Watergate tieins emerge as McCord testifies on raids
McCord, a CIA veteran, testified that the Committee for the Re election of the President funded and approved the Watergate burglary and wiretapping plan. He linked Attorney General Mitchell Dean and Magruder to the operation, while Liddy pressed for the mission. Odle described the committee structure and noted a file codenamed Gemstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Sam Cash
McCord
John Mitchell
Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy
Dean
Magruder
E. Howard Hunt
San
Sam J. “Ervin
Dn.c
Democratic
Abe Watergate
John J. Sirica
Atty
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean III
White House
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon
Senate
Robert C. Odle
John J. Caulfield
Odle
Watergate
Mitchell
Baker
Gemstone
Bruce Kehrli
Paul W. Leeper
Ronald L. Ziegler
Elliot L. Richardson
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
CBS
County Court Records and Medical Center Addendum
Marriage licenses issued for Stevens Rees Crane Hassell Cantrell Reynolds Jones Cobb. Criminal cases filed include McBride DWI. District Court divorces listed with multiple parties. Civil cases filed and appeals noted. Medical Center Hospital reports May 17 admissions and discharges with numerous names. City traffic accidents logged with multiple incidents and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kenneth Stevens
Rita Ann Rees
Jerry Dean Crane
Ellen Brooks Hassell
Edward Rere Cantrell
Ruby Jean Reynolds
Jimmy Lee Jones
Rhonde Jean Cobb
Robert Franklin McBride
Delma W. Bancum
Woodrow Wilson Bearden
Thomas Edwin Dunaway
Dale Lester Criddle
Mitzi Ann Chiédie
Adeline H. Martinez
Julie Martinez
Jewel
Aetna Surety & Casualty Co
Industrial Accident Board
Arva Nel Turney
Nathaniel Williams
House Cautious On Seniority Vote
AUSTIN Texas AP House members rejected a modified seniority plan after debate over reform versus hypocrisy. Rep. DeWitt Hale proposed keeping committee assignments with tenure while allowing the speaker to retain chair selections, aiming to curb strongarm tactics by future speakers. Rep. Joe Wyatt warned the change could shift power to the committee chair and away from the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
House
Gus Mutscher
Joe Pentony
Houston
Appropriations Committee
DeWitt
Rep
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
Ex Johnson Aide Urges Nixon Resignation Over Watergate
Joseph Califano, a former Lyndon Johnson adviser, says Nixon should consider resignation as Watergate damages governance. He calls for national debate on the option, noting Nixon may not be tied to the burglary or coverup yet faults the administration’s public morality. Califano spoke to the American Society for Public Administration, urging action beyond Nixon alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Joseph Califano
America
Califano
Odessa Spring Open Chess Tourney Set
The Second annual Odessa Spring Open chess tournament is set for Saturday and Sunday at Odessa College in Deaderick Hall Room 108. USCF members only may register at 8 a.m. Saturday with rounds at 9 30 a.m. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday. Entry is $6 with a first timer discount. 34 players competed last year.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Deaderick Hall
Odessa Chess Club
US. Chess Federation
USCF
Stanley Shanks
Big Spring
el Paso
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Woman Says Gun Stolen In Odessa Theft Report
A snub-nosed 32 caliber revolver was reported stolen as part of four thefts under investigation by Odessa police on Friday. Idi Larnell Mosley reported the gun theft from 1309 South Jackson. Additional thefts included a cap pistol from TG Y at 2719 North Grandview, and bicycles reported stolen by Dennis Guion of 938 North Whitaker and Henry Guzman of 1001 Autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Idi Larnell Mosley
South Jackson
Tg&y
North Grandview
Dennis Guion
North Whitaker
Henry Guzman
Autumn
College Receives Math Library for UT Permian Basin
Dr and Mrs J Ettlinger of Austin donate an extensive mathematics library to The University of the Texas of the Permian Basin valued at over 1190. The collection contains nearly 40 works including books and monographs. The Ettlinger collection will be cataloged and placed in the new UTPB library by the opening of classes in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettlinger
Ut-Austin
Etilinger
UTPB
Services Pend For Odessan Faubion
Preston Harris Faubion 62 of 807 West Ada died at Medical Center Hospital after becoming ill at home. Death ruled natural causes by Peace Justice Manuel Valles. Born July 28 1910 he married Winnie Moore in 1946 in San Antonio. He retired from the U S Army and belonged to Grace Baptist Church. Funeral services pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow and four sisters in Spur Huntington Beach Colorado City and Bronte.
