White-Pool House Faces Repairs Threatening Eldest Ector Home
Ector County’s oldest house a museum faces potential closure of parts of the second floor as it sinks. Damaged bricks and plaster showers свидетель visitors, with reconstruction costs rising if funds are not found. The White Pool House Friends failed to secure $200,000 in CDBG funds and seek alternative funding sources.
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Ector County
White-Pool House
Damon Kennedy
Kennedy
Ture
White Pool House
CDBG
Grace King
Heat Persisting Across Texas With Near 100s Ahead
Odessa Midland area forecasters expect temperatures near 100 degrees today and through Saturday as heat remains extreme. NWS notes a record 14 straight 100 degree days in late June, with 21 days at or above 100 since 1931, while rainfall remains sparse and drought tightens. Ranchers warn of scarce pasture and pecan growers rely on irrigation as high pressure rules the state. Slight hope from distant Davis Mountains thunderstorms could bring isolated rain.
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Odessa-Midland
National Weather Service
NWS
Terry Huber
Midland
Odessa—Midland
Gardendale
Davis Mountains
Odessa
Huber
Texas
Associated Press
Habitat for Humanity Odessa chapter raises 45000 for first house
Odessa Habitat for Humanity reports 45000 raised toward building its first house with costs estimated at 32000 to 33000. Contributions came mainly from The First Christian Church of Odessa United Way of Odessa Rotary Club and the Junior League of Odessa. President Mike Schlueter notes broad community support and seeks land volunteers as the family selection committee led by Delma Abalos plans the first family to benefit.
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Odessa
Habitat For Humanity
Mike Schlueter
Schlueter
First Christian Church of
United Way of
Rotary Club
Junior League of
Delma Abalos
Art meets science at UT Southwestern medical illustration
In Dallas, the biomedical communications program at UT Southwestern Medical Center trains a small class of six to seven students a year in medical illustration. Led by Lewis Carver, the program blends anatomy and drawing, with cadaver dissections and exposure to first year medical students. Students cite drawing from comic books as a childhood influence, and emphasize understanding science as core to the craft.
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Dallas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At
Lewis E. Calver
Texas
Carver
Lewis Calver
The
1961 year of revolution and politics in Texas
A retrospective notes 1961 events including Castro in Cuba, Freedom Riders in the South, desegregation efforts at the University of Georgia, martial law in Mississippi, De Gaulle elections, Trujillo’s murder, Lumumba’s assassination, Kennedy support in Laos, and Roy Orbison rising in rock. Texas votes on a general sales tax while Gov Daniel opposes it. Tower becomes the first GOP statewide winner since Reconstruction. See 1961 on Page 2B.
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Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Dominican Republic
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Laos
Kennedy
Wink
Roy Orbison
Texas
John Tower
U.S
Odessa
Price Daniel
Riots at University of Georgia Lead To Martial Law
President orders martial law and appoints Byron White, soon to be Justice, to head a task force of U.S. marshals to quell unrest at the University of Georgia.
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Bay of Pigs
South
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
University of Georgia
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Byron White
U.S
Congo
P Tos Lumumba I
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Mark Sterkel
Jim Word
Nick DE LA Torre
Robert Linn
Floyd Gwin Park
Habitat For Humanity OF
Standents
Batman
Eric Meador
Jek
Texas House
Castro
Odessa American
Ridder Publications
R.C. Hoiles
W.L. DeBolt
Freedom Communications Inc
By Keely Coghlan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
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