Port to Plains highway deal faces congressional approval
Senate and House negotiators optimistic a high profile highway plan linking Houston to Lubbock will pass. The Port to Plains would connect I 27 with I 10, plus a second I 40 to I 10 connector near Amarillo Las Cruces. The package covers rail relocations in Brownsville and Greenville, a Sherman Denison rural transit project, and funding shares of up to 95 percent federal for rail projects.
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Carter
Lloyd Bentsen
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Congress
West Texas
Plains
Bentsen
Senate
Amarillo
Las Cruces
N.M
Department of Transportation
U.S
Brownsville
Greenville
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Sherman-Denison
Carter vows sustained push for Middle East peace
President Carter said the United States is committed to a lasting peace in the region during a White House ceremony with Egypt's Ali and Israeli official Davan present. Ali pledged a comprehensive settlement for Palestinian rights while Jordan and Palestinian participation in second-stage talks remained uncertain amid hopes for improved Egyptian Israel ties.
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United States
Carter
White House
Ali
Egypt
New “Peace
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Moshe Davan
Cardinals to hold open dining during August conclave
The Vatican plans for a more humane cardinal conclave with full-sized bedrooms and open windows, dining at long tables in two rooms. In Osservatore della Domenica a monsignor and exorcist links Prophecies of St Malachy to a feared World War III under the next pope, a rare stance for the Vatican publication.
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Vatican
Osservatore Della Domenica
Monsignor
Corrado Balducci
St. Malachy
Conclave Pressure Grows After Papal Turnover
The report notes Pope Paul VI died August 6 at 80, John Paul II elected August 26 and died 34 days later, prompting Detroit Cardinal Dearden and Philadelphia Cardinal Krol to express solemn resolve as a new conclave begins amid uncertain unity and heavy duties.
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Paul VI
John Paul
John Dearden
Detroit
School post candidate interviews completed by board
Ector County Independent School District trustees finished interviewing the last of four candidates for the assistant superintendent of instruction role. The pay is about 32000 dollars and October 17 is set for a final board decision. Three top candidates come from the district central admin staff.
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Ector County Independent
Mahons to be honored in day at Midland
U S Congressman and Mrs George Mahon will be honored November 11 as Midland and Midlanders observe George and Helen Mahon Day. The veteran congressman retires at year end after 44 years representing the 19th District. A barbecue luncheon and program from 11 30 a m to 2 p m at the Chaparral Center Midland College will be public. Tickets a dollar go on sale later this week chaired by W H Bill Collyns with attendance chair Winston Barclay.
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U.S
George Mahon
Midland and Midlanders
George
Helen Mahon
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Mahon
Midland College
Winston Barclay
Statewide test results show students deficient in reading math
A statewide Texas testing program covering April to May 1977 across 2,234 schools and about 18,000 pupils found 35 to 26 percent of sixth and eleventh graders were critically deficient in reading and mathematics. Data showed ethnic, income, and gender differences with suburban girls leading in mastery. 11th grade boys outperformed girls in math while rural and urban districts lagged.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Charles Nix
Nix
M.L. Brockette
Basin Basin Basin Weather Forecast From Midland Airport
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport forecasts fair, cooler weather across Basin today through Saturday with northeast winds 15 to 25 mph, gusty today and lighter tonight. Highs near 70, tonight's low in the lower 10s, and Saturday's high in the upper 60s. A cold front moved through Texas with gusty northerly winds and cooler temps.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Midland
Guadalupe Pass
Austin
San Antonio
Beaumont
Houston
Johnson City
Panhandle
Weather Forecast From Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service forecasts generally fair conditions through Saturday. Cooler today with northeast winds 15 to 25 mph gusty, easing tonight to 5 to 10 mph easterly. High near 70 today, low 40s tonight, high 60s tomorrow. Overnight low 56, yesterday high 84. Sun sets 7 19 p.m., rises 7 51 a.m. Year to date precipitation 12.31 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Death notices from Kermit and surrounding areas
Obituaries list Octavina Garza of Kermit with services at Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall and burial in Kermit Cemetery, plus several other deaths in Morton, Big Spring, and Odessa areas. Reports include ages, birthplaces, funeral details, survivors, and church affiliations across multiple families.
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Kermit
Octavina F. Garza
Jehovah's Witness Kingdom
Big Spring
Mary Lavert Holland
Gordon Daves
Midland
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Mount Olive Memorial Park
Holland
Hall-Bennett Memorial Hospital
Coryell County
Denton
Cora Lee Smith
North Grant
Cooper Funeral Home
Kermit Cemetery
Easterling Funeral Home
Houston
Gussie T. Edens
Big Lake
First United Methodist Church
Glennest
Newnie W. Ellis
Edens
Sherwood
H.B. Edens
First Methodist Church
Eastern Star
H.B. Edens Jr
Margaret Carroll
Webb City
Margaret Foste
Greenwich
Conn
Motorcycle crash injures Odessa rider near East 42nd
An Odessa man, Ronald Edward Baird 25, was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital after a motorcycle collision at 7:35 p.m. He stated an unidentified car pulled into his private parking lot at East 42nd and Grandview causing loss of control and a slide of 132 feet on his left side. The report lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices for residents in Texas, including Eva Boone Gussie T Edens Maynard Purvis and John Calvin Hopper, with service details and survivors.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Ronald Edward Baird
East 52Nd
Baird
East 42Nd
Grandview
Duncan
Okla
John Calvin Hopper
Rush Springs
Frances Kiser
Betty Keyes
Carter-Smart Funeral
Duncan Cemetery
Hopper
Duncan Regional Main Hospital
Madill
Duncan-Rush Springs
Maynard Eugene Purvis
Chapel Hills Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
North Cemetery
Drumright
Smith Funeral Home
Purvis
Borger
Billye Lou Toorsey
Shawnee
Phillips Petroleum Co
Hal Eugene Purvis
Cheryl Beth Armentrout
Weatherford
Lonna Jo Bayless
Hubert Lamont Purvis
Auto thefts and petty thefts lit City Police files
Police report seven thefts under investigation including a missing 1969 model car from H R Auto Sales at 304 North Muskingum. Other losses include $160 from Sammy Ranquel at Everybody’s Store 1017 South Grant, $47.33 unpaid at Imperial Motel 22 West Second, $2 gas at Everybody’s Store, and bicycle thefts involving Brenda Leyva, Della Baker, and Sharon Jackson.
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H&r Auto Sales
North Muskingum
Sammy Ranquel
West Clements
Everybody's
South Grant
Imperial Motel
West Second
Brenda J. Leyva
Lauderdale
Della May Baker
Park
Sharon Ann Jackson
Cambridge
Odessa film schedule features family titles and live act
Tomorrow in Odessa events run from 10 AM in the UT Permian Basin student lounge showing Black Beauty for children, 1 PM at Odessa College main auditorium screening The Land of the Dragon, 2 PM Hobbit at Ector County Library, and 7 30 PM Odessa Brand New Opree Ginbe of the Great Southwest presenting a local act at night.
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University of Texas of the
Odessa College
Odessa
Great Southwest
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