Odessa College Adds Three Back to School Activities
Odessa College launches three special activities to mark the term start as fall classes open with registration. More than 3,200 students are enrolled. Friday 2 to 4 pm features a watermelon feed on the lawn near the Learning Resources Center with Joe and Adrienne performing coffeehouse style music. Next Tuesday 7 to 9 pm a freebie fling runs in the new game room on the second floor of the Student Union Building.
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Odessa College
Joe
Adrienne
Burglaries Reported as Two Motorcycles Damaged
City police investigated two burglaries with losses estimated at 110 dollars after two motorcycles stored at Carriage House Self Storage had seats cut and wiring pulled loose and a storage unit lock was cut. A motel office door was forced and 55 dollars taken from the cash register. 100 quarters will be given to students selected by lucky numbers for use in new game tables in the student activity room. Dave Tarver notes the aim to acquaint students with new facilities. Aug Kitty Appling will perform during a Sandwich Series lunch event in the cafeteria.
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Dave Tarver
Kitty Appling
Railroad memories from a veteran brakeman and neighbor
The interview recalls railroad life including nights in tool sheds, earning three dollars a day, and the immigrant roots of the speaker who worked across Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Characters like Cowboy Joe and Birddog emerge, with derailments, injuries, settlements, and the lure of trains shaping a rugged era.
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Roberts
Texas
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Davis faced murder plot charges in Fort Worth case
Witnesses described tapes of Cullen Davis plotting to have his wife and others killed. Prosecutors said Davis offered up to 200000 for Mrs. Davis murder and 100000 for Kidson, with aims to frame opponents and blame it on the Brown Berets. Davis's defense argues he was framed and set up by unknown parties.
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Joe Eidson
Davis
Priscilla
Beverly Bass
Gus
Bubba” Gavrel
Amarillo
Gavrel
Tom Cave
Fort Worth
Bill Davis
Cullen
W.T. Runner
McCrory
Kidson
FBI
Miss Bass
Beverly
Bubba Gavrel
Bubba
Mrs. Davis
Garrels
Brown Berets
Eidson
Jerry Loftin
Ronald Aultman
Bass
David
Tony Wilson
Pink Elephant
Richard
Haynes
Houston
Phil Burleson
Dallas
Bill Magnussen
Retirees say they cant afford city revaluations
More than 100 people appeared before the City Board of Equalization with 155 still to appeal property revaluations. Retirees said rising taxes threaten their fixed incomes as values doubled after a 15 year gap. The board will recess until Sept 5 while continuing hearings.
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Board of Equalization
R.J
Pete) English
Seldon
Hensley
Toby Tripp
Elvin Field
Jack Edwards
Tripp
Ector County
Basin Area Weather Forecast Through Thursday
The National Weather Service at Midland reports a warm, fair pattern with southerly winds 15 to 20 mph today then 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs in the low 90s, overnight lows mid 60s, with Thursday also in the low 90s. Record highs and lows for yesterday are noted, and scattered storms are possible this afternoon near the Gulf Coast, Panhandle, and Southwest Texas mountains. Morning temperatures across Texas include Galveston 82 and Midland 70.
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Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Texas Mountains
Warm afternoons through Thursday in Midland region forecast
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport forecasts fair weather with very warm afternoons through Thursday. Southerly wind 15 to 20 mph easing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs in the low 90s, tonight's low around mid 60s, tomorrow's high in the low 90s, overnight low near 69. Year-to-date precipitation 6.28 inches. Sun sets 8:24 p.m. today. rises 7:19 a.m. Thursday.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
County Court and District Court Notices of Marriages and Divorces
Marriage licenses issued for Ernest Alton Armstrong and Argunta Ann Westover, Andy Wayne Childs and Debora Ann Klein, and Manuel Franco Ortega and Martha Olivas Ramirez. Divorce suits filed include Carline Ann Johnson versus Danny Glen Johnson and Chong Hui Bai versus Dong Hwan Bal, among others. Medical Center Hospital reports Aug 22 admissions and discharges, plus Women’s and Children’s Hospital birth notices listing several newborns.
