George T. Abell dies a Midland oilman and philanthropist
George T. Abell, a renowned West Texas oil pioneer and civic leader, died in Midland Memorial Hospital after an illness at age 79. Rites are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. He helped found the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum and Abell-Hanger Foundation, funded historical preservation, and supported Midland institutions including the hospital, schools, and Boy Scouts. Survivors include his wife Gladys, a son Dwayne H. Abell, two brothers, and a sister.
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Midland
George T. Abell
West Texas
Dland
Midland Memorial Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Abell
Colorado A&m University
Gladys Hanger
Abell-Hanger Foundation
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Trinity Towers
Gladys
Dwayne H. Abell
San Antonio
Walter Abell
Wallace Abell
Amarillo
Esther A. Denton
Thunderstorms possible for Permian Basin this afternoon
The National Weather Service in Midland reports a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms this afternoon in the Permian Basin with partly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Highs near 90 with tonight’s low in the upper 60s and light southerly winds. Southwest Texas saw storms around midnight with El Paso receiving .28 inch of rain while much of Texas enjoyed clear conditions.
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Texas
el Paso
Pecos Valley
Midfield Forecast: Warm Afternoons With Chance of Thunderstorms
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph today, light SE tonight. Rain probability 20 percent this afternoon. High 90, low 68 tonight. Tomorrow's high 90. Year-to-date precipitation 10.44 inches. Sunset 8:35 p.m. Sunrise 7:12 a.m.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Two arrested for possession
Two Odessa men were jailed on $20,000 bonds after a gram of heroin was found in a car tied to a recent burglary. Officers Clingman and Maercklein stopped the vehicle in the 1200 block of South Crane, discovering the substance valued at $70 on the floorboard.
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Odessa
Gary Clingman
Maria Maercklein
South Crane
Jimmie Lee Jaquez
Gabriel Huerta
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Teen given probated two year sentence for burglary
Tony Cornelius Coleman 17 of 1224 Honeysuckle received a probated two year sentence from 161st District Judge R L McKim after pleading guilty to burglary of a habitation with intent to commit theft. He was linked to the May 3 burglary of Ronald Frank Ethington's residence.
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Tony Cornelius Coleman
R.L. McKim
Coleman
Ronald Frank Ethington
Death notices common across West Texas counties
Obituaries detail multiple death announcements across Brownwood Andrews Big Spring Sanderson Lubbock and surrounding areas. Notables include Normie H Thomas a Brownwood resident veteran of World War II and Korea. Lizzie Galloway of Nolan County with extensive survivor lists. Gladys Onella Odom of Big Spring a former teacher. Adelaide A Ochoa of Sanderson. Clovis M Eaton of Lubbock. Benito Paredez of Big Spring with long railroad career.
Elizabeth Gamboa remembered in Big Spring and Odessa services
Elizabeth Gamboa 14 died after a long cancer battle at Women's and Children's Hospital. Planned services include a rosary tonight in Nalley-Pickel Rosewood Chapel and services Tuesday in Sacred Heart Church Big Spring with an Odessa service Wednesday at St. Marys. Survivors include her mother Mrs Vickie Galindo of Odessa and father Elias Gamboa Jr. of San Francisco plus extended family. Also noted are funeral details for Charles Marion Mitchell father of Midland resident Phil Mitchell with services in Lubbock and burial at Ralls Cemetery.
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Catarino Garcia
Fort Stockton
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Big Spring
Roy
Gladys Onella) Odom
Paschal Odom
Nalley-Pickle
Brownwood
Odom
First Baptist Church
Lubbock
Clovis M. Eaton
Irene Roberts
Odessa
Resthaven Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Eaton
Veterans Administration Hospital
Goldthwaite
The
Baptist Church
Bruie Comer
Benito Paredez
B. M
Carmen) Lara
Goldsmith
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mount Olive Memorial Park
Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel
Paredez
Durango
Mexico
Antolina Chavez
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Woodmen of the World
Elizabeth Gamboa
Nalley-Pickel
Elizabeth
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Women’s and Children's Hospital
Gonzales
Nimitz Junior High School
Vickie Galindo
Elias Gamboa Jr
San Francisco
Calif
Bacilio Galindo Jr
Alfonso Gamboa
Cynthia Galindo
Michael Galindo
Elias Gambo
Charles Marion Mitchell
Phil Mitchell
Midland
Ralls Cemetery
Henderson-Singleton Funeral Directors
Mitchell
Ralls
Plainview
Mourners Remember Tommy Upchurch In Lamesa
Tommy W Upchurch 21 died in an oil field mishap near Lamesa. Funeral services were held at United Pentecostal Church in Lamesa with burial at Mount Olive Cemetery Big Spring. Survived by parents Lewis and family. grandmother Willie Wilerson of Amarillo. three sisters Betty, Helen, and Kally. He worked for Britt Trucking Co. Born January 29, 1958 in Big Spring.
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Lamesa
Tommy W. Upchurch
United Pentecostal Church
Big Spring
Mount Olive
Branon Funeral Home
Upchurch
Britt Trucking Co
Lewis Upchurch
Willie Wilerson
Amarillo
Betty Upchurch
Helen Pierce
Kally Dugan
Jamesville
Indian dam collapse in Morvi vast death toll reported
About 1,000 people are feared dead after a dam failed near Morvi in Gujarat, India. The disaster unleashed a 20 foot flood, wrecking homes, cutting lines, and triggering a massive rescue effort as troops race to assist survivors and assess the damage amid monsoon floods.
