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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1968

Page

2

Demonstrators Clash With Police at Columbia Hamilton Hall

Campus turmoil at Columbia escalates as police raid Hamilton Hall at 2 34 a m after sit ins and barricades. Rudd of Maplewood N J suspended amid hundreds of supporters and opponents gathered outside. Fire incidents follow the raid. campus officials threaten further action as students resist occupation and urge dormitory leave.

SDS Hamilton Hall Rudd Maplewood N.J Columbia Hamilton Kirk WKCR Alexander Platt Platt Shim Amsterdam Avenue 116Th Street

France faces wage rise dilemma amid worker protests

A Cabinet amnesty frees 44 students charged in riots that sparked worker unrest. De Gaulle risks satisfying workers versus inflation and a looming Common Market barrier. France relies on 10 000 tons of flour to offset bread shortage as ports strike and airports shut.

de Gaulle Hel Paris Bordeaux Brest Dunkerque L’orient le Havre Marseille Sete le Bourget Paris Orly International Marcoule Pierrelatte

Miss Your Paper Open Sundays Notice

A brief newspaper notice states the paper is available noon and open Sundays until 10 30 am with the implied service reminder about missing deliveries.

Odessa Circulation Department

Odessa American subscription and delivery rates notice

The Odessa American lists home delivery rates for Odessa and Ector County at 2.00 per month, retail trading zone 1.98 per month, and other zones 35 cents per week. Mail rates are 20.60 yearly, 11.00 six months, 95.50 two months, and 2.00 per month. Single copies cost 10 cents daily and Saturday, 20 cents Sunday.

Odessa Texas Odessa American East 4Th Street Ecter County

Absentee Vote Pace Quickens for $4.8 Million Bond

Absentee voting in the $4.8 million Ector County school bond election accelerated with 66 ballots by noon and 124 by mid day Tuesday. Voters have two days left to cast ballots at the school administrative offices 8th and Lee. The bond funds new science labs at seven junior highs, more voc tech facilities at three high schools, additional classrooms, and expansion of Permian High cafeteria and fieldhouse, with most facilities to be ready by September 1969.

Ector County 8Th and Lee Permian Highschool

Jury Hearing In Suit On Lien In Odessa

Testimony began in 161st District Court on a lien dispute over a Fort Worth woman's Odessa home. Gladys O Neal Jones sues North American Acceptance Corp of Atlanta with Gloria Svanas as her attorney and Roy Bell for the defense. Jurors listed include E W Brimfield J M Hickman Louis Westfall Edward Thomas Mrs J D Cochran J E Adams Billy Michele Mrs W K Kelly Garnett Doss Blum Norman Ralph Hickman and Royce Lee Williams.

Lein 161St District Court Edward L. Thomas J. D. Cochran J. E. Adams Billy H. Michele W. K. Kelly Garnett Doss Blum E. Norman Ralph Hickman Royce Lee Williams

Youth Placed On Probation In Ector Juvenile Court

A 14 year old boy was placed on probation to his parents after a hearing in Ector County Juvenile Court. He admitted the March 25 burglary of Rusk Elementary School before Judge W M Hill.

Ector County County Rusk W. M Bill) Hill

Crash Probe Continues After Midland Air Crash

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and Civil Aeronautics Board continued work at the scene of a Piper Cherokee crash near Midland Air Terminal that killed 26 year old Landon Cole Reed of Odessa. Final findings await pathology and toxicology reports, with a full report due next month. Reed, born December 18, 1941, was survived by a wife, two daughters, his parents, a grandmother, and three brothers. funeral services were planned in Midland and Abilene establishments.

