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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1998
Page
10
Albuquerque 88 Clovis 95 Las Cruces Carlsbad 101 97. Today, slight chance of thunder storms northeast and mostly sunny elsewhere. Highs 70 to low 80s mountains and north west with 80s to near 100 east and south. Lows 30s and 40s mountains and northwest, 50s to 60s elsewhere.
ECISD officials discuss district viability overcrowding and aging buildings at Cavazos and Barbara Jordan with two new northwestern elementary campuses needed for rising enrollment. Board weighs bond feasibility timeframe and community support while considering full day kindergarten and city collaborations.
A 67-year-old Odessa man Freddie Lee Hobbs was found Friday morning dead in his 1989 Dodge Ram pickup at Rockhill Phillips 66, 1364 E Eighth St, with a chest wound. Police say it appears a self-inflicted gunshot, but investigators continue. He was previously involved in a May incident with police ending in an aggravated assault on an officer charge.
Texas Republican delegates led by state chairwoman Susan Weddington prayed for James Byrd Jr. and his family at the biennial convention. Byrd, 49, was dragged to death after accepting a ride in Jasper, his body found along a 2 1/2 mile rural road and buried on Saturday.
Quigley impersonates young Roy Orbison, matching his look as locals like Allen Kiser attend the annual Wink event. Nella Vaught notes Roy Orbison put the town on the map and visitors seek to walk where he lived and worked in the Roy Orbison Museum.
Hired and volunteer men moved court records to Monahans while deputies sought a restraining order in Kermit to halt the action. Judge J A Crane said a county seat change needed legal authorization, and by the time the party returned the records were guarded in Monahans. Local recollections emphasize oil wealth and tax base as drivers, with many residents preferring quiet remembrance over public celebration.
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