Connally Shifts to GOP Welcomed by Republican Leaders
The article reports John Connally's switch to the Republican Party and rapid GOP welcomes from Sen. Charles Percy and others. George Bush, Anne Armstrong, Sen. John Tower, Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield, and Sen. Bob Dole all praise the move as broadening the party and aiding post Watergate reform. Mansfield hints Agnew’s long-time GOP status while noting potential 1976 candidacy discussions.
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Connally
Charles H. Percy
R-Hs
John Connally
Percy
George Bush
Democratic Party
GOP
Anne Armstrong
Nixon
Washington
Texas
John Tower
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Spiro T. Agnew
Bob Dole
Kan
Watergate probes widen as White House aides testify
Key figures move toward pretrial statements in the Democratic headquarters case. Magruder defers cross-examination as indictments loom. Haldeman Ehrlichman prepare to meet prosecutors while Nixon names a potential special prosecutor. McCord's pretrial statement links Liddy to possible Muskie ties and Las Vegas documents.
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Democratic Party
Watergate
Magruder
Democrats
Watergate Grand Jury
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Senate
Grand Jury
Federal
Dean
Senate Committee
White House
Nixon
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Ziegler
Washington Post
Seymour Glanzer
Justice Department
James W. McCord
McCord
Liddy
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas
Sun
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Odessan Ranks As Top Cowboy
Jack Ward of Odessa is sixth on the All-Around Cowboy list by the Rodeo Information Foundation in Denver. Ward’s rodeo earnings this year total 9532 dollars with 4738 from bareback bronc riding and 4494 from bull riding.
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Jack Ward
Odessa
Rodeo Information Foundation
Denver
Ward
County Court Marriage Licenses and District Court Divorces
County Court issued marriage licenses for Manuel Rodriguez Ramirez and Juanita Ramos Hil. Gusmaro Rodriguez and Maria Socorro Subla. Nicholas Howard Wooten and Ruthie Ann Parish. Kenneth Ray Turner and Judy Carol Nance. District Court reported divorces for Charlotte Ann Waldrop against Bennie Buck Waldrep. Vikki Sue Kinsel against Clyde Harold Kinsel. David Edward Falk against Barbara Ann Falk. Homer Lee Ham against Gaylin Jean Ham.
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Manuel Rodriguez Ramirez
Juanita Ramos Hil
Gusmaro Rodriguez
Maria Socorro Subla
Nicholas Howard Wooten
Ruthie Ann Parish
Kenneth Ray Turner
Judy Carol Nance
Charlotte Ann Waldrop
Bennie Buck Waldrep
Vikki Sue Kinsel
Clyde Harold Kinsel
David Edward Falk
Barbara Ann Falk
Homer Lee Ham
Gaylin Jean Ham
Del Rio Murder Charge Sought for GI on Leave
A 21 year old soldier on leave from West Germany is wanted in Del Rio on a murder charge in the slaying of his wife Janice Loubette 19. Police say the body was found in an apartment with the woman stabbed and an electrical cord and GI belt around her neck. Children Larissa 3 and Lisa 18 months were found unharmed.
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del Rio
Tex
West Germany
William Gary Lovelace
Janice Loubette
Larissa
Lisa
Man Held In Beating Death in Lea County
A 40-year-old Mexican national was held in Lea County jail after transfer from Hobbs following his arrest in a Saturday night murder. Ismael Villegas Sandoval, 38, died from massive brain hemorrhage after heavy blows to the head. The suspect, Senon Ramoz Saldena, 40, was charged with murder and held on a $25,000 bond.
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Lovington
N.M
Lea County
Hobbs
Ismael Villegas Sandoval
Denver
Ralph Wrinkle
W.H. Pruitt
Sandoval
Pruitt
Senon Ramoz Saldena
Gaines County
Tex
Ed Welch
Donald A. Hallam
Midland School Bond Vote May 29 for MISD plans
Midland Trustees to seek May 29 voter approval for two bond proposals. One bids about 1.9 million for a sports multipurpose facility and 2.5 million for air conditioning across most district buildings. The board will finalize and call the election next Tuesday.
