Odessa Taxi Pool Fails to Take Off Says Commission
Odessa Public Transit Study Commission debates why the taxi pool plan to cut ride costs is not attracting riders. Chairman Jack Chapman, aided by Wilmer Ray, cites lack of communication and resident participation as the core issues. Ray urges brochures to explain the program while Merriman notes limited time and interest from cab firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Noll
Odessa
Public Transit Study Commission
Jack Chapman
Jim Reese
Wilmer Ray
Lne
Transit Study Commission
Chapman
Wayne Merriman
Midland
Ray
South Odessa
Merriman
Warren era on Supreme Court reshaped civil rights era
Warren rose from state politics to the U.S. Supreme Court where he earned a reputation as a liberal voice. In 1954 he authored a landmark ruling that outlawed segregated schools, shaping rights for Negroes in political social and economic spheres. He also authored the one man one vote decision mandating equal district populations.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Nate
Harry Truman
Warren
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Anammonius
Ulin
Car Bike Crash Injures Odessa Girl
An Odessa girl aged year old was hospitalized with a fractured collarbone after her bicycle collided with a car near East County Road and East 31st. Joyce Yarhorough, 2722 Kay, was in fair condition. Police report she rode west on 1st as Cecil Hudson, 56, headed south on East County Road. The driver had just started moving when the collision occurred and the child fell at impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
East County Road
East 31St
Meneul Center Hospital
Ehnid
Joyce Yarhorough
Kay
Cecil Iwin Hudson
Wis Ust
Williams quits: refused reasons and future role
In Austin AP summary Williams declines to explain why he will resign on September 1 and join the University of Tennessee system as academic vice president. He cites a desire to serve higher education and references his past work with the Texas coordinating board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appropriations’ Committee
Williams
Tennessee
Texas college expansion debate stirs Texas outlook
A board plan to add four-year colleges across major cities faces opposition from figures like Sealy and Rudder. Critics call enrollments ultra conservative while proponents argue big institutions widen course access. Local leaders push for senior institutions in Dallas Fort Worth and Laredo to combat poverty and boost education.
Lawyers Argue As Conspiracy Trial Nears End
In El Paso Texas US Attorney Earnest Morgan called the federal conspiracy trial a classic example, detailing 17 criminal acts over three years. The defense prepared 10 hours of closing, with jury deliberations looming after week twelve. Ten defendants remain in a case tied to bank burglaries and interstate prostitution.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.S
Earnest Morgan
Morgan
Disk
D. W. Suttle
George M. Thurmond
Max P. Flusche
Fred Semann
W. F. Knickerbocker
James R. Gillespie
Suttle
Miss Your Paper Odessa Adverts Postal Notice
Miss Your Paper Odessa announces daily and Sunday publication by The Odessa American with postal details. Subscription rates listed for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County and other zones, through mail and single-copy pricing.
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Odessa
Serevier
Qdessa American
East 4Th Street
Texas
Ector County
Fatal Crash Near Mount Pleasant Claims Texarkana Driver
Virgil Gowen Waters of Texarkana was killed Friday afternoon when his panel truck collided with a semi truck five miles west of Mount Pleasant on Interstate 30.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Virgil Gowen Waters
Texarkana
House Appropriations trims anti poverty and school aid package
The House Appropriations Committee slashed anti poverty funds by 300 million and cut disadvantaged children’s school aid by 200 million. Senators Smathers and Williams defended the bill as necessary to curb inflation and stabilize the dollar, while Morse argued war end is key to solving fiscal woes. The package includes riders delaying welfare aid matching, ending a tax exemption on industrial development bonds above one million, and extending current excise tax rates to 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Appropriations Committee
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
John J. Williams
R-Del
International Monetary Community
Williams
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Suspect Held In County Jail On Aggressive Assault Charge
Roy Dwayne Hardeman 39 of 2611 Custer was held in Eetor County jail Friday on $1000 bond for aggravated assault. He was arrested around noon by Odessa police in the 300 block of East 31st. Hardeman is charged with assaulting his wife Ramona Jean Hardeman last Sunday outside the Sportsman Club at 2118 West Second.
