Odessa High Spring Concert Scheduled This Evening
Odessa High School Instrumental Music department presents its annual spring concert at 7 30 p m in the Odessa High Auditorium directed by Bill J Dean and Carl Meyers featuring the Symphony Orchestra with Purcell Handel and Holesovsky works the Concert Band Sousa Osser and Carter pieces the Symphonic Band including Carmina Burana and a Geronia solo by two All-State players Allen McCain and David Jenkins the program ends with band accompanied solos admission 50 cents students 1 for adults tickets via band students or at the door
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Odessa High School
Odessa High
Bill J. Dean
Carl Meyers
Purcell
Handel
Holesovsky
Sousa
Minnesota
Glenn Osser
Charles Carter
Carl Orff
Weinburger
Allen McCain
David Jenkins
Three people shot in Midland area incidents reported
Three persons were wounded in separate gun incidents in Midland. Shane E. Vines, 5, shot in chest while playing with a pistol. Vivian Long, 51, shot in chest while attempting to load a pistol. Jimmy Lee Gregory, 40, shot in the hip during an argument. A 38-year-old woman was questioned with no charges filed. Odessa College pre-registration opens for first summer session through May 12. May 12 marks end of spring semester. Mrs. W E Snelson remains in critical condition after surgery in Parkland Hospital following prior illness and transfers from Midland Memorial.
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Midland
Midland Memorial Hospital
Shane E. Vines
Johnny Vines
Vivian Long
Jimmy Lee Gregory
Odessa College
Office of Student Affairs
Dallas
W.E
Pete) Snelson
Parkland Hospital
Snelson
Burglars Steal 380 From Roso No 2 Liquor Store
Police report a break in at 1806 West County Road Roso No 2 Liquor Store Sunday. Entry gained by breaking a rear door lock and 380 in cash from a money bag was taken.
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Roso No. 2
West County Road
Law Program Slated Here
Judge Max E. Ramsey chief justice of the El Paso Civil Court of Appeals will speak at a joint Law Day Law Week luncheon. Co sponsored by Odessa Downtown Rotary Club and Ector County Bar Association in Exhibition Hall A at the Ector County Coliseum grounds. The Liberty Bell Award for outstanding layman will be presented during the luncheon.
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Max E. Ramsey
el Paso Civil Court of Appeals
Law Week USA
Odessa
Vandalism Reported in Two Odessa Cases
Two vandalism incidents were reported Sunday to Odessa police. A rock shattered a window on the north side of Hays Elementary School at Monahans and Fitch. In a separate act, several wires were cut under the hood of Randy Reeves’s car at 1115 North Milburn.
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Odessa
Hays
Monahans and Fitch
Randy Reeves
North Milburn
Savings Bond Leader Named in Ector County
Glen M. Atkins senior vice president of American Bank was named volunteer chairman of the Ector County Savings Bond Committee. He will organize a year round program to promote Savings Bond purchases at banks and through payroll plans. Atkins and his wife Elizabeth reside at 4054 Dumont with two children Terry Margaret 11 and Douglas Charles 9.
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Glen M. Atkins
American Bank
Ector County
Atkins
Elizabeth
Dumont
Terry Margaret
Douglas Charles
Still No Word On Autopsy In Sotelo Death
Odessan Jose Sotelo died in an Odessa city jail cell on April 22 after arrest by police. A second autopsy in San Antonio, requested by the family, has not yet produced a published report to the Sotelo wife or her attorney. The coroner’s verdict had ruled strangulation as the cause.
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San Antonio
Odessa
Jose Sotelo
Ruben Santos
Bexar County
Santos
Sotelo
Howard Williams
Richard Abolos
Williams
Wray Storey
Jack Tomlin
Ahalos
Deaths widen scope of Odessa notices
Mrs Maretta May Parker 86 of North Golder died Sunday at a local nursing home after an eight year illness born October 5 1885 in Flemingsburg Kentucky married September 20 1939 in Oklahoma moved to Odessa in 1942 survivors include husband Willie son Louis Hale of Lompoc California and five grandchildren services pending Hubbard Reilly Funeral Home also listed Glenn Olan Hubbard of Andrews died Sunday afternoon at Permian General Hospital after brief illness he had lived in Andrews since 1961 owner of Hub's Hot Oil Service survivors include widow Claudia a son Pat Hubbard three daughters and four grandchildren. Also noted Frank M Short 26 of North Rogers admitted to Medical Center Hospital for eye injuries from wrench on drilling rig. Ellen Wilson 86 of West 48th died Sunday in nursing home. services Tuesday Paul Rix Funeral Chapel burial Ross Cemetery in Baird survivors include three sons Joe Coleman Robert Coleman Luther Coleman two daughters Clara Peterson and Blanche Johnston a sister Lizzie Williams twenty five grandchildren and 64 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. William Edward Ten Eyck 79 of Fort Stockton to be buried East Hill Cemetery after services Tuesday at First United Methodist Church died Sunday in Fort Stockton nursing home. survivors include son Bill four brothers Pete Hugh Charles Alf a sister Florence Manson and four grandchildren. J Frank Wilson 75 former Standard Oil Co. of Ohio vice president died Sunday in Houston AP.
