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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
2
North Vietnamese forces bombard Ben Het camp with 5mm to 320mm weapons and B40 rockets from across the Cambodian border. Over 100 Americans killed or wounded this month. more Montagnard civilians killed. U S artillerymen and helicopters face sniper and mortar fire as Viet Namese regulars and irregulars surround the camp in a major attrition battle.
In Fort Lauderdale AP report Mark and Greg Wagner, eight and nine, of Springfield Massachusetts bid to buy the liner Queen Elizabeth berthed nearby. They wrote to Port Everglades Commission chair Gregory McIntosh claiming they have one dollar and intend to keep the ship in their 24 foot wide swimming pool, sparking local astonishment.
Boston Common once crowded with hippies and runaways is now quiet while flower children have moved to Cambridge across the Charles River. The shift follows new city rules including a midnight curfew, a ban on amplified music, and numerous keep off the grass signs.
Tornadoes ripped across southwestern Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas, with Jasper Minnesota and Groton South Carolina suffering the worst damage. An elderly woman was hospitalized after the Jasper twister, four others were slightly injured in a nine block area that damaged homes and three trailers. The Hall Shella home in Jasper lost its garage and roof as residents watched clouds and heard a roar like a train.
Two civil actions were filed Thursday in Ector County Court. Truck Town Inc. of Colorado City seeks 378.55 from Keith Neff on a verified account. Pan Am Credit Union of Odessa seeks 287 from Kenneth R Allbritton and Kay Allbritton on a promissory note.
City police investigated the theft of a charger from a Kentail service station at 3401 Andrews Highway. The charger valued at about $125 was reported stolen today by Jerry Spencer.
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Miss your Odessa American or e-vice dissatisfaction? Call the Feusation Department at FE 7468 for service. Office hours 6 45 am Mondays through Fridays. Open Saturdays until we need oven Sundays until 10 30 am.
Odessa firemen responded to four minor blazes including two grass fires and two private property fires. A cigarette sparked a fire at 3111 North Adams with minor damage. Grass fires at 414 West 10th and 2743 Eisenhower were blamed on children and extinguished with no damage. An air conditioner pump fire at Joy Mead's residence 30 Catclaw was caused by a short circuit in the water pump, destroying the pump.
Ker Hunt son of Mr and Mrs J A Hunt, 599 East St, recently moved on from Southwest Medical School in Dallas. He was a 1962 graduate of Felizigh School in Borcieth, attended the University of Texas at Austin, and pursued a medical internship at a Tulsa hospital.
Manuela Tavares Galindo 84 of 1015 Cooper dies after a long illness in a Monahans nursing home. Survivors include husband of Ojinaga Mexico a son Ramon and seven grandchildren. Link Y Cummings 68 of San Angelo dies at home burial at Fairmount Cemetery. Ralph Greenlee Sr 58 of Midland dies at home services at Holy Trinity Church memorials to Midland Diagnostic Cancer Center.
Vietnam talks are urged toward serious negotiations as U S envoy appeals for progress. South Vietnam’s Pham Dang Lam accuses the other side of refusing to reconcile positions with Saigon and Washington. Mrs Binh blasts the Nixon policy as warlike and warns of further defeats if the road to de Americanization is pursued.
Services for George Edwin Gray age 70 of 7404 West 26th are set for 4 p.m. Friday at Terrace Hill Baptist Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Gray died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital. Born July 20, 1898 in Breckenridge he was a Methodist and retired boiler fireman who worked 15 years for the Odessa Natural Gas plant. Survivors include his wife, three sons Thomas F. Gray of Pampa James E. Gray of Vernal Utah Carroll D. Gray of Colorado City. three daughters Mrs. James R. Callaway Mrs. Harold H. Miller and Mrs. Barrett E. Bright. a brother Dee Gray. two sisters Mrs. Bertha George and Mrs. Mattie Smith. two stepsons Rev. Doyle Riley and John Wesley Riley. two stepdaughters Mrs. E. G. Greenhill and Mrs. Fay Gotcher. 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
NOON Odessa Optimists meet at Sands Restaurant with breakfast hosts Noon Optimists and Sands Eastside Rotary. Lou Rymkus, head coach for West Texas Runicks, will speak at the Odessa Optimists gathering. Also at Globe Theater 8 PM, stage night features A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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