Odessa Election Returns Show Seabolt Victory In Quiet Campaign
In Odessa, Seabolt edged Cox 44.4 to 35.4 percent for Place 3 as Mason swept the at large race with 64.3 percent. Turnout was low with only 3,762 of 44,151 registered voters voting, while Libson carried southside precincts in Place 4, and Weddell won Place 5 without campaigning.
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Abolt
Sherman Cox
Cox
Seabolt
Nojem Libson
Jewell Razelton
Mason
Oman
la Fonommander
Comander
Nealanderburg
Odessa
Erv Hayner
Darren Komas
Weddell
Sherman Imr
Imler
Gem Seabolt
Lawson Cook
Cook
Ector County
Tena Walker
South Odessa
North Odessa
East
Libson
Southside
Ector High School
Brazelton
el Paso Products
Jack Chapman
Place 3
Northeast
Odessa Water System Faces Pressure, Storage Strain
Derrington says Odessa must balance water supply and storage to ensure fire protection. Obsolete equipment after 20 years prompts a $43,000 study to target replacements and energy savings. Plans consider a northern storage tower to fix Lawndale pressure, currently about 25 psi, while voters previously rejected a multi‑million bond package combining police courts with a water tower.
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Derrington
Lawndale
North Odessa
Odessa
Odessa Police Association
City Water Department
Weather outlook fair through Monday with mild weekend highs
National Weather Service Midland reports fair skies and light variable winds through Monday with today’s high near 70 and tonight’s low around 40. A northwest high pressure ridge will bring cooler conditions and light winds today. Saturday features a few thunderstorms across Texas after powerful Friday winds damaged property in Dallas-Fort Worth including a destroyed private hangar at Love Field.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional Air Terminal
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Love Field
Love Field
Panhandle
Dalhart
McAllen
Laredo
Odessa
Midland Regional
Odessa council politics show power brokers and backers
An Odessa region profile outlines how city hall influence centers on land developers like Louis Rochester and local business leaders. It describes campaigns shaped by money, endorsements, and out-of-town pressure, with figures such as Gillham, Hemphill, Shepperd, Reed, and Hurd steering voters and alliances in the 1980 mayoral race.
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Odessa
Lawndale
Derrington
City Water Department
Childs
Ist
Louis Ochester
Rochester
Inurphy & Rochester Insurance and Estate
Colonial Food Stores
Odessa Kings and Loan Association
Snlso
Permian Banks and Trust of
Metro Bank
Midland
First Naional Bank of
Olney
Frontiertate Bank of
Eagle Pass
Big Lake
State Bank
Richard D
Dick” Gillham
At Large
Didate John B. Mason
Gillham
Mason
Place 5
Bryant
Dick Sivalls
South Odessa
W.C. Stewart
LeRoy Reed
Laurence Hurd
Joe Rutledge
Blackshear Junior
Place 3
Webster
Permian Mall
C & A Development
Scottsdale
Ariz
Home Office
Frank Campbell
Campbell
Keith Weddell
Hemphill
Shepperd
Weddell
Paul
Ramcon Corp
Murphy and
Rochester Real Estate
Hemphill and Shepperd
American Bank
Dick Sivalis
American Bank Political Action Committee
Whflgpac
Burton
Reed
Southside
Stewart
Rutledge
Hurd
Crucial
Dayan enters Israeli race in three way contest
Moshe Dayan joined Israel's election race creating a three way contest with Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres. A 65 year old veteran could force a new coalition balance if his newly launched party wins about 11 seats in the Knesset while Labor is forecast 46 and Likud 33.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Menachem Begin
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Dayan
Begin
Likud
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John Mason
Bob Johnson
Houston
Karen Seabolt
South
West
Noaa US Dept of Fo
Gayle Dishong
W.D. Noel
B.R. Jones
Earl Rodman Jr
Marion Allen
Thomas E. Rodman
Political Action Committee
Sivalls
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