City man steals car after keys locked inside
Odessa police investigated eight thefts Saturday night. Charles L. Jarmon reported his 1976 model car, valued at $3,325, stolen after he locked the keys inside and returned with a coat hanger. Other incidents included tire thefts from a 1926 antique car, wallet theft, a statue fountain taken, unpaid meals, shoplifting at a department store, and multiple bicycle thefts.
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Odessa
Charles L. Jarmon
Blossom Lane
East 42Nd
Jarmon
Gary Weeden
Merrill
William Williams
North
Graham
Burglaries Reported In Odessa Theft Of Radio Pistol Batteries
Odessa police investigated six burglaries Saturday night with three items listed: a $170 CB radio from a 1973 car owned by David Edwards on North Whitaker, a $300 coroner and its case from a 1966 pickup on East 25th, and a $72 .38 pistol from Faye McGlothin’s Wabash residence with no forced entry. Additional thefts include two stereo speakers worth $50 and three tapes at $6 each from a 1979 vehicle on Dakota, plus two batteries from cars on Andrews Highway and Medical Center Hospital parking lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Band
Odessa
David Edwards
North Whitaker
Edwards
Ken Charles Stacy Jr
East 25Th
Faye Joyce McGlothin
Wabash
Ronnie Looney
Dakota
Gerald Scott
East 42Nd
Andrews Highway
Dale M. Taylor
Penbrook
Medical Center Hospital
Vandals strike city laundry with $350 in damage
Five vandalism incidents are described. At Woodcrest Laundromat 811 Harless chairs were broken a sink stopped up water turned on. The laundry owner estimates $350 in chair damage. Other cases include a damaged 1970 car engine and window and mailbox damage with modest monetary losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Woodcrest Laundromat
Harless
Mickey Gale Pike
Grace
Pike
Kim Diane Mosley
East 11Th
Chess Realty
Andrews Highway
Paul Martinez
West May
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Man charged in the cutting tires in Odessa
A 21-year-old Odessa man, Leroy Gene Held of 216 Barrow, was charged with felony criminal mischief after a car tire slashing incident. Held was jailed on a $5,000 bond after Tommie Quilodran reported seeing a man cutting tires on her car at 222 North Dixie No. 223. The tires were valued at $204.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Leroy Gene Held
Barrow
Tommie Quilodran
North Dixie No. 223
Held
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Azari Turks Demand Dissolution of Moslem Party in Iran Clash
In Azerbaijan region tensions rise as Azari Turks call for dissolving the Moslem People's Republican Party. Tabriz and Marand see demonstrations while schools and bazaars shut down. Party leader Shariat-Madari refuses dissolution despite religious leaders' request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azerbaijan
Tehran
Azari
Iran
Ayatollah
Mohammed Kazem Shariat-Madari
Ruhollah Khomeini
Marand
Tabriz
Shariat-Madari
Arson Suspected in Park Pool Storage Fire
A mid afternoon fire damaged a storeroom at Floyd Gwin Park swimming pool building after a back door break in. Firefighters reported light smoke damage to the rest of the building and arson suspected. Two trash container fires were also extinguished in Odessa on Saturday at 11:57 a.m. and 1:08 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gwin Park
10Th and
West County Road
Odessa
North Adams
District Court Divorces Granted Across Multiple Pairs
The district court issued divorces for multiple couples including Raymond Jennings Winter and Sharia Rae Winter, Alyson G Mallow and Gerry D Mallow, Vicki Weems and Kenneth Dale Weems, and several other pairs. The list covers thirteen additional couples with varying surname matches and party roles. The proceedings reflect routine dissolution actions with no indicated disputes or contested issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Jennings Winter
