Hobby seeks Senate overhaul and stronger Texas executive
William P Hobby asks for major reforms including shrinking 27 standing committees to nine, reallocating appointments to functional committees, and a stronger governor’s office. He criticizes current Texas politics, touts High Plains needs, and campaigns across 20 cities. He notes leading polls but avoids runoff predictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P
Will) Hobby
Texas Senate
Houston
U.S. Senate
Hobby
Senate Judicial Affairs
Texas
Council of Statevernments
Midland-Odessa
San Angelo
Lubbock
High Plains
Three Named In Charges Of DWI
Three motorists faced DWI charges in Po County Court. Herbert Bullard, 46, was arrested on US 80 west of Odessa. Gilbert Fillman, 30, was stopped on FM 2020 west of Odessa. John Tidwell, 61, of Pacifica, California, was arrested on US 38 north of Ussa. Each dealt with on bonds of 750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Elvin Bullard
West 10Th
Odessa
Gilbert Lee Fillman
John Tidwell
Pacifica
Calif
Odessa College honors ten students for Who's Who selection
Ten Odessa College sophomores honored as Who's Who among United States Junior College students will be listed in the national directory. They include Pat Abbott John Bagwell Kathlene Crist Michael Crist Jose Flotte Rudy Gatlin Jean Hohimer Radames Martinez Jr Darlyne Nicholas and Sheila Allee. Certificates will be presented at 4 p.m. Thursday in OC president Dr Philip Speegle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
United States
Philip Speegle
Pat Abbott
M.C. Abbott
John Bagwell
Ester Bagwell
Ardmore
Oklo
Kathlene Alice Crist
Michael Albert Crist
A.H. Crist
Boulder
Jose Luis Flotte
A. Flotte
Broughton
Rudy Gatlin
W.W. Gatlin
Jean Hohimer
John W. Hohimer
Radames Martinez Jr
Radames Martinez
Bonham
Darlyne Nicholas
T.B. Nicholas
Patton
Sheila Allee
W.D. Allee
Everglade
Appeal Filed Over Industrial Accident Award by Odessa Man
An appeal was filed in 161st District Court by Paul L. Robles of Odessa against Texas Employers Insurance Association of Dallas seeking $19,649. The dispute stems from injuries Robles allegedly sustained on August 15 while employed by Buddies Super Markets, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Accident Board
Paul L. Robles
Odessa
Texas Employers Insurance Association of Dallas
Robles
Buddies Super Markets, Inc
Law Week speaker urges court reforms across Texas
Andrews chief justice Max Ramsey urged reforms to ease court workloads and improve efficiency at a Law Week luncheon for the Ector County Bar Association. He supported transferring some criminal appeals work to civil courts, noted Texas differs from other states in judicial administration, and recounted Law Day origins. The event, at Ector County Coliseum, followed Law Week celebrations in Midland El Paso and Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAW Week
Max Ramsey
el Paso Court of Civil Appeals
Ector County Bar Association
Ken Griffin
Ector County
Andrews
Ramsey
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
John Onion
Court of Criminal Appeals
Judge Ramsey
Judge Onion
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Soviet Union
America
Midland
el Paso
Lubbock
Ector County Coliseum
Sharpstown Inquiry Backed by Texas AG Hopeful Hill
A youthful 48 year old Texas attorney campaigned in Odessa on his bid for attorney general. He vowed a sharp probe into the Sharpstown scandal, pledging thorough investigations of public figures in Austin if elected, and urged Texans to trust their state government and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fangs Servier
Texas
Odessa
Sharpstown
Hill
Travisty
Frings
Iigati
Austin
Odessa schedule and Sharpstown scandal remarks mix
A cluttered Odessa notice lists noon and evening events at Lions clubs Civitan and Lions venues, the Odessa Life Underwriters, Basin Lions and the Texas State Guard unit, plus a VFW post. The text shifts to a Sharpstown scandal reference with quotes criticizing the attorney general and pledges reform and prosecution.
Midland Paper Names New General Manager Woody
The Midland Reporter Telegram announces W M Bill Woody as the new general manager. Woody, a former president and publisher of the Marshall News Messenger who retired last September, previously served as vice president and general business manager of the San Angelo Standard Times before his move to Marshall.
