Three Theft Cases Lead to Guilty Pleas and Fines
Police investigated three thefts including a motorbike stolen from Ronnie Ward on his yard and a bicycle theft reported by Walter Weaver. Lewie Montgomery Trucking Co employees reported pipe theft from the yard. Thomas Rex Smith pleaded guilty to discharging firearms within city limits and was fined $100. Charles Brooks Porter pled guilty to Driving While Intoxicated, receiving a $150 fine and three days in jail. Porter's arrest occurred on January 5 on US 385 south of Odessa. The plea was accepted by Judge John H. Rogers.
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Ronnie Ward
Stoddard
Walter Weaver
Laurel
Lewie Montgomery Trucking Co
West County Road
Sheriff's Deputies
Thomas Rex Smith
Windsor
Smith
North
Jackson
Charles Brooks Porter
Andrews
Ector
Porter
US 385
Odessa
John H
Buddy) Rogers
Blaze damages residence and garage in Lincoln fire
A house fire at 1519 Lincoln shifted fire crews from Odessa at 2 40 p m. A child playing with matches started the blaze. Four trucks fought the hour long blaze burning the garage and kitchen. Betty Spurlock received first aid for fleeing injuries.
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Betty Spurlock
North
Lincoln
Ternpo Ie
Odessa
Amarillo Lubbock Papers Purchased by Morris
Augusta based Morris Communications said it has purchased the majority stock of the company that publishes the Amarillo News, the Amarillo Globe-Times and the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Terms were not disclosed. W S Morris III praised the papers as among Texas’s most advanced and effective.
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Augusta
S. B. Whittenburg
Amarillo Newspapers
Morris
Georgia
Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Paul S. Simon
Morris Communications
Southwestern Newspapers Corp
The
Georgia Corporation
Southeastern Newspaper Corp
Savannah
Athens
Juneau
Alaska
Elizabeth Cooper Named TB Area Executive in Big Country
Elizabeth Cooper of San Angelo was named area executive for the Big Country Area of the Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association. The 32-county unit is headquartered in San Angelo. She succeeds D. C. Moore, now principal of Travis Elementary. Cooper has been program assistant since 1971 and studied at Austin College and Angelo State University. She and her husband Dr. Joseph R. Cooper have three children.
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Elizabeth Cooper
San Angelo
Big Country
Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Andres Morales
Harold Balthrope
Ector County
Cooper
D. C. Moore
Travis
South Texas Political Leader Albert Martin Dies
Albert Martin 8 a Laredo rancher and political leader died Thursday night at Mercy Hospital after a stroke. He served as Laredo mayor 1924 to 1940 and was a Texas-Mexican Railway director. Funeral set for 4 pm Saturday at Jackson Funeral Home chapel with mass at St. Peter's Church. Burial in Elks Cemetery.
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Laredo
Tex
Albert Martin
Texas
Qu. v. Martin Jr
Mercy Hospital
Martin
Jackson Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Church
Elks Cemetery
Independent Club
Old Party
Webb County
J. C. Martin
The
Texas-Mexican Railway Co
Odessa Labor Day Carnival at Ector Coliseum
Tomorrow in Odessa event details the 1 PM Labor Day Carnival hosted by the Odessa Jaycees at Ector County Coliseum. The community celebration features activities, vendor booths, and family entertainment scheduled for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Jaycees
Ector County Coliseum
Fischer Rules Chess as Spassky Fails to Appear
Fischer concluded the world title match amid strained goodwill and a late finish. Spassky did not attend the ceremony, while Skoff noted Fischer had studied the position until the last moment. The match, seen as a clash of ideologies, ended with a bitter edge and a prize banquet planned two days later in the playing hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer
Spassky
Frank Skoff
U.S. Chess Federation
Euwe
New York
James D. Slater
The
Icelandic Chess Federation
Witness recalls Watergate suspect Barker prints sale details
Richardson described buying prints for 93.30 with a 10 dollar tip and later seeing Barker named as a Watergate break in suspect. He pleaded to the FBI and may testify before a Washington grand jury. FBI Miami declined comment while cooperation with the FBI was noted.
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Barker
Richardson
FBI
Washington
Miami
Gerstein
Warren D. Holmes
Japan and United States Seek Stable Tokyo Beijing Ties
Nixon aides report Tanaka to visit Peking in about a month as Washington seeks assurances that any move toward Tokyo Beijing ties will not erode the U S Japanese mutual security treaty. Ziegler says Nixon and Tanaka had a good exchange in a friendly, cooperative session while noting no advice given on China relations.
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Mainland China
Tanaka
Peking
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
China
Ziegler
Nixon
Daring Escape Puts Police in Pursuit at West Second
Police searched Friday for a man who fled Thursday night by diving through a small window. Officers arrived at an apartment in the 2000 block of West Second for a disturbance call and found shattered glass left behind as the suspect escaped.
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West Second
Wreck Victim Satisfactory In Odessa Motorcycle Crash
An 18-year-old Kermit resident, Donald F. Hall, was listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a motorcycle wreck three miles east of Odessa on Interstate 20. Hall was a passenger on a bike driven by Chuck Tabor, 17, also of Kermit, who sustained minor injuries and was treated and released. Initial reports misidentified Hall as the driver.