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Glenn Olan Hubbard Andrews
Glenn Olan Hubbard
Andrews
Fomerly
Singleton Funeral Home
Permian General Hospital
Odessa
Claudia
Pat Hubbard
Blackstone
William R. Davis
Hawaii
Gladys Driscoll
Seminole
Okla
Coy Washburn
Los Angeles
Calif
Earl Lemons
Trent
Vital
Ellen Wilson
West
Paul Rix
Paul Miller
Trinity Baptist Church
Ross Cemetery
Baird
Tennessee
Joe Coleman
North Muskingum
Robert Wilson
Ranchland
Luther Coleman
el Cajon
Clara Peterson
Fort Worth
Blanche Johnston
North Jackson
Lizzie Williams
Cisco
William E. Ten Eyck
Fort Stockton
William Edward Ten Eyck
First
United Methodist Church
East Hill
Coke County
Runnels County
Methodist Church
Bill
Dryden
Pete
Hugh
Charles
Midland
Alf
Weatherford
Florence Manson
Vernon
Feviro
Antonio H. Jurez
Eva Liles
Monahans
Merced Talavera
Fort Davis
Julia Garcia
Evsevia Urquidez
Pecos
Faye Florez
Las Cruces
N. M
Modesta Urquidez
Yuma
Ariz
Felix Salcido
Joan Arista SR
Big Spring
John Arista Sr
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Mount Olive
Nalley-Pickle
Eddie Ortega
Julia Hamilton
San Francisco
John Arista Jr
Henry Arista
Robert Arista
Sand Springs
Tommy Arista
Carolina Salgado
Sarah Claveran
Freda Lindo
Bay City
Vicki Silver
Sanders
Ohio
Angela Salsa
Anita Big Spring
Odessa College Students Win Big At Phi Rho Pi Tournament
OC students earned multiple awards at the national Phi Rho Pi junior college speech tourney in Los Angeles April 24 to 29. Richard Bonner placed second in men’s extemporaneous speaking. Loraine Chambers was a finalist in women’s interpretative. OC Readers Theatre earned a superior rating. six semifinalists were named across extemporaneous, poetry interpretation, and interpretive speaking. Odessa High Schools band will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the auditorium. the public is invited.
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Odessa College
Phi Rho Pi
Los Angeles
Calif
Richard Bonner
Loraine Chambers
Angelique Aultman
Richard McKeel
Sid Wallace
Lynn Cobb
Miss Chambers
Rudy Gatlin
Bonner
Larry Mathis
Darlyne Nicholas
LaTonya West
Miss West
Miss Nicholas
Mathis
Cobb
Gatlin
Wallace
Aultman
West
Odessa High Schools
Rites set for Odessa man Don Jarrett
Funeral services for Don Jarrett 63 of Odessa will be at the Sixth and Jackson Church of Christ with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. He died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Born January 10 1909 in Rogersville Alabama he moved to Odessa in 1946. He was married to Junietta Morton on December 20 1969 in Odessa. Survivors include his widow two daughters two sons two brothers eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Don Jarrett
North Golder
Jackson Church of Christ
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Medical Center Hospital
Rogersville
Ala
Odessa
Junietta Morton
Parkview
Absentee voting deadline looms as Texas county tops turnout
Ector County voters rush to complete absentee ballots ahead of Tuesday’s 5 p.m. cutoff. County Clerk Edna Smith reported 557 absentee votes cast by Monday morning, 521 Democrats and 36 Republicans, with a history of heavier turnout in the final pre-primary days. The 1968 record of 855 remains the high mark.
