Briscoe Signs Broad Texas Law Revisions and Elections Plan
Governor Briscoe signed a package of Family Code revisions including new rules for delinquency and artificial insemination, plus measures on child support and parental rights. He also enacted an emergency bill creating primary election machinery for 1974, with separate GOP and Democratic primaries and a possible La Raza Unida option. Additional bills authorize cultural basins, bar exams, tampering prohibitions, mutual aid task forces, groundwater rules, ant spread campaigns, one year wine licenses, five year plates, and more regulatory changes across state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judicial Retirement Administration
Parks and Wildlife Department
Legislative Budget Board
Briscoe
Don Adams
D-Jasper
Lynn Nabers
D-Brownwood
Senate
House
la Raza Unida
Texas
State Board of Landscape Irrigation
State Highway Department
Texas Youth Council
Texas Storm Toll and Floods Ripple Across State
Weather Service reports winds up to 54 mph near Wichita Falls and a broad storm front from Wichita Falls to north of San Angelo. Tornado watches issued for North Central Texas as floods disrupt Harris and Montgomery counties with damages around 40 million dollars. Affected areas include Longview, Conroe, Houston, Livingston and Sabine River basin with evacuations near Liberty and sheltering refugees in Red Cross facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Weather Service
San Angelo
Department of Public Safety
Abilene
Texas
Laredo
Cotulla
Harris
Montgomery
Houston
Sabine River
Longview
Emory
Car Flips During Family Vacation Fatal for Mother
A family from Andrews Texas en route to Disneyland California suffered a fatal one car crash on I 10 near Deming New Mexico. Nabbatkhanom Lalani 53 died after being ejected when the auto overturned three and a half times. Doctor Inayat Lalani and his two sons were injured but not admitted. Selma Lalani and Nargia Dacosta were treated for injuries. Mrs Lalani reportedly fell asleep at the wheel causing the crash. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Deming Singleton Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Don Pauley
Deming
Pauley
Lalani
Deming Hospital
Odessa American rates and mailing details
The Odessa American lists publishing office at 222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas and notes second class matter status under the 1879 act. It provides contact numbers and subscription rates including home delivery 2.50 per month Odessa zone 2.80 by motor route in Ector County 30.00 per year by mail 16.00 six months 8.50 three months and 3.00 per month. Single copy prices are 10 cents daily and Saturday and 25 cents Sunday.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa ‘American
Ector County
Guns Taken In Burglary Case In Odessa
Odessa police investigated a burglary Saturday in which firearms were stolen from Tommy Thomas at 503 East 6th. A shotgun, pistol, tool box and hand tools, a timing light and an air compressor were reported missing after a window was broken.
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Odessa
Tommy Thomas
East 6Th
Odessa Club Toastmasters and Groups Schedule
Tomorrow in Odessa a noon Chaparral Toastmasters at Sands Restaurant at 12 Chaparral Toastmasters at Sands Restaurant 7 P.M Wildcat Toastmasters at Sands Restaurant 7 30 P.M Evening Optimist Club at The Branding Iron 7 30 P.M CAP Group XVI Headquarters and Squadrons at CAP Headquarters Building Ector County Airport 7 30 P.M Odessa Prospectors Club at Fine Arts Building Odessa College
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Noon — Chaparral Toastmasters
Sands Restaurant
Evening Optimist Club
Branding Iron
CAP Group XVI
CAP
Ector County
Odessa Prospectors Club
Odessa College
Odessan Dies Rites Pending
Funeral services were pending Saturday at Rix Funeral Home for Troy Theodore Stockton age 71 of 2213 West 13th who died early Saturday in Medical Center Hospital He was born May 19 1902 in Oklahoma Territory a retired furniture salesman and member of First United Pentecostal Church He married Geneva Thomas on Aug 3 1948 in Lubbock He is survived by his widow two sons Troy Lee Stockton of Arizona and Charles Stockton of Houston four daughters Mrs Ruby Bailey of Levelland Mrs Jennie Lundsford of 2411 West 11th and Linda Sue and Dottie Stockton both of the home a brother Charlie Stockton of Lubbock and two sisters Mrs Quay Bockman of Crosbyton and Mrs Faye Edwards of Victoria.
