Kidnapped girl reported seen in old gray car near school
Police recount intensive search for Leslie, an eighth grader from Ward, who vanished after leaving home. Elizabeth Crouch, a maid walking another child to school, saw a gray old model car with a man between 35 and 40 in a suit coat, last eight minutes after the girl left home. The car sped away with Leslie, described five foot two and slender. Pending arraignment Monday for a Beckley suspect, investigators pursing case details.
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Elizabeth Crouch
Leslie
Ald Park Middle School
Nutans Alley
Gaullists win control but coalition narrows majority
PARIS French voters reinstalled the Gaullists in the National Assembly with 274 seats to 89 for Socialists and Communists, narrowing the coalition's edge to under 60. The outcome surprises as the Gaullists gain stronger sway while the left seeks more aid for the poor and economic equality amid a high-tension political climate.
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Paris
Anothe
National Assembly
Government
Coaliton
Admits Theft Gets 2 Years Probation
Evaristo Eto Pineda 17 of 1101 Bluebonnet pleaded guilty in 70th District Court to a reduced misdemeanor theft charge and received two years probation. The case involved a June 26 1971 robbery of Carlos Medellin 17 at knife point in the 1200 block of South Grant. Assistant DA Don E Williams urged the plea with Gene Ater as defense counsel. Pineda testified he had no prior felony convictions.
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Evaristo Eto Pineda
Bluebonnet
Carlos Medellin
Wat Foster
Medellin
South Grant
Don E. Williams
Feprese Gene Ater
Peace Justice Workshop Set At Lamar University Be eet of Site
A peace justice workshop begins with a training program at Lamar University on Wednesday. Registration starts in the afternoon and classes run from 8 am with Midland District Attorney James Mashburn leading criminal law topics. Attorneys Browder Sanders and Culp cover writs of attachment abstracts and ration while Howard Williams and Manuel Valles lead the workshop. The event aims to guide proper JP office conduct. In Mansfield England David Kiem, 35, played organ for 51 hours before being carried away exhausted to a waiting ambulance.
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Lamarniversity
Acta Peroom
ePeace
Howard Filliams
Manuel Valles
Midland
James Mashburn
WB. Browder Jr
Bobby L. Sanders
Vann Culp
Mansfield
England
David Kiem
Midland jury considers new charges in theft and robbery case
Midland County jurors impaneled as Doris Jean Cephus, held in Midland city jail, faces two 11 year prison terms for a Fort Worth murder and theft. She is charged with robbery by assault in Midland and armed robbery of White House Grocery at 1201 South Dixie. Murder charges also pending.
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Midland
Midland County
Siettielis
Bes
Doris Jean Cephus
Midland City
Fort Worth
White House
South Dixie
Ruaieuaes
Rep Slack’s Condition Is Satisfactory
Rep Slack remains in satisfactory condition in the coronary care unit after a reported medical issue. His wife and immediate family are with him, with Mrs Slack at the hospital in Austin.
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Slack
Oar Tarr
Austin Sporting Tenn
Naples
Austin
Detectives Warn of Counterfeit Bills in West Texas
Police issued a Bogus Bills Alert after reports of counterfeit notes passed in Houston over the weekend. Bills numbered D27206097A F06585882A E16081S71A E15424HB and EA7A97060A prompted warnings though Odessa has not reported any sightings. Midland confiscations attributed to Dennis Boswell followed a motorcycle crash at Handlebar Flats. he is hospitalized with a fractured left leg at Medical Center Hospital after the incident at 1306 Castle Road.
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Dennis Boswell
Castle Road
Medical Center Hospital
Boswell
Public meetings set on hunting and trapping rules in two Texas counties
The Texas Wildlife Commission proposes hunting and trapping regulations for Jeff Davis and Presidio counties. Public meetings are scheduled for March 27 at 8 pm in Marfa at the Presidio Courthouse and in Fort Davis at the Jeff Davis County courthouse to discuss the plan.
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Marfa
Texas Wildlife Commission
Jeff Davis
Presidio Counties
Presidio
Jeff Davis County
Fort Davis
Odessa Tomorrow Schedule of Civic and Club Meetings
City Hall council chamber events at noon include Grandview Lions Club Branding Iron Hi-Noon Optimists Sands Restaurant Odessa A&M Club Inn of the Golden West Jaycees Odessa Chess Club at Odessa College and Propbusters at Flange Room Pioneer Natural Gal Co 8 P.M. wrestling at Ector County Coliseum and Southside VFW Post 717 on West Pearl.
