Pushcart Ices Steady Hit In West Texas Towns
A family run pushcart ice business thrives in Odessa with flavors from real fruit and ingredients like pecan and coconut. Prices are 85 cents an ice as vendors work days and peak on evenings after hot workdays. The carts spread to Crane and Midland, sparking questions on youth presence and street safety.
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Tornado Damages Businesses and Inn as Officials Cite Cleared Road
Officials said a tornado cleared from the road damaged Wal-Mart windows and closed the store. La Quinta Inn manager Stephanie Metzinger reported two funnel clouds seen by guests, with 24 rooms badly damaged and a roof collapse as a guest heard a big whoosh from a bathroom. The rain resembled a midwestern whiteout.
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Baca
Stephanie Metzinger
la Quinta Inn
Fort Stockton Storm Destroys Property With Little Warning
Guests observed two funnels as a powerful storm hit Fort Stockton. A mobile home was toppled by a semi while sheltering at a truck stop. White rain and hail battered the area with gravel like debris. Windows broke at Fort Stockton High School and at a pantry store and liquor store. A jailer noted roof damage in a resident’s home and police reported damaged cars in affected lots.
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Commancho Springs
Baca
Mike Badeaux
Badeaux
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Pecos County
Louie Hernandez
Fort Stockton
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Incarnate wholesome Western legacy
Leonard Slye later Roy Rogers built a wholesome screen persona with Dale Evans. Rising from Ohio to California, he formed the Sons of the Pioneers, starred in quickie Westerns, and became a top box office draw from 1938 onward. Rogers and Evans blended families, hosted The Roy Rogers Show, and built a vast licensing empire while keeping faith central.
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Victorville
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Los Angeles
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Elmore Leonard
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Saving Private Ryan
Berle son plots tell all memoir with shocking family claims
New York Post reports Milton Berle’s son Bill Berle drafts a memoir portraying the comedian as an absentee father domestic tyrant and notorious gambler. Co author Brad Lewis cites a claimed incident of Berle’s sexual behavior with a Las Vegas showgirl disguising as a maid.
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New York Post
Bill Berle
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Milton
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Brad Lewis
Buddy Arnold
Los Angeles
Grasshopper Invasion Strains Texas Crops Amid Drought
The warm winter and wet fall in parts of Texas spurred a bumper grasshopper crop. Each female lays many eggs, threatening crops as drought slows grass growth. Experts say infestations recur every 10 to 15 years and control is limited. Government agronomists warn the economic danger threshold is 18 grasshoppers per square yard.
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Kerry Bryan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bryan
Associated Press
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers July 6 Cash 5 and Pick 3
The memo lists Cash 5 numbers 4 15 23 27 30 with a 6 1 2 Pick 3 draw. Up-to-date Lotto Texas and Pick 3 results are available via InfoLine by dialing 580-4636, entering 6600.
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Lotto Texas
InfoLine
Odds and Ends From A Peculiar Column
Quotes on executive turnover and its dubious impact on profits mingle with curious trivia about Plains Indians teepees beavers and octopuses. The piece also reflects on polls about marriage and notes contact details for columnist L. M. Boyd.
Odessa American masthead and mailing details
The Odessa American is published every morning from 222 E. Fourth Street in Odessa Texas with second class postage and a post office box for address changes. It provides standard newspaper delivery and circulation information to readers and subscribers.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Readers' Guide OACA Out-of-Town Entry
Local Readers' Guide item lists contact details for the Out-of-Town section of OACA with phone 800-375-4661 and a reference to the website WWW.Oaoa.com for further information.
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Oaca
Oaoa.com
Ann Aoe
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