Tunnel Blast Halts Work on $3 Billion California Water Link
A methane related explosion injured four workers near the end of a tunnel linking Northern to Southern California water supplies. Eighteen men were at the shaft when it occurred. Lockheed Shipbuilding, building the tunnel, halted all work as investigators from federal and state safety agencies determine next steps and when work can resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co
Bill Stock
U.S. Department of Labor
Stock
Iwork
Odessa Man Named Defendant in Wages Suit for 91543
G W Nichols of Odessa is named defendant in a wage suit filed Friday in the 121st District Court. Ismeal Chavez, a city resident, seeks the 91543 judgment in the action.
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G. W. Nichols
Odessa
Ismeal Chalvez
Eight-year-old drowns while swimming in Pecos River
In Pecos at about 1 p.m. Thursday eight year old Raul Garcia disappeared while swimming with his brother George 10 and friend Julian Guzman eight. Rescue efforts failed until police and Pecos volunteers found him in three feet of water. Death ruled accidental drowning. Services planned Monday. Survived by parents Ramon C. and unnamed mother and several siblings.
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Pecos
Pecos River
Raul Garcia
Ramon C. Garcia
U.S. 80
George
Julian Guzman
Bill Cowart
Cliff Preslar
Ali Ipine
Omar
Rene
Danny
Elisa
Alma
Aliens Held In City Jail After Immigration Arrest
Ten Mexicans were in city jail Friday after immigration authorities arrested them. Names listed include Garcia Levario Nunez Franco Rod iguez Pena Carasco Jua rez Flores Ruiz Gutierrez Loya Contreras Rodriguez and Israel Veleza.
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Mexico
Garcia O.levario
Nunez R. Franco
Rodiguez R. Pena
Carasco R. Juarez
Flores J. Estrada
Julio S. Ruiz
Jesus G. Gutirrez
Raul L. Loya
Contreras A. Rodriguez
Israel Veleza
Vandalism Reported In Two Local Incidents
Paul Taylor of 1218 Honey Suckle reported to police that a rock broke the windshield of his car in the 1000 block of East Murphy. Tom Hansen Co of 2222 West 42nd reported extensive damage to a camper on a pickup.
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Paul Taylor
East Murphy
Tom Hansen Co
West 42Nd
Odessa American Rates and Contact Information
Odessa American publishes daily and Sunday editions from 4th Street Odessa Texas. Subscription prices list 2.50 monthly within county 2.00 for trading zone and 0.35 per week for other zones by mail 25 per quarter and 525 per year. Also 16 cents daily single copy and 25 cents Sunday plus 13.06 monthly option and 2.50 per month.
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Odessa
Texas
Odessa American
4Th Street
Tme
Johnsons Are Due In Odessa Sunday
Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mrs. Johnson will visit Odessa to dedicate the John Ben Shepperd Jr. Memorial Library of the Presidents at the Ector County Library at 4 15 p.m. Sunday. The dedicatory program includes a plaque unveiling, a memorial plate by Mrs. Johnson, a dedicatory speech, and a prayer. The Presidential Museum exhibit will be opened, with students viewing via closed circuit TV and a Bard program at Shakespeare Globe Theatre. The library collection has grown from 600 to over 1 000 items, with many autographs and presidential family signatures, funded by the Museum advisory committee chaired by Dr. Bill H. Amstead.
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G’anna Hayes
American Fine Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Odessa
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Johnson
Shepperd
Tina
Austin
Joe Little
Mhemoritoes
Gerald Fugit
Kosa-Tv
Johnsons
Shakespeare Globe
University of Texas System
University
Inital
Thursay
Friends of the Museum
Fred Swingle
Preston Smith
John Tower
Richard White
Amstead
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Julius Caesar
Globe of the Great Southwest
Seven Thefts Reported in Odessa City
Odessa lawmen investigated seven thefts Friday. Amalia Gonzales reported a purse with $22, cards, and her license stolen at Everybody's. A car was stolen from Regenia Williams and later recovered. Juvenile arrested for a petty theft at Gibson's. Robert Smith reported a bicycle theft from his yard. Russell Fairchild and Danny Prudon also reported losses including engine heads and a transmission.
