Voters back two of three school bond measures
Election results show Proposition 1 approved 70.02 percent in Precincts 206 and 207 with strong northeast site support for Proposition 3 and mixed outcomes across 31 precincts. Absentee ballots favored all three measures, especially Proposition 1, while several boxes rejected them, including Precinct 303 at Alamo Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat McMillan
McMillan
Underwood, Neuhaus & Co
Fred Baker & Associates
Texas Highway Department
Alamo Elementary
Westside Baptist Church
Blackshear Junior High School
Alamo Elementary School
Blackshear Junior High
Ector High School
Nimitz Junior High
Ross
Ireland
Ector County Youth Center
Gardendale
Tally-Bird
Northeast
Bail bondsman trial goes to jury in Stringer case
In Ector County, the 161st District Court heard testimony in the jury trial of John A. Stringer of A-1 Bail Bond Co on a false entry in governmental records charge. Prosecution detailed deeds and property affidavits while Stringer and witnesses described bond operations and ownership disputes. The jury, including Evelyn Fields and Donna Hewett, will decide Stringer's fate after days of testimony and a prior ruling ordering bond cessation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Stringer
A-1 Bail Bond Co
R.L. McKim
Stringer
Ector County Grand Jury
Ector County
Lucille Wolz
George Olesh
Linda Whitaker
Gerald K. Fugit
John Green
Fugit
70Th District Court
C.V. Milburn
Stringers
McKim
Springer
Green
Carol Gregg
Evelyn Fields
Donna Hewett
Travis Harville
Lois Dunn
Claris York
Christeel Lewis
Medon Clemmons
Laura Russell
Deborah Ross
Jewell Cooper
Donald McNatt
C.F. Collins Jr
McCoy defends embassy liaison role amid Temple custody case
U.S. official withdraws from the case amid accusations of attempts by Peoples Temple members to influence custody proceedings. The suit remained pending in Guyanese courts when the Temple deaths occurred. Aides to the cult leader reportedly kept close ties with Georgetown embassy officials, per Jones' papers obtained by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Temple
Steen
Department
McCoy
Jones
Associated Press
Georgetown
Americans mourn Imam Hossein Ashura march in Iran
Americans join a mourning procession for Imam Hossein in 641 A D. Shiite leaders warned of a bloodbath if authorities intervened. A reliable report says five anti shah protesters were shot as troops dispersed a large demonstration in Dayer. About 45 demonstrators were arrested in Borozjan near Bushehr.
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Imam Hossein
Mohammed
Iran
Persian Gulf
Dayer
Borozjan
Persian W Gulf
Bushehr
Odessa carrier wins Texas Daily Carrier of the Year honor
Orlando Mendoza of 1416 West 24th is named regional winner of the Texas Daily Carrier of the Year for The Odessa American. The Odessa College accounting student receives a $500 college fund award as part of TDNA’s annual nine winners. Mendoza, an Odessa High School 1978 graduate, delivers about 125 papers daily along a route bordered by Catalina Ventura Alamosa and West 20th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Mendoza
Odessa American
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
West 24Th
Mendoza
Texas Daily Carrier
Odessa College
TDNA
Rudy Bryant
Odessa
Catalina
Ventura
Alamosa
West 20Th
OHS
Cold front brings light snow and wintry mix across Texas
National Weather Service reports a cold front crossing Texas with intermittent light snow in the Panhandle and a mix of freezing rain and sleet possible across North and West Texas tonight through Thursday. Temperatures vary from the Panhandle teens to the 80s in the Valley, with overcast skies and chilly to cold conditions elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Texas
Texarkana
Waco
Junction
Midland
Guadalupe Pass
South
Dalhart
Brownsville
West Texas
Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Texas Panhandle
Weather outlook from Midland NWS
Cloudy skies persist through Thursday with much colder air and a slight chance of light or freezing rain. Northeasterly winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts, then easing to 3 to 10 mph tonight. Today high 42, tonight low 30, tomorrow high 40. Overnight low 32. Sunset 5 44 p.m. Sunrise 6 37 a.m. Year to date precipitation 17.09 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Student hearing set on trainer negligence claim
A 17 year old high school senior alleges a physical education trainer was negligent after injuring her left foot in December 1977 during track practice. Trustees will hold a special 5 p.m. hearing in the Administration Building to review the complaints, following a November 8 hearing where the administration committee dismissed the case as unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board
Deaths in Kingsville and Odessa area
Services were held for Hubert R. Hayes 64 of Kingsville with burial in Chamberlain Cemetery following a lengthy illness Hayes a Texas A&I University maintenance worker and father of Jerry Hayes of Midland is survived by his wife a daughter another son a brother a sister and two grandchildren Presley Earl Faubion 75 of 1475 Brittany had services at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Born February 3 1903 in Adamsville he moved to Odessa in 1944 and was a salesman and member of First Baptist Church and Odessa Masonic Lodge He is survived by a daughter a son two brothers and six grandchildren
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Kingsville
Hubert R. Hayes
Jerry Hayes
Midland
Turcotte Mortuary
Chamberlain Cemetery
Hayes
Texas A&i University
Presley Earl Faubion
Brittany
Hubbard-Kelly
Kristina Nicole Nelson
Greg Nelson
Nelson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Women’s and Children's Hospital
Harold Harkrider
George D. Nelson
Gorman
Josie McClearen
Mary Jo Price
Higginbotham
Greens Creek
Dublin
CRANE
John Orvil Brice
Crane County
Larry Sheppard
Brice
Kermit Hospital
Richland Springs
Tubco Steel
Arlena Reed
San Angelo
Laraine Danner
Claudine Brice
Bruce Robinson
Newnie
Wayne Robinson
Stephen Robinson
Sheryl Robinson
Henry G. Nelson
Dallas
Myrl Robinson
Comanche
Ricky Len Morrison
West Eighth
Easterling Funeral Home
Morrison
South Odessa
Amarillo
Permian High School
Rav Myers
Raymond Morrison
Dennis Morrison
Roger Morrison
Beverly Underwood
Gwen Mitchell
Carlsbad
N.M
Sharlice Morrison
Tom Myers
Brady
Mary Evelyn Thain
Geeslin Funeral Home
Elm Grove
Thain
Big Bend Memorial Hospital
Loami
Ill
Carl Thain
Dick Bryan
Multiple Midland area obituaries and funeral notices
Obituaries and funeral notices report graveside services, births, and deaths across Midland Odessa Crane Alpine with details on survivors birth dates birth places and service times. Names include Kristina Nicole Nelson Josie McClearen John Orvil Brice Ira Nelson and Bruce Robinson among others with family relations locations and burial sites listed.