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Midland
Midland Reporter-Telegram
W.m.bill
Woody
Marshal
San Angeloan
The
Marshall News-Messenger
San Angelo Standard-Times
Marshall
Midlander's Life Term Upheld in Midland Robbery
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a life term given March 16, 1970, to 29 year old Robert Michael Lewis for the November 25, 1969 beating and robbery of elderly real estate agent Laura Jesse of Midland. The court affirmed the conviction and rejected a rehearing motion. Evidence showed a prior burglary of the home and the assault as she awoke to find him rifling her dresser and fleeing with a single dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Midland
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Robert Michael Lewis
Laura Jesse
Lewis
Odessa Pioneer Marrs Dies at 79 in Local Nursing Home
Willie M Marrs a longtime Odessa resident and former Ector County sheriff died Tuesday after a long illness. Services were set for Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Marrs born Oct 22 1892 in Huntsville Arkansas moved to Odessa 1926 to 1930s served as city water commissioner and sheriff 1941-42. Survived by three sons two daughters ten grandchildren six great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie M
Bill) Marrs
North Washington
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Marrs
Huntsville
Ark
Portales
N.M
Margaret Tally
Oil City
Ector County
L. J. Marrs
Marvin Marrs
North Muskingum
Howard Marrs
West 21St
Nadine Jordan
North Whitaker
K. G. Green
Anaheim
Calif
County and District Court Records Update
Licenses issued list John Parra Lenda Edgar William Roper Sybie Esequiel Calderon Priesto Oreftenca Lee Smith Joan Calvin Ingram JoAnne Holley. District Court reports divorces filed and civil cases including Otto Seider v Jimmy Wayne Vence and suits involving Howard Hunt Paul L Robles and Texas Employers Insurance. appeals from Industrial Accident awards. Medical center admissions name numerous patients including May Richard B Dewees and Victoria E Butter. several minor details and addresses noted. Defrauding by worthless check charges filed in Ector County against Mrs Ray Parsons for a $24.50 Gibson's check on Jan 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parra
Lenda
Edgar William Roper
Sybie
Esequiel Calderon Priesto
Oreftenca Lee Smith
Joan Calvin Ingram
JoAnne Holley
Herbert Elvin Gullerd
Gilbert Lee Fillman
John Titwell
Sar Parsons
Rex Bowman
Jimmy R. Gunn
Tommy J. West
O. R. Williams
Willie Ray Calvert
Aurora Larrea
Faustino Larrea
Gail Yvonne Christian
S. William Donald Christian
Otto Seider
Jimmy Wayne Vence
Howard Hunt
la Dolce Vita Apartments, Inc
Paul L. Robles
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Ector County
Ray Parsons
East 16Th
Gibson's Discount Center
North Grandview
Trial Suit Is Settled in 70h District Court Odessa
A damage suit begun Tuesday in 70h District Court was settled out of court by attorneys for an undisclosed amount. Plaintiff Lewis Syrus Holman of Odessa claimed $12,500 for damages from a traffic accident on Feb 3 1970 on Street. Defendant Christopher A. Johnson of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Syrus Holman
Odessa
Christopher A. Johnson
Lawmen Probe Theft Reports Across Weare Area
Police investigate four thefts including a cigar box from 610 North Texas with 930-40 rising from under a courier. A lawnmower vanished from 1703 Rosewood. Stolen bicycles reported by Mrs. Richard T. Bowen and Ken Thomas. Police seek clues in two vandalism incidents and a front window shattered by an air rifle at 4314 McKnight. A four year old boy treated after animal bite incident.
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Paper House
North
Texas
Fred Conant
Rosewood
Richard T. Bowen
Tanglewood
Ken Thomas
Pagewood
Walter Hulsey
Walnut
Ray Hawthorne
McKnight
Heart Attack Proves Fatal in Odessa Woman and Vernon Clerk
Odessa cook Earlene Machen 51 of 2110 West Third died Tuesday at Medical Center from an apparent heart attack. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Hubbard-Kelly. Survivors include husband W. H. Machen and three sons. Also notices for Vernon postal clerk James Arthur DeSha 46 who died from injuries after a fall, and graveside services for Charles Herman Rogers 79 of Pecos. Additional obituaries for Mrs. Fannie Austin 84 of Kermit with services Friday in Christ Church and burial in Kermit Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlene Machen
West Third
Medical Center Hospital
Medical Center
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Coleman
W. H. Machen
Odessa
Brownfield
Vine Avenue Baptist Church
Willard Dean Machen
Lubbock
Bobby Wayne Machen
Bramah Road
Donald Ray Machen
R. E. Smith Sr
R. E. Smith Jr
Jacksonville
Eugene Smith
Kermit
James Smith
Abilene
Ben Smith
Seminole
Sam Smith
Winters
Arlene Landess
Louise Kerrick
Plains
Partha McMillian
Carolyn Boen
Sundown
Cleo Smith
Josie Grizzle
Georgetown
Inez Martin
James Arthur Desah Vernon
James Arthur DeSha
Vernon
Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church
Wilbarger Memorial Park
Sullivan
U.S
Jim DeSha
J.A. DeSha Sr
Harold K. Ward
Mountainview
Calif
J.H. Garret
Sayre
Okla
Vivian Wilson
Bomb threat at Ector County Courthouse deemed crank call
An Odessa call claimed the Ector County Courthouse would blow up at 3 45 a m Wednesday. Deputies searched public areas but found nothing. Sheriff A M Slim Gabrel said there was no evacuation and called it a crank call.
