Labor Day rally fuels campaigns in Odessa area
Odessa candidates Willie Hammond and E L Short used the 22nd annual Labor Day Celebration at Floyd Gwin Park to launch campaigns. Hammond, Democratic nominee for County Commissioner Precinct 4, spoke on labor and deficits, while Short, a former state representative, urged redistricting and faces Joe Robbins for the 28th Senatorial District seat. The event drew about 600 people and included awards, music, and barbecued brisket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Yancey
Willie Hammond
Odessa
E.L. Short
Tohoka
Labor
Short
Odessa-Midland
Texas
Don Workman
Lubbock
Joe Robbins
Kent Hance
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Sam Houston Clinton
Austin
Clinton
Houston
June Karp
The
Federation of Teachers
Robert Heard
Texas Afl-Cio
Hance
Hammond
Karp
Dallas Willis
Midland
Damon Boyd
Chester Derrick
Carol Ross
Travis Phillips
Floyd Gwin Park
Odessa Central Labor Union
Afl-Cio
Congress Faces Gas Deregulation and Nuclear Carrier Vote
Congress returns from Labor Day to two pivotal fights. Senators battle a gas pricing bill with heavy lobbying from administration and opponents amid undecided lawmakers. The White House says deregulation is vital to energy policy and prestige, while the House moves to vote on President Carter's veto of a $37 billion defense bill authorizing the nuclear powered carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Larter
House
Senate
White House
Carter
U.S
Summit Spotlight Shapes Mideast Peace Efforts
The summit brings Egypt's Sadat, Israel's Begin, and the United States together to push for progress toward a peace process. Carter’s administration navigates a divided cabinet and strong Israeli lobbying while Sadat seeks U.S. pressure on Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza. The delegation lineups reveal entrenched positions and internal political pressures on all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Israel
Walter Mondale Haseen
Carter Camp David
Roosevelt
Andeast
Washington
Sadat
Begin
Andrews
Fearer
Camp David
Mideast
United States
Ment
West Bank
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Cyrus Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Alfred Atherton
Harold Saunders
William Quandt
National Security Council
U.S
Herman Hills
Samuel Lewis
Carter
Atherton
Brzezinski
Quandt
Eilis
Vance
Mohamed Kamel
Boutros Ghali
Hassan Eltohami
Viser Osama el Baz
Asharaf Ghorbal
Osama el Baz
Moshe Dayan
Ezer Weizman
Supreme Court
Aharon Barak
Avraham Tamir
Meir Rosenne
Simcha Dinitz
Services for Ida Carrell to be held in Odessa
Ida Virginia Carrell 84 of 1507 Avenue I died Monday in Medical Center Hospital after moving to Odessa from Grandfalls in 1970. Funeral service 10 a.m. Wednesday at Easterling Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. She was born April 22 1894 in Llano a housewife and Baptist. Survivors include four sons James E. Carrell R A Carrell J W Carrell and Sam Carrell. three daughters Virginia Chapman Faye Willingham and Jean Spohn. 27 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Virginia Carrell
Avenue I
Easterling
Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Carrell
Medical Center Hospital
Llano
Odessa
Grandfalls
James E. Carrell
San Marino
Calif
R.A. Carrell
J.W. Carrell
East 13Th
Sam Carrell
Virginia Chapman
Faye Willingham
Pensylvania
Jean Spohn
Euless
Pennsylvania
Johnny McCartney
Coahoma
Onie Reed
Big Spring
Jimmie Taylor
Kerrville
Ballinger
Roy Warren Taff
Merv Hayner
Claude Tole
Walter Taff
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Rains Seale
Winters
Dorothy Quisenberry
Plainview
Lockney
Perry Pool
Andrews
Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
Park Lawn Memorial Gardens
Quisenberry
Plainview Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Abernathy
Robert Quisenberry
Clovis
N.M
Denver
Elsa E
Tena) Nodine
Denver City
Bethel Baptist Church
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Nodine
Yoakum County Hospital
Pineville
Eunice
Green Nodine
Vivan N. Hoover
Jerry Stockton
John Nodine
Oklahoma City
Willis Nodine
Kilgore
Abbie Pruitt
Little Rock
Ark
Nerine Schell
Rogers
Joseph O. Pendergraft
Wyoming
Obits for Kimbell Davis and Adams Jr. in West Texas papers
