Assistant City Attorney Quits
Creighton Neil White aged 34 of 3822 Kenwood resigns to enter private practice. Effective April 1 no replacement is planned as Malvern McDonald and Bob Hoblit will handle duties. White’s career includes Odessa municipal service since 1960 with Air Force service 1950 1953 and 1961 62. past chief duties in Waxahachie. UT Law grad. Colorado City public school. wife and three children Jeff 7 Randy 5 David 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creighton
Neil White
Kenwood
Malvern McDonald
Bob Hoblit
White
Odessa
Air Force
Waxahachie
University of Texas
Colorado City
Jeff
Randy
David
Funeral Rites Slated In Spur For Rosa Smith
Funeral services are planned for 3 p.m. today at Spur First Baptist Church for Rosa Smith 55 of Spur a relative of six Permian Basin residents. Burial will be at Spur Cemetery. She died Tuesday in a Lubbock hospital. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Jim James Odessa two sisters Mrs Alton Towery Mrs Marvin Ester both of Odessa and three brothers Raymond Skelton Alpine Ralph Skelton and Del Skelton all of Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPUR
Spur First Baptist Church
Rosa Smith
Permian Basin
Smith
Lubbock
Jim James
Odessa
Alton Towery
Marvin Ester
Raymond Skelton
Alpine
Ralph Skelton
del Skelton
Midland
Former Stockton Resident Dead
Edward Hugh Baker 76 a former Fort Stockton resident died at his Winters home after a long illness. He moved to Fort Stockton in 1943 and returned to Winters in 1948. Baker was in the Fort Stockton insurance business and helped organize the Methodist Mexican Church there. Services 2:30 p.m. today at Winters First Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include his wife three daughters one son a sister two brothers eight grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Fort Stockton
Edward Hugh Baker
Baker
Winters First Methodist Church
Fairview
Jim Counts
Fort Worth
Opal Slaten
San Diego
Calif
Frank Simpson
Bradshaw
J. W
Pete) Baker
San Francisco
Lonnie Collinsworth
Lubbock
Albert Baker
Waco
Joe Baker
Two Odessans Sentenced for Forgery and Burglary
Lonzo Brook Thomas age 68 of Hilltop Apartments received seven years in prison for forgery after pleading guilty to passing a bogus 256 dollar check at First National Bank on January 17. Charles A Stephens age 24 of Snyder Street got six years for burglary of Daniels Grocery on East Eighth Street last March 8. Indictments were returned last week. both men waived habitual offender sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
70Th District Court
Lonzo Brook Thomas
Hilltop Apartments
Charles A. Step
Hens
Snyder
Thomas
First National Bank
C. V. Milburn
Stephens
Daniels
East Eighth
Don Reaves
L. F. Hardwick
Four Jailed and Fined in Ector County DWI Pleas
Four men pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Ector County Court before Judge W M Hill receiving jail terms and fines. Wayne Hutson 24 Harris St got three days and 50 dollars. William Collins 60 Andrews three days and 100 dollars. John LeSpade 35 Drury Lane 30 days and 100 dollars. Jack Henshaw 38 Midland five days and 100 dollars. Additional Guilty pleas included suspended license offense by Willie Portillo 33 Midland seven days and 25 dollars and defrauding by Robert Mann 45 East 11th 25 dollars. Jackie Palmer 28 Fitch one day and 25 dollars on theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M
Bill) Hill
Ector
Wayne B. Hutson
Harris
William Marshall Collins
Andrews
John Pete LeSpade
Drury Lane
Jack Henshaw
Midland
Willie Portillo
Robert Zack Mann
East 11Th
Jackie Lee Palmer
Fitch
Cotton Ginner Rites Stated
LAMESA Staff Leon H. Warden 56 of Lamesa died Monday in a Big Spring hospital after a lengthy illness. Services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Lamesa First Baptist Church with Rev. W H Uhlman officiating. A 5 p m Wednesday service will be at Llano First Baptist Church. burial in Board Branch Cemetery Lone Grove. Warden a cotton ginner and buyer in the area for 30 years and manager of the Walcott gin in Tarzan at his death. Surviving are his wife Mrs Don Cotten El Paso one sister Mrs Lloyd Russell Gatesville one brother Dennis Gatesville and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Leon H. Warden
