Police pursue leads in Odessa disappearance case
A 26 year old Odessa secretary, Gloria Sue Nix Green, vanished from an oil office. An ex convict was tested on a lie detector in Lubbock while two companions were held as witnesses. A separate assault with intent to murder charge was filed in Midland over a April 5 motel shooting. Evidence remains inconclusive and no body found.
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Odessa
West Texas
Gloria Sue Nix Green
Lubbock
A. M
Slim) Gabrel
Midland
Tom Sneed
Ector County
Gainesville
Houston
Texas Rangers
Department of Public Safety
Gabrel
Northwest
DPS
Midland Police Department
Grady Chapman
Chapman
Sheriff's Office
Hal Kanter Turns From TV to Novel Snake in the Glass
Hal Kanter, famed for warm TV characters like Julia, departs for a novel titled Snake in the Glass. The book portrays Hollywood and Madison Avenue figures as aggressive and venal, with four letter words and explicit scenes surprising for the usually gentle writer.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
Hal Kanter
R. N
Julia
James Stewart
Madison Avenue
Kanter
Odessa American publication details and rates
The Odessa American is published daily and Sunday at 72 East 4th Street Odessa Texas 79760 with post office entry under the 1879 act. This notice lists telephone numbers and subscription rates for home delivery in Odessa and surrounding areas.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa, Texas
Odessa American
Conway Twitty Loses Guitar and Memorabilia in Bus Theft
Conny Twitty reported items stolen from his tour bus at Ector County Coliseum including a guitar case engraved with Twitty Bird a borrowed guitar an alligator skin strap and 25 Con Twitty albums Police said the theft occurred between 7 and 8 pm Sammi Smith used the bus to change clothes and may have left the door unlocked Also reported Friday a stereo from Connie Patterson’s car a grinder from Hillman Kelley Oil and Tool bolts from G C Murphy’s and a battery from Michael Dubre’s car were stolen
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Conway Twitty
Ector County Coliseum
Sammi Smith
Connie Patterson
North Golder
Permian High School
Hillman-Kelley Oil and Tool Company
West Third
G. C. Murphy’s Co
North Grant
Michael Dubre
North Muskingum
County court records show marriages and filings
Marriage licenses issued for Jerry Carl Fitzgerald and Rita Rice. Bau Cham and Wadna Ts ja Walla. civil suits Lydia Krupicks versus Jim McKee. Billy Dwayne Wimberly charged with driving while intoxicated. Divorce suits filed Richard Temple Jr and Melody Temple. Sally Henderson versus Ronald Henderson. Rebecca Dennis versus Randall Dennis. Civil suits City of Odessa versus Ruth Viner. Bill Green versus Hilliburton Co.. Sherry Bryan versus Veda Bacdgett.
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County Cour
Jerry Carl
Fitzgerald
Rita Rice
Cheerer
Baucham
Wadna Ts
Bill Green
Hilliburton Co
Sherry Dawn Bryan
Veda Lewis Bacdgett
Atlanta man given five year term for obscenity shipping
Michael G. Thevis described by the FBI as a national kingpin of the pornography trade was sentenced in Beaumont Texas to five years in prison and fined 5000 on each of 12 counts for shipping obscene matter across state lines Thevis owner of Peachtree News Co was also ordered to pay 1000 on each count with remaining fines suspended He was placed on five years probation after serving six months Thevis had faced charges in multiple states over transporting 234 obscene magazines to a Jacksonville Florida newsstand
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Beaumont, Tex
Atlanta
FBI
U.S
Joe J. Fisher
Beaumont
Tex
Michael G. Thevis
Fisher
Thevis
Peachtree News Co
Jacksonville
Fla
Clash Near Fire Base Fuller in South Vietnam
South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese forces fought near Fire Base Fuller four miles south of the DMZ as allied aircraft bombarded positions in the area. The North seized Fuller on Thursday then withdrew to avoid heavy bombardment. South Vietnamese reinforcements were sent to locate enemy mortars around the base.
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Saigon
Fuller
U.S
le Trung Hien
South Vietnam
Dmz
National Assembly
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
No Man’s Land
McNamara Proposals Spark Joint Chiefs’ Counter View
Pentagon analysts recount the Joint Chiefs of Staff critique of McNamara’s October memo. They argue continued bombing aids the war effort and warns peaceful offers may undermine morale and resolve in Vietnam. The chiefs say further overt steps risk counterproductivity and erode American and enemy confidence in victory.
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Rale
Pentagon
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Post- Dispatch
Deaths Services Held For Odessan
Funeral notices list Roy A. Simmons 74 of 5200 Lancaster with service at Rix Funeral Home and burial at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Also Homer Wesley Schutton 70 of Kermit to be buried at Kermit Cemetery after 2 p.m. services. Anna Holliday 83 of Midland dies in Midland Memorial Hospital. Raul Garcia 8 of Pecos to be buried at Santa Rosa Cemetery after 4 p.m. service. Gertude Wechsler ? obituary noted at Mitsho Synagogue.
