Moon explorers plant flag and roam Taurus Littrow
Cernan and Schmitt describe a geologist’s paradise on Taurus Littrow as they deploy the lunar rover and camera revealing boulder fields and glassy craters. They plant the American flag, reflect on Earth’s blue crescent, and laugh at first gritty, muddy moments in the moon’s bright light.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Mission
Earth
Taurus-Littrow
Mission Control Center
U.S
Mankind
Jack
Two Area Deaths Halted by Thaw and Ice Event
Weather service noted temperatures failed to reach 32 degrees since Sunday, with a thaw expected to lift by Tuesday. Frigid readings in the Permian Basin included Monahans at 17 degrees and widespread sleet hail and snow across Andrews Crane Rankin McCamey Fort Stockton Kermit Seminole.
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The
Weather Service
Big Spring
Howard County Junior College
Permian Basin
Monahans
Andrews
Crane
Rankin
McCamey
Fort Stockton
Kermit
Seminole
Texas
Paris-Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Waco
Red River
Dallas- Fort Worth
Dallas
Hospital Officials Set Meet With Chamber Panel
Hospital board members will join the Chamber of Commerce executive committee next Monday to discuss future expansion ideas for Medical Center Hospital. Eddy Neel announced after the monthly meeting and noted the 4 or 4:30 p.m. chamber offices time. The session follows a Pecos retreat where chamber leaders aired hospital expansion ideas. The board reported on a fire prevention program with quarterly drills and an updated master fire plan. The hospital plans a flyer featuring its mascot Alfie the bee to boost interest. The board approved $167,430 in bills and reported Nov assets of $6,986,224 with 11 month gross earnings of $7,181,909 and net income of $857,397. Admissions were 1,448 in November and 15,554 for 11 months. The women’s auxiliary is paving the hospital parking lot at its own expense after donating the lot.
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Medical Center Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Eddy Neel
Hospitl Board of Managers
McNee
Pecos
Peggy Roberts
Alfie
Marv Stucks
Gordon Epperson
McNeel
Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Three Fire Calls To Same Midland House
Midland fire crews responded to the same west central residence three times in a 24 hour period. Royee McClure’s home was first hit by a furnace related blaze late Monday night causing floor damage. A second fire under the house caused heavy damage to the living room corner on Tuesday morning before a third call to find a new blaze.
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Midland
Midland Fire
Royee McClure
Odessa clubs meet at noon across venues
Tomorrow in Odessa gatherings at noon include the American Business Club in the Inn of the Golden West coach room, the Odessa Rotary in the Inn of the Golden West ballroom, the Tri-Service Lions at the Sands Restaurant, and the Ector Lions Club at LeRoy's Barbecue.
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Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West Coach Room
Odessa
Lions
Sands Restaurant
Grenade Kills Robber in Saigon Gold Store Attempt
An 18 year old army private attempted a robbery at a central market gold store in Saigon. He threw a grenade as a crowd pursued him. The blast killed Ho Dinh Hung the would be robber and injured at least 20 others.
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Saigon
Ho Dinh Hung
Mini-Semester Signup At Odessa College Ends
Registration for the 10 day mid-winter session at Odessa College closed with 159 signed up. Dean Bernhard Sedate notes openings on opening class day December 27 if space remains. The term runs December 27 to December 10 with a January 1 break, classes 8:30 to 11 a.m. and 24 p.m. weekdays, fourteen courses offered and enrollment expected to exceed 200.
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Odessa College
Bernhard Sedate
Senate
County Court records note multiple marriages and filings
Marriage licenses issued for Robert Charles Miller Jr and Terry Lynn Wysona, Melvin Dean Cox and Connie Sue Bell, Donnie Luice McDorman and Linda Marlene Ellis, Glenn Marlin Over and Donna Sue Walker. Civil, criminal, and divorce filings listed, including Clawson Machine Co. vs R& R Enterprise and Fleet The Mart vs Coe Construction Co. Multiple driving while intoxicated cases followed by district court divorces and White Stores, Inc. civil suits. Medical Center Hospital admits numerous patients, births, and extensive accident reports across Odessa area.
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Robert Charles Miller Jr
Terry Lynn Wysona
Melvin Dean Cox
Connie Sue Bell
Donnie Luice McDorman
Linda Marlene Ellis
Glenn Marlin
Donna Sue Walker
Clawson Machine Co
R& R Enterprise
Fleet the Mart
Coe Construction Co
Ronald Foy Nail
Billy Gene Turner
Thomas Glen Clevenger
Elbert Jack Gaile
Gary L. Galloway
Merced R. Torres
Guillermo Vasaurz
Bettie Sue Gauwain
van C. Gauwain
Batty Jean Norman
Jerry Don Norman
Robert Holley
Beth Holley
White Stores
Man Receives Two Concurrent Prison Terms in Burglary and Robbery
Joel Flores Molinar, 21, of 2301 West 16th, pleaded guilty in 161st District Court to two felony indictments and received two six year prison terms to run concurrently. He admitted the May 27 burglary of H and J Food Store at 600 West County Road and the June 26 knife point robbery of Carlos Medellin, 17, at 804 Foster in the 1200 block of South Grant. Molinar was represented by Clyde Bishop. state by Dennis Cadra. Evidence was presented by stipulation.
