Judge and challenger vie in county race for judge seat
Republican primary challenger Lee Hadden urged a judge candidate to have legal experience and community involvement while Democrat Jim Jordan, an assistant county attorney, touted familiarity with county operations from working with the Commissioners Court. Jordan will face the primary winner in the Nov 6 general election. Jordan cites prior 10 percent cuts by departments and backs service consolidation and an Industrial Advisory Board to attract business and widen the tax base.
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Lee Hadden
Jim Jordan
Rad
Commissioners Court
Jordan
Hadden
Ar A
Carter
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Odessa Alumni forum features county race candidates
Ector County candidates for county offices spoke at a Wednesday Leadership Odessa Alumni forum the final event before Tuesday’s primary. Democrats Barbara Bedford Judy Smith Jack Edwards and Jerry Proffitt urged experience and efficiency in offices from clerk to treasurer and tax roles while Republicans Bill Tolbert Gregg and Jim Bobo highlighted diligence, case management ideas, and youth programs. County Attorney Hollman emphasized swift case movement and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Odessa
Barbara Bedford
Ween Ae
Judy Smith
Bedford
Jack Edwards
Edwards
Ector County Appraisal
Jerry Proffitt
West Texas races shape district maps and school funding debate
The leaders discuss redistricting risk for District 68 with Terrell Pecos and Presidio Brewster counties possibly shifting to other districts. Harrison warns sparsely populated areas could lose representation if redistricting moves ahead. Gallego pushes workers comp reform, school funding equality, and competition among insurers while eyeing a 1991 legislative run. He cites experience with Bentsen Mattox Loeffler and plans marriage in April as a first term hopeful. Harrison highlights West Texas agricultural diversification funding from Proposition 3 bonds and expects progress from $25 million in bonds to spur regional growth.
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Harrison
Terrell
Pecos
Presidio
Brewster
Kinney
Maverick
Val Verde
Gallego
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Mey
Jim Mattox
Tom Loeffler
Texas Department of Human Services
West Texas
Precinct 4 candidates pledge credibility and growth actions
Odessa figures push for accountability in Precinct 4. Dangerfield vows full time service, tax restraint, and hospital support while Bryant points to lowering taxes and hospital district stability. Hernandez cites water and air as top issues. Candidates urge partnerships with city, chamber, and bankers to lure business and fund improvements.
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Dangerfield
Ector County Hospital
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County
Odessa
Bob Bryant
Ryant
Ous Furniture
Bryant
Commissioners Court
MCH
Echo Board of
Midland
Ernandez
Ranchito
Hernandez
Ome
Rodriguez
Pentry City Gate
Ncnb Bank
Texas arson trial notes flag desecration cases
Police tied a digressive incident to three Midland residents Holt Pyles and others as suspects in a flag desecration case. Officers obtained a search warrant to find the flags after a report of city street signs were observed and arrested the suspects on burglary and related charges. The proceedings reference a 1989 Supreme Court ruling on flag burning and free speech.
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Midland Drive
Dettman
Ently
Holt
Pyles
U.S
Texas Abortion Rights Group Reports 75 Percent See Abortion as Private
TARAL releases a poll showing 75 percent of Texans consider abortion a private issue with Texas voters leaning pro choice at four to one. Executive director Phyllis Nasham notes Texas differs from national trends as two thirds say government limits on abortion infringe on private decisions.
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Austin
Texas Abortion Rights Action League
Texas
Phyllis Nham
Taral
Taral and
Con— Washington
Greenberg Lake: the
Isis Group Inc
Lightning strike kills Linden highway worker in Texas
A 30-year-old state Highway Department employee, Linden resident Linden A, was struck by lightning Wednesday morning when an aheld chain he gripped. He died at Linden Municipal Hospital. Authorities said it may be Texas's first lightning death this year amid two days of heavy North Texas rainfall.