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Roy Dwayne Hardeman
Custer
Eetor County
Odessa
East 31St
Hardeman
Ramona Jean Hardeman
Sportsman Club
West Second
Former Alpine Student Takes Press Aide Post in Samoa
ALPINE Special Ed Engledow, once a Sul Ross State College student, signed a two year contract as chief of information for the American Samoa government. He will be stationed in Pago Pago, running the governors press aide duties and an information office that publishes a daily news sheet and supplies news for a radio station. Engledow, formerly of El Paso, is married to Adele and has two children, Jill and Neill. He previously served as assistant and city editor for the El Paso Times and later worked for the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
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Alpine
Ed Engledow
Sul Ross State College
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Engledow
el Paso
Adele
Jill
Neill
el Paso Times
Jim Glasscock
The
Alpine Avalanche
Engledaw
Times
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
New Cancer Detection Method Is Revealed
A McGill University team led by Drs. Freedman Gold and Kroupy report an 80 percent effective screening test for gastrointestinal cancers. The approach uses antibodies from patients to identify lumping with tumor cells, enabling early detection in the esophagus stomach and liver regions.
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Honey Harbour
Ont
McGill University
Freedman
Cana
S. OQ
Hej
Phil Gold
John
Kroupy
Thai Youths Overrun Barricades in Bangkok March
Thousands of Thai youths from Thammasart University swarmed police barriers and marched on Parliament to protest the arrest of a former MP and Thailand’s Vietnam policy. Police used clubs water cannons and martial law despite a new constitution. One man was released on bond after a disturbance charge.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
U.S
University of Thammasart
Pan Fah Bridge
Government House
Sarit Thanarat
Bhumipal Adulyadej
Odessa Meter Maid Attacked After Overtime Ticket
A 34 year old Odessa meter maid, Lottie Williams, was grabbed from behind by a man in the 100 block of North Grant after placing a ticket on his car. He accused her of improper timing and cursed at her before she fled into a nearby building seeking help.
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Odessa
North Grant
Lottie Williams
Poor People Protest at Agriculture Department in Washington
About 150 demonstrators returned to the Agriculture Department to resume the Poor People Campaign protest against policy on food and farms. police kept order as leaders warned they would camp through the weekend and possibly face arrests for unlawful assembly.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Feedirm
Lantitura
Jesse Jackson
Abernathy
Lhce
J. W. Wilson
Wilson
America
Weary voyage ends with near landfall near Homestead
The historian era adventurer Vihlen failed to reach Homestead Florida, coming within six miles of the coast as currents and a heavy load challenged his tiny craft. He endured fearsome seas, brush with Hurricane Abby, and refused assistance before deciding to land with his family. Ted Gore and the Gore Newspaper Co. located him near Casablanca and Coast Guard inquiries followed.
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Homestead
Fla
Miami Beach
Vihlen
Atlantic
Casablanca
Africa
Ted Gore
Gore Newspaper Co
Fort Lauderdale
Gore
Coast Guard
Edward Viblen
Death notices Billy Ray Long of Seagraves dies in Lubbock
Billy Ray Long, 32, of Seagraves died Friday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Funeral services are at 4 p.m. Saturday at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Shelby Jones officiating. Burial in Gaines County Memorial Cemetery, Seminole Memorial Chapel directing. Survived by widow Lois, sons Craig Long and Casey Bill Long, daughter Kelly Tene Long, and parents Mr. and Mrs. Clint Long of Lubbock.
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Billy Long
Seagraves
Billy Ray Long
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Temple Baptist Church
Shelby Jones
Gaines County Memorial Cemetery
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Seminole
Wanbd Lois Long
Epiraig Long
Casey Bill Long
Kelly Tene Long
Clint Long
Lubbeck
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Transit Commission
West Texas
Odessa American
Dra A
Odessa-Midland
Berkeley
Sealy
Earl Rudder
A&m
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Orl Worth
Billy Williamson
Tyler
J. C. Jernigan
Texas Ast
Kingsville
Corpus Christi
Beo Cigarrea
Laredo
Joaquin Cigarroa
State of Texas
J. K. Williams
Erwin
University of Texas Board of Regents
San Antonio
San
Harry Ransom
University of Texas System
Dr. Williams
B. Fisher
Fisher
Grant
Dixie
Abe
N Odessa
Bailey
American Legion
Eighth and
Pueblo
Chulalongkorn
Prasert Ruchirawong
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Mississippi
Johnson
Resurrection City
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