Congress signs redistricting bill reshaping Dallas Houston areas
Gov. Preston Smith signed a congressional redistricting bill that creates new Dallas and Houston districts and reduces four congressmen to two. The plan pairs Rep. Graham Purcell with Rep. Bob Price and pairs Rep. Wright Patman with Rep. John Dowdy. O. C. Fisher’s district loses Ector County, split between Mahon and White. Several bills also signed include university system maintenance, retirement credits, Turnpike Authority audits, obscene material seizure, and retirement age changes.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Dallas
Houston
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Bob Price
Pampa
Wright Patman
Texarkana
John Dowdy
Athens
Ector County
O. C. Fisher
George Mahon
Lubbock
Richard C. White
el Paso
Mahon
White
University of Texas System
Texas Turnpike Authority
Odesson Placed On Probation
Barry Wade Hogan, 22, of 1006 North Graham, was placed on probation for two years after pleading guilty in 161st District Court to indecent exposure to a minor. The July 13 incident involved a child in the 2400 block of West County Road, with Assistant District Attorney John Hoestenbach and defense attorney Charles Winston in court.
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Barry Wade Hogan
North Graham
161St
West County Road
John Hoestenbach
Odessa
Charles Winston
Seminole Votes Today on Hospital District and Bonds
Seminole voters decide on a hospital district and $2.75 million in bonds for a 49 bed facility. Ballots cast at Seminole city hall with property owner approval needed to validate the election. district boundaries would align with the Seminole school district.
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Seminole
Alpine Girl to Represent Texas at Nevada Rainbow Meet
Donna Jean Pate 18 of Alpine was chosen as a Texas grand representative for next year’s Rainbow Girls Convention in Nevada. Daughter of Police Chief Gene Pate, she graduates Alpine High School and works for Rev. Raymond Sanders. A five year Rainbow member, she will attend Sul Ross State University this fall.
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Alpine
Donna Jean Pate
Texas
Nevada
Miss Pate
Gene Pate
Grand Assembly
San Antonio
Littlefield
Alpine High School
Raymond Sanders
Big Bend Baptist Association
Alpine Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Sul Ross State University
Big Spring Police Chief Fired By City
Big Spring authorities ousted Police Chief Jay Banks after a 3-2 City Commission vote. As tensions rose 34 of 50 officers threatened resignations if Banks were dismissed, rallying residents backed him. Acting Chief Stanley Bogard now leads the department.
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Big Springs
Big Spring
Jay Banks
Banks
Oast
Wade Choate
Jack Watkins
Eddie Acksi
Maylor J. Arnold Marshall
M. R. Kroger
Texas Rangers
Asst
Stanley Bogard
Larry Crow
Odessa Woman Missing Sparks Suspect link to local killings
Linda Cougat's body found near Odessa prompts investigators to link the case with a string of daytime killings in the area. Mrs. Green, missing from an Odessa office, left belongings behind and showed no signs of voluntary departure. Family and police note evidence suggesting foul play, while officers from multiple agencies aid the search.
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Linda Cougat
Odessa
Faught
Green
Mitchell
Kermit
Nancy Siler Mitchell
Sheriff's Department
Department of Public Safety
Midland
Kermit and
Andrews
Midland Bill Approved By Committee
A House Appropriations Committee approved an almost 5 million dollar bill for Midland post office and federal building construction. The package includes 4 925 000 for the post office and federal court and offices plus 1 386 009 previously allotted for site, design and management.
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Washington
Midland
House
George Mahon
Lubbock
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Border Patrol
McAllen
Front
Wall
Senate
Thieves Take Sucker Rods From Drilling Site North of Goldsmith
Thieves stole about $4,000 worth of sucker rods from a drilling site 12 miles north of Goldsmith, likely loaded on a truck, per Ector County Sheriff reports. The report cites Worth Hatton of Amoco Production Co. and lists other thefts including a car carburetor, cash from a home, license plates, and a pickup.
