Apollo 17 Launch and Moon Mission Progress Shows Spectacle
The Saturn 5 liftoff from Cape Kennedy drew hundreds of thousands as engineers solved a late countdown hiccup caused by a third stage oxygen pressurization issue. After a smooth ascent the crew re ignited the third stage and prepared to separate the command ship and lunar module, with Cernan noting earth is round.
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Norther Brings Back-to-Back Cold Fronts Across Texas
An Arctic air mass grips Texas as a second front lurks, lowering readings to 22 degrees with 10 mph winds for a 4 degree wind chill. Friday highs near 45 with overnight 35, gusty south winds easing tonight. Rio Grande Valley peppers feared damaged by 28 degree forecast. Midland records 12 degrees at dawn. Ralph Ross notes 38 degree low at La Casita Farms near Rio Grande City.
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Ralph Ross
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31 Years Ago Odessa Americans Hear Pearl Harbor Attack
The Odessa American recalls the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor raid as radio news broke nationwide. Odessans faced fear and grief with church services, enlistment plans, and civic displays as Congress declared war and the nation entered World War II.
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U.S
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Los Alamos
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Pearl Harbor Recalled by Odessans in 1941 Attack Remembrance
Odessans who were near Pearl Harbor recall the 1941 attack vividly. Carl Russell, stationed at Hickam Field, describes awakening to explosions and rushing to safety as fires spread and planes struck. J R Schloer, at Schofield Barracks, recalls Rising Stars markings and a chaotic mess hall. Others, including Richard Anderson, discuss delayed returns and reactions, noting prior knowledge of rising tensions and mixed expectations.
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Fairlane
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Laurel
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Washington
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Brentwood
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County Court and District Court Records Summary
Marriage licenses issued for Albert Bevers Jr and Janet Gomez. David Shults and Marilyn Maroney. Curtis Webster and Dorothy Lawson. Ronald Ladd and Linda Hall. District Court divorces filed: Norman Ward v LaDonna Ward. Helen Farris v Roy Farris. Davetta Schoen v John Schoen. Medical Center Hospital lists many admitted and discharged patients Dec 6 including Marianne Timmons, Grady Becksworth, Edna Herrington, Oscar O’Neal, Rene Esquivel, John Martin, and others. births noted for Billy Wayne Timmons and Blb Eusebio Vega. City traffic accidents include East University and Nabors. Fifth and Golder. Nabors Lane and Tenth. 42nd and 38th. Eighth and Maple. 800 Block North Grandview with varied damages.
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Albert Henry Bevers Jr
Janet Frances Gomez
David Barkley Shults
Marilyn Ann Maroney
Curtis Alan Webster
Dorothy Jeanette Lawson
Ronald J. Ladd
Linda Nell Hall
Linda M. Woods
Gloris Yarbard
Pete Garvin
Wanda Wright Jackson
Norman Lee Ward
LaDonna Lee Ward
Helen Denise Farris
Roy Dean Farris
Davetta Schoen
John Edward Schoen
East University
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Fairlane
Cecil Ada Parett
Amburger
Golder
Bert Robert White
Ellis
Evelyn Henson Lamb
West
Nabors Lane
Sharon Looney
East 13Th
Lewis Schronick
Brentwood
John David Evans
Sunset
Cloudie Banks
Wabash
Tomas R. Buono Jr
Bert James
Monahans
North Grandview
Kathryn Rene Andrews
Boppyvale Lewis
Oakwood
Suspect Held For Robbery By Assault With Firearms
Rayborne Lee Spoon, 23, of Victoria, remained in Ector County jail on a $15,000 bond after a Wednesday arrest on a Midland County Grand Jury indictment for the Jan. 20 Mr. M Food Store robbery. He faces charges tied to a pistol theft of $300 and a .38 caliber weapon. He also faces an Ector County grand jury indictment for the Jan. 9 armed Elks Lodge robbery. The Midland bond has not been set.
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Victoria
Ector County
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Andrews Highway
Youth Injured In Accident Involving Parked Car
Donald Duncan, 16, of 7020 Kentucky, remained in the ICU at Medical Center Hospital after a motorcycle he rode collided with a parked car at 2327 East 31st Street around 5:29 p.m. Wednesday. He was admitted for leg injuries and classified in satisfactory condition.