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Ernest Alton Armstrong
Argunta Ann Westover
Andy Wayne Childs
Debora Ann Klein
Manuel Franco Ortega
Martha Olivas
Ramirez
Carline Ann Johnson
Danny Glen Johnson
Chong Hui Bai
Dong Hwan Bal
Sandra Lee Burnette
David Paul Burnette
Vickie Lynn van Horn
William Thomas van Horn
Seaman Ellis
Teresa Ellis
Barbara Kay Hatcher Jones
James Meredith Jones
Odessa club meeting schedule listed for tomorrow
Multiple group gatherings set across Odessa with times from 6:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. The Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Hospitality Lodge, Downtown Lions at Inn of the Golden West, Chaparral Toastmasters at Underwoods Cafeteria, Sandhills American Business Club at Bonanza Steakhouse, and Evening Lions at Sands Restaurant.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
Lions
Inn of the Golden West
NOON
Sandhills American Business Club
Bonanza Steakhouse
Death notices from Odessa area list several passings
Obituaries summarize deaths of Margaret Frances Meador Neva Cosby Bobbie Edmiston Isabel Carrasco Mamie Blackman Joe Hudson and related survivor details and pending services. Ranging from 1892 births to 1900 births, the notices note inquest rulings natural causes hospital deaths and family survivors across Odessa Kermit Hobbs and Coleman areas with funeral arrangements and serving communities.
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Margaret Frances Meador
Callison
Rogers
Ark
Bonham
Virgil Lumpee
Meador
Odessa
Kermit
Olustee
Oklo
Henry H. Meador
Neva Cosby
Easterling Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Bobbie Gladys Edmiston
Easterling
North
Jackson
Justice of the Peace
Isabel Carrasco
Hillmont
Gilbert Carrasco
Croft Leads Alaska Democratic Governor Primary Narrowly
41 year old former Odessa attorney Chancy Croft leads Anchorage Senator in Alaska Democratic governor race by 30 votes as 364 of 403 precincts report. Early results show Croft 7,283 to Merdes 7,253 with outcome to be settled by late-counted bush community and absentee ballots.
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Odessa
Chancy Croft
Anchorage
Sen
Croft
Leland Croft
Boulder
Ed Merdes
Fairbanks
Merdes
Oklahoma
David Boren
Ed Edmondson
Dewey Bartlett
Hickel
Hammond
Alaska
Odessa High School
University of Texas At Austin
UT Law School
Harold Young
House of Representative
Senate
Toni Williamson
Midland
J. C. Williamson
Edmondson
Gene Stipe
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Carriage House Self Storage
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Birddog
Arthur Tipps
Wichita Falls
Elly Hochman
Galveston
el Paso
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Austin
Tyler
Phi Trammell
George le Croy
Helen Duke
Alyne Carruthers
Terry Neher
Herbert Shelton
Calvin Jones
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Johnny Fernandez
West 15Th
Kenneth Wayne Calley
Gordon OD. Burchell
Johnny J. Nabarette
Underwoods Cafeteria
Evening Lions
Sands Restaurant
Margaret Meador
Bobbie Edmiston
Mamie Blackman Hobbs
N.M
A.G
Mamie) Blackman Sr
Griffin Funeral Home
Prairie Haven Cemetery
Dorothy Guthrie
Delia Strange
Jerry Mitchell
Richardson
A. G. Blackman Jr
Reese Afb
Lubbock
Thomas Blackman
Carswell Afb
Delia Hayden
Kirkland
Wash
Doris Richey
Waco
Ramona Salgado
Hazel Day
Nancy Pisses
Modesto
Calif
Joe Hudson
Coleman
Stevens Funeral Home
Jerry Ned Hudson
Hudson
Coleman County
Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Novice
Coleman Electrical Coop
Anna Margaret Aachie
Cordell, Ohlo
Aquilla
The
Masons
Associated Press
Walter Hickel
U.S
Jay Hammond
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