Bus Truck Collision Tragedy Shocks Texas Town
A Greyhound bus and a truck collided on U.S. 290 near Fort Stockton injuring and killing multiple people. Hospitals enacted disaster plans as victims were cared for. 27 passengers plus two drivers were aboard. The crash closed a long stretch of highway while DPS and federal investigators arrived to determine causes and prevent future accidents.
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Hoffman
Gibson
Washington
Federal
U.S. 290
Fort Stockton
Students Tell Why They Like Public Schools Essay View
Sixth graders at Austin Cementary School wrote essays for Texas Public Schools Week sharing varied reasons to like public schools. They praised large campuses and equipment, access to materials like television, good mental and physical education, cafeteria services, free textbooks and dictionaries, art and bulletin boards, and friendly teachers, with students from multiple local families cited.
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June Spurger
Austin Cementary School
Texas Public Schools
Patti Dool
Jimmy Dool
Diana
Tony Jackson
W.L. Jackson
North
Lincoln
James R. Hurt
Route 1
Sally Hurt
Manuel Diaz
Jesus Diaz
North Muskingum
Curtis Hilliard
Tmueet Lynn Hilliard
Dublin
Donald R. Roach
Washington
Phyllis Miter
Erelli
el Paso
Terry Permenter
Lawton Permenter
Lamar
Donna Biggers
G.A Biggers
Judy
Con Ead Virgil
Ant Williams
Barry Barlow
Wayne Land
Andrews Highway
Two Hobbs Men Die In Car Truck Wreck
Two Hobbs men, Bobby G. Whiteaker 33 and Monroe Mackie Watkins Jr., died instantly when their 1970 auto crashed head on into a southbound semi-truck loaded with scrap 13 miles south of Hobbs on State Road 18. Evans County officer Otis Haley said the car crossed into the truck’s lane, the wreck took hours to separate, and driver Aubrey Faught of Artesia survived with a broken left leg in satisfactory condition. Whiteaker’s funeral services are pending. Watkins’ services set for Friday at Peterson-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens. Survivors listed for Whiteaker include his wife Barbara, three daughters Leasa, Debra, and Carla. mother Clara Mae Whiteaker. for Watkins include wife Cariyn, daughter Lisa Rene, son Jom Lymm, his parents, and brother John C. Watkins.
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McLaughlin
Dayle Lancaster
Charles Jones
George Hoffman
Frank Cantu
LaVilla
Gary Michels
Juan Reyes Cortez
Barbara Kay Stark
Cayanosa
Lonnie Rogers
Carrizo Springs
Donald
Cobb
New Braunfels
Simon
Cordes
J. R. Strickland
Vancouver
Wash
Ken Shutterly
Jacksonville
Fla
Oakland
Calif
Inez Glover
Rosenberg
A Barman
Marshal Simmons
San Antonio
Good
Jraan Hospital
Lilly Jasmine
Lake Charles
Joe D. Ramirez
Ozona
Jasmine
Ramirez
E. R. Franks
Iraan Hospital
Wee Ae
Aj Uy
Hobbs
Bobby G. Whiteaker
Monroe (Mackie) Watkins Jr
Otis Haley
Aubrey Faught
Artesia
Lea General Hospital
Haley
Byyusteraww
Hobbs High School
Eastern New Mexico University
Fort Worth
Barbara
Leasa Whiteaker
Debra Whiteaker
Carla Walls
Odessa
Clara ‘Mae Whiteaker
Watkins
Peterson-Roberts Funeral
Admits Check Charge and Receives Probation
Delton Howard Lunceford Jr. admitted defrauding by passing a worthless $630 check on June 26, 1971, at Oberkampt Supply Co. He testified he had no prior felony convictions while the court imposed two years in prison and probation after a plea of guilty and the balance of evidence was presented.
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So Oan
Frevo
Delton Howard Lunceford Jr
Amburger
Oberkampt
Man Charged in Burglary Arrest in Texas home burglary case reported
A U-year old man, identified as Charlie Garrett of 903 Foster, was held in city jail on charges filed by the Justice of the Peace after a break-in at David Whiteside’s home at 89 Nimitz. Police reported a shotgun, camera and stereo equipment stolen. No bond set.
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Justice of the Peace
Purifay
Charlie Garrett
Foster
David Whiteside
Nimitz
Discharge and Divorces in District Court Notices
A mixed notice item lists discharged individuals and marriages as of March, and details district court divorces and lawsuits. It includes marriage licenses issued for Ronnie Virol Johnson and Laure Mae Kreager, and various civil suits such as Beatrice Morrison vs Universal Underwriters Insurance and Doyle Henderson vs Monroe Industries. Local traffic accident reports name multiple injured or minor damages cases around East 12th and Andrews Highway with several listed names and addresses.