Obituaries and funeral notices for Guy Kimbell 83 of the Whiteflat area with services at First Baptist Church and burial at East Mound Cemetery, infant James Matthew Davis of Seminole with a Seminole Cemetery graveside service, and Edward Bates Adams Jr. 69 of Kermit with Grace Temple Baptist Church services. Survivors listed include spouse, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The notices note births, deaths, places of residence, and burial plans under local funeral homes Seigler Singleton and Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Matthew Davis
Johnny Davis
Seminole
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Memorial Hospital
A.K. Hancock
Inez Ramos
George West
Edward Bates Adams Jr
Kermit
Grace Temple Baptist Church
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Adams
Wink
Hugo
Okla
Eunice Estelle Sims
Mentone
Edwin Wayne Adams
Genevieve Estelle High
Knox City
Wayne Adams
Holbrook, Ariz
Bill Adams
Evelyn Underwood
O'Brien
Deaths in West Texas Communities from May 1961
Obituaries list services held for Roy Warren Taff 80 of Ballinger Dorothy Quisenberry 46 of Lockney Modell F Bauer 69 of Mason Elsa Nodine 77 of Denver City James Edward Shaw 18 of Dallas William N Harkins 79 of Midland Joe W Crouch 88 of Muleshoe Nettie Henderson 52 of Abernathy Ronald Lentner 19 of Midland Funeral notices name next of kin burial dates and locations across Ballinger Plainview Mason Denver City Muleshoe Abernathy Midland Dallas Park Lawn Memorial Resthaven Memorial Park and local church chapels
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
William N. Harkins Sr
First Apostolic Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Harkins
Pollock
Louisiana
Basin forecast: slight rain chance and mild temperatures
National Weather Service in Midland reports a 26 percent chance of rain today and tonight across Basin with partly cloudy skies and a slight chance of thundershowers this afternoon. Expect east to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph, highs in the mid 80s, and lows in the lower 60s.
Weather forecast from Midland regional airport
National Weather Service at Midland reports partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with a slight chance of thundershowers this afternoon and evening. East to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain probability 20 percent. Highs in the mid 80s today, Lows in the lower 60s tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland
Weather Service
Dallas
Texas
Slaton
Midland Regional
Odessa Meeting Schedule Highlights Morning and Noon Gatherings
Tomorrow in Odessa at 10 A.M. Overeaters Anonymous Group 2623 meets at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, 3102 Fast University. At noon several groups convene: Downtown American Business Club at Inn of the Golden West Coachroom, Odessa Rotary at Inn of the Golden West Ballroom, Tri-Service Lions at Sands Restaurant, and Odessa Civitan at The Branding Iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
Fast University
Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West
Coachroom
Odessa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ida Carrell
Guy Kimbell
Whiteflat
Avis Billingsley
First Baptist Church
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler
James Davis
Edward Adams Jr
Roy W. Taff
MASON
Modell
F. Bauer
Ruth Nell Titman
Mason Funeral Home
Gooch Cemetery
Bauer
Mason County
Elsa Nadine
James Shaw
James Edward Shaw
Hilltop
Sparkman- Hillcrest Funeral
Northwest Highway Chapel
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Shaw
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Park City
Marine Military Academy
Harlingen
U.S. Navy
James E. Shaw Sr
J. Don Jones
Karen Shaw
Paul McMahon
William Harkins
William H. Harkins Jr
Palestine
Vernon Harkins
J. Harkins
Winfield
J.D. Harkins
Baton Rouge
Melvin Harkins
Alexandria
Hey
Don Harkins
Lake Charles
Della Freeman
Irene Bawcom
Lake Arthur
Joe W. Crouch
West Plains Medical Center
Ellis County
Bailey County
Fannin County
Nettie Henderson
Abernathy Church of Christ
Abernathy Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
James Henderson
Henry Vineyard
Dorothy Manley
Monahans
Henderson
Carter, Okla
Church of Christ
Preston
Ronald Lentner
Ronald
Ronnie) Lentner
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Ellis Funeral Home
Ells Chapel
Lentner
Roswell
Lee High School
William T. Lentner
Andy Lentner
Los Angeles
Tommy Lentner
Michael Lentner
Michelle Lentner
Paul Lentner
Frank Teller
Beaumont
Love Field
Sewell Plastics
Morton Foods
Lupe Gonzales
University of Texas Health Science Center
Dallas Medical Center
Sands
Odessa Civitan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!