Holiday weather boosts Fourth of July plans in West Texas
National Weather Service Midland reports clear to partly cloudy conditions for the holiday with a 20 percent rain chance. Lee temperatures reach upper 90s with a south to southeast wind 20 mph, easing tonight. TESCO gauges show scattered showers Sunday around Midland area and Spraberry. Thunderstorms statewide brought little rain as conditions remained hot and mostly sunny in the afternoon with 90s readings across Texas.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Texas Electric Service Co
TESCO
Midland East
Spraberry
Midland
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Midland region forecast at airport amid July heatwave
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports partly cloudy conditions today with a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. It will stay warm through July Fourth with a 20 percent rain probability through Tuesday. Highs near 97, lows around 67 to 70, sun sets 8:59 p.m. and sun rises 6:48 a.m. year-to-date precipitation 4.18 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional Air Airport
Medical Center Hospital Admits and Discharges July 2
A ledger of patient activity lists admissions and discharges at Medical Center Hospital. On July 2 lists patients admitted include Lois Lena Gladden Raymond Lee Elrod and others. July 1 admissions include Suelema A Flores George G Chew and more. June 30 admissions and discharges enumerate numerous names. Births reported at Women’s and Children’s Hospital include July 2 a girl to Mr and Mrs Jeff L Briley. July 1 a boy for Dennis Donovan. June 30 two births including William Martin a girl and a boy for James Payne.
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Mary Jessen
Myrtis Ralston
Sid Essary
Craig Clark
Donald Sherlock
Larry Wright
Ynez Yanez
Vaughn Hunt
Edward McAnear
Jack Mizera
Brenda Ray
Lillian Popejoy
Rosa Alvarado
Apolonio Munoz
John Watters
Lupe Fogueroa
Jennie Richardson
Emma Kimbrough
Mellon Allen
Walter Hulsey
Ray Newton
Alice Hostetter
Millie McKinney
Louis Nelson
Ronald Baker
James Steed
Jim Spoon
Rex Allen
Dewitt Barnett
Tommy Spann
James Lumpkin
Donna Hargis
Viola Walker
Paula Pontremoli
Sam Brown
Naomi Peacock
Thomas B Burks
Donald W. Sherlock
Henretta Pierce
J.P Dodson
Tammy J. Walker
Sally Dardin Smith
Jo Walden
Sadie Holland
Mary Wages
Charles George
Mary Rhodes
Adria Pinkerton
Fay May
Josephine Booth
Carmen Brown
James Mize
Cora Linneman
Jonnie Saul
William Armistead
Mark Gomez
Jay Ann Sims
Rickey Taylor
Kathie Mayner
Ben Stevens
Marian White
Elizabeth Mixon
Lavern Terrell
Vida Fore
David Roy
Ruby Taylor
Fred Harris
Catalina Gomez
Willie Metcalf
Ando Chi
Oren’s Hospital
Jeff L
Obituaries and fire strike dominate Odessa briefing
Obituaries for Royce Alton Collier 56 and Jose Tijerina 68 outline services in Snyder and Odessa with burial details. A major Memphis fire strike update describes National Guard response, arson suspicions, and union dispute over pay raises and amnesty. Also noted are services for Delores Sewell and Ruth Kay Anderson along with multiple coastal Midland area obituaries and a JFK Airport death linked to a smuggling case.
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Memphis
Martin Luther King
Carl Wallace
National Guard
E. Winslow Chapman
Chapman
Chandler
Sam Posey
Multiple Local Obituaries Report Natural Deaths and Services
Obituaries note deaths across Texas towns including Mary Ruth Vickers 57 at 2744 Walnut natural death pending Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Arthur James Burchfield 41 of 4201 Dawn. Wayne Smith 31, a DPS officer, services set at Oak Street Baptist Church Colorado City. Forrest Wayne Smith 1946 a Vietnam veteran died after long illness with COD. Maggie Mae Clark von Rosenberg 91 San Angelo funeral today. Anice L. Moxley 94 Andrews pioneer dies in Permian General. survivors listed. Jesse Willis Giddens Sr. 76 Plainview funeral today. son Harvey Giddens noted. Rob R. Currie 61 Midland dies. services today Golf Course Road Church of Christ. Harold L. Lamb 42 Andrews dies after heart attack while on vacation in Cloudcroft. Survivors named.
