Survey predicts 84 job prospects dim for first quarter 1984
Manpower Inc survey of 30 Odessa employers shows 7 percent plan hires early 1984, 65 percent expect no change, 7 percent foresee cuts, and 21 percent unsure. Local officials stress a cautious, steady hiring path despite a 7.5 percent November jobless rate and a shrinking labor force from 84,000 to 74,700 as oil activity slows.
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Odessa
Manpower Inc
Carol Earl
Earl
Frank Kasko
Texas Employment Commission
Kasko
Limited Health Department Services in Ector County
The Ector County Health Department offers immunizations for childhood illnesses and a TB clinic with free tests, but most major medical services are outsourced to private physicians due to the department lacking a full-time doctor. Part-time medical directors cover four counties, with about $1,000 monthly for the local director. yellow fever shots cost 12 dollars, and WIC nutrition aid started for pregnant and nursing mothers, limited to about 30 women per clinic.
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Ector County
Ford Sweetman
Sweetman
Richard Rowntree
Odessa
Bob Goolsby
Texas Department of Health
Austin
Ector
Midland
Andrews
Howard
Goolsby
West
Texas
Rowntree
County Health Department
Beulah Blair
Medical Center Hospital
JVIC
Ector County Health Department
Swee'man
Blair
Odessa fire arson suspected in two northeast homes
Odessa Fire Department reports a second fire at 605 E 56th St in the Dear Taylor residence is arson. Firefighters fought the blaze about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, with one reclining chair damaged. A prior Sunday fire at the same home origin undetermined. Burglary reported at the residence with a color TV valued at 640 dollars stolen. A neighbor’s house at 603 E 56th St sustained minor damage.
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Odessa
Odessa Fire Department
Wayne Coggins
Taylor
Odessa P
Charles H. Kramer
E. 56Th St
Cabbage Patch permeates oil patch tale of two fates
Odessa store owner Bill Harkins donated six Cabbage Patch dolls to a local daycare after an unexpected shipment. Tom Millar turned a doll display into quick cash, reselling four dolls for 250 each and attracting buyers willing to pay high sums, including a Fort Stockton man.
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One Odesson
Bill Harkins
Tommy Millar
Harkins
Odessa
Millar
Austin
Death notices for Weaver Palacios Alvidrez Clack Corbin and Brothers
Death notices record Ernest D Weaver 63 of Odessa with 10 a.m. Friday service at Easterling Wilson Funeral Chapel and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He served in World War II, worked at Phillips Petroleum, and leaves wife Wilma, son Mark, daughter Schelle, brother Ted and four grandchildren. Also listed are Vincente Palacios 45 of Odessa with services in Saucillo Mexico and Basilia Alvidrez 87 of Midland with 10:30 a.m. Friday service at Our Lady of Peace Alpine, burial Holy Angels Alpine, and Emma Clack 75 of Odessa with 2 p.m. Friday service at Hubbard Kelly and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Derek Corbin 13 of Odessa service at Crescent Park Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Lige F Brothers 72 of Hobbs awaits memorial service details.
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Ernest Weaver
Ernest David Weaver
N. McKinney St
Easterling-Wilson
Gene Rotrammel
Sunset Memorial Gardens
American Legion
Weaver
Medical Center Hospital
Boynton
Okla
Air Force
Odessa
Phillips Petroleum
Belmont Baptist Church
The
Wilma Wrenn Weaver
Mark Weaver
Schelle Browning
Omaha
Neb
Ted Weaver
Basilia
Pedro Alvidrez
Alvidrez
Alpine
Midland
Emma
Jewell
Ranger
Vine Avenue Baptist Church
Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens Dance Club
Ladies Auxiliary
Derek Blaine Corbin
Maple Ave
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Bob Bratcher
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Derek
Linda Corbin
Blaine Corbin
Jennifer Corbin
Kilmer Corbin
John Boveria
Lubbock
Odessa Burglary Hits Dyer Electronics Storing $27000 In Stereos
Police search for leads after a burglary at Dyer Electronics in Odessa. More than $27000 in stereo equipment was stolen from a back garage and display shelves after entry through a roof vent and exit via a pried garage door.
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Odessa
Dyer Electronics
Eighth St
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Robert Halpern
Health Department
By Susan Hammons
Gail Burke
Fort Stockton
Yvonne Prieto
Annette
Terry
Carita
Vincente Palacios
Sixth St
Saucillo
Mexico
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
Mr. Palacios
Prezedes Palacios
Elias Palacios
Cotrada Palacios
Albaro Palacios
Librada Llanez
Socorro Martinez
Eunice
N.M
Polly Alvidrez
Ruidoso
Epifanio Alvidrez
Edmundo Alvidrez
Cliofas Alvidrez
Carolina Campos
Malaga
Marina Gonzales
Petra Alvarado
Lajitas
Emma Clack
Billy Ray Clack
Eugene, Ore
Betty Joan Hayter
Cora Belknap
Little Rock, Ark
Derek Corbin
Lige Brothers Hobbs
Lige F. Brothers
Hobbs
Griffin Funeral Home
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