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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1986
Page
2
Actress Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner attend the funeral for Ted Knight, who played Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, after Knight died of cancer in Glendale, California.
Victor White warned Frontier's departure could trim annual airport revenues by 70 000 to 75 000 dollars from rents and landing fees. He sought a replacement carrier since Sunday. one airline eyed a possible move in by next week.
Sims argues the constitutional amendment offers Texans a vote and could net about 500 million dollars for the state within three to five years. He says it is not a compulsory program and reflects broad support from letters urging increased state income to keep government going.
McDaniel suggests gambling questions could boost turnout from both sides as Texans weigh lottery and horse racing on ballots. She notes polls show more registered as Democrats, and announces September as voter registration month with 7.95 million Texans registered and 898,000 purged for address changes.
Paramedics, ER staff, and law enforcement discuss microdisk dental IDs as a potential patient identification method. Exactident ownership hopes to secure a patent, with ADA certification debates ongoing. Costs run about 15 dollars per set and life expectancy is five years.
Mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent rain chance for today and Sunday. Highs in the mid-80s today with southerly winds at 10 to 15 mph. Lows near the mid-60s tonight. Sundays highs expected in the mid-60s per the National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport.
Readings show a Friday high of 81 and low of 65 with sunset at 8 16 p.m. The moonset is 7 23 a m. A 0.01 inch precipitation in the last 24 hours brings August total to 3.65 inches and year to date to 12.56 inches. The day’s record high remains 104 degrees set in 1964 and the record low is 61 degrees from 1971.
Late afternoon thundershowers dotted the upper Rio Grande Valley and Pecos Valley along with the mountains of far West Texas. Showers extended over coastal waters and the lower Rio Grande behind a stationary Gulf front. Temperatures rose to 90s in South Texas, 70s and 80s elsewhere, with 3 p.m. highs from 65 to 91 and variable breezes. Forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies through Sunday with scattered showers and highs near 990.
Partly cloudy for West Texas with no major temp change. Widely scattered storms across most regions Monday and Tuesday except Far West. Regional highs mostly 80s and 90s with 60s nights. North Texas shows western showers Monday and general storms Tuesday, milder midweek. South Texas remains partly cloudy Monday with scattered thundershowers, increasing southeast to the upper coast by Wednesday.
Regional forecast shows scattered thunderstorms mainly northwest Oklahoma with highs in the 80s and 60s nightly. New Mexico expected partly cloudy with afternoon showers and warm days, mountains cooler 40s to 50s. Louisiana and Arkansas mostly fair with brief thundershowers southeast, cooler in places, highs in the 80s.
Rain and storms spread from northern Florida to southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina as a stationary front lingers. High pressure keeps the eastern half clear but cool with mid 60s to 70s. Frost warnings appear in parts of Pennsylvania, and early Friday low temps were tied or broken in over 50 cities across multiple states.
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