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New Delhi
India
All-India Radio
Morvi
Charan Singh
Gujarat
Babubhai Patel
Singh
Brahm Perkash
Belluno
Italy
Bombay
Maharashtra
Orissa
Gantz at center of long pursuit near Scranton house
Escaped fugitive from Scranton Pa. likely armed with a shotgun and other weapons holed up in a farmhouse. Police and corrections officers numbered about 60 guarding the scene as a TV helicopter from New York buzzed overhead. Troopers negotiated by telephone while Gantz alternated between talks and hanging up. He had reportedly stolen three cars, kidnapped a Wallkill couple, and allegedly raped the wife before barricading himself in Lester Cassano Sr.’s home.
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Scranton
Kiebart
Gantz
New York City
Lester Cassano Sr
Wallkill
Ulster County
Cassano
Philadelphia Braces for Civil Suit Over Police Brutality
Philadelphia signs a 28 page complaint as City Solicitor Sheldon Albert vows a vigorous defense. The city reports 90 percent of brutality charges dismissed while Days notes most were internal investigations for a force of 8 085 officers and 890 civilians. About 1 100 brutality complaints are filed yearly amid numerous civil suits since the Moro era remarks and historic incidents, including a 1980s shooting where officers were seen beating an unarmed man after surrender attempts.
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Sheldon Albert
Police Department
Rizzo
Philadelphia
Rome
Cristian Democrat Party
Aldo Moro
County Court records and District Court filings listed
Marriages issued include Marcus Chester Jordon with Marion Emmartion Crites and several other couples. Divorces filed feature Hamil Coppedge Webster Johnson and Porras Tisdale. Medical Center notes admissions Aug 10 11 12 and discharges through Aug 16 with many patient names. Births listed for area families at multiple addresses.
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Marcus Chester Jordon
Marion Emmartion Crites
Arturo Jaime Mendez
Viola Arteagea
Garland Dele Sorrells
Rebecca Louie Bullard
Gordon Glenn Peppard
Ruth Denice Johnson
Ellis Leon Kirby
Betty Ann Wall
Dale Wade Havens
Janice Faye Thomas
Robert Huey Hamil
Joyce Lake Hamil
Jimmy D. Coppedge
Wands Coppedge
Curtis Alan Webster
Patricia Louise Webster
Ramones Lee Johnson
William Seldon Johnson
Maria Calderon Porras
Oscar M Porras
Judith Ann Tisdale
Daniel Tisdale
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Independent Petroleum Association of America
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Association
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
U.S Interior Department
National Defense Petroleum and Gas Unit
Permian Basin Petroleum Pioneers
O. L. Worthen
Odis Leone
Jack) Worthen
Olivia Robertson
Denver City
Henderson-Singleton
Idalou
Montague County
Petersburg
Maggiesom
Marvin Logsdon
Morton
Floyd Jackson
Monahans
Morton Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Logsdon
Sonora
Salvador Navarrete
PECOS
Salvador Estrada Navarrete
Medical Center
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Navarrete
Vado de Piedra
Olivia Rubio
Santa Rosa Catholic
Norma Navarrete
Miguel Navarrete
Genobeba N. Trevizo
Maria N. Garcia
Simona N. Rodriguez
Elvira N. Gonzales
Eva N. Reyes
Pedro E. Navarrete
Epitacio E. Navarrete
Henry Hicks
Henry B. Hicks
Ellis Funeral
Hicks
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Jal
N.M
Nadine Dees
Balmorhea
Hico
Fannin Terrace Baptist Church
Goldsmith's Masonic Lodge
Larry Hicks
Fort Carson
Colo
Sharon Gaines
G.W. Hicks
Grace I‘nornton
Nell Snow
Truth Or Consequences
Normie Thomas
Lizzie Galloway
Andrews
McCoy
Sweetwater
Nolan
Permian General Hospital
Houston
Ethel Holt
Ida Belle Rolan
Susie Burnett
Clovis
Wayne Howell
Sudan
Walter Howell
Oneita Odom
Adelaide Ochoa
Sanderson
Adelaide A. Ochoa
St. James Catholic Church
Ochoa
San Diego
Elisa Olivares
A Dauhter
Antonio J. Rangel
Emmanuel Ochoa
Carolina Sanchez
Anselmo Ochoa
Florentino Ochoa
del Rio
Charles Mitchell
Tommy Upchurch
Morin
Keshubhai Patel
United News of Indian
Johnstown
Conemaugh River
Medical Center Hospital
Rhondse Brothers
Darry L. Crabtree
Nellie E. Adcock
Dorris A. Brookover
Ora N. Butler
Delores E. Watson
Amadoro Estrada
Barnard F. Yocham
Ide M Kelley
Walter F. McClain
Brenda C. Ryan
Eugenio Jurado
Shari M. Flannery
Lillie A. Griffith
Irene J. White
James J. Sulzer
Easter
Norma L. Williams
Judy J. Holbrook
Jesse McDorman
Petronila M. Acosta
Shantey W. Leesher
da L. Bailey
Jan Tiler
Jida Gay
Phyllis Howard
Frenk Luther
Michael Grace
Raymond McKee
Leonard Davis
Lawrence Rhodes
Evlene Powell
Susan Mohler
Virginia Pride
Yolanda Davila
Linda Hanks
Tormmy Hunter
Jeanne Richerson
Seaburn McComas
Carl Herring
Clyde Meek
Willard Davis
Bernard Murray
Lonnie Hamil
Kris Pando
Esequiel Spence
Jewel Carter
Dorothy Brown
Camellia Adcock
Nelli Rey
Stephen Shanks
Gardendale
Tar
Dan Robin
Avenue J
Randell Morris
Judy
Marshall Dawson
Coral
Danny Seliers
North Tam Green
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