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Midland
Midland Independent School District
Midland College
Lee High School
Seven Buildings Condemned by City Survey Board
The Board of Survey condemned seven mostly residential structures after inspections by the Planning and Inspection Department. The council chambers at City Hall hosted the Wednesday meeting where owners will be notified again by certified letter and newspaper publication. No speakers appeared for owners. The City Council will rule on the seven buildings at its May meeting.
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Board of Survey
City Hall
Bunche
Wilson
Gulf
Fitch
Planning and Inspection Department
Something Fishy About This Theft
Mrs. W. W. Huckaby reported the theft of 100 goldfish from a cement yard tank on Tuesday and the mystery continued Wednesday. The loss was estimated at 35 dollars.
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W. W. Huckaby
West County Road
Midland Man Heads State Retarded Unit
Midland resident Carl D. Bearden who began assisting the retarded 11 years ago was elected president of the Texas Association for Retarded Children. Bearden, a 50 year old geophysicist for Shell Oil Co. and Midland College instructor, will take command July 1 after serving as Region IV vice president and on state committees.
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Midland
Texas Association For
Shell Oil Co
Midland College
Bearden
Thefts Investigated in Odessa and County
Eleven theft complaints reported to Odessa police and the Ector County Sheriff's office were under investigation Wednesday. Items stolen include a $200 saddle from a pickup in the 5600 block of North Golder and several other property losses among residents and businesses such as car tires, stereo equipment, a Texas license plate, a watch, and a water hose set.
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Odessa
Ector County Sheriff's Office
North Golder
Phil Garrold
North Durango
Joe C. Brantley
North McKinney
J.L. Walker
Texas
Texaco
Andrews Highway
Dave Randell Evans
West 23Rd
Ralph Green
Montgomery Ward
Griffin
Willie Holbert
East Odessa
Melvin W. Henry
Boulder
Mike Havner
Jimmy Samples
Dawn
Betsy Davis
West
Lincoln
Deaths and funeral notices from Odessa region
Obituaries and funeral notices for Bob Kern 74 of Odessa and others across area. Kern died at Medical Center Hospital after eight days, with services pending at Rix Funeral Home. Another entry notes Rev. O F Kattner 85 funeral in Monthalia Methodist Church with burial in Monthalia Cemetery. Additional lines record graveside for Thelma Barnes 67 in Midland, services for R C Hardin 61 in Levelland, and services for Hattie Price 77 in Big Spring with burial in Odessa Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Bob Kern
East 21St
Medical Center Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Kern
Ponca Wholesale
Oklahoma
Odessa
Slaton
Lelia Donaldson
12Th St
O. F. Kattner
Big Lake
Monthalia
Kattner
Kerrville
Midland
Thelma T. Barnes
Fairview Cemetery
Levelland
R.C. Hardin
J.C. Carter
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
Morningside Baptist Church
City of Levelland
George Price
Hardin
Hattie M. Price
Big Spring
Hattie Price
Sunset Memorial Gardens
James P. Stubblefield
Pecos
Fairview
Stubblefield
California
First Baptist Church
The
Masonic Lodge
Elks Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Lone
Chrles Stubblefield
San Antonio
Walter Stubblefield
Lubbock
Police Probe 7 Burglaries
Seven burglaries, including two at churches, were under police investigation. Losses ranged from a portable TV and stereo to a surveyor's level, postage stamps, coins, and a purse. Items stolen included a fire extinguisher, first aid kit, Bibles, clocks, rug, tape recorder, and more. Locations include First Baptist Church, Sherwood Baptist Church, attorney Harold Young's office, and other residences and a storage building.
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First Baptist Church
North Lee
Lenard Hartley
Sherwood Baptist Church
Bonham
W. T. Holcomb
Cambridge
Jeffery Lynn Colvin
Chasdon
Harold Young
East Fourth
Paul Meyers
Chestnut
Jimmy Lewis
Grandview
Pete Garner
West
Vandalism complaints probe three incidents
Police investigated three vandalism cases on Wednesday. One involved puncturing all four tires of a car owned by Mrs. Clara Tyson at 2209 West Third. Mrs. John Bradley Kerr at 2203 Walnut reported a rock broken window, while James Greer at 3418 Fairlane said someone hacked $35 worth of water hose with a knife.
