Miss West Texas finalists crown winners in Odessa pageant
In a Friday night round of Miss West Texas preliminaries Cindy Courtney of National Bank of Odessa and 16 year old Lerni Fitzhugh, Miss Texas Pecan Queen, won top spots. Finalists perform in swimsuit, gown and talent events with 800 to 1000 spectators, and 1200 expected for tonight’s Permian High School finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Hilliard
Miss National Bank of Odessa
Cindy Courtney
Lerni Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh
Sam
Rankin
Miss Courtney
Permian High School
Jaycee Billy Bartlett
Tami Jo Whitmire
Kathy Foster
Benjamin
Deborah McDaniel
Hair Odyssey
Lee Bingham
Brand New Opry
The
Kenny Rogers
Rhonda Feemster
Taco Villa
Leslie Woodard
Laurie Choate
Big Spring Seed
Chemical
Peter Brown
Petite Lee
Body Shop Spa
Anne Murray
Lisa Montgomery
Winwood Mall
Victoria Prinz
Kosa-Tv
Carole King
Janice Perritt
KQIP
Olivia Newton John
Gayle Spradley
Downtown Lions
Becky Neighbors
Permian Basin Fair and Exposition
Crystal Gayle
Tracey Chamlee
Santa Fe Square
Jona Rhea
J.E. Barron
Rita Coolidge
Miss Fitzhugh
Kim Thornton
Campbell Irrigation
Donna Sue Hale
Martin County
Sonia Strifler
Miss University
Jill Peyton Price
Fort Stockton
Mary Cuellar
Casey's
Diane Weigele
Joe Allbright Insurance Co
Susan Sharinne Harper
Lamb County
Tis
Miss Whitmire
Fort Worth
Cynthia Montgomery
Dudley Montgomery
Pecos High School
Miss Montgomery
Miss National Bank of
Lern Fitzhugh
Odessa council approves landowner plat for 48 acres in East Odessa
City officials approved the preliminary plat for Jerry L. Beauchamp on 48 acres east of Rockylane Road near U.S. Highway 80 after an hour-long special meeting. Debate focused on who pays for sewer and water mains, with Beauchamp offering to extend lines and cover part of the cost. Council ultimately approved the plat and Beauchamp’s plan to install services, while weighing future needs for area development. Public works director Bryan Henderson noted the city could add a main later or allow others to connect, rebuilding the street if needed. Absences included Keith Weddell and Lawson Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
East Odessa
City Hall
Jerry L. Beauchamp
Planning and Zoning Board
Beauchamp
City Planning Department
Rockylane Road
Bob Bryant
Frank Childs
Childs
Keith Weddell
Lawson Cook
Midland Man Killed in Rural Highway Crash
A 50-year-old Midland laborer Pedro Rubio died Friday afternoon after a two car collision 22 miles south of Midland on Highway 349. Joan Leslie Goodman, 25, was treated and released for lacerations and a dislocated finger. Rubio’s car rolled after impact and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Services pending with Thomas Funeral Home.
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Midland
Pedro Rubio
Joan Leslie Goodman
Midland Memorial Hospital
Rubio
Goodman
Department of Public Safety
Jim Swain
Swain
Midland County
John Biggs
Thomas Funeral Home
Vandals damage two Odessa automobiles
A pair of cars were damaged in two vandalisms in Odessa Friday night. Stanley Kin reported a 1967 car lost a vinyl roof and damaged right front fender by a 15 pound rock from a passing vehicle, with estimated $450 in damages. Mrs. Larry Brown said her 1971 car had a shattered windshield worth about $200 after a tire tool strike.
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Odessa
Stanley Kin
Kin
Larry Brown
West Fourth
Independence Day Festival Parade in Downtown Odessa
The 10 am Independence Day Festival parade in Odessa runs 15 blocks from Third and Texas to 17th and Grant with floats decorated cars riding clubs bicycles and Miss West Texas Pageant contestants. U S Air Force jets from Reese AFB Lubbock will fly overhead. Parade marshal is Bessye Cowden Ward. Awards for best commercial and noncommercial floats best riding club and best bicycle entrants.
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Odessa
Two Odessa Accidents Injure Two, One Hospitalized
Two late Friday night Odessa traffic accidents left two men injured. Leslie Ray Majors, 25, with head and neck injuries, was treated at Medical Center Hospital after a three car crash at 16th and Grant involving a 1968 pickup driven westbound by Majors and a 1973 car driven by Thomas Latham, 20, who collided, then hit by a third car driven by Robert Corbett, 30. Jackie Dunn, 20, sustained a compound fracture of the lower right leg in a separate 1 p.m. crash near East Eighth and Dixie when his motorcycle and a 1976 car collided.
