Narcotics Charge Filed After Auto Stop in Dallas Man
A 34 year old Dallas laborer, previously fined on traffic charges and released, was re jailed on a narcotics paraphernalia possession charge after officers found three empty paregoric bottles, a needle and a homemade syringe in his impounded car at 16th Street and Highway 1936. The suspect, Ellis Weldon Robinson, is held on a $3,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace E. E. Nobles.
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Dallas
Ector County
Ellis Weldon Robinson
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Johnny Koonce
Robinson
16Th
Highway 1936
Koonce
Park Program Enrollment Reaches 2042 for Summer Season
The Ector County Park Department reports 2042 youths enrolled in its summer recreation program during week three, up from 1853 last year. Activity totals include baseball 548 swimming 910 track and field 169 diving 50 softball 114 and tennis 257. First session runs through June 27. second starts June 29.
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Ector County Park Department
Odessa chapter receives charter at Lincoln Hotel meeting
The Odessa Full Gospel Business Men's Chapter received its charter during a Friday meeting at the Lincoln Hotel. International Director Ben O. Smart of Clovis New Mexico attended. Speaker was Dr. John Gillett of Lovington New Mexico.
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Odessa
Full Gospel Business Men
Lincoln Hotel
Ben O. Smart
Clovis, N. M
John Gillett
Lovington
N. M
Two Men Enter Guilty Pleas In County Court
Elmer Eugene Franklin age 25 of Crockett was released from Ector County jail after paying a 100 dollar fine for aggravated assault. He pleaded guilty before Judge W M Hill in Ector County Court. Raymond Harry Copeland age 33 of East 13th received three days in jail and a 50 dollar fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated.
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Elmer Eugene Franklin
Crockett
Ector County
Franklin
W. M
Bill) Hill
Ector
Raymond Harry Copeland
East 13Th
Woman hurt in fall at home admitted to hospital
A 39 year old woman Mrs Patricia Collier of 4249 Bonham was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Friday with an acute back strain after a fall in her home.
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Medical Center Hospital
Patricia Collier
Bonham
Dynamites Stolen Here
Dynamite and about 25 boxes of fuses stolen in weekend thefts reported to police and sheriff's deputies. Explosives missing from two trailers near a pipeline site four miles west of the city off Highway 302. Also reported were bicycle thefts from Gerald Conover, W. C. Eissler, and Mary Lee Pierce, plus property thefts at several residences and businesses including siding, windows, fence sections, screens, a tire and wheel, an electric razor, and siphoned gasoline resources.
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R. H. Fulton Co
Alturas
Highway 302
Gerald Conover
West Lith
W. C. Eissler
East Lith
Mary Lee Pierce
Dobbs
Placer
Wilshire
Frontier Motor Co
Sixth
Texas
Charlie Hill
South Muskingum
Morris Cathey
East Obth
Jerry Drinkard
West May
Mishaps Hurt 4 Children
Four youngsters were treated at Medical Center Hospital for injuries from accidents Saturday evening. Vickie Lynn Tyler, 6, injured when her bike overturned, had abrasions to her left elbow. Ladonna Hunter, 5, suffered a head laceration and was released after treatment. David Keeton, 19 months, received a neck puncture wound from a stick. Cynthia Cartwright, 1, was treated for a nose laceration after being struck by a swing.
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Medical Center Hospital
Vickie Lynn Tyler
Mary Tyler
West 25Th
Ladonna Hunter
Harold Hunter
Frankel City
David Keeton
Bueford Keeton
East 30Th
Cynthia Cartwright
David Cartwright
West Lindberg
Two Hurt in Work Accidents at Local Plants
Two workers were treated at Medical Center Hospital Saturday night for job injuries. Gabe Trejillo, 27, a yardman at Plastic Applicators, injured his left foot dropping a pipe. Carl Braswell, 22, a laborer at Western Oxygen, injured a thumb while working on a truck motor.
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Medical Center Hospital
Gabe Trejillo
Fifty-fourth Street
Carl Braswell
East 17Th
Western Oxygen
Odessan Hurt In Car Crash
A 14 year old girl received treatment for a sprained ankle and was released from Medical Center Hospital after a two car collision at Whitaker and Third. Bonnie Jean Miller and Joyce Carr Miller were in the northbound vehicle from El Tovar Apartments, colliding with Leo Howard and a passenger Douglas Miller. No injuries to Howard or the Miller siblings.
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Medical Center Hospital
Whitaker
Bonnie Jean Miller
el Tovar
Joyce Carr Miller
Leo Howard
Windsor
Howard
Joyce Miller
Douglas
Odessa Youngsters to stage largest water show at Sherwood Pool
About 130 youngsters up to 13 years old from the Ector County Park Department summer recreation program will perform a free public water show at Sherwood Swimming Pool next Friday. The event includes a 7 30 p m water skills demonstration by first year students and an 8 30 p m presentation titled An Invitation to Fairyland featuring Mickey Mouse the Seven Dwarfs and other characters. The production will include a giant fairy tale book parade with Wynken Blynk en Nod the Tortoise and the Hare and Sleeping Beauty among other famed figures. Forty instructors assist in the show which organizers describe as the largest water show yet staged at an Odessa pool.
