Heat Persists Across Permian Basin With Scattered Thunderstorms
The Permian Basin again sees no major storm relief as heavy thunderstorms roll through Northwest Texas and portions of North Central Texas. No severe damage reported, rainfall minimal statewide, while forecasts call for widely scattered afternoon and tonight storms with highs in the 90s and some near 110 in the Big Bend.
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Permian
Texas
Red River
Dallas-Fort Worth
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Permian Basin
Midland
Plainview
Seminole
Andrews
Panhandle
Big Bend
Census Enumerators Suffer Shortage in Midland Odessa Area
The Odessa Midland Census effort faces delays with only 40 enumerators available. Officials aim for 100, seeking 50 to finish in two weeks. recruitment via Census Bureau, Texas Employment Commission, and City Hall. Final tally due January 1981, with delays possible if canvassing lags.
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Odessa-Midland
Census Bureau
Midland-Odessa
Lubbock
Texas Employment Commission
Bob Bryant
Lubbock District
Ector
Midland
Yoakum
Andrews
Borden
Cochran
Cottle
Dawson
Dickens
Fisher
Floyd
Gaines
Garza
Hale
Howard
Kent
King
Republicans split on abortion issue at Texas party meeting
Balch faced sharp questions from committee members including Dr. Steven Hotze as Republicans debated whether to endorse abortion positions. Hotze warned that several races hinge on abortion stances and liberal Democrats may be endangered this year. John Gordon of Round Rock urged endorsing nuclear power citing a study suggesting slight extra radiation could be beneficial, a point not often echoed by the press.
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Steven Hotze
Austin
John Gordon
Round Rock, Texas
Deaths of Earl Snedeker Jr Grace Price Grady Hobson Smith
Death notices include Earl Conover Snedeker Jr 28 of Odessa after brief illness with services in Odessa and Trenton N J. Grace Price 69 of Pecos dies in Lubbock Hospital with funeral in Pecos. Grady Hobson Smith 83 of Kermit dies in Kermit Memorial Hospital with services in Cooper Chapel. Survivors listed for each.
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North Dotsy
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Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
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Trenton
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Snedeker
Odessa
Betty Snedeker
Earl Snedeker Sr
Robinsville, N.J
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Grace Price
Pecos Funeral Home
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Lubbock
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Charles Ray Price
Tacoma
Wash
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Muriel Bingham
Fort Worth
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Kermit
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McLennan County
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W.W. Lamkin
Amarillo
Nettie Strawn
Wickes
Ark
Abilene
Kenneth Lee Paynter
Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home
Chapel of Faith
Elmwood Memorial Park
Grandview
Hamby
Clay Jones
Carrie Sue Paynter
Jennabeth Tweelings
Kenny Karl Paynter
Houston
Edythe Fain
Fred Paynter
Levelland
Neoma Driver
George C. Price
Levelland Cemetery
Lubbock’s Methodist Hospital
Sundown
Joe B. Driver
Paul’s Valley
Okla
Terry Driver
Las
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Newnie
Evelyn Day
Stephenville
Christine Waggoner
Alline Woods
Mansfield
San Angelo
Alice Celestine Nesbit
Fairmount Cemetery
Robert Massie
Southwest Osteopathic Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Noema Read
Eva Sturdivant
Albuquerque
N.M
Andrews Ona Betenbough
Andrews
Highland Hospital
Singleton Funeral Home
Marriage Licenses and Divorces from County Court and District Court
The county court lists marriages for William Dupree Reed and Karen Hazard, Vernon Cupp and Carolyn Ratliff, James Garner and Olive Doughterty Glade, Anthony Chesney and Lynette Koonce, John Gonzales and Jeri Parchman, Bobby Reeves and Rachel Martinez. Divorces filed include Alderidge, Raney, Zaliaukas, Poindexter pairings. Medical Center records show June 18 admissions for many patients and later discharges. Births and community notices accompany the day’s social items with local names and addresses. Attempts at events include Odessa College breakfast, Optimists luncheon, and Rotary and Globe theater notices.
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County Cour
William Dupree Reed
Karen Jean Hazard
Vernon Leroy Cupp
Carolyn Denise Ratliff
James Sidney Garner
Olive Ann Doughterty Glade
Anthony Chesney
Lynette Christina Koonce
John Phillip Gonzales
Jeri Parchman
Bobby Jean Reeves
Rachel Helen Martinez
Fort Stockton delegates split as Carter leads Kennedy in county tallies
County reports from Fort Stockton show 2 462 Carter supporters and 770 Kennedy backers at the state convention with 621 uncommitted. Goldberg predicts Carter 106 national delegates and Kennedy 33 with 13 uncommitted as of the tally. A motorcycle car crash in Fort Stockton left 18 year old Mike Tyrell with head injuries and a broken leg. he is in stable condition in Odessa after being treated in Memorial and Medical Center Hospitals. Crescencio Pillado of Fort Stockton drove the car in the collision at Colpitts and Dicken son Boulevard. No other injuries reported.
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Kennedy
Goldberg
Fort Stockton
Mike Tyrell
Memorial Hospital
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Tyrrell
Colpitts
Dickenson Blvd
Crescencio Pillado
Wink hole in Wink sparks talk of lake and fence
Residents of Wink debate the hole at the site with talks of turning it into a lake. ARCO plans a chain link fence while locals nickname the area crater creepers and tease names for the keeper of the fence. Theories about its origin range from old wells to volcanic activity.
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Kermit
ARCO
Link Link Link
Mount St. Helen’s
Kermit and Wink
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