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Preston Harris Faubion
West Ada
Medical Center Hospital
Faubion
Manuel Valles
Lin Hamilton
Winnie Moore
San Antonio
Odessa
Colorado City
U.S. Army
Grace Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Amalie Rinn
Spur
Belle Harrison
Huntington Beach
Calif
Essie Williams
Sude Bell
Bronte
Local Woman Lucia Hernandez Rites Slated
Funeral services for Lucia Hernandez 67 of 1335 South Sam Houston will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church with burial in Odessa Cemetery under Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. today in St. Joseph's. Born December 16 1905 in Muzquiz Coahuila Mexico she moved here a few months ago from Ojinaga. Survivors include two sons Juan Delmoral Oklahoma City and Ubaldo Lopez Ojinaga. four daughters Josefa Palomo Superior Juana F Castro Kenny Guadalupe Ortiz Phoenix Evangelina Carrillo 1335 South Sam Houston. a sister Mrs Paulita Lopez Carlsbad NM. 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Hernandez
South
Sam Houston
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
St. Joseph's
Hernandez
Medical Center Hospital
Ojinaga
Mexico
Muzquiz
Coahuila
Mex
Juan Delmoral
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ubaldo Lopez
Josefa Palomo
Superior
Ariz
Juana F. Castro
Kenny, Ariz
Guadalupe Ortiz
Phoenix
Evangelina Carrillo
South Sam Houston
Paulita Lopez
Carlsbad, N.M
Former Odessa Resident Dies
John F. Martin 46 former Odessa businessman died in a Fort Worth hospital after months of illness. Services at 2 p.m. Monday at Christian Temple Church with burial at Mount Olivet under Lucas Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Sue, daughter Eliza Sue Martin, Berlin and Brenda Martin, Rebecca Dunn, and Hazel Watkins relation. Mrs Jordan dies Brownfield funeral 2 p.m. Friday. buried Terry County Memorial Cemetery. survivors include son two daughters two brothers a sister 12 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren.
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Fort Worth
John F. Martin
Odessa
Christian Temple Church
Mount Olivet
Lucas Funeral Home of
Martin
Keller
Superior Masonery Construction Co
Sue’s Fashion Fabrics
Bethel Assembly of God Church
Sue
Eliza Sue Martin
Berlin Martin
Rebecca Dunn
Brenda Jewell
A.J. Jordan Brownfield
A.J. Jordan
Hazel Watkins
Seminole
Brownfield Funeral Home
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Bone Seminar Planned in Midland by Archaeology Experts
A bone identification seminar for area archaeologists is set for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Commercial Bank and Trust Co. community room in Midland. Dr. Barbara Butler of North Texas State University will lead the session. registration is 3 dollars per person. A separate court action shows Suit on a 3 842 account filed Thursday in 16st District Court against Custom Sales of Odessa, brought by Olympia USA Inc, a Delaware corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Barbara Butler
North Texas State University
16St
Odessa
Olympia, USA, Inc
Nelaware Corporation
Sale Planned by Parents Without Partners Garage Bake Sale
Sale planned by Parents Without Partners includes a garage sale and bake sale Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1400 North Tom Green. The group will also hold a house party at the same location starting at 8:30 p.m. with a 50 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parents Without Partners
North Tom Green
Two Executives Killed In Crash In Alaska
EL PASO staff report two executives were killed and three others injured in a light plane crash near Prudhoe Bay Alaska on Wednesday. R W Harris of El Paso a retired El Paso Natural Gas vice president and Blaine Kuist of Fluor Corp Los Angeles died. former Odessan William Haggart and Jack Spurgeon of Anchorage were seriously injured while Harvey Wiley of Houston sustained minor injuries. The group was touring oil fields as part of a study on a proposed natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe south across Alaska. Haggart was in serious condition Friday in Anchorage and spinal tests were planned to assess transfer to Houston. Harris had long served El Paso Natural Gas rising to head the Rocky Mountain region and had earlier worked at Jal N M and Permian Basin Oil Show assignments.
