Price Daniel Plans Speaker Candidacy in 1973
Rep Price Daniel Jr 30 declares for Texas House Speaker amid push for four laws to curb speaker power and restore House control to the people He is son of former governor and justice Price Daniel who was also a Speaker Daniel cites criticism of current leadership and endurance of a competitive Speaker race with opponents including Mutscher and other lawmakers from Fort Worth and Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Price Daniel Jr
Texas House
Daniel
State Supreme Court
U.S
House
Texas
Dave Finney
Fort Worth
Will Smith
Beaumont
Mutscher
Daniel eyes reform as grass roots drive targets Speaker power
State representative Daniel of Liberty says he will run a grass roots campaign to back four new laws and denies full membership in the so called Dirty 30. He estimates 44 to 60 votes and proposes rules to curb Speaker dominance, campaign finance disclosure, and conflict limits. The article also notes Alabama Stardust mobile homes firm in Moulton and Odessa’s industrial park push led by Eddie Watson.
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Texas
Daniel
Liberty
Mutscher
House
Senate
Rayford Price
Palestine
Fred Head
Henderson
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
Eddie Watson
Chamber
Odessa
Universal
Watson
Odessa American publication details and rates
The Odessa American lists address, publication status, contact numbers, and subscription prices. Rates show home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 2.50 per month, retail trading zone 2.00 per month, all other zones 0.35 per week, mail options 25.00 per year with periodic adjustments, and single copy pricing 0.10 daily and 0.36 on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa American
Ector County
Supreme Court case on wiretaps and Fourth Amendment rights
The Court weighs whether federal judges lack the breadth of information for national security, while the government presses for exemptions. Elsewhere the Court rules on juvenile trials, suits against federal agents, ballot petitions by independent candidates, a perjury conviction, and an October recess.
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Mitchell
Coolidge
Stewart
Lawrence Plamundon
Central Intelligence Agency
Ann Arbor
Mich
Daymon Keith
Detroit
Plamundon
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Executive Branch
Georgia
Martin Sweig
House
John W. McCormack
County Court records list marriages and civil dockets
Marriage licenses issued for Kendr ick Mathews Bradford Wadzeck Galla way Poitevint Carlisle Hobson Massey Burch Hufstytler and spouses. Civil cases include Muner vs Valenzuela, Odessa Broadcasting Co. vs Patton, American Bank of Commerce suits on debt and notes, Texas DPS stays, and several insurance and public safety actions. District Court hears divorces and contracts. City traffic summaries log numerous accidents. Medical Center Hospital reports admissions and discharges with births and new arrivals.
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Larry Kendrick Mathews
Deborah Sue Bradford
Larry Don Wadzeck
Carol Kay Gallaway
Eddie Ben Poitevint
Myrtle Irene Carlisle
John Edward Hobson
Billy Jean Massey
Benjamin Lee Burch
Mary Sue Hufstytler
Smael
Muner
Eymondo Valenzuela
Odessa Broadcasting Co., Inc
Patton and Associates
American Bank of Commerce
Pacific Indemnity Co
Joe H. Wilson
Goon Tron
Covert Actions in Vietnam Move Early Under Kennedy
As early as May 11 1961 President Kennedy approved covert action programs recommended by a Viet Nam Task Force. The measures included dispatching agents into North Vietnam aerial resupply via civilian mercenary air crews and infiltration of South Vietnamese forces into Southeast Laos to locate and attack Communist bases and lines of communication.
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Kennedy
Vietnam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Odessan Sets European Trip
Mrs. J. B. Zimmerman of Dallas joins a Texas delegation led by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes for a six day trip to Paris Stockholm and Moscow. The Texas Flight for Understanding will urge North Vietnam to release sick and wounded US prisoners. Depart Aug. 1 return Aug. 6 with briefings by David Bruce Palme and a Moscow dinner then press conference at Kennedy Airport before returning to Dallas.
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J. B. Zimmerman
Redbud
Texas
Ben Barnes
Paris
Stockholm
Moscow
Texas Flight For Understanding
U.S
Dallas
David Bruce
Palme
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Odessa College Pre registers for fall 1971 enrollment rise
Odessa College announces pre-registration for the 1971 fall term with 129 already enrolled and an expected 5 to 10 percent increase on last fall’s 2,770 students. Pre-register through August 20 in Baskin Hall with tests required for freshmen. SCAT test dates are July 5, 19, 26, 31 and August 2, 9, 14, 16 at 8:45 a.m. in the Student Affairs Office. Summer session four-week term registration runs July 12 in Wilkerson Hall. Bernhard Sedate projects about 450 summer term enrollments, up from 439 last year. Thirteen subject areas are offered including allied health, business administration, EDP, English, math, languages, nursing, PE, psychology, science, social science, speech, and welding.
