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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 19G9 PAGE 2-A THE ODESSA AMERICAN COfD- liidkniMan Is Appointed ATM If Odessan Dies, '-'III, 4k 4'w:" mm it Sim Si Mi 1 iff 'inn1 1" 1 if lljimviiilji I 'I' Jiiiife "invi Ift NEW GYM IS MM mm 'H ill W. "lillMJ-'ipl nftiiih siii S1 JiW'fthvi ill university students from Corpus told authorities they ac companied White and Miss Mor ns to the scenic spot where White subsequently was found dead. Bond and Miss Horak said the slain pair were alive and well when they drove away about 5:30 o.m. Miss Morris' disappearance was not discovered until she failed to arrive for a drama club rehearsal that evening. She was the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John T. Morris of White Deer, in the Texas Pan handle. Morris Is principal and his wife a teacher in the high school at White Deer. Young White, a quiet former member of the Peace Corps who was graduated as valedictorian of his high school class, was the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jack White of Corpus Christi. The father is a law partner of Corpus Christi Mayor Jack Blackmon. Before the body of Miss Mor ns was 'discovered, several hundred peace officers and students Joined in a broad scale search for her in the cedar-cloaked hills northwest of Austin. Justice of the peace Robert Kuhn said a preliminary atuop-sy report 6howed Miss Morris strangled on water in her lungs, indicating she drowned after be ing dumped into the Central Texas lake.

The lake is about 50 miles north from the headquar ters of President Johnson LBJ Ranch. He reported she was struck three times on the head and "strangled by a soft cord of some kind as well as swtermg a broken neck. "There was no apparent indi cation of criminal assault but there will be further tests alone this line," the justice of the peace said, adding that his for mal inquest verdict would be withheld pending developments. Kuhn entered a homicide finding earlier in the case of While, holding that death resulted from .38 caliber pistol bullet wmcr ranged downward from the left shoulder into his chest. Roommates of Miss Morris at private girls' dormitory said she and White had been dating about a month.

They reported that she donnec" green corduroy slacks and a rec turtle neck sweater for the cou- nle's Wednesday afternoon date White, who sported a brush; mustacne, arrived wearing a black top hat as a gag. The hat turned up later near his body. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Thursday to officially k'ekoff construction of a large new gym for the Woodson Boys Club, 1037 East Murphy. Tailing part In the event were (L-R) James Headlee, Country Club Estates who is president of the Odessa Boys Club; 12-year-old son of Mrs. 633 College; and Richmond, 325 Hudson, who was president of the Woodson Boys currently is a director of the for the l27-by70-foot gym by March.

(Staff Photo) Oil Field Workers Burned In Explosion Two oil field workers were released from Medical Center i-i'Opital Thursday after treat ment for first degree burns they suffered when a stove inside a "doghouse" exploded. Attendants said the men, W. J. Barnes, 22, 1300 East Eighth, who was burned on his left hand, md W. J.

Clower, 21, 1312 North who was bumed on his face, were working for Or- mand Drilling Co. near Goldsmith. Heart Patient Dies Thursday HOUSTON (AP) The Na tion's second longest surviving heart transplant recipient died Thursday in St Luke's Episco pal Hospital. Henry w. jurgens, oi Beatrice, who received a donor heart July 23, "died of apparent rejection" of the trans planted organ, a hospital spokes man 6aid.

The spokesman added the ex act cause of death would not be known for 24 hours. Jurgens, a lathe operator, re ceived the heart of a 16-year-old Aldine, boy who suffered brain damage in an auto ac cident. Until his death. Jurgens had lived longer than any other U.S. recipient except for Fredi Everman, 58, who got a donor neart July 20 in St.

Luke's, Everman now is at. home in Arlington, Va. Jurgens was the seventh (re cipient among 17 human heart transplants performed since May 3 by a surgical team head ed by Dr. Denton A. Cooley.

