Odessa Man Hit By Car
A 26 year old laborer named Frank Ortiz was treated at Medical Center Hospital for chest injuries after being struck by a car in the 500 block of East Ruth. Ortiz, of 706 Magnolia, was under observation in the ER and not in serious condition. The driver, Mrs Lupe Avila Alvarez of 1428 South Sam Houston, said she was westbound on Ruth when she heard a thump and saw the man in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
East Ruth
Frank Ortiz
Magnolia
Lupe Avila Alvarez
South Sam Houston
Ruth
Two Workers Injured In Weekend Job Incidents
Two men were hospitalized after weekend work accidents. A P Simpson 27 of Sunset Trailer Courts was admitted with a nine stitch laceration from a rod strike and listed in good condition. G C Chapman 32 of 2811 East 1th, a driller with John Drilling Co, sustained a fractured finger and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
A. P. Simpson
Sunset Trailer Courts
Simpson
Cook and Bates Well Service
G. C. Chapman
East
John Drilling Co
DWI Suspect Held In Jail In Odessa
A 52 year old Odessa man Luther S Koons was held in Ector County jail after a driving while intoxicated charge. A county court complaint was filed and he was arrested Sunday at Fifth and Grant with no bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DWI
Odessa
Ector County
Luther S. Koonsman
Avalon Courts
Grant
Lodge in Saigon Warns on Vietnam Politics After Visit
Ambassador Lodge, aged 62, back from Southeast Asia, speaks in Honolulu and Saigon about Vietnam policy. He criticizes Goldwater’s defoliation idea, says the GOP should nominate prudent leaders, and plans to discuss Viet Nam with Scranton and Rockefeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Honoulu
Honolulu
Maxwell B. Taylor
State Department
Lodge
Johnson
Massachusetts
GOP
Goldwater
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
William E. Miller
Miller
U.S
Scranton
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Two Children Treated For Dog Bites at Medical Center
Two youngsters were treated at Medical Center Hospital during the weekend for dog bite wounds. The patients were Mary Ellen Stevens a four year old girl of 607 Belvins and Lisa Fyffe a three year old girl of Mr and Mrs Grover Fyffe both from Jal New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Mary Ellen Ste
Marjie Stevens
Belvens
Mont
Lisa Fyffe
Grover Fyffe
Jal
New Mexico
Odessa American Subscription Rates and Publishing Details
The Odessa American lists subscription pricing for carriers and mail, with rates of $1.00 per month in advance in Odessa and Ector County, 5e per week in Retail Trading Zone, and 5e per week in All Other Zone. Mail rates include $18 yearly, $9 six months, $5 three months, and $1.75 monthly. Published daily except Saturday at 2 Fast Fourth Street Odessa Texas. Entered second class matter in Odessa post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Odessa American
Fast Fourth Street
Texas
New York Faces Rising Negro Crime Fears Across City
A succession of subway stabbings beatings robberies and assaults against whites prompts unease as Mayor Wagner boosts transit police. A white woman was raped and killed in Brooklyn and a lawyer slain in Manhattan elevators. Community tensions mix with patrols and mixed views from leaders while incidents persist in areas like Crown Heights and Harlem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Coney Island
Crown Heights
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Flames Razed Vacant House in Odessa Weekend Fire
A vacant frame house at 47th and Wright was totally engulfed by flames when Odessa firefighters arrived. Investigators consider arson. the scene followed another demolished frame structure earlier in the week and a separate blaze at 921 East 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
47Th
Wright
East 15Th
Odessa C C Pair To Attend Talks
Odessa Chamber of Commerce staff members Claude Steele and Don Stafford are expected to attend a week long management workshop in Boulder Colorado from Sunday through July 11. Steele is the chamber public relations director attending for the first time and Stafford, business manager for Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, attended last year. Attendance at seven summer sessions is required to complete the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Steele
Don Stafford
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Boulder
Colo
Steele
Chamber
Stafford
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Odessa instructor earns writers scholarship at TCU
Mrs. Jeneanne Dunn, an Odessa College journalism instructor, will attend an invitational writers workshop through July 10 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She received a scholarship to attend the conclave held in the Brite School of Divinity on the TCU campus. Dr. Warren Wolfe of Bethany Press in St. Louis will be the publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeneanne Dunn