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Jose Tijerina
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Tijerina
Big Spring
Veterans Administration Hospital
West 12Th
San Antonio
Olivia Ortega
Roy Tijerina
Gloria Menchaca
Angie Rijos
Olga Perez
Adela Menchaca
Post
Pete Tijerina
California
Hattie Mae Moore
South Hancock
St. James Baptist Church
Jackson Funeral Home
Midland
Moore
Lee County
James Robinson
Johnny Parker
Claude Bethany
Dime Box
E.P. Penny
Marthia McGee
Lubbock
Hortence Williams
Corpus Christi
Ruth Kay Anderson
Doran Drive
Sherwood Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Anderson
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Highway Department
DeLeon
Dewey I. Anderson
Sulphur Springs
James Michael Anderson
Joyce Lee Fambro
Donna Lynn Parker
I.J. Kay
Bakersfield
Calif
Bill Kay
Dallas
Anita Randolph
McNeil, Ariz
Arnor Faye Thomas
Wanda Sides
Chio Caldwell
Alamogordo
N.M
Thomas D. Jones Jr
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Jones
Bell County
Gulf Oil Co
Jones Butane
West Texas
Mamie
A.W. Jones
Houston
Jewella Hiett
San Luis Obispo
Alice Rayburn
Paula Newsom
Mary Ruth Vickers
Walnut
Justice of the Peace
Harold Sligar
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Arthur James Burchfield
Dawn
Wayne Smith
Department of Public Safety
Oak Street Baptist Church
Colorado City
Riker- Seale Funeral Home
Forrest Wayne Smith
Smith
Dayton
Ohio
Colorado
Sheila McGee
Shelly Kay
Forrest Smith
Maggie Mae Clark von Rosenberg
San Angelo
Marcus von Rosenberg
Johnson
Fairmount
Women’s Christian Society
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Andrews Anice L. Moxley
Andrews County
Permian General Hospital
Singleton Funeral Home
Clear Lake
Benton Moxley
J.W. Moxley
Andrews
L.C. Downing
Arlene Louis
Torrance
Sue Payne
Lone Oak
Katie Bailey
Amelia Crow
Wolfforth
Billy Bynum
Plainview
Jesse Willis
J.W.) Giddens Sr
Harvey Giddens
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Colonial Chapel
Plainview Memorial Park
Giddens
Central Plains Regional Hospital
Red River County
Littlefield
Stamford
Alma Sanford
First United Methodist Church
Rob R
Robert) Currie
Golf Course
Church of Christ
Currie
West Texas Flying Service
Cunningham Construction Co
Stanford and Puckett
Rich Air Flite
Nion Oil Co
Golf Course Road
Jack Kirkpatrick
R.H. Jucchard
Thornton, Colo
Aisha Maxine Currie
Fred H. Currie
Mount Gilead
N.C
Ola Browning
Christine Cline
Andrews Harold L. Lamb
Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital
Cloudcroft
Lamb
Amoco Production Co
Joann
Funeral services set for Sammy Lowrance in Alpine
Sammy L Lowrance 15 of Alpine dies after illness in El Paso hospital. Scheduled 3 p m today Second Baptist Church burial Elm Grove Cemetery under Geeslin Funeral Home. Survived by adoptive parents Glenn and Mrs Lowrance and other relatives.
