Jury Upheld Rotating Tax Revaluation Plan in Ector
An Odessa jury ruled Friday that the rotating property revaluation program used by Odessa College and the Ector County Independent School District is legal and reasonable. The verdict ends Alvin H. Parker's suit alleging unconstitutional tax assessment, with appeals planned by his attorney.
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Gloria T. Svanas
Parker
Fuller
Svanas
Ector County
Pritchard & Abbott
David Pinard
Pinard
Lucius Bunton
Eben D. Warner
Cooler readings forecast for Permian Basin weekend
Temperatures drop from Friday’s 101 degree peak with a 90 degree high today and 95 degree high Sunday. NWS Midland reports fair skies through Sunday with light northeast winds, and a cooler Sunday morning near 70. Showers to the south and east of Odessa briefly appeared Friday night, with no rain in Crane.
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Midland
NWS
Odessa
Panhandle
Texas
Baytown
South Plains
Eight City Burglaries Under Investigation
City police investigate eight burglaries with multiple items stolen from residences and vehicles. Losses range from 25 to 1789 dollars, with entries often non forceful and a hotel room also broken into. Named victims include Loise Marrs, Jeff Ellig, Allen Breckner, Howard Wilson, Stephney Moore, Lavonda Eggleston, Kyle Marvin Cagle, and a Branton Hotel employee reporting items stolen.
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Loise Marrs
East Pearl
Jeff Ellig
Beechwood
Allen Breckner
East 1St
Howard Wilson
Stephney Moore
Laurel
Citizens Band
Lavonda Eggleston
Brentwood
East 52Nd
Kyle Marvin Cagle
Nabors
Branton
Third
Grant
Sixth flood victim found in Albany Texas in pickup
Bulldozers uncovered the body of M. O. Cobb Mills, the sixth fatality from the Albany flood caused by Tropical Storm Amelia. The search near Hubbard Creek also revealed a stock trailer and a boat trailer. Three people remain missing, presumed drowned, as the state tally rises to 32.
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Albany
Texas
Hubbard Creek
M. O
Cobb’ Mills
Shackelford County
Amelia
Gulf of Mexico
Mills
Loy
Jane Key
Nettie Mae Cooper
Court refuses involvement in Abilene wet dry election
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to intervene in the Abilene wet dry election dispute. Attorneys said they doubted the ruling’s impact on the case. The court denied Sherman McBeath a mandamus to bar Judge Charles Mathews from participating, while not ruling on Mathews' jurisdiction. Initial June 17 local option results favored liquor and beer sales by about 100 votes, but Taylor County commissioners later discarded a voting box and declared the dry side the winner.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Abilene
Supreme Court
Sherman McBeath
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Charles Mathews
High Court
Mathews
Taylor County Commissioners Court
Blood stained rock tied to missing Odessa girl probe
Lawmen hunted for links between a blood stained rock found near Gardendale and the disappearance of 19 year old Catherine Ann Murphy. Deputies searched on horseback and foot for hours while DPS analysts studied the rock for human blood. A $5,000 reward was offered by the girl's parents for information.
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Odessa
Ector County
Catherine Ann
Fifi) Murphy
Elton Faught
Texas Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Midland
Faught
Gardendale
DPS
Witnesses dispute Ray case credibility in congressional hearing
Lane, citing a British contact, alleges Eist was removed for unlawful conduct while Scotland Yard cites charges in 1976 for conspiracy to pervert justice over jewel robberies. Eist questioned Ray after his arrest. Cowden admits fabricating an alibi story for Ray to promote a movie or book venture.
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Richardson Preyer
D-N.c
Eist
Devine
Ray
Lane
District of Columbia
Walter Fauntroy
Preyer
Dean Cowden
Cowden
Hays
Memphis
Weather forecast for Midland regional area
National Weather Service forecast at Midland Regional Airport calls for fair weather through Sunday with northeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Today’s high around 90 and tonight’s low near 70, with tomorrow’s high near 95 and overnight low about 75. Yesterday’s high was 101. Sunset at 8:29 p.m. and sunrise at 7:16 a.m. year to date precipitation 6.2 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Vandals damage four cars in Friday night incidents
Police investigated two windshield breakages valued at 150 each on Genelle McNeely and Gary Feroz’s cars, a tire slash on Gene Bobo’s vehicle for 160, and white shoe polish graffiti on Mrs. William Beckham’s car, all at residence locations.
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Genelle McNeely
Gary Richard Feroz
East 31St
South Crane
Gene P. Bobo
East 16Th
William Beckham
West 22Nd
Bids Led Sul Ross Renovation Project Winners Named
ALPINE R M Wells Co of Quanah and Dodds Electric of Brady were the apparent low bidders for Sul Ross State University renovation. Wells quoted 3 932 557 for fine arts education and administration buildings and 1 350 045 for the central plant remodeling. Dodds Electric bid 337 725 for the electrical distribution system. Bids opened Thursday in Alpine by Lamar Urbanovsky, acting executive director of the Texas State University System board of regents. Contracts awarded at the regents meeting August 25 in Alpine.
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Alpine
R. M. Wells Co
Quanah
Dodds Electric
Brady
Sul Ross State University
Wells
Lamar Urbanovsky
Board of Regents
Texas State University System
Auto theft and burglary report in city
A 1970-model car valued at 500 dollars was stolen Friday night from Antonio Saucedo of 818 South Dixie. The vehicle was left unlocked with keys in the ignition. A pickup truck battery worth 40 dollars was taken from Jack Grace at 2500 Santa Monica. police record this as the lone burglary.
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Antonio Saucedo
South Dixie
Jack Grace
Santa Monica
Odessa CAP meeting at Schlemeyer Field 7:30 P.M.
Tomorrow in Odessa the Odessa Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Civil Air Patrol Building on Schlemeyer Field. Members gather for briefing and training sessions.
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Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Schlemeyer Field
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Bunton
Warner
James Hopper
Billie Mills
David Narbaez
Cynthia Abel
Richard Acosta
Dorothy Olive
Albert W. Dale Jr
Jim Craig
Edwin Lane
Mary Peck
Doyle Walker
Ira W. Swift
Ozona
Ozona South
Bob Johnson
Crockett County
Foy Moody
Permian
Thomas D. Murphy Jr
King
Texaco
National Enquirer
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D-Pa
Tennessee
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Tex
Renfro Hays
Sul Ross
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