PHS Names Favorites Among Twelve Permian Students
Permian High School selects class favorites across senior junior and sophomore classes. Recipients include Katy Bizzell Joe Florey Kay Reese Andy Burk Becky Awtry Jeff Hollomon Mary Cepero Chuck Fields Sue Hubbard Neal Vengering Mallie Jackson Marks Gillham with addresses and parent names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian High School
Katy Bizzell
Clifton Bizzell
Maple
Joe Florey
Ben Florey
Rt. 1
Kay Reese
Nancy Keessee
Custer
Andy Burk
A.J. Burk
Amherst
Becky Awtry
Sailplanes Grounded in Kansas City Sail Plane Derby
Six gliders in the Smirnoff Sail Plane Derby were forced down by thunderstorms on the Kansas City to St Louis leg. Pilots landed 30 to 65 miles east of Kansas City and will be dismantled and shipped to St Louis. Weather permitting, the cross country race resumes from Bi-State Parks Airport toward Washington. John Ryan leads with 4 675 points, Ax 4 641, Ray Gimmey 4 221.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Illinois
Mississippi River
John Ryan
Phoenix
Ariz
Sweden
Goren Ax
Ryan
Ray Gimmey
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Washington
Oil Field Tools Top Theft List
Odessa police and the Ector County Sheriff's Department investigated thefts totaling over 3600 dollars. The largest loss was 2000 dollars reported by Jimmy Irvin of Devonian Well Service. Tools and rigging were taken from a well site two miles south of University and ten miles west of FM 866, the Union Oil Co of California well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Norem Libson
Byron
North Grant
CRS Inc
Jerrold P. Bowerman
West Washington
Charles Babcock
Chestmal
Judith White
Willow Drive
Prison term given to Johnson in Five Point Cafe breakin
A five year sentence was imposed on Benne Lee Johnson 23 of 633 College after a Sé61st District Court jury found him guilty of the March 2 break in at the Five Point Bat-B-Qat 600 East Murphy. Jurors deliberated about an hour for verdict and twenty minutes on sentencing. only defense evidence came from James A. Posteal who said Johnson and he had poker winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benne Lee Johnson
Jimmie Parker
Parker
Johnson
Don Wiliams
Dennis Cadia
Royal Caswell
Stanton Co-Op Loan Okayed
The Rural Electrification Administration approves a 435 loan to Caprock Electric of Stanton. The funds finance oil and irrigation connections and rural home service, plus rebuilding 64 miles of distribution lines damaged by winter ice storms. Improvements will serve 470 more consumers. work to begin by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Caprock Electric
Ector
Midland
Andrews
Dawson
Martin
Howard
Reagan
O.B. Bryan
Bryan
Severe storms lash central Texas with high winds and hail
Official observers warned of threatening thunderstorms and issued a watch for 44 counties in central and east Texas. Winds reached up to 75 mph as shingles were torn off roofs and power lines fell in Dallas. Hail the size of baseballs fell near Hillsboro and golf balls at Eastland and Archer City. Temperatures climbed to 98 in Cotulla San Angelo and Wink as forecasters expected more thundershowers south of a cool front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Hillsboro
Eastland
Archer City
State
Cotulla
San Angelo
Wink
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Watergate fallout widens as Haldeman order tied to Mexico probe
Former CIA chief Helms recalled Haldeman instructing Walters to tell Gray to halt Watergate investigations in Mexico for fear of exposing covert CIA activity. Gray confirmed the message and a weeks long FBI curtailment, then informed Nixon via MacGregor. Nixon urged continued aggressive inquiry. Barker testified no evidence leftist contributions to McGovern were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Richard Helms
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Walters
Gray
FBI
Mexico
CTA
Clark MacGregor
Nixon
Haldeman
Dick Waiters
McClellan
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Bernard L. Barker
Democratic National Committee
McGovern
House OKs Death Penalty Contract Bill Defines Three Year Teacher Terms
The House passes a controversial contract bill setting three year teacher contracts after three years of service with districts. It allows nonrenewal for immorality felony conviction drug use repeated drunkenness abuse of pupils or competency issues. April notice triggers renewal assumption and potential rehiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akien
