Council Accepts Bid On Water-Sewer Job
Odessa city council approved a low bid of 53 362.36 from Paramount Constructors for water and sewer installations in Rochester Heights third filing west Odessa. Three bids were received for East Eighth Street drainage and widening. contract not awarded.
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East Eighth Street
Paramount Constructors of
Odessa
Rochester Heights
West Odessa
Park and
West 16Th
Zeneta
Coronado
H. G. “Counts
Midland
Jones Brothers Paving and Dirt Contractors, Inc
Parker Construction Company
East Eighth
J. P. Rankin
Hospital Treats Mishap Victims
Two Odessa residents were treated and released at Medical Center Hospital after separate mishaps. K. R. Walters, 25, suffered a broken and lacerated finger when his hand was caught in a power mover at his home. Phillip Anderson, 26, had a fractured finger at Plastic Applicators Inc. when a pipe segment was pulled from a blasting machine and trapped his finger.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
K. R. Walters
West
Phillip Anderson
Plastic Applicators Inc
Anderson
Funeral Rites Set Wednesday for Mrs Ramirez Odessa
Funeral services for Mrs Juan B Ramirez 69 of 904 Del Rio will be at 3 p m Wednesday at Iglesia de Cristo Latin American Church of Christ in Odessa. Burial in Odessa Cemetery under Rix-Mahan Chapel of the Roses. She died Monday in Medical Center Hospital after a heart attack. Survived by husband three sons four daughters 40 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren all of Odessa.
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del Rio
Medical Center Hospital
Iglesia de Cristo
Church of Christ
Odessa
Rix-Mahan Chapel of the Roses
Juan S. Ramirez
Honeysuckle
Antonio Ramirez
Suspect Sought In Theft Case in Ector County
Orville Williams, about 15, was charged in Ector County Court Tuesday with theft and was being sought by law enforcement officers. Williams was accused in a complaint signed by Mrs. Ted Dilley of 115 West Mable with stealing nearly $16 worth of groceries June 7 by signing her name to a ticket at a grocery store.
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Orville Williams
Ector County
Williams
Ted Dilley
West Mable
Odessa Man Fined After Guilty Plea on Weapons Charge
Leslie Ston Terry Jr. 24 of 3025 West Second pleaded guilty in Ector County Court to carrying a concealed weapon and was fined 1235 dollars. A .22 caliber pistol was found in his car glove compartment when stopped by city police at Second and Dixie.
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Odessa
Leslie Ston Terry Jr
West Second
Ector County
Gty
Second and
Dixie
Two Charged With Theft by Worthless Checks
In Ec tor County Court two people faced charges Tuesday for passing bad checks. Mrs B T Crumley of Seminole was charged with a $42 bogus check at White's Stores Inc. Do Medlock was accused of passing an $18 hot check at Everybody's Store.
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Ector
B. T. Crumley
Seminole
White's Stores, Inc
Do Medlock
Everybody's Store
Vandalism Probe After Rock Flies Through Window
Odessa police investigated vandalism at an army surplus store on East Eighth. Ted McGeehee reported a rock shattered the plate glass storefront window at 403 East Eighth. he said nothing was missing from the shop located at 1002 East 26th.
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Odessa
Ted McGeehee
East 26Th
East Eighth
Homicide Trial Resumes Today in Firemen Deaths
Jury selection resumed in Houston for Bryan Day a 49 year old Dallas man charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of two Houston firefighters Willie McWhorer 32 and injuring officers James Shittey and H R Cope. Day drove a Gillette Truck Lines rig that struck a firetruck at an intersection on November 16 as its red lights flashed. The truck ran a green light while the firetruck allegedly entered on red. Day's trial began Tuesday.
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UPI
Bryan Day
Dallas
Day
Gillette
Willie McWhorer
Charles A. Jed
James Shittey
H. R. Cope
Six Theft Cases Reported Across Odessa Area
Police and sheriffs deputies investigated six thefts Monday. Items missing included an air compressor from a car at Crescent Park Baptist Church, motor oil and soft drink bottles from a residence carport, hubcaps from cars at Scott Theater Parking Lot and Auto Mart, an electric drill and tool box from a home garage valued at 22.50, and a bicycle stolen from in front of Hailes Food Store.
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R. H. Curry
San Jacinto
Crescent Park Baptist Church
East 27Th
T. T. Williams
North Adams
Jerry Wayne Harwell
Lyndale
Scott Theater
Odessa
The
Auto Mart
East Eight
M. L. Sullivan
Joe B. Ballard
Kermit Highway
Odessa mother of three dies in Midland hospital
Mrs. F. D. Howe, 71, longtime Midland resident and mother of three Odessans, died at 5:40 p.m. Monday in Midland Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Avenue A and Tennessee Church of Christ in Midland with Hardeman Nichols officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born August 2, 1888 in Hills County, she married February 15, 1906 in Sweetwater, moved to Midland 20 years ago from Carlsbad New Mexico, previously of Pecos. Survivors: husband D. A. Howe, Odessa daughters Daphne Delaney, Faye Hawthorn, Margaret Nicholson, a Brady son, four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren.
