U.S. weighs new U.N. approach to Mideast peace talks
American envoy Robert Strauss revealed Washington may propose a U.N. resolution broadening talks to include Palestinians. Israel rejected the idea, warning against altering Security Council 242. Strauss spoke after meetings with Prime Minister Begin and officials, then headed to Egypt as tensions rose over U.S. policy shifts and possible new terms for talks on Palestinian autonomy.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert Strauss
United States
U.N
Strauss
Carter
U.N. Security Council
Menachem Begin
U.S
U.S. Mideast
Egypt
Andrew Young
Palestine Liberation Organization
Young
Washington
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Nigeria
New York
PLO
Mideast
Security Council
Oil spill strands worries and tourism hit in Texas coast
Coast Guard plans selective booms amid Cavallo Pass currents as Longhorn research ship surveys Gulf sediments near Brownsville. Oil slick remains surface dense with inlets along the coast under review. Tourism on Padre Island sees limited beach access while officials weigh legal action and cleanup budgets.
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Cavallo Pass
Coast Guard
Madson
Paskewich
Port O’connor
Robinson
University of Texas Research
Longhorn
Gulf
Brownsville
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
South Padre
Weather outlook reports light rain and clear weekend forecast
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent thunderstorm chance in the Odessa Midland area this afternoon and tonight. Sunday should be fair and warm with highs near 90 and overnight lows in the upper 60s. The extended outlook through Wednesday shows partly cloudy afternoons and fair nights with little temperature change. Rankin sheriff's department officials say the community was shortchanged.
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Rankin Sheriff's Department
National Weather Service
Odessa-Midland
Weather Bureau
Man charged in break in of music firm
William Lara Jr. is charged again with burglarizing American Music Center at 207 East Eighth, with police reporting 10 guitars two amplifiers and a dozen microphones stolen. He was also linked to earlier burglaries at Duke's Music City on Whitaker and the first May break in at American Music Center.
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William Lara Jr
Lara
American Music Center
East Eighth
Duke
Music City
Whitaker
Weather records note highs and lows for Friday and Saturday
The high Saturday reached 88 degrees with an overnight low of 68. The Friday record high was 106 set in 1969 and the today record low was 56 set in 1967.
Knife Victim Dies After Heart Wound. Suspect Charged
John Howard Loomis, 25, of 20084 West Eighth, died Friday after a Wednesday stabbing in his front yard. A first degree murder charge was filed against a suspect who remained sought Friday night. Loomis underwent open heart massage and heart suturing at Medical Center Hospital before his death. Rites are pending at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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John Howard Loomis
West Eighth
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Carter decontrols heavy oil price and forecasts production rise
President Carter signed an executive order decontrolling heavy crude oil prices and predicted output would climb by 500,000 barrels per day by 1990. He tied the move to a windfall profits tax, urged Congress to close loopholes, and noted heavy oil reserves at about 10 billion barrels with most in California.
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Carter
United States
Oval Office
Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
U.S
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
White House
California
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Wyoming
FBI agent defends Davis murder for hire probe
FBI agent Ron Jannings defended the Davis investigation amid cross examination in the murder for hire case. He said the priority was preventing further killings and noted time constraints limited note taking. He described initial doubts about informant McCrory but said a taped Aug. 18 conversation clarified Davis’s plan for mass killings.
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Fort Worth, Texas
FBI
Ron Jannings
Cullen Davis
Jannings
Fort Worth
Richard
Haynes
David McCrory
Houston Laywer
McCrory
Houston
Davis
Joe Ejidson
Priscilla
Bill Davis
Wired For Sound
Eidson
Death by own action ruled in Odessa woman case
Martha Wilkerson Sedate 43 of 1434 Halifax died Friday afternoon in her car at Sherwood Park. Justice of the Peace Charles Gee Jr ruled a self inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy was ordered and a .38 revolver found in the car matched a purchase earlier Friday. She was taken to Easterling Wilson Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Martha Wilkerson Sedate
Halifax
Sherwood Park
44Th
Dixie
Justice of the Peace
Charles Gee Jr
Sedate
Les Blalock
Easterling Wilson Funeral Home
Weather forecast for Midland region today and tonight
National Weather Service forecast at Midland Regional Airport calls for partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms today and tonight. Southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. High 89, low 68. Tomorrow high 95, overnight 68. Precip yesterday 1.5 inches. year to date 11.95 inches. Sun set 8:30 pm. sunrise Sunday 7:16 am.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Kidnap Suspect to Be Returned to Ector County
The Ector County Sheriff's Department said an officer will depart Monday for Santa Ana California to extradite teenager Jim Bailey Jr. 17 arrested there in an alleged local kidnapping. Bailey waived extradition and faces kidnapping charges in Texas for abducting neighbor Michael Todd Franks 21 of 7501 Mockingbird Lane on August 7. Franks escaped unharmed. his pickup was later found abandoned in Columbia South Carolina.