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Odessa
Amalia Gonzales
South Crane
South Grant
John Rylee
Westbrook
Regenia Williams
East 12Th
Gibson
West County Road
Robert Smith
Rosewood
Russell Fairchild
Wyoming
Danny Prudon
West 83Rd
Friendly Suit Settled In Court For 3300 Dollars
A friendly damage suit settled in 161st District Court on Thursday for 3300 dollars. W. E. Willis of Reeves County won the award for injuries suffered by his son Gerald Douglas Willis in a Pecos truck motorcycle accident on January 6. Defendant was Community Public Service Co and William Dewain Wilkerson, both Reeves County residents. Willis said his son was a motorcycle passenger in the collision with Wilkerson, an employee of the public service firm.
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161St
W. E. Willis
Reeves County
Gerald Douglas Willis
Pecos
Community Public Service Co
William Dewain Wilkerson
Willis
Wilkerson
Public Service
Court suit seeks damages in Odessa collision case
Larry Doyle Whitehead of Odessa seeks 36300 in a damage suit filed Friday in 161st District Court. Defendants are Odessa Welding Supply and Bobby Gene Clark of Odessa. Whitehead says he was injured on April 2 1976 when his auto collided at Murphy and Kelly with Clark who drove a vehicle for the welding company.
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Larry Doyle Whitehead
Odessa
161St District
Odessa Welding Supply
Bobby Gene Clark
Whitehead
Murphy and Kelly
Clark
Divorce Petition Notice from Odessa Texas
The State of Texas to Betty Jean Terry is commanded to appear and answer by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. The suit filed April 9 lists Robert H. Terry as plaintiff and Betty Jean Terry as defendant. It seeks a divorce with no community property or children. June 1, 1971. Mazel Hendrick, Clerk. District Court, Ector County, Odessa.
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Odessa
Texas
Ieee
Robert H. Terry
Plahviff
Betty Jean Terry
Mazel Hendrick
Ector County
Pnname Héndina Geauty
Presidential Museum exhibit opening draws many guests
The Presidential Museum will host the Sunday opening of the Lyndon B. Johnson Exhibit and dedication of the John Ben Shepperd Jr. Library of The Presidents with attending advisers, consultants, and international collectors. Notables include Paul Lutz of Tyler, Dr. A. M. Pate Jr. of Fort Worth, Cecil Burney of Corpus Christi, and artists Murray Harris and John Barcus. Out-of-town guests from New Mexico, Mexico, and Washington will attend. the Johnsons will join Sunday activities. Also listed are court actions, hospital admissions and discharges, births, and traffic incidents from June 24.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
John Ben Shepperd Jr
Paul Lutz
Tyler
Manuscript Magazine
The
Manuscript Society
A. M. Pate Jr
Fort Worth
Pate
Abraham Lincoln Society of Texas
Cecil Burney
Corpus Christi
Texas Historical Foundation
Burney
Murray Harris
North Hollywood
Calif
John Barcus
San Benito
Harris
Barcus
Watt P. Marchman
Rutherford B. Hayes
Fremont
Ohio
Marchman
Franklin Smith
Fort Davis Historic Site
Smith
Texas Museum News
New Mexico
Mexico
Washington, D.C
Rites set for Odessa woman Jennie Davis in Overton church
Jennie Blanche Davis 78 of Odessa died Thursday at her daughter's home. Services Sunday at First Baptist Church Overton with burial Kilgore Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Kenneth Stovall, two sons Carl Somerville and Jack Houston, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Born Sallisaw Oklahoma March 11 1892, married John William Davis 1910 Collinsville. Member Second Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements handled by Pearson and Hubbard Kelly. Body to Overton Saturday.
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Jennie Blanche Davis
East 6Th
First Baptist Church
Overton
Kilgore
Pearson Funeral Home
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sallisaw
Okla
Collinsville
John William Davis
Odessa
Rosenberg
Davis
Second Baptist Church
Kenneth Stovall
Halifax
Carl
Somerville
Jack
Houston
Jack Shaner
North Golder
Edward Chaney
Buchanan Dam
Woodson Chaney
Bonham
Edna Vance
Pawhuska
Marfa
Socorro T. Gonzales
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Merced
Kelley Funeral Home
Gonzales
Nuremberg
Germany
Jimmy
Grace Marie
Cynthia Ann
Michael Lee
James Edward
Jimmy, Jr
Rosendo Torres
Concepcion Chavez
John Mitchell
Pecos
Jose and
Manuel Torres
Oscar Torres
Lena Rivers Kersh
Fairview
Cushing
North Temple Baptist Church
George Richard Kersh
Mont Selman
Jessie Irvin Kersh
Roy Kersh
San Antonio
Mary Washburn
Jacksonville
Louise Musick
Mount Selman
Jennie Elliott
Wapato
Wash
Theft Charge Filed Against Mrs Benny Yarborough
A theft charge was filed Friday in Ector County Court against Mrs Benny Yarborough, listed at 217 Barrow, accused of passing a bogus 24 dollar check to Ima Ward on June 24 near North Tom Green. She was not in custody Friday.