Hope
Senator's Wife Tours Odessa Preview Of State Officials Cookbook
Mrs Sue Creighton wife of State Senator Tom Creighton previewed a cookbook in Odessa containing 300 recipes from 168 women across Texas. The May 9 publication features dishes from South Texas to East Texas and includes recipes from living wives of former governors up to the current First Lady Dolph Briscoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Sue Creighton
Mineral Wells
Creighton
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Inn of the Golden West
Two Odessans Plead Guilty in County Court
Helen Pruitt aged 33 at 1034 East Murphy pleaded guilty to selling beer during prohibited hours and was fined 100 dollars for the May 13 undercover beer sale at Murphy Street. Tillman B. Spurlock aged 38 of 1421 North Lincoln pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined 100 dollars and sentenced to three days in jail for an arrest on January 28 on US 385, one mile north of Odessa. Judge Phillip Godwin accepted both pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US 385
Odessa
Phillip Godwin
Car And Cafe Burglary Reported In Odessa
Odessa police investigated two burglaries Friday including a Flores Cafe break in at 612 Magnolia where two hot beer thefts were noted earlier this week. Nicolas Fiores reported a pay phone and change missing. Delion Rasco described thefts of clothing and several credit cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Magnolia
Nicolas Fiores
Fiores
Delion R. Rasco
West 26Th
Governor Signs Grant for Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Governor Dolph Briscoe signed a 37963 grant retroactive to May 1 for the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission in Odessa. Funded through the Texas Criminal Justice Council, the grant finances the program's second year and aims to refer adult and juvenile offenders from correctional agencies to counselors for employment guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gox Dolph Briscoe
Texas Rehabiliaton Commission
Odessa
Texas Criiinal Justce Council
Vendels Hit Window Vandalism Probe at Curry Home
Odessa police investigated vandalism at the home of Mrs Billie N Curry 1213 Harris after a back window was found broken. Mrs Curry reported the damage on Friday and the case remains under inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie N Curry
Harris
Odessa
Curry
Midland Child and Mother Hurt in Murphy and Lee Crash
Aaryearuiu mngiang woman Eva Chavez 28 and her six year old son Adam were treated at Medical Center Hospital for injuries from a Thursday night wreck at Murphy and Lee and were released. The other driver John L. Clayborn 31 of Menzhans was pulling from a driveway when the collision occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaryearuiu Mngiang
Medical Center Hospital
Eva Chavez
Midland
Adam
Murphy and Lee
John L. Clayborn
Menzhans
Ciaborn
Murphy
DWI pleas lead to fines and probation in county court
Two men pleaded guilty in County Court-at-Law to driving while intoxicated. Each received a $50 fine and six months of probation in lieu of six months imprisonment. Justice details name Dean O Neal and Ray Catters Smith, with arrests by Texas Highway Patrol near SH 20 and Farm Road 1935 and west of Odessa respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean O'Neal
West
Ada
SH 20
Farm Road
Ray Catterns Smith
Snyder
Odessa
Texas Highway Patrol
Deaths Tucker Rites Set Saturday
Midland staff reports services for Thomas W Sloan 49 of Midland set 2 p.m. Saturday at Gold Course Road Church of Christ with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Sloan died May 14 in El Paso after a heart seizure while on a business trip. Funeral services for Mrs Edna May Jones 91 of 4208 Dakota will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Hewett Funeral Home Temple with burial in Bellwood Cemetery Temple. Jones moved to Odessa 1965 from Temple and died after a five year illness. Survivors include three daughters, a son, a brother and nine grandchildren. Marvin Cooper 71 of Big Spring, resident since 1942, dies and funeral set 10 a.m. Saturday at Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel with burial in Trinity Memorial Park. Ronald Wayne Tucker 19 of 2416 West Goth funeral set 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbard-Kelly with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens