Odessa Man Killed in NM After One Vehicle Rollover
A 29 year old Odessa man Douglas Ray Wittie died in a one vehicle rollover 18 miles south of Carlsbad New Mexico on U S Highway 285. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Services set for Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church Odessa with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Midland. He was born March 6 1950 married to Alice Bruno in 1972 and survived by his wife daughter Jennifer Lynn Wittie and other relatives. He served in the Army in 1970 71 and attended West Texas State University and Texas A M. He was employed by Texas Reamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad N.M
Odessa
Here
Douglas Ray Wittie
East 53Rd
Wittie
New Mexico
Texas A&m
Texas Reamer
Jennifer Lynn Wittie
Roger Dale Wittie
Laramie
Wyo
Donna Williams
Ray Wittie
Beulah Lee Taylor
Eastland
L.E
Lefty) Sublett
Bill Sublett
McCamey
First Baptist Church
Arrington-Edwards Funeral Home
Sublett
Scranton
Eastland County
Assorted items lost in thefts in local city report
City police and sheriff deputies investigate 16 thefts including fishing reels and life jackets from Bob's Trim Shop, tires from A to Z Auto Sales, a 1970 fender skirt at a residence, a tire purchased item at Western Auto, a dollie from a pickup bed, a purse with cash, gas at two stations, a missing check book from Walgreens, and multiple bicycle thefts reported by residents across several streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob's
North Muskingum
A To Z Auto Sales
Dallas
Deputies
Claire Skelton
West Fifth
Western Auto Store
North Grant
John W. Wright
Springdale
Leslie Dian Wright
No. 6
Tropicana
North Grandview
East University
Alan
Marla Thomas
Santa Rosa
Walgreens
East Eighth
Claude Lee
East 14Th
Don Wiley
East 12Th
Richard Garriga Taylor
North Alleghaney
Glenn Beacham
Haywood
Matt Jackson
Everglade
Monica Foreman
West 25Th
Bob Douthit
West 83Rd
Ann Boss
North Golder
Two Minor Fires Reported In City
Odessa firemen responded to two minor fires, one Tuesday afternoon and another Wednesday morning. Investigators said embers from trash burning in a barrel sparked a fire in lumber at 2714 West 49th, shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday with no damage. A dumpster fire in the 1400 block of East 38th was extinguished about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday.
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Odessa
Norma Battenfield
West 49Th
East 38Th
UTPB Names Robert Reeves Dean of Science and Engineering
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin announces earth science chair Dr. Robert Reeves as Dean of the College of Science and Engineering. Reeves, a former USGS staff scientist and adjunct SDSU professor, earns a 35000 dollar annual salary and brings decades in geology remote sensing and NASA research.
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University of Texas
Permian Basin
College of Science
Robert Reeves
UTPB
Reeves
Odessa
Sioux Falls
S.D
United States Geological Survey
South Dakota State University
Colorado School of Mines
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington, D.C
U.S. Army Reserve Corps of Engineers
University of Nevada
Stanford University
Controversy over racism remarks by Young at BBC interview
The article reports Patrick Young accusing the British of racism and later naming four former presidents, the Soviet Union and Sweden. He claimed the term racist can apply to him as insensitivity to other races, suggesting ethnocentricity but noting it wouldn’t be understood. He also described Cuban troops in Angola as a stabilizing influence despite U.S. policy calling for their removal.
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Rhodesia
British Broadcasting Corp
Young
Soviet Union
Sweden
Angola
U.S
Buckhorn Bonding Service Sold to Houston Owner
Buckhorn Bonding Service, previously run by two Crane men, has been acquired by Don Banners and Danny W. Mathis, with Charles A. Mathis. L.B. Binyon, ex of Wichita Falls, is named manager, branding remains, and bonds will be backed by International Fidelity of New Jersey. The sale closed August 8 after Buckhorn opened in early April.
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Buckhorn Bonding Service
Houston
L.B. Binyon
Wichita Fails
Don Banners
Danny W. Mathis
Charles A. Mathis
Buckhorn
Bannerson Company
Binyon
International Fidelity
New Jersey
Glass vandalisms cut across several local properties
A city police investigation follows multiple vandalisms. An employee at Western States Tire on Andrews Highway reported a $150 plate glass window broken by an unknown object. Others cited include a $75 vent glass on a car at 222 North Dixie, a $10 travel trailer window, a broken outside mirror on a pickup, and an egg splashed trailer incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western States Tire
Andrews Highway
Kamel Abdulkarim
North Dixie
J.L. Gregston
Wilshire
Mark Lane Basshaw
West 15Th
Fastnet Race Wins With Condor Set Fast Time
The Fastnet Race, final in the Admiral's Cup series, saw Condor win in 71 hours 25 minutes 23 seconds, nearly eight hours faster than the 1971 record. British owner Arthur Moss described terrifying seas as boats faced large waves and a turtle maneuver before righting. US entries Williwaw Aries and Imp were unaccounted for but believed still racing, with other American yachts like Boomerang Toscana Curina Adriano Robin and Acadia also noted.