Landon Cole Reed Odessa Odessa-Midland Jim Moyers Miami Fla National Transportation Safety Board Washington Highway Patrol Davis-Morris Funeral Home Staley Newnie W. Ellis Midland Brown County Early Brownwood TTA San Angelo Church of Christ Harriett Ann Stephenie Ann Julie Lee James P. Reed Abilene Mollie Cole James F. Reed Fort Worth Jeffery G. Reed Anthony P. Reed

Hit Run Driver Strikes Woman on Fourth Street

A 38 year old woman remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a hit and run on Fourth Street at Grant. Police report the 1957 model car headed west on the one way Fourth, turned north on Lee, and disappeared. The victim described the driver as a teen with glasses driving a red car with gold stripes.

Medical Center Hospital Jobita Mancha South Sam Houston Fourth Street Grant Fourth Lee

Six Vandalism Cases Probed in City

Police investigated six vandalism incidents reported Wednesday morning. A Jones Brothers Construction operator said rocks shattered a machine window and struck him. Thomas and Moore Inc. reported an electric meter damaged and a trailer tail light broken. A man on North Hancock said a mirror on his pickup was damaged. An ice pick punctured tires on two cars at Clarence Craft Jr. s home. A vacant house at 1405 La Casa had a broken window screen and scattered papers. Mrs Bennett R. Jo reported a rock through her front window.

Jones Brothers Construction Thomas and iMoore Inc Henderson Bill Riley North Hancock Clarence Craft Jr Jefferson la Casa Bennett R. Jo Eastland

Eight Thefts Under Inquiry

Police and deputies investigated eight thefts reported Wednesday with loot from parked vehicles. Objects stolen include a tachometer and air breather from Hubbard Olds Cadillac on East Eighth, a stereo and six tapes from Ervin Armstrong’s car, a hubcap from L H Lindley at a bar near Odessa Police Department, a battery charger from Thrifty Service Station on East Eighth, a bag of clothes from George Young’s garage, a poodle from Nancy Grizzell’s yard, and bicycles reported by Bill Navarette and Shelly Dempsey.

Hubbard-Olds-Cadillac East Eighth Ervin Armstrong Barrett Preble Odessa Lindley George Young Nancy Grizzell North Sam Houston Bill Navarette East Ann Shelly Dempsey East 17Th

Eight Year Old Millcen Brown Suffers Concussion

Millcen Brown, eight year old daughter of Joe Brown of Route 3, was reported in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after suffering a concussion from a fall.

Millcen Brown Joe Brown Medical Center Hospital

Texas Morning Vibes Reported at 7 AM

A terse Texas item notes events or conditions at 7 AM with fragmented phrasing. No clear names, places, or organizations are readable in the provided text. The snippet suggests a time marker but lacks full context or specifics to identify people, places, or actions.

Odessa groups schedule public meetings tomorrow

Tomorrow in Odessa the Sunrise Optimists meet at Sands Restaurant at 9 A.M. The City Planning Board gathers in the Council Chamber at City Hall. At noon, the Downtown Lions convene at the Inn of the Golden West Ballroom. Other noon meetings include the Odessa Civitan and the Sandhills American Business Club at Sands Restaurant and the Odessa Toastmistress Club in the Inn of the Golden West Jefferson Room. Evening sessions feature the Evening Lions at Sands Restaurant at 6:30 P.M. and the Odessa Goin Club at First National Bank Community Room at 7:30 P.M.

City Planning Board Council City Hall Downtown Lions Inn of Golden West Sandhills American Business Club Sands Restaurant Odessa First National Bank

Talks in Paris on Vietnam War Meet Tensions Rise

Harriman and Thuy described heated discussions at the conference center in Harriman. Thuy rejected private talks citing global scrutiny as the US reportedly rejected Hanoi’s demand to end bombing with insistence on public discourse. He warned secrecy would resume only when necessary.

Harriman Thuy North Vietnam United States New York Paris U.S DRV Democratic Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam

Police Course Set at Odessa by Texas A&M Instructors

A 20 hour police course for law enforcement officers will start next week at the Odessa Police Department. Instructors Ira E. Scott and Charles Mahaney of Texas A&M will teach two daily sessions from noon to 2 pm and 3 15 pm to 5 15 pm in the second floor assembly room. The course ends June 7 with no fee and an end of course exam. Topics cover constitutional provisions arrests search and seizure evidence code patrol methods investigation and report writing plus public relations.