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A.M
City Council
City Hall
Grandview Lions Club
Sands Restaurant
Odessa
A&m Club
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa Chess Club
Odessa College
Pioneer Natural Gal Co
Car Victim's Rites Slated for Martin Sauseda
Services for Martin Olivas Sauseda 39 of 1413 South cne car sesdan Fieay rag were set for 1 a.m. Monday in St. Anthony's Catholic Burial directed by Hubbard-Melly Funeral Home to Odessa Cemetery. He died at the scene of a one car wreck at Fifth and West County Road. Sauseda born August 25, 1938 in Old Mexico was a resident of Odessa working at Odessa Industrial Casting. Survived by widow Ejosa Millan (married 1980 Pecos), two sons Martin Sauseda Jr and Santerio Sauseda, one daughter Ermalinda Sauseda, four brothers and five sisters.
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Martin Olivas Sauseda
Sesdan Fieay
St. Anthony's Catholic
Hubbard-Melly Funeral Home
Odessa
Pane of the Peace
J.A. Purifoy
Sauseda
Fifth and
West County Road
Old Mexico
Ex Odessaan Rites Planned for Langford Henshaw Sr
Funeral services for Langford William Henshaw Sr., a former Odessa resident who died after a brief illness, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Baptist Church in Coushatta. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. Born June 30, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee, he moved to Odessa in 1948 from Louisiana and worked as a sales representative for three U.S. patents on enterlon rubbers. He was a Baptist and a Mason, living at Oak Creek Lake after retirement. Survivors include his widow Laura Belle Henshaw of the home, a son Langford W. Henshaw Jr. of Midland, two daughters, and 10 grandchildren.
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Henshaw
Oak Creek Lake
Langford W. Henshaw Jr
Midland
Martha Johnston Hobbs
N.M
Martha Ann Johnston
Hobbs Lea
General Arcane Am
Leen Pegeettes
Johnston
Artesia
Hobbs
Don
Howard Murdock
Wellington
Tex
Owen Livingston Ayers
Branon Baril
Lamesa Memorial Park
Atlanta
Lamesa
Birl D. Cox
Contest Baptist
Colorado City
Cox
Sarah Callaway
Srear i Honey
Andrews
Bertie M. Gann
Kermit
Ward Memorial
Monahans
First Baptist Church
Wink
Kermit Cemetery
Fumeral
Gann
Wills Point
Millard Gann
Houston
Archie Gann
Omaha
Neb
Ray W. Gann
Carlsbad
Odessa
Bobbie G. Gann
Reba Smith
Abilene
Alice Weaver
Selvia Welborn
Sey Dirce. It
Shreveport
Sanders Malcom
Millard
Lena Tillman
Lena Darby Tillman
Theenay
Nes
W. C. Tillman
Albert Darby
Bill Darby
Stanley Welling
Mader
Pam
Lubbock
Ley Funeral Home
Mound Cemetery
Welling
Matador
Natador
Freddie Welling
F. W. Welling
Rankin
Deaths in Jal and Lamesa accidents claim several lives
Funeral services are set for Robert A. Smith 62 of Jal N M killed in a one vehicle crash near Las Cruces on Interstate 10. Burial planned at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife and children. Additional obituaries recount Jimmy Dean of Gail who died in a car truck collision near Snyder and Birl D. Cox of Colorado City who died in a local hospital after illness.
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Robert A. Smith
Jal
N.M
Las Cruces
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Smith
Interstate 10
New Mexico
Harold Byford
Lala
James Barr Smith
Arlington
Barbara Patterson
Odessa
Clifford Smith
West Pigins
L.C.R. Smith
Alexandria
Monroe Smith
Midland
Elbert Smith
Pleasantville
N.J
Funeral notices from West Texas towns report multiple deaths
Obituaries list Mrs. Bertie M Gann of Kermit and Serapio P Montelongo Sr of San Angelo with services in Wink, Kermit, and Odessa. Survivors include children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren across Texas towns Abilene Midland Lubbock and Matador. Funeral details note burial in local cemeteries and church ceremonies.
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Dieghorn
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Girth
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Deneye
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Hudson
Jose Eam
Dwar
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G. Hernardiar
Noon —Jaycees
American Legion Post Board of Governors
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
Ector County Coliseum
Southside
VFW Post
West Pearl
Leslie Brake
Odessa High School
John W. Brake
West 35Th
Distributive Education Cubs of America
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Ofeentinn
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Gail
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Tea Hogina Af Gal
Danny Warneagi
Albert T. Hammond
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Colorado
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Seis
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Synetspalseraies
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Orlene Williams
Serapio P
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