POWs Begin Trek as Base Welcomes Final Flight Home
At Travis Air Force Base the last POW flights signal end of an era as the terminal scales back amid troop withdrawals. Maj. John Lewis notes the base will change with the end of the red carpet era. In Hawaii Hickam welcomed 2,000 people including two Army men and a Samoan, all adorned with heavy leis, as Tom Kobashigawa, Thomas Horio, and Isaako Malo rest at Tripler Hospital and CWO William Thomas continues on to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Maj
John Lewis
Air Force
Travis
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam
Tom Y. Kobashigawa
Thomas T. Horio
Tripler Hospital
Isaako F. Malo
William E. Thomas
Travis Air Force Base
California
Russell Temperly
North Falmouth
Mass
Goffstown
N.H
POW memories reveal torture, release, and varied treatment
Former prisoners recount LSD type drugging, coercive isolation, and verbal abuse while held by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. They describe fluctuating conditions, from harsh hunger and torture to gradual improvement after 1969, with mixed acts of kindness observed among captors and guards.
White House aids weigh how to handle Watergate panel
McCord to testify before Senate panel Wednesday as grand jury proceedings continue for Liddy who invoked the Fifth Amendment and faces contempt citation. Hunt has already testified. Ziegler reiterates White House policy and hints at informal appearances while preserving executive privilege. Nixon says staff may not testify in committee sessions but may appear before grand juries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paign
Senate
Liddy
Grand Jury
E. Howard Hunt Jr
McCord
Ziegler
White House
Absentee Balloting Ends for City Council Election
City voters cast 60 absentee votes with 15 on the final day as absentee voting opened March 14. Tuesday's election will fill Places 3 4 and 5 since incumbents are not seeking re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Bradley
Breakin Probed At College Car Wash Pump Room
Police report says someone forced entry to the pump room at College Car Wash on Andrews Highway in the early hours Friday. James C. Coffin of 3624 Everglade reported a pryed door but nothing appeared missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Car Wash
Andrews Highway
James C. Coffin
Everglade
Life Term Handed To Odessa Man
William P. Sutton 27 received a life term in the habitual criminal trial in Odessa. Judge McKim set sentencing for 8:30 a.m. April 11 after a jury found Sutton guilty of the June 24 burglary of the T. G. & Y. store and recovery of stolen clothing. Sutton’s attorneys noted an appeal. district attorney John Green prosecuted the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Sutton
South Anderson
R. L. Mekim
161St District Court
Sutton
Thomas Hirsch
Bob Trenchard
McKim
West Clements
North Hancock
Odessa
Mack Henderson
Henderson
John Green
Friday Meeting Clears Midland School Dispute
Midland experiences cautious optimism after a Friday meeting between superintendent Dr James Mailey school officials and three black student representatives from Midland High and three from Lee High. Mailey emphasized even handed treatment while noting unexcused absences for boycotting students and ongoing inquiries into a Thursday Alamo Junior High fire with no arrests by Friday night. A separate $51000 damage suit was filed in 70th District Court by Clarene Stephens of Kermit against Gibson's Discount Centers for injuries suffered March 15 1971 in a store incident.
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Midland
James Mailey
Midland Schools
Mailey
Alamo Junior High School
70Th District Court
Clarene
Stephens
Kermit
Gibson's Discount Centers, Inc
Cable Tool Bit Theft Under Investigation
A cable tool bit valued at 250 dollars was stolen from the McKandles Water Systems yard at 1434 South Sam area. Eight bits were being investigated by sheriffs on Friday as officers checked the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKandles
South
Sam
Matter Of Record County Court and District Court Notices
Marriage licenses issued for Jasper Melvin Johnson and Mable Beatrice Parker, Larry Wayne Culpepper and Norma Lee Driver, Jerry Ray Sullivan and Doris Jan Thompson. Appeals from Municipal Court listed for Cindy Ann Baum, Johnny William Dow, Kenneth Wayne Jones, Shannon Quillen, Gerald Wayne Griffin. District Court divorces filed: Thomas vs Thomas, Phillips vs Phillips, Mahoney vs Mahoney. Civil suits filed include Hubbard vs Grewell and Stevens vs Gibson's Discount Centers. Several city traffic accidents listed with injuries and damages, plus thefts and incidents investigated by Odessa police and sheriff's office. Damages range from light to heavy. several individuals treated or released at Medical Center Hospital.
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Jasper Melvin Johnson
Mable Beatrice Parker
Larry Wayne Culpepper
Norma Lee Driver
Jerry Ray Sullivan
Doris Jan Thompson
Cindy Ann Baum
Johnny William Dow
Kenneth Wayne Jones
Shannon Quillen
Gerald Wayne Griffin
District Court
Laurence Joe Thomas
Rebecca Diana Thomas
Virginia Ruth Phillips
Roy E. Phillips
Wilma Faye Dobbs
William Richard Dobbs
Gregory Stephen Mahoney
Dorothy Irene Mahoney
G.C. Hubbard
Charles M. Grewell
Clarne O. Stevens
Gibson’s Discount Centers, Inc
Floyds Bar B Que
Albert Fore
R.M. Lovingood
Avenue J
Sheriff's
Odessa
Gibson Discount Center
West County Road
Charles Wolf
Bes
Jane Kinley
West 16Th
Santa Amos
Park
H.J. Keibler
Knoll Circle
Odessa American Publication and Subscription Rates Notice
The Odessa American publishes daily and Sunday from Odessa Texas with home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 2.50 per month and retail zones at 2.00 per month. Mail subscriptions vary by duration with Mal rates and single copy prices listed.
