Litter drive yields fewer loads than in 85 campaign
Ector County crews collected less than a third of last year’s refuse over four weekends, with hand collection and sparse scattered trash slowing efforts. City crews stayed near last year’s pace, while volunteer help vanished. Grace King of Odessa Litterbusters notes strong early results and foresees more calls next year. Students at Fannin Elementary join Cinco de Mayo activities.
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Ector County
Bud Bush
Road and Bridge Department
Bush
Gloria Ramirez
Don Bonifay
Ramirez
Johnson II Landfill
Grace King
Midland flight shortages spark push to restore 6 a.m. Austin link
Allan Dees leads a drive to persuade Southwest Airlines to restore the 6 a.m. Midland to Austin flight after Transtar's withdrawal left him driving six hours for 9 a.m. meetings. Local business leaders and the Midland Chamber push airlines for more service to Dallas, Houston, and beyond, highlighting Sacramento-like market concerns and the need for better regional links.
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Midland
Allan
Skip’’ Dees
Austin
Midland Regional Airport
Dees
Southwest Airlines Co
Southwest
Transtar Airlines
Texaco
Transtar
Danny Gholson
Paul Quinn
Quinn
Dallas
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Jim Ingram
Compressor Systems Inc
Ingram
Midland Chamber
Commercial Air Service
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
Odessa- Midland
American Airlines
Odessa-Midland
Midland-Odessa
Gholson
Air Service
Obituary notices for Collier Johnson Parsons Fay and others
Funeral services are listed for Betty Rankin Collier 55 of Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens and church services at Westminister Presbyterian. Also scheduled are services for Paul Parsons in Odessa and pending services for Hubert Rust Helen Fay Ted Dutchover and Norberto Garcia with multiple funeral homes handling arrangements. Names include Rankin Collier Johnson Parsons Fay Rust Dutchover Garcia and many relatives across Odessa Brady Crane and Mangum.
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Betty Rankin Collier
Tom Green Ave
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Truman Warren
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Collier
Brady
Gene Collier
Odessa
Arthur Dennis Rankin
Bert Rankin
Midland
Elizabeth Jane Prophitt
David Preston Collier
Crane
Cecil Duane Collier
Lillian Riggs
Wink Ave
Bethlehem Baptist Church
William Jackson
Martinez Funeral Home
Roscoe Sutton
Odessa Cemetery
Johnson
Seabury Center Nursing Home
Stamford
Paul F. Parsons
Lenard Hartley
Parsons
Granite
Oklo
Fran Black
Mangum
Okla
Kathyrn Jackson
Lynda Zant
Austin
Hubert Boyd Rust
Mr. Rust
Cook Memorial Hospital
Levelland
Helen Keever Fay
Monclair Ave
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Ted M. Dutchover Jr
Pueblo St
Dutchover
Medical Center Hospital
Pecos
Norberto B. Garcia
Ex Odessan advances in space race among finalists
Ex Odessa journalist Katie Sherrod joins Jim Asker and Storer Rowley as regional nominees in the reporter in space competition out of 1,700 applicants. The trio, all finalists, seek the ultimate news assignment while NASA advances testing after the shuttle disaster.
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Dallas — Texas
Katie Sherrod
The
Fort Worth
Storer Rowley
Chicago Tribune
Sherrod
Permian High School
Paul Recer
Houston Space Center
Associated Press
NASA
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King
Alex Castellanos
Delfina
Jose Castellanos
Destiny Rios
Aparo
Robert Villareal
Fannin
Betty Collier
Mr. Johnson
Fanco Auto Electric Co
Texas College
Tyler
Sherrie Johnson
Crystal Lashawn Johnson
Hamlin
R.J. Johnson
Ben Johnson Sr
Billy R. Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Myrtle Mae Morris
Francis Ruth Davis
Rosie Hutson
Elvira Craig
San Antonio
Ruby Wilson
San Diego
Julia Johnson
Amarillo
Sally Corey
Oakland, Calif
Paul Parsons
Caroline Fay Lewis
Rebecca Fay Silva
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Paul Keever
Athens
Ohio
Herman Keever
Sulphur
Margaret Fitzsimons
Irvington
N.Y
Hubert Rust
Ted Dutchover Jr
Helen Fay
Norberto Garcia
Rush Johnson
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