Obscenity crackdown looms in Odessa as ruling loosens local control
Odessa officials vow stricter action against porn theaters after a 5 4 Supreme Court ruling shifting obscenity standards to local authority. Police chief Tomlin says arrests will be easier and ordinances rewritten. Theatre owners weigh shutdowns and shifts in offerings amid nationwide uncertainty. A child injuries after a dog bit off a finger near Keystone Street. hospital reports the girl in satisfactory condition.
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Sheila Allee
Odessa
Supreme Court
Jack Tomlin
Ector County
Elwood Hill
Bill McCoy
Slocum
Texas
73 Year Old Hurt Critically In Accident
Leo Richardson aged 73 of 408 Washington suffered critical injuries Saturday in a traffic mishap three miles west of Odessa at 1:25 p.m. He had fractures to both legs and was placed in the intensive care unit at Medical Center Hospital. Patrolman Joe Hunt said he was standing by his parked car when an eastbound pickup driven by 16 year old Joffre Francis Herman of Midland struck the car, which then knocked Richardson down.
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Leo Richardson
Washington
Odessa
Richardson
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Highway
Joe Hunt
Murphy
Joffre Francis Herman
Midland
Odessa American Publication and Delivery Rates Notice
The Odessa American lists its address at 222 East 4th Street Odessa Texas and notes postal details and second class matter status. It provides subscription rates for home delivery within Odessa and Ector County by carrier, motor route, or mail with yearly and shorter-term options and single copy costs.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa American
Ector County
District Court Divorces and Hospital Admits Distinct Records
District Court grants divorces for a list of couples including George Roach and Mary Roach and others. Medical Center Hospital reports admitted patients on June 22 and discharged patients, births, plus a long list of traffic accidents with names ages and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Calvin Roach
Mary Lyon Roach
Alva Jean Turner
Larry F. Turner
Donna Ray Lewis
William Lawrence Lewis
Margaret Maroney
William Hoyt Maroney
Sherry Bernice West
Edgar Alton West
Reba McCurdy
Richard McCurdy
June Thompson
Bennie Lee Thompson
Betty Brumely
LeRoy Brumley
Ofelia Pina
Arcadio A. Pina
Carl €. Hostetter
Shirley Host
William Chew
Mary Gonzales
J.¥. Houck
Jimmie Barnhart
Lucille Washington
Wilbur Line
Edmon Smith
Pearl Duncan
Evelyn Handley
Minnie Orton
Jeddie Moseley
Wiley Martin
Martha McBride
Alma Carlisle
Regena Biles
Emma Acosta
Share Gage
Tashya Schwarzlose
New Company Starts Hiring in Odessa Industrial Park
Hauenstein and Burmiester plan to hire three workers Wednesday from the Odessa College training program sponsored by the Texas agencies. Jim Eklund, Jack Hammang, and Gary Steichen moved from Minneapolis to start the elevator cab and entrance manufacturing plant here. In about two weeks, 25 more workers from the same training program will join the payroll. offices are currently in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Hauenstein
Burmiester
Odessa College
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Education Agency
Jim Eklund
Jack Hammang
Gary Steichen
Odessa
Minneapolis
Minn
Eklund
Chamber of Commerce
Odessa civic events schedule for tomorrow
Ector County Commissioners Court meets at 10 A.M. at the Ector County Courthouse. Odessa Kiwanis gathers at noon at Inn of the Golden West Coachroom. Chaparral Toastmasters meets at noon at Sands Restaurant. Wildcat Toastmasters at 7 P.M. at Sands. Evening Optimist Club at 7:30 P.M. at The Branding Iron. CAP Group XVI at 7:30 P.M. at CAP Headquarters Building, Ector County Airport.
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Ector County Commissioners Court
Ector County Courthouse
Odessa
Kiwanis
Inn of the
Golden West
Coachroom
Optimist Club
the Branding Iron
CAP Group XVI
CAP
Ector County
Odessa Voiture names slate of officers for 40 and 8
Grover Wilson of Odessa elected Chef de Gare to lead the Odessa Voiture 40 and 8 with a July 11 installation at the American Legion hall in Odessa. Other officers include John Curry Le Roy Billingsley Darrell Moore Vidal Porras Charley Andrews Leroy Nix James Orbeck Bill Rittenhouse Paul Wren Tom Pearson and A F Aaron Harvey Holcomb John Murphy. The executive committee also features Tom Pearson. Marvin D Weiss of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin is named chairman of the 32nd Research Conference on Instrumentation Science to be held July 22–27 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva New York.
