Fourth Official At Big Spring Resigns Post
City Attorney Herb Prouty resigns effective July 1 to join Dallas as an assistant city attorney. He has served Big Spring since November 1968. The city faces a dispute with Police Chief Jay Banks as three commissioners demand his resignation after a public hearing with about 1,400 attendees alleging incompetence and discriminatory enforcement.
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Big Spring
Herb Prouty
Dallas
Prouty
San Antonio
Jay Banks
Wade Choate
Eddy Acri
Jack Watkins
Watkins
Banks
Texas Ranger
Burglars Get $500 In Cash
City and county deputies investigate four break ins with losses totaling 500 dollars. The Estell residence reported a pried kitchen window with $500 in change and a .32 revolver missing. Horseshoe Lounge fueled by a pried back door theft. vending machine cigarets and coins valued at 99 cents. Scott home entry via back door screen. seven silver dollars taken. Steele storage area pry and back garage screen removed. six cartons of soft drinks stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Estell
West 49Th
Sheriff's Deputies
Horseshoe Lounge
Jack Scott
Melody Lane
Austin Steele
East 18Th
Midland Man Is Indicted for Theft by False Pretext
Midland County grand jury returned indictments against Monroe Dunn a longtime local insurance man for theft by false pretext alleging a fraudulent $145 insurance sale on Oct 15 1969. The panel also charged four men Robert Wright Edward Fry Calvin Thomas and Timothy Youngblood with robbery by assault in the McCullough home case. Wright Fry and Thomas were captured near Kapata and Youngblood near Penwell after a jailbreak from Monahans. Rogers Parker was no billed on murder charges.
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Midland
Midland County Grand Jury
Midland Insurance
Dunn
Grand
E. W. McCullough
Robert Wright
Edward Fry
Calvin Thomas
Timothy Youngblood
Monahans
McCullough
Wright
Fry
Thomas
Kapata
Youngblood
Penwell
Rogers Parker
Joe Alford
East Midland
Missing Odessa woman sparks wide search after disappearance
In Odessa Texas area a 5th area woman identified as Sue Green 5 feet 2 inches 110 pounds brown hair brown eyes vanishes after noon Thursday. Her former husband lives in Lovington New Mexico and authorities fear foul play as a DPS helicopter joins the search.
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Green
Norman Crites
Well Service Company
Jones
Texas Department of Public Safety
Ronald Thornton
Greens
Don
Robert T. Nix
Andrews
Judgment Sought in Suit Over Bond Filing Pan American Ballroom
Irma Hinojos of Odessa sues operators of the Pan American Ballroom for 800 dollars claiming the amount is due under terms of bonds furnished for the ballroom between January and April. Defendants named are Ernest Martinez Ben Mancha Pete Munoz Mario Salinas and Henry Carrasco in 161st District Court Friday.
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161St District
Irma Hinojos
Odessa
Ansgories
Ernest Martinez
Ben Mancha
Pete Munoz
Mario Salinas
Henry Carrasco
Odessa American publication details and rates
The Odessa American lists itself at 2 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 and notes second class matter under the 1879 act. It publishes daily and Sunday with home delivery rates of 2.50 per month in Odessa and E area, 10 cents per copy daily and Saturday morning, 25 cents on Sunday.
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Odessa
Texas
Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Noreord
Ellsberg leaks and FBI pursuit tied to Vietnam study
Ellsberg faced FBI interest as details of a Vietnam era study leak circulated. Friends note his seriousness and evolving views, crediting his second wife for shaping his stance. Zion defended sources while recalling Ellsberg’s 1960s work for the White House and CIA on the Cuban missile crisis.
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Ellsberg
FBI
Zion
New York
Daniel Ellsberg
Harvard
Bangkok
Vietnam
Elisberg
U.S
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Departments of State and Defense
Smith confronts reporters as microphone is ripped from crew
Sharp's OU UT event ends with aid Larry Teaver tearing a microphone cord from KDFW TV reporter Jerry Nelson amid questions about the scandal. Gov. Smith, leaving a ballroom for the County and District Clerk's Association, later in Austin says journalists show disrespect for the office and deny facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Teaver
Kdfw-Tv
Jerry Nelson
Teaver
Smith
DWI defendant freed on bond after shoplifting charge
Dario Longorio Garza, 21, was released on a 1500 bond after being charged in Ector County Court with shoplifting meat from Sears Market. The incident occurred near U.S. 385 six miles south of the theme city.
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Dario Longorio Garza
Lindberg
Ector County
John H
Buddy) Rogers
Sears Super Market
Grant
U.S. 385
Graduation slated for OC Nurses Class of 71
Odessa College School of Vocational Nursing will award degrees to the Class of 71 at 8 p.m. Saturday on campus. Graduates include Carolyln Blount Lore na Davis Melissa De Vor Sandy Hammond Maria Jackson Jim Malaney Bonnie Matheny Doris Riggs Irene Robinson Janet Smith Opaline Stroud Lola Underwood Pauline Upshaw Janie Watkins Dean Wilhite Gladys Wilkerson A class tea honoring the graduates was hosted by Ruth Norman with instructors Phyllis Shaffer and Carlisle Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College School of Vocational Nursing
Odessa College
Carollyn Blount
Lorena Davis
Melissa de Vor
Sandy Hammond
Marcia Jackson
Jim Malaney
Bonnie Matheny
Doris Riggs
Irene Robinson
Janet Smith
Opaline Stroud
Lola Underwood
Pauline Upshaw
Janie Watkins
Dean Wilhite
Gladys Wilkerson
Ruth Norman
Phillis Shaffer
Carlisle Webb
Midland Sets Puppy Show at County Exhibition
The West Texas Kennel Club hosts a Sunday Puppy Show at 1 30 p m in the county exhibition building on East Highway 80 Entries run from 11 30 a m to 1 p m with judging at 1 30 p m Judges include Delbert Mooney Big Lake M D Cabbage Monahans and Mrs Jerry Shepherd Conformation divisions include working group toy group and a non sporting group Other groups cover terrier hound and sporting No AKC points awarded. ribbons for first through fourth and trophies for best in match and best puppy Parade of Champions precedes the show as part of an obedience workshop exhibition only.
