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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1978

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Assorted items taken in thefts report Odessa incidents

City police and the Ector County sheriff's office investigate 13 thefts. A 1977 motorcycle valued at 3500 disappeared from a Downtown Odessa lot. Items stolen include a walkie talkie radio 1200, two gold bracelets 1060, four hubcaps 270, roll bars 150, carpet 100, pickup ignition switch 95, batteries extenders and lubricant at Sun Oil sites, tools radio speaker oil and squirt can, an ignition switch 15, 20.6 gallons of gasoline 11.30, license plate and frame, bicycle 200, and more from various addresses.

Ector County Huey Gene Ross Jr Oakwood Odessa Fifth and Hancock Shell Oil Co South Grandview Charlene P. Collyns San Angelo Holiday Inn Highway 80 Rita F. Evans Beechwood North Tom Green David Ellen West 19Th Joe C. Zant Jr East 21St Zant & Associates Realtors Roper Texaco Inc Notiees Notrees Bates Well Service Mankins Sun Oil Co Paul Moss Yale E. Key Well Service West 39Th Doris Cox East Fifth Third Lincoln North Golder

Declassification Timelines Tightened For Sensitive Docs

The proposal cuts automatic declassification for the most sensitive records to 20 years and sets a flat six year timeline for other documents. It seeks to curb changes in classification after FOIA requests, and requires identifiable damage to national security before further restrictions on disclosure. Currently disclosure risk must only be reasonably expected to harm national security.

Senate Treaty Rule Frays White House Foreign Policy

The White House opposed a proposed Senate clause to decide if arms sales or other foreign agreements should be treated as treaties, arguing it would curb executive power. A compromise passed by voice vote, requiring advance consultation with senators on treaty status, and adding a ban on diplomatic ties with Angola while Cuban forces remain, unless national interest is shown.

Liuu White House Senate Carter Sen John Glenn Ohio Angola Congress

Midland girl wins debate scholarship at Odessa College

Anne Harris of Midland has been awarded a debate scholarship at Odessa College. A Robert E. Lee High School graduate, she will attend Odessa College this fall after earning the National Forensics League Degree of Distinction and serving on her high school's forensics team. She is the daughter of Dorothy Pape Harris.

Patrela Anne Harris Midland Odessa College Miss Harris Robert E. Lee High School She Is the Daughter Dorothy Pape Harris

20 Percent Rain Chance in Permian Basin Today and Friday

National Weather Service at Midland reports a 20 percent chance of rain for Permian Basin residents today and Friday with highs in the low 90s and a low near 70 tonight. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph today easing to 10 to 15 mph tonight. Wednesday high reached 92 with a 70 degree low this morning. Rainfall totals show 1.15 inches for the month and 3.77 inches for the year. sunset at 8 59 pm and sunrise at 6 46 am Friday. Heavy showers cooled El Paso area and forecasters expect more thundershowers across South East and West Texas.

National Weather Service Midland Regional Permian Basin el Paso Texas Pecos Texas Panhandle Beaumont- Port Arthur Amarillo Dallas-Fort Worth Austin Houston Corpus Christi McAllen Brownsville del Rio San Angelo Lubbock Big Bend

Midland area forecast from NWS this week

The National Weather Service reports daytime temperatures in the low to mid 90s with a chance of rain today and Friday. Overnight lows around 70, with highs near 90s tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 92. Precipitation year to date totals 3.77 inches. Sun sets at 8:59 p.m. today. rises at 6:46 a.m. Friday.

National Weather Service Midland Regional

Seven Burglaries Under Investigation By Police And Sheriff

Seven burglaries are being investigated by city police and the Ector County sheriff's office. Items stolen include a stereo phonograph turntable two speakers and jewelry valued at 1065 from Kellis Wilkerson at 1804 Neptune. Others report losses from unlocked homes and storage rooms with varying values and no forced entry.

