Four Breakins Being Checked in Odessa Case Files
Odessa detectives investigated four burglaries and one auto theft in a 400 block North business area. Myrls Drive Inn suffered entry via roof air conditioner with no reported losses. Bett Ott Hone s restaurant had changes stolen from juke box pool table and cigarette machine. Tilleys Garage and Phillips 66 South Grant также reported break-ins with tool and machine losses.
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Odessa
Alleghancy
Myrle Mae Sanders
Myrl
South
Grant
Reportea Ner
Tilley’s
South Lee
Lloyd Tilley
Phillips 66
South Grant
J. R. Bowerman
Odessa Man Charged With Felony Embezzlement
Charles Thomas Rector Jr., 41, of 1015 Moody, Odessa, was jailed in Ector County on a $3,000 bond after deputies arrested him in Jonesboro Arkansas on a felony embezzlement charge. He allegedly embezzled $293 from Tomkins Oil Co of Big Spring by writing and endorsing a company check. A May 1968 warrant led to his arrest.
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Odessa
Ector County
Jonesboro
Ark
Charles Thomas Rector Jr
Moody
E. E. Nobles
Rector
Tomkins Oil Company
Big Spring
Fire damages air conditioner motor at Odessa home
Odessa firemen responded Tuesday to 510 East 29th on a report of a fire in the home of Susan Shulga. A short in an air conditioner motor started the blaze, damaging the motor and one panel. Fire was extinguished with a garden hose.
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Odessa
Susan Shulga
East 29Th
Odessa American Rate Card Listing City Rates
Odessa American lists home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at monthly and yearly rates with mail options. It notes single copy, Saturday morning edition, and zone pricing for other areas, plus contact details and publication logistics.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Ector County
Bombing Campaign With B52s Extends For Four Years
Vietnamese and Viet Cong targets faced heavy bombing as B52s, with 100 aircraft, conducted raids from Guam to South Vietnam. Four years into the war the sorties cost about $30,000 each, totaling roughly $1.5 billion, with losses from collisions and takeoffs.
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Guam
Saigon
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Okinawa
Thailand
Strategic Air Command
Pacific
Three Women Hurt In Wreck East Of Odessa
Three young women were injured and two were listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a 1968 model car overturned two miles east of Odessa on U S 80 Tuesday night. Driver Margie Cooper 20 of Longview sustained injuries to her left shoulder and neck, Cynthia Booth 18 of Midland had a fractured right ankle and burns, while Alice Tudor 18 of Midland had scalp lacerations and a strained neck. the mother said Cooper lost control while avoiding a collision. Transmission notes indicate the trip was ending as Cooper returned to Longview.
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Odessa
U. S. 80
Medical Center Hospital
Margie Cooper
Longview
Cynthia Booth
Midland
Miss Cooper
Miss Booth
Alice Tudor
A. W. Booth
New Street Signs Replace Old Markers Citywide
Odessa crews begin replacing sun faded signs with white and green reflectorized Metro markers in the downtown area from Second Street to Eight and from Washington to Tom Green Streets. Phase one targets 4,614 signs across 3,009 intersections by September 1970.
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Manuel R. Rodrigues
South
Washington
Secondtreet
Eight
Tom Green Streets
Goodgien
Bryan Henderson
Odessa
Odessans Attend BBYO Conference in Louisiana
Two Odessa youths Phillip Elsner and Milt Porterfield attend the District Seven Leadership Conference of the BBYO at Centenary College in Shreveport Louisiana. The conference aims to deepen Jewish heritage awareness and leadership roles for participants.
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Odessa
B'nai Brith Youth Organization
BBYO
Centenary College
Shreveport
Phillip Elsner
Eastlith
Milt Porterfield
East 42Nd
Alber
E. Insteian
Charge Filed In Midland Attack Case
Midland police sought a man charged with raping a 20 year old woman after she reported an assault Monday night. A warrant was issued Tuesday by Justice of the Peace Robert Pine. The suspect’s name was not released.
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Midland
Midland Police
Robert Pine
Justice of the Peace
Alpine City Council Delays Urban Renewal Action
Alpine Texas council meets in regular session and takes no action on the urban renewal question after months of study. Mayor Homer Hudgins says the committee led by Paul Forchheimer is not ready to report and has had little recent contact, with only routine business conducted.
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Alpine
Homer Hudgins
Paul Forchheimer
Hudgins
Mexico City Opens First Subway Test Run Next Month
Mexico City prepares for Latin America’s second subway after its first official test run on Thursday. The system will have three routes and a daily capacity of 1.8 million riders, with the inaugural test proceeding along a 734 mile route from the airport to Chapultepec Park in the downtown area.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Latin America
Airport
Chapultepec Park
Midland Soldier Dies in Yokohama After Viet Nam Wound
Funeral services for PFC Phillip Dexter Gardner 21 son of Mr and Mrs Girvous Gardner of Midland will be at 2 p m Wednesday in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Gardner died in Yokohama Japan June 6 after being wounded May 24 by a booby trap during hostile action in Vietnam. He served about two years with Company D First Battalion Sixth Infantry 198th Infantry Light Brigade Americal Division. He would have been discharged in February after returning from Vietnam in August. A Midland High School graduate born May 1 1948 in San Angelo he had received the Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnamese Gallantry Badge and the Expert M 14 Badge. He is survived by three brothers Dennis Donald and Roger Gardner, all of Odessa, three sisters Mrs Judith Copeland and Nancy Gardner of Odessa and Larg Gardner of Midland.