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Ector County Park Department
Sherwood Swimming Pool
Fairyland
Bob Clark
Odessa
Ge Sherwood, Co
Floyd Gwines
Mickey Mouse
The
Donald Duck
Oy Fairy Land
Wynken
Blynken
Nod
Tortoise
C. G. Campbell
Melody Lane
Sherwood Pool
Marsha Stubblefield
D. R. Stubblefield
Sheree Taylor
R. E
Odessa Man Bitten by Rattlesnake Near City
A 40-year-old Odessa man remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a rattlesnake bite Friday while working about 18 miles north of Odessa off US 385. Two other workers also injured were treated and released. Jess L. Hobb, 2717 North Center, was struck while assembling a pump unit for Ruthco Inc. Clyde Smith, 32, 1520 Beverly, suffered knee and hip injuries on a drill pipe for Sherman Power Tongs. Gerald Dean Ramsey, 35, 210 Maple, a service station attendant, was treated for burns to arms and face from a carburetor.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
U. S. Highway 385
Jess L. Hobb
North Center
Ruthco Inc
Clyde Smith
Beverly
Sherman Power Tongs
Gerald Dean Ramsey
Mishaps Send 4 To Hospital
Four children were treated at Medical Center Hospital after weekend mishaps. Angelia Burnett, 2, swallowed medicine and received ER medication. Brad Victor Cason, 10, cut on the head when kicked by a horse. Ronald McCord, 2, burned by a steam iron. Gary Eldon Southard, 7, lacerations to fingers from a swing chain.
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Medical Center Hospital
Angelia Burnett
Judy Bennett
Nimitz
Brad Victor Cason
Ray Cason
Yukon
Ronald McCord
Francis McCord
South Brook
Gary Eldon Southard
Bob Southard
la Casa
Foreman Seeks Amendment to Civil Rights Legislation
Rep Ed Foreman of Odessa says civil rights law may need amendments in the next Congress. He warns the legislation will affect more people deeply than any prior law and urges compliance while acknowledging possible revisions to improve implementation.
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Rep. Foreman
Washington
Ed Foreman
Odessa
Congress
Repub
Lican
West Texas
Foreman
Summer Heatwave Continues Across West Texas
The heat wave, reaching 103 degrees in Odessa Midland Air Terminal San Angelo Cotulla and Dyess AFB Abilene on Saturday, tied as the nation’s hottest spots while Presidio was 102. Thunderstorms Friday dumped 1.70 inches at Alpine and .10 at Terminal. Odessa recorded a sprinkle.
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Odessa - Midland Air Terminal
San Angelo
Cotulla
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Presidio
Alpine
Terminal
Odessa
Stray Cat Bites 6-Year-Old Boy. Placed With Humane Dept
A stray cat bit 6yearold Richard Brian Newport on the hand Friday and was turned over to the humane department for observation. Newport, grandson of Mr and Mrs W L Wilson of 3406 Boulder, was treated at Medical Center Hospital and released.
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Humane Department
Richard Brian Newport
W. L. Wilson
Boulder
Medical Center Hospital
Theft Case Filed Against George Romans in City Jail
Petty theft charges filed against George Romans aged 48 of 112 East Murphy after a landlady found a missing fan. Romans held in city jail on a $25 bond and scheduled to appear in Corporation Court Monday.
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George Romans
East Murphy
Romans
Corporation Court
Chlorine Barrel Explodes At Hilltop Apartments
A 100 pound barrel of chlorine used for pool purification exploded Saturday night at the Hilltop Apartments near Eighth and Dixie after another bottle leaked on it. The roofless brick storage area under construction held the barrel and no injuries or damage were reported.
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Hilltop
Eighth and
Dixie
Charges Lodged On Andrews Man
A 47 year old Andrews man was held in Ector County on a 3000 bond on auto theft charges filed before Justice of the Peace E E Nobles. Simpson Foster Sullivan was arrested in Andrews after an auto owned by Mrs Myrtle McClure was taken from a parking lot on Andrews Highway early Saturday morning.
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Andrews
Ector County
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Simpson Foster Sullivan
Myrtle McClure
East Sixth
Deaths Victim Whisenhunt rites set in Odessa church
Funeral services for James R. Whisenhunt 35 of Route Two Odessa were held at 4 p.m. today at Belmont Baptist Church. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He died Thursday from burns suffered May 6 in a Galveston crash. Whisenhunt, born July 6 1928 in Arkinda Arkansas, served in the U S Coast Guard in World War II and is survived by his wife Marie Crawford four children and his parents and siblings across Arkansas and Texas.