Texas A&m Odessa Moon Jess Cariker Ira E. Scott Charles Mahaney Police and Security Section 1

Lawmen Check Three Breakins

Three break ins were under investigation Wednesday morning by lawmen. At the Gaslight Lounge 2643 Kermit Highway a burglar used a five gallon can to reach a window and stole money from a cigarette machine juke box and pool table. A rear sliding door was pried to enter A L Collins home 3843 Blossom Lane where a transistor radio was taken. Another entry at Harvey Smith home 3824 Bowie involved a pried door with unclear losses.

Kermit Highway A. L. Collins Blossom Lane Harvey Smith Bowie

Deaths update from West Texas obituaries and services

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizabeth Luttrell 79 of Odessa are planned at 9 a.m. Friday at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with 4 p.m. graveside rites at Covent Cemetery near Eastland. Survivors include two sons three daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Additional notices include final rites for Mrs. Helen Hord of Marfa at 3 p.m. Thursday, Fredreka Logan of Kermit dead on arrival, Lloyd Kermit McNeil 52 of Needles, Ariz., and Orvilla Wyche Lovington final rites at 2 p.m. today, Allen Russell Jr. Lovington obituary, Earl Easterbrook Pecos death at 71, Jesus Jose Marquez Grandfalls killed in gravel pit accident, and Mrs. L A Costin Colorado City funeral Thursday.

Lizabeth Luttrell Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Covent Eastland John M. Luttrell Caddo Clyde B. Luttrell East 12Th Lela Mae, Finley Flora Campbell Laurel Donea Baxter Clover Susie Luttrell Cross Plains J. J. Honea Cisco Jeff Honea East County Road Marfa Helen Hord First Methodist Church Kelley Funeral Home Hord Titusville Hayes Hord Lloyd K. McNeil Pecos Lloyd Kermit McNeil Needles Ariz Fairview McNeil Pauls Valley Oklo L. D. McNeil G. W. McNeil Prescott Frances Stephens Phoenix Orvilla Wyche Lovingto M. M Orvilla Wyche Lovington Smith- Rogers Antioch Cemetery Clyde Stanbro Rocky Ford, Colo David .Stanbro Hobbs, N. M N. M Allen Russell Jr Johnny’s Floral Lea General Hospital Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Russell Betty Elizabeth Polly George ‘Russell Allen ‘Russell Sr Earl E. Easterbrook Earl E Easterbrook Memorial Hospital Pecos Funeral Home Wellington Kan Mable Earline, Ronhorde Fremont Neb Edna Kerr Oklahoma City Okla Jesus Jose Marquez L. A. Costin Colorado City iKiker and Son Funeral Home

Senate Vote Maintains Confession Admissibility Provisions

The Senate 55 to 29 kept in statute a provision allowing voluntary confessions as admissible evidence in federal prosecutions with judge determinations of voluntariness. Amendments tied to arraignment delays and eyewitness identifications were debated, with several provisions defeated or altered as part of the ongoing Miranda-related reform efforts. A separate item notes Sidney Westbrook, 42, jailed in Ector County on a $2,000 bond for abandoning his children.

Edward M. Kennedy D.mass Senate Hugh Scott Supreme Court Ector County Stephens Oie Teak Sidney Westbrook

Gunman described after Miami robbery

In Miami Florida police seek a description of a gun used in a robbery at a local company. The bandit wore no socks and had white spots on his ankles while taking 250 dollars on Tuesday.

Miami, Fla T ™An Miami

Two Minor Fires Reported in Car Wiring Blaze

Firemen reported two minor fires with no damage. A 1961 model car owned by Joe Smith at 320 East 44th suffered heavy wiring damage from a backfire through the carburetor while at his home.

Joe Smith East

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