Mother Also Jailed In Odessa Child Abuse Case
A 39-year-old Odessa man Murphy Woodrow Williams was jailed after his nine year old step daughter told detectives of repeated mistreatment over the past year. Detective Captain James Johnson said charges of family mistreatment would be filed and the mother Iona was also being held.
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Odessa
James Johnson
Murphy Woodrow Williams
South
Hancock
Iona
Johnson
Williams
Herstepfather
Ector County
Record of court actions and hospital notes
Marriage licenses issued list Leo Hatten and Audie Hughes Dan French and Mary Arnold James Atkins and Estell Clayton. Civil and criminal actions include Miles for child desertion and Lupe Onega vs Department of Public Safety. Births and hospital stay include June admissions and a stepfather molestation case with custody placed.
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Leo Hatten
Audie Hughes
Dan French
Mary Arnold
James Atkins
Estell Clayton
Johnny Ray Miles
Lupe Onega
Department of Public Safety
Manuel Ortega
Rosecrans Tentiles Sales, Inc
Carper Mart, Inc
Woman Injured In Auto Crash in Odessa
The wife of an Odessa physician, Mrs J Paul Rader aged 41, was treated in good condition for a neck injury at Medical Center Hospital after a crash at Second and Grandview around 10 am Wednesday. Her car was rear ended by Frankie Hall Tryon 31 of 612 Fitch. Damages totaled 208 dollars.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Second
Grandview
J. Paul Rader
Country Ciw Estates
Frankie Hall Tryon
Fitch
Senator Injured In Farm Drum Explodes
Senator Grady Hazlewood, 38, was listed in poor condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a gasoline drum exploded on his farm. He suffered a broken jaw deep facial cuts burns and an injury to his left eye while cutting the drum with an acetylene torch.
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Amarillo
UPI
Grady Hazlewood
Vicim
Tuesay
Northwest Texas Hospital
Hazlewood
Miles Charged With Child Desertion in Ector County Court
Johnny Ray Miles, 2, was charged in Ector County Court on Wednesday with child desertion. The complaint, signed by his wife Dana Miles of Beechwood, accuses him of deserting a two year old child.
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Johnny Ray Miles
Ector
Miles
Dana
Beechwood
County Opens Tax Hearings with No Change in Rates
Ector County Commissioners Court met as a board of equalization with oil company representatives. The county valuation is projected to reach about 181 million dollars this year, up from 175.87 million last year. Assessor Bob Bates said property will be assessed at 12.5 percent of actual value and the tax rate remains $1 per 100 dollars of value. Evaluation engineers Pritchard and Abbott participated to review figures with oil tax personnel.
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Ector County
Bob Bates
Pritchard and
Abbott
Sugar industry hails Hetter on Cuba sugar outlook
Mexico’s sugar sector welcomed news that US demand may not meet Cuba’s future needs. The National Sugar and Alcohol Industries Chamber cites a $20,000 ton surplus with no buyers. A higher US quota could ease the excess but production cuts may be needed unless buyers are found. Local producers urge President Lopez Mateos to intervene.
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Mexico City
Christan Heres
Cuba
Mexico
National Sugar and Akcohondustries Chamber
Suzar
Adolfo Lopez Marcos
Odessa cab driver pleads guilty to selling liquor
Odessa man Marvin Cunningham, an Odessa cab driver, pled guilty in Ector County Court after being charged Tuesday with selling liquor illegally. He was fined $100 and arrested by state liquor control board official D. J. Goen.
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Odessa
Marvin Cunningham
Ector
D. J. Goen
State Liquor Control Board
Openi
Three Thefts Reported In Odessa
Police detectives investigated three thefts Wednesday involving rings hubcaps and two newspaper dispensers. Lynda Gould reported her Odessa High School senior ring and a white gold dinner ring missing from Sherwood pool, valued at $105. Paul J Walls reported four hubcaps stolen from his car in Scott Theater lot. Two newspaper dispensers from Cabells Minit Market were found south of the store. coin boxes had been broken and emptied.
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Lynda Gould
Castle Road
Odessa High School
Sherwood Pool
Paul J. Walls
Catalina
Scott Theater
Cabells’ Minit Market
South Crane
Britain Raises Bank Rate Again to Tackle Imports
LONDON AP Britain’s official bank interest rate was raised to 5 percent from 4 percent, the second increase since Jan 1, aiming to correct the adverse balance of payments and curb inflation. Exports boomed while imports surged, with tighter credit terms for importers buying foreign goods.
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London
Britain
Bank of England
Girl Drowns While Swimming With Mother in Pond
Henderson UPI reports 13 year old Listine Means daughter of a farm worker, drowned after diving from a boat into a snail pond while fishing with her mother Mrs Clayton H Means. Rescue units recovered her body in deep water.