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Douglas Duncan
Kentucky
Medical Center Hospital
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Midland Utility Election Today
Midland residents vote in a Thursday utility franchise election to decide 30-year franchises for Pioneer Natural Gas Co. and Texas Electric Service Co. The firms fund the election to secure long-term rights for service upgrades.
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Midland
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Texas Electric Service Co
Funeral services for Franklin Southerland scheduled
Funeral services for Franklin Edward Southerland 40 of Odessa will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel with burial in Odessa Cemetery. He died on arrival at Medical Center and was a driller for Chaparral Drilling Co. in Midland born Aug 19 1932 in Olney married Corinne Harvey in 1953 and had served in the U S Army. He had lived in Odessa since 1953 moving from Graham. He was 3 years a Army veteran. Survivors include his wife and relatives.
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Odessa
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Harlingen
Harvey Childers
J.E. Martin
Plainview
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Jack Herrington
Chester Daplowski
Lubbock
Coleman C. Childers
Wilbur Cantrell
Fort Worth
Local Man Rites Slated in Belmont Baptist Church
Services for Albert S Harvill 67 of 1102 Harris will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Belmont Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Harvill died Wednesday at Medical Center after 10 days hospital care. He was a Texaco pumper, born January 11 1905 in Orr Oklahoma. He married Mary Audry Norton in Alice September 11 1932. He lived in Penwell from 1945 then moved to Odessa. He belonged to Belmont Baptist Church and Permian Basin Genealogical Society.
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Alice
Penwell
Odessa
Texaco
Permian Basin Genealogical Society
Monsignor Jones of Christ the King Dead at 51
The Rt Rev Msgr John C Jones pastor of Christ the King Church in Laredo dies at 51 after illness He was due to retire Jan 31 and had planned to return to England He served 21 years in Laredo and was ordained in 1950 born in Birkenhead England and became monsignor in 1956 Burial set for Christ the King Catholic cemetery after 10 am service in Laredo
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Christ the King
Rites Pending For Victim Of Traffic Wreck
Funeral services are pending for Marsha Arlene Mantle 20 of Elizabethtown Kentucky who died from injuries in a one car crash Friday on U S 290 twenty miles west of Fort Stockton Texas. Mantle was a student at Pima Junior College in Tucson. Survivors include her mother sister and grandmother all of Elizabethtown. Burial planned in Patagonia Cemetery Arizona. Local arrangements by Hubbard Kelly.
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Nogales
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Elizabethtown
Medical Center
Fort Stockton
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Santa Cruz
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Brown County
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Pima Junior College
Tucson
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Fire Rips Through Woodson Boys Club Lounge
A Wednesday fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged the Woodson Boys Club lounge and snack bar at 1000 East Murphy. Firemen battled the blaze about 8:50 p.m. for 15 minutes using 5,900 gallons of water, with walls charred and smoke throughout the building. Minor motor damage at Taylor Body Works and two car fires in cold weather are also noted, plus a grass fire behind 6905 North Golder.
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West 42Nd
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Dick Mapp
Redbud
Melody Lane
North Golder
UIL Panel Set Meeting for Region I Officials
Four area public school superintendents on the Region I UIL executive committee will convene at Odessa College on December 11 with OC dean Bernhard Sedate to schedule the spring gatherings for 2-A and 3-A schools. Committee members include James Huckaby Fort Stockton Norman Hall Andrews Garland Rattan Boys Ranch and H L Wheat McCamey.
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Bernhard T.W. Sedate
James G. Huckaby
Fort Stockton
Norman Hall
Andrews
Garland Rattan
Boys Ranch
H.L. Wheat
McCamey
Man Charged With Assault in Magnolia Stabbing Case
Charge filed in Justice of the Peace Howard Williams' court against Florentino Baiza of McCamey for allegedly stabbing Apolinas Franco of Crane three times in the 700 block of Magnolia. Baiza was not in custody.
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Hobbs Christmas Parade Saturday in Hobbs New Mexico
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce hosts the downtown Christmas parade starting at 3 p.m. Saturday with 26 floats and about 20 000 spectators expected. Prizes total 600 for first 200 second and 100 third in each of two categories religious and general Christmas.
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Odessa events schedule spans breakfast to playhouse
Tomorrow in Odessa lists 7 AM breakfast at Sands Restaurant by the Optimists, 12 noon Rotary meeting at Golden West, 8:30 PM Inn of the Coach Room for Odessa Optimists, then a Playhouse showing of Catch Me If You Can at Permian.
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