Three of the 'recipients survive. A team at nearby Methodist Hospital has performed trans plants since Aug. 31. Five of the recipients survive. ALLEN CHESTER HUDGPETH PECOS (Staff) Funeral services will be conducted at P.m.

Saturday in Pecos Funeral Home Chapel for Allen Chester Hudsneth. 56. a Pecos area farmer who died Jan. 8 at the home of a daughter in North Carolina. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery with Pecos Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Hudepeth died after a short illness durinff a holidav visit ai tne nome or. Mrs. coy Har rison ireensboro, N. C. Born fa Dickens.

SeDt. 1. 1912. Hudgpeth moved to the Pecos area in 1952 from Rotan. Survivors include his daughter; His wife, mother, Mrs.

Tolbert Hudgpeth: Rotan: two sisters. Mrs. Dorothy Weese, San Isabel, ana Mrs. Nona Bilbo, Rotan, and one grandchild. Odessan Arrested Doyle Jay McCulIoush.

21. 2405 Keystone, was being held in Ector County iail Fridav in ueu ot rxmd on a charge of possessing narcotics paraphernalia. Justice of the Peace E. E. Nobles set bond on the suspect, arrested by patrolen Thursday afternoon at Magnolia ana Muskingum.

Thefts Checked Police Fridav said two thefts had been reported. Employes oi a DKeuy service station at 3211 West County Road, said someone filled a car with gas and left without paying and Dale Coon, 2009 West 28th, said parts were removed from his car parked at a Downtown theater. Suspect Charged Clifford Rav Hinton. 21 500 Lasseter. was released from custody Thursday after being arrestee: on a cnarge ot destruction of private property.

Hinton is accused of damaging two doors on a building owned by Charles Gene Houston, 305 Sunset Lane. The complaint is filed fcl Ector Cmmfv Crorrt TTia suspect was released on his own recognizance. Woman Hospitalized Maria Wolf. 49. Route 2.

was listed In satisfactory condition i-naay at Medical center Hospital where 6he was being observed for a head injury. Ector County Sheriffs Deputies said the woman was injured in a disturbance at the West 27th Street Club Thursday night. Suspect Freed Michael Dean Morris, am and address unknown, was being sought by lawmen Friday on a burclarv charge filed in the court of Justice ot the Peace E. E. Nobles.

The suspect is accused of the burglary rast month of the Sportsman Club. 2118 West Second. In Custody Janice Faith Goss, 22, 4303 McKnight, was being held in the Ector County Jail Friday in lieu of a $1,000 bond on a hot check charge. The housewife is accused of cashing a phony $31.19 check on Dec. 7 at Levine's, 414 North Grant.

The complaint is filed in Ector County Court. rrtot rotftr ear Attack Kills Promoter DALLAS (AP) A second heart attack claimed the life of Ed McLemore, long time wres tling promoter Thursday. Rosa ry was set for tonight at 8 in the Crane Funeral Chapel here. For 30 years, McLemore pro moted wrestling Dallas, which is believed to be the long est period for any one city in the nation. McLemore also promoted the Saturday night "Big Jambo ree," featuring country and western musics The program originated from the Sportatori- um, a wrestling arena he owned.

He booked wrestling talent all over Texas and survived sever al wrestling wars. A Dallas native. McLemore suffered a heart attack last Februarv and remained away from his office for more than six months. Famed sineine and movie star Elvis Presley once credited McLemore for providing the impetus for his fame by hiring him fnr thfl "Bis Jamboree." Presley once worked for McLe more for about nightly. Funeral services were sched uled for 10 a.m.

Saturday at Holv Trinitv Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Rose; three daughters', Mrs. William Griffith of Midland: Mrs. Jean Bullinfiton and Mrs.

George Baum of Dallas; two brothers, Robert McLemore of Dallas and Patrick McLemore of San Antonio; and 13 grand children. Odessa Man's Rites Today Pinal rites for James Wallace. 48, 800 Washington Lane, were slated lor 2 p.m. today in tne Rix Funeral Home Chanel with hurial in Odessa Cemeterv. Wallace, who moved here 21 years ago from Anson, died Tuesday afternoon at Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness.