Vandalism spree includes window and vehicle damage
Police chase three vandal incidents Thursday night including a street light shot out by a pickup driver with a small caliber gun near Dixie and 10th Street. Red Door Antiques reports a broken front window. Bob Douthit says juveniles damaged his truck windshield. Randy Wilcoxson reports a break in at his home with about $40 in loose change taken.
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Dixie
10Th Street
Red Door Antiques
West University
Bob Douthit
West 83Rd
Randy Wilcoxson
Sprague
Sheriff's Deputies
Rites Slated At Graveside For Infant Johnson
Stillborn infant Shomon Monique Johnson daughter of James and Judith Johnson of Odessa will be buried in Odessa Cemetery at 10 a.m. Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home directs arrangements. Survivors include the father and mother, a sister Neva Jorene McFarlin, maternal grandparents T D Conneley, Odessa, and paternal grandmother Golden Johnson, Odessa.
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Shomon
Monique Johnson
James
Judith Johnson
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
James C. Johnson
Dawn
Judith L. Johnson
West Fifth
Neva Jorene McFarlin
T. D. Conneley
Golden Johnson
Martha
Jackie) Prather
North
Immanuel Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Graham
Bob Prather
Lovington
N.M
Hobbs
The
Baptist Church
Stanley
Pair Injured In Two Wrecks
Two traffic incidents Thursday afternoon left Marilyn Vice a 16 year old in satisfactory condition with chin abrasions and ankle injuries after her southbound car struck two parked vehicles in the 3100 block of North Jackson. In the second crash Gloria Woods 27 drove east on West Third and collided with nine year old Roger D. Smith Jr. who rode a bicycle. the boy was treated and released for an ankle injury.
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Marilyn Vice
Emmitt Vice
Ridgecrest
North Jackson
Jimmy Lawrence
N. V. Bolton
Gloria Woods
Roger D. Smith Jr
Roger D. Smith
West Third
Obituaries From Abilene Area Honor Several Residents
Multiple funeral notices detail services for James M. Mitchell 56 Abilene. Willis J. Poe 77 Balmorhea. Frank Rutherford 60 Big Spring. Lonnie Copeland 56 Spur. Martha Prather 44 Odessa area. Hershel Billingsley 62 Farwell. Bertha Burnam 91 Stanton. Jesus Marceleno 18 Lubbock. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Services span Friday in Elliott's Chapel of Memories Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel and local churches.
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James M. Mitchell
Church of Christ
Dudley
Odessa
Dawain
Goldsmith
Rodney
U.S. Navy
Hawaii
Mark
Montrella Schiffeauer
Abilene
Lottie Mitchell
Farwell
Marcus Caswell
Odesa
Albert Gilliland
McCamey
J. T. Ford
Frank Rutherford
Big Spring
Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Gregg Street Dry Cleaners
Bobby Frank Rutherford
Eddie Acr
George A Winslow
Midland
Cleo Null
Coahoma
Grace Huson
Fort Worth
Ruth Regan
Berkeley
Calif
H. R. Billingsley Clovis
Steed Memorial Chapel
Hershel R. Billingsley
Big Spring Hospital
Sunset Terrace Memorial Gardens
Erath County
Tex
Dell Rae Wheeler
Clairvoyant Sets Program for Midland Spiritual Lectures
Rev Noel Street clairvoyant and psychic healer and his wife Colleen tour the United States presenting spiritual healing meditation and yoga demonstrations. Sunday two Midland lectures at Rage 8 Inn at 2 pm and 7 pm cover healing reincarnation and meditation with Street’s yoga demonstration by Mrs Street. Street, English born, operates The Lotus Ashram in Miami and is licensed minister in New Zealand and ordained in California. The Southwestern tour includes Texas stops in San Antonio Austin Corpus Christi Dallas and Houston before Oklahoma and a Northeastern leg.
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Noel Street
Midland
Street
Colleen
United States
England
Australia
New Zealand
Lotus Ashram
Miami
Fla
Universal Church of the Master
the Streets
Texas
San Antonio
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Houston
Oklahoma
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Nets
Stati
Josefina M. Olivas
Gibson's Discount Center
A. L. Davis
North Dixie
South Texas
Ronald L. Ziegler
General Accounting Office
5AO
Beningo Godina
Colorado City
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Beningo
Petra) Godina
Root Memorial Hospital
Riker-Rains-Seale Funeral Home
Mitchell County
Mexico
Alberia Braza
Marathon
Willis J. Poe Winters
Spill Memorial Chapel
Willis J. Poe
Balmorhea
Lakeview Cemetery
Searcy
Ark
Runnels County
Winters
Midway
Grady Poe
Eva Lou O’rear
Fred Poe
Assisant
Lonnie F. Copeland Spur
Campbell Funeral Home
Lonnie Francis Copeland
Spur
Crosbyton Hospital
Hale County
Audrey Phillips
Linda Abbott
Fort Stockton
Bertha Lou Burnam Stanton
Bertha Lou Vena Burnam
Stanton
Stanton Church of Christ
Evergreen Cemetery
Church of Christ and Stanton Rebekah Lodge No
Jim
Vera) McCoy
Robert
Johnnie) Schmidt
Tucson
Ariz
Jesus R. Marceleno
Juan
Jose
Santiago Rubalcndo
R. Jesus T. Marceleno
Altus
Hub Horton
American Party
Secretary of State
Bullock
Department of Justice
California
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