White Christmas Prospects Slim in Odessa Weather Look
National Weather Service records show only three Decembers with snow in Odessa in 32 years. Past notable snows occurred in 1939 four inches, 1941 five inches, and 1947 two inches, with 1958 a record warm year and 1955 a balmy 76 degrees. Residents must rely on imagination as kids plan bikes and toys for the holidays.
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Santa
Tna
National Weather Service
Midland- Secerd
Odessa
Sperin
Cop Families State Party Cop Families State Party
Odessa Police Department members and their families will hold a Christmas party at the Eastside Community Center at 13th and Adams Wednesday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The annual event will feature wives preparing food and many attendees from other city departments dropping by to exchange gifts.
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Odessa
Eastside
13Th
Adams
Two men held in city jail on immigration charges
Police records list Loya Joaquin Pinon of Odessa and Betancourt Chavez of 708 Yukon Rd as the two men remaining in city jail Saturday on charges of being illegal aliens. They are being held for border patrol officers.
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Egal Alliens
Loya Joaquin Pinon
Odessa
Betancourt Chavez
Yukon Rd
Border Patrol
Quick Action Prevents Tot From Drowning
Odessa Fire Department and an unidentified neighbor helped save three year old Michelle Blake who nearly drowned in a bathtub Saturday. Capt Weldon Leek said the girl was pulled from the water within seconds. a nearby boy performed back pressure and a neighbor performed mouth to mouth before the Predator device aided breathing. She recovered and was released from Medic Center Hospital after observation.
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Odessa
Michelle Blake
Kathy Blake
Ish Walnut
Capt
Weldon W. Leek
Leek
Medic Center Hospital
Aliens Must List Addresses Report to INS January
Howard L. Adams district director in El Paso announced that non citizens must report their addresses to the Immigration and Naturalization Service in January each year, with few exceptions, even if the address is unchanged.
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America
Immigration of Naturalization Service
Howard L. Adams
Federal Agency
el Paso
Odessa youth injured on the job at vehicle work site
An 18 year old Odessan listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a weekend injury on a job. Don E Former 3340 West 10th sustained a fractured left ankle when struck by a boomer that slipped while he worked on a truck.
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Medical Center Hospital
Don E
West
10Th
Container Fire Behind 4214 Stillwood Street
Odessa firefighters responded Saturday to a blaze behind 4214 Stillwood Street that damaged a metal trash container. Investigators say the fire appeared started by a cigarette. the incident caused no injuries or other damage.
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Odessa
Stillwood
Christmas Wish Drives Bus Purchase for Disney World Trip
Tauscheck family aims to convert a 1960 Chevrolet passenger school bus into a home on wheels to afford a Disney World trip. With limited funds, they face delays and hard choices as the children dream of a rare holiday adventure.
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Tauscheck
Robbie
Florida
Joey
Billy
Disney World
Tausbeck
Dollar cut sets up phase on gold role in new system
Connally announced urgent trade talks among the United States the Common Market Japan and Canada as part of a monetary settlement. He noted upward currency revaluations by several nations, with Japan about 9 percent up the yen and other gains for the mark franc guilder and kroner. France Britain and Italy varied differently, while Canada’s dollar would float and U.S. markets would stay open despite G Ten closures.
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United States
Japan
Canada
Connally
Belgium
Sweden
France
Britain
Italy
U.S
District Courtdivorces and hospital records summary
District Court grants divorces for multiple couples including J C Jackson and Polly Jackson and others, with records listing Medical Center Hospital admissions and discharges on Dec 17. Birth announcements note several newborns with given names and addresses. City traffic accidents report various minor to substantial damages and one injury, detailing block locations and involved individuals.
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J.C. Jackson
Polly Jackson
Laura Taylor Maupin
Charles David Maupin
Bobby Jean Bunch
M. C. Bunch
Moncy Sorrells
L. T. Sorrells
Charlene Samples
Ezekiel de Samples
Peggy Ruth Richardson
Curtis Ray Richardson
Viglet May Kleck
Henry G. Kleck
Xan Gray
Stephen Wayns. Gray
Beverly Sue Carpenter
Melvin Lewis Carpenter
W. T
Patricia Gayle McCorde
Charles Edmund McCorde
Catherine Ruth Allen
Godfrey M. Allen
Gecilia Ann Elland
Tommy Ray
Elland
Beverly Jean Brown
Thormas Joe Brown
Willard Alfred Brown
Katherine Linda Brown
Medical Center Hospital
Brian D. Smith
Mary C. Wilson
Elbert P. Hedrick
Bonnie Lea Awbrey
Howard B. Peacock
Melba E. Kull
Carole M. Smith
Phillip D. Ruebush
Cecilia P. Garcia
Mary R. Flores
Angelina Garza
Leonarda 8. Campos
Alberto C. Mendoza
Nina Jo Hand
Carol Hudnall
Charles C. Carter
Raymond E. Redwine
Elms Fuentes
Lennie Fredonia Cochran
Ada L. Drinkard
Forest Dee Calder
Loyd
Eit
Kenny R. York
Minnie Maloyn
Fredericksburg Man Injured in One-Car Crash
A 67-year-old Fredericksburg man, Elbert P. Hedrick, was listed in good condition at Medical Center Hospital after a one-car wreck on U.S. 290 about six miles east of Fort Stockton. A tire blew out, the car wrecked, and Hedrick was transferred to Odessa from Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton. He sustained a broken neck vertebrae.
