Odessa area storm rainfall and wind report summary
A storm complex tracked across the Texas Panhandle to the Big Bend with Odessa absorbing the brunt of thunder and lightning. Rain gauges logged varied totals from trace to 1.75 inches, with several towns recording hail and wind damage limited to small tree limbs. Temperatures were mid 90s with southeasterly winds 8 to 18 mph and a 20 percent chance of renewed activity this afternoon.
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Odessa American
Grandview
Candy Lane
Texas Electric Service Co
Odessa
South Dixie
North Andrews
Midland
Monahans
Wink
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Big Spring
Midwwy
Lamesa
Kermit
Betty Fife
Goldsmith
Terminal
Texas Panhandle
Big Bend
Air Rescue Plans for Big Spring MAST briefing outlines
Webb Air Force Base officers led by Wing Commander Col Malcolm E Ryan briefed law enforcement and media on air crash procedures and the MAST program. The plan focuses on rescue and safety, with strict handling of classified equipment and victim notification rules.
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Big Spring
Lockee
Webb Air Force Base
Malcolm E. Ryan
West Texas
Robert J. Publicover
Webb
Publicover
Richard Barr
del Hutchings
Howard County
Strawn To Get Mental Tests In Odessa Murder Case
Odessa defendant Dennis Strawn, charged with the July 1970 murder of Sophie Giovanni, will undergo a psychiatric examination to determine fitness for trial. Judge William R. Shaver allowed the test after a defense motion. trial set for July 31 in Lubbock due to venue changes from the Bobby Bell case.
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Lubbock
Dennis Strawn
Odessa
William R. Shaver
140Th District Court
Sophie Giovanni
Bobby Bell
Texas Tech
Strawn
Bell
Tom Hirsch
Royal Caswell
Shaver
Two Burglaries Reported Here
Police Friday were investigating two burglary cases. Rickey Blount of 820 North Hancock reported a rear window entry at his home and unspecified items stolen. A break in at Thunderbird Lounge 521 West Murphy left the wall kicked in and $10 worth of tools taken.
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Rickey Blount
North Hancock
Thunderbird
West Murphy
Four Thefts Being Probed by City County Police
Four theft cases were under investigation Friday by city and county lawmen. Les Brake reported a tape player stolen from his car at his home on West 35th. R. B. Fields said a cutting torch and hose worth 150 dollars vanished from a barn at his West 25th property. Bicycles were reported stolen by Mrs. J. C. O'Brien of Walnut Street 2404 and Windy Clingan of Eastover 3102.
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Les Brake
West 35Th
R. B. Fields
West 25Th
Sheriff's Deputies
J. C. O'Brien
Walnut
Windy Clingan
Eastover
Fall injuries leave four treated or hospitalized
One child remained in Medical Center Hospital Friday after a fall from a slide injured a seven year old, Michael Shane Sedate. Two others sustained broken left wrists when a tennis fall and a swing fall left Donald A. Roberts and Lisa D. Nelson injured.
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Medical Center Hospital
Michael Shane Sedate
Bernhard T. W. Sedate
Westbrook
Donald A. Roberts
Fair Oak Circle
Lisa D. Nelson
Wesley Nelson
East 31St
Arson Suspected In Home Blaze Damaging Sutphen Residence
Firefighters said arson was suspected after a Friday blaze heavily damaged John Sutphen's home at 800 North Pittsburg while the family was away on vacation. Investigators noted an open rear door and windows and extensive interior smoke and a destroyed bedroom. Grass and trash fires were also reported on several nearby streets.
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John Sutphen
North
Pittsburg
Santa Rosa
Kermit Highway
Dublin
Kirkwood
Yukon Road
Hudson
Suit filed to invalidate car sale contract in Odessa
Johnnie Lou Nelson sues Don Piper Auto Sales in 61st District Court alleging misrepresentation in the sale of a 1970 model car. Both parties are residents of Odessa.
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61St District Court
Johnnie Lou Nelson
Don Piper Auto Sales
Odessa
County Court records and district court filings summary
Marriage licenses issued for Billy Joe Wiligon and dendra Nan Jerden, and Jesse David Searcy and Kathryn Faye Lorenz. Civil suits include Wie Pieir Ca Inc v Kir's School of Beauty and First National Bank of Odessa v Rodney Allen DISTRICT COURT. Divorces filed Alicia Leat v Frank Lei and Clare Elten Smith v Audrey vankiin Smith. Medical center notes list numerous admissions and discharges with patient names. Traffic accidents reported in multiple locations detail parties and damages. Births and hospital entries noted with several names and addresses.
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Billy Joe Wiligon
Dendra Nan Jerden
Jesse David Searcy
Kathryn Faye Lorenz
Billy Russell Williams
Joe Rigsby Lewis
Wie Pieir Ca, Inc
Kir’s School of Beauty
First National Bank of Odessa
J.oungst
Rodney Allen
District Court
Alicia Leat
Frank Lei
Clare Elten Smith
Audrey Vankiin Smith
Murry Campbell
Myrtie Davis
Joseph Patrick Nixon
Dwight Cook
Johnnie Lou Nelson
Don Piper Auto Sales
Odessa College student named page at GOP meet
A 19 year old Odessa College student Brad Patteson was named one of five Texas pages for the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach August 21 to 25. He ran for Midland mayor in April and will serve on the convention floor while handling errands for delegates.
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Odessa
Miami Beach
Brad Patteson
Midland
Texas
Tobin Armstrong
Republican National Committee
Midland County
Robert L. Monaghan
Florida
Patteson
Galveston
Young Republicans
Tower
Midland-Odessa
Walgreen's
Maine
Midland High School
Odessa College
Funds Okayed For Housing In Midland
Midland officials announce HUD has earmarked 4 050 000 dollars for low rent public housing by Midland Housing Authority. 300 repossessed single family homes will be bought refurbished and rented to low income families with part of rent subsidized by HUD. Bids for renovations will be sought within 10 days. repairs per home estimated at 600 to 2 200 dollars.