A -Dorter at a service station here, he was born in Brenham, March 21, 1319, ana was an armv veteran of World War II. Surviving are two sons, James Wallace Sugarland, and Roger Wallace, 400 snyder; daughter. Miss N-Dorothv Wallace, 400 Snyder; and one brother, Sgt. Otis Bailey, Fort Polk, La. ARLO ORDWAY HOBBS, N.M.

(Staff) Final rites for Ario Ordway, 50, were set for 2 p.m. today in the Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Miller, minister of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was to be in Prairie Haven Cemetery. A resident of Hobbs for nine years, Ordway died at 10:45 p.m.

Tuesday in Lea General Hospital of a heart attack. Ordway, vice president and cashier of New Mexico Bank and Trust was bora Aug. 15. 1918, in Hood River. where he attended public schools.

In 1937, while an undergraduate at the University of Oregon, he began working for the First National Bank of Oregon. Ordway received a B. S. degree from the University of Oregon prior to World War II. In June, 1952, he entered the U.S.

Coast Guard and was discharged in January, 1946, as a lieutenant, junior grade. He remained with the Oregon bank until March, 1960, when he came to Hobbs as operations officer for New Mexico Bank and Trust Co. A member of the Hobbs Coun ty' Club "board of directors, Ordway had served on an ad- i ry committee connected with secretarial education at New Mexico Junior College. He was also a member of Knife and Fork Club here. Survivors include his widow, Marguerite; a eon," Earl Ordway, currently serving in the Nuclear Submarine Service; a daughter, Mrs.

Jean Cope, Anchorage, Alaska; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ordway, Hood River, a sister, Mrs. Peul Brooks, Mosier, three brothers, Lloyd Ordway of The Dalls, Malcolm Ordway, Gilray. William Ordway.

Garden Grove, and two grandchildren. DESSA SAN ANTONIO (AP) A Midland, Independent School District official has been appointed assistant superkiten- dent for business services for the San Antonio Independent School District. Harry W. Stanford, 45, who holds a similar post in Midland, will assume his duties here March 1, Supt, Harold H. Hitt announced Thursday.

A certified public accountant, Stanford is a graduate of North Texas State University, where he received a B.S. in business education. He holds a master's degree from the California Ins titute of Technology with a ma' jor In meteorology. A former assistant state audi tor, Stanford is a native of San Antonio. His father, the Rev.

E. R. Stanford, was president of Westmoreland College prior to its merger with Trinity University. His salary here will be $19,500. Among his previous positions was the post of chief accountant and associate business manager at North Texas.

Slow Firemen Have Answer OAKRIDGE, Ore. (APf- It's true, said the firemen, they were pretty slow getting to the fire that broke out in an overheated axle journal on a South ern Pacific flatcar, then spread and charred a load of timbr. But, ySIbNhe firemenf when the triin. CTek-epottSd the fire and pulled out the blazing car, they reassembled the train across the only nearby access road to the tire station. Firemen got to the scene by maning a inree-mue oeiour.

HEMORRHOID SUFFERERS HOSPITALS PROVED IT! M.P.O. ANESTHETIC SOOTHES PAIN BURNING, ITCHING. It's not available in even the leading hemorrhoid remedy. But M.P.O. has it-benzocaine-the anesthetic used in hospitals to treat burns and skin rashes.

Now you can use it at home. M.P.O. Downtown Sth Vz CARAT nre 5388yss -V W-'sM ll I I I A CAR AT A jiro A a a Rites Saturday Mrs. Rosa A. Jones.

64, of 1720 Petroleum, died at 9 a.m. Thursday in MedicaJ Center Hospital alter an wness. Funeral services wiu oe con ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in thft First Baotist Church "in Munday with burial in Johnson romptArw in Mundav. directed McCalley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Jones, wno naa uvea here since 1958, was bora Aug. 30, 1904, in Mercedes, Argentina. She was the widow of Edgar Earl Jones. Mrs.

