Perkins pushes for widening Clements Street on south Odessa
District 1 Councilman Thomas Perkins urges widening Clements Street between Grant Avenue and Dixie Boulevard within a year to serve as a main south side route alongside Murphy Street and Pool Road. He notes decades of bureaucratic delays in paving, with about 50 dirt streets remaining and $500,000 yearly slated for Community Development Block Grant paving.
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Clements Street
Grant Avenue
Dixie Boulevard
District 1
Thomas Perkins
Murphy Street
Pool Road
Clements
Perkins
Gordon Mayer
Mayer
Conover Drive
Florence Wiese
St. Mary's Catholic Church
18Th St
St. Mary's
Norris
Drinkard
Country Club
Mission Dorado
Speedy rescue ends in wheels down good landing
A small plane with a jammed wheel was saved by a mechanic leaning through a speeding car sunroof to yank the gear free at about 90 mph. Pilot Scott Gordon kept altitude near 10 feet as Joe Lippo and Jim Moser coordinated a daring, non air show rescue to prevent a crash.
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LT. Augustine
Fla
Joe Lippo
St. Augustine
Lippo
Jim Moser
Joe
Moser
Scott Gordon
Gordon
Aero Sport Inc
Fire destroys mobile home on Pittsburgh Ave in Socorro
Firefighters battled a dense smoke mobile home blaze at 919 Pittsburgh Ave. Socorro Flores, 19, and her 8 month old daughter were inside the home owned by Randy Reeves of Odessa but escaped unharmed. Cause cited as furnace malfunction per Fire Department reports.
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Dale Childers
Pittsburgh Ave
Socorro Flores
Randy Reeves
Odessa
Soviets seek space weapons ban as arms talks open in Geneva
In Geneva, Soviet chief arms negotiator Vic tor P Karpov urged a ban on space weapons as resumed talks with the United States begin. President Reagan defends space defenses as the Soviet leadership under Gorbachev pushes to block space weaponization amid bargaining on missiles.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
United States
Reagan
U.S
Karpov
Max Kampelman
John Tower
Maynard Filitman
Kampelman
Karpey
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Constantin
Chernenko
Strategic Defense Initiative
Soviet Union
United Nations
Clergymen Clash Over Reasons for Segregated Odessa Churches
In Odessa, three clergymen dispute why congregations remain segregated. Rev Curtis Norris cites proximity and faith choice, Rev Van Dell Drinkard cites cultural differences, and Rev John Waldron argues language drives the split. All note blacks Hispanics and Anglos worship separately.
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Curtis Norris
Odessa
van Dell Drinkard
John Waldron
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Cirwitiod
Vsestreuss
Isa Meiss
Elkagh
Seestreet
Manuel Rodriguez
Martha
Ricky
St. Joseph Catholic Church
S. Dixie Blvd
E. 56Th St
Waldron
Southside
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