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Odessa College
N. R
Jack) Vaught
iStudent Affairs
Baskin Hall
Wilkerson Hall
Bernhard Sedate
D.C
Happening '71 Meeting Slated at Odessa College
A Happening 71 youth group meeting is set for 8:30 p.m. today in the Odessa College Fine Arts auditorium to plan projects and committees on social cultural civic athletic and humanities topics. The group will host a noon television talk show Wednesday and a Thursday reception for children at Woodson Community Building plus a Saturday Bonham Junior High program featuring Town North Singers and local entertainment to fund a Happening parade float.
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Odessa College Fine Arts
YMCA
Carol Swinburn
North Texas State University
Happening
Woodson
Bonham Junior High
Town North
Dallas
Dope Suspects Freed On Bond In Texas Stop
Terry Elert Ryan 21 of Wayneboro Virginia and Kristofer C Heckenberg 21 of Warrenton Oregon were released on $5,000 bonds each after Texas Highway Patrol arrested them Saturday at Interstate 20 and Highway 338. Officers found what appeared to be a kilo and a large bag of marijuana in their car.
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Terry Elert Ryan
Wayneboro
Kristofer C. Heckenberg
Warenton
Ore
Ector County
Peace Justice
Walles
Texas Highway Patrol
Davis and
Edington
Left Arm Broken Wade Havens Treated After Accident
Wade Havens a 12 year old son of Rennie B Havens of 2601 East 21st was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital Monday after breaking his left forearm when he ran into a wall.
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Wade Havens
Rennie B. Havens
East 21St
Medical Center Hospital
Burn Victims Treated and Released in Local Fire
Harold Wilson 31 and wife Ann 28 of 408 North Muskingum were burned in a gasoline flash fire at 61st and Andrews Highway Monday. He was admitted to Medical Center Hospital with burns on his left hand and abdomen in satisfactory condition Tuesday morning. She received burns on her right side arm and left foot and was released.
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Harold Wilson
Ann
North Muskingum
61St
Andrews Highway
Medical Center Hospital
Plea Deals in Dwi Suspension Case in Ector County
Carroll Ray Holder aged 28 of 817 North Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to driving while license suspended in Ector County Court. He was fined $50 and sentenced to three days in jail after arrest on October 31, 1969.
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Carroll Ray Holder
North
Pittsburgh
Ector County
Contract Suit Filed Against Odessa Real Estate Operator
Leon Reeves operator of Leon Reeves Real Estate of Odessa named defendant in a $3,250 contract suit filed Tuesday in the 161st District Court. Suit brought by Oklahoma Investment Group of Odessa.
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Leon Reeves
Leon Reeves Real Estate
Odessa
161St District Court
Oklahoma Investment Group of
Deaths Crash Injuries Fatal To Man Ray Dorsett Thomas
Ray Dorsett Thomas 49 of Abilene died at Medical Center Hospital from car crash injuries suffered in a Fort Stockton wreck about 20 days earlier. Born January 16, 1922, in Quanah he married Iva Nell Calvert March 24, 1942 in Roswell. A former Roswell resident, he moved to Abilene in 1969. He served in the Army and belonged to United Pentecostal Church. Survivors: widow, three daughters, three brothers (including Luke and Bob of Roswell), five sisters (including Vivian Hynes and Pearl Helmer of Roswell), four grandchildren. Services pending Elliott Funeral Home Abilene. Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
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Ray Dorsett Thomas
Abilene
Texas Fire and Safety
Medical Center Hospital
Fort Stockton
Quanah
Roswell
N.M
Iva Nell Calvert
Thomas
Funeral Services for Mrs Marguerite Perry Kermit
Funeral services for 61 year old Mrs Marguerite Perry of Kermit are set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in First Baptist Church with graveside rites Thursday at Rosehill Cemetery in Tulsa. She died Monday at home of an apparent heart attack. A resident 24 years, born Sept 18 1909 in Sapulpa she moved to Kermit from Sundown. Survivors include son Robert B Perry of Odessa and daughter Jo Anne Spencer of Odessa, two sisters and two grandchildren. Also noted is a separate obituary line for James Henry Couey publisher of the Honolulu Star Bulletin who died at Fiumicino Airport aged 48 while returning from Helsinki. He is survived by widow Elizabeth Brown two daughters and a son.
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Midland
Welvon Julius Booker
Idieq
Parkview Hospital
Paynes Chapel
CME
Colorado City
Mitchell County
Jackson Funeral Home
Booker
Gary
Seattle
Wash
James LeMont
Lubbock
Earl Booker
William Booker Jr
Roswell
N.M
Rosa Davis
Marguerite Perry Kermit
Marguerite Perry
Robert B. Perry
East 50Th
Odessa
Jo Anne Spencer
East 35Th
Rome
James Henry Couey
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Fiumicino
International Press Institute
Helsinki
Finland
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Coney
Macon
Elizabeth Brown
E. G. Broten
E. R. Daniel
Atlanta
James Henry
First Savings Declares 25-Cent Dividend on Stocks
During its June meeting the board of directors of First Savings and Loan Association voted to pay a cash dividend of 25 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Friday. This marks the 13th consecutive semi annual dividend. Assets of the association may exceed $20 million.
