Economy Faces Slowing Growth Amid Oil Price Surge
Blumenthal projects 1.5 to 2 percent growth for the year, down from the administration's 2.2 percent forecast, as world oil prices rise about 30 percent in six months. Commerce data show leading indicators and new orders for manufactured goods fall, signaling a broader slowdown with potential fuel shortages affecting truck stops and production. ARCO's Thornton Bradshaw warns of five years on the knife's edge of supply.
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Blumenthal
Commerce Department
Montana
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
White House
Thornton Bradshaw
ARCO
Flood Watch As Permian Basin Faces Heavy Rain and Flooding
Persistent rain and thunderstorms sweep the Odessa area with flash flood watches issued for the Permian Basin. Officials report high water on streets and major flooding near Muskingum, with evacuations in Walnut and two elderly residents moved to safety. Power and traffic disrupted as utilities monitor inflow to the Water Reclamation Plant, while cities warn motorists to avoid drenched corridors.
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Marfa
Carsbad
Odessa
Second Street
19Th
Beaty
Muskingum
East Muskingum
Walnut
10Th
Sam Houston
East List
Hancock
Second
South Odessa
Dennis Winfrey
Winfrey
Texas Water Resources Board
Austin
Valerie Wheeler
Dale Young
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Mike Sewell
Bill Griffin
Texas Eletric Co
Midland
Obituary notes for Collier and several others across Texas
Death notices from Odessa San Juan Eunice and Fort Worth list Tommie Kay Collier 44 in Odessa with surviving family and World War II service, Claudia Gentle 69 in San Juan. Willard Stewart 77 in Eunice New Mexico. and Mary Chenoweth 92 in Fort Worth with family ties and burial plans. Each notice records birth dates wartime service residence and survivor details.
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San Juan
Claudia Gentle
Gene Langford
Odessa
McCoy Funeral
Sweetwater
Gentle
McAllen General Hospital
Fisher County
Texas Democrat figure Pete Coffield dies in Rockdale
Pete Coffield longtime Texas Democratic Party figure and 22 year chairman of the State Board of Corrections died Thursday. A Rockdale native he served 29 years on the prison board including 22 as chairman. The Coffield Unit at Tennessee Colony is named for him. He was buried Saturday with honorary pallbearers including five Texas governors. Coffield, a Navy veteran, built a war surplus business and engaged in oil leases in the Rockdale Minerva field. He supported Boy Scouts Episcopal Church and Salvation Army and served on the Boy Scouts national executive board.
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Rockdale
Texas
Pete’ Coffield
State Board of Corrections
Coffield
Tennessee Colony
Rockdale- Minerva
Boy Scouts of America
The
Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
Correction corrects Odessa motorcyclist car clash near Winwood Mall
Odessa reports an 8:10 p.m. collision on 42nd near Winwood Mall with motorcyclist Philip Edward Fambro eastbound and car driver Jack William Turner southbound from the Winwood Mall lot. Also details funeral notices for Lura Bell Willis, Truett Covington Stanford, Stanley Rushing Sr, William Albert Baird, Benjamin Wheiles, Clarence E. Mitchell, and Jessie James Weatherby with dates and burial plans across Odessa area obituaries and survivals.
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Winwood Mall
Philip Edward Fambro
West 21St
Jack William Turner
Candy
Appeals court orders McInnis removal bid review
An appeals court reversed a lower court ruling and allowed the Hidalgo County district attorney Oscar McInnis to face removal for acts tied to a prior term. The 13th Court of Civil Appeals ruling lets the Texas Prosecutors Coordinating Council pursue removal despite McInnis’ election to another term.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
South Texas
Oscar McInnis
13Th Court of Civil Appeals
Hidalgo County
Texas Prosecutors Coordinating Council
Walter Dunham
TPCC
Dunham
McInnis
John Lewis
Appeals Court
State Supreme Court
Andy Shuyval
Odessa theater schedule and drug case docket
Tomorrow in Odessa at 7 30 P M Odessa Brand New Opree Globe of the Great Southwest. At 8 P M Life with Father Permian Playhouse. Ronald Earl Merideth 21 of 806 West 31st pled guilty in 70th District Court Thursday to possession of methamphetamine and received a probated 10 year sentence and a $500 fine by Judge Gene Ater for an offense dated January 12 according to court records.
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Odessa
Gene Ater
Terry Lee Huckaby
North Century
Paul Henry
East 50Th
Permian High
Ronald Earl Merideth
West 31St
70Th District Court
County Court Issued Marriage Licenses In Local Record
In county court records, marriage licenses were issued to Rocky Wilbur Binnley and Debra Jean Rodman, Ronald Elroy Davis and Melynde Ruth Curd, James Albert Henderson Jr. and Lila Denese Woodard, John William Grosik and Diane Lynn French, Felipe C Palian Jr. and Mary Helen Armendarez, Francisco Mendoza Sanchez and Angelica Mata Sanchez, Patrick Joseph O Hare and Elizabeth Ann Ricketts, Joe Bob Bizzell and Deborah Jean Fryer. In district court, divorce suits were filed including Jerry Lee Swann versus Karyn Kim Swann and others. At Medical Center Joseah patients admitted May 3 and discharged May 31 include numerous individuals.
