Panel selects 16 girls for beauty pageant
The Miss West screening committee chose 16 contestants Sunday to compete with Independence Day Festival events on July 25. Applications remain open through the Odessa Jaycees office and real estate offices. Finalists will be chosen July 5 at Ector County Coliseum during the pageant sponsored by the Odessa Jaycees.
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Miss West
Odessa Jaycee
North Lincoln
Dwight DeBolt
Odessa American
Larry Albertelli
Schuepbach Real Estate
National Bank of Odessa
Tylene Osborn
Marvin DeBolt
Jimmy Gilliland
Lloyd Lane
Frank Streeh
Ector County Coliseum
Odessa Jaycees
Collection suit filed against James R Bond in Ector County
James R Bond an Odessa resident is named defendant in a collection suit filed Monday in Ector County Court seeking the 288 judgment by Citizens State Bank of Slaton.
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James R. Bond
Odessa
Ector County
Citizens State Bank of
Slaton
Odessa American Publication Details And Rates
The Odessa American lists office address at 222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 and notes second class mailing status under the 1879 act. It provides subscription rates for home delivery in Odessa Ector County and other zones, plus by mail annual and monthly rates and single copy prices for daily Saturday and Sunday editions.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessee
Post
Gary
Ector County
Miss Your Paper Message From Odessa American
Miss your Odessa American or service unsatisfactory call Circulation Department. Phone FE 7 4661. Open until 6 45 p.m. weekdays Saturdays until noon Sundays until 1 30 p.m.
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Odessa
Judy Garland dies after tragic life and many marriages
Judy Garland, famed singer and actress, died after years of public and private struggle. She married six times to notable men including David Rose Vincent Minelli Sid Luft and Mark Herron. Her children Liza Minnelli Lor na Luft and Jo y Luft were with her in the United States when the news broke. Colleagues mourned her as a unique entertainer despite late career woes and personal troubles.
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David Rose
Vincent Minelli
Sid Luf
Mark Herron
Liza
Minelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
United States
Miss Garland
Australia
Judy
Eli Wallach
Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Peter Delaney
Mickey Rooney
Warren Court reshapes civil rights and reapportionment
The Warren Court moved into the politically charged field of civil rights and voting districting. It ruled segregated schools illegal and mandated one person one vote, sparking calls for Chief Justice Warren's impeachment amid racial and political controversies.
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Warren Court
Warren
Weekend Violence Toll Soars To 45
The Associated Press reports a deadly Texas weekend with 45 deaths from boating and drowning accidents, gunfire, fires, drugs, stabbings, and a wasp sting. Victims span Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, and other locales, with multiple drownings, a fatal shooting, and a three-car collision on a major highway.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
North Lake
Ronald Everett
Cleodus Griffin
Amadeo Chavez Guerra
San Antonio
Salvadore Aguilar
Medina Lake
Aguilar
Tornadoes strike Kansas and Missouri causing heavy damage
An electrical storm caused a near communications blackout, with about 35 people treated in Farmington Ironton and Potosi. In central Kansas a new batch of tornadoes wounded about 100 and caused over 10 million dollars in damage, especially at Salina where 37 of 43 planes were damaged and numerous homes and buildings were destroyed.
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Farmington
Ironton
Potosi
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Kansas
Salina
Hunt To Head Pipeline Firms In Santa Fe Group
Ray mond J. Hunt will become president July 15 of Gulf Central Pipeline Co. and Santa Fe Pipeline Co., subsidiaries of Santa Fe Industries. Gulf Central builds a 2000 mile anhydrous ammonia line from Gulf Coast to Illinois Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Indiana, with completion slated for later this summer. Santa Fe operates an 108 mile Amarillo to Clovis, New Mexico line and promotes Chaparral Pipeline to move natural gas liquids from West Texas to the Gulf Coast.
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Amarillo
Raymond J. Hunt
Gulf Central |Pipeline Co
Santa Fe Pipeline Co
Santa Fe Industries, Inc
John JS. Reed
Gulf Central Pipeline Co
Gulf Coast
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Indiana
Clovis
N. M
West Texas
Five Streets Evacuated as Storm Floods Kentucky
The storm forced evacuations on five residential streets and emptied a motel. In Madisonville Ky rainfall reached 8.15 inches in six hours, while Bowling Green saw rising waters and a severe electrical storm hitting homes and cars.
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Madisonville
Bowling Green
City To Buy Thinking Traffic Light
Odessa city council to consider purchasing a modular eight phase traffic controller that uses detectors to skip phases during light traffic and rest on one phase midnight to dawn. Bids open at 9 a.m. in City Hall. Public hearings on six unsafe buildings and zoning actions also planned along with parade permit and city depository bids.
