Warming trend arrives for Permian Basin with fair skies
The National Weather Service Midland area forecasts fair to partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with warmer afternoon temperatures. South to southeast winds 15 to 20 mph today, easing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Amelia remnants bring heavy coastal rains yesterday, with Corpus Christi 3.77 inches and Victoria 0.48, San Antonio 0.66 as storms move north. Highs in the lower 90s, lows mid 60s, record highs and lows noted for prior dates.
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Amelia
South
Texas
Port Isabel
Weather Service
Corpus Christi
Victoria
San Antonio
Waco
Alice
West
Midland area forecast from NWS airport
Fair to partly cloudy through Wednesday. Warmer this afternoon with south to southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs in the lower 90s, overnight lows mid 60s. Tomorrow similar with yesterday’s high 87. Overnight low 68. Sunset 8:46 p.m. Sunrise 7:05 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.28 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Gional
Suffering trio survives sinking off Port Isabel boat
Three Port Isabel fishermen escaped a sinking vessel after bystanders forced a hull breach and pulled them free. Johnny Wagner cut breathing hose with a pocket knife while Roy and Johnny recounted the hull’s violent roll. All were in satisfactory condition, with John Wagner kept overnight. Coast Guard rescued the Finchers hours later after their boat Frankie E sank 25 miles offshore.
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Roy Wagner
Port Isabel
Johnny Wagner
John Wagner
Services for Robert L Scroggins in Odessa
Robert L Scroggins 37 of 243 MacArthur drowned Saturday at White River Lake near Crosbyton. Born November 16 1940 in Louisiana he moved to Odessa from Andrews in 1973. Married Juanita Schoonover July 9 1977 in Odessa. Survived by wife one stepson three siblings three stepdaughters and one grandson. Funeral 10 a m today Easterling Funeral Home with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was a Baptist.
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Robert Lee Scroggins
MacArthur
Easterling
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Scroggins
White River Lake
Crosbyton
Louisiana
Odessa
Andrews
Juanita Schoonover
Harold Burnett
Sally Melson
Dallas
Sheila Long
George Scroggins
Huey Scroggins
Bobby Scroggins
Levelland
Charles Fitzpatrick 61 Midland dies after illness
Charles Fitzpatrick 61 of Midland dies after a three week illness in a Midland hospital. He was born June 25 1917 in Sour Lake served in World War II in Europe moved to Midland 26 years ago worked as a Gulf Oil ganger and was a member of St Nicholas Episcopal Church and Acacia Masonic Lodge. Survivors include wife Jonnie two daughters Jean Ann Lloyd Waco and Shelley Kay Brosius Garland and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made to High Sky Girls Ranch or Book of Remembrance at St Nicholas Episcopal Church.
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Midland
Charles Fitzpatrick
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Fitzpatrick
Sour Lake
East Texas
Europe
Overton
Gulf Oil Co
Whitesboro
Gulf
Acacia Masonic Lodge
Jonnie
Jean Ann Lloyd
Waco
Shelley Kay Brosius
Garland
High Sky Girls Ranch
Charlie Mae Franklin Dies in Arizona at 48
Charlie Mae Franklin of Tucson died July 21 after a short illness. Born June 29, 1930 in Wichita Falls she moved to Midland in the early 1950s and to Tucson in 1968. Survivors include her husband Leroy Franklin, her mother Mrs. I. N. Neal of Midland, and a brother. Services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at North Lee Church of Christ in Midland with burial in Fairview Cemetery, Midland, under Jackson Funeral Home.
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Ariz
Charlie Mae Franklin
Midland
North Lee Church of Christ
Fairview Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Franklin
Wichita Falls
Leroy Franklin
I.N. Neal
Edith Cutter Rites Planned in Goodwell Oklahoma
Edith Cutter 56 of Goodwell Okla mother sister and daughter of Midland residents dies after illness in Stanton hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday Ellis Funeral Home chapel with burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Born Oct 7 1921 in Stigler she moved to West Texas in 1948 married Paul Cutter April 1 1977 in Midland. Survived by husband one daughter Mack Allen Dilley seven grandchildren and other relatives.
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Goodwell
Okla
Paul R
Edith) Cutter
Midland
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Cutter
Stanton Hospital
Mack Allen Dilley
Wadie McNerlin
Glenn McNerlin
Ramsay services set in Snyder church
Snyder resident Jack Ramsey 71 father of Mrs Patsy Stowe Odessa died after a long illness at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Burial planned at Snyder Cemetery with Bell Seale Funeral Home directing Ramsey born December 31 1906 in Snyder was a retired farmer and Union Methodist Church member Surviving include wife one son three sisters three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Graveside rites for Gerald Hubert O Connor 65 Dillon Montana former Andrews resident will be held at Andrews Cemetery with Singleton Funeral Home directing O Connor died Friday after a brief illness He was father of Larry O Connor Andrews brother of Bert O Connor Odessa and Mrs Ernie Butler Seagraves He moved from Andrews to Montana in 1964 worked on a ranch and previously ran Caruth and Kinney Trucking Co in Amarillo and owned a trucking company during WWII He attended Southside Baptist Church in Seminole Surviving include one daughter two other sisters and four grandchildren.
