Tornado Toll Rises Across Tennessee and Alabama
A weekend spate of tornadoes cut a wide path from Laurel Mississippi to Center Point Alabama and through Tennessee. The storms killed at least 35 people, damaged hundreds of homes, and caused extensive flooding. Names of affected places include Earle Arkansas, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Laurel, Birmingham area, Crestview, and Spartanburg. Witnesses described helicopters of wind lifting boats, floods, and debris. Local crews searched for victims while police, Civil Defense and rescuers aided survivors.
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Earle
Fall Creek Falls
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Wichita, Kan
Cheney Reservoir
Laurel
Miss
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Birmingham
Center Point
Greensboro
Dalton
Crestview
Fla
Florida Panhandle
Pensacola
Panama City
Skylab Crew Begins Tests In Sweltering Workshop
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz labored through blistering heat as they test the two story workshop aboard the station. Mission Control expects heat to drop to a livable 70 degrees within a day or two while the crew activates water electrical and sensor systems and prepares a $37 million array of photosensors for earth resource surveys.
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Mission Control
Conrad, Kerwin
Weitz
Conrad
Firm Starts Interviews for Odessa Garment Plant
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce led a survey for John Meyer of Norwich Conn. and more than 7,300 people who want factory work were interviewed and tested starting today at 10 a.m. The schedule runs daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 512 North Lee through Saturday. The firm will accept all applicants and decide by mid June whether to locate the factory in Odessa based on workforce quality and quantity.
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AWORK
Odessa
John Meyer
Norwich, Conn
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Norwich
Conn
Gary Brown
Denver
Colo
Jack Greeley
North Lee
Gas Blamed For Blast At Refinery In Odessa
Officials at the Shell Odessa refinery said a Saturday morning explosion in the lab and office building was caused by gas leaking into a sewer line. The blast injured JR Sullivan, 28, who lit a cigarette and triggered the blast, while the refinery’s operation was not halted. He remained in satisfactory condition.
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Shell
Odessa Petrochemical
Tommy Innocenzi
Odessa
Innocenzi
JR Sullivan
Cas
Sullivan
Medical Center Hospital
Snedrby
Five Burglaries Reported In Local Area
Five breakins are under investigation by local deputies. A color television set was stolen from Ed Montgomery at 1003 Moody. At Willie Lee Blaylock’s home 207 Finch, clothing and dishes were taken after entry through a rear window. A $10 stash of quarters was reported stolen from the VFW.
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Ed Montgomery
Moody
Willie Lee Blaylock
Finch
Sheriff's Deputies
VFW
Volunteers Sought For Area Recreation Program
Neilia Back, a special education teacher and program director, said 20 volunteers have signed up for the Ector County activity for mentally retarded children at Ector High School. The county parks department will staff two water safety instructors at McKinney Pool daily. activities include palm cutting gluing decoupage and physical therapy, with sponsorship from the Ector County Association for Retarded Children.
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Neilia Back
Permian Basin
Ector County
Ector High School
Burglars Enter Three Local Sites but Take Nothing
At Hall Post 4372 burglars entered Hall Post 4372 through the ceiling at 208 East 63rd. A separate break in at Fisherman's Wharf Bar 2524 West Murphy involved removing an air conditioner but left no items missing. Acorn Glass Co at 502 East Second suffered a small glass window breakage. no losses reported.
Nine Weekend Alarms Listed by Odessa Firemen
Nine alarms responded over the weekend with incidents ranging from a gas line break at John Penney’s residence 2316 North Adams causing wall and hot water heater damage to a garden hose extinguished blaze. Minor floor damage at Lowell Lay’s 2317 Truman from overheated floor heater, a trash fire at 1000 Fall sending flames to a fence at Edgar Beck’s 1007 Autumn, a car fire under a transmission at 207 East Eighth with no damage, and five grass fires including locations at West 6th and Harless 901 Coleman 413 Nelson and a pasture west of Westgate on South Dixie, all causing no damage.
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Odessa
John Penney
North Adams
Lowell Lay
Truman
Fall
Edgar Beck
Autumn
Joe Kerr
East Eighth
West 6Th
Harless
Coleman
Nelson
Westgate
South Dixie
Local Youths Win Honors At Gaines County 4-H Show
Ector County 4-H members win top honors at the Gaines County 4-H Horse Show in Seagraves. Jimmy Granbery, 16, prevails in senior all around and earns reserve champion gelding with Granbery also taking other ribbons. Sabrina Wilcoxson and Jimmy Pool claim junior and senior showings in multiple events, with Pool and Granbery winning western pleasure, reining, bars, and flags among others.
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Ector County
Gaines County
Seagraves
Jimmy Granbery
L.E. Granbery
Route 3
Sabrina Wilcoxson
Jimmy Pool
Karen Little
Terry Cox
Randy Dyson
Jenkins
Granbery
Joe Tom Greer
Pee Wee
Medical Center Hospital Admits And Discharges May 26 27
Medical center records show admissions on May 26 27 including Lillian C Farris Jackie K Ward Thomas Ray Bartley and others with multiple discharges on May 26 27 including Lola T Lopez and several others Births are listed for May 26 and May 27 with names and addresses. City traffic accidents are detailed with locations names ages and damages ranging from light to heavy.
