Courtesy Gesture Used As Ticket To Free Parking
An Odessa radio station employee uses a windshield card marked press to avoid a red meter ticket while eating lunch. City officials acknowledge the courtesy exists for news crews on duty, but warn abuse is possible and expect verification by station managers. Other exemptions include government cars, jury duty, VIP convention stickers, and DAV veteran plates.
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Jack Tomlin
Cecil Hardwick
Tomlin
Hardwick
Odessa American
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Winds Force Sailplanes Into Trucks in Derby Cancelation
Severe cross winds up to 35 mph forced the Smirnoff sailplane derby to cancel the day’s 140 mile leg from Liberal to Wichita. Competition director Edward H. Butts said turbulence and lack of thermals posed too great a risk to the high performance gliders. The six-plane race began May 14 in Los Angeles and will continue Sunday. Ray Gimmey leads by 85 points over John Ryan with Wallace Scott third after last year’s winner.
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Amarillo
Tex
Liberal
Kan
Edward H. Butts
Twin Falls
Idaho
Butts
Los Angeles
Wichita
Ray Gimmey
Sacramento
Calif
John Ryan
Phoenix
Ariz
Wallace Scott
Odessa
Odessa teens tied to shoplifting. police hunt second
Odessa police questioned a 15 year old boy over a $1.59 cough medicine theft from TG&Y at 840 West Clements while they searched for a girl who slipped on an $8 smock top at Montgomery Ward at 42nd and Grandview and walked out. Five Odessans earned degrees at Angelo State University including Joe Nathan Carter Gary Gene York Diane Ward Moore Loyd Francis Moore and Barbara Diana Prince.
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Tg&y
West Clements
Montgomery Ward
42Nd and
Grandview
San Angelo
Angelo State University
Joe Nathan Carter
Gary Gene York
Diane Ward Moore
Loyd Francis Moore
Barbara Diana Prince
Survey Push Under Way in Odessa for Pilot Plant Hiring
Odessa hosts a work force survey tied to a potential pilot manufacturing plant by John Meyer of Norwich. Gary Brown of Denver says 1,800 to 2,400 replies are needed, with 150 initial hires and a plan to interview during the week of May 28, while stressing the survey’s role to attract more industry to Odessa. Deborah Rose McCall, daughter of Pecos residents, earned a music education degree at Texas Tech and made the dean's scholastic list.
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Ector County
Gary Brown
Denver
Colo
Odessa
Brown
John Meyer
Norwich
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Gene Garrison
Chamber of Commerce
Garrison
Texas Employment Commission
Lubbock
Deborah Rose McCall
Jack D. McCall
Pecos
Texas Tech University
Permian High School
Infant Rites Slated Monday for Four Month Old Waldrep
Funeral services for four month old Bobby Joe Waldrep will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in Hubbard Kelley Funeral Home chapel. The infant died after a pickup struck a culvert and burst into flames on Interstate 20 near Westbrook. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The driver Ronald Wayne Tucker 19 of 2416 West 49th was eastbound when the vehicle left the road, ruptured a gas tank and ignited. The fire was put out by Colorado City firefighters. The infant died en route to Memorial Hospital in Colorado City. Grandparents Jerry Wayne Tucker and Mona Lee Tucker are among those hospitalized in Denver for third degree burns. Other relatives include W P Abernathy of Odessa.
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Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Bobby Joe Waldrep
Bennie Waldrep
West 49Th St
Westbrook
Ronald Wayne Tucker
West 49Th
SH 20
Texas
Randy Wilkinson
Jerry Wayne Tucker
Odessa
University Medical Center Hospital
Denver
Colo
Colorado
First Woman Member of Congress Dies
Jeannette Rankin the first woman elected to Congress dies at 92 in Carmel California after a long illness. A Montana Republican she served 1917-1919 and 1941-1943 and opposed wartime U S entries in World War I and World War II. She later led peace efforts and spoke on Capitol Hill about Vietnam Indochina.