Jones moved to Odessa from Munday where she had lived 31 years. She was a member or tne rirst Baptist Church here. Survivors include two daughtersMrs. Lola Clement, Andrews, and Mrs. Juancy McCall, 1720 Petroleum; and three grandchildren, in charee of local arrange ments was Hubbard-Kefly Funeral Home.

Man's Funeral Set Saturday HOBBS, N.M. '(Staff)' -Phillip D. Upton 58, an oil field supply salesman, was found dead in his motel room here Wednesday afternoon. Death was ruled due to natural causes. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Saturday in the Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa with Rev. J. B. Dolan, pastor of Grandview Baptist Church, officiating. Bxmal will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Born June 13, 1910, in Lynn he resided at 3707 Holley in Odessa. He was married July 4, 1936, in Wink to Jean Malloy. The couple moved to Odessa 15 years ago from boutn America. A navy veteran of World War II, he is survived by his widow; one son, Philip D. Upton Big Spring; one daughter Mrs.

Cissy Dempsey of the home; one sister, Mrs. R. L. Trygstad, Dallas; and two grandchildren. MRS.

LYDIA L. PRINGLE KERMIT (Staff) Mrs. Lydia Pringle, 83, of Wink died at 1:10 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Hospital here. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Saturday in Cooper Funeral Chapel with Rev. Paris Barton or wink officiating. Burial will be Hermit' Cemetery. A resident of Wink for eight years, Mrs. Pringle previously lived in Aspermont.

She was born Oct. 13, 1885, in Comanche and was married to Thomas Aaron Pringle in Comanche County in 1903. He died in 1930. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Joe West, Wink; Mrs.

Louis Burnend, Aspermont; Mrs. Frank Smith, Abilene; and Mrs. Dean Stuebgen, Parnpa; a son, Eugene James Pringle: a brotherTCarrol Reeves, Abilene; 27 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. WILLIAM R.

EAVES MONAHANS (Staff) Funeral services for William Robert Eaves, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church with burial in Monahans Cemetery under the direction of Hammond Funeral Home. Officiating will be Russell Criner, rmnister of the First Christian Church. Eaves, a resident of Monahana since 1955, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring after a long illness.

He was born May 17, 1888, to Gibtown. A World War I veteran, he was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivkig are a daughter, Mrs. Priscilla Webb, Monahans; a son, William Robert Eave3 North Hollywood, two sisters, Mrs. Laura Christian, Fort Worth, and Mrs.

Gwen Gilley, Lewisville; a grandchild and four great-grandchildren. JOHN L. JONES PLAINVIEW (Staff) The funeral for John Loyd Jones, 73, a retired Olton mechanic, was set for 2 p.m. today in the Lemons Memorial Chapel with burial in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Lemons Funeral Home. Jones, father of Mrs.

Ruby Ownbey of Seminole, died at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday in a convalescent home here. He had lived in Olton 50 years. A native of Collins County where he was born May 17, 1895, Jones was a member of the Olton Baptist Church. Additional survivors include his widow, a son, two brothers, two sisters, live grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Complaint Lodged' James Hamilton, 29, whose address was listed as 1302 West Llndbere. is named in a chaw of child desertion filed Friday in Ector County Court The suspect's wife, Patricia Hamilton, 501 Drury Lane, 6aid he failed to provide support for five children. Hamilton tiji1 if- SMS 1 ft JiUli 19')- 'fff. Jilti'iiJif! 1 lilli 4 to? HKidC ililliiUiilli.iillbi.ui San Antonio City Employes Get Insurance SAN ANTONIO (AP) Free hospitalization insurance for all city employes, at a cost to the city of 283,000 annually, was approved Thursday by the City Council. The citv will nav the monthly tee per employe but employes may pay $13.29 per month to cover family members, regardless of the number.