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EL Paso
Harvey Wiley
Pipeline Technologists
Houston
Prudhoe
Alaska
Haggart
Odessa
Anchorage
el Paso Products
Elcor Chemical
el Paso Natural Gas
Harris
Jal
N.M
Texas Tech
Jal, N.M
Rocky Mountain
Saturday Services for Richard Lee Fitzgerald Jr
Richardson Fitzgerald Jr 38 of 6109 Carter is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel with graveside services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Memory Land Cemetery in Greenville. He died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after illness. A roustabout for Texaco he moved to Odessa in 1955 from Dallas born July 8 1934 in Tyler. Survivors include a son and a daughter both in Houston his parents of Arlington and a sister of Arlington Memorials to Medical Center Hospital Women’s Auxiliary requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lee Fitzgerald Jr
Carter
Hubbard-Kelly
Memory Land Cemetery
Greenville
Coker-Matthews-Peters Funeral Home
Fitzgerald
Medical Center Hospital
Texaco Inc
Odessa
Dallas
Tyler
Richard Lee Fitzgerald III
Houston
Lisa Diane Fitzgerald
RL. Fitzgerald
Arlington
Kay Castner
Women’s Auxiliary
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Democratic National Committee
Jim McCord
Paul Longley
Julie A. Click
Barbara A. Williams
Audrey E. DeMoss
Evelline Nichols
Judy Nichols
Ronda L. Northcutt
Dorothy W. Hutchison
Patricia K. Shed
Willie E. Nowlin
Alan Henderson
Denita L. Perrin
Mary L. Moore
A.C. Large
Hughie L. Jessup
Michael D. Payne
James R. Fitzgerald
Timothy A. Waller
Kristi M. Huey
John del Moral
Mary L. Novak
Larry D. Hansen
Amavilla Young
Jennifer L. Petty
Loyd O. Fitts
Zella M. Surris
Robert J. Miller
Armine MA. McClendon
Ruby L. Cunningham
James Day
Irvin V. Wolf
Adam P. Madrid
Toney E. Mims
Sue 8. Smith
Mary M. Statzen
Bobby J. Haynie
Thelma M. Gomez
Julia Ann Castillo
Margaret S. Patterson
Susan F.eee
Rebecca Plato
Gari Gene Blake
Terry
Franklin C. Reville
East 23Rd
R.E. Smith
East
John Wee
Redbud
Robert Rhodes
Brownfield
Gandy
East 12Th
Randy G. Morrow
Fort Stockton
16Th
Cantrell Doran
Casa Grande
Gaston Cailiban
Sunset Lane
North
Grant
Tony Walters
North Valentine
Howard Adams
West Sixth
Andrews Highway
Gregory Mobley
Douglas
Karl Bumpus
West Fourth
Julia Kay
Everglade
Billy Joe Harris
Tom Green
Grandview
James Bennett
17Th
Paul Frost
Robert Hogan
Dumont
Roger Fox
Keary Brem
West 26Th
Murphy and
Hobie Wingwood
Prairie
John Powell
Milburn
East Eighth
Mary Click
West County Road
Ronald Pittman
Bryan
Eget
Johnson
American Society For Public Administration
Joan K. McLarrity
East 44Th
Susie Patterson
B.G. Patterson
East 49Th
Barbara Franzoy
Albert Franzoy
Dallas Ave
Debbie Regon
W.L. Albersaon
Melody Lane
Cambodia
Appropriations
Congress
Vietnam
Egil Krogh
Transportation
Jeb S. Magruder
Commerce
Robert Odle
Agriculture
FBI
State Department
Odessan
Bone
Esteban Valerio Lamesa
Esteban Valerio
St. Margaret Mary's Catholic
Valerio
Dawson County
U.S. Air Force
Martin County
Patricia
Newcomer Butane Co
Ackerly
Cronia Yvette
Santana Valerio
Julia Gonzales
Lamesa
Janie Molina
Anita Ybarra
Elida Putenpe
Sam Valerio
Ignacio Valerio
Boling Brook
Domingo Valerio
Bay City
Mich
Harding-Orr-McDaniel
Montana Avenue
Clyde
Alice
Kurst
Rexall Chemical Co
Petrochemical
Fluor Corp
Sisco A. Purdy
Littlefield
Sisco Allen Purdy
Crescent Park
Church of Christ
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Raymond Purdy
Eunice, N. M
C. J. Kesey
Pecos
Kenneth Griffin
Ross A. Brewster
Hobbs
Ross’ A. Brewster
Temple Baptist Church
Griffin Funeral Home
Burnet
Clements Funeral Home
Brewster
Odessa’s Medical Center Hospital
US 385
Andrews
Northern Natural Gas
Ethel Callender
Fonzie Brewster
Kay Lynn Brewster
Carl Morgan
Walter McKee
Lottie Coppedge
Trinity Baptist Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
McKee
Richard Fourd
West 39Th
R.W. Harris
Ector County Coliseum
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