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Odessa 1967 municipal sales tax vote and city changes
Odessa highlights include a Dec 28 election date postponed two weeks, a hotel sale on Apr 21 when Tom Roden bought the Lincoln Hotel and renamed it Inn of the Golden West with a million-dollar remodel, a May 1 bond approval for Odessa College two new vocational buildings at 3.3 million total, Gulf Oil donating a West Second Street guest house converted to a dormitory, and the district agreeing to participate in federal programs. Headline items cover Baker Ambulance Service, new City Hall, and cultural milestones.
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Odessa
Tom “Pinkie” Roden
Lincoln Hotel
Civic Hotel Corp
Roden
Inn of the
Odessa College
Gulf Oil Corp
West Second Street
Ector County Independent School District