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James R. Whisenhunt
Route Two
Odessa
Belmont Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Galveston
Crane
Whisenhunt
Arkinda
Ark
Marie Crawford
Foreman
Odessa Butane Co
United States Coast Guard
Jimmie
Gary
Kay
Vickie
Ernest Whisenhunt
Wayne Whisenhunt
Doyle Whisenhunt
Don Whisenhunt
Howard Whisenhunt
Leonard Whisenhunt
Overgaard
Ariz
Lonnie Green
Harold Thomas
R. M. McClelland
Baton Rouge
Roy Bowen
Texarkana
Judy
Final Rites for Mrs Fannie M Brown Today
Funeral services for 74 year old Mrs Fannie Myrtle Brown of 401 Carolyn were set for 3 p m at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Memorial Gardens. She died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after about five years illness. She married D C Brown November 24 1931 in Boise City Oklahoma and moved to Odessa in 1944 from Kermit. She belonged to Terrace Hill Church of Christ. Survivors include husband two daughters Anna Mae Wilson Eva Jewel Hunt a brother Henry L Pryor and a sister Nora Lee Sleff.
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Fannie Myrtle Brown
Carolyn
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Brown
Medical Center Hospital
D. C. Brown
Boise City
Oklo
Odessa
Kermit
Terrace Hill
Rites Pend For Brother In Chicago And Hobbs
Raymond M. Crooks 63 of Chicago died Friday night after illness in a Chicago hospital. Funeral arrangements were pending in Chicago. Survivors include his widow three daughters his mother and brother Johnny Crooks of Odessa. Byran Ragsdell 61 of Hobbs scheduled for funeral at First Baptist Church Hobbs with burial in Hobbs Memory Gardens. Ragsdell died of a heart attack while vacationing in Arkansas. He was an ordained Baptist minister and former credit manager at Lea County Hospital with survivors including his wife two sons two daughters four brothers two sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Raymond M. Crooks
Chicago
Ill
Odessa
John Malone
Johnny Crooks
West
23Rd
Hobbs
N.M
Byran Ragsdell
First Baptist Church
Hobbs Memory Gardens
Ragsdell
Arkansas
Farmington
Ark
Eleven Point
Masonic Lodge
Lea County Hospital
Jimmie
Byron Ragsdell Jr
Jerry Hugh Ragsdell
Sacramento
Calif
Jean Creson
Roswell
Patricia Blair
Artesia
E. A. Ragsdell
Paragould
Roy Ragsdell
Wynn
Eldo Ragsdell
San Diego
Jack Ragsdell
Phoenix
Ariz
Katherine Wilkerson
Slyuia
Daisy Kimbrell
Mansfield
Big Spring
Jonahs Carroll
Nalley Pickle
Lamesa
Carroll
Tarrant County
Leola Crane
Stanton
Martin Carroll
Mary Jo Halley
Big Lake
Minor Blazes Reported Here
Two weekend auto fires were handled by the Odessa Fire Department both caused by flooded carburetors. A 58 model car owned by Mrs. B. J. Cashney at 611 Roosevelt ignited at Fourth and Jackson. A 62 model car owned by E. D. Coursey Box 1027 ignited at 10th and Whitaker.
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Odessa
B. J. Cashney
Roosevelt
Fourth and
Jackson
E. D. Coursey
10Th
Whitaker
Juveniles Suspected in Tamale Theft Report
Manuel Carragan of 940 South Jackson reported the theft of pan hot tamales to police Saturday night. Officers said the theft apparently was the work for juveniles.
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Manuel Carragan
Jackson
Odessa Woman Dies in Dallas Hospital funeral set
Funeral services for 43 year old Odessa resident Mrs Leonora Marsh will be held at 10 a m Monday at St Helena s Episcopal Church with burial at Boerne Cemetery She died Saturday in Baylor Hospital Dallas after three weeks of hospitalization She had worked at First National Bank in Odessa since 1946 Survivors include daughter Mrs Guy Mauldin Lexington Ky son Richard Ellis Marsh Odessa brothers Alcuin Brandt San Antonio Willie Brandt Amarillo sisters Alvina Weiss San Antonio Bertha Smith Lubbock and granddaughter Melanie Gay Mauldin Lexington
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Richard Ellis Marsh
Odessa
Alcuin Brandt
San Antonio
Willie Brandt
Amarillo
Alvina Weiss
Bertha Smith
Lubbock
Melanie Gay Mauldin
Lexington
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Midland
Ector High School
Odessan
Kryptok
North Grant Midland
Lin
Texas and Andrews Hwy
Law
Sewell
William Evans
Rose Hill
Merkel
Evans
George McKinney
Wilbur Bert Humphreys
Marfa
Kelley
Abernathy
William L. Mitchell
Wade Britt
Lubbock West Texas Hospital
Mitchell
Abernathy Church of Christ
Abernathy Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
Wood County
Church of Christ
Vera Hart
Vera Stovall Hart
Rix Funeral Home
City of Lubbock
Hart
Conroe
LeRue Jones
John Derryberry
Denver City
Yoakum County
Singleton Funeral Home
Derryberry
Yoakum County Hospital Board
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