White House probes expand as Colson document released
Continued coverage notes legal snags tying up White House involvements. A FBI report on Charles W. Colson’s interview says he was told a burglary occurred and later urged to stay silent by John W. Dean Jr and Ehrlichman. The judge pressed for more surveillance records and ordered broader searches into Ellsberg and Halperin cases amid ongoing wiretap inquiries.
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White House
Charles W. Colson
Colson
FBI
John W. Dean Jr
John D. Ehrlichman
Tereate
Byrne
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Beverly Hills
Ellsberg
Hunt
Watergate Grand Jury
Ruckelshaus
Elisberg
Morton Halperin
Halperin
McCord Testimony Details Watergate Burglary Operations
McCord testified about a May 1972 Watergate break in planning and bugging. He described Larry O’Brien’s phone targets, faulty equipment, and an intended second entry to photograph and bug Democratic HQ while receiving cash and legal pay from Liddy and Hunt. Ziegler denied any Nixon executive clemency offer.
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Mitchell
Democratic Hoedaluprtets
Watergate
McCord
Lawrence F.o'brien
O'Brien
George McGovern
Liddy
Larry O'Brien
R. Spencer Oliver
FBI
Alfred C. Baldwin
E. Howard Hunt
Nixon
Hunts
Hunt
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Speech Teachers Plan Meet in Odessa Saturday
About 30 area speech and drama teachers are expected at a one day West Texas Association Convention at Odessa College hosted by the OC Communication and Theatre Department. The event runs from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Recital Hall with Dr. Don Deck of North Texas State University to speak.
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West Texas Association
Odessa College
OC Communication and Theatre Department
Fine Arts
Don Deck
North Texas State University
Local Firemen Face Six Calls In One Day
Gdena firemen answered six calls Thursday with two grass fires and a false alarm on Dixie at the Texas and Pacific Railway tracks at 9 59 p m. A grass fire near Hays School at Jeter and Terlingua occurred at 6 44 p m. A trash can fire in the 2300 block of Bonham prompted a 9 05 p m response. Another smoke incident came from a stove burner at 4717 Devonian, Mrs D L Thorp away, neighbors reported at 2 p m. A fan motor caused a 1 30 p m blaze at Rubye B Hudgins home 3804 Pershing. Cause of a 1 26 p m fire near the Shane of Mary Ann Gonzales at 608 Wilfords was undetermined.
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Gdena
Dixie
Texas and Pacific Railway
Hays
Jeter
Terlingua
Bonham
D.L. Thorp
Devonian
Rubye B. Hudgins
Shane
Mary Ann Gonzales
Wilfords
Four DWI suspects held on charges in Ector County
Four individuals arrested by Texas Highway Patrol on DWI related charges remained in Ector County jail Friday morning. Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles set bond at 500 dollars for all. Brown posted no bond while Nutt Durham Fontenot posted bonds of 500 and 3500 respectively.
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Walle
Ector County
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Valles
Mary Bynum Brown
East Fourth
45Th
Andrews Highway
Bruce Wynn Nutt
North Maple
Robert Lewis
Durham
Kelly
Barry Wayne Fontenot
Hobbs
N.M
Odessa Chess Club Sponsoring City Tournament at UTPB
The Odessa Chess Club sponsors the UT B Charger Chess Tournament at UTPB South Campus Laboratory Building Saturday. A Premier Section for US Chess Federation members and a Charger Section for the general public will run all day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Registration starts at 8 a.m. Entry is 11 dollars.
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Odessa Chess Club
Odessa
University of Fees
Permian
UTPB
US Chess Federation
Utpb Lab
Master Of Record Marries Vanessies And Wilana Regal
A fragmentary notice lists marriages and divorces with names including James Lee Brown and Annette Jennings, plus various legal actions and hospital admissions. The text mixes matrimonial events, divorce filings, and medical center entries with scattered details of driving offenses and a crowd of patient discharges and births.
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Vanessies
James Lee Brown
Annette Jennings
Wiana Regal Ra
Ara Cows
Tarteson
Canina Pullers
Sultan Arrowal
Pee Rechson Scvey
Maurlea Farris
Ilonlesiogs
Walker Howard Foemen
Ben Ned Maples
James E. Franks
Augravetes Sau
Leon Franklin
Beron
Patrick Corevina
Seton Ay
Ines Bers Dames
Richard Giliot
Sane Omen
Fi ‘Orwin
Jean Nepolean Larsh
Eunare Lee Larsa
Steve Daniel Currie
Donna Fay Currie
Sherilyn Calf Bridges
Lovey Lee
Loyd C. Taylor
Industrial Accident Board
George L. Fowler
C. Scott
Winnie Scott Harker
Theft Cases Investigated in Odessa Police Reports
Odessa police logged five thefts under investigation including a $500 coin collection and a stolen 1971 auto belonging to Madelyn Holcomb at 3509 North Golder. Items inside the car were a coin collection, mink stole, two golf club sets, and clothing. A bicycle disappeared from Ricky A. Boyett at Bowie Junior High. Sherman R. Head reported two motorcycle helmets stolen. Buckalo area near 2721 Redwood noted 21 gallons of gasoline taken. A bicycle tube was stolen from Cooks Discount Store at 2021 East Eighth.