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Rix Funeral Home
Troy Theodore Stockton
West 13Th
Medical Center Hospital
Oklahoma Territory
First United Pentecostal Church
Geneva Thomas
Lubbock
Troy Lee Stockton
Arizona
Charles Stockton
Houston
Ruby Bailey
Levelland
Jennie Lundsford
West 11Th
Linda Sue
Dottie Stockton
Charlie Stockton
Quay Bockman
Crosbyton
Faye Edwards
Victoria
Deaths Rites Set On Monday
Obituaries list service details for Julio Garcia Jr. 73 of Odessa died after a long illness. Funeral at St. Josephs Catholic Church and burial in Odessa Cemetery, with extensive survivor list including three sons, four daughters, a son-in-law, a brother, three sisters, 36 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Also notes Lola Sides Eads and Sarah Sutton Jacksonvilles services with burial and survivor details.
District Court Divorces and Hospital Admissions
District Court grants divorces for multiple couples including Elaine Johnson vs Freddy J Johnson and Debra Louise Hubanks vs Phillip Terry Hubanks. Medical Center Hospital reports June admissions listing 30+ patients and later discharges, births, and a batch of city traffic accidents with numerous names, ages, and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Johnson
Freddy J. Johnson
Eddie Gene Thetford
Vannessa Thetford
Debra Louise Hubanks
Phillip Terry Hubanks
Linda Gail Jenkins
Curtis Rayford Jenkins
David Leon Whiteside
Jane Whiteside
Donna Ross Spoon
Billy George Spoon
William T. Bowden
Doris Carry Bowden
Mary L Love
Tommy D Love
Charlene Morris
Kay
Morris
Martha Ann Schiemever
George L. Schiemever
Jesse H. Igiehart
Pauline O. Igiehart
Phyllis Gail Weaver
William David Weaver
Jerry Lynn Lewis
Dovie
Edwin Lewis
Gordon Lioyd Brady
Sandra Jo Brady
Clara Lenora O'Conner
Robert Lawton O'Conner
J. W. Fletcher
J. M. Fletcher
Amparo C. Gutierrez
Nieves A. Gutierrez
Carol Sue Wallace
Willie Frank Wallace
Benigno G. Mancha
Claudia MA. Mancha
Rites Set For Former Publisher Louis Goldberg
Louis Nathan Goldberg 81 retired publisher of the Austin American-Statesman died Friday night after a long illness. Funeral services Sunday at 4 p.m. at Cook-Walden Funeral Homes. Goldberg retired February 28, 1966 after nearly 50 years in Texas newspaper work. He began as a cashier on the Beaumont Enterprise with the Marsh-Fentress group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Louis Nathan Goldberg
Austin American-Statesman
Cook-Walden Funeral Homes
Goldberg
Texas
Beaumont Enterprise
Marsh- Fentress Organization
Rites Today For Victim Of Smashup
Services for Closs Ruby Champion will be at 4 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Champion died at Medical Center Hospital Friday night from head and chest injuries suffered in a West University and Loop 338 crash. He was born June 4, 1912 in Ladonia Texas, married Ann Scott in 1941, and later moved to Odessa. He was a tool room operator, Baptist, a Mason, and a member of VFW, American Legion, and the Eagles. Survived by wife, a son Everett Champion of Arlington, a daughter Phyllis Ann Champion of Arlington, and a sister Mrs. Muriel Burleson of Ladonia.
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Closs Ruby Champion
West 23Rd
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Champion
Medical Center Hospital
West University
Loop 338
Ladonia
Tex
Ann Scott
Odessa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
The
Eagles
Everett Champion
Arlington
Phyllis Ann Champion
Muriel Burleson
Stanton
Fred Everett Holder
Midland
First Baptist Church of
Kenneth James
Crestview Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Holder
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Cross Plains
Eugene Anderson
Helder
John David Helder
Linda
Laura Helder
Mike Grisham
Irving
N.T. McClane
North Little Rock
Ark
Nina
Rites Slated For Odessan Murphi Johnson
Funeral services for Murphy Johnson 73 of 1900 East 12th will be at 10 a m Monday in Chapel Masonic graveside rites follow at Alpine Cemetery at 4 p m Monday He was born June 26 1899 in Alpine died Friday in a Dallas hospital married Gladys West June 15 1929 moved to Odessa from Monahans in 1951 and was a member of the First Christian Church and a Scottish Rite Mason York Rite Mason and Shriner Survivors include his widow a son Jim Johnson of Dallas a daughter May Nell Johnson of Denver City six sisters and two grandchildren Memorials directed to Alpine Cemetery Association.