Ector County Kellis Wilkerson Neptune Bill Morris Jerry Young Cambridge Villa Apartments Oakwood Bernice Smith Summer Margie Mendoza Gulf Kenneth Eugene Wentworth Jr Gage Danny Edward McFarland Sun Seventh Texas

Duchess of Bedford's daughter-in-law found innocent in jewelry theft case

Kitty Milinaire wife of a British aristocrat and mother-in-law to the Duchess of Bedford faced charges of stealing 367000 dollars in jewelry from Cartier Bond Street. A Knightsbridge Crown Court jury found her not guilty on two counts after she testified about past heavy drinking and gambling losses totaling nearly six million dollars.

London Kitty Milinaire Cartiers Knightsbridge Crown Court Duchess of Bedford Bond Street England Didier Milinaire

Graceside rites listed for Ben Ross and others

Multiple funeral notices across Midland Big Lake Monahans and Denver. Ben Ross 58 of 212 South Jackson dies at home of natural causes. Jamie Nicole Raglin one year old dies in Denver after one day illness. James W. Barnes 53 ex-city secretary of Big Lake dies in Reagan County. Betty Martin 86 Monahans resident and former county treasurer dies. services set with graves and burials in Fairview Glennest Barstow Barstow Cemetery and First Baptist Church chapels. survivors listed for each.

Ben Ross South Jackson Midland Jamie Nicole Raglin J.H. Raglin Jr Denver Colo Ellis Funeral Home Fairview Cemetery J.H. Raglin Sr Grandfalls James G. Strawn John Raglin San Diego Calif Christie Rance Raglin Denver Cole Monahans Betty Martin First Baptist Church Barstow Wilson- Miller Funeral Martin Ward Memorial Hospital Carr Creek Order of the Eastern Star Wayland Martin Marie McCowan San Angelo Jo Meek

Death notices and memorial services across West Texas

Multiple obituaries list Thomas Clement Davis 77 of Presidio County at St Marys in Marfa and Gene K Kinsey 51 of Midland with Navy service, Kinsey Plumbing and building ventures, Lawrence Ray Speegle 50 of Lubbock a Red Cross Medicaid director, Grover Calvin Crone 64 Alpine Highway Dept veteran, and Frederico Ortiz 46 Monahans Las Cruces transitory resident. Survivors include spouses children siblings and eight grandchildren across Marfa Sherman Oaks Midland Fort Worth and beyond. Services held or planned in Marfa Midland Strawn and Alpine with churches and cemeteries indicated.

Monahans Frederico Ortiz Las Cruces N.M St. John's Catholic Church Wilson- Miller Funeral Home Ortiz Eva Suese Ortiz Pecos

Mass for Cruz Deanda Held at Presidio Church

Cruz Deanda 84 of Presidio died after illness and was buried in Presidio Cemetery. Born May 3 18% in Ojinaga Mexico she lived in Presidio since 1911 and survived by nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Santa Teresa Catholic Church.

Presidio Cruz Deanda Santa Theresa Catholic Church Presidio Cemetery Geeslin Funeral Home Marfa Deanda Ojinaga Mexico

Odessa women join UT nursing graduate program in Galveston

Two Odessa residents are among 29 enrolled in June in the University of Texas School of Nursing graduate program in Galveston. Dorothy F. Cook and Dorothy F. Jackson, both West Texas State University nursing graduates, pursue the three summer sequence toward a Master of Science in Nursing. Jackson is daughter of S T Greene Sr. and resides at 811 Snyder.

Galveston University of Texas School of Nursing Dorothy F. Cook Odessa Dorothy F. Jackson S.T. Greene Sr Snyder Cook West Texas State University Texas Board of Nurse Examiners Jackson Odessa College University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Felony theft charges filed against local contractor Maddisson

A 40-year-old self employed contractor Kneal Clarence Maddisson is jailed in Ector County with a 50000 bond on a third degree felony theft charge. District Attorney Investigator Jerry Davis said Maddisson was arrested Tuesday after complaints from several people who claim he was paid for unfinished or unstarted work. The alleged theft amount ranges from 14000 to 20000 dollars. Maddisson appeared before Justice of the Peace Harold Sligar who set bond.