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Medical Center Hospital
Lillian C. Farris
Jackie K. Ward
Thomas Ray Bartley
Donald R. Register
Jack R. Sullivan
James Harold Napier Sr
Charles W. Whitcraft
Lola T. Lopez
Mary Allcia P. Subla
Deborah K. McWilliams
Cindy L. Hadorn
Carlos D. McLendon
Woodrow W. Swindle
Earnesto M. Martinez
Curtis L. Thurman
Wayie M. Doughtary
Lucille Bingham
Eleven Thefts Probed In City Districts
Local lawmen investigated eleven thefts including two amplifiers and two microphones from Floyd Gwin Park storage shed at 2300 West 10th. Other losses included nine air condition motors from BJ Plumbing, tools from a pickup, a wallet and coins, auto parts, tomato and pepper plants, a stolen television, bikes, two cases of soft drinks, and a cash discrepancy from an ice cream vendor. Named residents reported some incidents and locations across multiple streets.
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Floyd Gwin Park
West 10Th
BJ Plumbing
East University
Eugene Harris
West Third
Annie Lewis
West Ada
Denton Helmstetter
Carolyn
North Washington
J. L. Mullins
Henderson
H.E. McFarland
Macarthur
Johnny Mendoza
Clifford
Arthur Green
East 13Th
Martin Howell
East 49Th
Harold Curnett
West County Road
Barbara Smith
Four Victims Receive Isl Aid At Local Hospital
Four persons were treated for broken bones and released from Medical Center Hospital Sunday. Bobby Whitworth, 29, Route 3, fractured a finger when his hand struck a trailer during unloading a horse. Robert Pursley, 21, 2113 North Adams, broke his left shoulder after tripping and falling. Mary Chavez, 11, daughter of Eustacio Chavez, 808 Gulf, suffered a right wrist fracture while playing ball. Rebecca McComas, 2, daughter of Kenneth McComas, 2707 Bookins, broke her right shoulder when she fell.
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Medical Center Hospital
Bobby Whitworth
Route 3
Robert Pursley
North Adams
Mary Chavez
Eustacio Chavez
Gulf
Rebecca McComas
Kenneth McComas
Funeral services for James Vaughn held pending
James Auburn Vaughn 74 died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital after becoming ill. A retired oil field worker born September 12 1898 in Roxton he married Esta Williams in 1928 in Lubbock and moved to Odessa in 1941 from Hobbs New Mexico. He served in WWI and leaves a widow two sons two daughters and 15 grandchildren. He belonged to Highland Methodist Church American Legion and WWI Veterans Barracks.
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James Auburn Vaughn
Conet
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Vaughn
Roxton
Esta Williams
Lubbock
Odessa
Hobbs
N.M
Highland Methodist Church
American Legion
Don W. Vaughn
Wichita
Joe C. Vaughn
San Manuel
Ariz
Mae Alice Lorang
Artesia
Lea Anne Alvarez
Flagstaff
Rites Planned At Graveside For Mrs Cunningham
Graveside services for Lorene Cunningham 69 of 319 Pittsburg Odessa resident since 1950 will be 2 pm Tuesday at Big Woods Cemetery De Kalb. She died after a stroke on arrival at a Houston hospital while visiting a son. Survivors include two sons two brothers a sister and three granddaughters.
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Lorene Cunningham
Pittsburg
Odessa
Big Woods
de Kalb
Hanner Funeral Home
Cunningham
Houston
Texas
James Cunningham
Sanders Cunningham
John Sanders
Avery
Ballard Sanders
Clorene Alexander
Sandra Magill
J.S. Bell
Alpine
J.S. (Cetile) Bell
Fort Davis
Valentine
Geeslin Funeral Home
Bell
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Eldorado
John S. Beil Sr
Church of Christ
Eddie Louchen
Sanderson
Leslie Beil
Marathon
Bert Bell
R.J. Thomas
Ora Lee McDonald
Dave Medley
Horace Fletcher
Fort Worth
Lewis Fletcher
L.D. Preston Littlefield
Lonnie D. Preston
Hammons
Littlefield
Littlefield Memorial Park
Preston
Lubbock
Jacksboro
Lorane
Owen Preston
Lovington
NLM
Ruby Heflin
Fort Stockton
Ruby Adell Heflin
Imperial
Imperial Community Building
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
San Angelo
Coleman
Heflin
Jerry Heflin
Rankin
Herbert Heflin
Sandee Giles
Brownwood
Zack Kirby Sr
Zack Kirby Jr
Claude Kirby
Norway
Jim Marshall
Abilene
JA. Sikes
Brown
Red Scientist Dies Sunday Prominent Soviet Physicist Passes
MOSCOW AP veteran physicist Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov died Sunday at 69. A vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he specialized in turbulence theory filtration and applied gas dynamics and also worked in atomic engineering. He received Stalin and Lenin prizes and was a Hero of Socialist Labor, later leading youth training and research initiatives.
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Moscow
Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov
Millionshchikov
Soviet Academy of Siences
Supreme Soviet
Russian Federation
Venice
United States
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Correction Two Hurt In North Dotsy Mobile Collision
In the 1000 block of North Dotsy on Friday two people, Georgia Burrelson and James Hulsey, were injured when three vehicles stopped for traffic were involved in a collision. The Wiley car, driven by Kathy Wiley, and a second car driven by Myrtle Gardner, were struck by Donald Howard in a third vehicle. Hulsey and Burrelson were passengers in the Wiley and Howard cars respectively. a prior Odessa American report misstated the moving vehicle.
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North Dotsy
Georgia Burrelson
Glenwood
James Hulsey
Dunn
Kathy Wiley
Crockett
Myrtle Gardner
North Lauderdale
Dotsy
Donald Howard
North McKinney
Wiley
Hulsey
Howard
Burrelson Girl
Odessa American Sunday
Odessa City Hall Schedule Shows Board and Council Meetings
Tomorrow in Odessa at 1 PM the Medical Center Hospital Board of Managers meets in the Hospital Medical Library. A 4:30 PM city council special meeting is listed in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
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Medical Center Hospital Board of Manager
Hospital Medical Library
City Council
Council
City Hall
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