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Goldsmith
Ector County
Worth Hatten
East 36Th
Amoco Production Co
Luella Taylor
Drury
Joe Cleaver
Dobbs
West Texas Wholesale
Maple
Lorrie Lazama
Catalina
Turner
West County Road
J. E. Coffey
Limestone
Election timing in Vietnam appeals for free conditions
The 1954 Geneva Conference and U S officials urged delaying any elections until after a cease fire and under conditions free from intimidation to allow genuine democratic elements to flourish The note cites John Foster Dulles and stresses no fixed date nor French concessions that undermine eventual unification under Ho Chi Minh Meanwhile a separate court filing concerns an Industrial Accident Board dispute over an injury award to Lewis W Arthur of Odessa linked to Paymaster Oil Mill Co and insured by Ranger and Pan American insurance firms
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Ho Chi Minh
Washington
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Vietnam
Industrial Accident Boardi
International Supervision of
Ranger and
Pan American Insurance Companies
Lewis W. Arthur
Odessa
Paymaster Oil Mill Co
Dulles Cables Frustration Over Vietnam Election Move
Shortly before the Geneva peace talks called for general elections in Vietnam to be held in July 1966, Dulles was quoted as expressing unhappiness at the impending outcome.
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Geneva
Vietnam
Dulles
Odessa American masthead details and pricing notes
The Odessa American announces its address at 72 East 4th Street Odessa Texas with postal service details and classified subscription rates. It lists daily and Sunday publication, contact numbers, and pricing for local and distant zones including monthly and weekly rates and single copy prices.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odesse American
Ecter County
County Court issues marriage licenses in district actions
Marriage licenses issued list Ricky Wayne Jones and Glenna Ann Whatley Eloy White Rodriguez and Mary LaVonne Rodrigu ez Louis Samuel Kitchens and Halen Joyce Salisbury William Woodie Strickland Jr and Peggy Ann Pierce David Owen Young and Lelannie An Latham. Divorces filed Ruby Lea Ziegler vs James Zeigler. Civil cases Herdano Ervin Inc vs M and B Fishing Tools Inc damages Roy W Jackson vs Gordon Eugene Robinson damages C C Greene vs Otis Eugene Benson damages Ranger and Pan American Insurance Co vs Lewis W Arthur appeal from Industrial Accident Board. Traffic accidents 1000 East County Road Patricia G Arond 20 Grace H Gorren 64 damage minor.
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Ricky Wayne Jones
Glenna Ann Whatley
Eloy White Rodriguez
Mary LaVonne Rodriguez
Louis Samuel Kitchens
Halen Joyce Salisbury
William Woodie Strick»land ,Jr
Peggy Ann Pierce
David Owen Young
Lelannie An Latham
Ruby Lea Ziegler
James
Gordon Eugene Robinson
C. C. Greene
Otis Eugene Benson
Ranger and
Pan American Insurance Companies
Lewis W. Arthur
Industrial Accident Board
ITV
East County Road
Patricia G. Arond
East 21St
Grace H. Gorren
East 34Th
Indiana Man Jailed For Shoplifting Four Pairs Of Shoes
Ben Lewis, 37, of Gary Indiana was fined 1 and sentenced to four months in the Ector County Jail after pleading guilty to shoplifting. He allegedly took four pairs of shoes from Top Dollar Store on North Grant Wednesday without paying.
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Indiana
Ben Lewis
Gary
Ind
Ector
John H
Buddy) Rogers
North Grant
Upton Probe String Of Political Harassment Claims
Hibler calls Grand Jury inquiry into McCamey Hospital records political harassment as officials discuss a late $16 000 bond payment. Attendee Tom Waddell Lou Dugan and administrator Joe Collins questioned. Menefee says kangaroo court frame. No public action expected.
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McCamey
Hibler
Guy Hibler
John Menefee
Kangaroo Court
Menefee
Upton County
Grand Jury
Tom Waddell
Lou Dugan
Joe Collins
Curtis Thomas
Stanley Bryson
Forgery Nets Bryan Resident Five-Year Term
Ernest Lee Jones, 31, of Bryan, convicted by a 161st District Court jury for passing a forged money order at Gibson's Discount Store on June 17, 1969. The jury sentenced him to the maximum five years in the state penitentiary. Prosecution by District Attorney John Green and assistant John Hoestenbach. Defense by Anthony Wright. Jury members listed.