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Midland
West Texas Kennel Club
Iwith
Delbert Mooney
Big Lake
M. D. Cab‘bage
Monahans
Jerry Shepherd
Two Odessa Men Face Robbery Charges in Market Hold-Up
Eddie N. Madson and Larry D. Powell, both 18 or 20, were jailed in EC County on $7500 bonds for armed robbery of White House Market. Detectives recovered all but $575 and arrested them within hours after a witness saw one near the scene. Clerk Robert Gonzales reported a masked gunman demanded cash from the register.
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Odessa
Ector County
White House
South Dixie
Eddie N. Madson
Carver
Larry D. Powell
Robert Gonzales
South Wilson
Eldon Maney
East Century
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
El Paso Man Injured In Midland Scaffold Fall
A 22 year old El Paso man Robert Morales employed by Austin Bridge Co. is in satisfactory condition at Midland Tamera Hospital after falling about six feet from a scaffold at an overpass site west of Midland around 4 30 p m Friday. He suffered a possible back injury in the industrial accident.
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Midland
el Paso
Midland Tamera
Robert Morales
Austin Bridge Co
Two Vandalism Incidents Reported In City
Police investigated two vandalism cases on Friday. William Cameron and Co. at 1705 West Second reported three windows broken and a window shattered with a bottle at Deal Cleaners on 1014 North Texas.
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W.P. Franklin
William Cameron and Co
West Second
Deal Cleaners
1014
North
Texas
Death of Raymond Hallard 74 in Local Hospital
Raymond Hallard 74 of 2919 West 10th died today at Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Services are set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Rix Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. A former deputy sheriff, he was born in Coleman in 1896. Survived by widow Perla, a daughter Mrs. Robert E. Jones of Monahans, a sister Mrs. Joe Smith of Del Rio, a brother H. L. Hallard of Pecos, and one grandson.
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Raymond Hallard
West 10Th
Medical Center Hospital
Rix Funeral
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Boon
Coleman
Perla
Robert E. Jones
Monahans
Joe Smith
del Rio
H. L. Hallard
Pecos
Midland
William J. Smith
Golf Course Road
Church of Christ
Fairview
Newnie W. Ellis
Memorial Midland Hospital
Gates City
Mamie Farmer
Denton
Garzal
Montague
Smith
Stanton
Odessa Man Jack Choate Dies After Illness at 67
Jack Choate 67 of 1815 North Lincoln, retired Permian Basin Wholesale Beauty Supply worker, died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after about three years of illness. Born December 6, 1903 in German, he married Blanche R. Rumple in Brownsville on March 20, 1926 and moved to Odessa in 1956 from Harlingen. Survived by widow, a son Jack of San Angelo, a daughter Essie Chandler of Odessa, and four grandchildren. Services pending at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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Jack Choate
North Lincoln
Permian Basin
Medical Center Hospital
Brownsville
Blanche R. Rumple
Choate
Odessa
Harlingen
Sherwood Baptists Church
Jack
San Angelo
H. D
Essie) Chandler
East 24Th
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Big Spring
William M. White
Webb Air Force Base
Nalley-Pickle Funeral
Trinity Memorial Park
Oklahoma
W. M. White
First United Methodist Church
White
Selective Service Board
Dan Graves
Jim Montfort
Oklahoma City
Roy Mack White
Dallas
Adventurers Leave For Pacific Jaunt
British adventurer John Fairfax and Silvia Cook launched a 35-foot Britannia II rowboat from Ensenada toward Australia. A police officer said they departed as darkness fell on Thursday night, and well wishers hope they reach Sydney.
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Ensenada
Mexico
John Fairfax
Silvia Cook
Pacific Ocean
Australia
Sydney
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N. Sam Houston
Dial
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Choe
Monroe Dunn
Texas Board’ of Insurance
Dist. Atty
Jim Mashburn
Stevenson
Mirs Nix
Corinne Reeves
Grant Engineering Co
Vorced
Lovington
N.M
Mr. Green
Mrs. Green
Pampa
California
Circulation Department
Congress
Cambridge
Groves
Everett E. Hagen
MIT
Center For International Studies
Paula B. Cronin
Sharp
Terry Lee Boren
West
Tonae ‘Efara
Caunte Peres
Finke
Rovle
Slygun
Yantid
Wlr Tae
Anewers
W. M. (Rosebud) White
Lester Loyd Hood
Levelland
George Price
City of Levelland
Littlefield Hospital
Colorado
Hockley County
Meadow
Hatttie
Lester Jr
David
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Lubbock
A. L. Hood
Littlefield
A. L
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Harold
Wyoming
Elma Sloan
Pacific
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