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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
2
Ector County deputies and city detectives probed seven burglaries Saturday. Three taverns a restaurant two other businesses and a residence were entered with beer cash and cigars stolen. Suspects pried windows back doors and hasps to gain access.
Three Odessa men were admitted to Medical Center Hospital Saturday after an industrial accident at El Paso Products Co. Herman Gunter, 19, and Joe Bleck, 32, received chemical burns and other injuries to their backs and limbs. Paul Kirkpatrick, 28, suffered a crushed left foot and fractures to his left hip and leg when a joint of oil field pipe rolled off a truck about 20 miles west of Buckeye, New Mexico, and struck him. Kirkpatrick was treated in Hobbs, New Mexico, before being transferred to Odessa.
An Odessa man was admitted to Medical Center Hospital after a fight in Andrews. Gerald Taylor, 22, sustained a head injury and bruises and remained in satisfactory condition. Mike McDaniels, 28, was treated for a head laceration, released, and said he was struck with a board. Mary Tony, 17, received first aid for a six inch arm laceration from a home disturbance. No charges were filed.
Odessa firefighters answered five minor alarms Saturday including grass and trash fires. A junk car fire at Loop 338 West Eighth caused minor grass damage. Mary Brown reported a trash fire at her home on West Third. it was out upon arrival. A grass fire at a vacant lot near Tanglewood and Springdale had burned out earlier. An old chair burned off grass at 1412 West 11th. A false alarm occurred at 407 South Muskingum.
Alaska Interstate shares surged after a six month deadline extension approved for Walter Hickel. Vernon Hickel requested the delay, while Alaska Interstate announced the Burgess International acquisition. Trading volume spiked to 30,600 shares on Thursday and 38,900 on Friday with price near the year’s high.
Fragmented OCR notes show Odessa American information including masthead, mailing address, post office listing, publication form, rate structure, and subscription options. Mentions home delivery in Ector County, monthly and yearly prices, and weekly cost details.
Governor weighs a call for a special session limited to items in his agenda, aiming to lock in two year appropriations and tax bills. He hints at reintroducing vetoed bills, including new district courts, and contemplates resubmitting tax proposals despite voter input on annual budgeting. He notes revenue estimates and possible shifts if the legislature follows his initial spending and tax recommendations.
District Court grants divorces listing spouses in multiple pairs including Musitelli, Barron, Torin, Lawson, Lankford, Ford, Cole, Glaser, Cox, Ratto, Follensbee, Wiolf, Brown, Walker, Gletley, Vann, Fogle, and Childress. Medical Center Hospital admissions and discharges dated June 20 list many patients and newborns with birth details. city traffic accidents filed with dates, locations, involved parties, injuries, and damages.
Odessa detectives Saturday investigated nine thefts including clothing missing from washers and dryers at Fairbanks Sauna and arama, a cash register loss at Texaco Service Station, wallet and ID theft from a car, and car parts stolen from residents' homes and trailers.
Three people received emergency treatment at Medical Center Hospital Saturday after two city collisions. Mrs Ivedta Hiller 67 of Hamilton was treated for bruises and abrasions after a sedan east on Eighth collided with a westbound car driven by Jessie Chandler 40 of Bonham. Damage totaled 950 dollars to both cars.
Multiple funeral services are noted across Midland Arlington Grandfalls Kermit Monahans for children and infants. Tracey Joe Henson 11 drowned at Arrow Motel pool in Odessa. Mario Tarin 9 died after pool incident in Grandfalls. Joel Martin Hettler infant died at Ward Memorial Hospital. Jessie Dean Crawford infant died after premature birth in Monahans. Surviving relatives listed with locations. Funeral homes include Newnie W. Ellis, Moore, Hammond, and Cooper.
A Lubbock man and an Odessa man faced $10,000 bonds each on federal charges of transporting altered securities in interstate commerce. Ernest Jones, 37, and Arthur Reed, 24, were jailed in Lubbock after allegedly converting two money orders worth 2 dollars each into seeming 72 dollar instruments.
Fort Worth Texas AP workers voted 1038 to 1021 to accept a contract after a two week strike at Bell Helicopter. The agreement provides a 30 to 70 cent hourly raise over three years and top scale pay of 5.14 by June 1971. Production resumes Monday on staggered shifts after negotiations failed to settle earlier. Local 218 United Auto Workers led the walkout that idled over 10,000 workers across 13 Dallas Fort Worth plants, the first strike in the company's history.
Maurice Bryant aged 45 of 203 South Muskingum was treated for facial bruises and rib injuries after a disturbance at Tom Green and Pearl. Police reported no arrests.
Tony Joe Lett 18 of 612 West Fourth was admitted to Medical Center Hospital Saturday with a lacerated left thumb after catching his hand in an electric fan. He gave the report to attendants.
A sequence of events listed with times and venues includes Kiwanis Inn of the Golden West Ballroom Chaparral Toastmasters Sands AEM Club The Barn Door Ector County Commissioner Court at the courthouse Wildcat Toastmasters Sands Restaurant CAP Group XVI at CAP Headquarters Building Ector County Airport.
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