Odessa teacher recalls discipline in elite German schools
Permian High School instructor Richard Mitchell recounts a year as a Fulbright exchange teacher in Germany from Aug 1977 to May 1978. He notes strict government control, limited student discipline actions, and the Gymnasium system shaping university access, with family adjustments and mixed conveniences.
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Elly Hochman
Permian
Richard Mitchell
Germany
Gitchell
Fullbright Commission
Michael Kage
Odessa
Kage
Mitchell
Irmgard
Yommy
Katherin
Tommy
Odessa College
Evelyn
Gitchel
Fulbright Commission
Four Injured In Two Auto Crashes Here
Four people were treated at Medical Center Hospital after two traffic crashes Saturday night. At 10 12 p m Francis Caston Adams 58 of 3000 Esmond head injury occurred when his northbound on FM 1936 collided with a vehicle driven by Creselda Rodriguez 16 of Mexico passenger in that vehicle Roberto Rodriguez 22 also of Mexico injured Creselda Rodriguez and two later at 10 20 p m Gary Schulze 15 and Gregory Schulze 17 of 1603 Castle head and leg injuries in a crash involving Elizabeth Brammer 18 of 1608 Sandalwood whose car struck the back of Phillip Gentry 32 of 2008 West Third vehicle stopped to turn onto Hillmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Francis Caston Adams
Esmond
West 16Th
Creselda Rodriguez
Mexico
Roberto Rodriguez
Texas Highway Patrol
Richard Andrews
Rodriguez
Hillmont
East University
Gary V. Schulze
Gregory B. Schulze
Castle
Elizabeth Gaye Brammer
Sandalwood
Rick McCoy
Miss Brammer
University
Phillip Gentry
West Third
Gentry
Hilmont
McCoy
Yugoslav Cagers Win POREC Classic
Yugoslavia’s Jugoplastika beat the ECAC All-Stars 107 to 102 in the second round of the radrobasket 78 tournament. Cibona of Zagreb defeated Poland 82 to 75 in the same round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POREC
Yugoslavia
Jugoplastika
Cibona
Zagreb
Poland
Fair seeks musical groups for Permian Basin Fair
Kay Tomlinson, fair beauty pageant director, seeks musical groups for five open time slots during the last week of September. Groups must provide their own equipment and will perform outside. weather backup is a covered option. Entries include Country Gold, Marybeth and the West Texas Travellers, and Country Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Country Gold
Marybeth
The
West Texas Travellers
Country Express
Police investigate seven burglaries here
Police report seven burglaries in the city with losses totaling 643 dollars. Read entries include a home on East Odessa with stereo, tapes and a TV stolen. an unlocked van on East Mable. a Wabash residence. Buddy's Quick Stop on South Grant. a car battery theft on Boulder. a Skelly Station drink machine. and the Hopkins residence on Blackstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Mae Comer
East Odessa
Oscar Loya Zubiate
East Mable
Citizens Band
Willie Carter Butler
Wabash
Buddy
South Grant
Larry Stewart
Boulder
Skelly
West County Road
Walter Carey
Haywood
Steve Hopkins
Blackstone
Hopkins
Towen
Odessa Motorcyclist Injured in Grant and 18th Crash
A 22-year-old Odessa motorcyclist, Gordon Lee Ervin of 4412 Angus, was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a knee injury after a crash at 12:01 a.m. Saturday at North Grant and East 18th. Ervin was northbound on Grant when a southbound car driven by 17-year-old William Fred Hamilton collided. The impact sent Ervin’s bike into a northbound pickup truck driven by 57-year-old Alfred Marlin Gabrel.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Gordon Lee Ervin
Angus
North Grant
East 18Th
Ervin
Grant
William Fred Hamilton
Aldefer
Hamilton
Alfred Marlin Gabrel
East 12Th
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Oregon
Richard Gitchell
Sears
America
E. 8Th St
Billie Pugh
Sears Custom Decorators
N. Grant
Odessa American
Aga
Paul
Mark Agnew
Winwood Mall
Mane Agnew
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