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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1978
Page
1
The Bureau reported a continued but moderating rise in wholesale prices with a 2.3 percent July increase reversed by a sharp drop at the crude level. Natural gas and leaf tobacco prices fell while crude petroleum rose less than before. Nonfood prices at the intermediate level rose mainly due to steep steel products increases for the third time this year.
Reese Coffee House in Denver keeps coffee at 35 cents after two years of gradual increases, while assistant manager Harvey Oles notes costs fall slowly but plans to hold prices. Peter Kriendler of the 21 Club in New York says he won’t raise prices despite higher costs. A pot of coffee costs $2.
Dr. John Marr said two Rochester cases were not linked to New York City's garment district outbreak while Bill Fagle stated Rochester cases are not Legionnaires disease. In Memphis Baptist Hospital confirmed five cases with no deaths and four under observation. Washington confirmed three probable cases. Mayor Koch urged calm as hotlines log 3,000 reports and garment workers worry about absenteeism near West 35th Street.
President Carter and leaders Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss borders settlements and a Palestinian homeland. They plan religious observances through Sunday while continuing talks with midday breaks and a sunset kiddush at Birch Lodge. Egyptian official confirms private progress on core issues.
White House officials press support for the energy bill while major oil companies keep a low profile in debate. GM says it does not intend to lobby against it, and Chase Manhattan expresses reluctance to take a position. Bank executives meet with energy advisers as Carter aides seek undecided senators amid fears over the dollar and oil pricing. The Os Ranch Steer Roping and Art Exhibit in West Texas raises funds for the Boys Ranch with performances by Ken Curtis and the Texas Playboys.
Nineteen voting locations are set for the citys bond election Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters will cast ballots at Floyd Gwin Auditorium, Pease Elementary, Burleson Elementary, Sam Houston, Burnet Elementary, Nimitz Junior High, Ross Elementary, John Ireland, State Highway District Office, Bowie Junior High, Fannin and Alamo Elementary, Dowling Elementary, Bonham Junior High, Gonzales Elementary, Lamar Elementary, Blackshear Junior High, Ector High, and Cameron Elementary.
The city issues five million seven hundred thousand dollar tax bonds to finance a police and municipal courts building. The action outlines bond terms, repayment plan, and public authorization details while noting the project scope and funding source.
Services for Joe G. Bunch 53 of 1413 Rosewood will be 1 30 p m at St Johns Episcopal Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. He died in Pagosa Springs Colorado after a sudden illness. Born November 2 1924 in Corsicana he was a funeral director since 1969 and a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his wife daughter and several relatives. ABILENE and other towns report funeral services for Wilson Leroy Langston Jamie DeShaun Berry Pearl Faulkner Pearl Faulkner Robert R Farris Jess Lynch Samuel Baumguardner and others with burials in Sunset Memorial Gardens East Hill and local churches.
An 18 year old Odessa woman, Jean Louise Jones, was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital for neck and back injuries after a 2:54 am Friday crash at East Second and Texas. Police said her car, stopped for a signal, was struck from behind by Arthur Maurice Scherle, 53, of 620 North Golder, who was driving an eastbound vehicle.
Rainfall over the Odessa area from an upper air disturbance moved from the Big Bend toward the northeast. The National Weather Service at Midland reports cooler, cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers through today, 30 percent chance of rain, and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.
National Weather Service outlines a partly cloudy period through Saturday with a 30 percent chance of showers and thundershowers today. Winds 10 to 15 mph today becoming 5 to 10 mph tonight. High today in the upper 70s, overnight low around 60s. Tomorrow's high in the low 80s and yesterday's high was 74. Precipitation last 24 hours 0.27 inches. Year to date 8.34 inches.
A would be armed robber was foiled when no one was in the Hilltop Liquor Store area as he loitered outside. Bill Chappel reported the incident to sheriff deputies around 9 p.m. describing a white man about six feet tall in a blue ski mask and checkered shirt who fled east in an old model car.
Odessa sanitation officials say commercial garbage pickup is almost normal again after a two week period with only one of four trucks operating. Mechanical failures sidelined three front loading trucks, causing a flood of calls, but two now in service with a third expected today. Only commercial pickups were affected as residential collection remained untouched.
Police probe three vandalisms including water flood at Frances Goodwin Agency at 3916 Tanglewood after a hose was poked through a mail slot. A front yard light was shot at 1509 Cumberland and two plate glass windows were hit at Colonial Food Store 5100 East University with a spent .22 shell found outside.
A car fire started by a burning cigarette was extinguished by firemen with a pitcher of water. The call came in at 8 40 p m Thursday at the home of owner Tom Whaley 3812 Bearggson. The cigarette burned a hole in the 1972 model car.
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