Reds Battle Continues Near Saigon Amid Ceasefire Talks
The report notes heavy clashes around Saigon with 54 Americans killed and 192 wounded and 400 Viet Cong attackers near the capital. Fighting raged in Dong Ha and the central highlands as U S and South Vietnamese forces attempted to hold positions and counter enemy efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Dong Ha
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dak To
Highlands
U.S. 25Th Division
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
France's unions reach wage rise and reform deal
Leaders of the students union pledge nonviolence while radicals reject the pledge amid threats of riot police in the Latin Quarter. Pompidou prioritizes workers amid a general strike affecting the economy and plans to address student demands for sweeping university reform. The labor agreement includes higher minimum pay, broad wage hikes, a 40 hour week, retirement age reviews, union freedom, and partial pay advances during the strike. The National Assembly to revisit social security benefits and a cost of living clause is postponed. Seguy says gains are real but workers must decide in factories after consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enareh
la Stadium
Students’ Union
Latin Quarter
Pompidou
Communist Party
National Assembly
Seguy
Court actions on education plans aviation ruling and draft card case
The report outlines plans allowing parental school choice in New Kent County Virginia plus Nashville area and Arkansas variants. It notes rejection of a Civil Aeronautics Board ruling on overseas tour charters. It also covers Zenith Radio Corp. seeking damages against Hazeltine entities in an antitrust patent dispute. The draft card protest ruling is discussed with illustrative court opinions spanning 1965 amendments, First Amendment free speech, and congressional powers over Selective Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cchildren
New Kent County
Jackson, Tenn
Gould
Ark
Civil Aeronautics Board
Zenith Radio Corp
Hazeltine Corp
Hazelttine Research Inc
Zenith
U.S
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
Supreme Court
Warren
Congress
Douglas
Odessa American Subscription Rates Notice
The Odessa American lists home delivery and mall subscription rates for Odessa and Ector County. It outlines monthly, quarterly, and annual prices, along with single-copy prices for daily, Saturday, and Sunday editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa American
East 4Th Street
Odessa
Texas
Ector County
Bond issue eyed to fund science labs and projects
Ector County schools consider a 4 to 4.14 cent tax increase to raise 4.8 million dollars with potential 739,492 dollars in matching funds for vocational technical work. The plan aims to add science labs amid a Texas Education Agency rule requiring seventh and eighth graders to take laboratory science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Texas Education Agency
Floyd Manry
Manry
Four Vandalism Cases Reported This Week
Four vandalism cases probed by lawmen. Ramona B. Fierro reported rocks shattered her auto windshield and rear window after an argument at Sports Place Magnolia. William B. Hughes said vandals scribbled on his fence and pickup near his residence. Sheridan Cunningham reported eggs thrown at his car and glove box pried. a gearshift knob missing. Alice McDowell said a can of dirt was hurled through her home window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona B. Fierro
Wilson
Magnolia
William B. Hughes
Merrill
Sheridan Cunningham
Castle Road
Alice McDowell
Snyder
Where To Vote In Tuesday School Bond Election
The 14 polling places for the school bond election mirror the recent trustee election. Check your voter receipt to confirm your county commissioner's precinct and ward. Polling sites include City Hall Ward 1 2 and Pease Elementary Ward 3 Precinct 2 Dowling Elementary Ward 1 Bonham Junior High Ward 2 Permian High Ward 3 Burnet Elementary Ward 4 Ross Elementary Precinct 3 Wards 1 2 Bowie Junior High Wards 3 4 Sam Houston Elementary Ward 5 Goldsmith Community Center Precinct 4 Wards 1 2 Gonzales Wards 3 4 Blackshear Wards 5 6 Ector High School Ward 7 Penwell Com
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Pease
Dowling
Bonham
Permian High
Burnet
Ross
Bowie Junior High
Sam Houston
Goldsmith Community Center
Gonzales
Blackshear
Ector High School
Penwell Community Center
Absentee Vote Ends Tuesday in Ector County Runoff
Absentee voting for the Saturday runoff continues until 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Ector County Clerk Edna Smith’s office on the courthouse first floor. Only 33 ballots were cast between 9 and noon Monday, bringing the total to 234. A Tuesday rush is expected as residents ahead of Memorial Day weekend use early voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Edna Smith
County Court and Medical Center notices from May issue
Marriage licenses issued list six couples and appeal filed by Irvin Wiley Dodd. Medical Center includes May 25 admissions and discharges, notable patients and births. Also births and admissions noted for May 24 25 26 with extensive patient names and two traffic accidents with injuries and damages.