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Murphy Johnson
East 12Th
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Alpine
Dallas
Gladys West
Odessa
Monahans
First Christian Church
Jim Johnson
May Nell Johnson
Denver City
Gladys Eklund
Johnnie Hunsucker
Doris Baldo
Conroe
Jewell Menihan
Velma Beals
Grand Prairie
Ruth Hargus
el Paso
Alpine Cemetery Association
Nina Ray Barnett
Midland
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven
Ricky
Randall Barnett
Pamela J. Scott
Ginger Wiggins
B. L. Crutchfield
Paris
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Tatum
Conroe-Houston
Livingston
Red Cross
Goodrich and
Liberty
Civil Defense
Selma
Nargia Dacosta
Selma Lalani
Members Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Dacosta
Singleton Funeral Home
Wheeler Funeral Home
Andrews
California
India
Nargis Dacosta
Bombay
Iqbal I. Lalani
Jamaica
N.Y
Inayat Lalani
Hamid { Lalani
Naushir Lalani
New York City
Boon
Todd & Todd
Medicare
Rix
Jackson
Matenal Funeral Directors Association
Texas Feneral Directors Association
Wildcat Toastmasters
Odessan
Mattie O'Neil
Lamesa
Mattie Ethel O'Neil
First Baptist Church
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
O'Neil
Midland Memorial Hospital
Hill County
Truman
Thurston
Alvin
Janice Lambert
Santa Fe
N.M
Mamie Ratliff
Roby
Rose Adams
Wink
Hanna Watson
Los Angeles
Calif
Tom
John DeShazo
Snyder
Leander DeShazo
Arkansas
Jill Suzanne Oliver Shallowater
Jill Suzanne Oliver
Wayne Oliver
Shallowater
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven-Singelton-Wilson Funeral Home
St. Mary's Hospital
H. B. Campbell
Fort Stockton
St. Joseph‘s Catholic Church
Julio Garcia Jr
Zacetecas
Mexico
Valentin Garcia
West Clifford
Jose Garcia
Honeysuckle
Jesus Garcia
Lola Sides
C.C. Sides
Sarah Sutton
Jacksonville
Sarah Bertie Sutton
Thompson Funeral Home
Salem Cemetery
Rusk
Sutton
Leland D. Sutton
Paul Sutton
Louis F. Uldrich
Frank Tayior
James C. Fisher
Ralph S Hall
Robert M. McBride
Wendell Beaman
Charlotte J. Airey
Virginy A Lamberton
Eva M. Davenport
Rosemary Edwards
Susan M Hefner
Paula N. Lawrence
Nettie Goodman
Alfred J. Menton
Patricia x. Sanders
Severino D. Gonzales
Clara M. Egokton
Puth Terry
J A Abbottoa MM. Murez
Verve L Barnes
Billy A Mocks
Paul Argend
Alan
Graham
Jor A West
Bertha Smith
Carolyn F. Benavicez
James M Corrion
Mvriie
Dandion
Sam PP Taylor
Christopher D Butter
Elva J. Murphy
Sharon
Baby
Gloria McGrady
Tommie Fantroy
Deborah Dunn
Robbie Gene van Stavern
East 17Th
Jimmy Stoniger
Gary Eugene Martin
Patricia Manro
Sandalwood
David Gulley
Hereford
East Eighth
Charles Daniels
Bee
Johnnny
Suzi Smith
Wayside
Lahoma Hendrickson
East Century
South Grant
Cecilia Teas
South Muskingum
Emmett Vice
Ridgecrest
University and Grandview
John Roew Jr
Tromcana
Elaine Smyth
North Henderson
Michael Flippm
North Graham
Magnolia
JO Madero
Diack
West County Road
Boral Tower
Cactus
McErmaht
Wanda Watson
Ean Stth
Lefard Robertson
Westwood
Damaors
Rites
John Day Compton
Anadarko
Okla
Smith Funeral Home
Compton
Paul Ellis Jr
Thomas Funeral Home
North Carolina
Ellis
Bates Ivey
Fresno
L. Porter Johnson Rankin
L. Porter Johnson
Rankin
Rankin Cemetery
Sheppard Funeral Hme
McCamey
Johnson
Leonard
Geneva Roach
Greenville
Edwin Vogelsang Ballinger
Edwin Fred Vogelsang
Malcolm Newbern
Andrews i
Malcolm James Newborn
Brunswick
Community General Hospital
Chanman Funeral
Asingleton
Charce
Newborn
Renred Beart
Georgia
Mo L Corlitt
Hobbs
Minnie Crausbay
United Methodist
King Funeral Home
Crausbay
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Overton County
Tenn
Crosby County
Howard Crausbay
Lillian Payne
Fred E. Holder
Sotero Pina
Sotero R. Pina
Pina
Memorial Hospital
Anita Urugidi
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph's
George Pina
Rodolfo Pina
Arcadio Pina
Victor Bustamante
Apolonia Garcia
Nicolas Garcia
Fort Mockton
Frances Hernandez
Amieto Pina
Coon Owited
TNC
East 8Th
Grandview
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