Pecos Teen Anne Slack to Represent at A and M Cotton Pageant
Miss Anne Slack, 17, of Pecos will represent Pecos as duchess in the 38th Texas A M Cotton Pageant and Ball at Texas A M University. Sponsored by the Student Agronomy Society, the event begins Friday with informal socializing and continues Saturday with a 2:30 PM tea and 7 PM pageant in the Memorial Student Center. Miss Slack’s escort is Jerry McGowen, with Mrs. Maxine Tharp as Pecos pageant chair.
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College Station
Anne Slack
Cotton
Pecos
Dick Slack
The
Student Agronomy Society of
Texas A. & M. University
Bryan Civic Auditorium
Slack
Ball
Memorial
Miss Slack
Jerry McGowen
Maxine Tharp
Miss Cotton
Cotton Crusaders
Desertion Charge Linked to Man in Ector County
Federico M Armendariz, 49, of 606 Jeter, remained in Ector County Jail on a charge of child desertion filed in Ector County Court. Bond was set at 1000 dollars. He allegedly deserted two minor children on June 30 1971. complaint filed by his wife Manuela Armendariz.
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Federico M. Armendariz
Jeter
Ector County
Manuela Armendariz
Odessa Daily Star Admits Peculiar Rates and Listings
Fragmented front page text lists postal details for Odessa Texas with garbled subscription rates and per copy prices. It mentions home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 25 cents per month, retail trading rates, and 16 to 25 cent single copy charges.
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Odessa
Texas
Odesse Americas
Eater County
Nixon Conmance Dominates Campaign Pace on Pay Board
AFL-CIO resignations left two labor reps on the 15 member Pay Board. Frank Fitzsimmons will stay. Leonard Woodcock has not decided. Ziegler says the board will not disband and wage price controls will continue to stabilize the economy.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Ziegler
Labor
Aging too long forgotten no more says Nixon in speech
President Nixon recalls his 1968 remark that people over 65 were forgotten and outlines five actions to aid the elderly. He calls for expanded senior housing, expanded volunteer programs, and reorganized federal efforts to address aging at all government levels. The aging have come of age, he asserts, but much work remains.
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Nixon
Lawmen Probing Five Theft Cases In Odessa
Lawmen in Odessa investigated five theft cases on Thursday. A two wheel trailer was stolen from Boatwright Mobile Home Sales on Andrews Highway. A lawn sprinkler was taken from St Marys School at 17th and Adams. A gate was stolen from the Jimmy Thompson residence at 2410 West 12th. A bicycle was reported stolen by Patrick Martin Jr. at 2601 North Muskingum. A set of walkie talkies was taken from Julius Tannahill at 1318 East Seventh.
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Odessa
Boatwright Mobile Home Sales
Andrews Highway
Bernice Marie
St. Mary’s School
17Th
Adams
Jimmy Thompson
West 12Th
Patrick Martin Jr
North Muskingum
Julius Tannahill
East Seventh
Two DWI Suspects Freed On Bond
Two men charged with driving while intoxicated posted $500 bonds. Danny A Johnson, 27, of 405 East 49th, was stopped near U S 80 at 7:35 p m Wednesday. Refugio Sanchez, 28, of 1124 West Clifford, was arrested near U S 385 at 1:45 a m Thursday. Bond set by J P Manuel Valles.
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Danny Alfred Johnson
East 49Th
U. S
Nice of the
J. A. Puris
Refugio Sanchez
West Clifford
U.S
Justice of the
Manuel Valles
Nixon era price report shows February surge and Phase 2 impact
The Bureau reports February price increases driven by meat and food costs, with housing, clothing, medical care, and recreation up while transportation falls. Phase 2 shows a 4.9 percent annual rise so far this year, higher than pre freeze levels, and farm products remain exempt from controls.
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Nixon
Suspect Held On $2,500 Bond In Property Destruction
Jack Eugene Spurgeon 25 of Midland remained in Ector County jail in lieu of a 2500 bond on a charge of destruction of private property. He allegedly threw a rock breaking the windshield of a Panel Crete pickup in the Permian Basin. The incident occurred Wednesday night in a parking lot in the 6300 block of Andrews Highway. Justice of the Peace Howard Williams set the bond.
