. W. Palmer
Ronald Bird
Rosendo N. del Bosque
Antonio Gonzales
David Heffelbein
C. L. Pierce
Samuel C. Carlton
Sidney J. Wright
Lindsay and Wagner Face Off In Democratic Republican Clash
Polls open 3 to 10 pm with 2,130,000 Democrats and 628,000 Republicans eligible. Campaign closes with heated charges as Lindsay attacks GOP drift and Javits backs him. Wagner counters that a Procaccino win harms liberalism while Scheuer Badillo and Mailer label him spoilers.
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Marchi
Lindsay
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Javits
Wagner
Badillo
Mailer
Scheuer
Procaccino
Los Angeles
Badilio
Alpine May Act On Urban Renewal
Alpine city council meets at 4 p.m. to decide on urban renewal after a study committee led by Paul Forchheimer. Mayor Homer Hudgins notes HUD warnings against small town renewal, while Waco Crystal City officials and a Fort Worth HUD representative have discussed the program. Also on the agenda, renovation plans for a new city hall in a former bowling alley, with the police department moving into the building.
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Alpine
Homer Hudgins
Hudgins
Paul Forchheimer
Waco
Crystal City
Fort Worth
Office of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
City Hall
Plan Board Calls Meeting Plan Board
The Odessa City Planning Board schedules a 9 a.m. meeting Thursday in the city council chamber to review a preliminary plat for the Odessa High School Addition between 12th and 14th Streets west of Dotsy. The plan supports new vocational facilities at Odessa High and bids are expected late summer. The district has been acquiring private property and city leaders approved closing portions of Bernice and 13th Streets to clear the site.
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Odessa City Planning Board
Ector County Independent School District
Odessa High School
12Th
14Th Streets
Dotsy
Charles Walker
Walker
Bernice
14Th
13Th
Troops to withdraw from Vietnam to begin demobilizing
The Pentagon outlined plans for inactivating units and transferring personnel. Army reserve units and National Guard outfits will move to home stations for processing before demobilization. Marine regiments headed to Okinawa will depart Vietnam with most personnel remaining. Air Force National Guard squadrons are nearing full return from Vietnam and Korea. By year end all Reserve and Guard troops called to active duty last year will be out of uniform for Christmas.
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Vietnam
Henkin
Marine Regiment
Okinawa
Army
National Guard
Pentagon
Korea
Air Force
Navy
Best Speaker Ben Turpen Tops Chaparral Toastmasters
At the Chaparral Toastmasters meeting in Sands Restaurant Odessa Texas Ben Turpen won best table topic and best speaker. Other speakers included Sam Gibson and Rev. John Coffman with Joe Snyder named best evaluator. W T Write served as toastmaster and John Weir as topic master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Turpen
Sands
Sam Gibson
John Coffman
Joe Snyder
W. T. Write
John Weir
Tax plan debate shapes House approval path
President Ford and Republican leaders discuss extending Nixon tax measures for six months with possible six to twelve month surtax continuance. Democrats on Ways and Means show reluctance to broaden the extension. A Senate debate looms on peace funds and antiballistic missile funding. Atty Gen Mitchell attends White House talks on voting rights extension.
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House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Ford
Senate
Dirksen
John N. Mitchell
White House
Odessa Man Faces Burglary Charge
Odessa man Robert Jackson, 59, of 421 East Pearl, was jailed on a burglary charge in Odessa. Held on $1000 bond by Peace Justice Howard Williams after police arrested him at 322 South Hancock. A car parked behind the vacant house belonged to Jackson and officers found clothing pots and pans taken from the residence. hasps on two north doors were broken to gain entry.