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Ernest Lee Jones
Bryani
Jones
Gibson's
North Grandview
John Green
John Hoestenbach
Lubbock
Anthony Wright
Defenden
S. L. Proctor
Lacey Lee Cavin
Mariam McCain
W. R. Williams
Lawrence Menefee
Tommy L. Osborne
Bill Patterson
Mary Wood Griggs
Roy C. Harwell
Ray
Ira Mae Seale
James W. Rowch
Damage suits filed in Odessa district court actions
Three damage suits were filed Friday in the 61st District in Odessa. Roy W. file sues Gorden Eugene Court Robinson over an accident June 14 seeking 533. Herd and Ervin Inc. claims damages to a truck. Additional suits allege unspecified damages from oil well explosions near Odessa and injuries to Mary Jo Green from a traffic collision. Defendants include Tools Inc. Odessa Butanefic Co. and W F Porch. Eugene Benson of Odessa is named in one suit with unspecified damages.
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Roy W
61St District
Jackson
Gorden Eugene
Robinson
Herd and Ervin Inc
C. C. Greene
Odessa
Mary Jo Green
B. Fish
Deaths and funeral services listed for multiple local residents
Deaths include Jack Choate 67 of 1815 North Lincoln funeral at Hubbard Kelly chapel with two ministers. Raymond Hallard 74 of 2019 West 10th dies after illness. services at Rix Funeral Home Chapel with Sunset Memorial Gardens burial. W E Patterson 44 of Denver City dies in Hobbs New Mexico. funeral at Trinity Baptist Church with Masonic rites in Denver City Memorial Park. Bernhard Daugbjerg 67 honorary Danish consul in Houston dies of heart attack. funeral arrangements pending. Survivors listed for each with spouses, children and kin. Services handled by various local funeral homes.
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Jack Choate
North Lincoln
Hubbard-Kelly
Medical Center Hospital
Sunset Mausoleum
Leonard Hartley
Lee Perry
Sherwood Baptist Church
Raymond Hallard
West 10Th
Rix Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Coleman
Pearla
Robert E. Jones
Monahans
Joe Smith
del Rio
H. L. Hallard
Pecos
W. E. Patterson
Denver City
Hobbs
N.M
Jonesboro
Ark
Northern Natural Gas
Patterson
Masonic Lodge
Trinity Baptist Church
C. J. McQuillen
Denver City Memorial Park
Harold T. Patterson
Edward A. Patterson
Ricky L. Patterson
Susan Cook
Justene Bishop
Midland
Singleton Funeral Home
Bernard Daugbjerg
Houston
Bernhard Daugbjerg
Daughbjerg
Jutland
United States
Wyatt C.hedrick Engineering Corp
Camping Group To Meet Sunday Fort Davis
The Bloys Campmeeting Association will meet Sunday at Skillman Grove with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 1 p.m. morning worship led by Rev. Forrest Whitworth of Midland First Presbyterian. A noon basket lunch will be at the Means Evans Ramp followed by a 1:30 p.m. business meeting. Officer lineup includes Tyrone Kelly president Fritz Kahl vice president Mrs J E White Jr secretary and J W Espy treasurer.
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Fort Davis
Bloys Campmeeting Association
Skillman Grove
Forrest Whitworth
First Presbyterian Church of Midland
Means-Evans
BCA
Tyrone Kelly
Fort
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Odesson
Pension Plans
Grent
Dr.s. Fisher
Optometrist
Stevenson
North Odessa
North Whitaker
Roselle
Diem
IAB
Ruedean Woods
Sheriff's Posse
Johnny Woods
A. M
Slim) Gabrel
Upton Probe
Bryan
Kenneth W. Sparks
Custer
F. A. Bembow
West Second
Odessa Gun Club Association
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