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Midland
Phillip Dexter Gardner
Girvous Gardner
Covington
Ellis Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Pfc
Gardner
Yokohama
Japan
Vietnam
198Th Infantry Light
Americal Division
Dennis
Donald
Roger Gardner
Odessa
Judith Copeland
Nancy Gardner
Larg Gardner
Lubbock
W. W. Rix
Margaret Ellison
Dallas
City of Lubbock
Ellison
Baylor Hospital
Petersburg
Texarkana
John Ellison
George Patterson
Snyder
Murray Craft Funeral Services Set in Sand Springs
Murray Isaac Craft 62 died Tuesday morning from an apparent heart attack while working on an oil lease in Howard County. A night watchman for Duncan Drilling Co., he lived in Howard County 40 years and was born April 19, 1907 in Elida New Mexico. Funeral at River Welch Trinity Memorial Park Thursday at 2 p.m. Survivors include his wife Billie Ward Craft, son Bob Craft of Monahans, three daughters, a half brother and sister, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Big Spring
Murray Isaac Craft
Sand Springs
River Welch Funeral Home
Trinity Memorial Park
Craft
Bob Craft
Monahans
Howard County
Duncan Drilling Co
Elida
N. M
Billie Ward
Carlsbad
Church of Christ
Stanton Seeks 85000 Dollar Bond Election for Paving
The Stanton City Council calls an 85000 dollar street improvement bond election for July 12 to pave a 20 block area in South Stanton. HUD credits tied to finishing the project could clear Stanton’s urban renewal debt. a new police chief was discussed but no action taken.
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Stanton
Stanton City
South Stanton
Jake Bruton
Fort Worth
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
City of Stanton
HUD
Martin County
Stanton Urban Renewal Agency
Odessa club and civic group meeting notices
City Planning Board 9 AM at City Hall Council Chamber. Downtown Lions 7 NOON at Inn of the Golden West Ballroom. Odessa Civitan noon at Sands Restaurant. Sandhills American Business Club noon at Sands Restaurant. Evening Lions 6:30 PM at Sands Restaurant. Odessa Coin Club 7:59 PM at Pioneer Natural Gas Flame Room. Basin Lions 7:30 PM at Little Mexico Cafe. Texas State Guard Odessa unit 7:30 PM at National Guard Armory 4501 Andrews Hwy. Globe Theater presents A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Abh W. Noon
Odessa Civitan
Sands Restaurant
Sandhills American Business Club
Evening Lions
Odessa Coin Club
Pioneer Natural Gas Flame Room
Pal — Basin
Little Mexico Cafe
Texas State Guard
Odessa
National Guard
Andrews Highway
Hartke criticizes Nixon role in Saigon policy
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana warns against President Nixon becoming overly involved in sustaining the current Saigon regime, saying such influence could hinder the decisive steps needed to end the war. The Associated Press quotes Hartke urging clear, intelligent action to resolve the conflict.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Saigon
Sen
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Legal Notice for Odessa High School electrical bid June 26
Public bid for construction of new electric service at Odessa High School. Proposals due by 12:00 noon CDT June 26, 1969 at the Ector County Independent School District Board Room. Bid bonds required. inspection of drawings urged. wages governed by Texas law. owner reserves right to accept or reject all bids.
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J. R. Hurt
Ector County Incresencent
Odessa
Terez
C.D.T
Eciop County Independent School District
8Th and Lee
Texas
State of
Board of Trustees
Ector County Independent
Covington « Shetton - Tavier
Almstects - Enoneer - Pionnerg
Osessa
Teron
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Metro
Goodzion
2-M Co
St. Paul, Minn
Tte
Civ
James Matthews
Jack
Goodgson
Abseas
Ocucs
Peon
Sel’s Electron
Analysigs
Jess Chisum
P.O. Box
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Offres
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Central Midland
Midland Soldier's Services
Midland High School
San Angelo
Mrs
Laura Mixson
Lawton, Ola
Lawton
Okla
Lawton Church
Mixson
Amon Justice
Kermit
Cleburne
Cecil Anderson
M. L. Proctor
E. L. Roper
Alfred Mixson
Cleo Mixson
Marlow
San Jacinto
T. J. Jones
Irving
C. A. Jones
California
Bill Jones
C. A. Cupp
Clyde
Lynn Jones
Weatherford
T. W. Jones
Hurst
Murray Craft
Ewer Rover
Orosssa
Ector County Kiwanis Club
Park Inn Restaurant
City Planning Board
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Lions
Inn of the Golden West
Ldiu
Odessa See Keny
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Ds Fisher
Optometrists
North Grant
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