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Odessy
City Hall
Eighth
Grandview Avenue
Walter Goodgson
Goodgson
South
Lincoln
Wilson
West Ada
West Mable
Baker Ambulance Service
Baker Ambulance Service, Inc
Jaycees
Polar explorers recount Arctic ordeal across icy expanse
Four men led by Herbert endured 45 below zero while crossing the ice in a distant Arctic quest. They battled temperamental huskies and survived dangers from shifting ice and a torn boot incident. Heroes greeted by families, officials, and international figures aboard a ship after a near disaster on a North Pole side expedition.
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Koerner
Herbert
Hedges
Bubbles
England
Spitsbergen
Vivian Fuchs
Alec Rose
Fred‘die Church
Arctic
North Pole
Allan Gill
Man Treated After Accidental Gunshot Wound
Lartha Mayfield of 311 South Jackson was released from Medical Center Hospital after emergency treatment for a gunshot wound to the left arm. He said a .22 caliber pistol he was cleaning discharged Saturday night, the bullet hitting his arm.
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Lartha Mayfield
South Jackson
Medical Center Hospital
Deaths Retired Local Lawyer Dies in Odessa
Thomas J. Pitts 73 of 615 North Lee died about 10 30 a m in a local nursing home after years of ill health He was born Sept 17 1895 in Charleston S C and practiced law in Odessa 30 years He studied at Chicago Law School and joined the U S Supreme Court bar while in Gorman He served on the Texas Civil Judicial Council and Howard Payne College board of trustees Active in the Democratic Party in Ector County
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Rix Funeral
Thomas J. Pitts
North Lee
Odessa
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Charleston
S. C
First Baptist Church
Chicago Law School
Supreme Court of the United States
Gorman
Texas Civil Judicial Council
Howard Payne College
Democratic
Ector Coun
Services Slated for Odessian Jimmy Cannaday
Jimmy Charles Cannaday aged 22 of 505 Harless died Sunday morning after a six month illness at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Rev. P. A. Mitchell officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Cannaday, born July 1 1946 in Cameron, married Betty Berry March 11 1966 in Odessa. Survived by his wife, mother Mrs Reba Northcutt, two sisters Mrs Dennis Robinson and Mrs Reba Jo Maness, two step sisters Rhonda and Sherlyn Northcutt, and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Quillian. Funeral home listed as Hubbard-Kelly, 1351 East 4th.
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Harless
Medical Center Hospital
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P. A. Mitchell
Imperial
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Cannaday
Cameron
Betty Berry
Odessa
Seminole
First Baptist Church
Odessa College
Reba Northcutt
East 4Th
Dennis Robinson
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Reba Jo Maness
Camp la Junae
N.C
Rhonda Northcutt
Sherlyn Northcutt
Charles Quillian
Bob Hope’s Brother Dies in Tragedy Grips Hope Family
Hollywood AP reports George Hope, 58, youngest brother and production coordinator for Bob Hope specials, died of cancer. In a linked story, Patsy Dotson, 23, of Odessa died in a Big Spring hospital. funeral services pending for Patsy at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survivors include a daughter and multiple relatives. Also noted: Paul E Neville, 50, Buffalo Evening News editor, died after a stroke. William Costello, 65, former radio newsman and ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, died after brief illness. Elizabeth Annette Marshall, infant daughter of Rev James and Mrs. Marshall of Pecos, graveside services held.
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Patsy Dotson
East 30Th
Dotson
Big Spring
San Francisco
Calif
Odessa
Butte
Moni
Tenisia Zanon Dotson
John Clovis
George Barnett Jr
Ft. Bragg
N.C
L. D. Garrett
Paule E. Neville
Buffalo
N.Y
Paul E. Neville
The
Buffalo Evening News
Buffalo General Hospital
Neville
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors
New York State Socity of Newspaper Editors
William Costello
Washington
el Paso
Pecos
Marshall
Trinity Lutheran Church
Christian Marshall
James £. Marshall Lel
Duluth
Minn
Waller Krause
Morristown
City Events Schedule Highlights Local Meetings and Shows
A timetable lists TERAS 9 A.M. City Council in the Council Chamber City Hall. At 12 noon the Grandview Lions Club meets Sutphens Barbecue then Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant and Sarcene Inn Golden West Ballroom. 4:30 P.M. Odessa College Board of Regents in OC Student Union Building. 8 P.M. A Midsummer Night's Dream at Globe Theater and American Legion Post 430 gathering at Legion Hall Eighth and Pueblo.
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Golden West Ballroom
Odessa College Board of Regents
OC Student Union
Globe Theater
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
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