Family accident leaves two dead two injured
Two members of a family were killed and two others injured in an accident Friday. The brief note indicates a story and photo on Page 1D.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1982
Page
1
Odessa College golf team qualifies for national tournament
The Odessa College golf team has earned a spot in the national tournament. Details appear on Page 1B, confirming the team's qualification and upcoming competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
Primaries Open Today in Ector County Odessa
Ector County citizens vote in state and county primaries today at Republican and Democratic polling places in Odessa. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Vying for county judge are Jan Fisher Murrell Howell Charles Gee Jr and Bill Pettit. Precinct 2 candidates include Bill Hicks Natalie Rothstein and Bryan Henderson. Precinct 4 contenders are Willie Hammond Jr and Margaret Burton. Other races include court at law judge treasurer clerk district court clerk and several district judges along with party chair and state representatives and senator. Confirm precincts on voter certificates and review corrected ballots published by County Clerk Lucille Woltz and in the Odessa American.
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Ector County
Odessa
Jan Fisher
Murrell Howell
Charles Gee Jr
Bill Pettit
Bill Hicks
Natalie Rothstein
Bryan Henderson
Willie Hammond Jr
Margaret Burton
Lucille Woltz
Hotel closes today in Odessa takeover for new court facilities
Odessa officials moved to seize the 103 room Branton Hotel on Grant Avenue for $375000 bought March 9 from Glenn Branton. Acting City Manager Chester Nolen warned anyone still inside, police would remove them. The 50 year old inn once was a bright spot in the 1920s and 30s cowtown. About 200 transients and workers faced relocation as the city plans the police court project.
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Jeff Chew
Odessa
Branton
City Hall
Chester Nolen
Grant Avenue
Glenn Branton
Cowtown
First arrests under Texas wiretap law target West Texas drug ring
Amarillo businessmen Larry D. Kelly Ray Harmon and Randall L. Morgan were charged with delivering methamphetamine after undercover work. Investigators seized 23 ounces valued at 67670, three vehicles and a revolver as part of a probe expected to yield 14 more arrests.
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DPS
Amarillo
Larry D. Kelly
Ray Harmon
Randall L. Morgan
Sherrod
Bill Clements
Larry Todd
Texans contest governor nomination in bid to regain mansion
Democrats start a six man bid led by Buddy Temple Bob Armstrong and Mark White to win the Texas governor nomination with Temple tied to a timber family and White backed by former Gov. Briscoe. Republican Clements seeks renomination against Duke Embs as Bentsen faced token opposition with Collins Mengden courting voters as a wild spending liberal label.
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Associated Press
Texas
Bill Clements
Buddy Temple
Bob Armstrong
Mark White
Temple
East Texas
Arthur Temple, Jr
Time Inc
White
Dolph Briscoe
Armstrong
General Land Office
Clements
Lowell
Duke
Embs
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Bill Hobby
Troy Skates
Cedar Park
George Strake
Jim Mattox
Dallas
Max Sherman
Acid links life to space
The discovery of Earthlike amino acids in a 1969 Australian meteorite suggests a possible link between space and origin of life. But Nagy and Engel caution no extraterrestrial life is proven since crucial amino acids are absent and left handed forms are common in Earth life.
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Associated Press
Tucson, Ariz
Earth
University of Arizona
Bartholomew Nagy. Nagy
Michael Engel
Nagy
Carnegie Institution
Washington, D.C
Australia
Engel
Knoxville World’s Fair Amid Recession Sparks Skepticism
The 1982 Knoxville World’s Fair, backed by Reagan, 23 nations, and city leaders, aims to boost jobs and revive the economy during a downturn. Officials cite past fairs’ success in hard times, with new hotels, theaters, restaurants, a lake and park, and a planned convention center transforming downtown. Federal and state funding tops $225 million for a new interstate highway system.
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Newhouse
Knoxville
Tenn
Reagan
King Cole
Spokane, Wash
Cole
Walter Lambert
Si Lambert
Knoxville International Energy Exposition
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