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Rocky Wilbur Binnley
Debra Jean Rodman
Ronald Elroy Davis
Melynde Ruth Curd
James Albert Henderson Jr
Lila Denese Woodard
John William Grosik
Diane Lynn French
Felipe C. Palian Jr
Mary Helen Armendarez
Francisco Mendoza Sanchez
Angelica Mata Sanchez
Patrick Joseph O'Hare
Elizabeth Ann Ricketts
Joe Bob Bizzell
Deborah Jean Fryer
District Court
Jerry Lee Swann
Karyn Kim Swann
Jones
C. Jones
Carla Lynn Roark
George Dele Roark
Ann Powell
Robert Powell
Joseah
Weather forecast prompts flash flood watch for Midland area
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport warns a flash flood watch today and tonight with rain and possible heavy downpours through Saturday. Expect cooler conditions, easterly winds 15 to 20 mph today and 10 to 15 mph tonight. Rain probability 100 percent today and tonight, 70 percent Saturday, highs near 72 today and 75 tomorrow, overnight low 65 tonight, yesterday’s high 78, overnight low 61. Precipitation in last 24 hours 0.17 inches, year to date 4.
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Ector County
Schlemeyer Field
Odessa
Philip Miles
Dixie
Bellaire
Muskingum
Tom Green
Hancock
Miles
East 57Th
Weather Service
Winkler County
Kermit
Wink
Andrews County
Rankin
Big Lake
McCamey
Crane
Iraan
Pecos
Monahans
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Seminole
Fort Stockton
Fort Davis
Alpine
Maria
Ozona
New Mexico
Hobbs
Eunice
N.M
Carlsbad
Artesia
Colorado River
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
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Art Been
Route 3
Don Noble
Don E. Noble
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Dotsy
Michael Mahan
R.L. Mahan
San Jacinto
Rita King
Thomas H. King
West 15Th
Cindy Green
J.J. Green
West 81St
Robbie Malone
Robert Malone
Teresa Womack
Perry Womack
West 23Rd
Rob Tschauner
Donny Stewart
Tschauner
J.H. Tschauner
West 22Nd
Stewart
Elsie D. Stewart
Crockett
Tommie Collier
Tommie Kay Collier
Fort Worth
Larry Sheppard
Crane County
Collier
Medical Center
Spur
Bobbie Dian
Church of Christ
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Willard D. Stewart
Willard Delbert Stewart
Singleton Funeral Home
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Strawn
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Fred Stewart
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O.L. Chenoweth
University Baptist Church
Rose Hill
Harveson-Cole Funeral Home
Boy Scouts
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Lura Bell Willis
Zeneta
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Sunset Memorial Gardens
Willis
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Oklahoma
Estel
Big Cabin
Okla
LaVera Owens
St. Charles
Ill
Alice Mentemeyer
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Truett C. Stanford
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al Stanford
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Kerbow Funeral Home
Stanford
Liberty Hill
Mildred Kent
Baylor University
Stanley Rushing
Richland Springs
Stanley Nelson Rushing
J.E. Fairweather
Richland Springs Baptist Church
Howell-Doran Funeral Home
San Saba
Rushing
Eastland County
Mary McGregor
Goldthwaite
San Saba County
William A. Baird
William Albert Baird
Singleton
Baird
Justice of the
Jay Williams
Mobil Oil Corp
Alma
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Benjamin Hurley
Wheiles
Monticello
Immanuel Baptist Church
Wilson- Miller Funeral Home
Sallisaw
Exxon
Eda Faye Wheiles
James Wheiles
Clarence E. Mitchell
Crosbyton
Minnie Shackelford
Crosbyton First
Lubbock
Mitchell
Alma May Lester
Sara, Okla
Jessie Weatherby
Jessie James Weatherby
Iraan High School
Restland Cemetery
Sheppard Funeral Home
Weatherby
Ira
Justice of the Peace
Louise Christensen
Pecos County
Ivan
Iran
Ima Jewel Napier
Marathon Oil Co
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Houston
Rosie Pearl Stroud
Breckenridge
Edward Weatherby
Sueden
Raymond Weatherby
Joe Oscar Weatherby
Joe Weatherby
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Brand New Opree
Globe of the Great Southwest
Permian Playhouse
Stephen Armesto
Brenda McClure
Minnie Collins
Mattie White
Ben Jackson
Betty Wilson
Ida Grissom
Lucille Barrett
Haze! Terrell
Even Bejaranc
Otis Geers
Floyd Harper
Wynn Brown
William Johnson Jr
Needa Roberts
Virginia Grimes
Earl Nesbit
Sue McLelland
Anita Montez
Geraldine Wilkerson
Carolyn Allen
Sammie Smith
Vidalla Kingston
Josephine Garza
Cecil C. Bonner
Salvador DO. Cordove
Jessie M Anaya
Velva M. Watts
Onita Bali
Mary A. Gaulfrey
Donald R. Dyson
Jimmie Doculesper
Carmen Islas
Glen D. Berry
Bobby Don Williams
Sue Bowen
Olga B. Trevino
Jesus Molina
Sipriano Perez
Ethel B. McKee
Pablo C. Montoya
Ronald G. Harrison
Betty Lovell
Willie Jones
Lestie D. Ford
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