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Odessa
Robert Jackson
East Pearl
Peace
Howard Williams
Jackson
South Hancock
Walter McCullough
East Odessa
First foreign tourist death after six day war ends near Israel Jordan line
BeAr odeet 1 reported as the first foreign tourist fatality since the June 1967 war. A Tourism Ministry official said tourism remained unaffected and hoped the incident would not hurt it. The incident occurred near Kallia by the cease-fire line along the Jordan River. Israeli sources attributed shells to Russian 122mm guns used by Iraqi forces. An Iraqi unit was said to be north of the Dead Sea. A Jordanian spokesman claimed Israeli armor and artillery positions were silenced after a one hour duel six miles north of the Dead Sea in southern Jordan Valley. Heavy shelling followed.
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Israel
Dead Sea
Amman
Magtas
Jordan Valley
Add
Ramsey questioned in Evans disaster negligence probe
The joint U S Australian board recessed to review Ramsey’s request and turned the matter to two legal counsels. Ramsey may invoke witness rights under military rules. He is suspected of negligence in the Evans fronting the Melbourne incident during South China Sea war games on June 3 that split the destroyer and killed 74 crewmen. Findings will go to higher authorities in the United States and Australia for possible further action.
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U.S
Ramsey
Long Beach
Calif
Evans
Melbourne
South China Sea
James A. Hopson
United States
Australia
State Highway 158 Reconstruction Bid Details Released
Texas Highway Department officials opened bids Tuesday for 800000 in improvements on a nine mile stretch of State Highway 158 from north of Odessa toward northeast Midland. Plans in Austin call for August start pending right of way clearance, widening from 38 to 44 feet, adding two feet to the asphalt and six feet to shoulders, plus grade separation and a complete interchange at SH 158 and US 385.
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Texas Highway Department
Odessa
Midland
Austin
W. R. Harral
Ector-Midland County
Seminole Seeks New City Hall
Seminole City Council seeks a new city hall with bids opened June 30. A Seminole State Bank bid of 37000 for land and 12500 to convert, plus bank building near Main and Avenue A, is favored. Plans include a 11000 sq ft fireproof facility, occupancy by year’s start. First Southwest Co. advises on a 50000 warrant finance package with 1650 fee only after completion.
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Seminole
Seminole City Council
Bank
City Records
Main
Avenue A
First Southwest Co. of
Lubbock
Joe Smith
Seminole State Bank
Midland Woman Reports Assault
Midland detectives investigated a 19 year old housewife's claim of abduction and multiple assaults Monday night. She said a man stopped to help with car trouble, offered a ride, then took her to a secluded area northwest of Midland and assaulted her twice, returned her to the city, assaulted her again near her home, and released her. She was examined at Midland Memorial Hospital and released. A suspect is known to police but no charges have been filed and he is not in custody.
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Midland
Wayne Gideon
West Side
Midland Memorial Hospital
Gideon
Midland Soldier Dies in Vietnam and Local Obituaries
Services scheduled for PFC Phillip Dexter Gardner of Midland, 21, who died in Yokohama Japan from wounds suffered in Vietnam on May 24 during hostile action. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Gardner, a Midland High School graduate born May 1 1948 in San Angelo, served with Company D First Battalion Sixth Infantry 198th Infantry Light Brigade Americal Division. Other survivors include three brothers and three sisters. Also noted are the death of Mrs Ruth Goulette Pecos and graveside service for Peter Rodriguez Alpine killed in a car truck crash near Alpine on U.S. 90 with a large extended survivor list. The report lists services, locations, and family connections across Midland Odessa Pecos and Alpine.
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Sixth Infantry
198Th Infantry Light
Americal Division
Gardner
Vietnam
Midland High School
San Angelo
Midland
Dennis
Donald
Roger Gardner
Odessa
Judith
Alpine
Holy Angel Cemtery
Peter Taylor Rodriquez
U.S
Walter Esh
Assembly of God Church
Geesling
Rodriguez
Hallie Stillwell
Rodriquez
Manuela
Robert
Ruben
Barbara
Eulalio Rodriquez
Eulalio Rodriquez Jr
Billy
Henry Rodriquez
Funeral notices for Langley Jones Watkins in Texas
Obituaries announce services for Mrs Susanna Langley 78 Midland buried Fairview Cemetery after dying in Guymon Oklahoma. Other notices: Monroe J Jones 80 Fort Worth pending Greenwood Memorial. Carla Rishea Watkins infant Big Spring died. survivors named with spouses, children, siblings and grandparents.
