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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1981

Page

2

Fair skies in forecast from Midland weather service

National Weather Service forecasts fair conditions through Thursday at Midland Regional Airport with warmer temperatures. Highs will reach upper 50s and lows near the low 30s with northerly winds 5 to 10 mph, shifting to light and variable. Texas wide is mostly clear with mild temperatures and minimal rain. extremes range from the 20s to 50s across the state.

National Weather Service Midland Regional Air Terminal Alpine San Angelo Wink Midland Texas South Northwest North Texas South Texas Amarillo Brownsville NA Onal Midland Regional

Alpine resident Katie Melgoza funeral at First Assembly

Services for Catalina Katie Melgoza 69 longtime Alpine resident will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Assembly of God Church with burial in Holy Angels Cemetery She died Saturday in a Sunnyside Washington hospital Survivors include four sons two daughters two sisters one brother and many grandchildren Arrangements by Geeslin Funeral Home of Alpine. OZONA Jacinto Flores 98 father of Lillie Gonzales Odessa funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church burial Lima Cemetery under Sizemore Funeral Home care.

Alpine Catalina Katie Victor Odessa Epifanio Midland Joel Fremont Calif Rosalinda Flores Conchita Fuentes del Rio Paulina Zuniga Sunnyside Wash Alta Gracia Lozano Matamoros Mexico Manuel de la Rosa Modesto Geeslin Funeral Home Ozona Jacinto Flores Lillie Gonzales Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Lima Cemetery Sizemore Funeral Home Crockett County Theodore Isadoro Esequiel Genaro Hernadez Jessica Amy Trimble Benny Jackie Trimble Tom Green Fort Worth Children’s Hospital Sunset Memorial Gardens Easterling-Wilson Funer Home Charles Campbell Treasy Trimble Forrest Park Shreveport Vallie Lucille Corbell Westwood Medical Center Hospital Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home Harrold F.R. Corbell Electra First Presbyterian Church Waymon K. Corbell Velma Reed Denver City Irving Charles Robert Bridges Marjorie Evans Ben F. Brown Rose Hill Fort Worth St. Paul Hospital Dallas Bridges Ardmore Okla Joyce Charles Robert San Jose Jeffrey Taylor Evans Lubbock Catherine Hill Houston F.M. Slack

Odessa College Forensics Nets Nine Awards in El Paso Trials

Odessa College forensics team earned nine awards at Sun Carnival Swing tournaments held January 7 to 10 in El Paso. New member Charles Luckey of Lubbock and Elaine Martin of Lubbock placed second in dramatic duo at UTEP, while Tim Sanders of Clovis, NM earned second in impromptu and third in informative. At El Paso Community College tourney Luckey and Martin won first in dramatic duo. Martin won pro se and Luckey third in prose. Sanders and Martin also placed second in group oral interpretation. Sanders second in informative. Debating team members Mike Duboise of Spur and Margaret Bachicha of El Paso took second, with Bachicha named top speaker. Team coach is Dr. Don Nichols. next meet at Baylor University January 29 to February 2.

Odessa College el Paso University of Texas At Luckey Martin el Paso Community College Sanders Mike Duboise Spur Margaret Bachicha Bachicha Don Nichols Baylor University

Legislature House Study Group Aims to Elect Chairman

Conservatives clash over control as the House Study Group, funded by member allowances, seeks a new chair with Mary Polk delaying votes until new members join. Eleven joined, prompting accusations of demagoguery and a potential power grab. In the Senate, Lt. Gov Hobby names committees and Sen Oscar Mauzy heads Jurisprudence while Sen John Traeger becomes president pro tempore.

House Study Group Bryant Ray Keller D-Duncanville Keller Mary Polk D-El Paso Iran Florence Matt Garcia D-San Antonio Clayton Ms. Polk Senate Bill Hobby Oscar Mauzy Dallas Bill Clements Hobby Mauzy John Traeger D-Seguin

Iran Iran Iran Talks Move Toward U.S. Iran Hostage Settlement

Tehran and Washington edge toward an accord as Iran’s Majlis approves an arbitrator bill to settle financial claims with the United States while debate on wealth nationalization for the late Shah stalls. Nabavi warns delayed action risks returning assets. A U.S. court suit for the shah’s fortune advances as Le Monde hints at a complete accord.

Tate Shah Iran Switzerland Tehran Radio Carter U.S Majlis United States Nabavi Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Europe le Monde Paris

Legislators Swap Seats Ahead of Texas Special Election

Former Rep. Chase Untermeyer quits to join Vice President elect George Bush staff. In the House, Tony Garcia and Hector Uribe take oath amid six candidates for Raul Longoria seat in a special election to replace the Edinburg senator who left to become a state district judge. Betty Andujar is absent recovering from a heart attack while Sen. Bill Meier wears a plastic body cast after a serious auto crash.

Chase Untermeyer Houston George Bush Tony Garcia Pharr Hector Uribe Brownsville Senate Betty Andujar Kort Worth Bill Meier D-Euless

Stolen Santa Returns to Williamson Home

Mrs. Williamson says their wooden Santa, stolen during a vacation, was brought back by unknown culprits. She and her 15-year-old son returned home to find Santa in the front yard and are excited by the unexpected return.

Santa Mrs. Williamson Williamsons Odessa

Record of marriages and divorces plus admissions and births

Matter of Record lists marriage licenses for eight couples and divorce suits naming ten pairs. It also notes patients admitted on Jan 13 with a long list of names and ends with birth notice for a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Burleson at 401 Oak.

Lena M. Lewis James T. McDonala Ivan V. Boren Ella Jenkins Janies Baeza Manuel Canava Peggie L. Duncan Sue Waters Lee R. Waldrop Zenon Aguirre Doug A. Olson Hazel M. Berry Meredith M. Maharg Biatriz A. Garza Pinkie Moreland Precilliano A. DeLeo Romulo Alvarez Jerry McLeod Leetie Faris Margaret C Kirk Burleson Oak Boy Walter Henderson Tom Green Paul Rose Griggs Baby Boy Baca Terry Neal Jonnnye Cooke Walden Calfin Leslie Baker George M. Brantley Addie B. Berry

Ector County Junior Livestock Show Opens Thursday

The 11th annual Ector County Junior Livestock Show starts Thursday at Ector County Coliseum Buildings B and C with weighing sifting and classifying. Judging of steers lambs and swine begins Friday morning and auctions start 1 30 p m Saturday. About 40 pigs 9 lambs and 50 steers and heifers expected on exhibit. Names listed for residents with newborns and Santa theft noted in Odessa community items.

Ector County Ector County Coliseum

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