Five Injured in Odessa Traffic Accidents
A 21-year-old San Angelo man remained in fair condition in ICU at Medical Center Hospital after an Odessa crash early Wednesday. Four others were treated and released from two Odessa accidents Tuesday. Details describe Maples curving block 3200, a guardrail impact, and injuries to occupants including Tina Goodson and Susan Stump, plus a head injury to infant Jessina Rodriquez from a separate collision.
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San Angelo
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Mark Glaspie
Glaspie
David Griffith
Cynthia Yvonne Signorin
North
Tom Green
South Grant
Manahans
Thomas Krott
East Ninth
Tina Rena Goodson
East East 57Th
Susan Stump
East 51St
Miss Signorin
Monahans
Grant
James Robert Rainey
Houston
Jessina Rodriquez
Maria Cazares Rodriquez
East 17Th
13Th
North Grant
Rodriquez
Len T. Hudgeon
East 15Th
County Court Marriage Licenses Issued In Area
County court records show marriages for Jesse Orona Jr and Ruby Sanchez Kelly Thomas O Connor and Josephine Marcedes Beck David Wayne Ellis and Deborah Ann Kendrick Manly Ray Oglesby and Patricia Lynn Hardin. District court records list divorce suits including Diana Marie Chatham versus Arsnall Wayne Chatham Bill Gene Stovall versus Betty Stovell and others. Medical Center Hospital reports admissions and discharges on December 5 with a long roster of patients and births noted for December 4 including Eddie Beaver birth at 1016 West 26th.
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Jesse Orona Jr
Ruby Sanchez
Kelly Thomas O'Connor
Josephine ‘Marcedes Beck
David Wayne Ellis
Deborah Ann Kendrick Manly Ray Oglesby
Patricia Lynn Hardin
District Court
Diana Marie Chatham
Aarsnall
Wayne Chatham
Bill Gene Stovall
Betty Stovell
Derald Richard
Linda M. Richard
Susie Ray Hood
Horace Leonard Hood
Ethel Lee Cooper
Gus Cooper
Robert Michael Bates
Pamela Watye Bates
Odessa Club Schedule Highlights Morning to Evening
Tomorrow in Odessa events include Kiwanis Club at University Hospitality Lodge at 6 30 AM. Grandview Lions gathers Inn of the Golden West at noon. Chaparral Toastmasters meet. Underwoods Cafeteria hosts Evening Lions at 6 30 PM at Inn of the Golden West.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
Grandview Lions
Inn of the Golden West
Underwoods Cafeteria
Evening Lions
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U.S
David McRee
Bryant
Presley E. Faubion
Marion L. Norman
el Paso
Leo E. Faubion
Plano
Otis Faubion
Evant
Melvin Faubion
Blowing Rock
N.C
Kristina N. Nelson
John O. Brice
Ira D. Nelson
Auston
Ira
Pop" D Nelson
Willie Nelson
Pop Nelson
Leon Carter
Willie
Mary E. Thain
Emma Crawford
Carroll Stevens
Virginie Brandenburg
William Ezzell
Otto Kennedy
Billie Lucas
Jennett Waldrop
Seaburn McComas
Bryan Scagner
James Stelle
Janice Rapp
Irene Fussell
Debora Brawley
Mary Kirklen
Patricia Olivas, Jr
Laurel Bamer
Louise Gillis
George Fine Jr
Petronila Paloming
Emily Dillard
Jo McMillan
Stella Smith
Christine Thomas
Danie Hawthorn
Larry Long
Hubert Honaker
Ruby Cooper
Richard Heins
Eddie Foster
Deiorse Pledge
Sande Miller
William Mueller
Guadalupe Cruz
Iris Hendrix
Dorothy Borders
Bessie Kelley
Gracie Alexander
Barbara Mathis
Mary Calloway
Clemence Caston
Mary Valenzuela
Mar and
Amare
Rickey Holley
North Golder
Steven Hance
East 35Th
Richard Cook
Glendale
Ernest Connors
Schell
Manuel Ybarra
McCamey
Dale Turkel
North Bine
Leonard Smith
East Odessa
Carl Campbell
Tanglewood
Eddie Beaver
West 26Th
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