Syrian Civil War Aftermath Refits Lebanon Crisis
Former President Camille Chamoun opposes Sarkis plan demanding Syrians leave Lebanon. Assad’s troops headline Arab peacekeeping in East Beirut after a 22 hour cease fire ends with heavy bombardment. Police report 39 killed and 189 wounded as 16 buildings burned and 61 apartments set ablaze amid bridge fights.
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East Germany
Soviet Union
Camille Chamoun
Sarkis
Lebanon
Chamoun
Phalange Party
Pierre Gemayel
Assad
East Beirut
Swimmer Endures Sting and Severe Cramp Amid Current
A swimmer described as Miss Taylor faced a Portuguese man-of-war sting and a severe leg cramp shortly before sharks appeared. Salt water swelling and skin peeling followed, with aid Joe Edwards noting the Gulf Stream pushed her pace from 2 to over 5 mph. She later dealt with lingering cold and current navigation issues affecting miles covered.
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Joe Edwards
Edwards
Gulf Stream
Miss Taylor
Papal funeral plan for Pope Paul VI outlined
Funeral rites set for Pope Paul VI include outdoor procession and Mass led by all cardinals present. Carlo Confalonieri to preside and deliver the eulogy with burial in the St. Peter's grottoes. Over half a million mourners viewed the body at St. Peter's as the basilica closed for the night.
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Paul
College of Cardinals
Carlo Confalonieri
St. Peter's Basilica
Catafalque
St. Peter's
IRS Says Tax Measures Shifted Brackets In 1977
The IRS reports an average tax rate of 13.7 percent as inflation pushes more into higher brackets. Married couples received a tax cut while single filers paid more. Adjusted gross income totaled $1.13 trillion from wages dividends and interest. About 33.8 million used Form 1040A up 17.5 percent. long Form 1040 declined 6.1 percent to 51.4 million.
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SRS
IRS
Cooler drier weather forecast for Basin area
The National Weather Service at Midland reports cooler and drier conditions for the Basin area. Today will be partly cloudy with a mid 70s high and a low around 50s, with northeasterly winds 15 to 25 mph today turning easterly and easing tonight. Wednesday should be fair with upper 70s and lighter winds, following Monday’s 82 and 57 overnight. Yesterday’s high and overnight low were 97 and 42 respectively in the record.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Weather forecast from Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service outlook for Midland Regional Airport calls for partly cloudy and cooler conditions today with decreasing cloudiness tonight. Wednesday should be fair with northeast winds 15 to 25 mph today easing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs near 70s today and upper 70s tomorrow. overnight lows in the 50s. Sunrise 7 44 a.m. Sunsets 7 31 p.m. Year to date precipitation 12.3 inches.
Pope autopsy controversy hints at 1830 findings
ANSA reports a diary claim that Pope Pius VIII had an autopsy after death in 1830 to dispel poison suspicions. The diary by Prince Agostino Chigi says the body had healthy organs with weak lungs and a weak heart, timing the autopsy to the conclave’s first meeting. Vatican later said John Paul I died of a heart attack and no autopsy was done. Civilta Cristiana petitions Vatican Courts to probe the death. The piece also notes multiple funeral notices from Midland and Seagraves communities.
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Vatican City
John Paul
ANSA
Agostino Chigi
Pius VIII
Chigi
Pope Pius
Congregation of Cardinals
Vatican
John Paul I
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Civilta Cristiana
Vatican Courts of Justice
Carlo Confalonieri
College of Cardinals
Death notices: Guara Moore Simmons and Simmons families
Obituaries list multiple deaths with funeral plans in Odessa Marfa Lubbock and Midland. Samuel J Guara 32 of Odessa died after illness and is survived by wife Mary Chavez two sons a daughter and many relatives. R T Moore Sr 73 of Marfa burial near Marble Falls. Oran S Simmons 78 of Lubbock formerly Midland with large survivor list and memorials to Bethel Temple Assembly of God Church.
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Midland
Melvin
Buck) Switzer
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Switzer
Thayer
Shamrock
Oklo
Marie Conaway
Sapulpa
Imperial
Mobil Oil
la Feria
Order of the Eastern Star
Suez Temple
Shrine Temple
Calvin C. Durst
Anchorage
Alaska
William J
Dan M
Red) Scott
Big Spring
Nalley- Pickle Funeral Home
Scott
Hubbard
Roxie Mae Day
Sterling City
Stevens McCullough
First Assembly of God Church of
Larry Scott
San Angelo
Bob Sue
Keller
Pearsall
Mike
Gwyn) Horbath
Tulsa
Okla
Franz Laverne
Blessing
Spokane
Wash
Victoria
Rosie S. Koehl
Lou Finch
Odessa
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Anton
Theresa Schlinder Reimann
Seagraves
Susie Durham
Brownfield Memorial Chapel
Terry County Memorial
Brownfield Funeral Home
Samuel J. Guara
East 36Th
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Holy Redeemer
Easterling Funeral Home
Guara
Medical Center Hospital
Ocate
N.M
Cimarron
Mary Chavez
Odessa Babbitt Bearing Co
David Guara
Joseph Guara
Antonina Guara
Arthur Guara
Gilbert Guara
Trinidad
Colo
Leroy Guara
Flagstaff
Ariz
Marfa
R.T. Moore Sr
Geeslin Funeral Home
Clements Funeral Home
Marble Falls
Smithwick
Moore
el Paso
Fayette County
Ala
Seaboard Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Albuquerque
Tammy Finley
G.W. Moore
Belk, Ala
Marfa Library
Lubbock
Oran S. Simmons
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Simmons
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
American Legion
Jeff Simmons
Roby
Tom Simmons
Rotan
Clara Neves
Bethel Temple Assembly of God Church
Obituaries for Cardona Wheeler Vieregge Rogers and Seals
Multiple funeral notices from Eldorado Rankin Lubbock Lindsay Monahans list services, burial details, birthplaces and survivors for Jose Cardona Sr. Ross Wheeler Andrew Vieregge Gary Rogers Garlin Seals. Each item notes church or cemetery, dates, ages and next of kin across Texas and Oklahoma communities.