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Odessa
Madelyn Holcomb
North Golder
Ricky A. Boyett
Clifford
Bowie Junior High School
Sherman R. Head
West Third
Cooks Discount Store
East Eighth
Deaths Mrs Vanda Hixson Odessa teacher dies at 48
Funeral services are set for 2 30 pm Friday at Lowell Funeral Home Altus for Mrs Vanda E Hixson 48 of 1134 Gary Terrace Odessa school teacher She died Thursday in a hospital in Altus Okla She taught business education at Ector High Blackshear Junior High and Odessa High School She and her husband William C Hixson owned Hixson Funeral Home in Kermit from 1947 to 1962 Survivors include daughter Nyneen Hixson and brother Ronald Gober of Altus
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Vanda E. Hixson
Gary Terrace
Odessa
Lowell Funeral Home
Altus
Oklo
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Ector County Independent School District
Ector High School
Blackshear Junior
Nyneen Hixson
Ober
Okla
Ronald Gober
D.C. Cox
San Angelo
Marlene Green
Johnson's Funeral Home
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
Final Rites Set Saturday for William H Swain
Funeral services for William Hillard Swain 49 of 1610 East Everglade a General Tire foreman will be held 10 3 m Saturday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens He died Thursday morning of natural causes in Odessa He was born September 1 1913 in Houston married Lou Fontenot in 1939 They moved to Odessa in 1958 from Ashtabula Ohio He was a Baptist Survived by his widow a son Danny J Swain of El Paso a brother W C Swain of Baytown and a sister Mrs Henry Johnson of Baytown
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William Hillard Swain
East Everglade
General Tire and Rubber Co
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Swain
Manuel Valles
Houston
Lou Allis Fontenot
Liberty
Odessa
Ashtabula
Ohio
Danny J. Swain
el Paso
W. C. Swain
Baytown
Henry Johnson
Miami
Fla
Warfield
Midland Hagintl Air Terminal
Midland County
Justice of the Peace
Robert Pine
James Philpot McPherson
Pine
McPherson
Lordsburg
N.M
Thomas Funeral Home
Midland
van Orsdel Mortuary
Dade Memorial Park
Trudell
Graveside rites for Finis K. Marshall set in California
Graveside services for Finis K. Marshall four year old, former Odessan, will be at 4 p m Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Westminister Calif. He was born Oct 2 1888 in Eastland County and moved to Westminister two years ago. Survivors include six daughters and a son, two grandchildren, a brother L E Marshall of 1204 East 36th, and multiple daughters residing in Amarillo Norwalk Fort Worth and Westminister. He was a member of Highland Methodist Church and the Golden Age Choir.
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Finis K. Marshall
Westminister
Calif
Sunset Memorial, Gardens
Eastland County
Marshall
Highland Methodist Church
Golden Age Chuir
F.E. Marshall
West Vermont
W.W. Phillips
Amarillo
Jack Munger
Norwalk
Bob Porter
Lucille Schambliss
Jean Thomas
Harold Keeton
Fort Worth
L.E. Marshall
East 36Th
Ector Deputy Resigns Post
Mike Delbosque, 28, a deputy with the Ector County Sheriff's Department, has resigned for personal reasons. The move reduces the sheriff's staff to 26, with a replacement pending, and his monthly salary was 704 dollars. Delbosque had 46 college hours in law enforcement from Grayson County Junior College and Odessa College.
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Mike Delbosque
Ector County Sheriff's Department
Elwood Hil
Hill
Delbosque
Delbasque
Grayson County Junior College
Hierieen
Odessa College
Services Pend Truck Driver For Local Man Dies On Trip
Funeral services are pending for Cecil Henry Baxter 63 of 1403 East 6th a retired welder who died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness Born February 27 1910 in Kingston Georgia he married Frances Bradshaw in 1935 in Orange the couple moved to Odessa in 1956 from Houston He was a Methodist Survivors include his widow a brother Austin Baxter of Ackworth Georgia three sisters Mrs M M Fowler and Mrs C M Knight of East Point Florida and Mrs W A Cherry of Mobile Alabama.
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Cecil Henry Baxter
East 6Th
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly
Rites Pending for Several Area Residents in Obituary Notice
Funeral arrangements are pending for several individuals including Mrs. Leona Bussey of 800 Hudson who died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after hospitalization since May 2. Other obituaries note Mrs. Lillian Geisler Richardson of Turkey aged 68 dying in Memphis, Woodrow Bailey of Oakland formerly Colorado City, James M. Ater of Odessa, Rev. Fred McFarland of Big Lake, and Mrs. Julia Webb of Lovington among others with services set or pending at local churches and funeral homes. Survivors include spouses, children, and extended family. Burial details vary by cemetery.
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Leona Bussey
Hudson
Medical Center Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Louise Blacknagh
Lindy
Bertha Garrett
East Pearl
L.G. Richardson
Turkey
Lillian Geisler Richardson
Memphis
First Baptist Church
Dreamland Cemetery
Washington County
Hope Missionary Baptist Church
W.F Geisler
Denver City
Fred McFarland
BIG Lake
Fred Douglas McFarland
Bethlehem Bantist Church
Buryal
Glen Rest
Sheppard Funeral Home
McCamey
Tyler
Sallie Jack
Hishoo
Sallie
Sam McFarland
Winona
Julia Webb Post
Julia Viola Webb
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Terrace
Hadman Funeral Home
Webb
Lovington
N.M
Odessa Show Night At Ector County Coliseum
Tomorrow in Odessa features the A M Morgan Horse Show in Exhibit Hall E and 4 H Arena with 8 PM performances by the Royal Lipizzan Stallions at Ector County Coliseum.
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A.M. — Morgan Horse Show
Ector County Coliseum
Royal Lipizzan Stallions
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Riverside
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Hillmont
Tom Brock Omaka
Tom Brock
Notre Dame University
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Walter L. Cronkite
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