Two Girls Honored At Iraan in Alley Oop Day Crown
At Traan Park the fourth annual Alley Oop Day pageant crowned Miss Stone Age Susan Mobley 18 Eldorado Lions Club queen and Miss Oola Karen Kerbow 16 Iraan. About 600 to 700 attendees saw contests for town and out of town entrants with multiple runners up and ties noted for the honors plus additional results from Crane Big Lake Fort Stockton Trav Traan Kermit Iraan and Eldorado areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRAAN
Fidorado
Traan Park
Stone Age
Susan Mobley
Raymond Mobley
Eldorado
Eldorado Lions Club
Oola
Karen Kerbow
O. G. Kerbow
Deborah Lynn Harless
H. W. Harless
Crane
Debbie Slusher
Jack Slusher
Big Lake
Karen Brice
Mrs. K. Brice
Fort Stockton
In Custody Beatrice Bracy Jones Charged With Assault
Beatrice Bracy Jones twenty seven, 317 Jarver, held in Ector County on a four thousand dollar bond after Saturday charging assault with intent to murder. She allegedly knifed Helen McDade twenty two, 906 Sy, who was at Medical Center Hospital Monday morning in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Bracy Jones
Jarver
Ector County
Liew
Helen Eet McDade
Feleshone FE
Odessa
Amall
Theft Suspects Held In Jail In West Texas City
A man Warren D. Wilborn 28 and woman Mery Wilborn 38 were jailed on felony theft charges after allegedly taking a tink store and coins from Daisey L. Brooks at 400 East Third on Feb 2. Bonds were set at 500 by Justice of the Peace E. E. Nobles. The man was arrested after a minor traffic incident in the 2100 block of North Grandview, and a warrant identified him in the theft. Police probe a rash of other thefts: compressor and animal shears stolen from 808 South Sam Houston. $81 cash from a Phillips Texaco on I 20 and US 385. pearls and $335 from a hospital patient’s makeup kit. a watch from a Ted Gentry residence. a TV from a car at Ector Theater. a purse with papers and checkbook from a bar at Floyd Gwin Park. a purse stolen from a pickup at Gibson's Discount Center. a stereo from a car at Thompson's Paradise. a pistol from a Goldsmith pickup. bicycles stolen from two locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Warren D. Wilborn
Mery Wilborn
Desert Inn Motel
Daisey L. Brooks
East Third
North Grandview
Fair Palms Place
Medical Center Hospital
Ted [Gentry
Carver
Deborah Quinn
Goldsmith
Ector Theater
Candance
Carol Evans
Eastith
Floyd Gwin Park
Donna L. Adkins
Monahans
Gibson’s Discount Center
Eillis R. Rubalcaba
Drury Lane
Thompson's Paradise
South
Tom Trewan
Stadium crowd disaster leaves many dead and injured
Witness described a panicked surge at a stadium trampling many victims. By midnight only 23 dead identified as clothes and papers were torn away. Officials opened a municipal catastrophe inquiry while Mayor Iricibar called it an unfortunate accident. Boca Juniors owners offered funeral and medical costs for victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Iricibar
Juan Carlos Ongania
Boca Ayiniars
Boca
Lawmen Check Six Vandalism Cases
Police and deputies investigated six vandalism incidents including a broken window at the Twin Terrace Drive-In 3600 Andrews Highway a rock thrown at 3914 Melody Lane home a shattered front door at Odessa Meat Co 200 West Odessa vandalized yard at 2413 West Ith and two ransacked houses in the 2190 block of Hanley. Victims include Bobby Jean Guim 2122 Hanley and L. J. Eilers 2123 Hanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead
Twin Terrace Drive-in
Andrews Highway
Sam Kirby
Melody Lane
Odessa Meat Co
West Odessa
West Ith
Hanley
Bobby Jean Guim
L. J. Eilers
Girl Injured In Car Crash In Odessa
Emma C. Gonzales, 15, of 1300 South Lines in Odessa, was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a left ankle injury and leg bruises after a two car crash on Interstate 20 near Loop 338 overpass. Drivers Cosmo Gomez, 104 South Lincoln, and Shaydi Morrison, 8&0 Summer, were involved as Gomez's model car hit Morrison's rear. The incident occurred about 4.6 miles east of Odessa as both vehicles traveled west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Odessa Student Edits Prize Winning Paper
Odessa student John McCarroll serves as news editor and summer editor of The Battalion at Texas A and M University. The paper won Texas Press association awards for news pictures and editorial writing, announced at the convention last week among papers in cities from 15,000 to 150,000 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Battalion
Texas A&m University
Odessa
Texas Press, Association
John McCarroll
Girl Burned by Hot Grease Treated at Local Hospital
Ellen Baker daughter of Russell Baker of 313 Casa Grande received emergency care at Medical Center Hospital for burns to the face and neck from hot grease over the weekend. She was later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Baker
Russell Baker
Casa Grande
Medical Center Hospital
Ranch Home Built in 1800s Near Devil's River