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Joel Flores Molinar
West 16Th
H & J Food
West County Road
Carlos Medellin
Foster
South Grant
Molinar
Clyde Bishop
Odessa
Dennis Cadra
Deaths Final Rites Set for George F Wurzbach
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel for George Franklin Wurzbach 70 who died Sunday in a San Jose California nursing home where he had lived eight months Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Wurzbach born January 6 1902 in Marathon had lived in Odessa since 1953 He married Lola Faye Vaught December 23 1953 in Lovington New Mexico Survivors include his widow a son George Wurzbach of San Jose a daughter Mrs Peggy Justice of Columbus a stepson Ralph R Vaught in Vietnam a stepdaughter Mrs Bennie Faye Eggleston Ardmore Oklahoma two brothers Arthur and Joe Wurzbach both of San Antonio and nine grandchildren
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George Franklin Wurzbach
San Jose
Calif
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Marathon
Wurzbach
Odessa
Lola Faye Vaught
Lovington
N.M
Peters and Fields Architects
First Christian Church
George Wurzbach
Peggy Justice
Columbus
Ralph R. Vaught
Vietnam
Bennie Faye Eggleston
Ardmore
Okla
Arthur Wurzbach
Joe Wurzbach
San Antonio
Charles W. Garner
East Ada
Medical Center Hospital
Rumph
el Dorado
Ark
Strong
Garner
Mary L. Lindsey
Ellorado
Temple Baptist Church
U.S. Army
Harold Lindsey
Bellview
Brenda Phillips
Emma Wells
Monticello
Mine Cisco
Little Rock
Walter Frisby
Susie R. Kirby Kermit
United Pentecostal Church
Susie R. Kirby
Wink
Memorial Hospital
Kermit
Cooper Funeral Home
Alabama
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Sam Kirby
Nathan Kirby
Eunice Allen
Norene Davis
Andrews
Lula Greenlees
Austin
Odessan Hazel Pepper Dies After Long Illness
Hazel Bricker Pepper 77 of 2513 Roger died Tuesday morning at Medical Center after a long illness. She was born January 11, 1895 in Illinois and co founded Deliverance Temple in 1955 with her husband. Survivors include niece Veda Jo Padgett of Petal Mississippi. Funeral arrangements handled by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
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Hazel Bricker Pepper
Roger
Medical Center
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Illinois
Pepper
Deliverance Temple
Veda Jo Padgett
Petal
Short Illness Proves Fatal in La Porte
Emanuel G. Gorden 67 of La Porte died Tuesday morning at Medical Center Hospital after one day hospitalized while traveling when illness struck. Funeral services pending with Haverstock Funeral Home La Porte and burial at Pine Lake Cemetery. Born August 3 1903 in Union Michigan, he was a retired Allis Chalmers supervisor. Survived by three daughters Jean Ulery Mary Swank and Karen Calderon nine grandchildren and two brothers Thurl Gorden and Israel Gorden.
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la Porte
Ind
Emanuel G. Gorden
Medical Center Hospital
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Pine Lake Cemetery
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Union, Mich
Gordon
Allis-Chalmers Co
Jean Ulery
Redman
Wash
Mary Swank
Karen Calderon
Quito
Ecuador
Thurl Gorden
Israel Gorden
Middlebury
Woman's Rites Slated Today for Mrs Edna Howes
Services were set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Christ's Lutheran Church for Mrs. Edna Dorthea Louisa Howes 62 of Gardendale who died Sunday at her home Burial was set for Sunset Memorial Gardens under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home She was a Odessa resident since 1958 born December 2 1910 in Bigfoot Illinois married Irvin A Howes in Chicago December 14 1929 and was a member of Christ's Lutheran Church
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Edna Dorthea Louisa Howes
Gardendale
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Odessa
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Bigfoot
Irvin A. Howes
Chicago
Ice Blamed for Odessa Collision on I 20 and FM 1601
A sheet of ice on Monday caused a two car crash at 1 10 p m at Interstate 20 and FM 1601 in Odessa injuring 41 year old local resident Roy S Gonzales. Gonzales treated at Medical Center Hospital for forehead and scalp lacerations. Eddie Willie Bruno 48 of Monahans drove west on I 20 and hit Gonzales as he slowed on ice.
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Odessa
Interstate 20
FM 1601
Monahans
Gonzales
Riley
Bruno
Monahans Man Hurt In Crash
In Monahans a 75-year-old man, William F. Melton, was listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a two car collision on South Highway 18. Rosa Taylor, 39, of Monahans, drove the other car. Melton attempted a left turn into a driveway when the crash occurred.
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Medical Center Hospital
William F. Melton
South Highway 18
Rosa Taylor
Melton
Taylor
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