West Texas heat to continue with near 100 degree days
Mercury hovers near 100 as Permian Basin residents endure more hot dry weather. Wednesday’s high reached 98, six degrees below the 1946 record. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph today then 10 to 15 mph tonight. Tonight’s low near 70. No rain in 24 hours. 6.28 inches for the year. Sunset 8:31 p.m. Friday sunrise 7:15 a.m. Widely scattered storms expected in Southwest Texas today, but most of the state stays hot and dry. Early temps ranged 61 to 82 across the region with many cities in the 70s and 80s.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Texas
West
Balloon trio completes Atlantic crossing to Ireland
The three balloonists Abruzzo Anderson and Newman finished a trans Atlantic flight near Louisburgh Ireland after traveling over 3000 miles surpassing Yosts 2740 mile record. They were unaware they had reached land until the Ireland lights appeared. Abruzzo and Anderson have prior long flights and Iceland crash experience. all are married with children and hold varied careers in real estate mining and hang gliding.
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Abruzzo
Anderson
Double Eagle
Iceland
Uranimum
Newman
Policemen, Firemen Led Citywide Strike Over Wages
About 1,100 policemen walked off the job after rejecting Mayor Wyeth Chandler’s final wage offer. Some 1,400 striking firemen joined the picket lines, defying a Chancery Court back to work order. National Guardsmen patrolled with police and joined non striking firemen at stations as mediators met to discuss a public referendum on wage demands. A separate incident saw Richard David Hyder, 29, held on $5,000 bond for allegedly causing a power blackout by tripping substation breakers while intoxicated.
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Wyeth Chandler
Chancery Court
National Guardsmen
Powell
Thompson
Chandler
City Hall
Shelby County
Mississippi
Richard David Hyder
Hyder
Senate Panel Aims for Broader Tax Cuts than Carter Plan
Blumenthal notes Senate committee plans a bill favoring corporations and investors beyond Carter's tax equity proposal. Carter’s plan was shredded by the House after a late-ditch negotiation. Administration hints at flexibility in the Senate to avoid a veto before elections, even as House passage already set about $16.3 billion in cuts starting Jan 1, with potential reductions to appease the White House.
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Senate Committee
Carter
House
Senate
Ford says Commission findings remain valid on Kennedy case
Former President Ford asserts the Commission found no conspiracy, foreign or domestic, and that conclusions remain credible. He recalls examining all evidence, noting 26 volumes were reviewed by the seven commissioners and top staff. Ford declines to confirm memory of a tape from the shooting and dodges talk of another presidential bid.
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Ford
House
Commis
Sion
Heatwave to continue with near 100 degree days
National Weather Service Midland Regional forecasts continued hot and fair weather today and Friday with temperatures near 100. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph today and 10 to 15 mph tonight. Highs near 100, overnight lows around 70 to 74. Sun set 8:31 p.m. Moonrise Friday at 7:15 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.28 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
MCH doctor hearing postponed to September
A federal court hearing on a temporary injunction for Dr. Inayat Lalani at Medical Center Hospital was recessed by U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. until September 11 to review transcripts and evidence. Five doctors testified, with only Dr. F Keith Oehlschlager supporting Lalani.
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Frank Trombley
Midland
Medical Center Hospital
Inayat S. Lalani
U.S
John H. Wood Jr. Wood
San Antonio
MCH
Keith Oehlschlager
Lalani
Oehlschlager
Dr. Lalani
Wood
Sam Glenney
Sullivan
Dr. Lal
Odessa
W.O. Shafer
Shafer
Dan Sullivan
Andrews
Death notices for Hawkins Ratliff Duran and Lee in West Texas
Obituaries list multiple death notices from Odessa Monahans and Andrews area. William Bun Hawkins 68 of Odessa. Eldon Ratliff 61 of Colorado City. Paula Carmen Duran infant. Eudora Lee 71 of Monahans. Barbara Fine 45 of Monahans. Details cover birthdates, marriages, survivors, funeral plans and burial sites.
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Bun) Hawkins
Judy
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hawkins
Medical Center Hospital
Hamilton
Odessa
Menard
Believers 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
Colorado City
Eldon W. Ratliff
Easterling Funeral Home
Ratliff
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Clara Bennett
Sam Houston
Ola Powell
North Jackson
Josie Stanley
Duncan
Okla
Joyce Duncan
Lovington
Paula Carmen Duran
Miguel Duran
West Ada
Andrews Cemetery
Babyland
Singleton Funeral Home of
Andrews
Permian General Hospital
Martha Eugene Sims
Brenda Ann Garner
Debra Jo Witte
Larry Sheppard
Preregistration at OC sets record for fall term
Odessa College reports a record preregistration with 2868 students signed up for fall, beating 1976’s 2500. Over 2600 have paid fees. those who preregistered but did not pay must restart registration. Regular registration Monday 8 AM to 9 PM on the Student Union second floor. classes begin Wednesday.
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Odessa College
Business Office
Student Union
Testimony Begins In OC ECISD Tax Suit In Odessa Court
Jury trial opens in a lawsuit filed by Alvin Parker challenging Ector County ISD and Odessa College tax assessments since 1975. DC attorney Bunton defends the method as constitutional while Parker's counsel asserts a piecemeal rotating valuation system.
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Cynthia Biggers
Ector County Independent School District
Odessa College
J.D. Pinard
Pritchard & Abbott Valuation Engineers
Lawrence Fuller
Parker
Lucius Bunton
Bunton
Pritchard & Abbott
Gloria T. Svanas
Svanas
Eben D. Warner III
Ector County
Warner
Sul Ross bids open for 6.7 million renovation project
ALPINE Staff bids on a 6.7 million Sul Ross State University renovation were to be opened at 2 p.m. by President Bob Richardson. Contractors will bid on three campus buildings plus central plant and electrical work with contracts awarded after the Aug. 24 25 board of regents meeting. Construction to start in September with Education and Fine Arts first and completion around June 1979 for that block, then Administration by December 1979. Remodeling aligns with heating and cooling and electrical system upgrades.
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Alpine
Sul Ross State University
Bob Richardson
Richardson
Board of Regents
Breakfast Optimists Meet at Furr's Pie Kitchen Odessa
Odessa events list shows tomorrow with 7 AM breakfast by the Optimists at Furr's Pie Kitchen, followed by the Odessa Optimists gathering at noon, and the Eastside Rotary meeting at Inn of the Golden West at noon.
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Furr’s Pie Kitchen
Odessa Optimists
Furr
Eastside Rotary
Inn of the Golden West
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