Two Odessa Men Hurt in Mishap
Two Odessa men were slightly injured when the truck tractor they rode in overturned on a county road about 18 miles northeast of Crane. Denisey Bakin, 22, driver, and H. L. Tyler, 27, passenger, were named. Damage to the truck was about $3,000. Troopers Morgan Richardson and H. K. Henninger investigated.
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Odessa
Crane
Department of Public Safety
Denisey Bakin
West Barrow
H. L. Tyler
West Third
Morgan Richardson
H. K. Henninger
Mc.Camey
Miss Andrews Chosen In Andrews Beauty Pageant 1958
Miss Andrews of 1958 is selected in Andrews Jaycees pageant. Miss Pilgrim, 1958 Andrews High School graduate, wins from 13 candidates and will attend Fort Stockton Water Carnival. Second place goes to Darlene Brown and third to Mary Toops. Ceremony honors pool and Little League park dedication with Virgil Lassiter as speaker.
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Andrews
Ann Pilgrim
G. B. Pilgrim
Jaycees
Pilgrim
Andrews High School
Andrews County
Virgil Lassiter
Bill Ray
Charles H. Moore
Theater Rammed By Vehicle Here
Priscilla Kevil a 15 year old theater employee escaped injury when the auto she was driving lost control and rammed into the entrance fence of the Holiday Drive In Theater at 1700 South Grant. The collision damaged a brick wall and corrugated iron fence. vehicle damage was not listed. The car belonged to her brother Wilber.
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Priscilla Kevil
Ira Kevil
East 10Th
South Grant
Grandview
Odessa
Wilber
Six Texans In Plane Race In Powder Puff Derby
SAN DIEGO AP Six Texans will compete among 100 women pilots in the All-Woman Transcontinental Aid Race beginning July 4 in San Diego. Dallas pair Mrs Geraldine Sloan and co pilot Mrs Martha Reading lead the Texas contingent, with Abilene pair Mrs N N Petty and Jo Ann Elliott, and Corpus Christi pair Mrs Pauline Glasson and co pilot Mary Smothers. The race ends July 8 in Charleston South Carolina with four Texas landings El Paso Midland Abilene and Tyler where time clocks will be set.
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San Diego
Calif
Geraldine Sloan
Martha Reading
Dallas
N. N. Petty
Jo Ann Elliott
Abilene
Pauline Glasson
Mary Smothers
Corpus Christi
Charleston
S. C
Texas
el Paso
Midland
Tyler
Slayer Claims Rights Intact in Slaying Case
Howard Stickney, charged in a double slaying in Galveston, denied civil rights violations during a 16 hour interrogation by Harris County deputies. Attorney Jack Knight, who once represented him, said Stickney signed a statement and later withdrew his involvement. Stickney claimed he and others beat Mrs. Shirley Barnes and her husband Clifford Barnes with a lug wrench during a May 24 swimming party.
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Houston (Ap
Howard Stickney
Harris Country
Jack Knight
Stickney
Houston
Knight
Odessa Welder Dies Saturday
Ervin Triumph Steele 52 year old Odessa welder died Saturday afternoon at Midland Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. He came to Odessa in 1948 from Tyler and lived at 69th and West County Road. Born June 24, 1907 in Sidney, Texas, he married Bernice Vines on October 4, 1925. Survivors include his widow, father L. E. Steele of Comanche, Texas, one son George Steele of Odessa, two brothers Alvin Steele of Comanche and W. M. Steele of unknown address, and two grandchildren. Funeral is 3:30 p.m. Monday at Crescent Park Baptist Church with Rev. A. B. Lightfoot. burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Hubbard Funeral Home in charge. Honorary pallbearers listed.
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Ervin Triumph Steele
Odessa Welder
Midland Memorial Hospital
Crescent Park Baptist Church
A. B. Lightfoot
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard Funeral Home
Pacifists Sell Boat In Hawaii
In Honolulu Yacht Harbor the pacifist sponsored protest ended as the trim ketch Golden Rule was sold to a California businessman who asked for anonymity. The boat, once listed at 16000 dollars, had its sale confirmed by attorneys Katsuro and Katsuyo Miho, amid the crew of five in Honolulu jail serving sixty days for conspiring to violate a federal court order.
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Honolulu
UPI
Katsuro
Katsuyo Miho
California
Eniwetok
Pies and Cookies Call Us For All Special Eatery Goods
Pies and Cookies offers a selection of special eatery goods with emphasis on fresh pastries and custom desserts. Local patrons are invited to place orders for seasonal pies and house made cookies for upcoming events and gatherings.
Crane Beauty Event Winners Announced
Seventeen year old Daniel Hickey Habes Crane beauty crown in senior division as about 400 attendees witness Sandra Box 16 second and Lanelle Van Zandt 17 third in seniors. Barbara Tennison Judy Smart Sherry Asberry win intermediate. Susan Clayton tops junior with Kathy Griffin second Julian Strain third. The senior winner to represent Crane at Fort Stockton Water Carnival July 10 11 12. Hayden Wilmoth hosts with judges from Odessa W C Faulkner George Collie Ed Foreman assessing 250 entrants.