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F. D. Howe
Midland
Midland Memorial Hospital
Tennessee Church of Christ
Hardeman Nichols
Fairview Cemetery
Howe
Hills County
Sweetwater
Carlsbad
N. M
Pecos
Church of Christ
Daphne Delaney
Faye Hawthorn
Margaret Nicholson
Odessa
D. A. Howe
Brady
Odessa to Get State Bar Post
Odessa attorney W. O. Shafer is expected to be appointed a member of the State Bar Association board of directors at the Houston convention this weekend. Local bar members urged the incoming state president to nominate Shafer for the Odessa district seat after the late Martelle McDonald. The convention runs Wednesday through Saturday with a large Odessa delegation anticipated. Midland lawyer Bil Kerr will become state president-elect and serve as state president in 1961.
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Odessa
W. O. Shafer
State Bar Association
Houston
Bar Association
Shafer
Martelle McDonald
Midland
Bil Kerr
Appeal Lodged In 161st Court Over Injury Award
An appeal from an Industrial Accident Board award was filed in 61st District Court Tuesday by 10 F Carlisle against Trinity Universal Insurance Co. Carlisle seeks 14055 dollars for injuries sustained June 5 while employed by Gibraltar Oil Corp.
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F. Carlisle
Trinity Universal Insurance Co
Carlisle
Gibraltar Oil Corp
Betty Jo Smoot
Henry Smoot
Glenn Hartman
Roberta Hartman
Dorothy Elkins
Richard Elkins
Move Klotz
Robert Klotz
Claudia Crawford
Willis Crawford
CiMl
Bill Frady and Co
L. D. Romack
Co. F. Carlisle
Medical Center Hospital
Joe Lee Creamer
Millard Fr. Standifer
O. G. Barton
Jose G. Gomez
William Joe Philips
Don_ Forrest
Coy Holcomb
J. R. Lidge
Arthur O. Martin
Carl V. Marshall
John H. Griggs
F. Grounds
J. H. Young
John E. Magby
Sylvian Mac Marcy
Claude Bell
Thurman
William Dan McKenzie
Michael Paynter
Lyon Troy Sorrells
Ernest Blackwell Jr
C. L. Morgan
Lous Allen Jones
Horace Cameron
Dewward C. Brown
Lester K. Lindsey
Chester C. McCampbell
Olga E. Francis
Jimmy Wimberley
Billy Doyce Martin
Ley Genean Barnes
Lernardo Magallanez
Patieots
Deputies Probe Burglary at Union Hall
Deputies investigated a burglary at the Plumbers and Union hall located at 2020 East Eighth. An unknown amount of change was taken from a quarter vending machine after the burglar broke out a rear window and tried to pry open a soft drink vending machine but did not access the box.
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Sheriffs
Plumbers
Ee Union Hall
East Eighth
Overheated Tar Causes Blast At City Scene
Odessa firefighters rushed to 27th and Golder after reports of an explosion when tar in a heated tar pot ignited. Minor damage to the pot and slight paint damage to a nearby car were noted. Also reported a car fire on East Eighth and a junk-yard blaze at Ace Equipment with 700 gallons used to fight it.
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Golder
Odessa Fir Department
Mirs
Harry King
East Eighth
Ace ‘Equipment Company
West Second
County Court Records and Medical Center Notes
County Court lists marriages, criminal charges, divorce suits, civil and appeal cases. Medical Center Hospital reports admissions and births, dismissals, and traffic accidents with names and addresses, including multiple patients and newborns.
Army To Face More Hearings On Deficient Combat Vehicles
Representative Porter Hardy Jr. announced further hearings by a House Armed Services subcommittee on charges that the Army spent 1.6 billion dollars for nearly 19 000 seriously deficient combat vehicles. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker disputed GAO findings as misreading procurement challenges. The GAO cited nine vehicle types with engine, transmission and track and suspension deficiencies.
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Washington
UPI
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Army
Hardy
Special House Armed Services
General Accounting Office
Wilber M. Brucker
GAO
Accounting Office
Hog Show and Sale by Hamp Shire Breeders in Mason
The annual show and sale of the Texas Hampshire Swine Breeders' Association will be held in Mason, Texas, on July 9. Sixty three registered animals have been consigned to the sale by 14 breeders from across Texas.