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Clara Tyson
West Third
John Bradley Kerr
Walnut
James Greer
Fairlane
Odessa Events Tonight And Tomorrow Schedule Card
A readout of daytime and evening listings for Odessa venues. Noon events include Downtown Lions Inn of the Golden West Ballroom Odessa Civitan Bonanza Steakhouse Sandhills American Business Club Sands Restaurant and Life Underwriters Association at Inn of the Golden West Coachroom. Evening activities feature Lions at Sands Restaurant, Texas State Guard Odessa Unit at National Guard Armory, West Texas Gem and Mineral Society at Odessa College Fine Arts Building, Basin Lions at Basin Lion's Den, Paul G. Mahoney VFW Post 4372 at VFW Hall with times listed as 6 30 and 7 00 and 7 30 P M respectively.
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NOON
Odessa Life Underwriters Association
Inn of the Golden West Coachroom
West Texas Gem and Mineral Society
Odessa College
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Agnew
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Richard G. Kleindienst
Law Day
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Hubert H. Finch
Finch
Odessan
Helen B. Scates
Dee Locklin
James Mathis
Halile M. Ramsey
Sophia L. Howell
J.A. Bustong
Grady W. Long
Dennis L. Cranfill
Amanda G. Lujan
Joel T. Campbell
Archie W. Beeman
Jessie M. Paz
Mary H. McCollum
Nettie C. Berkley
E.W. Williams
Harold E. Clingan
Mary L. Thomas
Quin Morgan
Martha C. Catlett
Dorothy P. Nelson
Maurene R. Forrest
Albert Hoelscher
Radean Rankin
Addie L. Wade
Maxine E. Creel
Clint A. Bennett
Pearl L. Hickett
Eudelia V. Jaquez
John F. Crooks
Vida Taylor
Donald R. Arnold
William B. Johnson
Lola M. Ingle
George F. Wood
Wade R. Ellis
Virail F. King
Marcus R. Burnham
Pamela A. Olivarez
Romana R. Dominguez
Theodore H. Blue
Eric L. Proctor
Lee J. Saunders
Matthew C. Mealer
Vivian L. Baker
Carmen L. Mercade
Brenda J. Kinney
Irene Villarreal
Vicki L. Buckbee
Michael W. Hall
Bell Dr
Oscar Limon
West 46Th
Manuel P. Gonzales
Monahans
Boz
Richard Carrasco
West Lambert
North Grandview
Johann Woehl
Hite
Robert Charles Crow
Englewood
Meadow
Oakwood
Dorothy C. McPherson
McKnight
Bettie C. Batiste
North Grant
Debra E. Richardson
North Dotsy
John Henry Hawkins
North Lincoln
Gene Dan Smith
Denton
Marvin Chester Adams
Glendale
West University
Michael Wayne Wilson
Headlee
Aibert Eugene Brashear
North Hancock
Carlo Joe Fisher
East 48Th
Franklin L. Porter
Saldena
Higginbotham Ranch
Yoakum County
Jake Bogart
Cancer Fund
Janie F. Bramit
First State Bank
Janie F. Brumit
City
Flamingo Drive-In
Denver City Highway
Welch
Mexico
Wrinkle
Jaycees
Odessa Jaycees
Jaycee
Jim Gilliland
All
Odessa High School
Griffin Funeral Home
Antonio Sandoval
Roy L. Glass
Bessie W. Standley
Blanche Yarbrough
Teri Brown
Reflections
Mary Hope Armstrong
R.C. Armstrong
Midland Man
Thelma Barnes
County Extension
Arena
High Point
Allan Kirby
Morristown
N.J
Allan Price Kirby
Here
Kirby
New York Central Railroad
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Woolworth Co
Manufacturer’s Trust Co
Lafayette College
Downtown
Lions
Inn of the Golden West Ballroom
Odessa Civitan
Bonanza Steakhouse
Sandhills
Sands Restaurant
Bob Heth
Ector County Coliseum
Evening Lions
Texas State Guard
National Guard Armory
Basin Lions
Basin Lion's den
South
P.M
Paul G. Mahoney
VFW
VFW Hall
East 63Rd
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