Weather notes hot and storm chances in Permian Basin
The Permian Basin area faces a 20 percent rain chance today rising to 30 percent tonight as National Weather Service forecasters at Midland expect upper 90s highs and upper 60s overnight. Winds SW 10 to 15 mph. Skies mainly clear to partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered afternoon storms. Hale County tornado warning issued after sighting northwest of Plainview amid widespread Texas storms.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Hale County
Plainview
Texas
Galveston
del Rio
Panhandle
South Plains
National Weather Service Forecast for Odessa Area
Showers in Montana and hot conditions for most of the nation. Odessa area expected to be hot with partly cloudy skies through Monday. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, highs in the upper 90s, tonight’s low in the upper 60s, tomorrow’s high again in the upper 90s. Sunrise 6 44 a.m. sunset 8 58 p.m.
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National Weather Service
Montana
Odessa-area
District Court Divorces Granted In Multiple Cases
District court records show divorces granted for pairs including Fritzi G Purvis and Michael L Purvis Jeanie Shults and Jessie Earl Shulls Donna Jean Hardin and Gerald Leon Hardin George G Rodriguez and Rosalinda Rodriguez A G Jones and M L Jones Vickie Mae Donithan and Vance Hobart Donithan Marus Garcia Gomez and Martha Nunez Gomez Susan Elaine Bauch and Timothy Jon Bauch Iva Lita Sutzko and Andrew John Sutzko LaWanda Dariene Jones and R A Jones Thomas Elvin Evans Jr and Betty Faye Evans Jo Ann Lance and Ed ward Gene Lance Teresa Gail Owen Duda and Edward Raymond Duda Daniel P Hernandez and Lillian M Hernandez Rebecca C Rolls and Jay D Rolls Ollie M Schickedanz and Dean M Schickedanz Sharon Yvconne Burns and Rodney Allen Burns
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Fritzi G. Purvis
Michael L. Purvis
Jeanie Shults
Jessie Earl Shulls
Donna Jean Hardin
Gerald Leon Hardin
George G. Rodriguez
Rosalinda Rodriguez
A.G. Jones
M.L Jones
Vickie Mae Donithan
Vance Hobart Donithan
Marus Garcia Gomez
Martha Nunez Gomez
Susan Elaine Bauch
Timothy Jon Bauch
Iva Lita Sutzko
Andrew John Sutzko
LaWanda Dariene Jones
R.A. Jones
Thomas Elvin Evans Jr
Betty Faye Evans
Jo Ann Lance
Edward Gene Lance
Teresa Gail Owen Duda
Edward Raymond Duda
Daniel P. Hernandez
Lillian M. Hernandez
Rebecca C. Rolls
Jay D. Rolls
Ollie M. Schickedanz
Dean M. Schickedanz
Sharon Yvconne Burns
Rodney Allen Burns
Controversy Over Southside Desegregation Sparks Questions
Odessa trustees and Southside residents clashed over desegregation in a contentious school board meeting. Speakers criticized statements about bilingual students and lunch programs while officials debated Justice Department plans, potential lawsuits, and a September deadline.
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Odessa
Quisenberry
Justice Department
Jones
Crenshaw
Texas Delegates Blast Carter as Unfit President
GOP leader Clements denounces Jimmy Carter’s policies, calling for his ouster. He cites windfall profits tax, intrastate gas control, strained U S relations with Mexico, prison desegregation suits, and a federal desegregation plan for Houston area districts. Tower adds Carter has humiliated the United States and endangered allies.
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Clements
Texas
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White House
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Department of Energy
Georgia
Carter
Mexico
Tower
United States
Kennedy Carterbacker Wins Texas Delegation Vacuumed by Kennedy
Kennedy backer Carterbacker defeated Doug Seale of Wellington to secure a Texas delegation for the New York national convention. Ed Ball Galveston Mickey Leland Houston Juan Malvonado San Juan Sylvia Rodriguez San Antonio Sue Pate Beaumont Billie Carr Houston Kennedy backers include Malvonado Ball Carr. Final results show Carter 68.4 percent 104 of Texas 152 delegates.
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Doug Seale
Wellington
New York
Texas
Bill Hobby
John Hill
Billy Goldberg
Lloyd Bentsen
House
Jim Wright
Carter
Kennedy
Deaths Kermit services for John Guhild Rusche
John Guhild Rusche 75 of Kermit died Friday at home after an apparent heart attack. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Home chapel with Masonic graveside rites at Kermit Cemetery. Born April 19, 1905 in Meeker Oklahoma he retired as a pumper from Phillips Petroleum and lived in Kermit 34 years after moving from Jal New Mexico. Survived by his wife Bernice of the home, a daughter Mrs. Bill Schultz Odessa three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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John Guhild Rusche
Kermit
Cooper Funeral Home
Kermit Cemetery
Rusche
Meeker
Okla
Bernice Walden
Norman
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Jal
N.M
First Baptist Church of
Order of the Eastern Star
Bill Schultz
Odessa
Midland
Judge C. Young
Westside Church of Christ
Resthaven Cemetery
Ellis Funeral Home
Young
Clarksville
Lubbock
Phillips Petroleum Co
Oletha Young
Sonja Doss
Cleva Lusk
Marfa
Geeslin Funeral Home
Johnnie Lee Shannon
Fort Davis
Big Bend Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Lorena Peevey
el Paso
Marjorie Grubb
Lora Schultz
Lawton
J.W. Shannon
Irving
Traffic signal upgrades eyed for 87 intersections in Odessa
Odessa city officials consider hiring a private consulting engineer to design upgrades for 15 priority intersections with a proposed 3000000 cost for renovations and a five year timetable. The plan aims to improve signal progression at 87 intersections overall, funded by reserves and federal grants, with further citywide interconnection study possible.
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Kerry Sweatt
Gordon Mayer
Mayer
Grant
10Th
Odessa
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Crucial
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Guerrero
Shirley Huffaker
Houston Area
U.S. Supreme Court
Cdy
Ronald Dale Wilkerson
Andrews
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Antlers
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Wilkerson
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Andrews Highway
Sharp Drilling Co
Glen Wilkerson
Big Spring
Cynthia Diana Lunceford
C. Young
Houston
James Roberts
Andrews County News
Texas Press Association
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Bill Dozier
Kerrville Daily Times
Organization of Texas Newspaper Publishers
Dozier
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el Campo
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Llano News
Oklahoma
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