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Calif
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Miss Rankin
House
Montana
United States
Japan
National Council For the Prevention of
Capitol Hill
Vietnam
Georgia
South Carolina
Indochina
Carmel Valley
Missoula
Mont
University of Montana
San Francisco
New York School of Philanthrophy
Pecos County Crash Leaves One Man Dead
A Louisiana grocery clerk died when a van type truck rolled over four miles west of Fort Stockton on U S 290. Gerald G Benish 25 of Vidalia La was killed instantly. Marshall Vance Schaaf 19 of Los Angeles Calif was in guarded condition with broken ribs and internal injuries. Rickey Roy Bridges 24 of Lake Arthur Calif received minor injuries. Funeral arrangements were pending. In Alpine Isidora Arispe 57 lifelong Brewster County resident died after illness. Rosary Sunday night and funeral Monday at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with burial at Holy Angels Cemetery. She was born April 4 1916 in Terlingua. She is survived by a husband four daughters five sons two sisters and two brothers and four grandchildren.
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Alice Alford
Crane
Sheppard Chapel of Memories
Crane County Garden of Memories
Lebanon
Okla
Ed Alford
First Baptist Church of
Fort Stockton
Louisiana
California
Here
U.S. 290
Gerald G Benish
Vidalia
Odessa
Medical Center
Marshall Vance Schaaf
Los Angeles
Calif
Rickey Roy Bridges
Lake Arthur
Pecos County
Texas
John S. Warren
David Morgan
Schaaf
Fort Stockton Funeral Home
Isidora Arispe
Alpine
Linda Arispe
Ramona ,Hernandez
Marie ‘Ramirez
Marie Louisa Martinez
Snyder
Pablo Arispe Jr
Tomas Arispe
Juana Hernandez
el Paso
Virginia Victorino
Elvira Ramirez
Seminole
Juan Iniguez
Jose Iniguez
Odessa Man's Rites Monday. Preston Faubion dies at 62
Rites set for Preston Harris Faubion of 807 West Ada at 4 p.m. in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Memorial Gardens. he died after illness at Medical Center Hospital. Born July 28, 1910 in Hamilton he served in the U.S. Army and was a Grace Baptist member. survivors include Winnie Moore, four sisters and other relatives. Also graveside for infant Candice Ann Wells of Pecos. Anna Lorene White of Midland funerals set. details list families and service sites.
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Midland
Patricia Ann Johnston
William B. Johnston
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First Baptist Church
L.L. Morris
Fairview Cemetery
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Baylor University
Waco
First Baptist Church of
J.M. Johnston
Jan Johnston
Newnie W. Ellis Funeral Home
Preston - Harris Faubion
West Ada
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Faubion
Medical Center Hospital
Earl
Justice of the Peace
Mariel Valles
Hamilton
Winnie Moore
San Antonio
Odessa
Colorado City
Candice Wells Snyder
Candice Ann Wells
Jesse Wells
Pecos
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Memorial Garden
Ken Andress
Snyder
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
William Wells
Millie Simmons
Carlsbad
Sheila
Melissa
Jason
Annawhite Midland
Anna Lorene White
Newnie W. Ellis
Ray Bristol
First Church of Christ
Vail
Resthaven Memorial Park
Southwestern Bell
GAO details unreported Nixon campaign cash and Watergate ties
The GAO reports $75,000 and $80,500 in unreported funds tied to the Nixon re election effort, including payments to Kalmbach and Liddy. Sloan describes $1.7 million in cash and large checks before the finance law took effect. The pay outs cover Strachan, Portier, Morton aide, Walker, and Watergate related disbursements, raising possible violations. The Nixon committee disputes the findings and defends prior transactions.
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LaRue
Committee For
GAO
Hugh Sloan Jr
LaAlue
Kalmbach
Sloan
Herbert Portier
Rogers C. B. Morton
Ron Walker
White House
Strachan
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Campaign Committee
Nixon Campaign Committee
Stans
Jones
Senate bills move through Texas chambers before May 28
Senate Education Committee scheduled a public hearing on a House education finance bill as action continues on a governor plan. The Senate approved a kindergarten measure 30 to 1 to begin in 1973 74 with half day or full day options and local board choice. A Lyndon B Johnson Building name change and a tree planting measure were passed, along with a convicts ban on prison construction. House actions included delivery of bottled wine to rooms with mixed licenses and a thorough criminal procedure rewrite not yet voted. Other bills sent to the governor include three day cooling off for large door to door sales and aircraft hunting of certain game in 15 counties and Bail bondsman licensing reforms. The kindergarten bill advances the date to 1973 74, moving earlier plans to cover all five year olds by 1977 78.
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House
Wilson Foreman
D-Austin
Foreman
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