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Ason, Tex
Mason, Tex
Texas
College Committee to Study Scholarship Funds Shortfall
A college board committee was formed to improve funding for a deficit-ridden scholarship program. Regent Woody Weylandt will chair, with Dr. Jack Rodgers noting a projected $2,500 shortfall by 1959-60. Proposed measures include reallocating $9,200 for 49 awards, plus $2,500 from summer profits and $1,700 from bookstore earnings, with $700 in donations sought for 1960-61. The meeting also covered nursing curriculum setup by Kellogg Foundation, a $2,000 utility-line move, leaves of absence for three professors, and junking three vehicles for $85. Attendees included Croft, Weylandt, and others.
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Odessa College
Board of Regents
Woody Weylandt
Commit
Rodgers
Regents
Kellogg Foundation
Roberson
Odessa
University of Texas
John Roberts
University of Denver
Courtney Pike
Buster Anderson
Croft, Weylandt
J. W. Gaddy
Basil Wilkerson
R. C. Mason
Kirk Harding
Otto Pavlick
Guy Elliott
Revision Made In Fire Manual In Odessa
Odessa Fire Chief Charlie Mead says the department is rewriting its training manual under supervision of training chief E. W. Parker with T. L. Townley assisting. The update adds atomic radiation, new chemicals, ignition temperatures, and burning characteristics. The manual will guide promotions exams and LPG fire handling and aims for thorough, detailed procedures. It is expected ready by November.
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Odessa
Charlie Meadows
Manuel
E. W. Parker
T. L. Townley
Parker
Townley
Wales mine disaster tears 45 workers from lives
Rescue teams moved to the surface as 45 miners died in a blast 1,000 feet underground in a south Wales coal mine. A mile-wide pocket of deadly carbon monoxide gas filled the shaft after the explosion Tuesday, as 700 men worked the morning shift amid rock and rubble.
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Abertillery, Wales
South Wales
Juarez Cafe Burned and Night Club Damaged in Fire
A Juarez cafe burned and a nightclub suffered heavy damage on Tuesday. The Reno Cafe was destroyed and the Chinese Palace Bar and Cabaret sustained major damage with losses around 240000 dollars. Firemen fought the blaze for four hours before El Paso crews were summoned. The affected properties sit one block south of the Santa Fe International Bridge. the fire began in the Reno Cafe kitchen.
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Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Santa Fe St. International Bridge
Statue of Bryan Declined by Bryan Chamber
The Bryan College Station Chamber of Commerce rejected a offered statue of William Jennings Bryan. Retired Brig. Gen. John F. Davis, 1911 A&M graduate, noted the Bryan statue was moved to a government warehouse for a bridge project. The town’s namesake, William Joel Bryan, figures in local history.
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BRYAN
Bryan College Station
U S Food Industry Open To Sabotage
Denton Texas officials report deputy FDA director H G Underwood warned at a five state civil defense conference that the U S food industry would be vulnerable to sabotage in a war. He noted risks of contamination with chemical and biological agents and cited ongoing FDA surveillance and radiation detection efforts. The program covers testing food and drug effects of nuclear weapons and training to protect restore supply during a national emergency.
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Denton, Tex
UPI
H. G. Underwood
Food and Drug Administration
Denton
U.S
Federal
Agen
America
Cies
Underwood
FDA
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Heads of State Share Light Moment At White House Dinner
President Eisenhower toasts Viscount King Bhumibol of Thailand during a White House dinner honoring the Thai leaders. He jokes about noodle soup and ice cream, recalling the king’s note about a recipe for noodle soup for their grandchildren. The exchange underscores shared family concerns and light diplomacy.
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Eisenhower
Vissing
King Bhumibol
Thailand
White House
Queen Sirdat
Bhamidol
Los Angeles
Fatal Crash Kills Man Minutes After New Car Purchase
Fort Worth AP report says John Nisibet, 36, died Tuesday when his brand new car collided with a Burlington train shortly after purchase. Authorities noted the collision occurred within about 25 minutes of the sale.
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Fort Worth
John Nisibet
Whca
Burlington
Two Odessa Men Charged In Ector County Court
Two Odessa men faced theft charges in Ector County Court on Tuesday. Cornelius Oats, 30, and John Junior Clemons, 23, allegedly stole a 2 caliber rifle from W C Medkins and later pawned it for 37. Clemons pleaded guilty before Judge Selwyn Webbler. Oats remained in jail.
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Odessa
Ector
Iplea
Cornelius Oats
South Green
John Junior Clemons
South Tom Green
W. C Medkins
Clemons
Selwyn Webbler
Oats
Ector County
City Holds July 3 Meeting on Civic Center Bond
The City Council will hold a special meeting on July 3 at 3 p m to discuss a bond issue proposal to finance the city's share of a Civic Center and possibly a Grant Avenue railroad underpass. The session will also review the new city budget and address the Civic Center matter.
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