Showers Span Panhandle to Southeast Texas amid Warm Day
Weather report notes chances of showers in Sherman and Dallam counties with late heavy thunderstorms near Stratford and Dalhart. Light to moderate thundershowers extended along a 14 mile wide line from west of Denton to northeast of Palestine, with heavy rain southeast of Kaufman and scattered showers from Namuilton to southeast of Waco. Temperatures topped 91 in several cities including Del Rio, El Paso, Houston, McAllen, Mineral Wells, Victoria and Wichita Falls.
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Panhandle
Sherman
Dallam
Stratford
Dalhart
Perico
Denton
Palestine
Kaufman
Kemp-Mahank
Namuilton
Waco
Texas
Galveston Bay
Port Arthur
Victoria
del Rio
el Paso
Houston
McAllen
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
Agnes Aims At Florida Keys In Hurricane Agnes
Agnes the first major storm of 1972 to threaten Florida as a hurricane watch was issued for the Florida Keys. The storm, moving slowly from the Caribbean toward Cuba, had sustained winds near 75 mph with gusts to 95 mph, set to skirt the Dry Tortugas and possibly reach the Gulf coast by Sunday.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Keys
Yucatan Channel
Key West
Cuba
National Hurricane Center
Florida
Tampa
Gulf of Mexico
Agnes
Robert Simpson
Simpson
Three Die In Area Crashes Saturday
A bloody Permian Basin Saturday left three Southeast Texans dead and three injured in two crashes. In Midland County a father Jack Maynard 29 and his son Jack Maynard 10 months died after a collision on Texas 158 with a trailer tractor carrying oxygen. Evelyn Maynard 21 was hospitalized with abrasions and a scalp laceration. The crash occurred at 6 10 a.m. when the Maynard car struck the trailer’s left rear, the car pinned to the wreckage for a half hour before rescue. The truck driver was uninjured. In Reeves County a Baytown woman Ruth Moore Slagle 61 died when a one car rollover on Interstate 10 near Toyahvale struck. her husband Elmer Slagle 71 and Mildred Gilbert 64 were injured and later treated in Odessa. Slagle’s car swerved after a rear tire blew, rolled and overturned.
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Permian Basin
Austin
Midland
Texas 158
Jack Milton Maynard
Jack Maynard
Evelyn Maynard
Midland Memorial Hospital
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Warren Nutt
Texas
Jimmy Allen Padgett
Nutt
Toyahvale
Reeves County
Baytown
Center Hospital
Ruth Moore Slagle
Elmer Eugene Slagle
Mildred O. Gilbert
Marble Falls
Slagle
Mildred Gilbert
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Odessa Man Hurt In Fight
A 22 year old Odessa man William Brown was treated and released at Medical Center Hospital for a cut mouth after a Saturday afternoon fight. Police said no charges had been filed as of Saturday. He lives at 205 South Jackson.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
William Brown
South Jackson
Ortiz
Treso Alvarado
Sam Houston
Driver Freed After Posting Bond on License Suspended Charge
Robert Elmo Bookman, 28, of 206 West 46th, was released Saturday after posting a $1,000 bond on a charge of driving while license suspended. He was arrested at 6 p.m. Friday. Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles set the bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Elmo Bookman
West 46Th
Bookman
Justice of the
Manuel Valles
Three Stabbings Probe Focuses On Odessa Incidents
Police investigated three separate stabbings reported Friday and Saturday. Victims included Joe Henderson and Julian Ortiz. two men remained jailed without charges and a third man, Treso Alvarado, was treated for back wounds.
