Tornado Outbreak Pounds Multiple Midwest Areas
Severe thunderstorms swept western Kansas and Missouri spawning several tornadoes. An elderly woman died of a heart attack in Natrona Illinois. A University of Illinois student was electrocuted in a flooded Champaign street intersection. A man near Joplin Missouri was killed by lightning striking a tractor. A school bus near Lonejack Missouri was blown off a road but pupils escaped unharmed. Tornadoes crossed central Indiana causing injuries and property damage southwest of Indianapolis with baseball size hail reported west of Indianapolis.
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Ral Witnoss
Wapella
Natrona
Illinois
University of Illinois
Champaign
Kansas
Missouri
Joplin
Lonejack
Kansas City
Indiana
Indianapolis
Pleads Guilty in Petty Theft Case
Richard Harvard Knight, 19, of 2942 Dawn, pleaded guilty in Corporation Court to petty theft for taking a city owned plastic traffic cone from the 400 block of East Eighth Street. He was fined 25 dollars Thursday morning.
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Richard Harvard Knight
East Eighth
Monahans Bank Names New Head in Monahans News
Charles N. Wade of New Boston is named president of the First State Bank of Monahans. Wade will leave roles at First National Bank New Boston and Guaranty Bond State Bank Redwater by June 1 and move to Monahans. Wade has a long banking and business background and is active in civic affairs.
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Monahans
Charles N. Wade
New Boston
First State Bank of Monahans
J. Conrad Dunagan
Willard Paine
Wade
First National Bank
Guaranty Bond ‘State Bank
Redwater
Sweetwater
Abilene Christian College
Texas A&m
Canada
Odessa
First State Bank
Uvalde
Sabinal State Bank
Sabinas
Texas
Lueders
Farmers State Bank
Dunagan
New Boston Industrial Foundation
North East Texas Development Board
Texarkana
Annette Forgay
Mike
Catherine
Melissa
John Paul
Stephanie
Church of Christ
D. C. Sudderth
Kermit State Bank
Texas Savings and Loan Associations of
Kmid-Tv
Midland
Coca-Cola
Fresh Flowers For Lurleen Wallace Funeral Grave
In Montgomery, a florist says floral orders for the late Gov. Lurleen Wallace’s grave have overwhelmed him. At the family’s request, orders were paused last Thursday, with two unfilled arrangements to be delivered weekly for a year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Heart Campaign Gets Underway In Odessa 1968 Drive
Jim Ratcliffe named Heart Fund Campaign chairman by Jack Logan of the Ector County Heart Association as the annual drive opens with a business canvass. Goal is 15009 dollars, with Heart Sunday May 26 and a house to house drive for education and donations. Ratcliffe highlighted past Jaycee leadership and noted heart attacks claim about 309,009 yearly, mostly middle aged.
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Jack Logan
Ector County Heart Association
Jim Ratcliffe
Odessa
Heart Fund
Ratliffe
Odessa Jaycees
Odessa Jaycee-Ettes
Heart Association
Heart
Ratcliffe
L. J. Bryant
Bill Gregg
Manpower
Weldon Ware
Heart Days
Jim Clark
Jaycee Manpower
John Vester
Jaycee
Jerry Croffitt
Jaycees
Rescued Miners Return Home After 118 Hour Ordeal
Sixteen miners endured 118 hours trapped by flood and darkness at a Gauley Coal mine before six survived and were helped to safety by rescue crews. The recovered group included John Moore Jr and brothers Fitzwater, Lilly, Scarbro, Martin, and Lynch. They crawled 800 yards through a 36 inch tunnel to a mine cart, rode to surface, and praised the efforts of responders as families celebrated Mother’s Day at nearby Richwood hospital.
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Okie Galford
Baltimore
John Moore, Jr
Themen
Joe E. Fitzwater
Rupert
Jennings H. Lilly
Mt. Nebo
Edward F. Scarbro
Richwood
Gene H. Martin
Clintonville
Larry
Fitzwater
Ernest Fitzwater
H. E. Sundstrom
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Sundstrom
Beck
Spev
Eres
Charleston
Frank David
Edward Rudd
Oscar Dillon
Isaac Casto
Dillon
Lea County Rodeo Plans Sixth Annual Event in Lovington
The seventh annual Lea County Junior Rodeo is scheduled for June 5 to 8 at the Lovington rodeo arena. Last year competitors numbered in the dozens, with contestants from area communities expected to participate again this year.