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Fredericksburg
Medical Center Hospital
Fort Stockton
U.S. 290
Elbert P. Hedrick
Hedrick
Odessa Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Fragmentary Odessa notice with garbled text
The readable phrases indicate a damaged Odessa notice with unclear dates and names. Content fragments reference March and a Sunday alongside a subscription or periodical note, but essential details are unreadable.
Deaths toll from area in state obituaries and services
Multiple obituaries detail deaths across West Texas towns including Mrs. Bymvia Medcalf Odessa San Saba and Kerrville. Services are listed along with survivors such as R. Pullen Lee Smith M rs Tomye Lee Young and families. Burial plans and funeral homes are cited for each case.
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Lee Smith
San Saba
Lee
Lillie Belle) Smith
Howell- Doran Funeral Home
Locker Cemeery
San Saba Memorial Hospital
Millard Smith
Pecos
Claude Smith
Grapevine
Forrest Smith
Pat Smith
New Mexico
Tomye Lee Young
Houston
Clara Wash
Richland Springs
Pauline Rawls
Decatur
Orville Barr
Lovington
N.M
Church of the Nazarene
Smith-Rogers
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Lavella
Kay Jackson
F. D. Simmons
L. D. Barr
W.H. Barr
R. Barr
Larry D. Barr
Actress Diane Lynn Dies at Mt Sinai Hospital
Hollywood reports actress Diane Lynn died Saturday at Mt Sinai Hospital ten days after a stroke. The 45 year old, known for child stardom and later comedy work, died of a brain hemorrhage per hospital spokesman.
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Hollywood
Diane Lynn
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miss Lynn
Dope Arrests Grow Steadily in Massive County Raid
Dope arrests rose with 2 teens turning themselves in Saturday at the Ector County Sheriff’s Office after a Wednesday grand jury issued 73 secret indictments. Hatmaker and Skinner face cocaine and marijuana sale charges with bonds set at 5,000 each.
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Ector County
James Richard Hatmaker
North Dotsy
Randall Allen Skinner
West 36Th
Johnston Edges Edwards In Louisiana Governor Nomination Fight
With 76 percent of precincts reporting, State Sen. J Bennett Johnston led U S Rep Ed Edwards for the Democratic nomination. Johnston had 495 818 votes to Edwards 419 045 as Louisiana voters return to the polls Saturday night.
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Orleans
J. Bennett Johnston
U.S
Edwin Edwards
Seesaw Rice
Louisiana
Johnston
Edwards
Basement Fire Destroys Bedding
Odessa fire crews responded to a late evening blaze at 8 49 p m Saturday reporting a bedding storage area fire in a residence on Sears street tied to Joe Pa north suak. Firefighters battled the flames and prevented spread to other rooms with damage confined to the basement contents. No injuries reported.
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Odessa
Sataona
Sears
Noon West Ball and Toastmasters Schedule
Fragmentary OCR notes show a noon event at West Ball and a dinner or meeting at Sands Restaurant with a 1 PM start. Mentions Wildcat and Restau, plus names Hentig Goumter and Gut with unclear roles.
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Sands Restaurant
Hentig Goumter
Gut
He Branang
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Edward Williams
Vera M. Williams
Darren Bentley
George Bullard
Johnny A. Haws
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Etta J. Ralstin
Ruby Duncan
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Moses Flores
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Gerald W. Reynolds
Betty D. Hughes
Orlando
David L. Swagerty
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Pearl Whitfield
East Murphy
Roper
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D. Stusher
Waverly
James W. Morrll
Haywood
Graydon
Graham
Midland
Austin L. Barton
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Carolyn
Hoover Hodges Used Car Co
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Hancock
Gary Don Collins
Pleasant
Terry L. Elms
Route 1
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Dixie
Howard Douglas Sutterland
James E. Young
Crane and Clements
Edwin D. White
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Sererdeys
Vettl
Bymvia Medcalf
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Oral Seere
Royalty Heights
W. P
John Odessa
Paul
Medealt
VFW
Lasvenworth
Richard A. Breen
Lamesa
Richard A
Dick) Breen
Kerrville
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Sid Peterson
Breen
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Gene
Charles Allen Smith
Big Spring
Charle E. Smith
Coahoma
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Hazel Scott
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Hobbs
First United Methodist Church
Memory Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Seminole
Hallbauer
Union 76 Oil Co
Ruth
Harry W. Palmer Goldthwaite
Harry W. Palmer
Goldthwaite
Goldthwaite Memorial
Wilkins
Mills County
Alma Allen
Norton
Mary Conn
Alédo
Harry A. Palmer
Talmage Palmer
Albany
Ed Palmer
Fort Worth
Barney Carter
Katherine Parker
Tyler
Carl Wayne Sanford
Lawrence E. Bond
East
Melvin Lee Sweatt
Century
Sanford
Bond
Sweatt
Richard Harvard Knight
Dawn
Justice ‘of the Peace
Howard Williams
Knight
Dessa
Odessa Kiwanis
Inn of the Golden
Wes
Nestene
Restau
Adic Hhatees
Odessa Prospectors Fine Bldg
Odesea College
Atte
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