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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1978
Page
1
The piece notes two Santa Barbara quake events in 1925 and 1941 with no fatalities and heavy property damage respectively. It explains Richter scale readings, stating that each increment equals tenfold ground motion, with 5 to 7 to 8 indicating increasing damage, and cites the 1906 San Francisco quake at about 8.3.
National Weather Service at Midland reports typical mid August conditions with warm temps. Sunday's high 95 and overnight 74. today’s high in mid 90s, southerly winds 15 to 20 mph then 15 mph tonight. Some low clouds lingered Sunday night in Central Texas Hill Country with fair skies elsewhere.
Multiple funeral services announced for W A Jackson of Levelland F S West of Cost Charles Emmett Flippen of Valentine Robert Scott Smith of Lubbock Willie V Rhodes of San Angelo and relatives with details on dates locations burial and survivors across Texas communities including Levelland Lubbock Valentine San Angelo and Pecos with church affiliations and cemetery plans.
National Weather Service forecast at Midland Regional Airport predicts mostly fair conditions today and tonight with partly cloudy skies on Tuesday. Winds south at 15 to 20 mph today easing to 10 to 15 mph tonight. Highs around the mid 90s, with lows in the low 70s tonight and both highs near 95 for tomorrow. Sunset 8:14 p.m., sunrise 7:13 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.08 inches.
After a narrow victory Kucinich announces a continuation of his plans with some adjustments while a wildcat walkout by municipal mechanics and a record 26 mayoral vetoes mark his first term. Four major snowstorms cripple the city as crews struggle with removal duties.
Yigael Yadin opposed the timing of the five new Jordan Valley settlements approved June 28 by a defense committee session kept secret. The move sparked censorship complaints and was questioned by Haaretz and Noor, with Labor urging a freeze. Sharon push and US concerns add to the political tension in stalled Egyptian Israeli talks.
Scientists discuss magnetic confinement in tokamaks and laser fusion. Large doughnut shaped tokamaks use strong electromagnets to bottle a hydrogen plasma at up to 100 million degrees. Achieving fusion requires high temperature, dense particle packing, and sustained confinement to allow reactions to occur.
The text explains how laser driven fusion ideas aim to compress fuel to extreme temperature and density to fuse nuclei. It notes milestones including achieving ideal temperature density and confinement time and reaching energy break even. If technical hurdles are overcome, officials foresee commercial fusion supplying power early in the next century.
Four Odessa accidents Saturday and Sunday left seven injured. Among the injured were 17 year old motorcyclist Mickey Gale Pike with a back injury after a collision at East University and Parkway, 16 year old Cindy Ann Patterson, 58 year old Francis Adams, and 22 year old Creselda Rodriguez who was released after a head injury in a crash involving Roberto Rodriguez. Additional injuries involved 22 year old Ramon Reyes Nieto and 68 year old Nanie Freeman with head injuries. Maria Reyes Simmons and her daughter Ellie Simmons also sustained injuries in a separate collision on Tom Green and East Eighth.
U S District Judge John H Wood Jr reset to Wednesday morning a hearing on a motion for a temporary injunction against Medical Center Hospital to reinstate Dr Inayat I Lalani s medical privileges pending a full merits hearing The judge also agreed to hear a motion to quash a subpoena for records and tape recordings of two years of executive committee meetings relating to Dr Lalani The hospital contends the subpoena seeks confidential information protected by state law governing hospital and medical organization committees The law provides confidentiality and restricts disclosure except for proper committee functions Wood postponed the hearing to allow resolution of the subpoena issue.
Nine area students recently earned bachelor degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. The group includes Bob Martin Barron of Imperial, Jim Alexander Dawson, Sarana Marie Savage of Midland, Tommy Lynn Doran of Odessa, and Michael George Kelly of Ridgecrest with high and special honors in government. Maria Jane Ashland, Janet Lee Gieb, and Carla Denise Tergerson in journalism with honors. Kimberly Ann Cole of Westbrook earned a science degree in speech. The article also covers a hospital board decision suspending Dr. Lalani's privileges after a lengthy hearing and ongoing legal actions including a libel suit filed by Dr. Lalani against Dr. Zeeck.
The Odessa American on page 10 of Sunday's edition corrects a fourth paragraph error in which Ray Britton of Concerned Taxpayers for Ector County was misattributed to Berryhill. Jamie Berryhill chairs Citizens of Odessa, a separate tax protest group.
Tomorrow in Odessa at 6:30 A.M. Early-bird Toastmasters at Sambo's Restaurant. At noon Odessa Jaycees meet Branding Iron, Hi-Noon Optimists meet Sands Restaurant, and Grandview Lions meet Bonanza Steakhouse. At 7:30 P.M. Overeaters Anonymous gathers St Paul Presbyterian, 3102 East University. At 8 P.M. American Legion Post No 430 meets Legion Hall at Eighth and Pueblo.
Daniel Minchew, a former aide to Senator Herman Talmadge, is slated to tell the Senate ethics committee this week his version of events surrounding $13,000 in questioned Senate reimbursements. He says he acted under Talmadge’s instructions when he withdrew the funds and deposited them in a Washington bank.
MIDLAND staffer Opal Bradley, a 48-year-old switchboard operator at Midland Memorial Hospital, faced a knife-wielding man who demanded money about 12:35 a.m. Monday. The intruder, described as a mid-20s Black man in blue shirt and denim, wore a Halloween mask, but fled when he could not gain entry to the switchboard room.
Medical Center Hospital lists patients admitted and discharged on August 12 13 and 11 plus births at Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Notable names include Linda F Hair Sherry A Morgan and George LeCroy among admitted and Chrissie Jordan Leon Hines and Mary Gonzales among discharged. Births recorded for Raj and Amare Walter Ray Wright and Daniel Maldonado Jr Parker Hinesly born August 11 12.
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