Ector County Jerry Davis Kneal Clarence Maddisson North Adams Maddisson Davis John Green Justice of the Peace Harold Sligar Sligar

Obituary notices for Faulkner and Bishop

W C Faulkner 70 of 2502 Verde died at 1206 a m Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home pending services. Edward L Bishop 69 of Bangs died at 9 a m Wednesday at Brownwood Community Hospital after a short illness. Services 1030 a m Friday at Davis Morris Funeral Home Chapel Brownwood. burial Greenleaf Cemetery. Born February 17 1909 in Sweetwater he lived 55 years in Brown County retired oil driller Baptist twice married Clara Jane Manley in 1928 and Violet Margaret Reese in Snyder on October 15 1936. He had other sons two brothers one sister eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Alpine Grover Calvin Crone First Baptist Church Elm Grove Geeslin Altus Oklo U.S U.S. Navy Ronnie Crone Lubbock Claudia Adkins Carlsbad N.M M.L. Crone Plainview Stanley Crone Port Lavaca Bangs Edward L. Bishop E. Lowell Monahans Davis-Morris Funeral Home Brownwood Greenleaf Bishop Brownwood Community Hospital Sweetwater Brown County Clara Jane Manley Violet Margaret Reese Snyder

Murder suspect search shifts to Michigan

Andrews County Sheriff Bud Gregory said the probe into the May 20 killing of Richard V. Warren shifted to Michigan after leads tied to Reed City surfaced. Warren, 34, formerly of Hunter, Ark., disappeared May 20 and was found shot May 23 near a gravel pile east of here. No charges have been filed.

Gregory Michigan Warren Andrews Silverthorn Colo Glenn F. Brooks Colorado California

Breakfast Optimists Meet at Furr's Pie Kitchen Odessa

Tomorrow schedule shows Odessa Breakfast Optimists at 7:30 A.M. and Odessa Optimists at noon both at Furr's Pie Kitchen, with a noon Eastside Rotary gathering at the Inn of the Golden West.

Furr’s Pie Kitchen Odessa Optimists Furr Eastside Rotary Inn of the Golden West

Also Mentioned on This Page

Joe Sharon Murray Welch George W. Wilkinson Detra Green Swenson Permian High School James Wallace Anders East 37Th Penbrook Jeff Ashley Nabors Midlander Jamie Raglin James W. Barnes Big Lake Glennest Cemetery Johnson Barnes Reagan County Memorial Hospital Ballinger Johnnie Faye Bynum Junction Leslie Barnes Tacoma Wash W.E. Barnes Jr Temple George Bruce Earlene Barnes Belton W.A. Holmes Center Point Johnny Adams Salty Thomas C. Davis Thomas Clement Davis Presidio County St. Mary’s Catholic Church Katheryn Park Thomas Clement Davis Jr Fort Worth Mary Peacock Sherman Oaks Hilsman Davis Bill Davis Los Angeles Gene Kinsey Gene K. Kinsey Golf Course Road Church of Christ Fairview Kinsey Happy Pacific Kinsey Plumbing J&k Builders R.K. Construction Westside Lions Club Midland Christian School Board Lawrence R. Speegle Lawrence Ray Speegle Larry Joe Speegle Derwood Speegle Strawn Church of Christ Strawn Strawn Cemetery Edwards Borger Frank Phillips Junior College Fort Lyons College American Red Cross Speegle Veterans of Foreign Wars Kiwanis Club Sunset Church of Christ Grover C. Crone Elsie D. Enoch Elsie Dee Enoch Breckenridge Wilson-Miller Funeral Home Enoch Medical Center Hospital Oakville Adda Norris Glendale Oscar Tate Oscar Tommie Tate Tommie Roye Hobbs Johnson’s Funeral Home Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens Tate Cross Plains Doris Pringle W.C. Faulkner Verde Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Faulkner
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