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Alpine
Sammy Lee Lowrance
Second Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Geeslin
Lowrance
el Paso
Greenville
S.C
Accelerated Christian Education School
Glenn Lowrance
Glenn Lanny Lowrance Jr
Capt
Lynn Marcus Lowrance
Panama Canal Zone
Miriam B. Gentry
Flarety
A.E. Bennett Jr
T.W. Lowrey
Blossom Lane
Battletown
Bennett
Elizabethtwon
Louisville
Midland
Roy E
Tillie) Etter
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Etter
Midland Memorial Hospital
Mineola
Midland Independent School District
Roy E. Etter
John
Susan) Grace
Fort Worth
Herman Phillips
Everett Phillips
W.R. Phillips
Houston
Somali War Guerrilla Strife and Soviet Influence Cited
Siad Barre claims Soviet backing in the Ogaden conflict and broader Africa strategy. He asserts Moscow exploits Vietnam to expand in Africa and aims to dominate Gulf energy, pressuring the US and Europe. Barre warns of Soviet plan to cut supply lines and seize petroleum interests while backing Ethiopian advances.
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Ban
Ogaden
Somalia
Siad Barre
United States
Vietnam
Africa
U.S
Asia
Middle East
Persian) Gulf States
Syrian Christians and Palestinians drift in Lebanese conflict
In Washington, a State Department spokesman voiced concern over the tragic loss of life and urged restraint and ceasefire. Syria had intervened to back Christians against leftist Lebanese Muslims and Palestinian allies, but Sadat's peace moves with Israel bridged gaps between Assad and the Palestinians. The Syrian Christian alliance deteriorated as Syria refused to disarm Palestinians and tensions grew among Christian factions.
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Washington
State Department
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Assad
Syria
Lebanon
Nixon in Hyden Sees Strong America Bring Peace
In Hyden Kentucky a 41 minute Nixon speech urged a strong United States to secure world peace. Thousands packed a 2.2 million recreation center while the town celebrated its centennial. Nixon stayed to sign autographs and greet residents after the address.
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Hyden
Kentucky
America
Nixon
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Grant
Youth Inc
First Presbyterian Church
Paul Tittle Jr
Odessa Cultural Council
Eusebia Lopez
Eddie Conner
Tammy Walker
Leslie Stanford
Suelema A. Flores
George G Chew
Ednad Thomason
Nora J. White
Lala A. Lopez
Kathryn W Root
Buenos Aires
Argentina
International Association of Financial Executives
Royce Alton Collier
Clover
Bel-Seale Funeral Home
Snyder
Pyron
Collier
Veterans Hospital
Kemp
Judith Dellinger
Missouri
Full Gospel Church
A.J. Collier
Christine Richburg
Roy Collier
Hermleigh
Bud Collier
Sweetwater
Robert Collier
Raymon Collier
Delores J. Sewell
Delores Jean Sewell
Springdale
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Easterling Funeral Home
Sewell
McCamey
McCamey High School
Odessa College
Mike
Leslie Sewell
Gina Sewell
Hattie M. Moore
New York
Mount Kisco
N.Y
Jamaica
John F. Kennedy
Port Authority
Audrey Gibson
Baggage Claim
American Airlines
Gibson
Ruth Anderson
Thomas D. Jones
Mathilde Lowke
Grace Lutheran Church
Charlie J. Lowke
Carl Zock
Walter Zock
Anton Zock
Harrold
Clara Seals
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mary R. Vickers
Arthur J. Burchfield
Maggie von Rosenberg
Anice L. Moxley
Jesse W. Giddens
Rob Currie
Harold L. Lamb
Sammy L. Lowrance
A.E. Bennett
Tillie Etter
Aubrey Fore
Seminole
First Baptist Church of
Seagraves
Seagraves Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Fore
Seminole Memorial Hospital
Coahoma
Oklahoma
Gomez Community
Terry County
Cities Service-Columbia Carbon Division
R.C. Fore
Chowcilla
A.G. Poole
Carson, Calif
W.R. Johnson
Ruidoso
D.S. Carroll
Meadow
Richard
Ector County Coliseum
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