Plane Parker Welcomes Pilots At Oil Show Arrival
Susan Routh an 18 year old aero land hostess for Rich Air Co is the first person pilots and passengers meet on arrival at Midland Odessa Regional Airport for the Permian Basin Oil Show She ferries them to the terminal and guides planes to a stop as a Midland College freshman she enjoys parking planes more than making pizzas
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Midland-Odessa
Susan Routh
Rich-Air Co
Parker
Midland College
Susan
Midland Regional Airport
Monahans Man In Hospital After Tuesday Accident
A 63-year-old Monahans man, Jack Netzel, was in guarded condition in the ICU of Medical Center Hospital after an accident Tuesday near Monahans. Police reported the 5:26 p.m. incident near the Monahans dump ground. He was later moved to Odessa’s Ward Memorial Hospital, admitted at 7:17 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities had not filed a full report by Wednesday.
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Monahans
Medical Center Hospital
Jack Netzel
Texas Highway
Mike
Moore
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Midland
Netzel
Ward Memorial Hospital
Odessa Hospital
Three leather jackets stolen from Dobbs store
Police and sheriff deputies investigated five thefts Wednesday. Three leather jackets valued at 600 dollars vanished from Dobbs Department Store after another jacket was found on the floor. Other items reported missing include a TV set and linens from a motel unit, two dogs from a yard, a battery from a library bookmobile, and a license plate from a travel trailer.
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Ector County
Dobbs Department Store
East University
Highway 80
East Highway 80
Charles Graham
East 44Th
Ector County Library
North Lee
Ivan Darrell Bishop
Clover
Odessa Fire Crews Quell Minor Blazes Near Town
Firefighters answered four alarms Tuesday with no injuries or damage reported. A propane line near a trailer at Bell and West County Road caused no damage after a 8:57 p.m. call. Trash burning in a vacant lot in the 9800 block of Dublin was put out at 3:42 p.m. A city trash container fire at Second and Jefferson was extinguished at 8:24 p.m. A tree limb fell on a power line in the 2700 block of Eisenhower shortly before 7:30 p.m., causing a brief outage with no fire declared.
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Odessa
Bell and
West County Road
Dublin
Second and Jefferson
Eisenhower
Vandalism hits ten cars as police probe early week
Police investigated ten vandalism incidents including a motor home window damaged by two .22 caliber bullets, tires slashed on multiple vehicles, a broken rearview mirror, and obscene scratches in several locations citywide. In another item, Utah Valley Hospital reported 546 births in September, a hospital record with many newborns including six sets of twins.
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Manuel Gonzales
Beverly
North
Lincoln
Winston S. Evans
Richard Preston Owens
East 21St
Carlton Ray Maynard
Paul Ray Clements
Morris
Martha Shedd
West Eighth
East University
Davina Suttle
West 26Th
Provo, Utah
Utah Valley Hospital
Diane Christensen
Deprogrammed Wife Reunites With Husband After Kidnapping
Marie Lawton, 72, observed her 50th wedding anniversary by having her divorce petition served, then two sons and two daughters abducted her from Pittsburgh with Ted Patrick’s help to remove her from a Christian prayer group. Reunited in Melbourne she says she may not return to her old Catholic church but remains a Christian and warns of splinter religious groups.
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Melbourne
Fila
Marie Lawton
Ted Patrick
Patrick
Pittsburgh
Charles
Lawton
Frances Shimer
Brevard County
White blasts energy bill as harmful to Texas
Democratic candidate Mark White told reporters the energy bill is bad for Texas and would unfairly burden Texans. He noted an anniversary of his campaign start, planned to attend an oil show in the Odessa Midland area, and pledged to pursue a Texas suit against the federal intrusion if elected.
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Mark White
Texas
White
Odessa- Midland
Congress
John Hill
Big Spring Woman Injured In Ector County Crash
A 72 year old Big Spring woman, Opel Cunningham, was transported to a Big Spring hospital after a head injury in a Tuesday morning crash on Interstate 20 near mile marker 112, west of Odessa. Florence Weaver, 79, also of Big Spring, was the driver. Weaver lost control and struck a guardrail.
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Big Spring
Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
Opel Cunningham
Odessa
Florence Weaver
Texas Highway Patrol
Jack Wasson
Wage, working law struck down in Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court struck down a statute allowing district judges to set wages and working conditions for firemen and policemen when cities decline arbitration. The ruling found no reversible error in the Corpus Christi Court of Civil Appeals decision. Kingsville firemen had sought a district wage order in 1976 after their city council refused arbitration.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Corpus Christi Court of Civil Appeals
Kingsville
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Betty Hamilton
Irma Stevenson
Dottie Lewis
Lafayette
Kenny Bowen
Louisiana
West Fourth
Jim Milson
East 35Th
Citizens Band
42Nd
North Grandview
Joe D. Roemisch
West 11Th
Evelyn Diane Gallegos
Hillmont
Utah
ALA
EEL
Ste
Ada
Winwood Mall
Dellwood Plaza
Dallas Cowboy
Pier
Pier 1
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