Youth Mortally Wounded In Accidental Gunshot Incident
A 17 year old Ector County boy, Walter L Lindsey, was shot in the left heel when a neighbor’s rifle ricocheted off a rock during a rabbit hunt near his home. Lindsey was treated at Medical Center Hospital and released. Paul Cook, 15, of 3401 Uranus, stated he fired at a bird and the bullet glanced off a rock.
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Ector County
Walter L. Lindsey
Uranus
Medical Center Hospital
Lindsey
Sheriff's Deputies
Paul Cook
Cook
Sheriff's Department
Bobby Hernandez
Woman shot when driver refuses man’s car theft demand
An unknown man held a gun to a Midland woman's head and demanded her car at a North Odessa lounge parking lot early today. The 18-year-old, Julie L. Johnson, was wounded in the left arm as she drove away, then treated and released from Medical Center Hospital.
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Midland
North Odessa
Julie L. Johnson
Medical Center Hospital
Johnson
Andrews Highway
Gene Kloss
Kloss
Rig Mishap Kills One On Offshore Drilling Rig
An offshore drilling rig owned by Circle Bar Drilling Co. collapsed its derrick killing one crew member and injuring six others. Twenty eight men were aboard. two helicopters evacuated the wounded to area hospitals. Names of some injured were released with Houston and New Orleans residents among the injured.
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Intracoastal City
Coast Guard
Guard
Joe Gibson
Vermilion Parish
Gibson
Circle Bar Drilling Co
Belle Chasse
Lafayette General Hospital
Pete Cummings
Houston
Donald Stewart
Raymond Mercer
New Orleans
Blackshear
Odessa Industry Development Corp elects new officers
The Odessa Industrial Development Corporation announced a new slate with Homer Stewart of Western National Bank as president and chief executive officer and Larry Melton of Home Savings as vice president. Neil McDonald from the Odessa Chamber of Commerce joins as secretary. W. O. Shafer and Clay Wood join as members, with Dave Baum of Odessa Savings as treasurer. The group runs a non profit industrial park in southeast Odessa in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Industrial Development Corporation
Homer Stewart
Western National Bank
OIDC
Larry Melton
Home Savings
Neil McDonald
Industrial Development Department
The
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
W. O. Shafer
Clay Wood of
Wood Oil Distributing Co
Dave Baum
Odessa Savings
Odessa
Chamber of Commerce
Thunderstorms move through Permian Basin with heavy rain
Weather notes in West Texas describe storms Tuesday evening bringing 0.79 inch rain and marble hail around Iraan, with additional totals in Big Lake and other areas. Properties saw tree limb damage from winds. Odessa area largely missed the moisture while ongoing forecasts predict lighter activity and hot, humid conditions through the week.
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Texas
Weather Forecast At Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service forecast for Midland Regional Airport calls for a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms with sunny skies otherwise. Tonight mostly clear, warm with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph today dropping to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Rain probability 20 percent today and tonight. Highs near 92, low around 65 tonight, tomorrow high near 92 with overnight low about 62. Sunset 8:25 pm, sunrise Thursday 7:18 am. Precipitation in past 24 hours 0.08 inches, year to date 12.12 inches.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland
Howard
Borden
Iraan
Crockett
Reagan Counties
Big Lake
Rankin
Crane
McCamey
Alpine
Pecos
Odessa
Odessa American
East Fourth
North Lincoln
North Golder
Brentwood
Weather Service
Midland Regional
U.S. Officials Split Over Palestine Talks Conditions
Vance directs policy while Strauss handles mediation and opposes talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization unless it renounces its aim to destroy Israel. He warned that negotiations cannot proceed if Israel’s existence is questioned.
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Vance
Strauss
U.S
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Carter Sees private initiative in energy plan visit
President Carter told Davenport audience to inventory their lives and act on energy saving, denying plans to import nuclear wastes. He toured a John Deere plant in Moline to view a biomass converter demo, showing private innovation as an alternative to imported oil.
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America
Jimmy Carter
Davenport
Carter
United States
Moline, Ill
John Deere
Marriage Licenses and Court Actions Recorded Today
County court issued marriage licenses for Gwen Farrell Presley with Cytinda Joan Larson, Charles Leon Coskrey with Vick Lynn Birmingham Irby, Woodard Earl Spruiell with Jerri Lynn Hicks, Albert Louis Hall with Suzette Fuqua, and Joe Vasquezti with Stefano Antonia Gonzales. District court filed divorce suits including Moten v Moten and Sonnamaker v Sonnamaker among others. Medical center hospital admitted a long list of patients on Aug 2 and reported numerous discharges. Women's and SRaN's Hospital noted Aug 10 births for Pierce and Tuggle families and other newborns.
