Odessa Boy Drowns at Possum Kingdom Lake
A seven year old Odessa boy, Shawn Ray Massey, drowned while fishing with family at Possum Kingdom Lake State Park. He fell into eight feet of water off a west shore bank and was found by a nearby diver. The death was ruled accidental drowning. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. The boy leaves a sister and grandparents. The article also notes a law workshop at St. Joseph Church and Miss West Texas Pageant events with local participants and performances on upcoming dates.
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Palo Pinto
Odessa
Possum Kingdom Lake
Shawn Ray Massey
William Massey
Copus
Possum Kingdom Lake State Park
Palo Pinto County
Karl Allman
Allman
Paul Williams
Godley
Williams
Justice of the Peace
Edgar Laney
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Windie Massey
Troy Massey
Dallas
Stella Massey
Evelyn Lafferty
Tropicana
Crecencio Hernandez
Seminole
Garden City
St. James Catholic Church
Seminole Cemetery
Artesia
N.M
Ramona Hernandez
Crecencio Hernandez Jr
Ricky Hernandez
Michel Hernandez
Melissa Hernandez
Mario Hernandez
Santos Garza
Lubbock
Mary Vega
Johnny Hernandez
Luther Hernandez
Junior Hernandez
Margarita Hernandez
Singleton Funeral Home
Study group pushes closing Rusk Elementary by 1979 80
Trustees on the school board facilities committees favor closing Rusk Elementary by the 1979 80 school year and moving southside sixth graders to Blackshear Junior High. The committees plan to study the proposal before formal recommendation to the full board and also consider making Blackshear a middle school while phasing out Rusk Austin and Fannin Elementary schools in five years. Meanwhile police investigate thefts including chains and boomers from Thrasher Trucking, hubcaps from a car lot, a purse from Lee Optical, and a bicycle from a residence.
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Rusk Elementary
Southside
Blackshear
Rusk
Austin
Fannin
Shirley Huffaker
John Quisenberry
Thrasher Trucking Co
Monahans
East Second
Superior Auto Sales
Dale
Cruz Alvarado
North Lauderdale
Lee Optical
North
Grant
Gilbert Valenzuela
East Fourth
Vickie Gomez
Quisenberry
Carver
Gonzales
Hays
Milam
Travis
Zavala
Huffaker
Gary Whitehead
Ector High
Burleson, Cameron and Goliad
East Odessa
Whitehead
Burglary cases tied to three break-ins in city
Three burglaries were reported with losses totaling 775 dollars. A Cleveland Williams residence on Patterson Avenue saw a TV, stereo, and .38 pistol stolen after entry via a removed air conditioner. At Rusk Elementary School two cassette players and tapes were taken. a window was broken. A concession stand at Southside Park reported forced hasp with unclear losses.
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Cleveland Williams
Patterson
Lorenzo Williams
Rusk
Myers
Southside Park
West Clements
Fire destroys mobile home near West 23rd Street
A rural Ector County mobile home fire reported at 7:02 p.m. Friday destroyed the structure at 10019 West 23rd, five miles west of the city. No one was home. The blaze began in the kitchen near a storage closet and heavily damaged the kitchen, bedroom, living room and one bathroom. Firefighters used 1,100 gallons of water. two trucks and six firefighters responded, returning to station at 8:30 p.m.
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Ector County
Darrell McGradym
West 23Rd
Permian Basin Heat Breaks Records Across West Texas
Frontal heat wave lifts Odessa and El Paso to record highs. Presidio leads the nation at 118 degrees, El Paso hits 110 setting a new all time summer peak, while NWS forecasts 100 degrees for the basin with no rain and light southerly winds. Odessa Chief Jack Tomlin receives the Fraternal Order of Eagles Reverence for Law award in Dallas as part of the state convention.