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First Savings and Loan Association
Board Award Appealed in Odessa Injury Case
An appeal from a board award was filed Tuesday in the 161st District Court. Pacific Indemnity Co. seeks reversal of a board award exceeding $500 to Joe H. Wilson of Odessa, who claimed injuries while employed by Capitan Drilling Co., Inc.
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Industrial Accident Board
161St District Court
Pacific Indemnity Co
Joe H. Wilson
Odessa
Wilson
Capitan Drilling Co., Inc
Best Speaker Honored at Wildcat Toastmasters meet
Dave Edwards voted best speaker at the regular Wildcat Toastmasters meeting held at 7 p m Monday in Sands Restaurant. Don Gregory won the table topic award Eben Warner was runner up speaker and Jack Redding delivered best evaluation.
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Dave Edwards
Wildcat Toastmasters
Sands
Don Gregory
Eben Warner
Jack Redding
Ernesto Vasquez Ramirez Charged With Prohibited Weapon
Ernesto Vasquez Ramirez aged 28 of 408 East Ruth was named in a complaint in Ector County Court for carrying a prohibited weapon. Police say he had a .22 caliber pistol when arrested at Clements and South Broughton around 11 30 p.m. Sunday. He posted a $1500 bond.
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Ernesto Vasquez Ramirez
East Ruth
Ector
Ramirez
Clements
South Broughton
Firemen Answer Four Calls Here
The Odessa Fire Department answered four calls Monday, three minor and one false alarm. A burning roll of tar paper touched a utility pole behind 1003 Del Rio, extinguished in three minutes with little damage. A misfired evaporative cooler motor caused smoke but no damage. Fire crews also fought a trash container fire at 400 North Texas with no damage. A neighbor reported a blaze at 207 Shell, later identified as a barbecue at Adela Hernandez’s home.
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Odessa
del Rio
Joy Hall
East Fourth
North
Texas
Adela Hernandez
Window Breaker Seen After Back Door Forced Entry
Odis Nelson of 2208 Catalina reported a broken back door window after returning home Monday. Investigators believe an air rifle may have been used in the incident.
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Odis Nelson
Catalina
City Groups Schedule Readied for Day
At City Hall Council Chamber zoning board meets at 3 30 AM The Downtown American Business Club convenes at NOON in the Inn of Golden West Coach Room Odessa Rotary gathers at NOON in the Inn of Golden West Ballroom Tri Service Lions assemble at NOON at the Sands Restaurant Ketor Lions at 8 PM LeRoy s Barbecue Julius Caesar at Globe Theater 8 30 PM
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City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Council Chamber
City Hall
Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of Golden West Coach Room
Odessa Rotary
No Jurors Selected Murder Trial Enters Second Day
In Garden City, Witmer Ballard of Odessa and Orville Davis of Midland face trial for the December murder and robbery of Glasscock County rancher Steve Currie. Jury selection stretched into a second day as about 90 panelists were dismissed or disqualified. Prosecutors Wayne Burns and Gilford Jones pursue a verdict while defense attorney Bobby Bearden sought a venue change. Ballard and Davis were captured in California and Midland respectively after the slaying.
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Garden City
Witmer Jean Ballard
Odessa
Orville Davis
Midland
Glasscock County
Steve Currie
Ralph Caton
118Th District Court
Bobby Bearden
Ballard
Davis
Wayne Burns
Big Spring
Gilford Jones
Bearden
Caton
Currie
Witmer
Casper
Wyo
Texas Rangers
Western
California Highway Patrol
Riverside
Calif
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Raymond Vespa
Blossom Lane
Circulation Department
Unil
Sam Vines
Optometrist
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
East 27Th
Howard R. Eady
Jackson
Doyle R. Bailey
Boulder
Larry A. Barber
Ralph W. Moore
Douglas
Mane
East Ously
East Ltd
West Second
George R. Heard
Carolyn Drive
Stardust Motel
University and Grandview
Deborah P. O'Neill
East 36Th
Marcia L. Meyer
Englewood
Murphy and Grandview
Betty N. Dement
East 12Th
Ubaldo L. Salinas
South Sam
Houston
Judith Cambern
Alfred Davidson
Taisha Herring
Bruce Tuxhorn
Jacky Spaugh
Witt Stuart
Catherine Johnson
Olivia Haas
Augusta Tanner
Pearl Arrington
Shirley McKinney
Tammie Poor
Linda Mahoney
Elma Brake
Velva McClung
Donna Maxwell
Mike Martinez
Roy Lacy
Ronald Woodard
Ronnie Kuykendall
Dorothy Gray
M. Lavera Wyles
Patsy Mapes
Azilee Warren
Janice Boushell
Led
Odessan
James Coquey
N Odessa
Lions
Sands Restaurant
Ketor Lions Club
LeRoy
Julius Caesar
Globe Theater
Purete
California
Allard
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