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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1979
Page
8
A collection of Dear Abby questions covers an aging father susceptible to questionable friends, a wife urging her diabetic husband to lose weight, and a mother asking which twin should inherit a priceless heirloom ring. Abby offers guidance on protecting the elder, handling weight loss sensitively, and choosing the ring recipient by engagement timing.
A teenage reader asks Dr. Wallace for guidance on stopping shoplifting. Three teen contributors Greg Shields Rose Palmer and C C share experiences and tips. Advice stresses not shop alone admitting fault returning stolen items and seeking support from trusted adults.
Lydia L 33 describes fear of death from her mother and reliance on unprescribed pills and TV medical ideas. The piece includes a mix of medical philosophy, food and digestion notes, and a tale about typhoid prevention. It closes with Withrow mayor Willie Nollmeyer’s amusing reelection uncertainty.
Jurors in Corpus Christi listened as Elmer Wayne Henley read aloud a two page confession detailing a broad murder ring with Dean Corll. The statement names ten victims and describes torture, burial sites, and payments. Detective Mullican testified about gravesites and body conditions as the judge allowed both written and verbal statements. Isaac Stern voiced hopes for a chamber music orchestra in the Forbidden City during his China tour.
A Texas state task force at Kingsville fights to resolve the Roloff Rebekah Home crisis. DHR officials refuse entry to the church grounds, citing legal licensing disputes while Roloff rallies followers to defend the facility and pictures a broader fight over church state separation. Prosecutors push the courts’ license requirement. Local leaders warn against violence as negotiations linger.
Notice to bidders from the City of Odessa inviting sealed bids for thirty gunner coats pants and heavy duty suspenders for the Odessa Fire Department with bid forms obtainable from the Purchasing Agent Gary Pipes at 41 West Street 3rd Floor Odessa Texas. Bids due Tuesday July 10 1979 and opened publicly in the Office of the City Secretary 411 West Street.
The undersigned operating under the trim name J CHALLAPALLI MD gives notice of professional association under Texas law. Debts due to the sole proprietorship will be discharged at the association office, 410 North Washington, Odessa, Texas, where the business will continue as J CHALLAPALLI MD PA under the name of CHALLAPALLI MD PA.
The Ector County Independent School District invites sealed bids for surplus real estate in Odessa Texas. Bids due by 2:00 pm on Tuesday July 3 1979 at the Administration Building 8th and Lee Streets Odessa. Cashier's check or bank money order of 5 percent 15 percent of bid required. The district reserves the right to reject any bid and will convey by warranty deed with mineral reservation.
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