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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 2004
Page
2
In Pecos the newspaper shifts from weekly to daily after a decade of status quo. Publisher and staff discuss benefits for credibility and deeper reporting while acknowledging some readers miss daily delivery. Advertisers and staff expect more timely news and better service.
The Pecos newspaper legacy began with the Pecos Valley News in 1887 and evolved through many incarnations. Barney Hubbs expanded local titles in the 1920s while serving in World War I, later launching papers across the region and multiple radio stations. Oscar Griffin Jr. won a Pulitzer in 1963 for local reporting on the Estes scandal while editor of the Pecos Independent and Enterprise.
Monahans archives detail Pyote's WWII roles from B 17 training to B 29 conversions and postwar storage. The Enola Gay once visited San Antonio area displays. locals recall German stone gates, the rattlesnake nickname for Rattlesnake Bomber Base, and Pyote Gazette era commerce.
The downtown Burbank post office was dedicated to Bob Hope on his would be 101st birthday. Publicist Grant recalled Hope’s humor about post offices and age. Dolores Hope, then 95, sang a brief line of I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write You a Letter.
Saudi assurances to boost production and urge OPEC peers lifted market expectations as US crude hovered below 40 dollars per barrel last week. Analysts said the Khobar incident is unlikely to prompt mass expatriate departures, with some Americans noting limited concern among locals.
Banks and lending institutions along with U S stock exchanges and commodities markets will be closed. The City of Odessa and Ector County offices will be closed. ECISD Odessa College and the University of Texas at the Permian Basin will be closed Monday.
Don King and George Bush toured Detroit to rally black voters with King as a prominent donor. The report notes Bush’s unusual handshake with King and the contentious fundraising dynamic surrounding the event.
The Odessa American provides contact details including address at 222 E. 4th Street Odessa TX 79761 and P.O. Box 2952. It lists publishing and staff contacts, ad departments, customer service hours, and subscription rates with various plans and durations.
Don Hinz, a Commemorative Air Force member from Minnesota, died after a WWII North American P-51C Mustang crashed during an emergency landing in a residential backyard near Red Wing. The incident, during Wings of Freedom Airshow duties, left at least one wing sheared off. FAA investigation pending.
A Saturday crash near Seminole killed the driver and a front passenger of a 1970 Ford Maverick traveling east on County Road 218 after failing to stop at a stop sign. A 1995 Monte Carlo on County Road 219 sustained injuries to its two occupants who were treated and released. The infant passenger in the Maverick, unbelted in a child seat, was airlifted then released from Yokum County Memorial Hospital. An investigation is pending with alcohol suspected.
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