Colder air hits Permian Basin with near 50 high Saturday
National Weather Service at Midland reports a cold front pushing through the area. Temperatures fall into the mid twenties by Saturday night with a high near 50 Saturday before the cold snap. Five day outlook shows mostly fair skies and cooler temps through Wednesday.
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Weather Update for South and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cold Monday and Tuesday in South Texas with highs mid 40s north to Mississippi south, warmer midweek. Overnight lows 20s north to 30s south. Wednesday sees upper 20s north to upper 30s south. West Texas sees mostly falling temps with moderating by midweek, lows in the teens north to mid 20s south, highs 30s to 50s south by Wednesday.
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Parade marks hostage return with citywide jubilation in New York
Mayor Edward Koch led a civic welcome at City Hall as 18 car motorcade paraded 16 blocks downtown. Crowds filled Broadway from the Battery to City Hall with ticker tape confetti banners and ribbons. A former hostage voiced relief while spectators cheered USA.
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Soviet reactions mix over Reagan arms talk and terrorism charges
Soviet television carried Tass and commented on Reagan's remarks linking arms talks to broader policy while avoiding Putin style jabs. Boris Kalyagin condemned terrorism charges and defended support for national liberation movements in El Salvador, Chile, and South Africa. US economic data showed declines in December with Citibank cutting its prime rate to 19.5 percent.
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Oil Industry Banquet Highlights Kermit Chamber Event
KERMIT State Editor BOB HORN reports the Kermit Chamber of Commerce annual banquet titled Petroleum Industry Appreciation. Amoco executives and Winkler County oil figures discussed a $1.5 billion CO2 enhanced recovery project, county oil value at $116,340,723 and gas value $23,503,964 last year, with 97 wells drilled. The affair featured industry decor, hard hat ambassadors, and installation of Phil Fay as 1981 chamber president.
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Tommy) Thompson
Kermit School
Faye Hall
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Cache of valuables may provide clue in murder
Windcrest police hope a $400,000 cache of stolen gold silver and jewelry will yield a clue in the slaying of elderly couple Alien J Lowe and DeNage Lowe found in their burned Windcrest home on March 5 1980. Autopsy showed both were shot to death. Police seek links to missing Lewes home jewelry and a fencing operation tied to the case. Dewey Nunnally 54 was arrested in Universal City and Windcrest vaults carrying property. Investigators aim to match loot with victims items and resolve one of the area’s largest fencing rings in years.
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Falwell injunction bars distribution of Penthouse issue
A federal judge in Roanoke issued a temporary restraining order blocking distribution of the March issue of Penthouse featuring an interview with Jerry Falwell founder of the Moral Majority. The injunction names Penthouse International Ltd Curtis Circulation Co and writers as defendants with a Feb 2 hearing set. In Lynchburg Falwell denounced the action while Penthouse officials defended the ruling as constitutional.
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Death notices from Fort Worth and Kermit two local obituaries
Mary Alice Rabye 59 of Fort Worth mother of Patricia Ann Logan of Odessa died Monday after a lengthy illness in a San Antonio hospital. Services were Friday at Carswell Air Force Base Protestant chapel Fort Worth. Burial pending memorials to Asbury United Methodist Church Odessa. W T Byrd 67 of Kermit died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after an illness. A retired tool maker he had lived in Kermit 10 years. born April 2 1913 in Texas. Survivors include daughter Norine Berry Greensboro NC mother Mrs Cora Lee Byrd San Angelo brother Gerald Byrd Burbank CA sisters Mrs Raymond DeVolin Kermit and Ann Byrd San Angelo and three grandchildren. Services 2 pm Monday Lawnhaven Cemetery San Angelo, Cooper Funeral Chapel of Kermit arranging.
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Raymond DeVolin
Ann Byrd
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