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Midland
Midland Housing Authority
Bob Hicks
Federal Housing Administration
U.S
John Tower
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Housing Authority
Hicks
Midland ISD approves new secondary school hours
Trustees change outside school day times to streamline bus routes. Senior high classes shift to 8:10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Junior highs and Edison Freshman start at 8:40 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. Austin Freshman runs 9:00 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. Elementary hours stay at 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for grades 1-3 and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for grades 4-6.
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Midland
Midland Independent School District
Edison
Rites Pending for Odessan George Bullard 65
Services are pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home for George Carlisle Bullard a 65 year old retired building contractor who died at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. He was born December 9 1906 married December 21 1929 to Carrie Read in Brownwood came to Odessa in 1948 a member of Temple Baptist Church and is survived by his widow two sons two daughters five brothers three sisters twenty one grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
George Carlisle Bullard
East Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Carrie Read
Brownwood
Odessa
Charles Floyd Bullard
George E. Bullard
Houston
Viola Basshaw
Theata Thomas
Broken Arrow
Okla
Claudie B. Bullard
Dallas
Floyd Bullard
Calvin Bullard
Charles Robert Bullard
Herbert Elvin
Jewell Edna Dolloff
Evelyn Loudermick
Comanche
Clara Eunice Stevens
Hanford, Calif
Claudie Wood Brownfield
Claudie Hillen Wood
Brownfield
Ray
Lubbock
Church of God
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Snyder
Brownfield Church of
G. A. Sumrall
Alpine
G. A
Lela) Sumrall
First
United Methods
Elm Grove
Geeslin Funeral Home
Sumrall
St. John’s Hospital
San Angelo
Golden Years Nursing Home
Christoval
Methodist Church
Maurice Gravell
P. L
Dorothy) Wilson
C. R. Barger
W. ©. Stephenson
J. W. Robbins
Rankin
Rites Set for Martin Cortez 51 in San Antonio
Services for Martin Cortez 51 of Odessa and Dallas area are at 9 am Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church San Antonio. Burial by Mission Funeral Home. Cortez born March 13 1921 a World War II veteran former Odessa employee and recent used car salesman. He died at a Dallas hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include wife two sons 12 daughters a sister and a brother and 14 grandchildren.
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Martin Cortez
East Fifth
Dallas
St. Anthony Catholic Church
San Antonio
Cortez
Odessa
Richard Cortez
Phoenix
Ariz
Martin Cortez Jr
Connie Delgarde
Pauline Cortez
Hope Cortez
Yolanda Cortez
Lydia Cortez
Frances Cortez
Elva Cortez
Brenda Cortez
Lisa Cortez
Hortense Cortez
Rosita Cortez
Sylva Cortez
Casile Geronimo
Manuel Cortez
Vera Strickland Lamesa
Vera Strickland
First United Methodist Church
Lamesa
Branon Funeral Home
Strickland
Hood County
Methodist Church
Allen Strickland
Robert Strickland
Woodsville
Ohio
C. D. Parker
Deer Park
Wash
O. O. Marchant
Kerens
Phillips Nelson
Bonnie Culp
Charles Wood
Raymond Weatherford
Nobie Fox
Seminole
Garlin Shephard
O'Donnell
Phoenix, Ariz
Omar Wade
Abernathy
Ira Haney
Rites Planned At Graveside for Young Odessa Native
Graveside services are set for Jack D. Warner, three, of Rome New York, at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens San Angelo. He died in a Rome auto accident and was born January 23 1969 in San Bernardino California. Survivors include his sister Tonya Warner and brother Donald Warner IV both of Rome, his paternal grandmother Marge Warner of Lebanon New Hampshire.
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Jack D. Warner
Donald G. Warner
Rome
N. Y
Odessa
Jack
Bobbie) King
Royalty
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
San Angelo
San Bernadino, Calif
Tonya Michelle Warner
Donald Warner IV
Marge Warner
Lebanon
N. H
Services for Mrs. H. C. Hoyle in Plainview
Mrs. H C Hoyle 76 of Plainview died Friday in Odessa after a lengthy illness. Services set for 4 p m Saturday at Lemon Memorial Chapel with burial in Plainview Cemetery. Born October 4 1895 in Granbury she married Henry C Hoyle January 23 1916 and came to Odessa March 25. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainview. Surviving daughters Mrs Ernest M Schur and Mrs Gerald Peters a sister Mrs E C West and a grandson Gary Schur.
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Plainview
H. C. Hoyle
Lemon Memorial Chapel
First Baptist Church of
Ernest M. Schur
Cones
Gerald Peters
Goodwell
Okla
E. C. West
Fort Worth
Gary Schur
Wichita Falls
Rites Slated Here Friday for Mrs Wright
Graveside rites for Mrs Wirsie L Wright 84 of Garland will be held at 4 p m Friday in Odessa Cemetery. She died Thursday in a Garland Nursing Home after illness and had lived in Garland 18 months. Born February 8 1888 in Cummiins Georgia she will be buried beside her husband J C Wright who died in 1962. Survived by one daughter Mrs J E Chambers of Garland.
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Wirsie L. Wright
Garland
Odessa
Hubbard-Keily Funeral Home
Miss West Texas Crowns At Odessa Pageant
At Ector County Coliseum tomorrow events include a 1 PM skydiving jump by a rider with helicopter rides at Midway and a final Miss West Texas competition at 8 PM.
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Midway
Ector County Coliseum
West Texas
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Oklahoma City
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Angleton
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Lora Raye Caudle
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Reynolds County
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