New Odessa Police Department Phone Number In Use
The Odessa Police Department announces a new main number 333-3641 effective today. The old line 337-7381 remains usable only for city hall offices until its cut off Wednesday morning. The new line routes to all police divisions including Crime Prevention and the dog pound, aligning with new telephone directories.
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Odessa Police Department
City Hall
George Scarpa
Police Department
Scarpa
Houston teachers and principals report low morale in HISD
The Houston Principals Association says morale among teachers and principals in the Houston Independent School District is at a low ebb and continues downward. The 70 member HISD board added in a statement that the district treats association members with contempt.
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Houston
Houston Independent School District
Odessa Woman Injured in City Traffic Crash
An Odessa woman Estella Fuentes Perez 28 was treated and released after a head injury from a crash at North Golder and West 22nd Monday. Catalina Garcia Nabarette 30 of 900 West 30th was southbound on Golder turning onto 22nd when her vehicle collided with Perez northbound.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Estella Fuentes Perez
West 48Th
North Golder
West
Perez
Golder
Catalina Garcia Nabarette
900 West 30Th
Odessa Man Wounded At Branton Hotel. Suspect Charged
A 48-year-old Odessa man was treated and released after a gunshot wound over the right eye at the Branton Hotel on Third and Grant. Paul Smith said he was shot in a hotel room around 2 p.m. Monday. A 37-year-old woman was charged in Odessa Municipal Court with discharging a firearm in city limits. The weapon was a .38 caliber pistol seized by police.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Branton
Paul Smith
Third
Grant
Smith
Andrews Woman Named Nursing Instructor At Odessa College
Jacqueline Salerno of Andrews has been hired as a nursing instructor at Odessa College. The registered nurse previously directed nurses at Westgate Manor in Midland and earned degrees from the State University of New York Farmingdale and West Texas State University. She brings five years of nursing experience from hospitals and doctors’ offices in New Jersey and New York and has served as staff development coordinator for Andrews public schools and as a candy stripers instructor in New Jersey.
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Jacqueline Salerno
Andrews
Odessa College
Westgate Manor
Midland
Burglaries Across City Net Cash, Goods Worth Over $1,200
City police and the Ector County sheriff's office investigated 11 burglaries Tuesday. Victims reported furniture, cookware, electronics, cigarettes, tools, a radio, a TV, a coin box, and drug bottles taken from homes, cars, and businesses with several entries through windows or forced doors and no signs of entry in some cases.
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Ector County Sheriff's Office
Elizabeth O'Don
Fort Worth
Ellis
Darrell Earl Bean
East 17Th
Odessa Industrial Casting
West County Road
Kay
Andrews Highway
Dan’s Auto Sales
South Muskingum
Tom Steddum
West 83Rd
Citizens Band
North Jackson
Robert Benningfield
Bentsen Wins Senate Backing for Lubbock Interstate Link
The Senate approved a provision in the 1978 Highway Act for a four lane limited access highway connecting Lubbock at I 27 to I 20 or I 10. States would fund primary highways at a 90 to 10 match as local governments determine the route from Lubbock. Hearings were held over a year ago but no final route has been chosen.
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Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
Senate
Lubbock
Bentsen
Senate Transportation Subcommittee
Interstate 10
Higher moving and phone charges take effect in Texas
AUSTIN Texas AP higher phone connection and moving charges are now in effect for Southwestern Bell Texas customers. The Texas Public Utility Commission approved a 124.5 million rate hike, with Bell seeking 214.3 million in extra annual revenue. Under old rates moving a phone cost up to 18.25. new rates set it at 24.25. Long distance, directory assistance, pay phones and WATS charges stay unchanged. Measured service offers a 25-call basic fee at 30 to 40 percent less than traditional monthly fees in parts of 15 metropolitan exchanges within six months.
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Austin, Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas
Bell
Texas Public Utility Commission
WATS
Motel clerk foils gunman in Sahara Motel robbery attempt
Odessa night clerk Dhirubhei Patel reports a man entered the Sahara Motel at 1423 East Second before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and drew a long barreled pistol after filling a room card. Patel ducked behind the counter. the suspect fled. The would-be robber is described as a Black man, about 5 foot 10, slim, with Afro hairstyle, wearing a checkered shirt and blue jeans.
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Dhirubhei Patel
East Second
Patel
Desert Paving lands US 80 contract for Odessa area work
The State Department of Highways awards Desert Paving of Odessa a 1 095 120 contract to upgrade a 4 mile section of U S 80 in Ector County from Eighth in Odessa to the Midland County line. Work includes reconstructing the Eighth intersection, building a major Parkway intersection, overlay with poly fabric underseal, seal coat on the north frontage road, and signalization at Eighth Parkway and Loop 338 with related median and curb work.
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Desert Paving
Odessa
U.S. 80
Ector County
Eighth
Midland County Line
Loop 338
Parkway
Theft spree nets bicycle boat sails and other losses
County sheriff reports 14 thefts totaling 1080 dollars. Victims include John Killard who saw a bicycle bag of boat sails and an aluminum barbecue pit vanish from his apartment area. Charles Bell lost four hubcaps. Mrs E M Brock reported a three foot statue of a black man. Mrs John Houck a polar bear statue. Ray Woodall tire and wheel from his pickup. Carol Ann Durk’s dog from her car. retail theft at Ann Lee Sportswear of two pairs of pants. Faye Morgan wallet. Kathy Ellis billfold. a 7-Eleven customer left with 17.5 gallons of gasoline. Opelina Goodson class ring and zipper bag.
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Ector County
Tanglewood
John H. Houck
North Washington
Ray Woodall
West 83Rd
Carol Ann Durk
Alabama
Andrews Highway
Ann Lee Sportswear
East Eighth
Faye Morgan
Bonham
West University
Kathy Ellis
Midland
Albertsons
South Crane
Opelina Goodson
Ranchland
Odessa
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