Turbo Train costs mount as Parkersburg route replacement unfolds
Amtrak’s Parkersburg Turbo Train replaces the Boston run amid political maneuvering. Officials say the move raises costs to taxpayers, with lease payments of 41,000 a month per train and reduced Boston revenues. Maintenance and repair facilities add to the burden, underscoring a lossmaking shift that could last months.
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Washington - To - Parkersburg
Amtrak
Parkersburg Run
Transportation Department
Federal Railroad Administration
United States
Department
Boston
Dan Kuykendall
R-Tenn
Staggers
West Virginia
Kuykendall
Roger Lewis
Parkersburg
Lewis
Garament
United Aircraft
Lonly
New England
Miss Your Odessa American Delivery Contact
If you miss your Odessa American or service is unsatisfactory, please telephone for assistance or to report an issue with delivery.
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Odessa
New Telephone Numbers Slated for Odessa Customers
Southwestern Bell announces a new office at Redondo and 16th and 1750 Odessa customers will receive new numbers. The change shifts from the 33 exchange to the 381 prefix. The Odessa telephone directory with 381 numbers will be distributed starting Tuesday.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Redondo
16Th
Odessa
Robert Hurt
Five burglaries under police investigation this week
Lawmen prob five breakins with details from Cycle Sales Co on Kermit Highway where a 250 cc motorcycle valued at 1000 was stolen after a front door was kicked in. At Holiday Lounge on East Second about 100 was taken from three pool tables a juke box and a cigarette machine entered via a roof vent. The Sheik's Tent Lunge at West Fourth saw a door entry and unknown change taken from machines. Jim Osburn's car at East 23rd North Hancock was broken into with ashtray and gear shift stolen. Dr Williams's office at West Fourth reportedly entered but nothing missing.
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Cycle Sales Co
Kermit Highway
East Second
West Fourth
Meat prices ease as beef and pork peak in February
Connally notes 0.5 per cent overall CPI gain with food up 1.6 per cent the steepest in 14 years. Cattle prices peaked mid February before easing as beef wholesale carcass prices also hit a February peak. Hog prices topped early February and are seen to decline. He distances middleman blame from Nixon, saying retailers claim to be end-men.
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Tives
Washington
Connally
Nixson
Two Patrolmen Leaving Force
Two Odessa Police Department officers have resigned. John E. Allison, 21, of 811 East 17th, joined August 3, 1971, leaves for grocery employment. resignation takes effect Saturday. Curtis A. Asrey, 31, of 816 West 22nd, on the force since August 20, 1968, will join the state capitol police in Austin. he leaves Wednesday.
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Odessa
John E. Allison
East 17Th
Curtis A. Asrey
West 22Nd
State Capitol
Austin
Allison
Asrey
Suit Filed Over Industrial Accident Board Award
David L. Costello of Kermit sues Association Indemnity Corp seeking 19649 dollars in compensation for injuries dated September 8 1970 while employed at Dow Chemical Co in Ector County. The appeal on the Industrial Accident Board award was on file Thursday in 16st District Court.
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Industrial Accident Board
David L. Costello
Kermit
Association Indemnity Corp
Dow Chemical Co
Ector County
Odessa Man Fined in DWI Case in County Court
James Charles Smith, 49, of 410 East 45th, was fined 100 dollars Wednesday in Ector County Court on a drunk enness charge after a Jan 14 arrest at 306 East 45th. Judge John H. Rogers presided. he had originally faced driving while intoxicated charges.
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James Charles Smith
East 45Th
Ector County
John H
Buddy) Rogers
Smith
Contract Suit Filed in Ector County Court
A contract suit for 706 dollars was filed Thursday in Ector County Court against C. V. Leslie of Monahans and Mapp Tank Co Inc of Odessa. The case seeks judgment for a contract initiated December 17, 1969.
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Ector County
C. V. Leslie of
Monahans, Mapp Tank Co., Inc
Odessa
Auto Damaged in Vandalism Case Near 17th and Conet
Police sought clues Thursday in the vandalism of an auto owned by P. A. Mit cham. He said a rock was thrown, denting the car at 17th and Conet.
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P. A. Mitcham
Conet
Robnett outlines bid for Texas state treasurer
Odessa campaign dispatch highlights Nolan Robnett a 30 year old former use farmer and stockbroker seeking the Democratic nomination for state treasurer. He criticizes Jesse James ties to the Sharpstown scandal argues for modernizing the office and saving millions in taxes while pledging more prudent state fund investment.
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Odessa
Nolan Robnett
Jesse James
Maurice Angly
State Office
Angly
James
Sharpstown
Robnett
Sharpstown Affiar
Sharpstown State Bank
Houston Bank
Austin
Odessan Dies Rites Planned for B P Haynie
William Hughes Haynie 44 a Phillips Petroleum division dispatcher died Thursday after a two month illness. A Odessa resident since 1950 he moved from Lafayette Louisiana. He was married to Earline Landry in 1950 in Lafayette. Survivors include his wife two daughters Susan and Marie, three sisters and four brothers. Funeral rites planned with Rosary Thursday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home and graveside Saturday at Calvary Cemetery in Lafayette. He was a Navy veteran and member of the Catholic Church and American Legion.