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Odessa
Ector County
A.M
Slim) Gabrel
Illness Claims Older Odessa Resident McCuistion
James Byron McCuistion 67 of 3701 North Washington died at Medical Center Hospital after a three week illness. Funeral 4 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church with Sunset Memorial Gardens burial. Survived by wife Lacy Fitzwater, two sons, two daughters, eleven siblings and several grandchildren. He was a retired mechanic, worked as School Safety Guard, and belonged to Second Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Byron McCuistion
North Washington
Medical Center Hospital
Second Baptist Ch
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Johan Drilling Co
Stamford
Odessa
Lacy Fitzwater
Second Baptist Church
McCuistion
J. B. McCuistion Jr
815
East 13Th
Wayne Edward McCuistion
Irving
Bootsie Fuller
Seminole
Martha Kluting
Aspermont
Gore
Sue Johnson
Anaheim
Calif
Autie Jenkins
Roswell
N.M
Marie Thompson
Mattie V. Baskin
1300 Parker
Peggy Underwood
San Antonio
Dorothy Jenkins
Rites Friday For Odessan Pannell Funeral Held
Funeral services for Raymond Dale Pannell 39 of 2217 East Second were set for 10 a.m. Friday at Hubbard-Bell Funeral Home. He died at 9 10 p.m. Monday at Medical Center Hospital from complications after an industrial accident thirteen weeks earlier. A swamper for McAlister Trucking Co for the past year he was born October 9 1932 in New Mexico and married Tracey Denton January 7 1972 in Idessa. He came to Odessa from Denver about a year and a half ago and was a Navy veteran. Survivors include his widow and a daughter Tambric both of the home.
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Robert Hurl Smith
East 11Th
Medical Center
Dillion-Emmert
Cleburne
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Arkansas
Marcileta Ezell
Odessa
Methodist Church
Woodmen
William D. Smuin
Smith
Masonic Lodge
Richard W. Smith
Carrollton
Donna Sue Rice
Midland
Juanita Morgan
Garland
Thelma Middlebrooks
Dallas
Flora Bell Lands
Pecos
Raymond Dale Pannell
East Second
Hubbard-Bell Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Medical Center Hospital
Pannell
McAlister Trucking Co
New Mexico
Tracey Denton
Idessa
Denver
Olo
Tambric
Rome
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Office of Naval Intelligence
Bill Hobby
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Odessa Civitan
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Sandhills
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Basin Lions
Basin Lion’s den
Texas State Guard
National Guard Armory
Andrews Highway
West Texas Gem and Mineral Seciet Broncho Chevrolet
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Paul G. Mahoney
VFW
Post
Hallman Get
John Hill
Midland Paper Picks
Midlander
Adene Carter
Mary Terry
Kilgore
Errygore
C.D
C.C. Terry
Cora Lou Sisk
Lillian Neck
Brownsville
James L. Boone
Cempeoe
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Orchard
John
Sutehin
Pittsburg
West County Road
Linda A
West 12Th
Vox
Ror
Second
Muskingum
Warren D. Capte
Pytton
Michel L. Breiner
Dublin
Ramage
Minor
Bick
North Lee
Lenita C. Kotler
M2 West
Elish O. Kemper
Worth
Washington
Devon
Hancock
Teresa G. Walden
Donald W. Shellenberger
Wittels
Modersie
Teresa Walden
Ace Joseph E. Phillips
Chilles Philips
Charles Herman Rogers
Payne Cemetery
Athens
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Haven County
Tenn
Gwen Costello
A. E. Turner
Grand Prairie
Edwin Rogers
Fannie Austin Kermit
Fannie Austin
Church of God In Christ
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Cooper Funeral Home
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
McKinney
Church
A.W. Whitf
Big Spring
A. W. Aeite
Trinity Memorial Park
Spring Hospital
White
Glasscock County
Tennessee
Lees
Richmond Oil Co
Alpha Byrne
Sweetwater
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Gwen Sterling
Wilton Youngblood
Jome
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Edna F. Murphy
Lee R. Murphy
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