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Richard Dale Carter
Betty Louise James
Charles Michael Rinaco
Patricia Ann Propo
Danny Lee Robinson
Beverly Jean Maxwell
Danny Roy Briniee
Jennifer Donnhelm
Michael Phillip Ryan
Deila Jil Pruitt
James Morton Reeves
Lola Bes Caraway
Irvin Wiley Dodd
Corporation Court
Medical Center Hospital
Robert W. Propo
Jimmy L. Ronson
Donie Posey
Robin Renee
Robert B. Hugg
Otto A. Weeden
Anna B. Davis
Hubert A. Bower
Carey C. Baker
Charles Roy Tierce
Samuel L. Bowen
Elmer G. McGee
Noah A. Dye
Clyde V. Smith
Keith Baker
Jackie C. Little
Williard On. Rutherford
Raymond E. Redwine
Curtis A
Thieves Take Two Motorcycles in Weekend Thefts
Police hunted three youths after a 1966 model motorcycle was stolen from Johnny Reeves at 2212 Hanley and abandoned at 38th Street and Walnut after being wiped for fingerprints. A second theft involved James Barkley’s 1959 model taken from his back yard and not operable.
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38Th
Walnut
Johnny F. Reeves
Hanley
James Earnest Barkley
Boulder
Barkiey
Odessa Realtor J C McConnell Dies in Dallas
J C McConnell, 56, Odessa real estate figure and civic leader, died at Bristol General Hospital in Dallas after leukemia treatment. He lived at 1717 West Crescent, moved from Oklahoma in 1937, and ran local real estate since 1947. Survived by wife Nellie and daughter Montie Stewart of Dallas. funeral arrangements with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McConnell
Odessa
Bristol General Hospital
Dallas
McConnell
West Crescent
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce and Optimist Club
Cancer Society and Heart Association
Ector County
The
Cancer Society
Odessa Board For Realtors
First Methodist Church
Carlsbad
Nellie
Montie Stewart
Hubbard - Kelly Funeral Home
Rites Slated For Victim Woody T. Smith Jr
Final rites for Woody T. Smith Jr a 40 year old Kermit man killed in a gun battle with a district attorney in West Kermit will be held Tuesday at 110 a.m. at Branon Philips Funeral Home. Burial follows in Lamesa Cemetery. Smith born Feb 4 1928 in Lamesa moved to Kermit 14 years ago a World War II Navy veteran and a Baptist. Survived by son Royce Smith Odessa mother Gertrude Smith Lamesa brothers Carl and J D Smith Odessa sister Zelma Lee Scott Lamesa.
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Lamesa
Woody T. Smith Jr
Kermit
Lawman
Branon-Philips
Smith
Don Nugent
West Kermit
Lamesa l
Navy
Royce Smith
Odessa
Gertrude Smith
Carl Smith
J. D. Smith
Zelma Lee Scott
Ector County approves voting 18 machines for bond issue
Ector County Commissioners authorize 18 voting machines for Tuesday's 4.8 million bond vote by the Ector County Independent School District to fund voc tech facilities extra classrooms and expansions. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Penwell and Goldsmith community centers serving as election boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Ector County Independent School District
Penwell
Goldsmith
Bill Hicks
Lal Bostick Roofing Co
Dick Norman Co
Price-Alford Inc
Foreman Electric Co
Sherwood
Im Parker
Floyd Gwin Sparks
U. S. 385
Ector- Crane
Barbara J. Dossey
East Side
Seventh
Dixie
Sinclair Oil and Gas
Golder
Texas Electric Service Co
Floyd Gwin
Jim Parker
Odessan John Frasier Final Rites Held
Final rites for John OD Frasier 51 Odessa water well driller were held at 10 a.m. in the First Church of the Nazarene with another service planned for 5 p.m. in the Congregational Methodist Church in German followed by burial at Weaver Cemetery. Frasier of 403 Ellis was killed when his pickup overturned seven miles south of Toyahville on Texas 17. He worked at Dixon Pump and Drilling Co. Survived by wife Anine, three sons George Andrews Jimmie and Tommy, daughter Betty Kirk, mother Mrs. Jonathan Frasier, and seven brothers all of Gorman and nearby towns. Funeral homes Hubbard Kelly for Odessa and Higginbotham for Gorman handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John OD. Frasier
Toyahville
Texas
Dixon Pump and Drilling Co
Aninie
George
Andrews
Jimmie
Tommy
Odessa
Betty Kirk
Plainview
Jonathan Frasier
Gorman
Preston Frasier
Lovington
N. M
Alvin Frasier
Loop
Cass
Lonnie
Loftin
Richard
Shelby Frasier
Fall
Iraan Native's Rites Scheduled
Funeral services for Jimmie Floyd Rice 29 former Odessan and Iraan native set for 2 p m Tuesday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens He died Friday in St Louis Missouri after a six month illness Rice moved to Missouri from Odessa He was born February 21 1939 in Iraan and married Elaine Taylor November 2 1967 Survivors include his wife a stepdaughter Sherrie Marie of the home his father Floyd Rice Midland his mother Juanita Rice San Francisco a sister Dora Rice of Midland and three brothers Billy Ray William Roger and Kelly Kyle Rice all of Midland
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Jimmie Floyd Rice
Elaine
Sherrie Marie
Floyd Rice
Midland
Juanita Rice
San Francisco
Calif
Dora Rice