Big Spring
Lamesa First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhlman
Stanton First Baptist Church
Llano First Baptist Church
Board Branch
Lone Grove
Warden
Walcott
Tarzan
Don Cotten
el Paso
Lloyd Russell
Gatesville
Dennis
Autopsy Report Delayed in Stanton Fire Death
Stanton Justice of the Peace Martin Gibson said the autopsy on Tommie Lee Dansby, 44, will be delayed until Friday. An Abilene physician was to provide the report after Mrs Dansby was found dead in her home early Saturday, the house gutted by fire. A wire strand lay beneath her neck, possibly from an electrical cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Justice of the Peace
Martin Gibson
Tommie Lee Dansby
Gibson
Last Rites Held In Electra For Alred Peterson
Funeral services for Alred Peterson 71 of Electra were set for 2 30 p m at Totten Funeral Home Chapel. He died Monday in a local hospital. Survivors include his widow and three daughters Frances Lindenberg Odessa Grace Hamilton and Agnes Brown both of Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra
Alred Peterson
Totten Funeral Home Chapel
Frances Lindenberg
Odessa
Grace Hamilton
Agnes Brown
Andrews
County Court Charges and District Court Divorces Listed
Criminal charges filed against Jack Henshaw Veto Porter Miller and Clifton Eugene Brown for driving while intoxicated. District Court lists divorce suits including Billie Currey Billy Currey Tommy Dunn Babara Dunn Anna Wilkinson William Cart Wilkinson Judy Burnett Jimmie Ray Burnett. Civil cases include Crus Cisnero versus Patricia Cobb Versie Brown Jr versus Centennial Insurance Co Dorothy Benedict versus Traders and General Insurance Co Pauline Baker versus James Malone Ruella Holmes versus Cary Cross Robert F Carroll versus Pauley Petroleum Co Jasper Finance and Acceptance Corp versus F F Shelton Music Co Utah Darnell versus Stephen Stankard. Medical Center Hospital notes admitted and discharged patients on March 25 Births and other notices follow with numerous names and addresses. City traffic accidents enumerate several collisions with damages amounts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Billie Currey
Billy Currey
Tommy Dunn
Babara Dunn
Anna Wilkinson
William Cart Wilkinson
Judy Burnett
Jimmie Ray Burnett
Crus Cisnero
Patricia Cobb
Versie Brown Jr
Centennial Insurance Co
Industrial Accident Board
Dorothy Benedict
Traders and General Insurance Co
IAB
Pauline Baker
James Malone
Ruella Holmes
Cary Cross
Robert F. Carroll
Pauley Petroleum Co
Jasper Finance, and Acceptance Corp
F. F. Shelton Music Co
Utah Darnell
Stephen Stankard
Medical Center Hospital
46 Year Old Man Gets 2 Year Term
A 46 year old Odessa man Raymel Johnson Sr was found guilty of burglary by the 161st District Court jury and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary The verdict followed about two hours of deliberation after a one day trial Johnson denied the charge and claimed the confession was coerced The jury included E C Robertson Charles Hogue Jane Matthews Julia Dangerfield Jarvis Wright Horace Furman A O Wells George Miller Nicholas Flores J D Olsen J W Horton and Harlan Boyd
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymel Johnson S Sr
Odessa
State Penitentiary
Johnson
LeRoy
Fitch
Ace Pickens
L. A. Smith
Will Smith
Jack Tidwell
Russell Baker
E. C.robertson
Charles Hogue
Jane Matthews
Julia Dangerfield
Jarvis Wright
Horace Furman
A. O. Wells
George Miller
Nicholas Flores
J. D. Olsen
J. W. Hor‘ton
Harlan Boyd
Police Seek Hit and Run Driver in Odessa
Police hunt for a hit and run motorist who struck 11 year old Billy Long of 326 Ruth in South Odessa. Billy, treated for bruises on his left knee and arm, stepped from the curb at Jackson and Ann and was struck by a southbound auto. He could not describe the vehicle or driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Odessa