Odessa ‘College
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Dunn
Brite School of Divinity
TCU
Warren Wolfe
Bethany Press
St. Louis
Police Quiz Girls Over Shoplifting Arrest at Wackers Variety
Two juvenile girls ages 15 and 12 were arrested during the weekend in a shoplifting attempt at Wackers Variety Store located at 311 North Grant and were released to their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wackers
North Grant
Odessa Chamber to Host Picnic for New ENP Employees
An Odessa Chamber of Commerce committee will hold an appreciation picnic for new El Paso Natural Gas Products employees at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chamber board room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
el Paso
Chamber
Odessa Downtown Association Meeting Agenda
The Odessa Downtown Association will meet at 9 45 a m Tuesday in the board room of the new chamber of commerce offices at 412 North Lincoln Members are expected to consider sales promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Board Room
New Chamber of Commerce
North Lincoln
Death notices for J Walter Smith and Ruth Epley
Funeral services for J Walter Smith 54 Keystone Valve Co division manager will be held 10 30 a m Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in charge Smith died from an apparent heart attack at home survived by wife Cheryl three sisters and a brother He was born February 21 1910 in Mertzon and served in World War II Ruth Epley 70 Abilene died Saturday in Abilene Funeral at Ellis Funeral Home Midland noted her Stanton birth November 8 1893 She later lived in Midland 1920 move from Stanton taught in Midland area and recently retired She held degrees from Hardin Simmons University Texas Women s University and UCLA and belonged to Baptist Church Eastern Star Survivors include two sisters and a brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walter Smith
West 21St
First Presbyterian Church
Smith
Keystone Valve Co
Medical Center Hospital
Joe Brown
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard - Kelly Funeral Home
Mertzon
San Angelo
Lyda Lois Allison
Masonic Lodge
el Paso
el Maida Shrine
U. S. Air Force
Cheryl Smith
C. K. Stillwagon
Houston
W. E. Yarbro
T. S. Andrews
Oklahoma City
Okla
S. Howard Staith
Stanton
Ruth ‘Epley
Abilene
Ellis Funeral
Midland
The
Baptist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Lee Gowan
Amarillo
Alma Stone
Lubbock
William Epley
Lamesa
Calif
Alfred Craig Evans
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Evans
Humble Oil Co
Midland Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Sam L. Evans
Walter S. Evans
George Ross Evans
Robert Jerome Friday
Newnie W. Ellis
Fairview
Friday
Athens
Minnie Lee
Dudley J. Friday
Delbert T. Friday
Carl S. Friday
Freddy D. Friday
C. A. Clark
J. S. Williams
Kansas City
Stella Heidelberg
H. L. Wilson
B. W. Smith
W. M. Armstrong
D. T. Hale
Big Spring
Scranton Presses Goldwater in Delegates Fight Across States
Scranton campaigns in Florida and Georgia while two uncommitted delegates loom in Georgia and Tennessee's 28 delegates mostly back Goldwater. In New Jersey 8 of 40 delegates favor Goldwater as he pushes to sway undecided supporters.
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Goldwater
Georgia
Scranton
Tennessee
Florida
Dalton
Johnson
Trenton
N. Y
Barry Goldwater
R - Ariz
New Jersey
Odessan Dies Rites Slated
Floyd Mears Long 75 of 512 North Lasseter died after a long illness at Medical Center Hospital. Services at 4 p.m. Tuesday Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Rev. Robert Whitis. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Tulsa. He was a retired oil field driller born Oct 21 1888 in Nickleville Pa. Survived by wife daughter son and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Mears Long
North Lasseter
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Robert Whitis
First Methodist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Tulsa
Okla
Long
Nickleville
Muskogee
Aseneth Talbert
Sundown
Tex
Pearl Curry
Jack M. Long
Aurora
Colo
Irma Bigley
Grove City
Odessa Official to Speak on Membership Drive in Crane
Odessan Bill Evers, assistant manager of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, will visit Crane Tuesday to discuss membership projects with the Crane Chamber of Commerce members.
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National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
S. J. Rogers
Texas State Optical
TSO
Ota
Orger
Burger Ciet Systems
Indianapolis 7
Robert Wagner Hasjsion
Stanley Lowell
City Human Rights Commiss
N.Y
IDF
Micki Sue Ausmus
Mickey Ausmus
East 38Th
Lovely Vickie Dorsey
Cook Drive
South Dixie
Drury Lane
West 61St
George Mayfield
Ruth Epley
Odessan
Billy Ray Moss
McCamey
Rix Funeral Home
Moss
Littlefield
E. E. Moss
Lome
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