Chamber weighs hiring a local candidate amid budget strain
The executive committee questions past practices after Flowers and Bernhard created a void. Talks turn to favoring a local hire with less chamber experience while noting Flowers refined the budget, improved accounting, and steadied finances after a downturn reduced dues. Flowers, once a Port Arthur administrator, previously a Little Rock reporter.
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Flowers
Bernhard
Little Rock, Ark
Democrat
Odessa
Port Arthur
Greater
Texas cliff death prompts robbery motive theory
University of Texas graduate student Harlan T. Sutherland aged 24 was found at the base of a Mendocino County cliff with a bullet wound and neck injuries from a 100 foot fall. Investigators say missing wallet and camera raise questions about a simple fall.
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University of Texas
Mendocino
Tim Shea
Harlan T. Sutherland
Shea
Sutherland
Saragosa Tornado Relief Goods Questioned After Disappearances
Donors and officials describe a chaotic relief operation after the Saragosa tornado. Goods from northeast Louisiana arrived in Pecos and elsewhere, storage was mishandled, and some items reportedly vanished while distribution accountability remains disputed. Local groups express disappointment while continuing aid efforts and a $250 donation to Edmonton victims is pledged.
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Kelly
Lopez
Louisiana
Pecos
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Florez
Reeves County Community Council
Mary Mitchell
Saragosa
Operation
Our Turn
Monroe
Garland Shell
Flores
Austin
Shell
Odessa
Saragosa Building Committee
Edmonton
Canada
Odessa Council to chart city manager traits
Odessa City Council will meet at City Hall on Thursday to outline qualities for the next city manager. John Harrison leaves Friday for Waco, and Ralph Andersen and Associates will interview council members to shape the search. Council members favor a top notch candidate resembling Harrison. Curtis Snow serves as acting city manager until a successor is found.
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Odessa
City Hall
John Harrison
Waco
Ralph Andersen and Associates
Dallas
Don Carter
Carter
Curtis Snow
Harrison
Odessa FDIC auction nets buyers amid pricier metal tools
Basin Rig & Manufacturing Inc. reports higher prices at FDIC sales as 1600 registered buyers attend the Odessa auction. Holliman sought machine tools and pipe fittings with limited luck while noting improved mood. The FDIC has sold over 17.4 million in personal property since starting auctions 3 years ago. 342 years? Today marks the sale’s end.
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Schrode
FDIC
Colisem upgrade eyed after poll signals support
A bond plan to modernize a county coliseum complex including a theater and activity buildings advances after Interface Communications Inc surveyed 300 voters. With 66 percent likely to support, committee chair Price Womack says a October meeting with Commissioners Court is likely and an early December election is targeted.
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Odessa
Interface Communications Inc
Price Womack
Commissioners Court
Womack
Coliseum Committee
Lucille Wolz
Discrimination allegations fuel Monahans education dispute
Community activists accuse Monahans schools of minority underrepresentation and bias in administration. Lambrano says he investigated after complaints and warned of possible retaliation reports to the Justice Department. District superintendent Bain says he must confer with Lambrano before commenting.
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Richard Bain
Lambrano
Bain
Richard
Monahans
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
Lujan
LULAC
Multiple Obituaries and Services in West Texas Notices
A long list of funeral services and obituaries are planned or pending across Odessa Fort Stockton Fort Worth McCamey and surrounding areas. The notices name Edna Mae Greer G C Cleve Nunn Reba Dowdle Roy Sidener Lois Miller Lucille Bramblett Thelma Sloan Lonni Williams and Vada Guice among others with survivors and service details listed. Burial and funeral home arrangements are provided for each deceased along with dates and locations.
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Sheffield
Edna Mae Greer
Mother Holmes Baptist Church
Jerry Fortune
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Fort Stockton
G.C
Cleve
Lions Club
Reba Zelma Dowdle
Fort Worth
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Dick Braun
Dowdle
Cato
Ark
William Chester Dowdle
Roy Ellis Sidener
Odessa
Martinez Funeral Home Chapel
David Everton
Sidener
Medical Center Hospital
Lavern
Oklo
Highway Transmission Co
Carl R. Sidener
Houston
Vivian B. Bradshaw
Viola I. Roberson
Corpus Christi
Edna M. Evans
Mccamey
Lois Miller
First Baptist Church
Larry Brownfield
Andrews County
Richard W. Box
Lucille C. Bramblett
Beverly St
Wilburn Lee Bramblett
Hannibal, Mo
Thelma Sloan
S. Anderson Ave
Bill Cook
Sloan
Olyphant
Jess Sloan
Pecos
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Clements
Rider Scott
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Dallas Times Herald
Scott
Texas
Farabee
Times Herald
Capitol
The
Associated Press
Roy Graham
Graham
State Preservation Board
Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
Wendell Stafford
A&s Auctions
Bellmead
Stafford
Scotty Franks
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Richard Sargeant
Academy of Health Sciences
Council
Hank Murphy
J.L. Barnett
Barnett
Bond
Fiscal Services
Tom Pace
Edna Greer
G.C. Nunn
Margaret Faulkner
Reba Dowdle
Roy Sidener
Breckenridge
Linda Kelly
Andrews
Walter Bramley
Wayne Bramley
Mary Lou Segers
Farmerville, la
Ollie Vee Burton
el Dorado
J.W. Phillips
Urbana, Ark
Lucille Bramblett
Lonni Williams
Lonni Nicole Williams
Terry Raines
Belinda Williams
Frank W. Wilson
Vada Guice
Guice
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