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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 2016
Page
2
A Union Pacific freight train derailed near Roanoke, Texas. About 20 rail cars left the tracks Sunday evening, with five cars tumbling into a creek. No hazardous materials leak was detected and police diverted traffic on US 377.
The Good News page calls for readers to submit honors awards donations milestone events and retirement parties from Odessa area. Email details to onlife Capa.com or mail to P.O. Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760. Photos may be included. Call 333 7775 for more information.
Fragmentary notice from The Odessa American invites readers to hear about something and provides a phone number 333-7740 and an email contact for more information.
The forecast covers Odessa and Midland for the next five days with expected temperatures and conditions. Officials predict clear mornings with increasing sunshine and isolated showers possible in the afternoons. Highs range in the 80s to low 90s, with overnight lows in the 60s.
Hobbs will see partly cloudy skies with isolated storms and a high near 81 degrees, dropping to around 66 at night. Ruidoso can expect scattered storms with similar summer warmth. The report notes an atmospheric cloud mass weighing about 11 million units.
Midland columnist Bill Modisett returns with a weekly feature tracing colorful places and people that shape West Texas. This Thursday edition invites readers to time travel through local history and familiar landscapes.
Odessa American highlights stories on working dogs like Knoxville Stephan LeRoy and his constant companion. William Shatner discusses why Star Trek resonates with fans. Local preview includes feature on service dogs and sci fi reflections.
Amateur astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Boop inadvertently sparked global interest with a comet later named Hale Boop. The object, visible by eye in 1996 and bright by 1997, emerged from M70 in Sagittarius and drew attention as photographs captured its movement near a desert windmill by photographer Jeffery S. Caldwell in July 1997.
A description recalls a 1995 Hale Boop Comet reproduction gifted by J Evetts Haley of The Haley Library next to Blakemore Planetarium in Midland. The piece, 40 by 60 inches, is suggested for The Odessa Meteor Crater Museum, a project led by Thomas Rodman and the late Buddy West, with more details at tinyurl.com/j3lsheS.
On August 22 historical milestones span from 1485 Richard III killed at Bosworth Field ending the Wars of the Roses to 1956 and 1972 political nominations in San Francisco and Miami Beach. Other notable events include John Fitch’s steamboat demo in 1787 and America’s Cup victory in 1851.
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