Watergate fallout expands with new committee probes
Reports detail closed door testimony about the White House plumbers and the Ellsberg case as Congress broadens probes. Lawmakers question why security agencies weren’t legally empowered and consider witness lists including Hunt Mitchell Kissinger Krogh. Lawrence O'Brien cites campaign finance limits amid a grand jury possibility. Martha Mitchell leaves New York home with reporters trailing her.
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N.C
Ervin
Dean
E. Howard
Watters
House Internal Security Committee
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Zqne
White House
Plumbers
Daniel Elisberg
Nixon
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Obscenity ruling shifts against First Amendment limits
The Supreme Court split as Justice Douglas warned the decision could suppress wide material and bar newspapers in benighted places. Burger and White formed the majority to tighten tests, suggesting obscenity convictions could rise and even films like The Last Tango in Paris or magazines such as Playboy face new prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Douglas
Byron R. White
Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Harry F. Blackmun
Hursday
Brennan
Paris
Playboy
Penthouse
Odessa Mayor criticizes U S Mayors for inflation tax stance
Odessa mayor Jim Reese says at the U S Conference of Mayors in San Francisco the group favored more federal grants and failed to ease inflation or cut taxes. He opposed a subsidy of municipal taxable bonds and urged energy development and the Alaska pipeline, noting dominance by large cities and limited influence for smaller metros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Reese
U.S. Conference of Mayors
San Francisco
Reese
Odessa
Congress
U.S
Dawmen Probe 4 Burglaries
Odessa police investigate four burglaries including Maria Suarez at 612 East Murphy where silverware glassware and china were taken after entry was forced. Lois Bailey of Hallsville reports a stereo worth 100 stolen from her car at 517 North Lasseter after a broken left rear window. Gordon Furlow at 400 East 738th reports a stereo player and two tapes stolen from his car after a window break. Emily Caldiron of Phoenix reports eight tapes missing after a right front window break at 2419 West 11th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Suarez
East Murphy
Odessa
Lois Maxine Bailey
Hallsville
North Lasseter
Gordon Furlow
East 738Th
Emily Caldiron
Phoenix
West 11Th
Heidi production and dances planned by Parents Without Partners
Parents Without Partners members will attend a 2:30 p.m. Saturday performance of Heidi at the Permian Playhouse. A summertime dance is set for 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the Phillips Building ballroom with admission for members. A family picnic is planned Sunday in Cole Park Midland with a zoo visit and food to be brought by members.
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Parents Without Partners
Permian Playhouse
Phillips Building
Cole Park
Midland
Fepulap
Odessa
Zoom
Bee
Emergency Standards Study Asked
Mayor Jim Reese asked the Ector County Medical Society to help develop standards for an emergency medical service in Odessa. Dr. Robert F. Lewis told City Council the hospital saw 149 DOA in 1971-72 and 40 DOA in the first five months of this year, and a mobile rescue system could have saved many. Reese said the society will assist staff as the proposal is studied, noting no cost estimate yet.
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Jim Reese
Ector County Medical Society
Odessa
Robert F. Lewis
Medical Society
Lewis
Medical Center Hospital
Reese
Suspect Faces Theft Count at Park Motel
Virgil Glen Ferguson of the Park Motel is held in Ector County jail in lieu of a 3000 dollar bond on a felony theft charge. He allegedly took a pistol from Roger Sanderson’s car at 501 North Grandview while the auto was being repaired. Peace Justice Manuel Valles set the bond.
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Virgil Glen Ferguson
Park Motel
Ector County
Ferguson
Roger Sanderson
Catalina
North Grandview
Manuel Valles
Judge Accepts 2 Guilty Pleas In Aggravated Assault Case
Khaled Ganaba and Elnade Said, both of Odessa, pled guilty in Ector County Court-at-law to aggravated assault on Ricardo Bernal on May 2 in the 800 block of North Washington. Bernal said he was dragged from his car while with his date. Each man was fined $50 as Judge Phillip Godwin accepted the pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Court-at-law
Ricardo Bernal
Monterey
Khaled Ganaba
Elnade
Odessa
Bernal
Washington
Phillip Godwin
Sul Ross Summer Enrollment Sets Record at SRSU
Sul Ross State University reports 1675 students for the first summer semester, a 26.6 percent rise from 1323 in 1972, the prior record. The first summer term ends July 13, with the second term starting July 16 and ending August 17.
