First Singing Cowboy Ken Maynard Dies in California
Ken Maynard, a pioneer singing cowboy and star of about 300 early West films, died at 77 in Woodland Hills California. The Indiana native helped shape early Westerns with The Lone Star Trail and lived a long career before death attributed to old age.
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Woodland Hills, Calif
Ken Maynard
Maynard
Indiana
Hollywood
Wild West Range
Tom Mix
Buck Jones
Hoot Gibson
Lone Star Trail
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Mission
Tex
Jones and Mix
Woman Dies at 48 in Las Vegas Home
Goldine McClane 48 of Las Vegas Mobil Home Estates on East Highway 8 died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital about 7:20 p.m. Saturday. Justice of the Peace Otis Moore ruled natural causes after a heart attack at home. no autopsy ordered. McClane collapsed at her residence. Services pending at Paul A. Rix Funeral Home.
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John Emmitt Allred JR
Kermit
Memorial Hospital
Pilgrim Resturch
Many
Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Alfred
Laurel
Miss
Orange
Patsy Ruth Eikenhorst
Myrtle Rhodes
Henry Moore
R.M. Hallmark
Victor
Gay Nell Yarborough
Dallas
Bill Walker
Goldine McClane
Las Vegas
Crane OKs Bond Issue for Schools Stadium Erected
Crane Independent School District voters approved a 750000 bond for school improvements including a 2000 seat stadium with press box and concession, an all weather track and steel field house, plus classroom renovations, wiring upgrades, air conditioning in admin building and high school auditorium, and new furniture.
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CRANE
Crane Independent
Fire Destroys Trailer House in Odessa
A trailer house used for storage burned shortly after 7 30 p m Saturday at 609 West 32nd. Investigators said owner C E Pyle of 1309 East 52nd reported the blaze started by an electrical short as three Odessa Fire Department units fought the flames. Earlier a trash container fire at 3611 North Hancock around 2 45 p m caused no damage and was believed set.
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West 32Nd
C.E. Pyle
East 52Nd
Odessa
Theft cases being checked at Levine's Department Store
City police sought a man about 5 ft 6 in, 125 to 130 pounds, wearing a gold shirt, who used a bogus letter of credit to steal three pairs of slacks worth 49 dollars and 10 pairs of socks valued at 4.40 from Levine's Department Store at 414 North Grant. Five bicycle thefts were also under investigation, with victims including Russell C.
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Levine’s
North Grant
Russell C
District Court Divorces and Local Medical Center Notices
A district court lists divorces granted including Whittley v Whitey Perkins v Perkins Lawsen v Lawsen Hasten v Hasten Thacker v Thacker Marsh v Marsh Jones v Jones Presley v Presley Muphes v Hughes Atcheson v Atcheson Hill v Hill Crawford v Crawford Hodgkins v Hodgkins A medical center report details March admissions and discharges with numerous patient names. City traffic accidents on multiple intersections list participants ages residences and damages reported as light to moderate.
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Joe Lynn Whittley
Shirley Louise Whitey
Albert Lewis Perkins
Beverly Sue Perkins
Donna Lawsen
Jimmy Lawsen
Nancy Joey Hasten
Joseph Hasten
Teresa Ann Thacker
Jada Thacker
Stella Marsh
Louis Marsh
Eva Cassandra Jones
Bobby Gene Jones
Glenda Faithe Presley
James Arthur Presley
Norma Jean Muphes
Donald Odean Hughes
Sharon Diane Atcheson
Thomas Gavin Atcheson
Girlelmo
Odessa Youth Is Ordered To State School
A 16 year old Odessa boy remained in the Ector County jail awaiting transfer to Gatesville for a January robbery. An Ector County Juvenile Court jury found him delinquent and Judge Phillip Godwin ordered commitment to the Texas Youth Council at Gatesville after a two day trial. The 23 year old woman said she was robbed at knife point after leaving a hospital, with the assailant forcing her to stop the car and taking her purse. The youth’s name appears as Lloyd and is linked to Mrs. Jackie Pipkin and Mrs. William Hopkins in testimony.
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Ector County
State School For Boys
Gatesville
Phillip Godwin
Texas Youth Counsel
Mto Seadieing
Lloyd
Jackie Pipkin
William Hopkins
U S and Vietcong discussed POW lists and redeployment plan
Woodward urged Hanoi to provide full lists and release dates for all U S POWs by March 28 and proposed staged withdrawals of 900 1800 and 2500 troops ahead of the Paris peace deadline. North Vietnam claimed Laotian rebels would free nine Americans but timing remained unclear.
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Family Squabble Ends in Double Homicide in Odessa
Mrs. Gardner and her husband Gardner were found shot in their home as officers entered. A snub-nose pistol lay between bodies, with slugs recovered from the scene. The couple had briefly separated last fall, and autopsies were ordered. Funeral plans were in motion with services pending.
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Julia Martinez Gardner
James Elton Gardner
Four Injured In Car Wreck Near Ranger
Four Odessans were injured when their car crashed about two miles west of Ranger on Interstate 20. The vehicle rolled over five times after the left rear tire blew. Pauline L Ogden 58 and Patti Annette Ballew 15 were hospitalized Saturday after transfer from Ranger. Larry David Jones 18 and Mary Kathleen Ogden 17 were treated and released.
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Pauline L. Ogden
Redbud
Patti Annette Ballew
East 42Nd
Ranger
Larry David Jones
Cambridge
Mary Kathleen Ogden
Patti
Ogden
Odessa Local Meetings Schedule
Tomorrow in Odessa features a 10 A.M. Ector County Commissioners Court at the Ector County Courthouse followed by noon events at Odessa Kiwanis Inn of the Golden West Coachroom Chaparral Toastmasters Sands Restaurant Wildcat Toastmasters Sands Restaurant Evening Optimist Club at The Branding Iron and CAP Group XVI Headquarters and Squadrons at CAP Headquarters Building Ector County Airport.
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Ector County Courthouse
Odessa Kiwanis
Inn of the
CAP Group XVI
CAP
Ector County
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Ciudad Acuna
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