Billy Long
Ruth
Jackson and
Ann
Deaths Of Note From California Italy Wisconsin
Beverly Hills widow Bea Curtis White aged 56 was found dead in her apartment likely from a barbiturate overdose. In Piacenza painter Pacifico Sidoli aged 95, a leader of Italy s early divisionist school, died Tuesday night. In Manitowoc Wisconsin Requiem Mass will be held Thursday for Mrs Harold Kallies 58 who taught Wisconsin s first class for mentally retarded children and died Tuesday.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Bea Curtis White
Sammy White
Piacenza
Italy
Pacifico Sidoli
Manitowoc
Wis
Harold Kallies
Wisconsin
Prof Hoogewerff Dies In Florence Founder Of Dutch Institute
Florence Italy professor J G Hoogewerff aged 79 founder of the Dutch Historical Institute died in Florence on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
UPI
J. G. Hoogewerff
The
Dutch Historical Institute
Final Rites Planned for J. E. Webb in Fort Sumner
Final rites for 79 year old J. E. Webb of Fort Sumner New Mexico were set for 10 a.m. today at Fort Sumner with burial at 3 30 p m in Hedley Texas. Webb is described as a retired farmer and brother of C T Webb of Brownfield Texas.
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Fort Sumner
N.M
J. E. Webb
Hedley
Tex
Webb
C. T. Webb
Brownfield
Sanity Hearing For Alleged Attacker In Texas
Stephenville Texas April 5 hearing ordered to decide if Virgil Nelson Halford 26 should be placed in a mental hospital while Morals charges are pursued in Palo Pinto jail. Judge W J Oxford granted habeas corpus hearing at request of Dallas lawyers Jim Martin and C A Droby who visited him in his cell.
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Stephenville
Tex
UPS
Virgil Nelson Halford
Dist
W. J. Oxford
Dallas
Palos Pinto
Halford
Jim Martin
C. A.droby
Droby
Dallas County Criminal Bar Association
Texas Soldier Dies Working Out with Army Team
AP report from Honolulu says Spec. 4 John Elijah Jr. of Lufkin Texas collapsed while training with a cross country unit of the Army’s 25th Division. He fell during a run as four teammates tried artificial respiration. cause of death is pending.
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Honolulu
Texas
Army
John Elijah Jr
Lufkin
Elijah
John Elijah Sr
Fair St
Scholastic Society Names New Members
Six new members of the Eta Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa were initiated Tuesday morning at Odessa College. Members are Suzie Moore, Janette Ward, Mrs Frankie Brown, Janice Carter, Fred Homeyer and Charles Bowler. Officers: Marvin Morris president Legene Burns secretary Linda Main historian Bill Horton reporter Cliff Harris inter-Club Council representative. The chapter has 38 members and is sponsored by Ina Mae McCollom and Mary Gilmour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eta. Tau
Phi Theta Kappa
Odessa College
Suzie Moore
Janette Ward
Frankie Brown
Janice Carter
Fred Homeyer
Charles Bowler
Odessa College Chapter
Marvin Morris
Legene Burns
Linda Main
Bill Horton
Cliff Harris
Ina Mae McCollom
Mary Gilmour
Midland Court Sets Bond Election for Civic Center Plan
Midland County Commissioners Court will meet April 2 with fiscal agent F. W. Jackson to call a 3,500,000 bond issue. The election date is tentatively set for April 27 to allow time to prepare. The bond supports a 1,100,000 courthouse and jail expansion and a 2,400,000 auditorium coliseum civic center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland County Commissioners Court
F. W. Jackson
San Angelo
Noted Texan's Widow Is Dead
Mrs. Marvin Smith, 75, widow of Marvin Smith who founded McClurkan's Department Store, died Tuesday at her Wichita Falls home. Funeral set at Floral Heights Methodist Church. Survived by two daughters, a son Ikard Smith, and two sisters. Born February 23, 1888 in Henrietta. Continuous Wichita Falls resident since 1916 and active in civic affairs.