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Alpine
Sul Ross State University
SRSU
Norman L. McNeil
Early Signup Reaches 150 at Odessa College
After five days of preregistration 150 students have signed up for the 1973 fall semester at Odessa College. Preregistration runs through Aug. 24 in Baskin Hall Student Affairs Office. Officials predict a new enrollment record next fall after a 3008 signup last year when 1811 preregistered. OC dean Jack Vaught urged students to preregister for desired schedules and noted that either ACT or SAT must be completed. In other news, a 32 year old Odessa woman posted bond on a drunken driving charge set at 500 dollars following a traffic stop on U.S. 385 two miles north of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
Baskin Hall
N.R
Jack) Vaught
Odessa
Peace
J.A. Purifoy
Rose Ann Foster
Meadow
Texas
U.S. 385
Quarter Horse Show Planned in Lea County Lovington
The Lea County Quarter Horse Association Show will be held in Lovington on Saturday and Sunday. Judge C. W. Cascio of El Paso will preside. The youth division is Saturday with a full slate of classes modeled after the National Junior Show in Amarillo. Sunday features the open show including halter and performance classes, with English and Western events and an open cutting contest approved by the National Cutting Horse Association.
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Lovington
N.M
Lea County
National Cutting Horse Association
Lad and Dad Campout at Buffalo Trail Ranch
Cub Scouts and their fathers join the Buffalo Trail Council campout at Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch in the Davis Mountains Texas 17 between Balmorrhea and Fort Davis. Participants pay 4 dollars each for meals and activities including rifle range and archery. Weekend program features a Saturday campfire and Sunday religious service.
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Midland
Cub
Buffalo Trail Council
Lad
Buffalo Trail
Davis Mountains
State Texas
Balmorrhea
Fort Davis
Field Trip Set Saturday
The Permian Basin Genealogical Society will field trip Saturday to Andrews County Cemetery to record names dates and inscriptions for the Treeshaker publication. Odessa members meet 9 a.m. at Ector County Library and 10 a.m. at the cemetery north gate on Eunice NM Highway with the Andrews County Historical Survey Committee.
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Permian Basin Genealogical Society
Andrews County
Treeshaker
Odessa
Ector County Library
Andrews County Historical Survey Committee
Eunice, N.M
Genealogical Department
Andrews County Museum
Texas State Archives
Andrews Group
Illness Fatal To Odessa
Mrs. Clara Miller 60 of 816 Fitch died after a long illness at Medical Center Hospital. Born June 6, 1913 she moved from Waco to Odessa and was a Bethel Baptist Church member. Survived by husband Rufus two daughters Ruth Williams and Ruby Johnson both of Los Angeles two sisters. Graveside services for Simeon Kemp 54 brother of Mrs. Lucille Foster of Midland will be Saturday at Tahoka Cemetery. Kemp died last Friday in Dallas after an illness. He was a former resident of Tahoka. Survivors include four daughters a son a sister two brothers and five grandchildren. Graveside services for James Kirk Myers 15-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Myers of Rochelle set for Friday at Cowboy Cemetery in McCulloch County. Wilkerson Funeral Home of Brady handling arrangements. Infant had been ill since birth. Grandfather Elton Lee Myers Odessa. Funeral services for E T Brown 57 Roosevelt County farmer and rancher set for Friday at Second Street Church of Christ with burial in Portales Cemetery. Brown died Tuesday in a local hospital. Survivors include widow a son two daughters two brothers four sisters including Dan Brown of Midland and Amaray Butler of Midland.
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Clara Miller
Fitch
Medical Center Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Miller
Odessa
Waco
Bethel Baptist Church
Rufus
Ruth Williams
Ruby Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Simeon Kemp
James Kirk Myers Brady
James Kirk Myers
Elton Myers
Rochelle
Cowboy
McCulloch County
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Brady
Brady Hospital
Elton Lee Myers
Portales
N.M
E.T. Brown
Roosevelt County
Second Street Church of Christ
Wheeler Mortuary
Brown
Dan Brown
Midland
Amaray Butler
Ruby Duncan
Kentucky
Janes
Ozona
William B.neely
William B. Neely
First Presbyterian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Neely
St. Paul's Hospital
Dallas
Chattanooga
Tenn
Louisville University
Louisville
Dorothy
William B. Neely II
Paris
Robert Mann
WB. Neely
Morrison Neely
Bethesda
Fire Chief's Mother Dies in Odessa Rites Pending
Polly Katherine Childress 78 of 510 West 46th Odessa housewife and mother of Odessa fire chief W.J. Childress died Thursday at 6 a.m. at Medical Center Hospital after a two day illness. Born March 24 1895 in Coleman County she married C C Childress in San Angelo in 1912. They moved to Odessa from Alpine in 1953. She was a life member of the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Survivors include her husband two sons L and L A Childress three daughters Leona McWhorter Virgie Denton and Katheryn Wilder a brother Tom Hickox a sister Bevis Pilker 23 grandchildren six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Polly Katherine Childress
West 46Th
Odessa
W.J. Childress
Medical Centerospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Bevis Pilker
Sacramento
Calif
Three Lawsuits Seek Damages in Local Courts
Three damage suits were on file Friday in 70th and 161st District Courts. Lois Moore of Kermit sued Britt Trucking Co. of Lamesa for 160000 over a March 18 crash at 42nd and West County Road. Paul Peyton Sparkman sued Ronald Lee Cooper for more than 600 after a May 31 collision at Andrews Highway and 46th. M D Hickman filed against Walter Smith Jr. for 13000 over a June 3 crash at Tom Green and Eighth. All four parties in the last two suits were Odessa residents.