Sharia Rae Winter
Alyson G. Mallow
Gerry D. Mallow
Vicki Weems
Kenneth Dale Weems
Lee Nobles
Robert Nobles
Mary Sue Alford
Wilbur James Alford
Charlies L. Coon
Alita S. Coon
Lonnie Lyn Henderson
Deborah Jo Henderson
Steven D. Crownover
Melva G. Crownover
Hattie Charlene English
Jack Lawrence English
Judith Cashion
William Richard Cashion
Anna Eudora Masterson
William Harry Masterson
Catherine Evelyn Davis
Bobby Lee Davis
Katherine Quaintance
James Dary Quaintance
William J. McBeth
Marsha N. McBeth
Leona Call
Art V. Call
Larry W. Rains
Brenda Sue Rains
Brenda Joy Allison
Jerry Wayne Allison
Detra Pittman
Kenneth D. Pittman
Susan Mitchell Hill
Curtis Ray Hill
Jesse Gonzales
By Jane Gonzales
Steve T. Philen
Elonda Jilen
New cold front to bring winds to Odessa area
A new cold front is expected to arrive in the Permian Basin today bringing cooler temperatures and brisk winds 15 to 20 mph. Highs today near the 40s and a morning low in the 20s with a rebound to the low 50s Monday as the front passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Permian Basin
Deaths and services for Thames and others across Texas
Death notices list Sylvester B Thames 70 of Odessa with funeral at Easterling-Wilson and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens after illness in Midland. Also Morris Livingston Livingston in Levelland and Edwin Dexter Libby in Scottsdale with details on birth, residence, and survivors. Additional notices include Juanita Scarbrough in Kermit, Julia Hancock in Big Spring, Ralf Hage in Odessa, Pearl Simmons in Midland, Carlton Fuqua in Big Lake, and James W Sawyer in Andrews with service details and survivor lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Lake
Carlton DeWitt
Fuqua
First Baptist Church
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Stanton
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dallas
Silsbee
Fuquawas
Loreen Diggs
Maudie James
Kountze
Weather forecast for Midland regional airport
National Weather Service forecast calls for fair weather through Monday with colder conditions tonight. Brisk northerly and westerly winds shift to northerly today with speeds 15 to 20 mph and gusts. Highs today near 40s, tonight’s low around 20s, and tomorrow’s high near 50. Overnight low around 30. Sun sets around 7:47 pm and rises Monday at 7:43 am. Year to date precipitation 15.41 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Childs eyes mayor's post amid McManigle reelect bid
Odessa area politics show hopefuls for 1980 mayoral race as City Council members McManigle Bryant Childs weigh campaigns. McManigle plans second term, Bryant will file. Childs may run for another post or stay on council if McManigle runs. Webster also linked to race. mall project manager and officials named. Bryant appoints campaign team and notes odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike W. Ray
Place 2
Frank Childs
Dick McManigle
McManigle
Place 1
Bob Bryant
Southside
Childs
Odessa
Bryant
Devonian Well Service Inc
Surplus City
Place 3
Curtis Webster
Keith Weddel
Webster
C&a Development Co
Scottsdale, Ariz
Permian Mall
Tena Walker
Wheatley Stewart
A.R. ‘‘Happy” Dyer
Stewart
Odessa’s Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Dyer
Odessa Savings Association
Services for Mamie Bartlett Held in Slaton