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Wichita Falls
Marvin Smith
Texas
Floral Heights Methodist Church
Tom Wilkes Jr
Temple
Ikard Smith
Department Store
Henrietta
Here
W. S. Ikard
Armory Contract Awarded to Lovington Contractor
Glen Werham of Lovington wins the armory construction bid in Lovington New Mexico the project near the Lea County Fair building on county donated land. The $108 000 contract funds a block structure to house a 5th Artillery Battalion and is slated to start in two weeks with completion planned by September after two years of planning.
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Lovington
N. M
Glen Werham
National Guard
Lea County Fair
Lea County
5Th Artillery
Mexico Parties Study Coalition
Mexico's strongest opposition party weighs a coalition with ideologically related groups ahead of the presidential election. Party President Adolfo Christlieb Ibarrola says collaborations are possible but must not sacrifice party doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Parties Study Coalition
Mexico City
Party of National Action
Adolfo Christlieb Ibarrola
Letter-Writing Clinic Draws 131 Attendees
Chamber of Commerce officials called a letter-writing clinic a big success and plan another next year. The two-hour sessions drew 131 people at the Lincoln Hotel led by W H Butterfield, author of several books on letter writing, with sponsorship from the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Hotel
W. H. Butterfield
Sister 92 Is Dead in Clovis Memorial Service Thursday
Mrs. Mary Martin aged 92, sister of Mrs. Jessie Chaffin of Odessa, will be buried Thursday at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery after a 2 PM service in Steed Memorial Chapel. She died Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
N.M
Mary Martin
Jessie Chaffin
Odessa
Mission Garden of Memories
Steed Memorial Chapel
Martin
Five Damage Suits In District Courts
Five damage suits seeking judgments up to 100000 were filed Tuesday in 70th District via a LOUIS. The $100000 suit was filed by Ruella Holmes of Odessa against Gary Cross for the death of her husband William W. Holmes after a vehicle collision near 10th and West County Road on Dec. 15, 1962. Others include a $70000 claim by Robert F. Carroll against Pauley Petroleum Co. of Midland and D. W. Hicks, and a $35000 suit by Utah Darnell of Odessa against Stephen Stankard for injuries from an April 29, 1961 crash. Also named are Crus Cisnero against Patricia H. Cobb for $58250 from a two-car collision Sept. 22, 1962, and Pauline Baxter seeking $8874 in a business dispute involving a car crash near Carroll. American Educational Foundation and related parties are named in a separate action involving James Malone and a vehicle collision near 42nd and Grandview.
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Amarillo
Utah
Darnell
Odessa
New Hampshire
Stephen Stankard
Crus Cisnero
Patricia H. Cobb
16Th
Grant
Pauline Baxer
Vucosa
Carroll
James Malone
American Educational Foundation
Hicks Columbia Business College
Tex
Grandview
Odessajas Educational Foundation
Prudential Business College
Odessa Man Held In Jail As Theft Case Suspect
An Odessa man, on probation for theft, was jailed Tuesday as a suspect in another theft. Isaiah Dunnum, 38, was linked to a trailer theft via footprints from the scene to his home. A dozen other thefts were under investigation as local deputies reported multiple other losses including wallets, rings, a camera, and a bicycle collection.