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Jack Eugene Spurgeon
Midland
Ector County
Panel Crete
Permian Basin
Andrews Highway
Justice of the
Howard Williams
Spurgeon
Armed Robbery Attempt Foiled by Nightwatchman
Police sought clues after a masked man approached Jesse Hughes's office at E L Farmer Co in pre-dawn hours. The 73-year-old nightwatchman rushed the door and called police, description placing a man in his mid twenties, five feet eleven, blond, about 160 pounds, who fled unseen.
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Jesse Hughes
East Sixth
E. L. Farmer Co
South Grant
Hughes
Poice
Damages Asked In Two Lawsuits In Odessa
Two suits for damages were filed in 161st District Court. Mildred Odell Thomas of Odessa sues Carl Harvey Cooper for damages from a June 10 1970 traffic accident in the 3100 block of East County Road seeking 10500 dollars. W J Poynor and his son Stephen of Odessa seek 9900 dollars for damages from a 1971 traffic accident at Nabors Lane and 11th Streets against John Edwin Vansant Ullysses S Brown Jr and Thomas Jimmy Brown operators of City Cab Co Odessa.
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161St District
Mildred Odell Thomas
Odessa
Carl Harvey Cooper
East County Road
W. J. Poynor
Stephen Poynor
Nabors Lane
11Th Streets
John Edwin Vansant
Ullysses S. Brown Jr
Thomas Jimmy Brown
City Cab Co
Three vandalism cases reported in city
Police investigate three car damages on Thursday. Tom Mendenhall of 2104 East 12th had a dented car parked near Grandview Cinema. A window was broken at M&M Auto Sales on 310 Lotteman Drive. Mrs Frank Pool of 3848 Candy Lane reports a water balloon hit her vehicle.
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Tom Mendenhall
East 12Th
Grandview Cinema
M&m Auto Sales
Lotteman Drive
Frank Pool
Candy Lane
Weather outlook across West Texas warm with possible thundershowers
Occasional showers may drift through the Permian Basin this afternoon and tonight as a meteor service specialist notes. If they occur they will be thunderstorms. Otherwise a warm day with south winds 10 to 20 mph is expected and temperatures around 82 today and Friday with a 52 degree low tonight. Fog and drizzle were reported in parts of South Texas and extremes West Texas with visibility down to one eighth mile in Alice and Victoria.
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Midland
West Texas
Permian
Weather Service
South
South Texas
Alice
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Cotulla
Houston
San Antonio
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Coastal Bend
McAllen
San Angelo
Galveston
Midland event links chambers of commerce in SITCA panel
Executive vice president Gene Garrison of the Odessa Chamber joined chamber officers from West Texas and Eastern New Mexico in Midland for the Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce Managers Association monthly meeting. A SITCA student panel from Midland high schools highlighted the gathering, with Clark Carpenter of Fort Stockton chamber serving as regional president.
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Gene Garrison
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
New Mexico
Midland
Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce Managers’ Association
Student Involvement Through Community Action
SITCA
Midland Chamber
Clark Carpenter
Fort Stockton
Suspect Santos Larez Charged In Aggravated Assault
Santos Larez, 19, of 1338 South Alleghancy, held in Ector County jail on 1500 bond for aggravated assault after a March 11 knifing of Richard Noel McConnell, 14, of 2905 Eastover. He also faces probation violation for a prior burglary, placed on five years’ probation July 10, 1970, for failing to report as directed.
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Santos Larez
South Alleghancy
Ector County
Richard Noel ‘McConnell
Eastover
Larer
Prisoner war talks hint at shift in US stance
United States diplomat Porter urged North Vietnam to engage in genuine prisoner of war discussions and comply with Geneva provisions. He warned that future meetings should prove the Communists willing to resolve military and political issues holding up a settlement. Porter urged humane treatment and information on missing personnel, noting about 1,600 prisoners or missing in Indochina.