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Odessa
Texas
East 4Th Street
Odessa American
Ector County
Heart Fund Reaches $10,215 in Local Campaign
Ector County Heart Association reports final Heart Fund total of $10,215 from February activity. Memorial gifts total $1,181 since July 1972, Heart Sunday contributions $6,702 on Feb 25, plus $2,333 in special gifts. Funds will go to Austin for research.
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Ector County Heart Association
Jim Perkins
Local Heart Association
Austin
Heart Association
Perkins
Autopsy Results Expected After Missing Man Found
MIDLAND staff report autopsy results are expected this morning for Essex, who had been missing about two weeks and was found Thursday on the roof of the family home by a gardener. Peace Justice John Biggs ordered the autopsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Essex
John Biggs
Burglars Target Odessa Home On East Fifth Street
Police investigated a burglary at Martha Ramirez home on 901 East Fifth. Taken were a record player reverberator amplifier radio television and a clock. No signs of forcible entry reported. In another case G C Hubbard of Odessa filed a $7079 note suit in 161st District Court Friday against Charles M Grewell of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ramirez
East Fifth
161St
G. C. Hubbard
Odessa
Charles M. Grewell
Deaths of Ada Lamb and Mrs. Thomas Orr in city hospital
Ada Lamb age 1131 West Sherwood died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral rites pending with Paul A. Rix Funeral Home. She was a Baptist. Survivors include brother Roy Riley of Los Angeles and sister Carrie Kelley of Henrietta Oklahoma. Funeral rites for Mrs Thomas Orr 6911 Russell who died at 6 20 p m Friday in Medical Center Hospital were pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
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Ada Lamb
West Sherwood
Medical Center Hospital
Paul A. Rix
The
Baptist Church
Roy Riley
Los Angeles
Carrie Kelley
Henrietta
Okla
Thomas Orr
Russell
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Vehicle Tag Sales Climax With 5 PM Deadline
Long lines of motorists waiting to buy 1973 license plates should ease at 5 today as final day without penalty ends. Ector County Tax Assessor-Collector Curtis Winn noted Friday crowds thinned remaining sales. Auto tags available 8 AM to 5 PM, with lines reaching into hallways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Curtis Winn
Winn
4-H Events Slated Today In Ector Andrews Counties
Forty three Ector County 4 H members compete today in a county demonstration and speech contest at South Side Recreation Hall with finals to be held April 14 at Odessa College. Simultaneous Andrews County 4 H participants join the same event in Andrews with the best from both meets advancing to district competition. Participants enter categories including food and nutrition education activity money management entomology public speaking landscape horticulture farm and ranch management safety and share the phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
South Side Recreation Hall
Clements
Andrews County
Andrews
Odessa College
Woman Hurt In Two-Car Odessa Crash
A Friday afternoon two vehicle crash in Odessa left Annie McCullom Wood in satisfactory condition with bruises to the left top shoulder and chest. The Wood car, traveling east on 14th, collided with Viola Bassett Sullivan driving south on Grant. The impact pushed Wood’s car into a traffic light standard at Grant and Mth, knocking the pole down. Police were also investigating two vandalism incidents reported Friday night, including paint on Mrs. George Scott's auto and a rock struck windshield on Charles Wood's car.
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Medical Center Hospital
Annie McCullom Wood
East 35Th
Grant
Viola Bassett Sullivan
Ellis
Grant and
Mth
Odessa
George Scott
Sandalwood
Charles Wood
Park
Tomorrow In Odessa Schedule Of Music And Events
Tomorrow in Odessa events include Livin de Life at 2:30 P.M. at Permian Playhouse, 7:30 P.M. Carpenters concert at Ector County Coliseum, and 7:30 P.M. Odessa Composite Squadron notes at Civil Air Patrol Building, Ector County Airport.
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Livin
Permian Playhouse
Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Ector County
The
Carpenters
Ector County Coliseum
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Temperly
Charles E. Willis
South Vietnam
Willis
Clark
Kelley Air Force Base
Pocatello
Idaho
Voice of America
Hue
George Robert Hall
Hattiesburg, Miss
Hall
Nixon
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Nox
Breakin
IMPO
Lavender
LT. Blue
Annie McCollum Wood
Viola Basset Sullivan
Annie Wood
Eighth
Hancock
Albert Lynn Richard
John Rodney Hensley
Brazos
North Grant
Ricky Leonard McGee
Madera
Joseque Luera
West 23Rd
Raymond Woosley
East 17Th
Charles Allen Fletcher
East Everglade
Dixie
Patton
Wanda Johnson
East 44Th
Terrill Pool
St. Louis
Oakwood
Cumberland
Jimmy McCutcheon
Teakwood
Kevin O'Neill
Springdale
South Crane
Quincy Doyle
Glackstone
Ana Lynaie Thomas
Laurel
North Golder
Angela Goff
Fannie Langston
Lindberg
Odessa High School
14Th
Rodney Sands
Jeanne Moore
West 39Th
Carolyn Seabolt
Nettie Lovelace
North Jackson
Sidney Wright
Pleasant
Troy Gardenhire
Buchanan
Goldsmith
Kermit Highway
Houston
Albert McKandles
Thomas P. Jones
Antioch
Tex
Donna Barry
Tom Frisbie
Tom Turnage
Bobby Wade Turnage
Debbie Pressly
Julian Pressly
N. Lauderdale
Bill Ervin
R.W. Ervin
East 21St
Odessan
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