Six People Hurt In Wrecks In Odessa Area
Three traffic mishaps in the Odessa area left one Odessa girl hospitalized and injuries to five others. A 15 year old girl remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital with deep cuts to her arm and back. A motorcycle collision with a DPS patrol car in the 3400 block of Andrews Highway injured passenger Ellen S. Hickmott and rider Ronald A. Scott but left Scott uninjured. Another wreck on Andrews Highway sent two Odessa girls to the hospital, treated and released, while a 44 year old man, Emil Wesley Korianek, was hurt when his pickup rolled over on 36th Street near Odessa. Investigating officers were Dee Lancaster, Lee Freeman, and Jim Edington.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Ellen S. Hickmott
Deimos Hickmott
Doran
Department of Public Safety
Ronald A. Scott
Westside
Andrews Highway
Earl G. Weston
Neal
Edward E. Wadsworth
West 67Th
Dee Lancaster
Lee Freeman
Wadsworth
Scott
Elizabeth I. Baker
Casa Grande
Rusty Baker
Betty Bailey
Jemmie Bailey
North Whitaker
Miss Baker
Timmy L. Petree
North Adams
36Th Street
Emil Wesley Korianek
West
10Th
Deaths listed in Big Spring area obituaries
Rites for Ronnie Lee Morgan 22 of Odessan scheduled Monday in Hubbard Kelly Chapel near Blythe Calif. burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Ruby V Petty 57 of Big Spring dies in Abilene. service Saturday River-Welch Chapel burial Mount Olive. Ross Hufstedler 67 of Ozona dies in San Angelo clinic. service 3 30 p m Saturday Cedar Hill Cemetery. Kenneth C Harper Levelland dies. services pending George Price Funeral Home. Garlind G Gilbert 62 of Howard County dies. service 10 30 a m Monday Nalley Pickle Rosewood Chapel burial Mount Olive. Jones C Lamar 70 Big Spring resident. service 4 p m Monday First Presbyterian Church burial Mount Olive. Jack Richardson 75 Colorado City. service 3 p m Sunday Northside Church of Christ burial Colorado City.
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Ronnie Lee Morgan
Blythe
Calif
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hobbs
N. M
Fom
Farmington
Kermit
Pam
Raquel Dawn
Sheila Rae
Farmington, N. M
J. P. Morgan
Maple
Ann Marshall
Santa Barbara
Pauline Morgan
Mangum
Okla
Earl Murrell
N.M
Ruby V. Petty
Big Spring
Ruby Violet Petty
Abilene
River-Welch
Buria
Mount Olive
Red River County
Big Springs
Trinity Baptist Church
Robert Sneed
Seminole
L. G. Simmons
Midland
Ross Hufstedler
OZONA
Church of Christ
San Angelo
Clinic
Purial
Jones Funeral Home
Cedar Hill
Anna Estes
Joe Hufstedler
el Paso
J. G. Hufstedler
Fort Worth
Lloyd Hufstedler
Las Cruces
Fay Maxwell
Kenneth G. Harper
Levelland
George Price Funeral Home
Kenneth C
Collie) Harper
Cook Memorial Hospital
Galena
Kan
Kenneth C. Harper
Pineville
Falls City
Neb
H. E.genei Harper
Andrews
Nalley-Pickle
Rosewood Chapel
Garlind
G. Gilbert
Mount Olive Cemetery
Nolan County
Howard County
Charlotte Heffington
Jones C. Lamar
First Presbyterian Church
River Welch Funeral Home
Cross Plains
Hazel Underwood
Odd Fellows, Elks Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Emily Jane Sanders
Gladys Battle
Jack Richardson
Colorado City
Northside
Sol-Tex
W. D. Burcham
Alpine
District Court Divorces and Hospital Report Notice
District Court grants divorces for Neeley Stidham Griffith Newberry and Davis Carpenter Carpenter Newberry Pape and other pairs. Hospital reports list June 16 admissions including Sam Hardy with oil rig injury. discharges include dozens of patients with varied ages and home addresses. Traffic accidents reported across multiple blocks with numerous involved parties and damages.
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District Court
Janet Diane Neeley
John Austin Neeley
Cassie Elaine Stidham
Ovy. Staham
Linda Gail Griffith
Quane Clark Griffith
Walliam O. Dudiey
Linda Duaiey
Jimme Ray McBrice
Clemmie McBride
Robert Martin
Barbara Sue Martin
Ither Uiian Newberry
Francis Leroy Newberry
Saara Marane Davis
Kenneth Junior Davis
George Mancle Carpenter
Katherine Clynean Carpenter
Linda Caro
Gary Gene Lee
Saunders
Joe Edd Saunders
Mary A. Garza
Six Thefts Reported Across City Saturday
Officers investigated six thefts Saturday including a recovered 1965 model car abandoned after theft from 1711 Grayson. A wallet with money and ID taken from Medical Center Hospital lobby belonged to Mrs. L. A. Kincannon of 9501 West 42nd. Tools from Mrs. Thames trunk at 409 Ellis. Gasoline siphoned from a pickup at Ray Britton’s residence 1543 East 49th. A flag stolen from Fabric World at 615 East 42nd. Bicycle theft reported by M. L. Buhn of 3101 Maple.
