Carter Campaigns Amid Iran Hostage Crisis Fallout
Kennedy assailed Carter over the hostage crisis and the shah's settlement, while White House aides warned against political recriminations as Carter cancels travel. Strauss called Kennedy’s remarks ill advised, noting public opinion and Carter’s effort to win hostage release. Carter planned fundraisers to raise about 2.5 million dollars during the week.
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Carter
United States
Kennedy
State Department
White House
Jody Powell
Iran
Strauss
Tehran
John
Washington
San Antonio hosts shah amid protests and security clampdown
San Antonio faced tense debates over potential demonstrations by Iranian students as residents urged calm. Local officials weighed constitutional rights against public safety while the shah was kept under tight security at Lackland Air Force Base eight miles southwest of downtown. Federal authorities withheld details of his condition, citing privacy. No protesters appeared near the base as authorities sealed the area with police and attack dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sues
Linden
Huebner
Bernardo Eureste
Shah
San Antonio
Wilford Hall Hospital
U.S
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Texas
Lackland
Air Force
Iran referendum yields vast support despite boycott
Tehran radio reports from 60 cities show heavy yes votes for the constitution with only 11 746 opposed among 3 562 703 ballots counted so far though turnout remains unclear and final results not expected before Thursday amid calls by many parties and minority leaders to boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Khomeini
Warmer Basin Weather Through Wednesday Forecast
Warm temperatures arrived in the Permian Basin with a high near 69 and the trend expected to continue through Wednesday. Forecasters predict mostly fair conditions with warm afternoons, light variable winds turning southeast tonight, and a Saturday chance of light rain as a Pacific front approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian
National Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Odessa
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Midland NWS forecast at airport area
Mostly fair with warm afternoons through Wednesday. Variable winds mainly west to southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Today's high 72, tonight's low 35. Tomorrow's high 73, overnight low 30. Sun sets 5 44 p.m. Rises 7 34 a.m. Year to date precipitation 13.25 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
College fund campaign begins in Odessa Midland
The United Negro College Fund drive runs this week in the Odessa Midland area aiming to raise 20000 in each city. A 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday telethon on KMID TV Channel 2 tops the fundraising, with Virgil Hendley and Willie Hammond as chairmen and about 40 volunteers working on the Odessa Midland drive. W D Noel of El Paso Products is honorary chairman as Odessa proclaims UNCF week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Negro College Fund
Odessa- Midland
Kmid-Tv
Channel 2
Virgil Hendley
Willie Hammond
Odessa
UNCF
Hendley
W.D. Noel
el Paso Products
Obituary notices for Rogers Stegall and Wingwood in Texas
Obituaries report services and survivors for Joseph Franklin Rogers 65 of O'Donnell died after an illness in Lynn County Hospital Tahoka with services at First Baptist Church O'Donnell burial in O'Donnell Cemetery. Myrtle Stegall 89 Morton died after illness with survivors. Hobie Wingwood 68 Odessa died at home with services at Greater St John’s Church Odessa.
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O'Donnell
Joseph Franklin
Joe) Rogers
First Baptist Church
White Funeral Home
Tahoka
Rogers
Lynn County
Venus
Ellis County
Burna Fae Brandon
Lamesa
Norma Rogers
Hobbs
N.M
Gean Johnson
Odessa
Margaret Garneau
Willene Edwards
Audrey Thompson
Brownwood
Walree Snider
Doris Mahurin
Slaton
W.A
Carlsbad
Texas
Roscoe
Monument
Morton
Myrtle Stegall
J.C
Jack” Stegall
Singleton Funeral Home
Stegall
Cochran Memorial Hospital
Erath County
C.K. Stegall
Azle
Denver Stegall
Walsenburg
Colo
Aby Rosson
Hobie Wingwood
Greater St. John’s Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Wingwood
Coolidge
Lubbock
Hobie Wingwood Jr
Loony
Robert Wingwood
Bobbie Brown
Annie Wilson
Walter McKinney
Toastmasters name officers at Odessa College meeting
Dan Kalenak was elected president of the Wildcat Toastmasters at Odessa College. New officers include Randy Nunnery as educational VP Bob Hamilton as administrative VP Rosalind McFarland as secretary and Patsy Reese as treasurer. Speake and Runchey won program and best evaluator honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Kalenak
Wildcat
Randy Nunnery
Bob Hamilton
Rosalind McFarland
Patsy Reese
Odessa College
Horace McAdams
Nunnery
Kalenak
Hamilton
Charles Speake
Tom Runchey
Eldon McIntosh
Speake
County Court Marriage Licenses and District Court Divorces
Marriage licenses issued for Bennett Rodrigueza Sims Rains Kinney Warton Ellis Briscoe. Divorce suits filed include Allison Null Morris Morris. Medical Center Hospital Admi lists many admitted patients and names, with discharges recorded. Women and Children Hospital births reported for several couples on December 3 with addresses and infant genders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Allen Bennett
Maria Isbel Rodrigueza
Michael Dean Sims
Mona Beth Rains
Jerry Dean Kinney
Laura LaDee Warton
William Allen Ellis
Kathy Joan Briscoe
Roy Allison
Janet Lou Allison
Pamela Jean Null
Michael James Null
M.T. Morris
K.R. Morris
Emilio M Delgado
Ben B. Warren
Ivy J. Ellis
Larry E. Argulio
Thomas C. Tubbs
Willie O. Tinsley
Helen L. Hewes
Gordon Turley
Earl Brown
Garland O. Marshall
Frank H. Matta
June E. Hoover
Curtis Alan Johnson
Lonnie J. Burleson
Sherri J. Adams
Anthony Boe
S and Children’s Hospital
Jack Garcia
North Jackson
Michael Martin
Lamar
Ronald Pores
Mercury
Reis Ritz
Boulder
John Talley
West 36Th
Larry Walker
East University
Joe White
Rasco
Odessa Builder to Speak at Wednesday Club Meeting
Odessa builder Rudy Jones, owner of multiple apartment complexes in the Permian Basin, will present an economic forecast for the 1980s at the Odessa Christian Men's Club noon meeting. The group gathers each Wednesday at the Sands Restaurant, following Jones's recent appearances at Odessa financial freedom seminars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Jones
Odessa
Permian Basin
Odessa Christian Men’s Club
Deaths TOW Services for John Rorie Overton 79 in Tow
Death notices from Odessa area towns list multiple services for several residents. John Rorie Overton of Tow, 79, died after an illness. services set at Waldrope Funeral Home Kingsland and graveside at Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring. Survivors include four sons, one daughter, siblings, and numerous grandchildren. Additional obituaries note Ruby Anrea Sergeant of Monahans, Sammie B Renchler of Odessa, Robert Gonzales Gomez of Pecos, Emma Hackfield of Sweetwater, Lillie Rita Gilmore of Dickens, Otis Potts of Odessa, and Herman Roland Tietz Jr. of Marshall with service details and survivors.
