Stevens recalls past Alaska crashes amid flight safety debate
The senator reflects on the 1972 Begich and Boggs disappearance and the 1935 Rogers and Post crash as investigators assess Alaska air safety. NTSB teams in Anchorage anticipate up to five weeks for a preliminary report while FAA notes weather was tolerable for landing and runway lengths affect Lear jet operations. Stevens won reelection last month after an earlier appointive term following Senator Bartlett's death.
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Stevens
Nick Begich
House
Hale Boggs
D-La
Juneau
Anchorage
Point Barrow
Alaska
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
Washington
NTSB
ALPA
Gary Mercer
Don Hobbs
Ell. Bartlett
Candle Fire Kills Nine in Northwest Houston
AP reports a candle started Houston’s second deadliest blaze, killing nine relatives, six of them children, in a small frame house. Investigators traced the cause to a couch and other furniture after initial theories blamed a radiator hose. Firefighters found bodies throughout the home as rescuers aided survivors and other family members.
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Houston
J.L. Scott
Gloria Boyd
Carolyn Fay Boyd
Carl Boyd
Paula Boyd
Charles Boyd
Daniel Boyd
Shante Boyd
Kimberly Boyd
Willie Boyd
Ernest Ray Solomon
Moreland Boyd
Linda Faye Byrd
Mattia Boyd
Earl Boyd
Miss Byrd
Paula
Kimberly
Shante
Charles
Daniel
Anne Boyd
Willie
Moreland
Carolyn
Earl
Mattia
Cold front lowers Permian Basin temps this week
The National Weather Service in Midland warns of a cold front moving into the Panhandle this evening bringing much colder conditions to the Permian Basin. Tonight will be partly cloudy with overnight lows mid 30s, Wednesday high in the upper 40s, winds NW to N 15 to 20 mph, no moisture expected. Monday set a record high of 85 in 1954 while today’s low reached 38, well above the historical low of 18 in 1950.
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Permian Basin
Panhandle
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Bail bondsman's trial under way in district court
Jury selection began in the district court for John A. Stringer of A-1 Bail Bond Co charged with making a false entry in county records. The state says the entry defrauded Ector County. Stringer and his wife Janet face separate indictments. The judge refused a joint trial despite defense motions. Green said the state's case would be brief as about 34 witnesses were subpoenaed.
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Fred Parker
John A. Stringer
A-1
Ector County
C.V. Milburn
Milburn
John Green
Stringer
McKim
Edward Lerna
el Paso
Janet R. Stringer
Stringers
Green
Lerna
Springer
Frank W Johnson Sr dies former Odessa officer at 52
Frank Wayne Johnson Sr. 52, of 2815 Flamingo, a former Odessa police patrolman and Ector County deputy sheriff, died Monday. Services 4 p.m. Wednesday at Easterling Funeral Home chapel with Sunset Memorial Gardens burial. Survived by wife Dorita, a son Frank W Johnson Jr, daughters Teddie Heath and Tammie Melton, and several stepchildren, plus parents, siblings, and grandchildren. He was born April 21, 1926 in DeKalb.
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Frank Wayne Johnson Sr
Flamingo
Odessa
Monahans
Masonic Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dorita Johnson
Frank W Johnson Jr
Teddie Heath
Tammie Melton
Perryton
Chester Morris
Dennis Morris
Debbie Keese
Pam Reese
Ira Johnson
Winnsboro
W.L. Johnson
Harold Johnson
Hanna Burrows
Louisiana
Evelyn Gilbert
Oklahoma
Mary Pittman
Martha Samson
California
Longtime Odessa Dress Shop Owner Lucille L Brown Dies
Services were held in Lamesa for Lucille L Brown 76 a former Odessa resident who died after a long illness in Medical Arts Hospital. She was born June 18 1902 in Windom Alabama moved from Odessa to Lamesa and earlier ran a dress shop in Odessa. She married Joe Edward Brown in 1920 in Oval he died in 1955. Survivors include one daughter three sisters one brother two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Grady Henry Odom 78 of Midland also noted with services and burial in Oklahoma. He worked for Getty Oil and lived in several Texas cities before settling in Midland. He left a wife two sons two daughters and many grandchildren. Big Spring rosary for Sofia Benavidez Nieto 52 and services at St Thomas Catholic Church with burial Mount Olive Cemetery. Nona Joyce Lynn 74 of Dallas former Midland resident died in a Dallas hospital. She was married to Dr R. Matthew Lynn, lived in Midland 1947–1971, moved to Dallas in 1971, and supported church work. Survivors include husband four sons two daughters a sister and several grandchildren. Memorials to church scholarship funds are requested.
