Loans issued under Odessa housing program mark first closings
Odessa residents Paula and Randy Hollar signed a loan Friday under the Odessa Housing Finance Corp program. OHFC has sold 40 million dollars in tax exempt revenue bonds to finance low interest 30 year mortgage loans at 9.1 percent, well below current market rates. The program may be repeated in 1980 if Congress allows.
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Dick Stewart
Odessa’s
Home Savings Association
Odessa Housing Finance Corp
Paula
Randy Hollar
Stacie
Hollars
Home Savings
OHFC
Mrs. Stewart
Butch Webb
Congress
Madari critic shot bodyguard in Qom sparks tension
The incident follows criticism of the new Islamic constitution by Shariat Madari, which grants Khomeini sweeping powers for life and limits local powers for ethnic groups. The Azaris and other Turkish speaking people, about a third of the population, are mentioned in the context.
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Madari
Qom
Khomeini
U.S. moves to isolate Iran amid sanctions and IMF setback
Carter pushes a resolution to bar Iranian ships and planes from member territory and curb Iran credit and spare parts while sparing oil shipments to allies. The U.S. has frozen Iranian assets, banned direct oil purchases, and Iran fails to win IMF condemnation of the asset freeze. In Kerman a gunman killed a local religious leader, tying to a pattern of assassinations linked to the revolution.
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U.N
Iran
America
Japan
United States
Kerman
Sarkar Agha Abdoreza Ebrahimi
Khomeini
Clergymen briefed on school records amid Iran hostage tale
Clergymen quietly advised to finish school record work before returning to their roles as principals at the American School in Islamabad. They report hostages in the Iranian compound as Marines and diplomats face captivity with limited contact and no television, while Laingen and other diplomats at the Foreign Ministry lead a high class confinement scenario.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
U.S
Howard
Coffin
Iran
Cer
L. Bruce Laingen
Washington
Laingen
Man critically wounded after Odessa lounge shooting
An unidentified man in his 30s was shot in the face at Zeb's Tap Room on 2330 Kermit Highway shortly after midnight Friday. He was in critical condition at Medical Center Hospital with unknown exit wound and a medium-caliber revolver believed lodged in his head. A shooter fled as witnesses were questioned by police.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Asertment Emergency Medical
Warming Trend Ahead For Basin Weekend Forecast
National Weather Service Midland reports a weekend warming trend for the Permian Basin after a cold spell. Today highs in the mid 40s with mid 20s lows, northerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunday will rise to the mid 50s as skies clear, marking a gradual upturn from Friday’s 50 and the Dec 28 record 80.
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Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast From Midland Airport
National Weather Service outlines weekend temperatures with partly cloudy and colder Saturday and a warmer Sunday. Northerly winds 5 to 10 mph today with a high in the mid 40s and a low around mid 20s tonight. Sunday highs near mid 50s and an overnight low around 40. Precipitation 0.04 inches in 24 hours and year to date 16.05 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Youth jailed on theft count in Odessa case
A 15 year old Odessa boy remained in Ector County jail Friday night after Odessa police arrested him for the theft of a late model pickup valued at 10 000. He had been held for a parole violation related to another auto theft where he was certified as an adult and was transferred to county jail after processing. The December 20 theft from Ed Davis at 2541 Palo Verde prompted the arrest.
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Odessa
Carl Miles
East Ninth
Miles
Permian Mall
42Nd and
Parkway
Ronald Dean Harnsberger
East University
Mary F. Fancher
Denton
East Highway 80
Sara Everett
Corona
10Th
Grant
Colonial Food
22Nd
West County Road
Police Department
Ector County
Yukon Road
Ed Davis
Palo Verde
Two Odessa stores robbed by armed bandits
A pistol brandished robber took about 200 dollars from Strike It Rich Furniture at East Seventh and Park, four hours after a second gunman netted around 55 dollars from the Hawaiian Club at 1607 East Second. Police seek two suspects and describe both holdups in detail.
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Odessa
East Odessa
East Seventh and Park
1607
East Second
Allen Eugene Hurley
Locust
Hurley
East Seventh
Max Simpson
Strike It Rich
Simpson
Joyce Beryl Empey
Youth show opens Sand Hills exposition at Ector Coliseum
The week long Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show and Rodeo begins at the Ector County Coliseum with youth events at 8 a.m. Free spectator admission, six rodeo performances require tickets. Judges are Bob Loomis of Lincoln Neb. and chairmen include Bill Mitchell of Kermit and Flake Tompkins of Midland.
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Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum
Bill Mitchell
Kermit
Winkler County
Bob Loomis
Lincoln
Neb
Loomis
Mitchell
John May
Fort Stockton
C. A. Mitchell
Flake Tompkins
Button Estes
Midland
Buster Cole
Goldsmith
Gerald Nobles
Odessa
James King
Monahans
Cole
The
Sand Hills Association
Chris Scharbauer
Coliseum
FFA
Deaths in Stanton and Crane Honor Local Residents
Services for Hattie May Self Estes 85 longtime Stanton resident will be at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Died 6 a.m. Friday at Stanton View Manor after a sudden illness. Born May 11 1894 in Stanton married to L M Estes in 1913. Survived by two sons four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services for Claudie Lewis Chipman 76 a Crane resident formerly of Crane will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Larry Sheppard Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Crane. Died 12 15 p.m. Friday at Medical Center Hospital Odessa after a long illness. Born April 1 1903 in Oklahoma. Survived by two sons Curtis Chipman and Paul Chipman two sisters Delphia Deaton Bertha Wilson one brother Ed Chipman three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Stanton
Hattie May Self Estes
First Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
CRANE
Claudie Lewis
Slim) Chipman
Odessa
Larry Sheppard
Curtis Chipman
Grandfalls
Paul Chipman
Panama Canal Zone
Delphia Deaton
Bertha Wilson
Mineral Wells
Ed Chipman
Millsap
Odessa Hosts Registered Quarter Horse Show Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 9 A.M. the Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse event unfolds at the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa with a registered Quarter Horse show.
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Carter
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Medical Center
Zeb
Kermit Highway
Permian Basin
Harry Wold Rodeo Co
Fowler, Colo
Ross Roark
Andrews
Roark
Arlington
Burleson
Gardendale
Pecos
Round Rock
Crowley
Seymour
Harper, Hobbs
N.M
Stockdale
Big Spring
Iraan
Coliseum Arena
Fred Wilkinson
Crane County
Calvin
Rod) Smith
Larry Turner
John Menzies
Palmer Willis
Hattie Estes
Claudie Chipman
Hereford
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