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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1979
Page
1
Light showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon across the Permian Basin with 30 percent rain chance, rising to 40 percent tonight and 20 percent Tuesday. Highs near 90, lows upper 60s, winds southeasterly 5 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow in Odessa lists early events: 6 30 A M Early bird Toastmasters at Sambo s Restaurant Noon Grandview Lions Club at Bonanza Steakhouse Noon Hi Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant 7 30 P M Overeaters Anonymous at St Paul Presbyterian Church 3102 East University 8 P M American Legion Post 430 at Eighth and Pueblo.
Obituaries and services for multiple West Texas residents are listed. infant Thomas Madera Sharbutt dies stillborn in Odessa. graveside rites in Andrews. Florence Patterson 94 of Midland to be buried in Fairview. O H Crews 75 of Midland dies after heart attack while fishing. Clover House founder. Robert L. Lail 90 of Midland burial in Resthaven Memorial Park after two-month illness. Fred Orvel Brown 62 of Odessa funeral in Houston area. Ben Paredes 72 of Abilene memorial at St Francis Church. Claude E. Warner 78 of Monahans dies in Dallas. Michele Dawn Edmiston infant of Canyon buried in Morton. Elzie Rainwater 35 of Odessa funeral at University Heights Baptist Church. Ted T. Chancy 75 of Graham. Patricia Eulas Gray Smith 69 of Patricia.
Sheffield Waley, 30, of Houston formerly of Midland, died Wednesday in Houston from a automobile accident. Services were held at 3 p.m. today at Hollowell United Methodist Church in Midland with burial in Fairview Cemetery under Jackson Funeral Service direction.
National Weather Service forecast calls for mainly afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms through Tuesday with a chance of locally heavy showers this afternoon and tonight. No significant temperature change expected as southerly winds shift from 10 to 15 mph today to 5 to 10 mph tonight. rain chances 30 percent today, 40 percent tonight, 20 percent Tuesday. High today 9, low tonight 68. Overnight low 70 tomorrow’s high pending. Sunset 8 27 p.m. sunrise 7 17 a.m. Precipitation last 24 hours 0.06 inches. year to date 12.01 inches.
Marriage licenses issued to eight couples including Donald Betts and Vicki Owen, Walter Griffin and Janice Marshall, Charles McGowan and Olivia Oney, Oscar Rivera and Jacqueline Cooper, Henry Minton and Monica Wilson, Michael Wysong and Connie Wallace, Bobby Stillwell and Patricia Koort, Antonio Galiardo and Priscilla Abaios.
President Carter discussed Andy Young and his influence as ambassador to the United Nations. He said Young is under restraints and would likely not seek an official campaign role. Carter weighed possible replacements, noted Dick Clark as qualified, and dismissed Israeli summit rumors. He described diary habits and note-taking practices.
A 15-year-old Dallas girl, Lisa E. Luckey, died at Midland Memorial Hospital from head injuries after being thrown from a motorcycle driven by Mikael Raybourn in an early Friday wreck on Wadley near Marchelle. Raybourn, 21, was treated for cuts and released. Services for Luckey are pending. A separate fire call reported a trash container fire in Odessa.
A $1,500 cash bag was stolen from a Texaco at 1629 East Eighth after a two woman visit. One woman distracted staff while the other unlocked the drawer and fled. Multiple other thefts and property losses were reported, including vehicle parts, gear, and unpaid gas at a Quick Stop. Public school budget hearing set for 7:30 p.m. in the district offices.
Odessa City Council will review a proposed mobile home regulation during a special meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in city hall council chambers on the fifth floor, joint with the planning and zoning board. Loyd Freeman and other mobile home association representatives will participate, voicing dissatisfaction with the draft ordinance regulating placement and parks.
Federal agents probe the San Antonio judge slaying with help from foreign governments. FBI officials say cooperation is full but name no countries. The investigation spans several states with plans to coordinate nationwide efforts as authorities pursue a suspect in the May 29 shooting of U.S. District Judge John Wood Jr. in a San Antonio residence lot.
Sgt. Dennis Buckner of Ector County was ordered by 70th District Judge Gene Ater to serve 30 days in jail for contempt of court over failure to deliver property from a divorce settlement. The items, including a 25 inch television, were to be delivered by July 21 and Buckner can purge the sentence by delivering the property.
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