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Odessa
Grover Wilson
American Legion Hall
John Curry
le Roy Billingsley
John Larson
Midland
Vidal Porras
Commis Voyageur
Darrell Moore
Aumonier
Charley Andrews
Lampiste
Leroy Nix
Avocat
Paul Wren
Garde de la Porte
James Orbeck
Bill Rittenhouse
Medicin
Paul Lunn
Drapeau No
Roy Moore
Drapeau
Tom Pearson
Marvin D. Weiss
University of Texas
Permian
Hobart
William Smith Colleges
Geneva
N.Y
Weiss
UTPB
Former Midland guard killed in Arizona prison disturbance
Theodore James Buckley 26 a former Midland resident was killed Friday night during a prison disturbance at Florence Arizona State Prison inmates seized a cellblock and two guards were fatally assaulted officials said the main yard was secured three hours after the incident Buckley born February 21 1947 in Chicago moved to Midland in 1950 he served as military policeman in Korea and Germany before joining the Arizona system Survivors include his widow two sons a daughter and his mother five brothers and two sisters also noted is funeral plans for Mrs Ruby Duncan of Sanderson with services set for Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sanderson and burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Sanderson
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Midland
Aitkens
Aitken
Buckley
Newnie W. Ellis
Bill Buckley
Ted Buckley
Ann Buckley
Rita Buckley
Jack Buckley
Houston
Martin Buckley
Denver
Colo
Michael Buckley
Hartford
Conn
Stephen Buckley
Neysa Buckley
Barbara Buckley
James Fenton Tahoka
James Clarence Fenton
First United Methodist Church
Tahoka
White Funeral Home
Connie Northcott
Andrews
Frank Fenton
Denton County
Fenton
Lynn County
Cora Perryman
Tohoka
Rites Slated In Oklahoma For Jack Nall
Funeral services for Jack Nall a 46 year old Odessa resident will be held at 3 p m Monday at Tims Funeral Home Altus Oklahoma with burial in Altus Cemetery Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home arranged the local services Nall a painting contractor and WWII Navy veteran died of a heart attack Friday evening Survivors include his widow two sons his father three brothers and a sister
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Jack Nall
John
Odessa
Tims
Altus
Okla
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Nall
Medical Center Hospital
Nail
Maxine Huckeba
First Christian Church
U.S
Jack Dennis Nall
Canyon
Darwin Nall
Lancett Nall
Austin
Albuquerque
N. M
Clayton Nall
Frank Nall
Midland
Joe Dean Tidwell
History Meet Wednesday at University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Local historical preservation will be the topic for an all day meeting sponsored by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Five speeches are scheduled with speakers from Baylor University and the committee. An optional lunch costs 2 dollars. No admission fee for the meeting. Also reported UT Austin degrees awarded to five Odessans in chemical electrical petroleum and mechanical engineering.
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Texas State Historical Survey Committee
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Truett Latimer
Thomas Chariton
Baylor University
Bob Watson
Texas State
Latimer
Watson
B.H. Amstead
Englewood
Austin
University of Texas At Austin
Donald Ray Oakley
East 25Th
Roy Lee Enoch
Brentwood
Philip Charles Crouse
West Crescent
Roy Taylor Mast
Hal Michael Gill
Midland
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Miller Odessa resident 60
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Miller 60 of 816 Fitch will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Baptist Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery. She died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Born June 6 1913 she moved to Odessa from Waco and was a housewife and Bethel Baptist Church member. Survivors include husband Rufus two daughters Ruth McWilliams and Ruby Johnson of Los Angeles mother Pearlie Stewart of Waco eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Clara Miller
Fitch
Bethel Baptist Church
Odessa
Rix Funeral Home
Brezhnev and Nixon Plan Security Talks Amid East West Summit
Brezhnev and Nixon discussed Europe security talks and troop reductions with aims for a Vienna October accord on nuclear limits. The pair planned a Helsinki conference kickoff July 3 and coordinated with Pompidou and Brandt on Europe’s path toward Moscow ties.
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Europe
Pompidou
Willy Brandt
United States
Moscow
Nixon
Kissinger
Brezhnev
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George Slocum
Art Flick
Andrews Highway
Tom Sneed
Sneed
Ken Bora
Ball Theatre
Born
Bora
Times
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rennquist
Tomlin
Colleen Jones
Arlie Jones
Keystone
Matnelli
Bank Americord
Robert K. Nicholson
Redbud
Don Wayne Gourley
Randolp Wayne Smith
Drury
North Muskingum
Seventh
Carroll
Watash
Linda Gomez Catono
North Amburger
West County Road
West 42Nd
William Clayton Stokes
Beckwood
Consuela R. Alaniz
Sands Restaurant
Wildcat
Sands
Viet Nam
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Congress
Department of Defense
Rix
Jackson
National Funeral Directors Association
Texas Funeral Directors Association
Midlander
Sanderson
Ruby Duncan
Kentucky
First Baptist Church of
Cedar Grove
James Funeral Home
Ozona
Duncan
Rotan
Donald L. Duncan
Rites
Oklahoma
Odessan
Vernon Price
Big Spring
Vernon Price Heard
Marsha Biffle
Nalley- Pickle
Trinity Memorial Park
Heard
Lubbock
Tom Alexander
Nora Blanton Coleman
Nora Blanton
Anne McBeth
Steven’s
Cleveland
Santa Anna
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
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Hollywood
Camp David
Maryland
Paris
Pomnido
Helsinki
Vienna
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Aeroflot
Brandt
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