Cablevision to add phone lines in Odessa by Jan fifteenth
Odessa mayor reports progress after meeting with Capital Cities Cable senior VP Harold Wells. Five additional lines will raise total to 11, aiming to ease access for subscribers amid ongoing expansion and prior complaints. City officials caution legal sensitivities amid pending litigation and urge careful public actions.
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Gail Burke
Community Cablevision
Odessa
Bob Bryant
Bryant
Harold Wells
Capital Cities Cable
Capital Cities
Cablevision
Wells
Dick Sivalls
Terry Arnold
Sivalls
Arnold
Cable TV of
West Odessa
John Mason
el Paso Products Co
Drought aid corn sold to ranchers across Texas counties
Emergency drought relief corn began moving to livestock producers after Congress approved a bill signed by President Reagan on November 29. Four ranchers, including a New Mexico farmer, collected about 3,013 bushels at Hale and Terry county elevators. PLB Storage in Plainview delivered about 45,000 pounds to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and Anderson Grain in Wellman sent a truck to Howard County. Eligible counties include Andrews, Brewster, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Cochran, and many others across West Texas, with farms paying transport and meeting loan and production requirements.
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Wellman
Congress
Reagan
U.S. Agriculture Department
New Mexico
Hale
Terry
U.S. Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
High Plains
PLB Storage Corp
Plainview
Fort Sumner
N.M
Tyne Overton
Anderson Grain Co
Howard County
Nolan
Upton
Peggy Garner
Garner
Farmers Home Administration
Texas
Andrews
Brewster
Borden
Callahan
Coke
Cochran
Cottle
Crain
Culverson
Dawson
Dimmitt
Ector
Gaines
Garza
Howard
Hudspeth
Jeff Davis
Kimble
King
Martin
Odessa College Choir Presents Annual Christmas Concert Night
The Odessa College choir staged its annual Christmas concert Thursday in the Recital Hall of the Jack Rodgers Fine Arts Center. Department chair Jack Hendrix is pictured with choir members during rehearsal, including Jamie Belknap Lisa Green and Stacy Smith from local addresses.
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Odessa College
Jack Rodgers
Jack Hendrix
Jamie Belknap
W. 30Th St
Lisa Green
E. 51St St
Stacy Smith
Cambridge St
Canava case can proceed under Lumpee ruling in Odessa
A judge ruled probable cause exists to hold Ismael Canava for grand jury review on capital murder charges in the 1982 stabbing and shooting of James Gary Boyle. Witness Orlando Rios testified Canava shot Boyle, then dumped the body in a West Ada Street alley as police linked the case to a Crime Stoppers tip.
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Ector County
Virgil Lumpee
Ismael Canava
Lindberg St
Ada Street
Medical Center Hospital
Boyle
Odessa
Greg Travland
Canava
Orlando Rios
Rios
Holiday decor trimmed as chambers skip Odessa Midland displays
The Odessa and Midland chambers of commerce cited funds troubles for no downtown Christmas decorations this year. Odessa interim executive VP Jenny Welch said 1000 dollars buys two decorations per corner along Grant Avenue, with 15 year old, dingy snowmen and trees. Midland's Carolyn Ivy noted public backlash and reversed course, launching a KNFM KMND fund drive to decorate a 20 block stretch on Wall Avenue, with the chamber covering any shortfalls.
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Chambers of Commerce
Odessa
Midland
Jenny Welch
Odessa Chamber
Welch
Peo
Midlanders
Carolyn Ivy
Midland Chamber
Ivy
Chamber
Knfm-Kmnd
Wall Avenue
Hitchhiking Through Time A Call to Revive a Safer Practice
The author recalls eras when hitchhiking flourished across the nation for travel with no money or vehicle. He laments today’s grim headlines and proposes structured stations where hopeful hitchhikers can identify themselves and wait for rides, arguing it could be a worthwhile public service.
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Tim Madigan
Our Town
Dick Howe
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