Heat wave gripsPermian Basin with 90s to 100s forecast
National Weather Service Midland reports hot afternoons across the basin with highs in the mid 90s today and Monday and overnight lows near 70. Gusty southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, with southeasterly coastal winds of 15 to 20 mph. Thunderstorms possible in South Central Texas late Tuesday into the week. Big Bend may reach 110 in coming days.
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Neb
Hall
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Rock Springs
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Carlsbad
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Upper
Great Lakes
Ohio
mid-Atlantic
North Dakota
Montana
Midland funeral services for Ella May Myers Wilson
Mrs. Ella May Myers Wilson 90 of Midland died in a Midland nursing home. Funeral services are 2 p m Monday at Pennington Funeral Home chapel San Marcos with burial in San Marcos. Survivors include son Myers Wilson daughter Mildred Stuart seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Local arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home Midland. Also notices for Jesse Adams Truman Carruth and a high stakes jewelry store robbery in Austin.
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Midland
Ella May Myers Wilson
Pennington
San Marcos
Ellis Funeral Home
Death notices from Kermit Midland area obituaries compiled
Graveside services for L A Buck Davis Jr 67 in Kermit Cemetery after illness at Medical Center Odessa. Retired El Paso Natural Gas superintendent born April 5 1913 Maxwell New Mexico, survived by wife Elsie two sons Darrel and L A III daughter Dolly Kocsis two brothers two sisters and eight grandchildren. Also services for Claudia Garber 55 Midland at Latter Day Saints Midland burial Resthaven. Born Parowan Utah July 26 1924 moved 1973 from Salt Lake City worked for UV Industries. survivors listed. memorials to Allison Permian Basin Cancer Therapy Center. Minnie Short 90 Graveside at Kermit Cemetery Died Leisure Lodge Kermit born Sept 9 1889 Winkler County resident 54 years member First Christian Church survived by daughter Louise Rabb Cisco seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren four great great grandchildren. Edna C Grant 80 Midland services in Ellis Funeral Home chapel burial Mt Hope Cemetery San Diego California. Born December 23 1899 Oklahoma Territory married William J Patterson 1915, moved to California 1925, husband died 1954, married Orville Grant 1962. survived by son George Stanley Patterson Fresno. daughters June Scott Midland Vanlora Scott El Cajon. brother Arkelle Lillibridge Sapulpa. sister E O Wilbanks Hugo. 18 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren eight great great grandchildren. Memorials to Muscular Dystrophy Association or Allison Permian Basin Cancer Therapy Center.
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L.A
Buck) Davis Jr
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Maxwell
N.M
Davis
el Paso Natural Gas
Jal
Elsie
Darrel Davis
L.A. Davis III
New Orleans
Dolly Kocsis
Gallup N.M
William Davis
Mexican Hat
Jerry Davis
Bakersfield
Cal
Leonard Stinson
Hillsboro
Albert Holdman
Midland
T.B
Claudia) Garber
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Garber
Parowan
Utah
Thomas B. Garber
Salt Lake City
U.V. Industries
Wimmer Mortensen
Smith Mortensen
Harold Garber
Sheridan
Wyo
Laura Gove
Marion McMillin
Phyllis Lister
Ann Edwards
Portland
Ore
Kay Stanfield
Denver
Colo
Allison Permian Basin Cancer Therapy Center
Minnie Short
Kermit Cemetery
Leisure Lodge
Bandera County
Winkler County
First Christian Church
Louise Rabb
Cisco
Edna C. Grant
Ellis Funeral Home
Mt. Hope
San Diego
Calif
Grant
Assembly of God Church
George Stanley Patterson
Fresno
George D
June) Scott
E.S. (Vanlora) Scott
el Cajon
Arkelle Lillibridge
Sapulpa
Okla
E.O. Wilbanks
Hugo
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Dome formation at volcanic mountain continues ash plumes
Hall said the dome grows and ash and steam plumes persist with possible smaller explosions near the mountain. Seismic activity slows while pilots report a charcoal glow northeast of the mountain at the timberline from buried smoldering logs in hot debris flows. Temperatures reach 500 degrees Fahrenheit at 50 feet depth. no forest fire danger due to buried trees.
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Hall
Timberline
Charles Cartwright
U.S. Forest Service
Carter Faces Deepening Recession Prospects
Friday’s economic report highlighted rising unemployment and a bleak outlook for the economy. President Carter warned of severe recession risks and said steps are being taken to ease the burden on Americans, ahead of Tuesday’s primary elections. He gave interviews on Face the Nation and CNN to discuss the crisis.
Prime races shape Texas primaries across districts
Democratic runoff battles in Districts 14 and 22 pit Nueces Judge Robert Barnes and Corpus Christi candidate William Patman against each other. Other contests include incumbents Tom Davis in Place 3 and Jack Pickle facing Republican challengers, with numerous state senate and house races in Houston Galveston and across the state.
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Austin
Michael McCormick
Tom G. Davis
Edith Roberts
District 14
Nueces
Robert Barnes
Corpus Christi
William Patman
Canada
C.L. Conklin
Rep
Joe Wyatt
Houston
Robert Gammage
Michael Andrews
Ron Paul
Texas
Gammage
John Biggar
Jack Bower
J.J. Jake’’ Pickle
Senate
Galveston
Richard Parker Jr
O.J. Striegler
Jack Ogg
James E. Brown
Ed Stuart
A.R. Schwartz
David Brown Henderson
Jim McWilliams
Hallsville
Oscar Brookshire
Lufkin
William Winston
Weather forecast for Midland Regional Airport area
Partly cloudy with no significant temperature changes through Monday. Expect highs in the mid 90s and overnight lows in the upper 60s. Prevailing conditions show last 24 hours without precipitation and year-to-date totals at 3.43 inches. Sunset at 8:50 p.m. and sunrise Monday at 6:43 a.m.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa Surges In Mortgage Lending 140 Percent
In Texas a sharp rise in mortgage lending is reported with Odessa leading at 140 percent growth. The Kaplan Smith advisory notes lower six month treasury bills boost savings and mortgage flows, while Odessa Housing Finance Corp funded $40 million in tax exempt bonds for single family loans.
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Texas Savings and Loan League
Kaplan, Smith and Associates
Pasadena
Calif
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S&ls
Kaplan
Smith
Savings and Loan Associations
Texas
Texas Savings and Loan Associations
Abilene
el Paso
McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg
Odessa
Odessa Housing Finance Corp
League
Goosemyer Debuts as Washington Bureaucracy Comic Strip
Goosemyer, a new comic strip, explores life inside the Washington bureaucracy with satirical humor. The launch marks a playful split from traditional political cartoons, inviting readers to peek behind official doors.
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Goosemyer
Washington
New comic Goosemeyer Debuts in Odessa American
Washington bureaucracy gets a new lampoon with Goosemeyer the law man on the political pole. Brant Parker, ex Wizard of Id artist, draws it and Don Wilder, CIA visual information specialist, writes it. They aim to turn pathos into laughter and misery into comedy.
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Odessa American
Don Wilder
Brant Parker
Washington
Goosemeyer
Odessa
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