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Gwen Farrell Presley
Cytinda
Joan Larson
Charles Leon Coskrey
Vick
Lynn Birmingham Irby
Woodard Earl Spruiell
Jerri Lynn Hicks
Albert Louis Hall
Suzette Fuqua
Joe Vasquezti
Stefano Antonia Gonzales
Ariene Marie Moten
David Moten
Kimberly Anne Sonnamaker
William Cecil Sonnamaker
Nancy Noseff
Eddie Lawrence Noseff
Teresa Lynn Weeks
Douglas Ray Weeks
Betty Hurley
Raymond Hurley
Noemi Franco Torres
Manuel Sotelio Torres
Willie Sams
Mettie Ann Sams
Wilma Hinolos
Rudolpho Hinolos
Joe Luman
Janet L. Lumen
Eleanor Rogers
J. C Rogers
Sharia Diena Martin
David Lynn Martin
Obituary notices for Pearson Patterson and West outline mourners
Grave services were held for Richard Lee Pearson in El Paso after a Midland traffic accident. Richard was 20 and survived by five sisters, parents, and grandparents. Memorials for Billy Raymond Patterson, 51, of Big Lake were set after his cremation in Dallas. survivors include wife and five children. Ida May West, 83, Odessa mother of two, buried near Smiley after services in Nixon. she is survived by sons, daughters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
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Richard L. Pearson
EL Paso
Richard Lee Pearson
Midland
Restlawn
Pearson
Jerry's
Tracy Hambleton
Lee Ann Hambleton
Sue Monette
Anaheim
Calif
Kim Pearson
Yvon Pearson
California
D.W. Pearson
Capistrano
Carole Hambleton
Inez Taylor
W.L. Pearson
Big Lake
Billy Raymond Patterson
Dallas
L.L. Stokes Ranch
Davis Mountains
Patterson
Stokes
The
Baptist Church
Blanche Mitchell
Robert Lee
Lee Patterson
Raymond Patterson
Brandon Patterson
San Angelo
Kitty Ramirez
Mindy Branaman
W.G. Derryberry
Gentry, Ark
Marvin James
Hot Springs
Ark
Bob Jarnagan
Fayetteville
Pat McCutchins
Coahoma
Bobby Phillips
NIXON
Ida May
Bricker) West
Finch Funeral Chapel
Pilgrim Cemetery
Smiley
Deaths across West Texas leave families in Balmorhea and Seminole
Sally Matta Dominguez 51 of Balmorhea died in El Paso at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Rosary tonight at Balmorhea residence. funeral Mass Thursday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Burial in Balmorhea Cemetery. Survivors include husband Ysidro. four sons Ernest Don Dominguez Tommy Dominquez and Sammy Dominquez. daughter Velma Sanchez. five grandchildren. Also mentions Hoy Lee Bryson 57 of Houston with services Thursday at Resthaven Memorial Park. Roy Lee Sherman 83 of Seminole with services Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Neva Wilkerson 82 of Sweetwater with services today at Lamar Street Baptist Church and burial in Nolan Cemetery.
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Sally Dominguez
Balmorhea
Sally Matta Dominguez
Providence Memorial Hospital
el Paso
Christ the King Catholic Church
Pecos
Midland
Texaco
Hoy Lee Bryson
Houston
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie
Hoy Lee Bryson Jr
Belinda Bryson Dale
San Antonio
Charles Bryson
Stanton
B. D. Peterman
Roy Lee Sherman
Sherman Ranch
Seminole
First Presbyterian Church
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Sherman
Lubbock County
Olive Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roswell
N.M
Neva Wilkerson
Sweetwater
Nolan
Lamar Street
Obituary notices from Pecos and Midland area
James Hubert Watts 90 of Pecos died Tuesday in Reeves Memorial Hospital after illness. Services at 4 p.m. Thursday in Pecos Funeral Home chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. survivors include two sons and a sister. plus John Howard Loomis 24 of Odessa Cemetery service at 4 p.m. Thursday. Loomis died from stab wounds in San Diego, Calif. Also Jennette Dutton 51 of Hobbs, N.M., buried in Prairie Haven. Emmit Ray Brown 74 of Houston, former Odessa worker. James H. Deaton 62 of Midland, burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Beatrice E. Bielby 65 of Midland, Fairview Cemetery. Addie Lou Wells 80 of Monahans, burial Monahans Cemetery. Edwin B. Rountree Jr. 60 of Midland, burial Fairview Cemetery. Susie Odessa Shockley 66 of Dallas, Central Baptist Anton service planned.