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Covay
Licomes
Ronnie Virol Johnson
Laure Mae Kreager
Dovetia Schoen
Joan Edward Schoen
Ciera Lenora O'Connor
Robert Lawton O'Connor
Mary Rivers Flores
Moses Davila Flores
Everett Rollins
View Leis Roth
L. W. Donald
Charlene Morris
Kay E. Morris
Martyn Sue Jones
Ronnie Edward Jones
Chvut
Gokier
Bernald Lyon Cannon
East
Terry Evans Allen
Benofielh
Terry Allen
Whitaker — Lewis
Carpenter
Windsor
Corness Gav! Lowes
James L. Lewis
Brian Lewis
T.F. Langham
Brownfield
Verania McEntyre
Damones
East Eighth
Jimmie 0. Wilson
Nabors Lane
Gavila Garter Williags
Laurel
John Robert Hadley
Dick of Andrews
Rabein &. Jensen
North Golder
Ui Fy
Student Council Workshop Slated at Palas High School
About 400 students from area junior and senior high schools will attend a Student Council workshop at Palas High School on Saturday. Registration begins at 8 am followed by a keynote address by Dr. Bill H. Amstead of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Odessa High School hosts the president, Sweetwater High the vice president, and Snyder High the secretary treasurer.
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Palas High School
Bill H. Amstead
The
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Midland School Post Contested In Election Battle
Midland dispatch notes a contested April 7 election for one of four seats on the Midland Independent School Board. Incumbents Gilbert C. James, E. Wingel Ir and C. Wallace Craig seek re election with no opposition, while others’ names appear in race reports from local schools.
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Midland
Staff
Mit and
Independent School Board
Gilbert C. James E. Wingel Ir
C. Wallace Craig
Death notices mix of Odessa Midland obituaries and services
Readable fragments report deaths of Merlin Ainsworth 47 and William Hague 74 with services in Hobbs and Midland. Autopsy cited natural causes. Other notices list Julian Sanchez 59 and Eileen Farrior 76 with funerals in Odessa Chattanooga and Midland areas. Additional items note Fannin Terrace Baptist head burial plans and local death toll details.
Rites Friday For Odessan H O Robbins 73
Services for H O Robbins known as Skinny of Odessa will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Hubbard Bell Funeral Home Chapel. He died after a four day illness at Medical Center Hospital. Robbins was born July 23 1999 in Benton County Arkansas and lived in Odessa since 1996. He was a Baptist and a construction foreman. Survivors include a son a daughter four sisters and four grandchildren. Also noted is the death of Alex Warden 77 former Great Falls publisher who sold the Tribune to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Co in 196.
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Elizabeth Bradley
Wabash
Medical Center Hospital
Larissa
Joe Cloud
Lillian Heidelberg
Midland
Joe
Lillian
Heidelberg
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Thomas Funeral Home
Stanton
Ihe
Gene Kitterman
Amarillo
Martin Weber
Dallas
Dave Heidelberg
Joe Bell
el Paso
Jesse R. Gilbert
Ronald Gilbert
Georgia Gilbert
Hamlin
Georgia Johnson
Florida
Odessa Hamilton
Mary Lee Craft
California
Alberta Hamilton
Jack Gilbert
RL. Gilbert
John L. Gilbert
Robert Lee Gilbert
Oklahoma
Margie Gober
Albert
Margie ) Gober
Crane
Crane Memorial Hospital
Crane’ Baptist Church
Stevens Funeral Home
Coleman
Boral
Itasca
Gober
Albert M. Gober
Merlin Y Ainsworth
Dessa Ely
Griffin Funeral
Hobbs
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Howard Williams
Ainsworth
Lamesa
Ie All. Ainsworth
Lloyd van Zandt
Kaleta
Gene Hunter
Merlin Larry Ainsworth
Odessa
Prairie Haven