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Thomas Earl Latham
Merrill
Grant
Latham
Robert Lee Corbett
Route 5
Jackie Edward Dunn
East Everglade
East Eighth
Dixie
Dunn
Neal Donald Wood
Fairlane
Basinwide Heatwave Expected Amid Weekend Temps Near Century Mark
Permian Basin faces hot weekend with forecasts from National Weather Service Midland predicting highs in the upper 90s today and near 100 Sunday. Southerly winds 10 to 15 mph Saturday. Sunday morning low near 70. Friday hit 98, 11 degrees below June 29 record high of 109 set in 1946. record low for June 29 is 60 from 1954. Thunderstorms and tornado sightings reported in parts of the Midwest.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Weather forecast from Midland regional airport
National Weather Service notes mostly fair, hot afternoons through Sunday. High Saturday in the upper 90s, Sunday near 100, with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph Saturday. Today’s high in the upper 90s, overnight low around 70. Tomorrow near 100, yesterday 98. Sunset 8:48 pm, sunrise 6:44 am Sunday. Year to date precipitation 6.98 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Attempted theft at Bill Sears Market ends with chase
A teen attempted to steal a five gallon water jug from Bill Sears Super Market at 42nd and Dixie. He dropped the bottle and fled on a motorcycle with an accomplice, but store employees recovered the item. Police investigated four thefts Friday night, including missing cash, stereo tapes, a lawnmower, and a bicycle.
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Bill Sears Super Market
42Nd and
Dixie
Odessa
GF. Hill
Melody
Mark Lee Stewart
East 36Th
McCracken
East 13Th
Jason Locke
Emerald
East Seventh
Estes defense wants only two days to rebut case
In Dallas, Billie Sol Estes and co defendant Horton seek a two day rebuttal to prosecutors 10 day case. Judges denied a directed verdict of acquittal. Key witnesses tied Goolsby to 800 monthly pay and forged Pyron signatures. Burkett testified he lost 50000 on Estes ventures tied to Pyron and Horton with Goolsby promising no loss.
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Estes
Horton
Sue Goolsby
Tyler
Billy D. Pyron
Abilene
Goolsby
Estes-Horton
Larry May
West Texas
Jasper H. Burkett
Burkett
Permian Petroleum Co
Pyron
Burglars Take Lounge Furniture At Odessa Bar
Essex police investigated four burglaries Friday night into Saturday morning. In Odessa, La Casa Bar on East Murphy lost 10 tables and 19 chairs plus supplies valued near 500. Cars also reported broken into with stereo players radios and tools taken from vehicles and residences.
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South Odessa
Odessa
la Casa
East Murphy
Paul Brown
Pampa
East Highway 80
Parkway
Curtis Ray Verner
Santa Rosa
Deaths of Clarence Chandler Sr and Finnis Nicholson
Clarence Allen Chandler Sr., 72, former Terrell County commissioner, dies after illness in Andrews. Funeral in Sheffield Church of Christ with burial in Sheffield Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, a daughter, sister, brother, 17 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Finnis M. Nicholson, 74, of Andrews, retired roughneck, dies after short illness. Services pending. survivors include wife, three sons, daughter, stepdaughter, five sisters, and 11 grandchildren.
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Clarence Chandler Sr
Sheffield
Clarence Allen Chandler Sr
Terrell County
Church of Christ
Singelton Funeral Home
Seminole
Chandler
Permian General Hospital
Andrews
Comstock
Clarence Allen Chandler Jr
Corpus Christi
Leslie Gene Chandler
Odessa
Glynn Chandler
Mary Ellen Kimball
Alpine
Essie McGivray
Joe Chandler
Finnis M. Nicholson Andrews
Finnis M. Nicholson
Commerce
Nicholson
Levelland
Brownfield
Hope Simpson
Jerry Don Nicholson
Sparks
Nev
James Nicholson
San Antonio
Richard Nicholson
Snowflake, Ariz
Sue Robertson
Rita Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Leona Chatman
Spring Branch
Flossie McNutt
Jerry Jordan
Lois Weddle
Abilene
Noly Taylor
Synder
Odessa CAP Squadron Hosts Meeting Tomorrow Evening
The Odessa Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol will meet tomorrow at 7 30 P M at the Odessa Schlemeyer Field building. Members planned to discuss activities and upcoming events at the Odessa CAP facility.
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Odessa Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Odessa Schlemeyer Field
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Pecos Fair Grounds
Bob Johnson
Elly Hochman
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