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Nixon
Porter
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Indochina
Ballinger
Serhome
United
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Allen Davis
Lake View
Winters
Brister
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
Brady
Ruth Myrtle West
Junction
William
Santa Rosa
Calif
Mary Butler
Alice
Pearl McLaughlin
el Paso
Sheriff Kin Dies at 80 in Texas Funeral Held Sunday
Mrs. Floyd H. Savage of Snyder aged 80 died after a yearlong illness at Medical Center Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with Rev. Vernon Neeley, burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was a Pentecostal preacher for 20 years and would have marked her 63rd wedding anniversary Saturday. Born June 5, 1891 in Mason County Missouri, she lived in Snyder 23 years and had pastorates in Pampa and Snyder. Survived by husband, four sons Ernest of Big Spring Elmer Russell George two daughters, a sister, two brothers, 14 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
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Lena) Savage
Lof Snyder
A.M
Slim) Gabrel
Medical Center Hospital
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Vernon Neeley
United Pentecostal Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Savage
Pampa
Snyder
Mason County
Missouri
Winfield
Kan
Floyd H. Savage
Ernest
Big Spring
Elmer
East Lith
Odessa
Russell
Roanoke
George
Fairlane
James A. Pearcy
San Antonio
Gabrel
Myrtle Atkins
Ponca City
Okla
Russell Gibson
Pawhuska
Bill Gibson
Las Vegas
Nev
Local woman Mrs Mildred Dirden dies at 63
Mrs Mildred Rosalita Francis Dirden 63 of 307 West Clements died at her home around 1 30 a m today Peace Justice Manuel Valles ruled death natural causes The body sent to Jonesboro Illinois for arrangements announced by Norris and Sons Funeral Home local arrangements by Paul A Rix Funeral Home Survivors include five sons John Dirden Lawrence Dirden Carl Bill Elvis Dirden all of Anna Illinois three daughters Mrs B G Wickliffe Mrs Carlean Johns and Mrs Ella Mae Barker a Memphis mother Mrs Elizabeth Morris brother Curtis Morris and sister Mrs Mabel Turner both of Memphis 37 grandchildren nine great
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West Clements
Manuel Valles
Jonesboro
Ill
Norris and Sons Funeral Home
Paul A. Rix
Mississippi
Odessa
Cheyenne
Wyo
John Dirden
Lawrence Dirden
Drury Lane
Carl
Bill
Elvis Dirden
Anna
B. G. Wickliffe
West County Road
Carlean Johns
Ella Mae Barker
Elizabeth Morris
Memphis
Tenn
Curtis Morris
Mabel Turner
Mayor Jim Reese Heads to TML Meeting in Austin
Mayor Jim Reese will travel to Austin Friday to attend a Texas Municipal League function. He chairs the statewide subcommittee on public safety of the Committee of the Future. The subcommittee meets at the Commodore Perry Hotel to draft position papers on Texas cities' challenges for the next two decades. Reese stresses preparing for future needs in dense areas to avoid problems seen in large Eastern cities.
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Jim Reese
Austin
Texas Municpal League
Reese
Committee of ‘the Future
Theeague
Commodore Perry
Texas
Two Burglary Suspects Jailed
Odessa men George Jessie Galindo aged 25 of 700 East Monahans and Jesus Manuel Matta aged 26 of 308 East Olive remained in city jail Thursday on $3000 bond each. Police arrested them in a car in the 100 block of East Clements at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday for allegedly stealing a television and tape player from Warren H. Laney at 1515 North Idotsy. Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles set bond.
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Odessa
George Jessie Galindo
East Monahans
Jesus Manuel Matta
East Olive
East Clements
Warren H. Laney
North iDotsy
Justice of the Peace
Manuell Valles
Three DWI Counts Filed In Court In Odessa
Three charges of driving while intoxicated were filed Thursday in Ector County Court against Odessa men William Morell Blue 32 of 5206 Clinton Walter Leroy Sykes 27 of 2701 West Second and Larry Andrew Swearengin 25 of 1300 East Eighth Swearengin was released on $1000 bond.
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Ector County
Odessa
William Morell Blue
Clinton
Walter Leroy Sykes
West Second
U. S. 80
Larry Andrew Swearengin
East Eighth
U.S. 80
Worker Injured In Boomer Strike Near Penwell
Pilar Luna, 20, of Ira, was listed in satisfactory condition Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after a Wednesday on the job injury. He was struck in the face by a boomer four miles south of Penwell, suffering a deep facial cut.
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Pilar Luna
Ira
Medical Center Hospital
Penwell
Odessa Woman Hurt In Apartment Fight
A 32 year old Odessa woman Anna Bell Acosta was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a cut elbow and bruised lips after a fight in an apartment at Wabash and Murphy. She was released after treatment and no charges were on file for the Thursday incident.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Anna Bell Acosta
East Harris
Wabash and Murphy
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