N.M
Griffin Funeral Home
Darlene Mangum
Farmington
Linda Ainsworth
Glenda Ainsworth
Steve Ainsworth
C.M. Barnes
Dorothy Herbert
Big Spring
CL. Sanders Lovington
AV. Ainsworth
Hobbs, N.M
William F. Hague
Order of the Eastern ‘Star
Mary B. Hague
Doris Wood
Elizabeth Phenix
Houston
N.H. Montgomery
Waco
RP. Hargrove
Borger
Earl Shaver
Latexo
Josie Att Dodge
Julian F. Sanchez
West Avenue
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ozona
Sanchez
Edward Sanchez
Jimmy Sanchez
North Adams
Julian Sanchez Jr
Gloria Chalmbaga
Eastith
Mary Rios
West 6Th
Cerela Arias
East 15Th
Rosie Bitolas
North Center
Eva Dominguez
Teofilo Sanchez
Jacinta White
Denis Moran
Margaret Rodriquez
Fort Retiquez
Fort Stockton
Walter Sanchez
J. Fillmore Epley Midland
F. Fillmore Epiey
Temple
Ellis Funeral
Martin County
Epley
Starton
John Epley
Denton
Jim
H.O
Skinny) Robbins
Hubbard-Bell Funeral Home
Sunsettal Gardens
Benton County
Ark
Robbins
Bessie B. Brown
Hominy
Oklo
Kermit
James L. Robbins
Sonora
Jessie Lee Sims
Farmington, N.M
Loraine Berger
East 12Th
Billie Barnes
Austin
Patsy Ruth Cline
Glen Robbins
Euguene Robbins
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fto Welch
Berlene Greck
Tecumseh, Okla
Ida Condrey
Albuquerque
Ruby Wilson
Duncan
Alex Warden
Great Falls
Mont
The
Great Falls ‘Tribune
Tribune
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Co
Odessa Morning Events Schedule Prompt
Tomorrow in Odessa two meetups at 7 AM and noon. At 7 AM breakfast is for Optimists at Sands Restaurant. At noon Eastside Rotary gathers in the Inn of the Golden West coach room.
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Optimists Sands
Eastside Rotary
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa Optimists
Sands Restaurant
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Dr. Franks
DPS
Greyhound
San Francisco
Miami
Kerrville
John Mahaffey
McCamey
Iraan
Brooke Army Medical Center
Juan Valdez
Fabio Marin
John H. Reed
National Transportation Safety Board
Pecos County
Charles P. Hoffman Jr
Hanes G. Gibson
Midland Regional Air Terminal
Texas Highway Department
THD
Osessa College
Texas Student Association
Tom Turnage
B.W. Turnage
Andrews
Sarah Pond
Gale Pond
East 23Rd
Whiteaker
Rhymes-Whiteaker Insurance
Jane
West Clements
Ical Center Hospital
Felans Guchorgenidgec
Jonie L
de A. Beatley
Mary
Lusan
Nency L. Fowlkes
Trudy A. ‘Thomann
Elsie M. View
Carsten T Rude
Meri
Young
Dane Lancaster
Terese K. McPotter
Betty J. Lingie
If Rendon
Brow
Beauchamp
Veldeon
Stevens
Harry K. de Maxine
Juana D. Elmare
Cleo G. McClure
Carl W. Ratti
Deregh ‘Turner
Luther D. Adams
Er Enevem
Gell
shitey + wills
Ennis Garcia
Gloria Rallift
Len Hi Bass
Ora E. Drake
Susie F. Grownall
Arthur WL Hailes
Dave A. Luan
Doyle Phomas
Ban F. Went
Linda Mitchel
Claude
Lawrence Murphrey
Mary Wickit
Christopher Qiltin
Cox
Ann Bulby
Eunice F
Beloris
Anna Stockton
Gene T. Torema
Lonnie Gilbreath
Michael G. Sewell
George N. Gomez
Serma
Sare
A Youn
North Fom Green
Jerry Faulkner
Norn Leet
B. Lancaster
West
Janse Ray
East Ith
Donnie Ben
Braee Armstrong
Custer
Iassee
Searcy
Pleasant
Giei
Consor Malinar
West Fifth
Juarez
H.C. Collins
Monahans
Vath
Graham
Stanley A. Westratt
Thomas W Chesshire
Sonior
North Dotsy
Nelson Alan Shall
Castle Road
Wayne Walker
Waverly
Hanry Jane Stout
East 17Th
Patricia Pollard
East 51St
Dotsy
Alten Brunken
West Eighth
James Dorolas Bullton
West Evunth
Qamewes
Hood
Hood Junior High School
Gary Wynne
First CE
East 49Th
Odessan
Midland School Post
Dwi
Jil. Walker
Ector County
Phillip Godwin
Eileen Farrior
Eileen S. Farrior
Chattanooga
Tenn
Forest
Rennie
Ittanooga
John F. Armstrong
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