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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1973

Page

2

ECISD Officials Schedule Work Retreat in Davis Mountains

Supt Bill Holm and 10 aides leave Wednesday for Indian Lodge in the Davis Mountains for at least three days to study and revamp school programs. They will review board policies, improve evaluation and hire procedures, and plan long term reforms with a focus on reducing paperwork and standardizing operations across ECISD.

Jim Pinkerton Ector County Independent Indian Lodge Davis Mountains Bill Holm Charles Walker A.G. McDonald Jack H. Brewer Howard Butler Ed Downing Gail Smith Bop Durrett Rita Cox Holm Vaughn Hulfatettler North Texas State University D.C. Fisher Hsher Aner Sergtry Huffstettler ECISD University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa Floyd Manry

Commissioners OK Increases In Salaries

Ector County commissioners reconvened budget hearings and tentatively approved 15 department requests with changes. They denied a car allowance hike for justices of the peace, trimmed multiple department budgets, and approved raises for several staff while maintaining retirement funding shifts. Further study was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Ector County Ector County Justices of the Peace Hazel Hendrick Curtis Winn Winn Pritchard and Abbott Edna Smith Bill McCoy McCoy Everret Berry Commissioners Court

Rings Stolen From Pool Cabinet and Other Local Thefts

Two rings valued at 300 dollars each were stolen from a cabinet at Sherwood Swimming Pool in Odessa while the Kelly family swam. A bag containing no money but a deposit book was later found near a trash can. Separate theft reports include 30 dollars in coin rolls from J M Henderson and an empty green money bag from Dora Boxley’s car. Additional incidents cover a spray gun, tool chest, and wiring from Wells Machine Shop and several bicycle thefts. Odessa police and the Ector County Sheriff's Department investigate. The district’s new superintendent discusses program changes and staff input, noting planned getaways and potential future annual retreats to Davis Mountains.

Odessa Ector County Sheriff's Department Sherwood Swimming Pool 44Th North Dixie Dan Kelly Spruce Kelly J.M. Henderson Terrence Dora Boxley West 24Th L.D. Boxley Wink Larry Cobb Leslie Wells Machine Shop Andrews Highway Ricky Lujan Lindberg Omar Mitchell North Amburgey Mary Vasquez Fall

Dean Admits Cover Up In Watergate Wiretap Case

Former White House counsel John Dean testifies before the Senate Watergate committee about the wiretap, cover up, and involvement of President Nixon and top aides. He says he warned Nixon in September 1972 and disclosed details to federal prosecutors in April 1973, detailing Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell among those implicated. Dean describes a rapid, ongoing cover up and his turn as information emerged.

Dean Fred Thompson Nixon H.R. Haldeman John D. Ehrlichman Herman Talmadge D-Ga Thompson Democratic White House John Dean Senate Ite House Daniel Ellsberg Cash Haldeman Atty John N. Mitchell Senate Watergate Committee Haldeman Ehrlichman Richard A. Moore Charles W. Colson Federal Bureau of Investigation L. Patrick Gray III Ronald L. Ziegler San Clemente Calif G. Gordon Liddy Emenrs Dean House Committee Wright Patman Dtex Donald Segretti Watergate Segretti Asst. Atty Henry E. Petersen Earl J. Silbert Dwight R. Chapin Gordon Strachan Herbert W. Kalmbach

Texas City Tax Shares Tie To First Quarter 1973

Texas cities shared 45.9 million in sales tax receipts for the first quarter of 1973 with the state collecting a 2 percent fee and totalling 932,822 in fees. City payments include Dallas 6,323,371 and Houston 9,164,197 among many others.

Austin Tex Texas Abilene Amarillo Arlington Baytown Big Spring Brownsville Bryan Corpus Christi Dallas Denton el Paso Farmers Branch Fort Worth Galveston Garland Grand Prairie Houston Irving Killen Laredo Longview Lubbock McAllen Mesquite Midland Pasadena Port Arthur Richardson San Angelo San Antonio Sherman Temple Victoria

Grasshopper Infestation Looms Over Lea County Farmlands

In eastern and southeastern New Mexico ranchers face a heavy grasshopper threat this summer. USDA data show over one million acres infested in Lea County alone with 12 to 22 hoppers per yard. An infestation threshold is eight per yard.

Albuquerque N.M New Mexico U.S Department of Agriculture Lea County Edward F. Cullen Usda Plant Protection Service

Rites Pending for Odessan William Dukes 73

Funeral services for William Dukes 73 are pending in Odessa for a retired Texaco employee who died at Medical Center Hospital after an illness. He was born June 15 1900 in Comanche County and lived in the Permian Basin 40 years. Survivors include his wife three sons two sisters two brothers and seven grandchildren.

William Dukes Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Dukes Mockingbird Farmington N.M Billy M. Dukes Marrero Donald Ray Dukes Venezuela E.J. Wilson T.W. Brown Luling R.C. Dukes Lalitg L.H. Dukes Thailan Henry A. Smyth Conet Hubbard-Kelly Smyth California Odessa Ector County J.A. Purifoy Troy Ala JoAnn Candler Lovington M. Smyth National College of Chiropractors Chicago Fellowship Masonic Lodge Fraternai Order of the Eastern Star Jan Smith Morton William Hodnett Florence Moore First Baptist Church Morton Cemetery Sigieton Funeral Home Odnett Methodist Hospital Lubbock Hodnett

Obituaries and funeral notices across Oklahoma and Texas

Multiple obituaries and funeral notices reported from Odessa and surrounding areas. Charles Albert Gadd 95, services at Fairlawn Cemetery Oklahoma City. Paul Hedrick 85 oil writer dies in Tulsa. William Hodnett 74 Morton. Albert Dodgen 83 Crane. Leonard C. Jordan 70 Odessa. Lula Donaldson 78 Odessa. Francis Reep 66 Andrews. Survivors listed with spouses children and grandchildren. Funeral homes include Rix, Garrison, Sigieton, Larry D. Sheppard, Hubbard Kelly, Scott's, Bell-Seale. Burial sites include Santa Anna, Sunset Memorial Gardens, Flint Creek Cemetery, Grady Cemetery. Donations requested in lieu of flowers.

Charles Albert Gadd Pagewood Fairlawn Oklahoma City Okla Gadd Odessa Tennessee Ray Larkin John Conyers Thousand Oaks Calif Richard Thacker Dallas Rix Funeral Home Garrison Funeral Home Leonard C. Jordan North Whitaker First Church of the Nazarene Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home

Bank Blaze in Storeroom at Permian Bank and Trust

A pair of burning gloves smoked the storeroom of the Permian Bank and Trust at 2730 North Grandview in Odessa but caused no other damage. Firemen arrived at 6:22 p.m. Monday after a janitor opened the door and smoke poured out. The gloves, left in a wheelbarrow, were reportedly ignited by a cigarette. only the gloves were damaged. Other Monday blazes were trash and grass fires with no damages.

Odessa Permian Bank and Trust North Grandview Wemen Dlarm Allen Perryville Jackson George C. Jones Florida Jones

Odessa club events list for noon and evening

Tomorrow in Odessa several noon meetings are planned at the Inn of the Golden West with groups including the American Business Club the Odessa Rotary and the Tri-Service Lions. An 8 p.m. gathering is noted for the Ector Lions at the Woodson Community Center.

Downtown American Business Club Inn of the Golden West Coachroom Odessa Ector Lions Woodson Community Center

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