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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1981
Page
2
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures expected in the Permian Basin today and Tuesday. Highs in the mid 50s, tonight's low around 30s, with southerly winds shifting to northerly late tonight and Tuesday. Mostly cloudy elsewhere with scattered showers in northern and southern Texas.
Mild temperatures with southerly 10 to 15 mph today shifting to northerly tonight and Tuesday. Highs around 55, lows in the mid 30s. No precipitation yesterday or year to date. Extended: partly cloudy midweek, cooler east, highs mainly 50s to 60s, lows 30s to 40s, parts of Hill Country and coast show varied temps, minimal rain chances Thursday.
Memorial services for Robert Owen a 30 year old civil rights attorney will be held 11 a m Tuesday on the Princeton University campus. Owen died Friday in a New York hospital after a lengthy illness. A native of Albany Texas he worked in the civil rights division of the Department of Justice from 1958 to 1969 and helped win voting rights in Macon County Alabama in 1961. He led the indictments in the murders of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi in 1964.
The article notes growing U S Mexico tensions over illegal immigration with estimates of Mexicans living illegally in the United States ranging from 480 000 to 1.2 million and cites Robert Krueger and Martin Anderson. It mentions a proposal from Texas Governor William Clements for temporary work permits and taxes and reports Mexico ending fisheries agreements, with leaders not having met since 1979.
Congress plans fiscal restraint targets while both chambers convene to count electoral votes and pause until January 19. Haig and Watt confirmations spark Senate inquiries. Haig defends his Watergate role as Haig hearings open Friday, Carter backs archives search for watergate tapes.
Iran argues U S banks should cancel set offs from Iranian loan defaults and release funds, promising to pay bona fide loans. Washington counters by offering to free only current overdue payments and topping up frozen funds. Iran also demands Pahlavi assets be handed over, pressing courts or executive action, while the U S favors court orders, a process that could take years.
Obits list multiple recent deaths and funeral arrangements. Murray Steve Short 40 Sonora service at First United Methodist Church Sonora with burial Kerbow Funeral Home. Died Hendricks Memorial Hospital Abilene. Leana Belle Ruehs 86 Midland service Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel burial Ector County Cemetery. Leland Crump 73 Odessa service Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel burial Odessa Cemetery. Include survivors and memorials to American Heart Association. plus community notices of upcoming senior center dances and club meetings.
Obituary notices announce the death of John Jerry English 47 head football coach at Plains High School. Services scheduled in Plains Snyder and Blackwell with graveside rites in Blackwell Cemetery. Survived by his wife three daughters a son parents and grandson. Additional obituaries list Ernest Wright Taylor 80 Monahans Charles Luther Fisher 79 Odessa Acey Bussey 74 Odessa and Bernice Yvonne Thomas 42 Odessa with service details and survivors.
Six persons were injured in two separate accidents Sunday in Midland County. A 75 year old Lovington New Mexico woman, Pauline Dean, remained in serious condition at Midland Memorial Hospital with a brain clot after a collision at Fairgrounds Road and U S 80.
Marriage licenses issued list Armando Lara Araceli Grito Alejo Danas Berianga Mariene Lopez Jose Francisco Castillo Ninefa Dutchover James Larry Sutton Patricia Ann Roberts Manuel Quintana Jr Josefina Marmeteio Rodriguez Colonus Robertson Jr Wanda Kay Woods. District Court records show divorce suit Moses v Moses and Hernandez v Hernandez Fortner v Ear. Medical Center Hospital notes admit births and admissions January 2 3 4 with many names. Also Women’s and Children’s Hospital births list several families. A crash injury report details two-car collision at Fairgrounds Road and U S 80 with multiple injured. A Midland resident actor and singer Janis Archer lands a film role in You Never Gave Me Roses in New Orleans.
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