The Jim Baker ranch house, 60 miles south of here, sits on a hillside near the Devil's River and Baker's Crossing. Built starting in 1883 with later enlargements, it blends rock sections and a frame roof, once part of a large 117 acre tract. The home hosted a 40 mile telephone line to Comstock, and a mail hack route fed by Mrs. George Baker. The house retains antique character with modern amenities and an open, welcoming style for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Bilbrey
Baker
Jim Baker
Here
Devil's River
Baker’s Crossing
San Antonio
el Paso
San Pedro
Mexico
George S. Baker
Texas
John A. Beckett
Dewil's River
Beckett
Dead Man's Pass
Fort Lancaster
George Baker
Texas Ranger
Comstock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Baker Home
Qrona
Hospital under siege by inmates and fire in Columbus
OHIC Rte sac barree sent a squad of men in to bring out anyone in the hospital. Many injured treated for smoke inhalation. Two men carried out on stretchers bleeding from the forehead. Three guards suffered apparent heart attacks. Donald Craige, an employee, said he was in the hospital before 8 a.m. when rushed by inmates armed with clubs and scissors. He and others ran to the third floor and barricaded themselves. Inmates set fires, trapped workers, and attempted escapes by tying blankets. Guards and some inmates rescued others as flames rose and smoke blanketed downtown Columbus. Fires ignited within minutes of each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Craige
Craiga
Columbus
Deaths in Texas communities reveal long illness and church ties
Obituaries note Clarence Redic 74 of Anson died at a local rest home after a three month illness with services pending at Lawrence Funeral Home. He lived at 20 Wabash, moved from Midland, and was a former city laborer and Methodist. Survivors include four sons and seven daughters. Burial is in Anson Cemetery.
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Clarence Redic
Lawrence
Anson
Anson Cemetery
Hubbard-Kelly Funera Home
Redic
Wabash
Apr
Midland
Methodist Church
Lott
Eula Brown
Clarence Jr
Roosevelt
Hudson
Jessie Denver
Calo
R. C
Kansas City
Kans
Grace Arrington
Howard Hunter
Francis L. Redic
Bobbie G. Fleming
Amanda J. Weaver
Kansas City, Mo
Clinton Earl Mayberry
Virginia Williams
Gatesville
George E. Henson
George F. Henson
Ellis Funeral Home
Matthew Lynn
First Presbyterian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henson
Sun‘Jay
Odessa’s Medical Center
Battling Co
Odessa
Wilson County
Floresville
University of Texas
Lufkin Machinery and Foundry Co
Oklahoma
Kansas
A. L. Smith 30
Milwaukee
Wis
Great Bend
Lufkin
London
England
Thelma
Griffith
Hobbs
N.M
Douglas
Lubbock
George S. Henson
Douglas Oates Henson
Laredo
John Henson
Roy Swift
Catonville
William Barnes
San Antonio
Mort Handlenan
Corpus Christi
Perry Edwin Casey
Rix Funeral Home
Orbin Turner
First Methodist Church
Elizabeth Ann Post
Big Spring
Jof Rix Funeral Home
Nalley-Pickel Funeral Home
Casey
Headlee
Medical Center Hospital
Ralph Cade
Milam County
Walter Grice
Albuquerque
Golden Liberty
Presbyterian Club
Charles Cade
Maxine
Blytheville Air Force Base
McArthur
Stanton
Ark
William Cade
Wanda Cooper
Houston
Vietnam
Ronald Cade
Beale
C. H. Rose
Air Force Base
Calif
Lockney
Hilburni
Georgia
Ginger Casey
Cade
Philis Glenn
Cisco
Marlene Martin
Arizona City
Ariz
L.G
Mishap Victim Hospitalized After Weekend Injuries
Jack Owenby aged 68 remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital with a broken right leg from a fall at a residence. Randy Glass, 11, released after a broken left arm from a fall. Larry Feeler, 14, treated for a broken finger after striking a swimmer with his right hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Owenby
Medical Center Hospital
Owenby
East Sixth
Randy Glass
Earnest Glass
East 21St
Larry Feeler
W. J. Feeler Jr
Douglas
Doy
Police move to end Poor People’s Campaign camp near Capitol
Police began arresting members of the Poor People’s Campaign as the camp on federal parkland was cleared. An earlier briefing warned the demonstrators they were not authorized to stay. Abernathy was among those taken into custody near Capitol Hill as authorities urged cooperation to avoid injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Federal
Grant Wright
Park
Abernathy
Capitol Hill
J. M. Powell
Capitol
Powell
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Caral Beckett
W. F. Beckett
Traan
Debbie Rex
Johnny McMullen
Trav
Cindy Johnson
Kermit Finley
Linda. Burnett
Lee Burnett
5. Fisher
B. Fisher
Dilly G. Bell
Frank Bush
West Ninth
Lydell Brady
Hank
Dee Young Music Co
And
Roustabout Auto
American Bank of Commerce
By Bob Horn
Prawtuhaly
Sims Rt Pel-Velitiatt
Ohic
Rte
Annel Todd & Todd
Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Committee
Robert Covington
Chamber Board Room
City
Odessan
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