after burns from a one vehicle crash on I-20 near Westbrook. Mrs Bert Gioai Onley 71 of Midland funeral set 2 p.m. Friday at Resthaven Memorial Park. Hemingway 61 former Midlander dies. funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at St James Episcopal Church Koppert Cemetery. Texas Electric Service Co president Burl B Hulsey Jr named vice president of Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation. fusion research funded by foundation and UT. Woman from Midland treated at Midland Memorial Hospital after two car crash at Michigan and Crestview. husband Steven Holmes 26 and Kenneth McHam 23 from Austin involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Sloan
Midland
Gold Course Road
Church of Christ
Fairview
Newnie W. Ellis
Sloan
el Paso
Edna May Jones
Dakota
Hewett
Temple
Bellwood
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Seventh Street Methodist Church
Edna Elouise Thompson
Hammond
Frances Winston
Ruby Kay Jones
William E Jones
Dallas
Worth Allen
Santa Barbara
Calif
Marvin Cooper
Big Spring
Marvin (Shorty) Cooper
Nalley-Pickle
Trinity Memorial Park
Cooper
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Lula Sevier
Hillsboro
John Cooper
Charles Cooper
Odessa
Ronald Wayne Tucker
Westgoth
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Tucker
University Medical Center Hospital
Denver
Colo
Interstate 20
Westbrook
Lamesa
Bennie Waldrep
West 49Th
Bert Onley
Bert Gioai Onley
Newnie W. Elis
Resthaven Memorial Park
Onley
Hopkins County
Bert 5
Oklahoma
John Thomas Hemingway
Meridian
St. James Episcopal Church
Koppert
Brister-Lawson Funeral Home
Hemingway
Lake Whitney
Austin
Texas
Stephen H. Spurr
the University
Midland Memorial Hospital
Nanty Holmes
Michigan
Cresview
Steven M Holmes
Kenneth Wayne McHam
McHam
Holmes
Crestview
Cub Scouts Earn Awards at May Pack Meeting
Dowling Cub Scout Pack 59 held a May meeting in the school gym where five received Wolf badges: Gene Neves, Kenny Merrit, Kyle Brown, Eric Heckert, Craig Stump. Bobcat pins went to David Heckert, Marty Donahue, Todd Wikelski, John Mark James. Gold arrows to Max Copeland, Fred and Gene Neves. Silver arrows to Max Copeland, Fred Neves, James Higginbotham, Scott Mabry. Webelos badges to Hank Brazeal artist citizen craftsman engineer forester geologist naturalist outdoorsman scholar showman sportsman traveler. Ray Coleman craftsman naturalist scholar scientist. Todd Newman citizen. Todd Treadway artist craftsman forester naturalist outdoorsman scholar scientist showman. SOAR patches awarded to 54 Cubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowling
Gene Neves
Kenny Merrit
Kyle Brown
Eric Heckert
Craig Stump
David Heckert
Marty Donahue
Todd Wikelski
John Mark James
Max Copeland
Fred
Fred Neves
James Higginbotham
Scott Mabry
Retired People Hold Meeting
At the Thursday AARP meeting members proposed a vote of thanks to organizations and personnel who aided Senior Citizens Day on May 19 They hoped it will become an annual event The meeting at East Side Community Hall featured Kenneth Jumper president of the National Bank of Odessa speaking on industry and membership for those 53 and older
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired People
East Side
Kenneth Jumper
National Bank of Odessa
Aty
AARP
Odessa Evening Events Spotlight Free Gospel Jamboree
Tomorrow in Odessa features a midnight gospel jamboree at the Stater Community Building on West 36th and Pleasant, open to the public free of charge, plus Savoy Brown in concert at Ector County Coliseum at 8 40 P.M and Leonard Gershe's Butterflies Are Free at the Permian Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 36Th and Pleasant
P.M
Savoy Brown
Ector County Coliseum
Leonard Gershe
Permian Playhouse
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PHS
Joé Bob Bizzell
Carl Bizzell
Fargo
Rosemary Storey
Wray Storey
Woodhaven
Stanton Co-Op
Mestone, McLennan and
Coryell Counties
John W. Dean III
Pat
WBC
Barker
Albert C. Baldwin iiI
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Watergate
James W. McCord Jr
Daniel Elsberg
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
John J. Caulfield
Clementy
McCord
William C. Mills
Maryland Board of Elections
House
Daniel
Ils
Hilary Doran
D-Del Rio
Briscoe
Siso
South Lee
Wilhe F Walker
25Th
North Adams
North Let
DWI
Bellview Baptist Church
Vincent Blank
Hayward, Calif
C.R. Hemingway
Texas Electric
Cub Scouts
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