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Arthur Moss
Condor
Bob Bell
Bermuda
Turner
U.S
Williwan
Seymore Sinett
Raritan
N.J
Yacht Club
Aries
Mike Swerdlow
New York
Imp
Toscana
FE. Swenson
Curina
Richard Nye
Greenwich
Conn
Andriano Robin
J Harding
Acadia
Burt Keenan
New Orleans
Robbery at Odessa Cleaners on Busy North Grant
A man with his hand in a jacket pocket robbed Odessa Laundry and Cleaners at 1223 North Grant during late afternoon on a busy Odessa street. Employee Marie Brigman said the white male in his mid-20s, with brown hair and fair skin, wore a navy coat with emblems and escaped west on 13th after demanding cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Cleaners
Odessa
Marie Brigman
North Grant
Permian Basin Weather Outlook With Warm Temps
The National Weather Service at Midland reports continued warm weather in the Permian Basin with temperatures in the low 90s today and Thursday. There is a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms Thursday, overnight lows near 69, and southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday's high was 91 and the day ended with a low of 69. Sunset is 8 33 p m and sunrise 7 14 a m Thursday. The month shows 41 inches of rain and 10 44 inches for the year with no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Permian
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Weather Service
Weather forecast for Midland region
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports temperatures in the low 90s today and Thursday with a 20 percent chance of rain on Thursday. Highs near 90s, lows upper 60s to around 69, with sun setting at 8 33 p.m. and sunrise Thursday around 7 14 a.m. Year to date precipitation 10.44 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Robbery at Odessa Convenience Store
An Odessa store on Kermit Highway was robbed of 196 dollars around 2 p m. The clerk, stocking cigarettes, handed over the money after a man with a silver pistol demanded it. The suspect, a 20 year old Mexican American male about 5 ft 4 in, wearing a yellow brown striped shirt, fled south on Kermit Highway.
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Odessa
Tatum
Kermit Highway
Death notices from Lubbock and West Texas area
Death notices for T L Christy Jr 43 of Lubbock Manuel Gaupo 77 of Kermit Beulah Pace 84 of Amherst Neal O Fulcher 76 of Midland Lou Ella Bohannan 81 of Marietta and L E Lefty Sublett 71 of Eastland list service times burial sites and survivors with details on birth dates residences and military or public service backgrounds.
Justifiable Homicide Ruled in Odessa Death
Justice of the Peace Virgil Lumpee ruled the death of 22 year old Jerry Glenn Dillard in Odessa Friday night as justifiable. Dillard was shot during a struggle with Preston Drake 42 after attempting to shoot another person. Drake was wounded prior to the fatal shot and survived. A written report will follow for district attorney review.
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Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Odessa
Lumpee
Richard Cohen
Jerry Glenn Dillard
Dillard
Preston Drake
Springdale
Drake
Terri Drake
Medical Center Hospital
Monahans City Council fills vacancy with Clarese Gough
Monahans, staff report these city council actions as Mrs. Clarese Gough is sworn in to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Bert Potts who moved to Houston. Gough will serve until the April 1980 city elections. She is a housewife and wife of David Gough, manager of a local auto parts store.
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Monahans
Clarese Gough
Gough
Bert Potts
Houston
David Gough
County and District Court Records From Aug 14
County Court issued marriage licenses for four couples including Richard Ray Walsh and LaJana Sue Lynn. District Court lists divorce suits such as Toni Terrell vs David Terrell and Amanda Quinn vs James Quinn. Hospital notes show patient admissions on Aug 14 and births, discharges, and a long list of births: Abel Duran, Patrick Gooden, Darwin Hawthorn, David Henry, Shane McCormick, Roberto Rodriguez among others.