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Odessa
Isaiah Dunnum
Dunnum
South
Jackson
Miles Jones
Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
A. B. Finch
J. H. Sheets
Charles Stephens
Frank Arthur Henderson
Wilson
Barbara Epperson
Route One
Ex-Governor Candidate Ed Mayer Dies in San Francisco
Ed win S Mayer 66 who headed the Texas GOP bid in the 1958 governor race died in Christian Science Benevolent Association Hospital San Francisco after a month of illness He was a Sonora rancher longtime leader in Republican ranks Survivors include his widow three sons and a daughter Funeral plans were incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Edwin S. Mayer
San Francisco
Mayer
Christian Science Benevolent Association Hospital
California
Sonora
Wool Bureau
Midland Murder Trial Continues
The 142nd Disieted Court trial of Curtis Flournoy, 38, Midland, on a murder charge continued as the defense prepared to call more witnesses. The state rested its case after Levi Green, 31, was shot to death last December 11 in a Midland tavern. District Attorney Joe Mims and assistant Bill Smith prosecuted, Leonard Howell defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Curtis Fournoy
Flournoy
Levi Green
Joe Mims
Bill Smith
Leonard Howell
Haskell Funeral Rites For 4 Year Old Leukemia Victim
Funeral services were held this week in Haskell for Bobby Lee Briscoe a four year old leukemia victim who died Saturday at Children’s Medical Center Dallas He was the son of Mr and Mrs B J Briscoe Abilene and uncles John K Williams and Carl J Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Bobby Lee Briscoe
Children’s Medical Center
Dallas
B. J. Briscoe
Abilene
John K. Williams
Wayside
Carl J. Williams
Redbud
Sixty Odessa landlords form first meeting for association
Sixty Odessa landlords met at the Southside Community Center where County Attorney Walter Wilson spoke on state landlord laws. A committee was named to draft by laws and a petition to the Texas House to amend protections for landlords. The group plans a second meeting April 29 at 8 p.m. in the First National Bank Community Room with members J. C. McConnell R. B. Rush A. B. Koch C. F. Lyles and Mrs Clyde Luttrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Walter Wilson
Southside
Texas House of Representatives
First National Bank
J. C. McConnell
R. B. Rush
A. B. Koch
C. F. Lyles
Mrs
Clyde Luttrell
Final Rites Slated For Midland Music Teacher Lydie Watson
Miss Lydie Watson, Midland music teacher and former Midland Reporter society editor, dies after long illness. She moved from Little Rock in 1900 to found the Watson School of Music with brother Ned, later retiring in 1954. Burial at Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include nephews Charlie Watson and W. C. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Newnie W. Ellis
Lydie Watson
Newspaper Society
Miss Watson
Midland Reporter
Little Rock
Ark
Watson School of Music
Ned Watson
Charles C. Watson
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Breighton N. White City
Stockton
Mike Berry
Jim Ammerman
Veto Porter Miller
Clifton Eugene Brown
C. E. Hightower
Arthur T. Stinebuck
Elvin Webb
Isiah Morris
Voca LaRue Cox
Rober G. Christian
Steven Boyer
Robert M. Newsome
Stephen T. McKay
Curtis B. Ralston
Jimmy D. Hicks Jr
Miguel P. Castillo
Clarence E. Nevans
Ida M. Cole
Albert S. Harvill
Raleigh G. Wise
James D. Dennis
Larry Douglas Sledge
Kenneth R. Vaught
George William Carver
Leon A. Askins
Carl D. Eubanks
E. J. Bailey
Donald T. Elliott
Winchester
James H. Smith
North Hancock
Lee
Johnny C. Cromer
South Hancock
Robert E. McCluskey Jr
Glenwood
Edward M. Jones
Keystone
Ruth Long
Washington Lane
Carl Edward Woods
Freddie J Lee Kelly
South Muskingum
June Hardy Oliver
West 22Nd
Thelma Rhodes
Santa Monica
Dixie
Phillip Ray Rice
East 36Th
Virgie Linder Panarerd
Jesus Nunez Ortega
J. T. Decow
Ann McNeill Boldin
North Sam Houston
Sherry Dois Carr
North Lauder
Scholastic Society
Midland Court
Ronnie Spence
Ronnie
Odessan
George Fletcher
Pecos
G. H. Miller
Dawn
Frontier Motors
Sixth
G. K. Scott
Arrow Motel
Carl Sewell Motor Co
North
Third
Jimmie Walker
Roger
Don Murphree
Eidson
A. L. Goodin
Redwood
Midland Fine Arts Club
First Presbyterian Church
Midland Music Club
Midland Library Association
Midland Pioneer
Charlie Watson
Evening Lubbock Avalanche Journal
W. C. Watson
Dal
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