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CRANE
Daniel Hickey
Jack T. Hickey
Sandra Box
Lanelle van Zandt
Barbara Tennison
Judy Smart
Sherry Asberry
Susan Clayton
Kathy’ S Griffin
Julian Strain
Cranes
Fort Stockton
Last Rites Set For Odessa Man
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Four Square Gospel Church Odessa for Joe Willard Martin 62 of 1103 South Bluebonnet. Rev Jones of Faith Tabernacle Midland will officiate with burial in Odessa Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home. Martin died Friday in Medical Center Hospital after three years of ill health. He was an oilfield worker who lived in Odessa 15 years. Survivors include his widow four daughters four sons three sisters and two brothers.
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Four Square Gospel Church
Odessa
Joe Willard Martin
South Bluebonnet
Jones
The
Faith Tabernacle Church
Midland
Rix Funeral Home
Martin
Medical Center Hospital
Khrushchev to Travel Abroad Becomes Possible
In Vienna a government delegation’s Moscow trip was postponed as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev plans to travel abroad. The July 13 schedule was shifted to July 21 at the Soviet ambassador’s request. The Austrian spokesman said Khrushchev’s destination remains unknown.
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Vienna
Austria
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Julius Raab
Khrushchev
Man Is Sentenced For Second Time
Billy Joe Sisk, 23, was resentenced in 70th District Court to eight years in the state penitentiary for robbery by assault after a clerical error changed the initial armed robbery charge. He had been jailed for a prior Ector County jailbreak two years earlier. Three others were moved to Huntsville: Harold Horton for theft of a safe and George Henry Pierce with D. H. Hatch, each to 35 years for robbery by assault. Sisk spoke of prison life and his studies, noting he expects to serve the full eight years.
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Billy Joe Sisk
70Th District
Sisk
Ector County
George Henry Pierce
D. H. Hatch
Conoco
East Eighth
Dale Carnegie
San Marcos
Secret British Pledge To Reds Finally Told
Washington reports state that Britain gave Russia a half promise in 1941 allowing potential domination of eastern Europe after the war, a memorandum by Adolf A. Berle Jr. cites a British official who said London did not expect such control. The note recounts Berle asking if a federated system meant Russian dominance of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Britain
Russia
Europe
London
Soviet Union
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Ralph C.S. Stevenson
British
Foreign Office
Berle
Stevenson
United States
Gomulka Attacks Yugoslavia Over Independent Communism
Warsaw led by Wladyslaw Gomulka rebukes Yugoslavia for its independent brand of communism and denounces Western “fabricated nonsense” in defense of Nagy. He urges unity of socialism, calls Yugoslav revisionism erroneous, and says the bloc stands united against Western reaction.
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Warsaw
UPI
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Yugoslavia
West
Gdansk
Radio
Gomulka
Soviet Union
Tam
Texas Water Planning Board to be presented to Governor
The first state wide water planning board will be presented to Gov. Price Daniel Monday by the Texas Board of Water Engineers. The report reflects the efforts of local state and federal water agencies.
Explorer III Probably Dead
Cambridge AP said Explorer III, the Army’s 31 pound satellite launched March 26, probably died Friday night or early Saturday per Smithsonian Observatory. A Memphis Moonwatch team logged an orange light at 10 31 p.m. EDT Friday, with a Wichita sighting the day before. If the 88 minute orbit persists, the satellite may burn up soon. Explorer III initially circled Earth in 115.7 minutes.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Memphis
Tenn
Wichita
Reunion Nurse Delivers Baby At Clarkson Hospital
Mrs Harold Rock attending a nursing class reunion at Clarkson Hospital rode an elevator to the maternity ward and gave birth to a six pound, fifteen ounce son. The event occurred during the reunion, highlighting an unexpected high point in the day.
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Omaham
Harold Rock
Clarkson Hospital
Traffic Accident Statistics 1957 Year Overview
Traffic accidents and fatalities in 1957 are summarized with figures on injuries and deaths for the year and recent weeks. The report highlights the total accidents, fatalities, and persons injured, noting weekly changes and comparisons to prior periods.
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Peacock Military Academy
Woodlawn Lake
San Antonio 1
Don Kent
Jaycee
Little League
Jaycee-ettes
National League
Cheryl Sharbutt
Angela Sanders
Beverly Watkins
Sue Herzberger
American League
Diane Thompson
Becky Sheppard
Sherry Lou Burke
Sharon Lee Hurley
James Mason
Sonny Galloway
Larry Hamlin
Bobby Hudgins
James McBride
Neil P. Anderson
Fort Worth
Lester
Butovas
Lia Jens
Speinen
Ronson Windire
Mirel
Aluminum Dormeyer Elec
Grillwell
Ronson
Syroco
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Radio
POS
CSSA
MEL
North Grant
Slayer
Jack Feeler
John Willis
M. M. Chambers
Leroy Mitchell
F. P. Kribbs
Sam Lance
Hawaii
Dannel Hickey Crane
Fisher Optical
Joely
Fishers
Water Board
Explorer III
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MN Odessa
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