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William Hughes Haynie
Phillips Petroleum Co
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Lafayette
Haynie
Hubbard-Kelly
Heatter
St. Mary’s Cath
London
Olc
Ameribe
Atban
Monia
Ralph
Daniels
Leesville
Earline Marie Landry
Catholic Church
American Legion
U. S. Navy
Billy Haynie
Susan Haynie
Marie Jones
North Texas
Bessie Haynie
Maple
Mary Albritton
Dawn
Merle Eagles
DuRocher
Ill
Patty Clements
Ralph Haynie
East 13Th
Frank Haynie
New Orleans
Louis Haynie
Nabors Lane
Bobbie Haynie
Connally
James S. Adamson
Midland
Midland Memorial Hospital
Newnie W. Ellis
Olney
Jasper
Jean Hill
Hobbs
N.M
Seminole
The
Baptist Church
Jean
Georgia Brooks
New Braunfels
Newton
Hubbard
Ohio
Euidue Gilbert
Nancy Thomas
Hubert E. Taylor Coleman
Hubert E. Taylor
Fisk
Stevens Memorial Chapel
Gouldbush
Taylor
Overall
Morris Memorial Hospital
Cross Plains
Goleman County
Gladys Sykes
Order of the Eastern Sar
Masonic Lodge
Ken McIntyre
Fort Stockton
Charles Taylor
Hollywood
Calif
Lawrence Taylor
Fort Worth
Pioneer Radio Newsman Dies
Gabriel Heatter, famed radio newscaster famous for There’s good news tonight, died at 81 in Miami Beach after a five year illness. Heatter, who retired from Mutual Network broadcasts in 1961, last spoke on May 23, 1965 from a Miami station. His daughter recalled his sharp mind despite paralysis and he cherished Churchill and Roosevelt as friends. Heatter’s death ends a wartime era of broadcasts noted for countering bad news with hopeful dispatches.
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Miami Beach
Gabriel Heatter
Miami Heart Institute
Mutual Net
Miami
Maida
Woman's Rites Slated Friday
Mrs. Annie Hester Maddux 91 of 900 North Whitaker died in Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Services at Belmont Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Friday with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. she came to Odessa in 1942 from La Pryor and leaves two sons, two daughters, a sister, nine grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Annie Hester Maddux
North Whitaker
Medical Center Hospital
Belmont Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard‘Kelly Funeral Home
Gerard
Kan
Port
Okla
James T. Maddux
Odessa
la Pryor
James
Kyle
Hall J
Kerrville
Earl Tripp
Sunset Lane
Howard Mankins
Tinnie Pope
Altus
Matt Knapp Lamesa
Matt Knapp
L. J. Beard
Branon
Bob Whitten
Bryan Street Baptist Church
Lamesa Memorial Park
Ilinois
Knapp
Medical Arts Hospital
Beard
Thomas
Seminole
Six Theft Cases Being Checked
Local lawmen investigated six thefts on Thursday. A truck at Omanson Crane Service Co. lot saw two tires four boomer chains and six chains stolen. Merle E. Robinson lost a stereo at 220 Orchard Dr. Burce L. Young’s home at 940 North Whitaker reported stolen checks. Gary Lee faced a thief who took his watch at 801 Hast 15th. Two license plates were taken from Morris T. Owen’s car at 302 Blackstone. George Bicknell reported a cutting torch two regulators and 100 feet of hose stolen from his residence.
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Omanson Crane Service Co
43Rd and Churchill Road
Merle E. Robinson
Orchard Dr
Burce L. Young
Whitaker
Gary Lee
Morris T. Owen
Blackstone
George Bicknell
Long Dr
Voting details for Ector County ISD and PJCS regents race
Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday for Ector County ISD board and Permian Junior College System regents. Paper ballots counted in Deaderick Hall at Odessa College, with 16 polling places across four precincts including Odessa City Hall, Permian High, and Ector High School campuses.
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Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
Permian Junior College System Board of Regents
PJCS
Deaderick Hall
Odessa College
Ector County
Odessa City Hall
Pease
Notrees Community Center
Dowling
Bonham Junior
Permian High
Burnet
Ross
Gardendale Community Center
Bowie
San Jacinto
Sam Houston
Goldsmith Community Center
Gonzales
Blackshear
Ector High
Illness Fatal To Local Woman
Eunice Buntin Payne 62 Odessa resident for over 25 years died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Rev. Paul Miller officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born Feb 4 1910 in Hedley she married Glen Payne in Carlsbad NM in 1946. Survived by husband a daughter Doris Lee Big Spring two brothers Sidney Buntin Anthony Kan Marvin Buntin Odessa two grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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N. C. Freeman
Big Lake
N. C
Nell M.) Freeman Sr
Johnson’s Funeral Home
San Angelo
Christoval Cemetery
N. C. Freeman Jr
Fort Stockton
E. A. Chaney Jr
Fran Freeman
Lawrence Nichols
Corpus Christi
Eunice Buntin Payne
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
N. M
Altus
Okla
Doris Lee
Big Spring
Sidney L. Buntin
Anthony, Kan
Marvin Buntin
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Lloyd A. Ford
Andrews
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Cal Grissom
Singleton Funeral Home
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Mobil Oil Corp
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Margaret Telford
L. A. Ford Jr
Bryan
Bill Pinnell
Howard B. Condren
Knoxville
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Annie Howell
Singleton
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Gilbert Ochran
Permian General Hospital
Second Baptist Church
Leonard Payne
Andrews Cemetery
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Santa Fe Railrroad
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Robert Ferrell l
Lubbock
J. P. Miller
Everett Cochran
Amarillo
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Atoka
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el Paso
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Oklahoma City
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Duncan
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William R. Burns Snyder
William Raymond Burns
Alton Burns
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Olive McMinn
Tucumcari
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Abilene
Don
Barbara Ann) Stocker
Euless
Elliott's Chapel of Memories
Tommy Burress
Southwest Park Baptist Church
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Stocker
Tom Simmons
Gorman
McCamey High School
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Lockhart
A. Lee
Jess Ferguson
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Odessa Optimists
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