Mamie Bartlett 80 of Slaton died Thursday night after a lengthy illness. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Englands Funeral Service with burial in Southland Cemetery. Born in Mississippi she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Slaton. Survived by two sons Bill Voe of New Deal and Otis Bartlett of Carlsbad New Mexico, three daughters Doris Baugh Helen Rhoades and Mildred Bartley, three brothers Carl Meredith and Stanley Jones, two sisters Ina Phillips and Mrs Don Jenson, 17 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Her husband W H Bartlett died in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baird
Fred Hart
Mary Jo Garner
Odessa
Baird Church of Christ
Ross Cemetery
Parker Funeral Home
Hart
Callahan General Hospital
Callahan County
The
Water District
Willie Maude Conner
J.C
Buddy) Hart
Abilene
Bill Hart
Harold Hart
Irving
Morris Livingston
Lubbock
Morris W. Livington
Levelland Cemetery
Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home
Livingston
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Maxey
Levelland
Beverly Collins
Linda Akin
Pearl Orvetta Simmons
Jake Simmons
Wichita Falls
Sweetwater
Midland
First United Methodist Church
Granger
Senior Citizens Organization
Genice R. Vance
Tuscon, Ariz
T.J. Tidwell
Brownwood
Babe Cunningham
Cora Baker
Oakland
Calif
Vallie Joy Jones
James W. Sawyer Andrews
James W
Buz) Sawyer
Calvary Baptist Church
Andrews
Singleton Funeral Home
Sawyer
Sawyer Welding of
F&l Trucking Co
Jay Williams
Rotan
Frances Cooper
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moose Lodge
Eugene Sawyer
U.S. Navy
Virginia Beach
W. Va
Jimmy Sawyer
LeMoore
Clasr
Johnny Sawyer
Mitchell Sawyer
Venita Grolemund
Winnsboro
Jorette Sawyer
Frank Sawyer
Jeanette Seaton
Jayton
Melvin Sawyer
Farmington
N.M
Willie Ray Sawyer
Slaton
Mamie Bartlett
Englands
Southland
Eustis
Fla
Helen Rhoades
Mildred Bartley
Muleshoe
Carl Jones
Meredith Jones
Artesia
Stanley Jones
Roswell
Ina Phillips
Plainview
Don Jenson
Riodoso
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Westside
Westside Orchestra
Bowie Junior High School
San Jacinto
Austin
Burleson
Cameron
Lamar
Pease
Bowie and Crockett
Odessa High School
Bill Dean
OHS
Kathy Fishburn
Crockett
Bowie Junior High
Glenna Theurer
R.C. Shafer
Tanglewood
Richard E. Thacker
North Sam Houston
Sidney Ann Row
West 24Th
Shah
Maria Lopez Maria Ramirez Lopez
N. Washington
Riolary
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Lopez
Ricardo Lopez
Julia Medina
Weather Service
Sylvester B. Thames
Sylvester Boyd Thames
Easterling-Wilson Funeral
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Thames
Cisco
Breckenridge
Travis Thames
California
J.W. Evans
Arizona
Marshall Thames
Ronnie Thames
Anita Monroe
Lucy Thames
Louis Switzer
Ruby Tuggle
J.B. Davis
Corpus Christi
Glen Thames
Dean Thames
Sweeny
Don Thames
Borger
Juanita Scarbrough
Kermit
Juanita Evelyn Scarbrough
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Scarbrough
Memorial Hospital
Hillsboro
J.R
Nita) Paternoster
el Paso
Dorothy Smith
Hico
C.L. Srader
San Angelo
Howard Srader
Christine Ross
Liddy Rose Dowell
Stephenville
Eller Mae Woolsey
DeLeon
Stephen Douglas
Edwin Libby
Scottsdale
Ariz
Edwin Dexter Libby
Fred Libby
Harry Libby
Carmen Thurston
Messinger Mortuary Chapel
Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Libby
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Phoenix
Panama Canal Zone
Borden Inc
Riley
Carlock
Rawlston
Frances
Diana Cook
Tucson
Bea Anderson
Stella Pickens
Coleman
Alfred B
Beatrice) Strehli
Clarissa Carter
Julia Hancock
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Garden of Memories
Paducah
Nallcy-Pickle Funeral Home
Ralf Hage
Ralf Eddy Hage
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Fairmont Cemetery
Hollis
Okla
Hollis Funeral Home
Hage
Perry Okla
Norene Lightfoot
Oklahoma City
Gordon
South Pacific
Eddy
Donnie
Margaret Suits
Petersburg
Mildred Buchanan
Nashville
Carlton D. Fuqua
Willie Hammond
Ector County Commissioners Court
KOZA
Wildcat
the Odessa
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