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Henderson
UPI
Listine Means
Clayton H. Means
Henderson Rescue
Odessa Truck Driver Burns in Fire on Kermit Highway
An Odessa truck driver Roy Durden aged 30 in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after second degree burns to face and arms when his transport truck caught fire on the Kermit Highway 19 miles northwest of Odessa about 4 30 p m Tuesday. He drove the fire damaged vehicle across a ditch and fence to clear traffic as fire crews from No trees and Goldsmith fought the blaze. The report notes several other Tuesday and Wednesday fires in the area, including a house blaze on Hilltop, a car backfire fire on Barrow, a Travel Lodge construction fire started by a wedding torch, and several trash and vacant lot fires with varying damage.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Roy Durden
West Clifford
Heav
Ily
Durden
Notrees and
Goldsmith
Rubye Hardwick
Hilltop
C. E. Sifford
Barrow
Travel Lodge
East Second
Washington
Mexican Baptists Vote For Merger
SAN ANTONIO AP The Mexican Baptist Convention at its 50th anniversary meeting approved a plan to merge with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The merger requires approval from the General Convention of Texas executive board and messengers at the Lubbock state convention October 31 to November 2. The Mexican convention would operate as a department of the Texas body. Over 275 Latin American churches in Texas with 30 000 members are affiliated. Most churches now maintain dual affiliation with the Texas convention.
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San Antonio
Mexican Baptist Convention
Baptist General Convention of Texas
General Convention of Texas
State Baptist Convention
Lubbock
Texas
Court Reinstates Odessan's Appeal
The State Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday reinstated an appeal by Moises Samora 21 who is serving a five year term for possession of marijuana. His probation was revoked in the 161st District Court and the appellate court had initially rejected the appeal on a technicality according to the district attorney's office.
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State Court of Criminal Appeals
Moises Samora
Samora
161St
Four Year Term For Ohio Man In Auto Theft Case
An Ohio man, 30, was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty in 1618 District Court to auto theft. Ervin Dressing claimed an irresistible urge to steal cars with a key in sight and admitted planning to drive the car to El Paso and California before being arrested at 74 mph. He was on parole from a 1 to 200 year sentence for auto theft from Stewart's Imported Motors.
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Ohio
1618 District
Ervin Dressing
C ._.Milburn
Dressing
Stewart
East Second
Penweil
el Paso
California
Herman Moffett
Elithe District Attorney's Office
Water main damage at Carolyn Drive intersection
A city street grader damaged a water service line Wednesday at the Carolyn Drive and Popular intersection two blocks west of the Andrews Highway in the 3500 block. The blade edge pulled out part of the main, causing a small water loss before city repair crews capped and fixed the line.
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Carolyn Drive
Popular
Andrews Highway
City Utilities Office
Woman Treated for Burns After Steam Press Accident
Nita Molinas, 30, of 1128 West Clifford, was treated and released at Medical Center Hospital Tuesday for second degree burns on her left arm and hand. She sustained the injuries while pressing clothes at Troy Laut’s dry cleaners, 1203 East 10th, when she lowered the steam pressing unit onto her arm.
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Nita Molinas
West Clifford
Medical Center Hospital
Troy Laut
East 10Th
World Opinion Near Unanimous On Eisenhower Asia Visit
Worldwide reaction to Eisenhower’s Asian tour appeared nearly unanimous. The president drew sympathy for peace efforts while facing setbacks attributed to Communist influence. UPI polls across Europe showed mixed views on U.S. prestige and strategy, with calls for tougher lines and listening to De Gaulle while noting the Tokyo cancellation as a blow to standing.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Eisenhower
Tokyo
U.S
Merriman Smith
White House
Paris
Frank H. Bartholomew
Times of London
United States
Madrid
Brussels
Sweden
Zurich
Negro Trombonist Put On Wanted Men List
Richard Peter Wagner, a sometime trombonist and full time burglar, was added to the FBI ten most wanted criminals list. He boasted of 35 burglaries across 15 states from October 1945 to January 1947 and is described as extremely dangerous, armed in the past. Wagner, a native of Wisconsin, escaped from Sandstone federal prison and has ties to multiple cities and Alcatraz.
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Wagner
Ashland County
Wis
Sandstone
Winn
Jefferson City
Coronado
Calif
Minneapolis
Montana
Fargo
N.C
Leavenworth
Kans
Milan City
Mich
Alcatraz
Desperado
Hollwood
Oklahoma
Iowa
New York
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Ililinos
Adventist Youths Devote Life to Rule Book Ahead in Atlantic City
About 15,000 Seventh Day Adventist youths attend a Festival of the Holy Scriptures in Atlantic City to discuss applying Bible principles. Delegates from La Sierra College say the lifestyle focuses on devotion over leisure, with rules against dancing, smoking, drinking, pool, fraternities, movie-going, and most television. Adherents describe it as a positive, closer walk with God, despite limited freedoms.