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John Rorie Overton
Waldrope
Crane
John R. Overton
Edinburg
Ira Lewis Overton
Bill Overton
Odessa
Fred Overton
Carthage
Joe
Ruth) Connally
Monahans
James Overton
Big Spring
Ida Turner
Marysville
Calif
Edna Hillger
Garden City
Jewel Sutphen
Ruby Anrea Sergeant
Assembly of God Church
San Angelo
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Sergeant
Oklahoma Indian Territory
John Austin Sergeant
Healdton
Okla
Melba Davis
Burleson
Jean Rogers
Breckenridge
Polly Knott
Marquetta Jo Weise
San Antonio
John R. Sergeant
Richard Lynn Sergeant
Frankie Snow
Wickett
Sammie B. Renchler
East 10Th
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
Renchler
Deering
Oklahoma
Billy Glen Davis
Cora Grigsby
Igel Grigsby
Nora Grigsby
Delia Grigsby
Fort Smith, Okla
Pecos
Robert Gonzales Gomez
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Fairview
Pecos Funeral Home
Gomez
Reeves County Hospital
Presidio
Nancy
Nancy Gomez
Lora Gonzales
Cindy Pallanez
Esabia Chavez
Trinity Gomez
Roswell
N.M
Julian Gomez
Barstow
Chuon Gomez
Albert Gomez
Felix Gomez
Phoenix
Ariz
Maria Gutierrez
Manuel Garcia
Emma Hackfield
Sweetwater
Oscar Hackfield
Hobbs
First Salem Lutheran Church
Roscoe Cemetery
McCoy Funeral Home
Hackfield
Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital
Alleyton
Nolan County
Otto Hackfield
Alma Green
Bernice Patterson
John
Viola) Dean
Lubbock
Willie Hackfield
Victor Hackfield
el Paso
Edith Pietzsch
Ida Buttery
Roscoe
Herman Hiene
Otis Potts
Fort Worth Ave
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Potts
Bienville Parrish
Etta Millie
Kermit
Houston
H&t Auger Co
Frankie Taylor
Mary Ann Miller
Marie Norman
Marlene Morris
Olin Potts
Alvin
Fred Potts
Brason
N.J
Sonny” Potts
Gene Potts
L.E. Potts
Clute
Mattie Lawdon
Odra Hall
Lake Jackson
Carmen Tietz
Herman Roland Tietz Jr
Washcam Baptist Church
Marshall
Panola
Sullivan Funeral Home
Tietz
Montgomery Elevator Service Co
Overton
Dayline
First Baptist Church of
Army Security Agency
Ruth
Melody Lucille Tietz
Evelyn Marchetta Dinny
Tulsa
Lucille Kelly Tietz McHorse
Shreveport
Odessa College wins sweepstakes at Wichita Falls speech meet
Odessa College forensics team captured first place in sweepstakes at a Midwestern State University tournament in Wichita Falls, surpassing 30 colleges from eight states. Individuals earned top honors across poetry, prose, duo drama, and debates, with OC tied for top speaker in senior debate alongside Tim Saunders.
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Odessa College
Wichita Falls
Jane Dempsey
Marquette
Mich
Steve McKay
Dave Weaver
Royce Clay
Muleshoe
Tim Saunders
Clovis
N.M
Clay
Saunders
Jan Whittington
Big Spring
Margaret Bach
Odessa Midland meetings schedule for tomorrow
Tomorrow in Odessa at 10 A.M. Overeaters Anonymous Group 2623 meets at St Paul Presbyterian Church 3102 East University. At noon Downton Rotary Club Inn of the Golden West Odessa Civitan Branding Iron Chaparral Toastmasters Christian Men's Club all convene.
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St. Paul Presbyterian Church
East University
Downtown
Rotary Club
Inn of the Golden West
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God
Allah
New York
Tehran Radio
College Fund
Joseph F. Rogers
Jones
John Overton
Ruby
Robert Gomez
Lillie
Rita Gilmore
Dickens
Lillie Rita Gilmore
First United Methodist Church
Afton
Campbell Funeral Home
Spur
Flora Rich
Mildred Wood
Odell Goss
Plainview
Vada Norris
Ira Bradford
Virgil
Madera
Noon — Tri-Service Lions Club
Sands Restaurant
Noon — Chaparral Toastmasters
Noon — Christian Men’s Club
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