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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1978
Page
1
National Weather Service Midland reports warm nights and hot days across the basin with mid 90s highs and overnight lows near 70. Winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing tonight, no precipitation recent, sunset 8 57, sunrise 6 53 Friday.
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports continued fair skies and hot afternoons with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. High today mid-90s, low tonight near 70. High tomorrow mid-90s. Precipitation year to date 4.18 inches. Also notes a local Heart Association Cyclethon winner Julie Arellano, 7, who collected a $25 check for raising $135 last month.
Odessa College hires Dr. Jerry Jones as business manager to inventory all college equipment and establish depreciation reserves funded by a $100000 contingency account. He will oversee budget, funds, accounting, and purchases, replacing Malcom Hensley after a dispute with President Phil Speegle.
After months of talks progress is slow over missile restrictions and whether the Backfire bomber falls under the pact. Vance offered new U.S. proposals to curb Soviet advances while preserving time to 1985 for MX and expanded silos. Gromyko presented unnamed Soviet replies. Carter said no immediate retaliation over dissident trials but reviews other relationship aspects.
The 1979 tax relief plan would reduce Texans state tax payments by about 35 million through Sept. 1, 1981, while Senate bills forecast a 486 million cut. Committees in both chambers will study the other house's proposals. Rep. Joe Wyatt and Speaker Bill Clayton caution against rapid action and urge waiting to see broader fiscal impact.
The IRS could seek a court order to seize the Lone Star and close it if funds aren’t raised, turning the popular bar and grill into a dubious investment. Lengacher calls it unsellable while Young searches for a buyer to protect two assistants, the cook, and a dishwasher, stressing the staff will survive.
Ginzburg is charged with anti Soviet agitation and propaganda and could face ten years in prison plus Siberian exile as a second conviction. The prosecutor asked for eight years imprisonment and three years exile, sparking speculation about the Moscow treason case against Shcharansky. Mrs. Ginzburg said her son expected conviction and sent regards to Shcharansky.
Last month's American Heart Association Cyclethon in Odessa raised over $2,500 to combat heart disease. Juan Hernandez won $100 for first place with about $836 raised, J.R. Crabtree earned a 10-speed bicycle for second with $362, Ruth Couch received a jogging suit after $137, and 7 year old Julie Arellano collected $135 earning a $25 cash prize. Local sponsors supplied gift certificates cash prizes and dinners.
City police investigate seven vandalisms with damages across residences and a church. Clayton Manor employee reported torn decorations, cut cushions, a broken thermostat and red liquid on club room counters. Vehicle and home windows and tires were damaged on multiple addresses, and Bethlehem Baptist Church had nine windows broken.
Odessa firemen answered two calls Wednesday with minor damage reported at a storage shed on Moss Street. The shed fire at 1607 Moss near Dick Tinsley was of undetermined cause. A city trash container fire at the 900 block of Puttsburg was extinguished at 1:35 p.m.
Deaths include Gary Tye Crouch three year old son of Gary Curtis Crouch Odessa died at Women s and Children s Hospital services pending with Easterling Funeral Home Francisco F Baeza 76 Odessa died at Medical Center Hospital after illness born June 4 1902 O Marie White 51 Midland died after a shooting outside a Midland bar services set 2 30 pm in Sulphur Springs with burial at St Luke s Cemetery Survivors listed including Jimmy Yancy Marva Ann White Mary Bonner Robert Bonner R L Pogue Mattie Crowe Maurine Bagley Christine Robertson and two grandchildren.
Pediatric cardiologist Dr. Ralph C. Tierney of Fort Worth will hold a two day clinic for infants and children with heart problems at Women's and Children's Hospital Odessa. An inservice program for physicians and staff will precede a Q and A session. Tierney is a Cincinnati Medical School graduate now in private practice in Fort Worth.
Funeral services for Margaret Classen 72 of Charleston Ark Sister of Mrs Modesta Sprinkle Monahans will be at 10 am Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery Smith Funeral Home handles arrangements Mrs Classen born June 12 1906 in Charleston survives by two brothers and three other sisters
Odessa will close its sanitary landfill on Saturday at 6 p.m and open a new site south of Interstate 20 on Monday at 8 a.m. The old site, active 2.5 years, is full and will only handle shredded garbage from the shredder plant until then.
A 19 year old Stanton man Rafael Gonzalez was in critical condition in Midland Memorial Hospital's ICU after a head injury from a Wednesday evening crash three miles east of Midland on Highway 80. Police said Gonzalez, driving westbound, collided with Sammy Rodriguez of Midland who was eastbound and turning left.
Tomorrow in Odessa schedule lists 7 AM Breakfast Optimists at Furrs Pie Kitchen, 12 PM Odessa Optimists at Furrs Pie Kitchen, 12 PM Eastside Rotary at Inn of the Golden West, 2 30 PM Summer Choir School for junior high and college students at Fine Art Auditorium Odessa College, 8 PM South Pacific at Permian Playhouse and Othello at Globe of the Great Southwest.
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