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Richard Ray Walsh
LaJana Sue Lynn
Mark Joel Donaldson
Kristeva Marie Nepper
Rex Allen Malone
Rebecca Sanders Wilkins
Jerry Wayne Nevens
Sharon Rae Reynolds
Vincent Omoregbee
Connie Louise Burditt
District Court
Toni Lynn Terrell
David Lee Terrell
Amanda M Quinn
James C Quinn
Lena Pear
Lansberry
Ronald Dansberry
Clarence Fred Lang
Konne Sue Lang
Dianne Hughes
Donald E .Hughes
Stella Green
Randall Green
George Howard
Burt
Janie Caledonia Burt
Arthur Oscar Bivins
Linda Darlene Bivins
Veronica W Sanford
Walter C Sanford
Rnomer
Robert E Martin
Wateta M Moore
Virgie A Mass
HW Wiley
Gentry W Koch
Goldie A Smith
Neely F Simpson
Neal E Brooks
William H Karns
Pedro& Vasquez
James W Archer
Willie C White
Almauvraught
Bessie L Marler
George J Cross
Phil Terk
Earnest C Calanchi
William M Clark
Darreen Lancaster
Daniel R Carter
Virginia S Reeves
Doak Murray
Sandra L Cox
Leroy Tyson
Jennie M Winkler
Jaylene R Thomas
Brenda M McDuff
Mary J Hugg
Raul A Hernandez
Doris V Gant
Milton J Edwards
Lois H Cole
Frieda E Chapman
Louis Adimenez
David H Martin
Betty Bryant
Rita Rayos
Geneva Fry
Orville R Delay
Lloyd E Curlee
Gerald F French
Patrica A
Mayo
Don James
Jeremy L James
Lester Coon
Jesse G McDorman
CB Jones
Victor W. McWillams Jr
Alvin Stearns
Proctor
Tania Vera
Navonia Garvin
Andra S Morales
Joseph Dycus
Della McCaleb
Chie Bres Hospital
Abel Duran
Brentwood
Patrick Gooden
Lakeside
Darwin Lee Hawthorn
Benefield
David Henry
Boulder
Shane McCormick
Roberto Rodriguez
Huntington
Johnny Romero
Aldridge
Rateal Saucedo
Herman Sotelo
South Autumn
Troy Whitworth
West 26Th
Frank Bernard Jr. Monahans
Steve Hawkins
Odessa club schedules stirring morning events at venues
Tomorrow in Odessa the Kiwanis Club meets at University Hospitality Lodge at 6 30 AM while Noon brings gatherings of Grandview Lions Club at Inn of the Golden West West Side Optimists at Western Plaza Cafeteria and an 8 PM assembly of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 197 at 301 East 61st.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
NOON
Grandview Lions Club
Inn of the Golden West
West Side Optimists Club
Western Plaza
Disabled American Veterans Chapter
East 61St
Bankston services set for Clayton W Bankston in Kermit
Clayton Wesley Bankston 75 of Kermit died Monday evening at Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Services at 10 a.m. Thursday at Cooper Funeral Chapel Kermit with burial in Kermit Cemetery. Born April 19 1904 in Hill County he was a retired tool pusher and lived in Kermit 17 years after residing in Hobbs New Mexico. Survivors include son Oliver N Bankston Austin daughter Mrs W R Crispin Odessa three brothers A J Bankston Littlefield Floyd Bankston Abernathy Roy Bankston Lubbock four sisters Evelyn Bankston Lubbock Mrs Rosey Kyle Blum Mrs Jewel Newberry Tennessee and Mrs Dovey Jolley Tohoka with five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Midland
Neal O. Fulcher
Johnson
San Angelo
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
Fulcher
Crane
Runnels County
Imajean Grimes
Houston
Doc Aquilla Walker
Fort Worth
Johnny Nelson Walker
Neal Fulcher Jr
Jimmy Fulcher
O.B
Oleta) Walker
L.D
Eva Fay) Grimes
Thomas Lee Fulcher
Kermit
Clayton Wesley Bankston
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Kermit Cemetery
Bankston
Hill County
Hobbs
N.M
Oliver N Bankston
Austin
W.R. Crispin
A.J. Bankston
Littlefield
Floyd Bankston
Abernathy
Roy Bankston
Lubbock
Evelyn Bankston
Rosey Kyle
Blum
Jewel Newberry
Tennessee
Dovey Jolley
Tohoka
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Utpb Science
Odessa Bonding Company
Juan Miranda
Atlantic
Harold Glover
Bob Johnson
T.L. Christy Jr
Beulah Pace
Charlotte Alvey
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Christy
Charles Smith
Manuel Gaupo
Gaupo
Memorial Hospital
Fabens
Amherst
Laura Graves
Church of Christ
Amherst Cemetery
Hammons
Pace
South Plains Hospital
Gunter
Lou Ella Bohannan
First Baptist Church of
Marietta
Oak Ridge
Ellis Funeral Home
Bohannan
Lon Bohannan
L.E. Sublett
Area Council
Willian
Clayton Bankston
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