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el Paso
Mercury
Odessa
Jack Tomlin
Texas
Order of Eagles
Tomlin
Tom Aliman
Odessa Eagles
Midland Weather Forecast From NWS At Airport
Fair through Sunday with hot afternoons and southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs around 100 today and tomorrow, overnight low near 70s, tonight 71. Yesterday's high 100. Sun sets at 6 58, rises at 6 44. Year to date precipitation 3.77 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa Teenager Hurt in Wreck
A 13 year old Odessa girl, Jackie Cooper, daughter of Gus Cooper, was treated at Medical Center Hospital for back and abdomen injuries after a Friday night collision on West Highway 80 service road near Loop 338. She rode as a passenger in a pickup driven by her father. Driver Harry Bruner Dobbs, 81, of 1204 South Jackson, was attempting a left turn when his vehicle collided with the Cooper pickup, according to Texas Highway Patrolman Roger Weaver.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Jackie Cooper
Gus Cooper
Magnolia
Texas Highway
Roger Weaver
Cooper
Harry Bruner Dobbs
South Jackson
Odessan in jail on burglary charge after Shop A Lot break-in
A 19 year old Odessa man Ronnie Joe Smart was jailed in lieu of 7500 bond after burglary of Shop A Lot Grocery at 6301 Dallas. Deputies Holloman and Rattan said a beer case was recovered and a front window broken to enter. Bond set by Justice Jimmy Harris.
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Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
Vandalisms Under Investigation After Car Seat Cut
City police investigated two vandalisms Friday night with damages estimated at 190 dollars. Thomas P. Ryan of 908 West McKinney reported upholstery cut from a bucket seat of his car at his residence. Ludwig Woehl of 1408 South Washington reported broken glass in his backyard.
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Thomas P. Ryan
West McKinney
Ludwig Woehl
South Washington
Deaths Across West Texas Gathered Residents Remain Memorialized
Obituary notices summarize the deaths of Sara E. Siler 59 of Odessa and multiple others including Jesse Franklin Grammer 81 of Pecos Earl Bryant 56 of Alpine Ed Campbell 74 of Pecos and Buster Buck Pitcox 68 of Seminole plus Crecencio Hernandez 27 of Seminole. Details include birthplaces ages burial places and survivors.
Odessa CAP Meeting At Schlemeyer Field
Tomorrow at 7 30 P M the Odessa Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol will gather at the Civil Air Patrol Building on Schlemeyer Field for the scheduled event.
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Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Schlemeyer Field
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Law Workshop
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Joe Connally
Jay Gibson
Carlos G. Garcia
Gilbert DelBosque
Renee Nelson
W.D. Nelson
East 31St
Ector County Coliseum
Miss Nelson
Permian High School
Pepettes
Deborah Denise
Debbie) McDaniel
Don C. McDaniel
North Adams
Miss McDaniel
Odessa High
Miss Koza Radio
Shakeysha Tri-Hi-Y
Odessa College
San Angelo State University
Miss Kosa-Tv
Permian Basin
Presidio
Midland
NWS
Permian
Sheraton Hotel
Col
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Sara E. Siler
Englewood Lane
Hubbard-Kelly
Maple Springs
Jackson
DeSoto County
Richard E. Siler
East 45Th
Joe Siler
West Sixth
Thomas A. Siler
Fort Worth
Betty Bengal
Cornelia Arthurs
Cotton Flat
Ark
Winnie Woegle
Fulton, Ky
Lacy Kincannon
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bill
Pecos
Jesse Franklin Grammer
Fairview
Rising Star
Eva Grammer
Buddy Grammer
Bryan Grammer
Sunnyvale
Calif
Frankie Grammer
Ola Beach
Carlsbad, N.M
Earl Bryant
Alpine
First Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Rule
Eldorado
Army Air Corps
Laverne Davis
Ed Campbell
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos Funeral Home
Eastside
Milam County
Englewood
James Campbell
Los Angeles
Willie Campbell
Robert Campbell
Rosebud
Annie Patrick
Wichita Falls
Buster B. Pitcox
Buster Buck Pitcox
Memorial Hospital
Dawson County
Lamesa
Rosalee Pitcox
Lonnie Pitcox
Buster Buck Pitcox Jr
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