Reunion of 56th Seabees in Odessa draws veterans
American Staff Writer Vickie Davidson reports the 25th annual reunion of World War II unit the 56th Seabees in Odessa at the Inn of the Golden West. About 80 battalion members gather with stories of inventions and wartime service, including a Hawaii to Guam campaign and a July 10 1944 invasion, while social events and a silver anniversary dance fill the weekend schedule.
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Vickie Davidson
36Th Seabees
Inn of the Golden West
About &0
Odessa
56Th Seabees
T.J. Bankston
Baton Route
Bankston
Rosie
56Th CB
Phillip Bucher
Enid
Okla
Seabees
Jack Daughtery
Odessa 56Th Seabee
J.C
Tommy) Thomason
Ector County
Seabee
H.C. McCulloch
Thomason
Washington, D.C
McCulloch
Alabama
George Wallace
Charles E. Marth
Houston
Marth
Hawaiian Islands
Guam
H.H. Holmberg
Decatur, In
456Th Seabees
Texas
Holmberg
United States
Chuck Wagon Gang
C.B. Martin
Lubbock
Mic
Ector ISD season football ticket sales set record
Season ticket sales for Ector County Independent School District ended Friday at 3 p.m. with a record total of 4,792 tickets representing 862,078 dollars. Final tabulation to be released Tuesday. Permian tickets were 12 dollars for six home games. Odessa and Ector tickets were 10 dollars for five home tilts.
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Ector County Independent School
Jack Brewer
Brewer
Permian
Odessa
Ector
Odessa American notices rates and service contact details
Public notice text lists subscription rates for home delivery and motor route, mail options, and single copy prices. Includes address and telephone numbers for The Odessa American in Odessa Texas.
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Odessa
Texas
I East 4Th Street
Ector County
Dallas Pilot Leads Region 10 Soaring Contest at Odessa
John Luttrell of Dallas won Friday’s Region 10 Soaring event from Odessa to Snyder and back earning 1,000 points as the competition extends through Monday at Ector County Airport. Dallas rival Dick Johnson finished second with 812 points after a Snyder flight. others including Tom Brandes of Santa Fe and Waily Scott of Odessa tallied 776 points. Eighteen planes launched Friday with weather hindering attempts to reach Tatum and Post. a Thursday start was washed out. The meet accompanies the Jaycees Air Show including a 2 p.m. Sunday flying circus by Jimmy Franklin. admission is $1. A one-month-old Conquesa Anthony of Midland was found with four rat poison pellets.
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John Luttrell
Dallas
Odessa
Snyder
Luttrell
Ector County
Dick Johnson
Tom Brandes
Santa Fe
N.M
Waily Scott
Midland
Air Park
Post
Tatum
Richard Forrester
Amarillo
Jaycees
Jimmy Franklin
Nixon Agnew to Meet in Washington Amid Probe Doubts
Justice Department says no information on the meeting as Nixon and Agnew prepare for a face to face session in Washington. Officials cite uncertain timing while Warren notes Agnew may raise the status of the investigation. Treasury implications remain unclear as the pair plan talks after Agnew sought to address kickback allegations.
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Nixon
California
Agnew
Warren
Gainesville 8th Amendment Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
Seven paid informers testified about VVAW plots including machineguns and homemade bombs aimed at police during a Gainesville convention. Key witness Lemmer testified to a 1872 Memorial Day weekend meeting, while FBI involvement and wiretap concerns sparked courtroom clashes. The jury acquitted the defendants amid chaotic courtroom scenes and mixed juror reactions.
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VVAW
Lemmer
Texarkany
Ark
Gainesville
Becker
New Orleans
FBI
Judge rules youths' rights to treatment in Texas facilities
A Texas judge orders reforms at Mountain View and other juvenile facilities, restricting physical force, limiting solitary confinement, and banning new placements of nonviolent youths. The order mandates daily counseling, inmate visibility rights, mail rules, staff qualifications, and appoints Charles Derrick as ombudsman. It cites isolation, tear gas, segregating inmates by race or sexuality, and bare cells with restricted bathroom access as abuses, with AG notified and attorneys briefed.
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TYC
Justice
Texas Attorney General's Office
Charles Derrick
Case Work Service
Mountain View
Derrick
Matter Of Record Court Case Summary
County court entries list Bre Thomason and Laverne Soca Brevten Wongard in a traffic accident context. Names like Tepany Lucwde Tate and Howell appear with case numbers and date references. The fragmentary text names Accadia Bevard and Ogden, indicating docketed matters and parties involved.