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Atlantic City
Norman Ault
Arlington
Calif
Lauralee Trainor
Orange
Miss Trainor
Ault
la Sierra College
West Coast
Solons Sweeten Own Pensions
Washington AP Congress passes two bills to sweeten pensions for members and some veteran employees. The measure lets qualifying service be earned across government agencies to meet the five year minimum and increases pension eligibility. It sets contributions at 74 percent of salary and yields up to 18 dollars annually per year of service.
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Washington
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Pancshes
Mental Exam for Fort Worth Youth on Car Theft Case
Gerald yllen Feris, 17, a former Gatesville State School for Boys inmate, will undergo a mental examination after admitting he steals cars to speed and feel “somebody.” He says he steals to drive fast around Fort Worth and was released six weeks ago from the state school after stealing $8,500 in merchandise from department stores.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Gerald Yllen Feris
Gatesville
Death verdict in case of Cornelia Blocker
SAN ANTONIO AP A verdict of death by own action was returned by Bexar County Medical Examiner Dr. Royal Lea in the death of Mrs. Cornelia Blocker. The body was found by her mother-in-law, Frances Blocker, after she failed to answer a call. a pistol was found near the body.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Royal Lea
Cornelia Blocker
Frances Blocker
Britons Switch Defense Policy Urges Nuclear Shift
London AP report says the British Labour party seeks to bar U S nuclear rocket bases in Britain while allowing bomber bases elsewhere. The proposal calls for no new British nuclear weapons, reliance on American deterrence, and NATO oversight on hydrogen bomb use. It also urges Western patrol planes not carry H bombs, amid plans for joint SAC RAF patrols.
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London
British Labor Party
Britain
United States
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Royal Air Force
Soviet Union
Spanish Trade Pact Approved with Spain for Surplus Farm Commodities
Washington UPI The Agriculture Department announced a trade agreement with Spain under the surplus disposal act. Spain will buy 64 million dollars worth of American surplus farm commodities paid in Spanish currency.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department Today
Spain
Former Prison Guard To Die In Munich Trial
Wolfgang Seuss, 3, a former Dachau guard, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Munich District Court for torturing and killing Kurt Riesenfeld by placing him in a steel basket attached to a crane and dropping it seven feet, repeating the act until death occurred.
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Munich
Germany
Dachau
Wolfgang Seuss
Kurt Riesenfeld
Riesenfeld
Oklahoma Crop May Set Record
Oklahoma's bumper 1960 wheat crop could break state records. Gerald Frazier of Anna Equity Cooperative Exchange in Enid said per acre yields have raised the crop estimate by 25 million bushels. Federal estimate stands at 105 million bushels. 130 million would mark the largest harvest in state history.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Gerald Frazier
Anna Equity Cooperative ExiGhanze
Enid
Twin Star Rocket derails injuring four passengers
A Rock Island passenger train derailed near Enid Oklahoma injuring four of 96 aboard and injuring two men in a swich engine. The Twin Star Rocket bound from Minneapolis to Houston jumped the track at 3:35 am and ripped up track. Passengers treated included Herman Prahl and Pamela Vandergriff.
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EMD
Okla
Rock Island Railroad
D. J. Smith
el Reno
Southern Division
Minneapolis
Houston
Enid Hospital
Cbser Valen
Dick Tanner
Lawrence
Kaw
Herman Prahl
Henry Swartz
Trenton
Pamala Vandergriff
Honson
Army's Czech officers majority Communist party members
A Polish newspaper, received in Vienna, says seventy four percent of Czechoslovakia's army officers are Communist party members. It calls the Czech army a real people's army.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Czecharmy
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William Babbitt
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Jimmy Stites
Ralph Wayne Hardin
James Daniel Rogers
Ceci Noyola
Jacob E. Brammer
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Jerry B. Biggs
Willam E. Owensby
Jimmy Marshall
Glen Arthur Knapp
James C. Brimberry
AL L. Knox
Austin J. Saylor
AL. R. Smith
Selbert N. Walker
Joe W. Clark
Thomas L. Sebolt
Burlce G. Head
Alfred T. Arnold
Jesse C. Gore
G. A. Thompson
Jimmie Lo Williams
Victor
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William Eldred
Ray Allen Durden
Grover C. Henry
G. W. Anderson
Linda Primera
Hubert N. Bolding
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Tony Randall Boyd
James A. Middleton
Arthur Smonsen
Cecil Clinton Martin
Carl E. Sharp
Terry Edward Goodman
Alan Franklin Box
Janie Rivera
Raymmond E. Franklin
Igniado Gonzales
Eant V. Watts
Eston C. Edge
Judy Diane Kelley
Edwin Drue Posey
James Robert Vanderveer
Glen Hayward Womack
Robert H. Phillips
Rachel B. Jaso
Donald Earl Thompson
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Atti HK
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Dowthy Mautin Ansley
Bo, Tah
Nabors Lane
James H. Wit Iéneon Jr
Midland
Roald Joe Bradley
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Sugar Industry
Hetter
Dana Ruth Taylor
William H. Taylor
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Frankfurt
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Solons Sweeten Own Pensions
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