Mobile home damaged in 10 reported vandalisms
A two bedroom mobile home suffered 1280 dollars in damage in one of ten vandalisms under investigation by city police and the Ector County sheriff's office. Other incidents include spray painting on a car, a hatchet hole in a pickup, damaged light fixtures, gas tank tampering and broken windows and windshields on several vehicles in the Odessa area.
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Ector County
L.D. Boxley
Route 5
Mockingbird Lane
C.A. Baxter
West 8Th
Gene Atkins
Gregory Allen Drennan
East 52Nd
East 8Th
Pollard Shell
North West County Road
Rock Garden
Ofelia Flores
Jeter
Gospel singing meeting slated for Caprock convention
The Great Plains Caprock Singing Convention will hold its annual gospel singing meeting this weekend in Stanton. Sessions begin 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday at the Cap Rock Electric Co- Op auditorium. Woodson Campbell of Lubbock serves as president with Grady Standefer of Stanton as vice president and Verla Doggett of Stanton as secretary.
Pecos man pleads guilty in marijuana case
Roger Davis, 27, pled guilty Thursday afternoon in 244th District Court to felony possession of marijuana. He received 10 years probation after testimony, with Odessa arrest on December 4, 1978 for possessing more than a pound. Tony Chavez prosecuted, Michael McLeaish defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Roger Davis
Odessa Woman Hurt In Industrial Accident At Meat Plant
Herminia Rios, 24, of 903 Del Rio, is in fair condition in the ICU at Medical Center Hospital with lacerations to her right arm after an accident at Good Blue Ribbon Meats in Midland Air Terminal. A firm spokesman said she was packaging hamburger patties when she moved too close to an automatic patty machine at 2 22 p.m. The incident was described as due to being over eager.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Good Blue Ribbon Meats
Midland Air Terminal
Herminia Rios
del Rio
Woman jailed on theft charge in Odessa
An 18 year old Odessa woman, Sandra Lawell Crayton of 403 Patterson, is jailed on a $5,000 bond for theft after a television and bed spread valued at $425 were reported stolen from the Desert Inn Motel on East Second. The items were reported taken Wednesday and Crayton was arrested Thursday afternoon at her home. The case was filed with Municipal Court Judge Otis Moore who set bond. Also noted, Randy Scott Pemberton, 19, of Keystone, received a probated four year sentence and a $500 fine from Judge Gene Ater after pleading guilty to marijuana possession on February 17, 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Sandra Lawell Crayton
Patterson
Desert Inn
East Second
Otis Moore
Randy Scott Pemberton
Keystone
Gene Ater
Sheriff's
Larry Wynne
Redondo
Dora Boxley
Route 5
Mockingbird
Wynne
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Wyoming faces relocation protests over highway and mines
The Wyoming Department refused to relocate Highway 59 near Campbell County citing mineable coal beds. Glenrock residents protested, Continental Oil opened a town oil well, and Kirby residents urged QE Council to block Vulcan Materials acid tank plans. Residents noted payroll benefits from trains, while officials cited pollution progress and Wyoming exporting coal. Davis Oil Co. eyes a second well as local debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Campbell County
Glenrock
Continental Oil Co
Robert Forbis
Kirby
Wyoming Environmental Quality Council
Vulcan Materials Corp
Harold Heeter
John Willard
Burlington Northern
Miss Little Acquitted in 1975 Case Tied to Jail Death
Miss Little, acquitted in a 1975 case involving Clarence Alligood, a Beauford County jailer in Washington North Carolina, had been serving 7 to 10 years for breaking and entering. After escaping a Raleigh women’s prison in 1977, she was arrested in New York and later extradited back to North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Little
Clarence Alligood
Beauford
Washington, N.C
Alligood
North Carolina Correctional Center For Women
Raleigh
New York
North Carolina
Paroles Commission
Correction Department