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Frankie Lee Cochran
Dotsy
First Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Cochran
Medical Center Hospital
Mexia
F.L. Cochran Insurance Agency
Odessa
Fort Hancock
Bertha West
Fl Paso
Lions Club
Madelyn Collier
Alpine
Virginia Schmid
Dallas
Janis Cochran
Denton
Dorothy Jeanne Treaster
Hot Springs
Ark
Joe P. Cochran
F. Lee Cochran
Evelyn Mallard
Marfa
Alice Littlejohn
Clint
Dorothy Rowden
Terrell
William Cochran
el Paso
Lamesa
Lucille L. Brown
Branon Funeral Home
Oval
Rebekah Lodge
Downtown Church of Christ
Midland
Grady Henry Odom
Newnie
Anchorage
Alaska
B.J. Odom
Houston
Bill Crafton
Bill Hawkins
St. Louis
Big Spring
Sofia Benavidez Nieto
Juanita Rivera
Maria Mendez
Ozona
Larry Sheppard
Chapel of Memories
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Mount Olive
Nieto
Crockett County Hospital
Wilson County
Guadalupe Nieto
Live Oak County
Nona Joyce Lynn
First Presbyterian Church
Restland Cemetery
Restland Funeral Home
Lynn
R. Matthew Lynn
Kansas City
Coleman
Church of First Presbyterian Church
Matthew and
Tommy Lynn
Presbyterian Foundation
Midland Forecast: Fair and Warmer Then Cooler With Clouds
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports fair and warmer conditions today with a high around 70. Tonight will be increasingly cloudy and much colder Wednesday with a high near 48 and an overnight low around 38. Precipitation year to date is 17.09 inches. Sunset at 5:44 p.m. and sunrise Wednesday at 7:35 a.m.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Bond election voting sites listed for Ector County ISD
Ector County Independent School District will hold a $21.6 million bond election at 23 locations across the county. Read locations include West Side Baptist Church Pease Elementary School and Floyd Gwin Auditorium among others.
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Ector County Independent School District
Escuela Distrital Independiente DE
Ector Condado Eleccion
Ector County
Independent School District
West Side Baptist Church
Pease Elementary
Floyd Gwin
Auto-motorcycle crash kills Odessa man
A 23 year old motorcyclist Ricky Len Morrison died in a5 13 pm crash at South Grandview and East Murphy when his bike collided with a car driven by Victor Nieto Gomez 17 of 909 Jeter Morrison was unhelmeted and pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace Virgil Lumpee The inquest ruled accidental death Funeral services are scheduled at 2 pm Wednesday at Easterling Funeral Home chapel Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Morrison born July 28 1955 in Amarillo moved to Odessa in 1961 and attended Permian High School He was a Baptist and survived by his parents two brothers three sisters and a grandmother
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Midland
Kristina Nicole Nelson
Greg Nelson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Harold Harkrider
George D. Nelson
South Odessa
Ricky Len Morrison
South Grandview
East Murphy
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Morrison
K. B. Jones
Grandview
Victor Nieto Gomez
Jeter
Murphy
Jones
Ector County
Easterling Funeral Home Chapel
Amarillo
Permian
Ray Myers
Odessa Fire Department
And
Pecos Man Arrested on Felony Possession Charge
A 27 year old Pecos man, Roger Davis, is jailed in Odessa on a felony marijuana possession charge after police stopped him Monday night near East Second and North Hancock. They found a large paper sack containing about one pound two ounces of suspected marijuana. Davis showed only a probation officer card authorizing his Christmas shopping trip. Bond set at $5,000 by Justice of the Peace Jimmy Harris.
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Pecos
Roger Davis
East Second
North Hancock
Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
County Court records list multiple marriage licenses issued
County Court releases show marriages including Alan Dale Crowley to Olga Aguilar, Michael Mattiassi to Renee Sue Ruby, Billy Joe Brown to Helga Hannekore Herrman, Pat Rio Carrillo to Elva Ann Aianiz, Richard Carrasco Rodriguez to Carol Denise Hines. District Court notes several divorce suits: Don Hancock v Sandra Faye Hancock, Patrick R Ford v Debra D Ford, Darla Ann Nichols v Leslie Charles Nichols, William Rurcher Murchison v Sandra Murchison, Lynn Don Lawrence v Deborah May Lawrence, Morris Wayne Pitt v Cecelia Ann Pitt, Esperanza Barriga v Omar Barriga, Gordon A Bryant v Leah N Bryent. Medical Center Hospital lists numerous patients admitted and discharged on Dec 4, with many names and addresses included, followed by additional patient movements and a few lines of misc. details.
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Alan Dale Crowley
Olga Aguilar
Michael Mattiassi
Renee Sue Ruby
Billy Joe Brown
Helga Hannekore Herrman
Pat Rio Carrillo
Elva Ann Aianiz
Richard Carrasco Rodriguez
Carol Denise Hines
Don Hancock
Sandra Faye Hancock
Patrick R Ford
Debra D. Ford
Darla Ann Nichols
Leslie Charles Nichols
William Rucher Murchison
Sandra Murchison
Lynn Don Lawrence
Deborah May Lawrence
Morris Wayne Pitt
Odessa meeting schedule for tomorrow
In Odessa tomorrow at 10 AM Overeaters Anonymous, Group 2623 meets at St Paul Presbyterian Church, 3102 East University. At noon Downtown American Business Club gathers at Inn of the Golden West, Tri-Service Lions at Sands Restaurant, and Odessa Civitan at Branding Iron.
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St. Paul Presbyterian Church
East University
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West
Lions
Sands Restaurant
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Condal Oeste Sudoeste de Odessa
Cliff Cernick
Sykes
Scott
Linda Byrd
W.E. Armstreet
Frank Johnson
Frank W. Johnson Sr
Kristina N. Nelson
Frankie Cochran
Grady H. Odom
Sofia B. Nieto
Nona Lynn
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Ector County Youth Center
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Gardendale Community Center
Goldsmith Community Center
Dennis Morrison
Roger Morrison
Beverly Underwood
Gwen Mitchell
Carlsbad, N.M
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Tom Myers
Brady
Ricky Morrison
Davis
Reeves County
Harland West
Wes
Abelardo Villa
Oscar Pena
Fountain
Keith Nichols
Oakwood
Donald W. Mathews
Rovie
Estes Lawton
Redbud
Phil Dodd
Eddie Beaver
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