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Ector County Court
Benny J. Yarbrough
Barrow
Ima Ward
North
Tom Green
Hansler suit requests funds from Furrh and Nash in Ector County
Two contract suits filed Friday in Ector County Court name Fred and Myrna Hansler operators of Snelling and Snelling as plaintiffs. One action seeks 650 dollars from Ira Carter Furrh of Odessa and the other 504 dollars from Ben Nash, also of Odessa.
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Charlie Lee Pottar
Mable Viola Byrd
C. A. Tiierina
Margarita Garcia
Joseph T. Stalik
Vickie Jam Roecker
Herbert Michael Johnson
Brenda Arlenerown
Ismeal Chavez
Alex Rodriguez
Fred and
Myrna Hansler
Ira Carter Furrh
Fred
Ben Nash
Benny J. Yarbrough
Walter B. Monahan
William Peer Monahan
Ector County
Snelling and
Snelling
Odessa
DWI Charge Filed Against Billy Dwayne Kimberly
Billy Dwayne Kimberly aged 23 of 3114 Chestnut was arrested near 45th and Andrews Highway for driving while intoxicated. He is free on a $1500 bond set by Peace Justice Puri foy after the 5 am arrest by city police.
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Billy Dwayne Kimberly
Chestnut
Peace Justice Purifoy
45Th and
Andrews Highway
Odessa man seeks 412 in wage suit
Ismeal Chavez of Odessa files a wage claim in Ector County Court alleging unpaid wages of 412 dollars. Defendant is Odessa resident Alex Rodriguez.
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Ismeal Chavéz
Odessa
Ector County
Alex Rodriguez
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Wen i Bok
N. Grandview
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Red Cross
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Pablo M. Solo Jr
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Patricia L. Thomas
Duana J. McGurk
Cheryl Neves
Mary L. Ogle
Fran S. Morgan
Sandra K. Moore
Janice K. Duff
Edna L. Withers
Albert L. Norrell
Jack B. Slagle
Ida M. Dunlap
Ethel R. Watson
Joyce A. Rodriguez
Dorothy N. Byrd
Carolyn A. Cross
Darby Ann Haley
Melvin T. Florence
Johnny A. Wright
Joyce Louise Caven
Bobbie L.belyeu
Pearl P. Bean
Lise K. Deas
An D. Twilligear
Malcom W. Campbell
Betty Garmon
Ralph Rushing
Detoris Mason
Pearl Bean
Kenneth Munsell
Onie Moore
Oscar Winters
Thomas Swift
Loyd Hancock
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Grace Miller
Winnie Hahler
Roy Hudspeth
Nathan Herrman
Sonia Cheney
Derrick Powell
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Irene Hudson
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Tami Hancock
Shelley Smith
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Lonnie Smith
Patricia Rodriguez
Shirley Watkins
John Patrick
Verona Harris
William Poltitt
Mary Bexley
Jack Gunkel
Frances Smith
Weldon Kirk
Barbara Morris
Ruel Adams
Joseph Szenasi
Dorothy Rodenberg
Mary Loveless
Lissa Ray
Jo Ann Hendrix
Thelma Black
Larry Gryder
Tennia Ely
Arthur McGurk
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Mn D. Thomas
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Wink
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Silaapeee’ Foster
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Parker
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Marr
North Muskingum
Ane
Winchester
James H. Wheeler
Hancock
Cecil &. Turner
Patricia M. Maynard
Buda
Herold E. Sharp
Gamage
Teelewood
Lee Alma W. Wren
Larry F Rackley
Miner
Shth
West County
Rosa
Sheren
Stucks
Weat Count Road
Weldon Minipveld
Andrews
Robert A ‘Drennam
Knott
Weat County
Baird
Seminole
Bally
Moore
Richard Wr
Looby
Sweetwater
Lawrence M. Bates
Wendah
Demees
Alehara
Odesson
Oklahoma
John Boyd - Orr
Edzell
Scotland
John Boyd-Orr
Boyd-Orr
United States
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
China
Soviet Union
U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
South America
Oscar Nieto
Louisa
Arcilia
Victoria Nieto
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