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Lois Moore
Kermit
Britt Trucking Co
Lamesa
West County
Paul Peyton Sparkman
Ronald Lee Cooper
Andrews Highway
M.D. Hickman
Walter Smith Jr
Tom Green
Odessa
Blaze Blamed On Children At Storehouse Fire
Children playing with matches were blamed for a blaze that heavily damaged an exterior storehouse at 1800 East Seventh owned by Mister Jones. Firemen arrived at 6 28 p.m. Thursday. A smoke damage incident occurred at 309 Bruck at 12 31 p.m. and a false alarm for a trash fire at Bookins north end at 2 27 p.m. A grass fire at 6311 Montana at 7 4 p.m. was extinguished on arrival.
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East Seventh
Mister Jones
McKinley
Bruck
Bookins
Montana
Jury Sets Land Value for Midland Federal Building Parcel
A U S District Court jury awarded Hollis H. Leddy 18720 for his Midland land needed for a new federal building. Earlier juries valued other parcels at 38000 to four owners Kerr Archer Smith Steele. A third jury was hearing testimony for S M Erskine’s lot at the site.
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Midland
U. S. District Court
Federal
Hollis H. Leddy
Leddy
William Monroe Kerr
W. C. Archer
Robert Smith
Newton J. Steele
S. M. Erskine
Policeman Earns Doctor Title After Birth Aid
Midland Sergeant L H Burney earned the nickname Dr Burney after delivering a baby at a home maternity run. Police arrived ahead of an ambulance, the mother and newborn were taken to Midland Memorial Hospital, both reported doing fine. Burney admitted he was nervous but not scared.
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Midland
L H. Burney
Dr. Burney
Midland Police Department
Burney
Bill Williams
Mother and Son
Midland Memorial Hospital
Odessa events jam packed with civic and cultural happenings
Tomorrow in Odessa features a jam packed schedule with a 8-12 PM public jamboree at Floyd Gwin Auditorium and a AAU Odessa Summer Invitational at Sherwood Park. Other events include a DeMolay convention at Inn of the Golden West from 8 AM to 7 PM with a Grand banquet at Ector County Coliseum and a Sweetheart breakfast and luncheon at Dowling Elementary. The day also includes athletic contests at Odessa High School and a 30 PM show of Tempest at Globe Theatre.
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Floyd Gwin
Order of the DeMolay
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa High School
Inn of Golden West
Ector County Coliseum
Order of DeMolay
Dowling Elementary School
Odessan Dies Rites Slated For Forrest F Haney
Funeral services for Forrest F. Haney 72 of 2800 North Washington a past president of the Ector County Sheriff's Posse will be held at 4 p m Sunday at Mason Funeral Home with burial in Premier Ranch Cemetery Local arrangements are by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Haney died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness He was born June 28 1900 in Fort Worth He married Hazel Clancy in 1922 in Fort Worth They moved to Odessa from Mason in 1949 He was a life member of Optimist International and a retired air conditioning engineer He leaves two daughters Mrs David Rothmann of Mason and Mrs W F Tucker of Tulsa Ohio five grandchildren and four great
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Forrest F. Haney
Washington
Ector County Sheriff’s Posse
Mason Funeral
Mason
Premier Ranch
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Haney
Medical Center Hospital
Fort Worth
Hazel Clancy
Odessa
Optimist International
David Rothmann
W.F. Tucker
Tulsa
Ohio
Arnold Haney
Lloyd Haney
Cecil Haney
Claude Stelle
Dallas
Man Accused Of Stealing Officer's Badge
A Hobbs New Mexico man, 20, was in Ector County jail on a 1000 bond for petty theft after allegedly stealing a deputy sheriff badge from the sheriff's office about June 11. The badge was found at a service station where the suspect worked. He was arrested when visiting the sheriff's office about an impounded car. Justice of the Peace set bond.
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Hobbs
N.M
Ector County
Juan Lee Jr
Quiroz
Grant
Sheriff's Office
Justice of the Peace
J.A. Purifov
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Henry Kissinger
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Mitchell
Martha
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Douglas
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Dawmen
the Revelation
Joshua
Immanuel Baptist Church
4020
East University
California
Sul Ross
James N. Olson
University of Texas
Permian Basin
University of California At
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UCLA
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Wanda Smallwood
Lacasa
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Blaze
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Globe Theatre
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