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Roy A. Simmons
Lancaster
Rix Funeral
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Simmons
Gulf Oil
Medical Center Hospital
Kermit
Homer Wesley Schutton
Assembly of God Church
Aaron Ferris
Kermit Cemetery
Schutton
Moore’s Funeral Home Chapel
Fayetteville
Ark
Fairview Cemetery
Pecos
Raul Garcia
Santa Rosa
Ramon C. Garcia
Omar
Rene
George
Danny
Elisa
Alma
Oscar Neito
Santa ‘Rosa Church
Neito
Odessa Man Services Set at Paul A Rix Funeral Home
Odessa man died after a long illness at Medical Center Hospital. Born March 8, 1897, he is survived by his widow, a son Virgil of Pampa, two daughters Mrs Ralph Arms of San Antonio and Mrs Don Rile of 3620 Spruce, and a granddaughter Mrs Gail Martin of 1502 Patton. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens follows a 10 a.m. service at the Paul A. Rix Funeral Home Chapel.
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Roy A. Simmons
Lancaster
Paul A. Rix
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Medical Center Hospital
Simmons
Virgil
Pampa
Ralph Arms
San Antonio
Don Rile
Spruce
Gail Martin
Patton
Melton Murder Jury Completed in Belton Tex
Lawyers completed the jury for the murder trial of Rene Guzman and Leonard Lopez who are accused of executing three deputy sheriffs in Dallas on February 15. Testimony will begin Monday as District Judge R T Scales said. The 12th juror chosen is Bill W Yearwood 39 of Belton a railroad employee.
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Belton, Tex
Rene Guzman
Leonard Lopez
Dallas
R.T. Scales
Bill W. Yearwood
iBelton
Odessan services for Hallie Payne at 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Hallie Payne 58 of 607 Pearl are at 2 p.m. today in Paul A. Rix Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Odessa Cemetery. She died today at Medical Center Hospital after an illness and was born in Groesbeck April 15 1913. Survivors include her father Sam Jackson Gray’s Nursing Home brother Ivan Jackson Groesbeck sister Mrs Gay Nell Lewis College Street.
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Joseph
Gertrude) Wechsler
North Golder
Mittho
Abilene
Elmwood
Medical Center Hospital
Paul A. Rix
Russia
Wechsler
Albert
Leon
New York
Hallie Payne
Pearl
Odessa
Groesbeck
Sam Jackson
Gray’s Nursing Home
Ivan Jackson
Gay Nell Lewis
College
Salt Lake City Beauty Is Named Miss Wool
Margie Sharp of Salt Lake City was chosen 1971 Miss Wool of America at a Wool Council pageant in San Angelo Texas. She is Miss Utah, a senior nursing student at the University of Utah, 23 years old and 5 ft 6 1 2 in tall with measurements 35 25 27. First runner up was Chris O Connor of West Saint Paul Minnesota Miss Wool of Minnesota North Dakota. second runner up Judy Womack Miss Wool of Texas. third Leslie Becker Miss Eastern Seaboard.
Rules Set On Short term Price Claims For Consumer Goods
The FTC and FDA publish rules under the Fair Labeling and Packaging Act to clarify price claims for foods drugs cosmetics and household commodities. They require discounts to reflect actual savings off the peak price and limit introductory offers to new products while economy sizes must reduce price per unit.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
FTC
FDA
Stock thieves eye computer crime says insurer
Testimony before a Senate subcommittee warns that computer based theft could replace stolen securities with electronic records. Tony Boiardo and others are identified in the case as buyers and figures in a criminal network. An insurer cautions that losses may occur and experts note man’s ingenuity may outpace machines.
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TaSeens
N.J
Tony Boiardo
New Jersey
Washington
Boiardo
Bamiaba Nn
John F. Beardsley
Hartford Insurance Group
Senate
Beardsley
Abraham Ribicoff
D Conn
Eardsley
Herman Sandler
Miami Beach, Fla
Hy Sands
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Csibtek
Roy Wilkins
NBC
Circulation Department
DYMO
Olivetti
Permian
Ter
Oregon
McKenzie Pass
Cascades
Eugene
Bend
of Diamonds
Peg
Shaw
Olarned
Leach and
Slider
Optometrists
N. Sam Houston
Dial
Pension Plans Group
Health Disability Life
Mt Agency
Laura Holliday
Anna ‘Laura Holliday
Midland Memorial Hospital
St. Paul, Ark
Jewell Griffin
North Sam Houston
Thomas
Odessa Man’s Services Today
Melton
Odessan
Salt Lake City
the Miser
Laugh Riot
Shakespeare Festival
Globe Theatre
Shakespeare RD
Berthieves
Wall Street
Iward D. Richlar
Sandler
William Ricchiuti
Robert Cudak
Henry J. Rohlf
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
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