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John C. Basset
Grayson
Medical Center Hospital
L. A. Kincannon
West
S. B. Thames
Ellis
Ray Britton
East 49Th
Fabric World
East
M. L. Buhn
Drug Charge Facing Two Drug Charge Facing Two
An 18 year old Odessan remained in city jail on bonds totaling 10000 for possession of amphetamine and marijuana. Stanley Carl Chaffin was arrested at 3939 Tanglewood while officers searched for his roommate Ricky Burton on two counts of amphetamine sale.
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Stanley Carl Chaffin
Tanglewood
Chaffin
Ricky Thomas Burton
Ector County Grand Jury
Jack Fillgan
Larry Lindley
Burton
Justice of the
Manuel Valles
Chifin
Cecil Hardwick
Ector County
Odessa Clubs Schedule Highlights Local Events
Tomorrow in Odessa lists multiple noon and evening meetings across town. Kiwanis Inn of the Golden West Coachroom at noon. Chaparral Toastmasters Sands Restaurant. Wildcat Toastmasters Sands Restaurant at 7 p.m. Evening Optimist Club Branding Iron at 7:30. CAP Group XVI HQ and Squadrons CAP Hdytrs Bidg Ector County Airport at 7:30. Odessa Prospector Club Fine Arts Building Odessa College at 7:30.
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Odessa Kiwanis
Inn of the
CAP Group XVI
CAP
Ector County
Odessa Prospector Club
Fine Arts
Odessa College
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Lubbock
Dime Box
Post Oak
Burkeville
Muleshoe
Elvin
Taylor
James Ross Hooper
James Buford
Hooper
Alice
Cotulla
Pete Underwood
Garden City
Thomas Funeral Home
Red Cross
Joe Earl Henderson
Basin Courts
Ninth
Grant
Henderson
South Lee
West Olive
Sims
Magnolia
Julian Ortiz
South Prairie
Alvarado
Gulf
Highway
Jim Edington
Rachel 4
Grubb
Racy M. Goddard
Ellen $. Hickmott
Mearl F. Harding
Lewis C. Webb
Mary Helen Zertuche
Otuia Porras
Alvert A. Furtinck
William R. Seales
Leonard A. Brown
Fannie &. Watters
Mary L. Eaton
Betty L. Lasiter
Troy L. Wood
Harlan T. Maxwell
Jason Dax Creek
Lovann E. Hildret
Jack P. Hildreth
North Everglade
Joe Rangel Jr
West Clements
James Donald Cross
Juan M. Porras
Ruth
South Tom Green
Preston Jefferson
Carver
Morris Calicutt
Castle Road
Eugene D. Keys
Michael Conklin
Walter Schiwart
Eighth
East County Road
Fiowel J. Ward
Lancaster
Albert C. Bishop
Macle
Beverly
Nelson L. Ragan
East 35Th
Carl L. Selinger
Route 1
46Th
Winchester
William W. Stevie
Lyndate
James R. Pliska
Douglas
East County
Susan H. Thorton
East 56Th
George E. Rogers
East 55Th
William H. Bain
Charlie Cooks
East Second
Guy E. Pokorny
Cumbersland
Jewett A. Underwood
Elizabeth J. Baker
Timmy St. Petree
West 13Th
Deborah B. Gandy
North Jackson
Deeta J. Lee
West Ada
Leonard R. Greenlee
Bookins
Matthew S Ramsey
Ridgedale
Ronald O. Scott
Ellen Hickmont
Dorna
Sam Hardy
East 29Th
Hardy
Rix
Jackson
National Funeral Directors Association
Texas Funeral Directors Association
Sands Restaurant
Wildcat Toastmasters
Optimist Club
the Branding Iron
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