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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1978

Page

2

Elvis Presley autopsy findings spark ongoing debate

Pathologist Francisco released post mortem results stating hypertensive heart disease and coronary artery disease as factors, with drugs found but deemed not causal. Reports from other labs conflicted, while memory of Presley’s death prompts ongoing legal and societal scrutiny as autopsy remains a private document under Tennessee law.

Health Sciences Francisco Elvis Presley Nichopoulos California University of Utah Salt Lake City Bryan S. Finkle Center For Human Toxicology Salt Lake Tribune Elias Ghanem Las Vegas Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society Shelby County Tennessee

Memphis School Faces Start AmidPicket Line Call

Memphis schools plan to open Thursday while a teacher strike threat looms as 5,500 members urged to honor picket lines. AFL-CIO leader Tommy Powell may seek a general strike and city boycott if bargaining stalls. Police 1,100 officers walked out after rejecting the latest wage offer.

Memphis Afl-Cio Labor Council Tommy Powell

Senate Tuition Credit Plan Faces Senate Vote

The bill would give families a tax credit of up to 250 dollars per student for full time college costs, rising to 500 with half-time coverage, ending in 1984 unless extended. Debate centered on private school aid and constitutional concerns, with supporters pressing for middle income grants amid calls to curb federal spending.

Senate Congress House Carter

Salvation Army gets $24,300 grant for Odessa kitchen

Odessa Salvation Army receives a $24,300 grant from the Levi Strauss Foundation to outfit kitchen facilities in the new Red Shield Lodge complex on Jefferson between 10th and 11th. Maj. William Thomas says the award covers the full request, enabling three-building complex replacing Pearl Street facilities and a burned warehouse.

Odessa Salvation Army Levi- Strauss Foundation Maj William Thomas 10Th 11Th Jefferson Thomas Levi-Strauss Foundation Maj. Thomas Midland Levi-Strauss Red Shield Lodge Ned A. Braham Salvation Army Red Shield Lodge The Army Pearl Street

Deaths mark long illness across Odessa region in notices

Long obituary notices list William Bun Hawkins and several others across Odessa area. Services announced in Lubbock Monahans Bell Flower Childress Aspermont Big Spring Midland Fort Stockton and Odessa with varied dates and burial plans. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren across multiple states.

William Bun) Hawkins Judy Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Hawkins Medical Center Hospital Hamilton Odessa Menard Believer's Tabernacle Church Floy Waddill Santa Anna Don Ray Hawkins Ingleside Billy Joe Hawkins Bangs Jerry Wayne Hawkins Garden Grove Calif Rita Sue Templeton Viva Biggs Fort Worth J.L. Hawkins Bakersfield Lubbock Frank Trim Rodney Howard Billie Kay Wadley Sanders Virginia Monahans Barbara Jeanne Fine First Baptist Church Wilson-Miller Funeral Home Larry Joe Fine Gary Don Fine Arlington Steven Allen Fine Laverne Fizer Petty Davis Mount Home Ark Ruth McBride Bell Flower Michael Ray Iglehart Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard-Keily Funeral Home Iglehart Lakewood Jessie H. Iglehart Hilary Iglehart Eileene Lailer San Marcos Childress John Lawson Maddox Calvary Baptist Church Maddox Linda Whitten Charles Crouch Midland Aspermont C.W. Simmons M.A. (Mack) Simmons East 31St Ora Lee Simmons Crane McCoy Simmons Stonewall County Big Spring John W. Garrison John Shanks Hobbs N.M Wesley United Methodist Church Mount Olive Memorial Park Nalley- Pickle Funeral Home Garrison Hopkins County Texas Electric Service Co Pauline Hart Big Siping Goldie Price Cactus Hotel San Angelo Flora White East Fourth Street Baptist Church Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home Johnson's Funeral Home Big Springs George Lewis Price Eastland A.F. Hill Elton Gilliland Hill Gainsville Lola Gordon Clarence A. Alther Ellis Funeral Home Ferncliff Hartsvale N.Y Alther Midland Memorial Hospital Bronx Bertha E. Alther Maybon-Nugent Co George A. Alther Roger T. Alther Ossining Victoria A. Bradess New Port Richey Fla Fort Stockton E.H. Warnock First Presbyterian Church Easthills Cemetery Edward D. Deary Mark Yarbrough Carver Edna Marie Deary Arthur Pertile Barbara Harper California Collins Yarbrough

Odessa club meetings schedule sparse on details

Tomorrow in Odessa a series of morning noon and evening meetings are listed: 6:30 A M Kiwanis Club at University Hospitality Lodge 12:00 Noon Downtown Lions at Inn of the Golden West Ballroom 12:00 Noon Chaparral Toastmasters at Underwoods Cafeteria 12:00 Noon Sandhills American Business Club at Bonanza Steakhouse 6:30 P M Evening Lions at Sands Restaurant 8:00 P M Disabled American Veterans No 197 at 301 East 61st Avenue.

Kiwanis Club of Odessa University Lions Inn of the Golden West NOON Sandhills American Business Club Bonanza Steakhouse Disabled American Veterans 301 East 61St

Pair charged in vandalism in Odessa

Two Odessa men Hatcher and Brooks were jailed with bonds totaling 80000 on felony criminal mischief charges for damaging a Midland man Otis Butler Williams car on August 8 at Scene West parking lot 409 North Hancock. State case filed with Justice Harold Sligar.

Odessa Midland Jerry Edgar Hatcher Neal North Grant David Allen Brooks North Dixie Otis Butler Williams West North Hancock Justice of the Peace Harold Sligar

Rainy Weather and Flooding Hit Pecos and North Texas

The National Weather Service in Midland reports a 20 percent chance of rain today and tonight with mostly fair skies through Thursday and near 100 degree highs. Pecos saw a Monday thunderstorm dump 1.35 inches officially, up to 1.63 in some areas, causing flooding and outages. Wichita Falls recorded 1.18 inches, with street flooding reported.

Wichita Falls Texas Caprock Marfa Waco Galveston

Midland area forecast from National Weather Service

Slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and early tonight. Mostly fair through Thursday with hot afternoons. Rain probability 20 percent. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs near 100, lows around 70 to 73. Sun sets 8 32 p.m. Sunrise 7 14 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.28 inches.

National Weather Service Midland Gional

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John Hill Bob Johnson Memphis’ Morning Ernest F. Hollings Ds.c Kancaster Hodges Dark Daniel Patrick Moynihan Dn.y Bob Packwood R-Ore Supreme Court Edmund S. Muskie Dmaine Senate Budget Committee William Hawkins John Garrison Barbara Fine Michael Iglehart John Maddox Edward Deary Clarence Alther W.C. Mitchell Jr R.B. Hooper Kerrville Fannie Petsch Wildcat Odessa College Betty Moore Charles Kramer Tom Runchey Randy Nunnley Underwoods Cafeteria Evening Lions Sands Restaurant Midland Regional Weather Service Pecos
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