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Lovington
NUM
Lea County
Odessa American Classified Telephon e Rates
Odessa American offers subscription prices for home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 2.00 per month and 1.9 per month in trading zones. Other zones charge 35 cents weekly. Mail rates include 20.00 yearly, 10.00 for 3 months, and 5.50 for 3 months. Single copy prices: 10 cents daily and Saturday, 20 cents Sunday.
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Odessa American
Easter Street
Odessa
Texas
Othee
Ector County
Aearoe s Roeseyp Let to 2.45
Unable to extract coherent report details from the provided OCR fragment. The readable text lacks clear names, places, dates, or events to form a factual headline and summary.
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ae Ores & +s Roeseyp
Fort Worth Men Cleared in Slayings Probe
Fort Worth men were cleared of any link to the April 16 slayings of five members of a Mexican family. Texas Ranger A Y Allee Jr said the two men in Fort Worth custody are not the suspects. A witness named David Larden failed to identify them in a lineup after reviewing the men. Larden had been brought to Fort Worth with Rangers and a sheriff. Initial traffic arrests and the discovery of pesos and Mexican IDs had tied them to the case earlier, but investigators ruled them out.
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OZONA
Fort Worth
Texas
A. Y. Allee Jr
David Larden
Sonora
Larden
Safe Driver of the Month Honors Colorado Trucker
In Leadville Colorado a tractor-trailer swerved into a vacant lot after braking failures and overturned injuring the driver John S Johnson. He was later visited in the hospital by a state patrolman who presented him with a safe driver of the month award for averting harm to children nearby.
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Leadville
Colo
John S. Johnson
Johnson
Pivot Point at the Pivot Point at the 7 AM
At noon an event titled Pivot Point occurs at the Pivot Point restaurant starting at 7 AM with venue details unclear and no further context provided.
Tomorrow Breakfast Optimists and Rotary Events
Tomorrow schedules list breakfast gathering by Optimists and Sands Eastside Rotary, noon event at Holiday Inn Odessa, an Optimists meeting at Sands Restaurant, and a 6:30 P.M. Veterans of World War I social dinner at Hi-Spot Youth Center at 10th and MacArthur.
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Odessa
Sands Restaurant
10Th and
MacArthur
Fund Leader Is Selected for United Fund Committee
Glen Atkins vice president of American Bank of Commerce was named chairman of the United Fund of Ector County campaign committee. Members are A K Barlow Emil F Beck Jack Logan and P J Wallace. The group will pick leadership, advise on preparation and conduct of the 1969 campaign, and push employee payroll deductions.
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Glen Atkins
American Bank of Commerce
United Fund
Ector County
A. K. Barlow
Emil F. Beck
Jack Logan
P. J. Wallace
Robert S. Douglass
Douglass
Camaign
Atkins
Wichita Falls
Barlow
McVean & Barlow Inc
Ector County Fund
Beck
First Savings and Loan Associaten
Wallace
General Tire and Rubber Co
Logan
First National Bank
Campaign Cochairman
United Giving
Injuries Cause Appeal Cases In Two District Courts
Two appeals from Industrial Accident Board awards were filed in 161st and 70th District Courts. Willie George Harkin of Odessa seeks 14035 for May 2 injuries while working in Ector County for Manly's Service Station. Travelers Insurance Co. is named as defendant. Hazel Marie Appling of Bexar County seeks 312,250 as guardian for Lyle and Sara Appling for fatal injuries allegedly suffered by Francis Oran Appling on Nov. 7 while working in Ector County for Denham Oil Tool Co. Inc. Travelers Insurance Co. is defendant.
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Industrial Accident Board
Willie George Harkin
Odessa
Ector County
Manly
Travelers Insurance Co
Hazel Marie Appling
Bexar County
Lyle
Sara Appling
Damage suits filed in Odessa and Houston courts
Two lawsuits were filed on Thursday in 7th and 11th District Courts. A. M. Below of Odessa seeks 185000 from Jones Brothers Tire and Paving Contractors Inc alleging assault by an employee and subsequent arrest. R. M. Davenport of Odessa seeks 63000 from Auto Safety Controls of Texas for stock misrepresentation after purchasing 12000 worth of stock last October.
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A. M
Odessa
Jones Brothers Tirt and Paving Contractors Inc
Hugh Shaw
Belew
R. M. Davenport
Auto Safety Controls of Texas
Houston
Frm
Davenport
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