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Ector County
Edna Smith
Midland College offers two non-credit evening courses
Midland College announces two non-credit courses starting this week. An advanced automotive air conditioning class runs Monday to Friday 7 to 10:30 p.m. at Eubanks Auto Parts taught by Albert T. Seymour of Texas State Technical Institute. $15 fee. A memory training course meets Tuesday evenings through May 16 in Lee High School Room 621 taught by Harvey Drake of Oklahoma City. $15 with textbook included.
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Midland
Midland College
Eubanks Auto Parts
Albert T. Seymour
Texas State Technical Institute
Lee
Harvey Drake
Oklahoma City
Fire crews respond to four alarms over weekend
Odessa firefighters answered four alarms over the weekend including three automobile fires. Wiring damage under the hoods was reported on cars owned by Midland resident Toby Miller, Leandra Vargas of 1316 Drury Lane, and Mrs. Thomas Valentine of 4022 Melody Lane. A grass fire near Interstate 20 west of FM 1936 was extinguished.
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Odessa
Toby Miller
Midland
Leandra Vargas
Drury Lane
Thomas Valentine
Melody Lane
Interstate 20
FM 1936
Two Injured In 42nd Street Wreck In Odessa
Three people were treated at Medical Center Hospital after a two car crash at 42nd and Texas 302. Jimmy Reeder and Elmer Ray Nichols were jailed on driving while intoxicated charges with $1,000 bond each. Nichols of Hobbs New Mexico received a split lip. Reeder age 34 suffered multiple cuts and bruises.
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42Nd
Texas 302
Medical Center Hospital
Jimmy Reeder
Rita
Peggy
Elmer Ray Nichols
Hobbs
N.M
Texas Highway
Bob Forbus
Reeder
Nichols
Reeder and
Ector County
Justice of the Peace
Otis Moore
Music Groups Set for Weekend Competitive Festivals
Three high school groups will compete this weekend across three states. Odessa High choir performs at the Buccaneer Music Festival in Corpus Christi from Thursday to Sunday. Odessa High symphonic band joins the Six Flags over Georgia contest in Atlanta Thursday through Sunday. Ector High band heads to Enid Oklahoma for the Tri-State Music Festival at Philips University Friday and Saturday.
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Odessa High
Corpus Christi
Atlanta
Ector High
Enid
Okla
Philips University
Lawmen Nab 3 Suspects in Odessa Burglary
Three Odessa men were arrested by sheriff deputies after responding to a burglar alarm at Murphy Industries warehouse in Odessa. Ediston Hall Jerry Guthrie and Zollie Lang face burglary charges with bonds set at 5000 for Hall and Guthrie and 10000 for Lang. Deputies found Lang and Guthrie in a storeroom and Hall outside in a car as drilling bits were recovered.
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Odessa
Murphy Industries
East Eighth
Otis Moore
Ediston Ray Hall
Bowie
Jerry Lynn Guthrie
Noble
Zollie Edward Lang
Henderson
Lang
Guthrie
Odessa noon club notes and meeting venues
Odessa events list various noon meetings including Grandview Lions Club Branding Iron Alamo Inn of the Golden West Hi Noon Optimist Sands Restaurant Jaycees Inn of the Golden West and 8 PM posts at American Legion Post 430 Pusse 4 Permian Basin Chinchilla Club 414 West Second with room locations noted.
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NOON
Grandview Lions Club
Odessa
Inn of the Golden West
Noon — Jaycees
Inn of the
American Legion
Legion
Lighthand Pusse
Permian Basin
Chinchilla Club
West Second
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Maretta May Parker
North. Golder
Flemingsburg
Oklahoma
Willie
Louis
Hale
Lompoc
Hubbard-Reilly Funeral Home
Hart
Frank M. Short
North Rogers
Hiness
J. Frank Wilson
Houston
Standard Oil Co
Wilson
ECTOR
Ector High School
Amarillo
Linda Wilson
A. C. Wilson
Patterson
Diane Martinez
Elias Martinez
South
Lincoln
Debra Deaver
Fred D. Deaver
Carver
Permian High School
Back Row
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Don Sheppard Jr
Don Sheppard
Ronny Hawkins
T. L. Hawkins
John Meek John Meek
Joey Jean Owens
Bol
J. B. John
Rhonda Builine
G. R. Bu
G. Lewis Jordan
Galveston
Virginia Walker
Charies Walker
Scott Herrington
Jack Herrington
David Nelson
W. D. Nelson
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Chess Club
Deaderickall College
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