Grand jury planned over Fort Hood shooting death
Georgetown sheriff says he will refer the death of Fort Hood soldier Spec 4 David Samuel Fullington to the district attorney for presentation to a grand jury. He says Fullington, who stole a police car and led a highway chase, endangered lives and was killed after a roadblock.
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Georgetown
Texas
Mim Boutwell
Fort Hood
Boutwell
David Samuel Fullington
Algonquin
Ill
Fullington
Williamson County
Leng
Lady Bird Johnson backs Hill for Texas governor
Lady Bird Johnson endorses Democrat John Hill for Texas governor and says she will vote for him after assessing his record and experience. The endorsement was relayed to reporters by Liz Carpenter.
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Austin
Texas
Lady Bird Johnson
John Hill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Liz Carpenter
Toastmaster winner named at Wildcat Toastmasters meeting
Nicky Smith won best speaker for a talk titled Making an Ark at Odessa College student union. Randy Nunneley earned best evaluator and Flo Lambeth took the table topics award. Betty Moore led the program with a toastmaster for the evening, Jay Gibson delivered a non competitive speech on Tax Inflation.
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Nicky Smith
Wildcat
Odessa College Student Union
Randy Nunneley
Flo Lambeth
Betty Moore
Jay Gibson
Ravens
Antartic geologist Franklin Wade dies in Lubbock
Franklin Alton Wade a renowned geologist and Antarctic expert died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a brief illness. He led Byrd expeditions as chief scientist in 1939-40 and 1933, earned two congressional medals, and taught at Texas Tech from 1954 to 1973. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Jane.
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Lubbock, Texas
Franklin Alton Wade
Antarctica
Adm
Richard Byrd
Lubbock
Wade
Methodist Hospital
Byrd
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech
Museum of Texas Tech
Kenyon College
Johns Hopkins University
Sarah Jane
Odessa Group and Club Meetings Schedule Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Odessa at 10 AM Overeaters Anonymous Group 2623 St Pauls Presbyterian Church. Noon Downtown Sabyrsot Business Club Inn of the Golden West Coachroom Noon Odessa Rotary Inn of the Golden West Ballroom Noon Tri Service Lions Sands Restaurant Noon Odessa Civitan The Nena.
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Overeaters Anonyme Group
St. Paul's Presbyte Church
Sabyrsot Business Club
Inn of the Golde West
Odessa
Lions
Sands Restaurant
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the United Way
United Way
United Way Office
Tri-Hi-V
Sharron Davis
Left
Connie Holmes
Syrian
Midland Regional Air Airport
Pope
Melvin Switzer
Manuel Gonzales
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Seagraves Cemetery
Connally Funeral Home
Gonzales
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Uvalde
Chona Rodriguez
Ozona
Margie Cordova
Olga S. Gonzales
San Antonio
Antonio DeLaRosa
Brady
Israel Gonzales
Michigan
Armando Gonzales
Juan Manuel Gonzales
Jose G. Cardona Sr
Eldorado
Joe C. Cardona
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Gutierrez Funeral Home
Rosary
Cardona
Mary Pina
St. John's Hospital
el Remolino
Mexico
Eva Cardona
Santiago Cardona
Fort Collins
Joel Cardona
Fidel T Cardona
Nora Baldez
Ross Wheeler
Rankin
First United Methodist Church
Rankin Cemetery
Larry Sheppard
McCamey
Wheeler
Goldthwaite
Bernice CoxDec
Elsie Coffee
Truth Or Consequences
Billy Ross Wheeler
Charles Wheeler
Cox Wheeler
Bob Wheeler
Mike Wheeler
Mohler Simpson
Carl Kauhs
Fields Hines
Gatesville
H. Wheeler
D.L. Wheeler Jr
Andrew Vieregge
Emmitt Vieregge
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson
Vieregge
Highland Hospital
Belton
Levelland
Skyline Baptist Church
Gary C. Rogers
Lindsay
Gary Clay Rogers
Monahans
Garlin Escridge Seals
Midland Memorial Cemetery
Wilson- Miller
Seals
Ward Memorial Hospital
Bartlesville
Ralph Seals
Florida
Grand Jury
Texas 26
Burnet
DPS
Burnet County
Roy Hilliard
Lady Bird
Franklin Wade
Odessa Civitan
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