The contract was awarded to low bidder Travelers Insurance Hartford, Conn. 3 County Court Cases Are Filed Three damage suits were on file in Ector County Court Fri day as a result of recent traffic accidents. Charles H. Woodward of Crane is seeking $205 from a city resident, W. R.

Iglehart Woodward claims his automobile was damaged on April 6 when it was in collision with a vehicle owned by Iglehart. Robert L. Jackson of Odessa alleges his automobile was damaged on Oct 31 when it was in collision with a vehicle driven by Patricia M. Slaughter, also of Odessa. Jackson is ask ing $507.

Estes Ernest Halkias of Odessa and Quirk and Co. are seeking $979 from Minnie Daniels Doss, also of Odessa. Halkias claims the vehicle was damaged on Oct. 17 at Second and Meadow when it was in collision with a vehicle driven by the woman. The Odessa (Texas) American Published cMly and Sjrniiy by THE ODESSA AMERICAN, East StrMI, CHlia, Texoi 7t7M.

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MISS YOU? PAPER? If you should miss your Odessa American, er it Service should ba unsatisfactory pleate telephone. Circulation Department Phone FE 7-4661 Open until 6:45 p.m., Monday through Fridays. Open Saturdays until noon. Open Sunday, until 10:30 Billy Ray Hill, Dorothy Mae Winfred the first Club and unit. Plans call to be completed DISORDERS- wooden staves.

About 3,000 rio police broke up clashes between factions on the university cam pus Thursday night. More than 100 students were reported injured. Most of those involved in U.S. campus disorders were Negroi students demanding changes in administration and policy of the colleges. Militant students at San Fer nando gathered for a teach-in, defying- a state of emergency declared early Thursday by act ing President Delmar T.

Oviatt. It banned gatherings and per mitted only faculty, students and staff members on the campus. The arrests began about 10 a.m. marcning 70 abreast, made several sweeps of the campus fee-speech area before completing the roundup. Police Sgt.

Don Cook said the arrests were accomplished vir tually without violence. This was in contrast to action Wednesday" when about 1,000 demonstrators fought police who made 14 arrests. Six per sons were injured then. The San Fernando campus has been in ferment since Nov. 4 when members of the JBiacK Student Union seized two build- ines and held a number of per sons at knife-foint.

They de manded changes in aomuusira- on. staff and curriculum. Swarthmore. with some 60 Ne gro students among 1,025 en rolled, has oeen wonting on a program to increase the number of Negro students, staff and counselors, Vice President Jo-seDh B. Shane said.

Action by 15 members of tne Atro-American Student Society took school officials bv surprise. The students took over the 104-vear-old schools adminis tration building, saying' they would remain until demands were met for a program to represent Negro interests in all pol icy decisions and amnesty for those involved in the takeover. About Negroes are members of the society. School officials said classes continued and police were not summoned. Brandeis President Morris Abram offered amnesty to about 60 Neero students who took over the universty's communications center, but they re jected it.

Five negotiators for the group held a series of meet ings with Abram. Their demands include establishing an independent jrican studies department and niring ot wegro proiessors. iney say the demands are nonnegoti-l able. I Abram has told them he will not negotiate under duress and said the students must evacuate the center "or face possible grave consequences," a univer sity spokesman WfLt Vz CARAT CAT 7 $118 Ans $228 Jj Xv "RBINM CARAT At Zales you can trade if your old ring in on one 1 I of these new beauties A and receive full value I fwl for a purchase of pendant Ctfn equal additional 7 value- TOMORROW mm mm CONTINUES ON KNIT SUITS AND DRESSES "Fashions You Can Afford" 1027 North Whitaker Phone 333-1271 2:30 VM. "Ruddigore Or, The Witch's Curse," an adaptation of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, presented by the Angelo State College drama department, Permian Playhouse.

and Grant Grear Oil Basin Center in custody Friday..

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