Diamond rings top theft loss in Odessa weekend report
Police investigated 13 thefts over the weekend including two diamond rings valued at 7000 and 3000 from residences, a 9000 van, a 4500 car, and 400 in cash from a service station. Others included unpaid rents and gas, a recovered purse, a bicycle theft, and three license plates stolen from various locations.
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Odessa
Arlie S. Jennings
Brittany
Patricia Ann Conner
Verde
Wiley G. Brown
Richwood
Phillip Darrel Chilton
Eisenhower
Bonham
Vandalisms flood Odessa business and nearby homes
An Odessa construction office suffered water damage after vandals broke a window and turned on a garden hose. Damaged items included carpet and paper worth 376 dollars. Police investigated five vandalisms at once as the owner found the running water Sunday morning.
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Odessa
Permian Basin Construction News
Henderson
Jose J. Reyes
Madera
West University
Reyes
Three Farm Workers Robbed and Kidnapped Near Big Lake
Three Reagan County farm workers were robbed Sunday afternoon by three heavily armed men about 35 miles northwest of Big Lake. The assailants took $600, forced the men into a car, and released them at varying distances, with no injuries reported. The attackers spoke Spanish and were described as having one tall bearded man and two shorter men. The deputies recovered no suspects as they investigated the multilingual crime.
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Big Lake
Reagan County
Weather outlook for Permian Basin Christmas Day
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport forecasts warmer conditions with temperatures in the mid 60s and no precipitation. Today should be sunny with a high near 60, a clear tonight, and Tuesday partly cloudy. Northwesterly winds 10 to 15 mph today, becoming variable later.
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Permian
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa man charged in shooting picture tube
Edwin Frazier 27 of 816 North Lauderdale charged with felony criminal mischief after a single .22 shot shattered a rented television set at 8106 Larry following a late Friday argument. The TV belonged to Bingo TV Service, 1413 West County Road, valued at 242 dollars, with the incident occurring at James Wayne Frazier’s home. The charge was filed Sunday afternoon with Justice of the Peace Jimmy Harris.
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Odessa
Sheriff's
Edwin Frazier
North Lauderdale
Bingo
West County Road
James Wayne Frazier
Larry
Frazier
Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
Midland Infant Died. Graveside Service Today
Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin L Schroeder of Midland were set for 3 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park. The baby was born and died Sunday at Midland Memorial Hospital. Survivors include the parents two brothers Roger Beebe and Terry Beebe both of Midland one sister Tracy Beebe of Midland and grandparents Mr and Mrs Jonah Schroeder of Enid OK plus C R Ellis of Groesbeck and Eunice Cameron of Enid OK.
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Midland
Melvin L. Schroeder
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Midland Memorial Hospital
Roger Beebe
Terry Beebe
Tracy Beebe
Jonah Schroeder
Enid
Okla
C.R. Ellis
Groesbeck
Eunice Cameron
R.J
Bob) Maberry
Odessa
Newnie W
Odessa- Midland
Floy
Lubbock
Mary McCafferty
Jimmie Bailey
Rix
Henry B. Lindsey
Ellis Funeral Home
Lindsey
Mississippi
Vivian
Lindsay
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Marshall
First Baptist Church
Cleo
Tom J. Lindsey
Earl Earhart
Eileen DeJulio
Patrick Montgomery
Patrick Carlton Montgomery
San Angelo
Carl Montgomery
Ozona
M.C. Couch
Park Heights Baptist Church
Cedar Hill
Robert Massey
Sheppard Funeral Home
Montgomery
Lee Junior High School
Carl Montgomery Jr
Amy Montgomery
An Angelo
Benjamin Montgomery
S An Angelo
Dan Cole
Donald Wilson Moore
Phillip Mutz
Dellwood Baptist Church
Eden
Pasadena
Texas
Phillip
Moore
Parkwood Baptist
San Jacinto Junior College
U.S. Navy
Independence
Palestine
Big Spring
Mrs. Moore
Houston
Leo Mutz
Sandra Mutz
Kelly
Shaun
Lloyd Lewis Moore Jr
Channelview
John Calvin Moore
Katy
William M. Moore
Buffalo
Sharon M. Carlson
LaPorte
Clergymen to visit Iran for embassy hostage drama
The group led by Howard will travel from New York to London and then Tehran to conduct Christmas and pastoral services for American hostages. Iran invites the pastors, with Ayatollah Khomeini favoring black ministers, while the State Department urges focus on hostages’ safety and not diplomacy.
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National Council of Churches
U.S. Catholic Conference
Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Howard
State Department
David Passage
United States
New York
London
Tehran
Bethlehem Patriarch Freij Calls for Peace and Tops News
Freij, watching Bethlehem holiday preparations from his balcony, urged peace and condemned the Nov 4 hostage taking in Tehran. He noted 50 Americans held by Iranian militants and highlighted inflation hurting local shoppers. He joined Bethlehem officials for Christmas services as tourism expects 35,000 visitors in the region.
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Freij
Manger Square
Tehran
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Bank
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Nazareth
United Nations
Lebanon
Khomeini’s likely show tribunal plan to use hostages
Ibrahim Yazdi suggests Iran struggles to mobilize its people after the shah era. Anti government protests in Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Baluchistan signal dissent. A televised tribunal using hostages could spotlight alleged shah ties to the United States, then release many captives.
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Khomeini
Ibrahim Yazdi
Yazdi
Azerbaijan
Kurdistan
Baluchistan
Iran
United States
Burglary Investigations In Odessa Include Attempted Entry
Police investigated one burglary and one attempted burglary this morning. Johnny Lee Allison reported an attempted entry by prying his front door lock on a weekend, but his home was not entered. Linda A Crume said a bicycle valued at 189 dollars was stolen from her garage.
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Odessa
Johnny Lee Allison
East 35Th
Allison
Linda A Crume
East Everglade
Weather Forecast for Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service forecast sunny today and clear tonight with a warming trend into Christmas Day. Northwesterly winds 10-15 mph today, 5-10 mph tonight, highs near 60 today and mid 60s tomorrow, overnight low in the 30s, with no significant precipitation yesterday or year to date 16.01 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
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