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Pecos
James Hubert Watts
Pecos Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Watts
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Mason
Hamlin
Kyle Watts
Pat Barrick Watts
Fort Davis
Foster
John Howard Loomis
West Eighth
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Loomis
Medical Center Hospital
San Diego
Calif
John Vester Loomis
Connie Milligan and
Valerie Logsdon
Chulavista, Calif
Hobbs
N.M
Jennette Dutton
Temple Baptist Church
Prairie Haven
Griffin Funeral Home
Watson Truck and Supply
W.A. Dutton
Charles Dutton
Kenneth Dutton
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Dale Read
O'Donnell
Don Read
Aztec
Floyd Smith
Bob Crank
Levelland
Ray McCoy
Olton
Emmit Ray Brown
Emmit Ray
Doc) Brown
Houston
Northshore Baptist Church
San Jacinto
Brown
Amoco Production Co
Jim R. Brown
Neva Mohle
Woodbridge
W. Va
Wayne
Mary) Terry
Ernest Brown
Cleveland
Oklo
Earthman Funeral Home
Baytown
Midland
James H. Deaton
Newnie W. Ellis
Resthaven Memorial Park
Deaton
Poteau
Okla
Oklahoma
Dallas
Midland Air Force Base
Superior Oil Co
St. Mark Methodist Church
LaNelle
Judy Dowling
Lynn Everett
Oklahoma City
Teresa Davis
Roswell
Beatrice E. Bielby
Bielby
Hamilton
Joseph D. Bielby
William R. Kelly
Tyler
J.A. Kelly
Rusk
Lois Gray
Annie Robertson
Monahans
Addie Lou Wells
First Baptist Church
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Wells
Dublin
W.M. Wells
W.F
Lefty) Wells
Edwin B. Rountree Jr
Edwin Bruce
Stumpy) Rountree Jr
Fairview
Rountree
Susie Odessa Shockley
Helen Miller
Seminole
Central Baptist Church
Anton
Hammons
Littlefield
Chester
Altus
Eagles Lodge to Host Fourth Annual Barbecue Cook-Off
The Eagles Lodge and Auxiliary of Odessa sponsor a cook-off on the lodge parking lot at 519 East Seventh. Proceeds go to the Ector County Association for Retarded Citizens. Entry is $5 with forms due by 9 a.m. Saturday. judging starts at 2 p.m. Showmanship at 3 p.m. Eagle division winner advances to October state cook-off in Bay City. The event ends with a Back to School costume dance hosted by Jackson and Helen Fields.
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Eagles Lodge
Odessa
East Seventh
Ector County Association
Paul Johnson
Ruby Fieseler
Teddi Line
Bay City
Jackson
Helen Fields
Police uncover four and a half pounds of marijuana
An Odessa man, 20, faces a felony charge of possession of marijuana after an unmarked police unit spotted a jeep and followed it to a downtown restaurant. The car was stopped about 3:14 a.m. and impounded, revealing the drugs inside.
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Billy Myrick
Stacey Nobles
East Eighth
Nobles
Odessa
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Andrew Young
PLO
Stanley O
Llne
Donna K. Townsend
Maria H. Araiza
Herbert C. Eben
Lori DO. Leek
Erdman H. Helser
David F. Leatherwood
Cheri Yates
Izola M. Kendrick
Frances Headrick
Willie Jackson
Thomas Luncefored
Ruby Breithaupt
Mary Shipp
Susan Neal
Bertha Duggan
Charlie Simmons
Ricky Watson
Mary Smith
Diane May Perry Endley
Joe Chandler
Virginia Reeves
Evelyn Kraker
Jorge Munoz
James Stroud
George Cross
Lille Griffith
ANG Et Sran's Hospital
Bruce Pierce
James Tuggle
Robert Stone
North Jackson
Billy R. Patterson
Ida May West
Jenette Dutton
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