School board weighs 24 applications for top ECISD post
Ector County Independent School District reviews 24 superintendent applications including two from employees, with outside Texas candidates present. Holm retires in June after 14 years. board weighs interviewing process and candidate criteria. Salary expected 70 000 to 81 000 plus car allowance and expense account. Turner notes tough job amid 2700 staff and 80 million budget.
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Ector County
Lloyd McKee
Bill Walker
Jones
Texas
Beverly Pujal
Bill Turner
Holm
Robbery hits 15 year old paper carrier in Odessa
A 15 year old Odessa American carrier, James Lyle Kingston of 418 E 50th St, was robbed of a bank bag containing 93 dollars at about 1 50 pm Saturday by a white female with a black .2 caliber revolver in the 400 block of East 49th Street. She fled west with an unknown accomplice as Kingston described the suspect.
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Odessa American
James Lyle Kingston
E. 50Th St
James
East 49Th Street
Gunfire hits moving car in Odessa. man unharmed
Peter Oscar Olivas, 21, of Midland, reported a gunshot struck his 1984 Datsun as he traveled north on South Lee Avenue near Clements Street in Odessa around 1 a.m. The car from the opposite direction fired at him but Olivas escaped injury.
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Midland
Peter Oscar Olivas
Andrews Highway No. 102
South Lee Avenue
Odessa
Clements Street
Candidate Eyes No 2 Spot in Texas Government
David Davidson of Gonzalez backs a bid for lieutenant governor claiming the post wields the most power of any Texas official. He cites the president of the Senate’s control of legislative flow, committee assignments, and the state auditor’s leverage, contrasting it with the governor’s limited agency directives. Davidson, 47, longtime Emmanuel Fellowship pastor, seeks the May 3 primary after lobbying since 1981 and a career in banking and aircraft parts management.
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David Davidson
Gonzalez
Davidson
Emmanuel Fellowship
Texas
Senate
Hobby
Ferdinand Marcos
Austin
Trinity University
Burglary and auto theft reports cross Odessa and Ector County
Odessa Police report burglary at 705 Beat St where cigarettes and records worth 1472 were stolen between 6 30 a m and 1 p m Saturday. A 1976 Pontiac Firebird valued at 2800 was taken about 1 30 p m Saturday. Ector County Sheriff reports unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for Doris Glenn valued at 1200 taken from a residence between 7 a m and 1 p m Friday. Also burglary at 3951 W 16th St with seven plate glass windows valued 4300 taken between 7 15 p m Saturday and noon Sunday.
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Odessa
Darrel Willis
Beat St
Art H. Gonzales
25Th St
ECTOR
Doris Glenn
Charlies Edward Blount
W. 16Th St
Obituary Notices From Texas Funeral Homes
Brief obituary items for multiple individuals including Charlie Ray Rodgers Naomi Fay Blackburn Ele Hagelstein Sr and R C Enzer with birth dates 1920 1934 and 1902. Notes survivors include spouses children and stepchildren with locations Odessa Andrews Flora McCamey Tulsa Lamosa Houston and Midland. Funeral arrangements listed or pending at Singleton Funeral Home Welch Funeral Home and Bob Marker Funeral Home with dates and burial details where provided.
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Naomi Blackburn Andrews
Naomi Fay Blackburn
Andrews
Singleton Funeral Home Chapel of the
R.C. Enzer
Alamosa St
Welch Funeral Home
Lamosa
Mr. Enzer
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Houston
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School Board
McKee
O Ouston
Lucile
LeRoy Melcher
Laura Stateville
Olney
Melcher
Chapel Hill Ranch
Medical Center Hospital
South Odessa
Frank Allen George
Snyder St
J.E. Weatherly
George
Gettings
Bob Marker
Vickie Lee
Dexter, N.M
Jan Laijas
Marijayne Millwood
Pearl Ross
Omaha
Neb
Roswell
N.M
Charlie Rodgers
Charlie Ray
Hollis
Oklo
Frances Winberry
Juarez
Mexico
Rodgers
Burnsco
Sidney Ray Rodgers
Brent Gower
Benji Gower
A.E. Gower
Kermit
Jimmy Gower
Don Farris
Andrews Cemetery
Flora Bauer McCamey
Richard W. Box Funeral Home
Ele Hagelstein Sr
Ele
Chris Hagelstein Sr
Fort Stockton
First United
Hagelstein
San Angelo
Mary Childress
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