Odessa business titan Ted Roden dies at 88 in Permian Basin
Ted Roden built Standard Sales into a regional beer distributorship with eight locations and 500 employees before selling to his staff. He and his wife Jan funded UT Permian Basin and entrepreneurship center projects and quietly supported students, leaving a lasting civic legacy in Odessa. His brother Pinkie helped start the family’s liquor business, shaping the Roden influence in the community for decades.
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Pinkie” Roden
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Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Lawmakers and federal officials contact list
A compiled directory of U S lawmakers and key federal officials with office addresses in Washington D C and Texas towns including Midland Odessa Lubbock San Antonio Amarillo and Austin It lists representatives senators their offices phone numbers and district or state details for quick reference. The list includes U S Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Ciro Rodriguez John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchison George West Tom Craddick Sen Kel Seliger and Sen Carlos Uresti with respective contact points.
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Midland
Cannon House
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D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
George E
Buddy” West
P.O
Austin
Tom Craddick
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
N. FM
P.D. Box
Carlos Uresti
San Antonio
Freedom themes in editorial pledge from 1988 Pulitzer winner
The piece cites Patrick Canty publisher Laura Dennis and editor Ken Brodnax. It declares freedom as self-control guided by moral standards, urging readers to promote and preserve liberty. The editorial frames freedom as a God given gift, not political grant, grounded in moral law.
Billary takes on Obama in the Iowa clash
A columnist argues Barack Obama’s Iowa victory signals racism not unbeatable, while Bill and Hillary Clinton exploit race as a tactic. The piece critiques Clinton surrogates and argues Obama’s win shows voters favor qualified leaders over identity labels amid fears of nuclear threats.
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Iowa
Race
Obama
Clintons
Bill Clinton
Hillary
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
Clinton
White House
United States
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Indira Gandhi
India
Golda Meier
Israel
Health care costs squeeze Texas families and small employers
Dr Linda Siy argues rising health insurance premiums outpace inflation and waste in spending. She notes a 23.5 percent hike for a group, reveals 74 percent of premiums go to care, calls for transparency, care de-fragmentation, and accountability, and urges reforms and stronger oversight to end the unsustainable race to the bottom in Texas health care.
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M.D
Texas
Susanne Madden
United Healthcare
Verden Group
Sly
Ishivaichan
Fort Worth
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
Community fundraiser honors Harmony Home at 29th Super Bowl Party
Organizers invite support for Harmony Home through a Sunday fundraiser now in its 29th year. Readers may submit comments or thumbs up or down on current topics by emailing letters link at freedom.com and noting thumbs nomination.
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