Thunderstorm hits Odessa and Permian Basin region
A late night storm swept into the Odessa area from the west bringing high winds up to 40 mph heavy rain and hail reports across Andrews Midland and Gardendale. No tornado activity was confirmed. Forecasters predict sunny warm conditions for the weekend with highs in the 90s and light southeast winds.
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Odessa
Amarillo
Andrews
Andrews County Sheriff's Department
Midland
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Weather Service
Weather Bureau
Daw
Permian Basin
Gardendale
Seminole
Gaines County Sheriff's Office
Eunice
N.M
Sheriff's Department
Crane
Man charged in robbery in Odessa
Odessa police say Manuel Rodriguez Sandate was charged Friday with aggravated robbery for the Aug. 9 incident in which a 16 year old was robbed at knifepoint of four dollars. The youth said two men grabbed him in an alley near West Clements before fleeing to a park. The charge was filed with Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles.
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Odessa
Manuel Rodriguez Sandate
West Clements
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Midland hosts truck weight limit hearings this week
AUSTIN AP Midland is among six Texas cities to hold hearings September 10 to 12 on proposed truck weight limit laws. Attorney General Mark White says penalties for weight law violations will be discussed with motor carriers, shippers and receivers. Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Nugent had announced a coordinated crackdown on overweights, especially sand and gravel haulers.
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Austin
Midland
Texas
Mark White
Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
San Antonio
Waco
Texas Railroad
Jim Nugent
Odessa firm denies patent office charges in rocket helicopter case
Gilbert W. Magill, president of Aerospace General of Odessa, calls government claims that he lied on a patent application “nonsense” as a federal suit in Midland seeks cancellation of his patent. The government alleges Magill knew preexisting publications and brochures undermined his statements about novelty and public use before Sept. 20, 1975. Magill acknowledged prior publicity but argued details were not disclosed and maintained the invention remains patentable.
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Aerospace General of
Odessa
U.S. District Court
Midland
Gilbert W. Magill
Magill
United States
Patent and Trademark Office
Patton
Odessa American
Odessa Youths Questioned in $800 Theft Case
A 14-year-old Odessa boy was taken into custody by Odessa police in an $800 theft case from a man in his 80s. Juvenile officers planned to question a second 14-year-old after his return from an out-of-town trip. The suspects entered the home for water and were later found to have taken the money from under a mattress. The arrested youth was released to his parents and both are to be referred to juvenile court.
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Odessa
Isaac Brooks
Wabash
Brooks
Robert Hill
Hill
Odessa to host Sept. 18 hearing on Carlsbad nuclear waste site
A Sept 18 hearing will be held in Odessa at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin on the proposed high level nuclear waste disposal near Carlsbad New Mexico. Attorney General Mark White announced the session as federal officials seek public input amid local concerns about groundwater and the Santa Rosa aquifer extending into Ector County.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Austin
Mark White
University of Texas
Permian Basin
New Mexico
West Texas
United States
Ector County Commissioners Court
U.S. Department of Energy
League of Women Voters
Ector County
Texas-New Mexico
Santa Rosa Acquifier
Department of Energy
League
Midland area forecast from National Weather Service
Forecast shows fair weather through Sunday with highs in the low 90s, nightly lows in the mid 60s, and southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Yesterday’s high reached 90, overnight low Friday was 65, sun sets today at 8 22 p m, rises Sunday at 7 20 a m, trace precipitation in last 24 hours and year to date rainfall of 12 15 inches.
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Odessa
Permian Basin
Weather Service
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Carter sails Delta Queen in Iowa campaign preview
President travel along the Mississippi aboard the Delta Queen, promoting a 1980 bid while stressing farm exports, the Egypt Israel treaty, and energy policy. He chats with Midwestern residents on a Davenport radio call in, attends a Davenport reception, and addresses a Burlington town meeting as a squall lashes the ship. A six minute dawn debate in Quincy pits him against a kerosene export stance to Iran amid human rights critique.
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Carter
Keokuks
Wabashas
Rosalynn Carter
Davenport
Burlington
Iowa
Quincy
Ill
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
U N Vote Seen Difficult Amid Palestinian Rights Move
Senegalian chairman of the UN committee says a vote will be hard and some members may want 24 hours to confer with governments. The non aligned bloc may heed Fall's reluctance to press for a vote as Young faces possible veto by the United States.
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Senegal
U.N. Committee On
Council
Palestine
Non-Aligned Council
Fall
U.S
Two Burglaries Probed By Odessa Police
Odessa police investigated two burglaries Friday night one at Desert Inn motel room where an 18 inch color TV valued at 340 dollars was taken and entry appeared by prying a door knob with a screwdriver. A separate burglary at 3746 East Everglade involved a clock valued at 15 dollars, its case and a telephone receiver stolen through an unlocked east side window.
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Odessa
Desert Inn
East Second
Leonard King
East Everglade
Court refuses to stay execution in Bishop case
A federal appeals court rejected two bids to delay the execution of confessed killer Jesse Bishop in Nevada. The 9th Circuit denied Stanford professor Anthony Amsterdam's stay and another request pending psychiatrist assessment of competence. The Nevada Pardons Board was to meet to consider commuting the sentence, as Bishop faces the gas chamber.
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San Francisco
Jesse Bishop
Nevada
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanford University
Anthony Amsterdam
U.S. Supreme Court
Amsterdam
Bishop
American Civil Liberties Union
Nevada Pardons Board
Henry Schwarzschild
ACLU
Capital Punishment Project
Richard Siegel
U S. Supreme Court
Pardons Board
Bob List
Dick Bryan
Nevada Supreme Court
Edwin Taylor Jr
Taylor
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Garden Grove
Calif
Las Vegas
Clark County
Nev
Kirk Lenhard
George Franzen
State Parole Board
US Supreme Court
Sherman Simmons
List
Midland man named head of NTSU regents
A.M. Willis was re elected chairman of the North Texas State University Board of Regents but resigned to focus on Washington duties as staff director of a congressional committee. Winfree Brown of Midland became chairman and Eddie Chiles of Fort Worth vice chairman. The board approved a 54 million dollar budget and backed punishment for university personnel in a financial mismanagement probe involving the NTSU Educational Foundation. No charges have been filed.
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Denton
Willis
Longview Insurance
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Washington
McCamey Infant Juan Rios Graveside Service Held
Graveside services for Juan Manuel T. Rios, infant son of Mr and Mrs Johnny G Rios of McCamey, will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Resthaven Cemetery in McCamey. The infant was born Thursday at Crane Memorial Hospital and died Friday afternoon at the hospital. Survivors include his maternal and paternal grandparents.
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Mccamey
Juan Manuel T. Rios
Johnny G. Rios
Resthaven Cemetery
Dennis Gregg
Goldie Mae Martin
Pawhuska
Okla
June Finn
Odessa
Johnson Funeral Home
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U.N
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PLO
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Donald F. McHenry
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