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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1980

Page

2

Permian Basin Weather Sees Heat Peak Through Thursday

National Weather Service Midland forecasts 100 to 103 degree afternoons with southerly 10 to 20 mph winds through Tuesday. Clouds and stray storms not topping 100, record highs and lows noted. Temperatures stay hot into Friday with near 100 degree days and 70s at night.

Permian National Weather Service Midland Regional The Weather Service Presidio Wink Alpine Marfa

Weather forecast for Midland regional area

National Weather Service forecast calls for fair weather with hot afternoons through Tuesday. Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph today, easing to 10 to 15 mph tonight. Highs near 100 today and 103 tomorrow, overnight lows around 67 tonight. Texas temperatures show Abilene 66 and related readings.

National Weather Service Midland Regional Texas

Regional Weather Briefens Cloud Picture and Week Forecast

National satellite image shows scattered clouds over West Texas while heavy over Great Lakes Ohio Valley and Central Deep South. North Texas expects sunny hot days with mid 70s to low 80s cooling lows, South Texas partly cloudy with 90s to 105 highs, West Texas hot with 90s to mid 100s and thunderstorms afternoons.

West Texas Great Lakes Region Ohio Valley Central Deep South Gulf Coast North Texas South Texas

Energy leaders eye 15 to 20 million barrels oil alternative drive

They pledged a coordinated, vigorous push to boost coal, nuclear power and synthetic fuels. A coal production dream would revive mining regions and export trade, while oil conservation goals from Tokyo would be overtaken by expected drops in world oil output in the coming years.

United States Tokyo

Daingerfield Man Arrested After Wife Found Tied

Police reported Gretchen King was found tied to a chair in the church king’s house, an area east of town. She said her husband, John King, tied her up around 7 am Sunday and offered little warning. The shooting left residents stunned and Mayor Irvin called an emergency city council meeting for 7 pm.

King Gretchen Billy Dodd Daingerfield W.O Irvin

Mountaineers scale CN Tower in bold midweek stunt

Two climbers bound with bolts clung to the CN Tower using hardware intended for window washers. They aimed to access the restaurant deck two thirds up but officials refused windows on the north side. Police worried about spectator safety as Morning rush traffic slowed along the Gardiner Expressway.

Smart Banning

Soviet withdrawal talk lingers as troops end 300 mile homeward trek

In terse dispatch Mironov reports long lines of tanks and infantry on the road home from Afghanistan after farewells with villagers. amid Venice talks Western leaders call the Afghan intervention unacceptable and demand full Soviet withdrawal while warning the move may be a stall for Olympic participation. Tass calls Western statements slanderous and an attempt to camouflage with rhetoric.

Mironov Carter Venice Moscow U.S Zbigniew Brzezinski Edmund Muskie Afghanistan Tass

Deaths MIDLAND Ruby Huff 74 Mass at Westside Church of Christ

Ruby Huff 74 of Midland died Saturday after a long illness in a Midland hospital. Services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Westside Church of Christ with Nennie W. Ellis Funeral Home directing. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She was born May 27, 1906 in Stephen ville and moved to Tohoka in 1910. Survived by husband Homer C. Huff. 3 sons Homer C. Huff Jr, Donald R. Huff, Edward L. Huff. 5 daughters. a sister. 26 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

Midland Ruby Huff Tuedsay Westside Church of Christ Nennie W. Ellis Resthaven Memorial Park Stephenville Tohoka Homer C. Huff Lamesa Homer C. Huff Jr Muleshoe Donald R. Huff Edward L. Huff Roby W.V. Wojtek Jr R.D. Stanley Lubbock Slater Moore L.R. Thompson Madison N.C Bill Wall T.R. Clark Sundown Kermit Ilene Beatrice Clark Kermit Kermit's Memorial Hospital Wise Funeral Home Bonham New Hope Cemetery Fannin County Cooper Funeral Chapel Denaville Texas Luther Lindsey Clark Tombstone Ariz Clark E.W Faye) Lewis Luther Earl Clark Duncan Okla John Theodore Malone Emanuel Baptist Church Resthaven Don Grantham Comanche John Malone Lela Nolen Colgate The Masons and Kiwanis Carl Malone Jim Malone Don Malone Guthrie Gladys Sprouse Genevieve Valentine Yucca Valley Calif Ruth Griffin Randlett, Okla San Angelo Helen May Gill Helen Sue Edwards Johnson’s Funeral Home Fairmont Cemetery Johnson Big Spring W.H Lenora) Smith Southwestern Bell Telephone Co First Baptist Church Suvivors John Howard Smith William Thomas Smith John W. Masters Marion Masters Odessa

UTPB Offers Scholarships For Minority Students This Fall

Joyce Thompson of UTPB financial aid says three or four Libson scholarships worth 250 to 300 dollars will aid minority students. Preferences go to Ector High School and Odessa College graduates. Applications due June 26. applicants must meet admission and financial need requirements. Contact the UTPB financial aid office for details.

University of Texas At Permian Basin Joyce Thompson UTPB Norem Libson Libson Ector High School Odessa College Thompson Utpb Financial Aid Office

Marriage Licenses and Divorces Noted in Record

Marriage licenses issued include Robert Rowntree and Ida Paulette Lee, Stephen Annett and Letha Barnes, Alfonso Romero and Brenda Owens, Neil Thames and Cara Coots, Mark Branson and Robyn Knox, James Couch and Martha Couch Smith, Jesse Sheedy and Julia Carlton, Eloy Salcido and Josefina Rodriguez, Eduviges Marquez and Maria Munoz, Glenn Clark and Donna Harper. Divorces filed list Brenda Casillas v Oscar Casillas Jr., Ella Harper v James Harper, Jeff Alderidge v Lynn Alderidge, Cheryl Wood v Howard Wood.

Robert Rowntree Ida Paulette Lee Stephen Charles Annett Letha Rose Barnes Alfonso Esteban Romero Brenda Sue Owens Neil Coleman Thames Cara Dawn Coots Mark Allen Branson Robyn D Lisa Knox James Cleo Couch Martha Lynn Couch Smith Jesse John Sheedy Julia Lynn Carlton Eloy Garcia Salcido Josefina Rodriguez Eduviges Marquez Maria Aracedi Munoz Glenn Lex Clark Donna Jo Harper

Vacant Homes Burn in Odessa Fires

Fires damaged two vacant houses in Odessa early today and Sunday night. Four units fought a 1008 Pine blaze after 5 a.m., extinguished in about 10 minutes with no injuries or listed owner. A separate 820 West Hammett fire Sunday night destroyed the vacant house, owner Raul Mosquedi identified. two Fire Station No. 2 units fought it for two hours and 15 minutes.

Odessa West Hammett Raul Mosquedi

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