Reseller fraud alleged in Texas oil trade tied to embargo
McNeff accuses a group led by Schlesinger and O Leary of promoting ineffective oversight while oil resellers in Texas expand from 12 to 592 post embargo. He cites paper-only invoicing to swap old oil for new oil profits of 7 to 8 dollars per barrel, with potential million-dollar single sales and multiple kickbacks to executives. Former official Sawhill is noted as having accused the industry of fraud after his 1974 firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R
Schlesinger
John F. O'Leary
McNeff
Texas
OPEC
DOE
John C Sawhill
Coffee price hikes ripple through major brands in 1980
Coffee prices surged as Hills Brothers MJB and Coca Cola raised costs with Proctor & Gamble citing green coffee price increases since mid February. Maxwell House slipped behind Folgers as the leading Maxwell House brand while Brazil frost risks further supply, with Brazil cutting Sao Paulo crop estimates by 30 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Brothers
MJB
Coca Cola
Maryland Club
General Foods
Maxwell House
Folgers
Proctor & Gamble
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Police recover stolen auto equipment in Odessa burglary
Police recovered stolen auto equipment after a suspect fled and led officers to the loot at B and B Auto Sales. Items including a battery charger an extension cord air tank and tools were seized from a car lot at Fourth Street and Muskingum. Multiple burglaries remain under investigation as investigators review further losses residents reported cash and valuables missing from unlocked residences and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B and B Auto Sales
East 3Rd
4Th and Muskingum
Odessa
Harold J. Blackman
1300 East 8Th
Beverly Jones
Belmont
Regency Square Apartments
Tanglewood
Barbara E. Beckley
North Washington
North Hancock
Obituary notices for Blanchard Zimmerman Bejarano area deaths
Obituaries report Joseph Martin Blanchard 70 of Odessa died after illness at Medical Center Hospital. Services at St Marys Church with Sunset Memorial Gardens burial. Faye Lavern Zimmerman 61, civic activist, dies. burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Eva Vasquez Bejarano 46, Ranchito Addition resident, dies. service at San Martin Church. Survivors listed for each, with spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren. Services handled by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home and Odessa Cemetery.
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Lubbock
J. Herbert
Red) Hawkins
Herbert Ray Hawkins
Odessa
Faith Temple
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven Funeral Home
Hawkins
Palmyra
Farr's Inc
Lola Viola Roberts
Memphis
Tenn
Jackie Wade Hawkins
James Harry Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Magdelene Gillis
Phoenix
Ariz
Frankie Jo Mae
Palumia
Claude Hawkins
Amarillo
Alton Hawkins
Singleton
Ohio
Joseph M. Blanchard
Joseph Martin Blanchard
McKnight
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Blanchard
Medical Center Hospital
Port Arthur
Eunice E. Thibodeaux
Faye Lavern Zimmerman
East 31St
First Christian Church
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Zimmerman
Mineral Wells High School
Texas Women’s University
Denton
American Red Cross
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Eva V. Bejarano
Eva Vasquez Bejarano
Ranchito, Addition
San Martin Catholic Church
South Ranchito Addition
Odessa Cemetery
Albino Valensia Bejarano
Ojinaga
Bejarano
Auden Bejarano
Amero Bejarano
Ramon Bejarano
Javier Bejarano
Ilda Bejarano
Rosalia Sanchez
Celestino B. Bejarano
Guadalupe
San Angelo
Reinhold
Maggie) Straach
Amanda Knuckles
Kermit
Trinity Lutheran Church
Miles
Rowena
Johnson
Strauch
Baptist Memorials Geriatric Hospital
Rockdale
Reinhold Straach
Eugene Straach
Dallas
James Allen Straach
Mamie Pfeiffer
Albert Henniger
Lonnie Henniger
Richland Springs
Spur
Addye Mae Keen
Andrews
First United Methodist Church
Spur Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Elizabeth Gabbert
Corpus Christi
Mary B. Burk
Rockport
Maude Hudson
Rebecca Grays
Marfa
Edgar Lee Virdell
United Methodist Church
Geeslin
