Sky patrol eyes high crime areas over Odessa
Ector County deputies use a Hughes TH 55-A helicopter for daytime aerial patrols over west Odessa and Ranch Estates to detect suspicious activity amid rising burglary counts. In May 34 burglaries were logged west of FM 1936, 16 in March, and 12 in April. Flights occur two to three times weekly, two to three hours each, with crews guiding ground units for license checks and surveillance. The effort aims to deter burglars during peak daytime hours.
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Ector County
Sheriff's Department
Gene Kloss
Pate
Kloss
Explosions end hijacked Jordanian airliner drama
Beirut reports say hijackers released 66 passengers and crew including two Americans before blowing up the Boeing 727. Eight Jordanian sky marshals were reportedly taken for questioning and sources differ on whether they died in the blast.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Red Cross
Munib Toukan
Alia
Amman
Jordan
Amal
Lebanese Red Cross
Ulf Sultan
Associated Press
Sky
Stormy Odessa area floods roads and knocks out power
A thunderstorm drenched the Permian Basin causing impassable Odessa streets and a stretch of U.S. 80 between Odessa and Midland. Lightning tripped fuses and cut power to about 30 to 100 homes in several neighborhoods while crews pumped water from low-lying lanes. Traffic was diverted around a flooded underpass near the Midland Regional Airport as repairs started...
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Odessa Street
U.S. 80
Odessa
Midland
Permian Basin
Johnny Toone
Texas Electric Service Co
National Weather Service
Steve Schild
Midland Regional
Schild
Roswell
N.M
Garden City
Fort Stockton
Malsimar
San Antonio
Toone
Department of Public Safety
Midland Regional Airport
State Highway Department
Bobby Tucker
Quinlan case defined rights in right-to-die era
Karen Ann Quinlan died at 31 nine years after the New Jersey Supreme Court allowed her parents to remove life support. Her case became a global symbol for family controlled medical decisions at end of life amid a prolonged coma after a party incident.
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Newark
N.J
Karen Ann Quinlan
Quinlan
New Jersey Supreme Court
Karen
Paul Armstrong
Joseph
Julia Quinlan
Baptists see healing in convention after election
Two Odessa pastors say Southern Baptist Convention elections could end the politics based split between fundamentalists and moderates. Rev. Jim Anders of Chapel Hill Baptist and Rev. Jimmy Wilson of Medical Center Hospital speak of a truce and renewed fellowship as Rev. Charles F. Stanley, a fundamentalist, keeps the presidency during the Dallas session.
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Odessa
Southern Baptist Convention
Jim Anders
Chapel Hill
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Sky Patrol
Bob Brookshire
University Boulevard
Knox Drive
42Nd Street
Ratliff Stadium
Hurt Ranch
FM 1936
Sierra Drive
52Nd Street
Pleasant Farms
Sidney Lyle
Dixie Boulevard
31St
East 13Th Street
Robert LaChance
Debbie LaChance
Quinlans
Baptists
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