NOON-Downtown American Business Club Event Notice
Noon meeting at the Inn of the Golden West Cave Room and Odessa Rotary gathering at the Inn of the Golden West Ballroom noted.
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Downtown
American Business Club
Odessa Rotary
Four Injured In Varied Accidents Treated At Medical Center
Four individuals received treatment at Medical Center Hospital on Monday for fractures and injuries. Sharon Reeves, 9, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Reeves, broke her right wrist in a fall while playing. Ed King, 57, of 1410 East 38th, suffered a fractured finger when a 400 pound mud box fell on his hand while working at a well 20 miles south of Pecos. Carmen McNeely, 2, granddaughter of Bryson McNeely of Monahans, was treated and released for a fractured finger after a door caught her finger. Roger Childre, 20, of 706 Drury, was treated and released for a fractured finger after a jack fell on his hand.
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Medical Center Hospital
Sharon Reeves
Charles Reeves
Belle Drive
Ed King
East 38Th
Pecos
King
Carmen McNeely
Bryson McNeely
Monahans
Roger Childre
Drury
Odessa College Offers Noncredit Driving Class
Odessa College and the Texas Department of Public Safety sponsor a noncredit adult driving course with four sessions from 7 to 8 30 p m on Tuesday and Thursday June 24 and 26. Behind the wheel instruction will be arranged individually. Registration through Bernard Sedate dean of the sevening college at DC. Fee is 20 dollars. Instructors include Bob Williams from the Safety Education Service and Jerald McClary. Baskin Hall Room 103 hosts meetings for teachers and students.
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Odessa College
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bernard Sedate
Sevening College
Bob Williams
Safety Education Service
Jeral
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M. L. Ayers
Meadow
LeAnn
Texas Tech
Jaycee Office
Autumn
Clifford
70Th District Court
Thurs
Dynamo
Alpine City Council
Texas
East 4Th Street
Post
Cory and Suncey
Ocessa
Ector County
Miocil
Cory
Circulation Department
Oren
Discount Center
Odessan
BeAr Odeet
Panc
Hershel Gee
City All
Midland Soldier's Services
Copeland
Nancy Gardner
Sara Gardner
Yvonne W. Falkner
West 25Th
Phillips Funeral Home
Ashdown
Ark
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Falkner
Ida
Richard L.falkner
Hercial Falkner
J. C. Falkner
West 47Th
Scott Falkner
R. L. Falkner
Texarkana
Ruth Goulette Pecos
Ruth Goulette
Fairview Cemetery
Pecos Funeral Home
Goulette
Bryan Goulette
J. D. Goulette
Tuscon, Ariz
T. E. Bryan
Santa Monica
H. D. Bryan
H. P. Bryan
H. H. Bryan
O. J. Bryan
Lillian Holler
H. C. Bryan
Peter T. Rodriquez
Susanna Langley
Ellis Funeral Home
Fairview
Langley
Guymon
Okla
Topeka
Kan
Abilene
Frank Langley
Carl Langley
R. A. Bell
Toyah
B. F. McKandles
Carl Dean
Salem
Ore
Greenwood Memorial
Monroe J. Jones
Jones
Tennessee
Myrtle Spence
Pyote
J. Burke Windsor
San Jacinto
T. J. Jones
Irving
C. A. Jones
California
Bill Jones
Longview
Ic. A. Cupp
Clyde
Lynn Jones
Weatherford
T. W. Jones
Hurst
Carla R. Watkins
Big Spring
Carla Rishea Watkins
James Watkins
City
Nalley- Pickle Funeral Home
Kevin
Eric Watkins
Willie Watkins
Louisville
Jessie Webster
Stanton
Orissa
Lions
Sands Restaurant
Paul G. Mahoney
VFW
East 63Rd
Odessa Moose Lodge
South Grandview
Globe Theater
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