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Snyder
C.A
Jack) Ramsey
Patsy Stowe
Odessa
First United Methodist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Ramsey
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Tollie Martin
Union Methodist Church
Dillon
Mont
Gerald Hubert O'Connor
Andrews
Andrews Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
O'Connor
Larry O'Connor
Bert O'Connor
Ernie Butler
Seagraves
O’connor
Kansas
Montana
Caruth Trucking and Kinney Trucking Co
Amarillo
Southside Baptist Church of
Seminole
Big Spring
Rosie Emma Misek
J.R. Newcomer
Midland
Birdwell Lane Baptist Church
Trinity Memorial Gardens
Larry Sheppard
Knott
Misek
American Business Women's Association
Hardin-Simmons University
Sherrye
Olivia Daves
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Montvale Cemetery
Sterling City
Ross Funeral Home
Daves
Medical Center Hospital
East 52Nd Street
Quanah
Charles Daves
Central Baptist Church
Cecilia Sharlene Daves
Lois Moss
Brant Moss
Lynde Tucker
Amelia Storm Reports and Coast Guard Rescue Delays
Weather warnings lingered as Amelia, an oil rig in the Gulf, drew crews to reach coast guard units amid heavy rain and gusty surf. Coast Guard cutters faced delays leaving moorings while Mexican fishing boats anchored the channel. no serious damage or loss reported.
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Gulf
Amelia
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
CWO
Don Jones
South Padre Island
Jones
Christina Onassis Life and Marriages Ties to Greek Shipping Dynasties
Christina Onassis, heiress to Greek shipping wealth, married Alexandr Andreadis after her father's death, divorced last year, and faced a tangled family web. Her mother Athina Livanos, linked to Niarchos and Onassis unions, died in 1973, while Christina's brother died in 1973 and she clashed with Jacqueline Kennedy. In 1977 she paid 21 million to settle Onassis estate claims and faces life in the Soviet Union after Paris Athens and New York negotiations.
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Christina
Athina Livanos
Onassis
Maria Callas
Duke of Marlborough
Stavros Niarchos
Niarchos
Jacqueline Kennedy
The
Soviet Union
Paris
Athens
New York
Deaths in Big Spring Midland and surrounding area
Obituaries note the deaths of Rosie Emma Misek 59 of Big Spring with services at Birdwell Lane Baptist Church burial Trinity Memorial Gardens. Also Sherrye Olivia Daves 32 of Odessa with services at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home and Montvale Cemetery. Lydne L Tucker 45 of Midland graveside services at Resthaven Memorial Park. Other notices list Santiago Rubolcabo 84 of 900 Magnolia died at Medical Center Hospital with services pending.
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Santiago Rubolcabo
Magnolia
Tuesday Medical Center
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
National to resist TI's takeover move
National Airlines fights Texas International's plan to buy 25 percent of its stock after a six hour emergency meeting. TI holds 9.2 percent and CAB negotiations loom while National seeks regulatory approval and shareholders weigh complex legal and business implications.
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Miami
Texas International Airlines
National Airlines
National
Texas International
New York Stock Exchange
John Golden
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frank Lorenzo
CAB
Lorenzo
Jim O'Donnell
Southwestern defends rate hike before Texas utility panel
Southwestern Public Service executives defended a 21.9 million dollar rate increase at a Texas Public Utility Commission hearing. The company argues for a 16 percent return to cover two new 100 million dollar power plants, inflation, and higher depreciation. Cities protest TUCO profits and seek 13.75 percent. The hearing continues through Tuesday.
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Austin, Texas
Southwestern Public Service Co
Texas Public Utility Commission
Adrian Sebastian
Southwestern
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Frank Lee
Tuco, Inc
Comany
TUCO
Ex Fort Worth police chief dies after heart attack
T S Walls, 57, veteran law enforcement officer and former Fort Worth police chief from 1989 to 1976, died after an apparent heart attack. He was a Tarrant County probation officer and collapsed during a tennis outing, his truck hitting a curb before stopping. Walls led new programs including a $1.3 million communications system and a four day work week before resigning March 1 1976 after 35 years in the department.
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Fort Worth
T.S. Walls
Walls
Tarrant County
Tomorrow Meetings in Odessa Schedule
Odessa events list for tomorrow includes 10 A.M. Overeaters Anonymous Group 2326 at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church 3102 East University. Noon meetings at Inn of the Golden West for Downtown American Business Club and for Odessa Rotary in the Inn ballroom. Noon also for Odessa Civitan at The 83randing Iron and Tri-Service Lions at Sands Restaurant. 8 P.M. House of Saul at Globe of the Great Southwest.
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St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
East University
Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West
Coachroom
Odessa
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