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Thomason
CAP Plans Reports On Car Traffic
Odessa unit of the Civil Air Patrol will join a statewide effort to ease Labor Day traffic with the Department of Public Safety. Lt Col. Joe Johnson and Maj. Malvim Gish will fly over Interstate 20 from Big Spring to Van Horn on Saturday Sunday and Monday to relay information about accidents congestion and breakdowns. The patrol will operate in daylight and refueling stops are uninterrupted.
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Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Joe Johnson
Malvim Gish
Big Spring
van Horn
Claents
Beara
Signup At UT Permian Hits 854 Registration
University of Texas of the Permian Basin reports 854 signups Friday as the new upper level campus prepares to open Tuesday. Dr. Bill Amstead says enrollment could reach 1,200 by next Friday with final signups. Regular registration continues Saturday with late registration starting Tuesday. The campus sits on 572 acres bounded by University Parkway 42nd and Loop No 338. Initial classrooms use three structures costing 568000 and three permanent buildings valued at 11.5 million slated for completion next year.
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University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Bill Amstead
UTPB
University, Parkway, 42Nd
Loop No. 338
DWI Suspects Free On Bond in Odessa
Charges of driving while intoxicated were filed in Ector County Court Friday against two Odessa men. J D Pence, 48, 401 West 48th, arrested at 1:05 a m Wednesday at West County Road and US 80. Edward Eugene Stamps, 21, 2304 West Second, stopped at 11:49 p m Tuesday on US 80 one mile north of Odessa. Both were free on $500 bonds.
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Ector County
Odessa
J.D. Pence
West 48Th
West County Road
Edward Eugene Stamps
West Second
Two bite victims treated at Medical Center Hospital
Two bite victims were treated and released at Medical Center Hospital Friday. Carla Fisher, 28, of 416 East 48th, was bitten on her abdomen by a cat. Noble Lee, 48, of 1206 West 21th, was bitten on his right leg by a dog.
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Medical Center Hospital
Carla Fisher
East 48Th
Noble Lee
West 21Th
Final Rites Pending for Alfred Wayne Senter
Funeral arrangements for Alfred Wayne Senter 55 of 176 Belle Drive were pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. He died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital after a probable heart attack near Goldsmith. Senter moved to Odessa six years ago from Oklahoma and was born in Teague January 13 1918. Survivors include his widow Irene two daughters Mickey Knapp Canyon and Jeanie Adkison Lubbock two sisters and a brother.
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Alfred Wayne Senter
Belle Drive
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Senter
Phillips Petroleum Co
Medical Center Hospital
Goldsmith
Odessa
Oklahoma
Teague
Irene
Mickey Knapp
Canyon
Jeanie Adkison
Lubbock
Ella Dickerson Dies at 81 in Medical Center Flys
Ella Dickerson 81 of 3000 Englewood died at 4 05 p m Friday in Medical Center flies at tonlewing a long we pong i wit Hobbard.
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Ella Dickerson
Englewood
Medical Center
Hobbard
Deaths Gun Victim's Rites Stated
Funeral mass for Danny Rodriguez a 20 year old of 1101 Roxana will be at 2 pm Sunday at St. Josephs Catholic Church Rosary will be at 815 pm Saturday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel Burial will be Odessa Cemetery Rodriguez died of gunshot wounds suffered Thursday night Peace Justice Manuel Valles ruled the wound personal safety related Funeral services were pending Friday night with Rix Funeral Home for Carmen Gonzales a 66 year old who died in Medical Center Hospital at 634 pm following a long illness
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Dario Cobos
Alpine
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Geeslin Funeral Home
Our Lady of Peace Church
Holy Angel Cemetery
Antonia Tarango
Ines Sanchez
Faviola Guevara
Houston
Julia Hernandez
del Rio
Jesus Cobos
Abilene
Leonor Cobos
Frances Espinosa
Navor Cobos
Danny Rodriguez
Roxana
Medical Center Hospital
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
Rodriguez
Manuel Valles
Rix Funeral Home
Carmen Gonzales
Matamoras
Lost engagement ring returns to Odessa visitor
An Odessa visitor, Mrs. Winifred Gibson of Warrenton England, gets back her engagement ring lost Tuesday at Dallas Love Field after a Corpus Christi woman, Mrs. A G Fairbairn, was contacted via the Corpus Christi BBB and Midland BBB. The ring is being mailed to Mrs. Gibson who praised The Odessa American for publishing the initial story.
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Odessa
Dallas
Love Field
Winifred Gibson
Warrenton
England
L.C. Riggs
West 23Rd
Corpus Christi
A.G. Fairbairn
Better Business Bureau
al Beatty
Odessa American
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