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Linden
State Highway Department
Ahe Bolt
Joe Delbert Pate
Linden Municipal Hospital
Tommy Jones
Texas
Pecos
Alvarez Herrera
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Bob Kobe
Pecos Funeral Home
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Herrera
Reeves County Hospital
Mexico
Antonia Villa
James
Scotty
Williams Jr
Odessa
R.D. Medlock
Williams
Medical Center Hospital
Imperial
Odessa College
U.S. Air Force
Damon Montray
James Williams III
Derrick Williams
Stephen Odom
Fort Worth
Nicole Tarleton
Kimberly Michelle Williams
Shira Nicole Willams
Dallas
Florence Evette McBride
Jerry Williams
Lee Williams
Larry Williams
Monahans
Catherine Joe Odessa
Michelle Williams
Debra Williams
Martinez Funeral Home
Death penalty bill urged for child killings by Sen Brown
Senator J E Brown requests Governor Clements recall a special session to consider a bill authorizing the death penalty for murdering a child under six. He cites clippings about a 5 year old who drank bourbon urged by an adult and a couple indicted for harming their infant daughter who was left brain dead.
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Austin
J.E. ‘‘Buster
Brown
Lake Jackson
Bill Clements
Airport plans criticized in Austin letter
Bob Montry, a Southwest Airlines official and chairman of the Austin Airline Affairs Committee, criticized Austin’s new airport plans in a letter to aviation director Charles Gates. The letter, reported by the Austin American Statesman, cites terminal area proximity to runways and the size-determination process as backward, reflecting concerns from a February meeting with eight of ten airlines serving Austin and the Air Transport Association.
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Austin
Austin Aviation
Charles Gates
Bob Montry
Austin American-Statesman
Montgomery
Southwest Airlines
Austin Airline Affairs Committee
Air Transport Association
Fugitive Linked to Pit Stop Owned by Lister Family
Police reported a fugitive linked to Jimi's Pit Stop at 200 S. Lee St. Midland. Family said Friday to Sunday receipts were missing. A joint search by Big Spring and Midland police and Texas Rangers was led by FBI Special Agent Richard Schwein. If no federal violation is found, Lister will be sent to Big Spring.
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Lister
Jimi
S. Lee St
Midland
Leubner
Big Spring
Texas Rangers
Richard Schwein
el Paso
FBI
Kincaid
Deaths Toll in Texas Obit Roundup Across Counties
death notices from Kermit Andrews Lovington Pecos Lamesa Odessa Van Horn and Monahans report multiple funeral services for J R Jude Hall Clois Hathcock Delight Cotz Lorenzo Castelo and more. survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren with veterans status Church services burial and hospital death details listed across towns and dates.
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Andrews
Clois Hathcock
First Baptist Church
H.A. Hanks
Andrews Cemetery
Lubbock
Permian General Hospital
First 1St
Lovington
N.M
Delight Carrie Cotz
Hobbs
N. M
Topeka
Kan
Cotz
Lea County
Loven Tene Nes Ann Kellett
Powder Springs
van Horn
Nettie Addie Crabtree
Monahans
Highway 54
Church of Christ
Gene Reneau
van Horn Cemetery
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Gerrid
Bill Tolbert
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Jim” Bobo
Hollman
3A Hollman
Susan Richardson
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Odessa Fire
Semaine
Bill Adders
The
Associated Press
J.R. Hall
Kermit
J.R
Jude’ Hall
First United Methodist Church
Terry Anderson
Kermit Cemetery
Hall
Audie Murphy Veterans Administration
Gordon Hall
Littleton
Colo
Robyn Johnson
Boerne
Ruby Galloway
Denton
Billye Trameil
Lawton
Okla
Delight Cotz
Rosita Boyd
John Cotz
Carlsbad
James Cotz
Ace Evans
Willow Springs
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Guadalupe Herrera
Charlie Lightfoot
Lamesa
Charlie Bennett Lightfoot
North 14Th Street Church of Christ
O.H. Tabor
Mark Hackett
Lamesa Memorial Park
Lightfoot
Medical Arts Hospital
Honey Grove
Connie Kes
Hugo
Edith Graham
Betty Scott
San Angelo
J.W. Lightfoot
Sulphur Springs
Jim Lightfoot
Johnnie Lightfoot
la Marque
Arnold Clevenger
Poery
Ed Ne
Lorenzo Castelo
Lorenzo M
Castelo
St. Joseph Catho- Waldron
Martinez Fu
Rose Hill
Fort Stockton
Ester Villalobos
Shafter
Agustina Castelo
Mary Velasquez
Olivia Lascano
Juanita Marin
Wencomen, Ariz
James Williams Jr
Nettie Crabtree
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