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Ector County
Mockingbird Lane
Franks
Ranger Franks
Columbia
S.C
White House appoints Lloyd N. Cutler as counsel
Carter nominates Lloyd N. Cutler, a leading Washington lawyer, as White House counsel. Cutler, head of a major firm, will not assume office for about a month but has met the president and has an Oval Office presence. He and Carter reportedly linked via the Trilateral Commission, while Ralph Nader criticized the appointment as anticonsumer and said Cutler has represented large corporations.
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Washington
Carter
Lloyd N. Cutler
White House
Cutler
Oval Office
Aleady
Trilateral Commission
Commission
United States
Europe
Japan
Ralph Nader
Nader
Merchandise missing in warehouse burglary
An estimated 480 dollars worth of merchandise was reported stolen from the Auction City warehouse at 1463 South Crane during a burglary this week. Odessa police were told Friday. Items missing included pocket knives, welding hoses, bicycle cable locks, an air impact tool, nail drivers, nails and assorted wrenches and screwdrivers. Also two residential burglaries Friday caused vandalism and thefts at Pearl Crawford and Caroline L Gray residences, with televisions stolen and property damage noted.
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Auction City
South Crane
Odessa
Vivian Vance Dies at 66 in Belvedere California
Vivian Vance, beloved as Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, died Friday at her Belvedere home after a battle with cancer. She was 66. Lucille Ball mourned her friend, noting Vance’s exceptional talent across stage, film, and television. Miss Vance, born Vivian Bagley in Kansas, leaves a legacy in Broadway, films like Secret Fury, and TV classics. A private memorial is expected. no formal funeral plans were announced.
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Miss Ball
San Francisco Bay
Lucy
CBS
Desi Arnaz
William Frawley
Fred Mertz
Miss Vance
Vivian Bagley
Cherryvale
Kan
Skylark
Voice of the Turtle
Odessa Man Injured In Crash Near Crane
LeRoy Sprayberry a 65 year old Odessa resident was hurt when his 1979 pickup skidded on a rain slicked U S 38 and struck a concrete viaduct a mile north of Crane around 2 p m He was listed in fair condition at Medical Center Hospital Odessa with fractured ribs and a scalp injury.
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Crane
Odessa
Here
Highway Patrol
Mike O'Donnell
LeRoy Sprayberry
North Kelly
U.S. 38
Sprayberry
Medical Center
Two Crane men charged with assault to murder
Robert Dean and David Chaney, both of Crane, are charged with assault to commit murder after a Thursday dawn fight that left Baudelio Sanchez shot in the shoulder and Obel Huertas with a jaw injury. Each man is held in county jail in lieu of 25000 bond. Sanchez underwent surgery and is in guarded condition at Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Huertas was treated and released.
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Crane
Robert Dean
David Paul Chaney
Justice of the Peace
Clara Cramer
Chaney
Dean
Baudelio Sanchez
Obel G. Huertas
Sanchez
Odessa
Huertas
Replat Approved in North Odessa Subdivision
North Odessa City Council held a special one item meeting approving the Wedgewood Addition Sixth Filing replat on Parkway south of University. The site will host Neal's Health Studio which must vacate the county Headlee building as it is remodeled into a library. two weeks to move. Lawson Cook led the session with the mayor and pro tem absent.
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North Odessa
Wedgewood
Parkway
University
Neal's Health
Headlee
Neal’s
Dick McManigle
Frank Childs
Lawson Cook
Kennedys, Webb Lackey, Yandell deaths announced in Texas
Geneva Sue Kennedy 42 of 2902 Mercedes died Friday after a short illness. Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home handling arrangements. Born May 13 1937 in Roscoe married Carl W Kennedy Jan 31 1969 in Sand Springs. Survived by husband two sons Billy and Rickey, mother, two brothers and eight sisters. Graveside services for Fern Webb Lackey 75 of Midland 2 p.m. Monday in Augusta Kan under Dunsford Funeral Home. Lackey died Friday in a Midland nursing home. Yandell Hugh Haskell 65 of Seminole to be buried Seminole Cemetery after 11 a.m. Saturday service. Retired Starr Transport trucker died at home after long illness. Survivors include wife three sons three daughters and 17 grandchildren.
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Sue
Geneva Sue Kennedy
Mercedes
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Roscoe
Carl W. Kennedy
Sand Springs
Odessa
Big Spring
Kennedy
American Legion Ladies Auxiliary
Billy Kennedy
Rickey Kennedy
Henry Hobbs
Midland
Fern Webb Lackey
Augusta
Kan
Dunsford Funeral Home
Wichita
Ellis Funeral Home
Lackey
Butler County
Jim Webb
Russell
Hugh Haskell Yandell
Singleton Funeral Home
Seminole
Yandell
Starr Tranport Co
Boswell
Okla
Eunice Holloway
Paris
Gaines County
Tohoka
Haskell Yandell
Garland
Clay Yandell
Euless
Jackie Yandell
Sherri Jones
Linda French
Brenda Shugart
Nettie Autry
Dave Yandell
Hereford
Dan Yandell
Lubbock
Jack Yandell
Jim Yandell
Conroe
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South Padre Island
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Austin
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Loomis
MCH
Inn of the Golden West
Pearl Crawford
Walnut
Caroline L. Gray
Pittsburg
Vivian Vance
McClay
North
Fern Lackey
Hugh Yandell
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