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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2015
Page
2
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A brief notice highlights an upcoming feature titled Grow It Right. The planned segment outlines practical gardening tips and seasonal advice for readers eager to cultivate healthier plants this week. It promises clear guidance and actionable steps.
Debbie Frost shares expert gardening tips in Life & Times every Sunday. Millennial and Boomer actors Chris and Abby Elliott discuss bridging the generational gap in a panel style feature this Sunday.
The Odessa American lists contact numbers for news sports and life pages, plus editorial and ad departments. It provides delivery and subscription rates, service hours, and policy statements on errors and ad acceptance.
The OA corrects the spelling of the Ector County district attorney assistant. The correct name is John Shrode. The paper regrets the error.
Death notices list multiple individuals including Eli and Bonnie Boden and Kenneth Edwards Sr. in Duncan and regional obituaries for Lily Cole Moore in Duncan, Katy Fulp in Midland, Gloria Rodriguez Gomez and Monica Ruiz in Seminole, and William Hancock in Seminole. The page summarizes local obituaries and burial notices for Montgomery, Duncan, Katy, Midland, and Seminole communities.
Odessa High hosts its annual watermelon feed at Joe Coleman Field with Good News inviting submissions by email and mail. Kinley Cuevas and Permian HS staff and players, including coach Eric Jonas and Devlan Moreno, attend as introductions precede the watermelon serving in the school courtyard.
The 1972 report notes Meadows was convicted and given a life sentence for Green’s murder and implicated in the slayings of Linda Cougar and Ruth Maynard. No charges were filed in the Dorothy Smith case. UT Permian Basin campus site ruling cleared for construction. Odessans gathered for early construction on April 18. Temporary classrooms and a library were planned for March next year at 453000 dollars. A 10.7 million project for permanent facilities began. Midland voters formed a separate Midland College district. In November a saloon measure passed allowing liquor by the drink. Odessa minister Von Dell Drinkard organized Concerned Citizens of Ector County to fight the proposal, joined by Odessa Committee for Enforceable Liquor Laws.
Billboard crowns Roberta Flack’s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face at number one for six weeks. Jonathan Livingston Seagull tops Publisher’s Weekly list. The French Connection wins Best Picture. Odessa returns open saloon after 65 years, annex adds 3,000 acres and 1,900 residents. Forty-five firms sign seven year deals to stay out of city limits. Permian High School football champ, 37-7 over Baytown Sterling. Crane County hits 1 billion barrels. Roe v Wade allows early abortion. George Wallace shot in Maryland. Nixon visits China. Mark Spitz nets seven Olympic golds.
In August 2006 the New Mexico Outlook notes area precipitation reaching 5.92 inches for the month. The report highlights rainfall totals and patterns across the region.
On August 21 1945 Truman ended the Lend Lease aid program that shipped about 50 billion to allies in World War II. Other notable events include Nat Turner’s 1831 Virginia slave rebellion, Lincoln Douglas debates begin in 1858, Mona Lisa theft in 1911, Trotsky’s death in 1940, Dumbarton Oaks talks in 1944, Hawaii becomes 50th state in 1959, Aquino shot in 1983, Gorbachev coup collapse in 1991, and Mars Observer loss in 1993.
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