Beechwood
Billy Ray
William Roger
Kelly Kyle
Irice
Rites Pending for Harold Rothchild 74
Harold Rothchild 74 of 702 East 36th died at 10 45 p m Sunday in Medical Center Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home today
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Harold Rothchild
East
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
James Oscar Criswell 78 dies after heart attack at Medical Center
James Oscar Criswell 78 of 2745 North Adams died Sunday afternoon at Medical Center Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born March 22, 1890 in Phillips County Kansas, he moved to Odessa in 1954 from Selden. A retired carpenter, he married Naoma Wallace in Odessa in 1959 and was a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services in LaVerne Oklahoma with burial at Madison Cemetery, under Seeger Funeral Home. Local arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly. Survivors include Naoma, three daughters Vera Armstrong Ethel Copenhaver Doris Davis, and four sons Norman James Norval John Larry Criswell, plus four sisters Mary Wolf Martha Berry Ida Comer and Alice Shuler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oscar Criswell
North Adams
Medical Center Hospital
LaVerne
Okla
Madison Cemetery
Seeger Funeral Home
Hubbard-Kellly Funeral Home
Phillips County
Kan
Odessa
Seldon
Criswell
Naoma Wallace
Odessa Woman Dies and Funeral Plans Involved
Odessa reports a death of Mrs. Clemmie Weaver 985 2500 Santa Monica at Medical Center Hospital with burial arrangements at Hub bard Kelly then Greenville Funeral Home. Survivors include daughter Mrs. H. W. McClurg and son E B Weaver Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemmie Weaver
Santa Monica
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Greenville Funeral Home
H. W. McClurg
North Washington
E. B. i Weaver Jr
West 24Th
Disturbances Leave Injured in Odessa Area
A 44 year old Odessa woman remained in custody after being charged with aggravated assault in a weekend disturbance where Mary Carr, 40, sustained a facial cut and was treated at Medical Center Hospital. Jimmie MacCarr, 3801 North J Jackson, faces transfer to Ector County Court. In a separate case Willie Briggs, 130 Fitch, was treated for burns after a woman splashed hot grease on him at the hospital. He expects no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OQ Odessan
Jimmie MacCarr
North J Jackson
Justice of the Peace
Ector County
Willie Briggs
Fitch
Briggs
Ector County Bond Vote and City Meetings Schedule
Voting on the Ector County School bond issue runs 7 AM to 7 PM. City Council at City Hall 9 AM. Noon Optimists meet at Sands Restaurant. Noon Jaycees meet at Inn of Golden West Ballroom. 7:30 PM Odessa College Board of Regents at DC Student Union Building. 8 PM American Legion Post 430 at Legion Hall Eighth and Pueblo. All afternoon law enforcement officer training in the Assembly Room of the Police Station.
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Ector County
Odessa College Board of Regents
American Legion
Earl S. Bailey
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
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Paris
Lucme At
Circulation Department
Dr. B. Fisher
S. Fisher
North Grant FE
Mase Maret Ma
Digel Vallid Untraps
Piough, Inc
James N. Wood
East Everglade
Silberio F Molinar
del Rio
Jesse
Madrid
San Benito
Genella Dawson
Tracy E. Corzine
Johnny R. Lenford
Curtis E. Heaton
Fred W. Hendricks
Thomas W. Longbotham
Martin C. Quintelo
Fernando F. Zarate
Mike Mata
Enis Sanchez
Juan B. Gomez
Guillermo Galinda
Joe B. Morgan
Edwin E. Broadway
James K. Patton Jr
L. Orville Fletcher
Gordon K. Wilson
Thomas J. Evans
Gayland LM. Graves
Sherman L. Forsyth
Marvin L. Holley
Eric
Pardue
Lucy Skinner
Albert Bradford
Jesse {. Combs
John D. Pinard
Floyd
Thomas
Sidney &. Brooks
Inocencia Sierra
Daniel Posey
Phillip K. Jones
Herman L. Ripley
Bennie W. Edwards
Henry H. Genzling
Joe L. Connally
Floyd G
Terry L. Coe
Guillermo Galindo
Laredo
South Sam Houston
Grant
Wth
Virginia Williams Lewis
North Graham
Joe Allan Stone
Seminole
Ivi L. Stone
Lewis
Andrews Highway
Cummings
Donald Leon Weeks
Placer
Carolyn Rose Lawrence
West 20Th
Hancock
Pleas Walker
South Hancock
Virginia B. Cruise
East 35Th
Cumberlaand and
Ith
Kathy Linda Loving
Tanglewood
Lupe Soret
Express Way
Gifford
Washington
Patricia Elizabeth Gordon
el Paso
James Dewitt Kendall
South Washington
West Texas
Beau Jack Hendrick
Pecos
Future Farmers of America
Hendrick
Hazel Hendrick
Odessa High School
Sul Ross
T. H. Uke
Eicher
Mgr
Foundation Investment Co
J.C. McConnell
J. E. CARLISLE _ ANDREWS
J. E. Carlisle
Singleton Funeral Home
Carlisle
Collins County
Spur
Denver City
Hubert Carlisle
Wanda Weatherby
Lucy Stephens
Lou Haggins
Samantha Smith
Jayton
Laura Swaringen
Charlie Carlisle
Houston
Terry Dale
Jesse Dale
Bagley
Ww SA
TEMAS
City Council
Council City Hall
Council Chamber
Sands Restaurant
Jaycees
Inn of Golden West Ballroom
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