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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2015
Page
2
Lottery draw list from multiple games includes Cash Five and Pick Three numbers but the fragmentary OCR text mixes game names and results across days. It shows Cash Five with 8 18 21 24 25 and other numbers, Texas Two Step 3 5 6 20 34 plus bonus, Daily 4 and Evening Number entries with scattered digits, plus references to New Mexico Pick 3.
A compact survey covers local and national happenings: a 1962 courthouse project and renovations, a fatal crime involving John Russell Reeves, a November Victory Over Polio drive immunizing 67 421 Odessa residents, Mack Herring’s acquittal on murder charges, Howard College’s track title, and major Cold War milestones including Glenn orbiting the Earth and the Telstar satellite launch.
Billboard tops feature Ray Charles and The Four Seasons with five weeks at No 1 each. Katherine Anne Porter’s Ship of Fools tops publishers weekly. West Side Story wins Best Picture with stars. Feb 2 a fiberglass pole vault reaches 16 feet. Mar 2 Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 in a single NBA game. Supreme Court bans reading of players in New York schools.
The United Way of Odessa launches its 2015 campaign with a 9 30 a m kickoff in the MLK Building Courtyard at 128 E Second St. Execu tive Director Tom Pursel will unveil the annual goal while State Rep. Brooks Land graf and Mayor David Turner attend. A United Way Night at Big Daddy s on 112 E 42nd St from 6 p m to 9 p m raises funds for the drive through Nov 19.
Obituaries and death notices list several individuals including Cris Deat, Bee Gentry Cooper, JoElien Dee Deatherage spin, Misael Bartolo Juarez Skeeter Little Rudy Orona, Michael Starguess, Alicia Gonzalez Valenzuela, Dustin Dusty Lestie Hollowman, Robert Robbie Halpain, Melba Sharp, and Julio Zaragoza across Odessa, Andrews, Fort Stockton, Midland, and Pecos. The page compiles brief notices with names and communities.
County commissioners race to balance a 58.1 million dollar proposed budget for the coming year with a 3 million dollar reduction target based on lower mineral values and oil activity. Proposals include adding two prosecutors and a new investigator while cutting 100000 from electricity, and delaying the 446th District Court project. Public hearings set for Aug 20 and Aug 24. court expected to open by October.
Ector County Commissioners' Court withdrew the Moss Avenue change order item and approved bids and renewals for traffic signals under the grant program. They approved VINE service renewal, Medicare plan specifications, a group replat, several line item transfers, education travel and Coliseum budget amendments, the Investment Report, accounts payable report, and county financial statements.
The forecast calls for sunny conditions in the Odessa Midland area with high temperatures around 96 degrees and lows near 67. Hobbs is mentioned with mostly sunny skies and a high near 80 and a low around 57. A note explains virga as rainfall that evaporates before it reaches the ground.
The Odessa American provides mailing and contact details including address P.O. Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760-2952 and 222 E Fourth Street Odessa. It lists customer service hours and phone numbers for news sports life and other departments plus advertising contacts and a subscription rate. Also notes postmaster and publication rights and website.
August 11 marks events from 1786 Penang British claim to Malaysia to 1997 Clinton veto and 2014 renewed interest. Notable items include Watts riot deaths in 1965, Alcatraz prisoners arriving in 1934, Pollock death in 1956, Beatles US premiere in 1964, Reagan joke in 1984, and Robin Williams death in 2014. One year ago Williams died by own action in Tiburon California.
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