Elton Roberts
Grapevine
Hubbard Virdell
Sierra Blanca
Andrew H. Virdell
Raquel Prieto Valles
Ector County
Manuel Valles
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Odessa Rosehill Cemetery
Walles
Mexico
Stanton
Martha A. Romo
Post
John Romero
Ray Mendez
Hobbs
N.M
Hadman Funeral Home
Domingo
Primitive
Holcomb
Kan
Coy Rameirez
Ben Sanchez
Thomas Torres
Dimmit
Inez Albedrez
Fred
Santos Chavez
Gang members feed thousands at Grand Ole Opry Fan Fare
Approximately 100 Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang members bill Newport aid in Nashville Tennessee this week serving beans and barbecue to thousands of Grand Ole Opry Fan Fare attendees. They plan 25 000 plates by Saturday night and return in October for the National Disc Jockey convention. Boss Bill Smith leads the 10th annual pilgrimage aboard a chartered airliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Odessa
Convention
Bill Smith
Grand Ole Opry Complex
International Fan Club
Rain Bumps Permian Basin Weather With Storm Chance
The National Weather Service at Midland reports a 20 percent rain chance today for Permian Basin residents, rising to 30 percent tonight and Saturday. Temperatures will reach the low 90s today and upper 80s on Saturday, with south winds 10 to 20 mph and gusts near thunderstorms. Thursday's high hit 96 as overnight lows fall to the upper 60s. no precipitation in 24 hours leaves the monthly total at 2.08 inches and yearly total at 6.08 inches.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland
Weather Service
Midland regional airport forecast showers possible today
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms today and 30 percent tonight. Highs reach the upper 80s tomorrow, with overnight lows in the upper 60s. Year to date precipitation 2.08 inches. Sunrise Saturday 6:43 a.m. Sunset today 8:53 p.m. Yesterday’s high 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional Air Airport
County and District Court Records Show Marriages Divorces Filed
Marriage licenses issued list James Walter Castner and Catherine Dyer, David Williams and Sonya Coleman, David Rendon Lemos and Slivie Ceballos, Michael Robertson and Lise McDonald. Divorce suits filed include Hayter, Miller, Nichols III, and Kimble cases. Medical Center Hospital reports June admissions and discharges. Births recorded June 7 include Mann and Prieto couples and Wilson birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walter Castner
Catherine Rochelle Dyer
David Williams
Sonya Abigail Coleman
David Rendon Lemos
Slivie Ceballos
Michael David Robertson
Lise Kim McDonald
District Court
Carolyn Lee Hayter
Leslie Dale Hayter
Richard Case Miller
Cathryn Ann Miller
Merlin Leroy Nichols III
Myong Sun Nichols
Monte R Kimble
Carmen R. Kimble
Henry Tankersley
Margaret Cummins
Lola Norwood
Omar Parker
Melvin Jenkins
Ardith Timmons
Reyes Tarin
Willie McClung
Calvin Smith
Betty Wilson
Royce Dunn
von Ray Trotter
Velma Allday
Jimm Caddel
Judy Johnson
Luis Levario
Thomas Head
Eva Bejarano
Victoria Salcido
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Carl Mann
Conley
Elias Prieto
South Jackson
Edwin Wilson
East @éth, doy
Odessa Theater Tonight Shows Two Productions
Tomorrow in Odessa the Globe of the Great Southwest presents Brand New Opree at 7 30 P M and Permian Playhouse offers Life with Father at 8 P M Both performances run in Odessa venues with multiple showtimes.
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Odessa
Brand New Opree
Globe of the Great Southwest
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Carmen Salinas
Cambridge
David Jones
North
Lauderdale
Andrews Highway
Diane Medina
Monclair
Carl Wayne Pena
Eisenhower
Oakwood
Cecillia Cade
Park
Gospel Singing Meeting
Odessan
Willard
Robert Sundin
Barrell Warner
Gillette
Carter Mining Co
Joan
William Kuntsler
The
National Council of
Harlem
Brown
United States
J.H. Hawkins
Faye Zimmerman
Presidential Museum
Democratic Women’s Club
Roger Zimmerman
Energy
Fern Donald
North Hollywood
Calif
C.W. Foreman
Maggie Straach
Addye M. Keen
Edgar L. Virdell
Raquel P. Valles
Permian
Permian Playhouse
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