Ice Capades dazzles opening night at Odessa Coliseum
The 38th Ice Capades opened with a Royal Welcome in white and gold and a Mother Goose Land sequence. Skaters from Ice Capettes and Cadets performed amid multicolor lights, with comedy acts from Mike Course and Bob Young and an Oriental Fantasy finale. Highlights included Lynn Nightingale and Gary Jones Judy Roof, and performances by Ron Shaver and Jamat Thompson. Tickets are at the Coliseum box office. shows run 8 pm nightly with 2 pm matinees on weekends.
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Elly Hochman
Ector County Coliseum
Mother Goose Land
Mother Goose
Bo Peeps
Yogi Bear
Barney Rubble
Scooby-Doo
Fred Flinstone
Royal Fools
Mike Course
Bob Young
Jean-Pierre
Steve Fenton
Michael Shinniman
Young
Course
Bo Peep
England
Fentons
Robin
Lisa Jack
Todd
Oriental Fantasy
Gary Jones
Judy Roof
Richard Ewell
Ewell
Lynn Nightingale
Miss Nightingale
Gail Hamula
Frank Sneiding
St. Gervais
France
Jewell
Ice Capettes
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Expanded earned income credit to lift more families out of welfare
Lawmakers led by Senator Moynihan push to raise the earned income credit to a maximum $600 and broaden eligibility to about 2 million more families starting next January. The plan would allow periodic pay credits from July 1 and offset payrolls by roughly $12 biweekly for those qualifying for the full benefit.
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Long
Sen
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N-Y
Nicaraguan forces attack Leon as Venezuelan stance viewed
Nicaraguans reportedly arrived in San Jose while Venezuela showed support for Costa Rica in the conflict. In Leon, 38 truckloads of troops surrounded the city as national guardsmen and rebels battled amid machine gun fire. Red Cross ambulances were hit, workers killed, and fires destroyed businesses as troops pressed the assault.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Perez
Simon Alberto Consalvi
Caracas
Leon
National Guard
Red Cross
Managua
Masaya
Pedro Pablo Perez
Obituaries from Odessa area include multiple deaths and services
Obituaries note Winnie Smith and Lucy Ellen Weaver both died at Medical Center Hospital, with services planned at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home and interments in Sunset Memorial Gardens and Odessa Cemetery. Also listed are Oma Prew of Balmorhea and Antonio Martinez Ojinaga of Pecos, detailing birthplaces, survivors, and service arrangements at Pecos Funeral Home and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Smith
Maxwell
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Lucy Ellen Weaver
West 39Th
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Odessa
Larry R Weaver
Cleveland
Betty J. Robison
Jesse T. Garlington
Athens
Rhoda Armstrong
Beatrice Till
Corsicana
Floss McClure
Winnie Gross Smart
Hubbard-Kelly
Balmorhea
Oma Prew
Pecos Funeral Home
Prew
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Ladonia
Dallas
Association of
Army
Women’s Auxiliary Corp
Methodist Church
Joe Prew
Bob Moore
A.M. Rochester
Alpine
John L. Bishop
San Angelo
Barron Moore
Pecos
Antonio Martinez Ojinaga
Santa Rosa Catholic
Santa Rosa
Ojinaga
Valentine
California
Ralph Reyes
Reynalda Reyes
Eldorado
Lorene Velma Scott
Jim Burleson
Sheffield
First Baptist Church
Eldorado Cemetery
Kerbow Funeral Home
Scott
Schleicher County Medical Center
Copperas Cove
Fort McKavett
H.W. Scott
Ervin Jasper Beauford
North Milburn
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Beverly Carr
West Fourth
Beauford
Fort Stockton
Ector County Parks Department
CN. Beauford
J.C. Beauford
Neosho
Mickey Beauford
Pauline O'Dell
Death notices flood weekly Breckenridge area
Obituary notices for Rosa Collie Mauldin 79 of Breckenridge Maden Etta Fuson 86 of Andrews Lorene Velma Scott 72 of Eldorado Ervin Jasper Beauford 83 of Odessa Dorothy Louise Barlow 54 of Roswell E O Clark 64 of Kermit list birth dates spouses survivors, funeral details and burial sites across multiple Texas communities with references to local churches and cemeteries. Includes mentions of Gold Star Mother status and extensive survivor lists.
Permian Senior James Hudson Named National Merit Semifinalist
Permian High School senior James Hudson was named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. He joins 15,000 U S high school seniors nationwide and seven other Odessa students as semifinalists. Finalists will be announced in spring based on test performance and teacher recommendations.
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James Hudson
Permian
Hudson
Odessa
County Court Records and District Court Divorces Summary
Marriage licenses issued include Larry Dale Ford and Judith Ann Batchelor, Jackie Neil Houde and Marlene Joyce Sand, Larry Lee Silva and Theresa Anne Pollard, Steven Edward McKee and Candace Helene Busick. District Court lists divorce suits: DePorto v Valencia Coporto, McDowell v McDowell, Talley v Talley, Geers v Geers, Dulin v Dulin, Nester v Nester, Minjarez v Minjarez. Medical center notes admit numerous patients. list includes Bennie Lucas, James Abbett, Debra Weatherford, Adam Lopez, Winnie Smart, and others. several discharged. Births record Sept 14 at Rankin for Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Bean, a girl.
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Larry Dale Ford
Judith Ann Batchelor
Jackie Neil Houde
Marlene Joyce Sand
Larry Lee Silva
Theresa Anne Pollard
Steven Edward McKee
Candace Helene Busick
Ditrict
Geroge
John DePorto
Adelaide
Valencia Coporto
Annie Fay McDowell
WC McDowell
Richard Dee Talley
Carmelina Casares Talley
Sandra Gayle Geers
Gordon Wayne Geers
Nellie Mac Dulin
C Dulin
Sandra Lee Nester
Alfred Lee Nester
Martin Amendaris Minjarez
Jesusita Carrillo Minjarez
Robert Williams
Barbara J Williams
James Day
Jeff Lightfoot
Tina Frazee
Mori Rosales
William Rittenhouse
George West
Bernie Craven
Teddy Crawford
Opal Life
Roswell Auld Haret Mitchell
E Earl Fuller
Alexander Maynes
Joni White
Esequil Galindo
Texas Richards
William Ross Froney Jacobs
Hollis
Newham
Burley Gressett
Lester Klasing
Clifford Roberts
Allie Parker
Robert Rivera
Christi Nis
Lee Martin
Juatheann Holbert
Waymon Melton
Nell
Ector Democrats Attend State Convention in Fort Worth
Ector County Democrats travel to the Tarrant County Convention Center for the state party gathering to hear gubernatorial candidate John Hill address the opening session and the statewide television telecast. Delegates and alternates, plus co chairmen, are listed among attendees with a caucus at the Holiday Inn Northeast this afternoon.
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Ector County
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
John Hill
Holiday Inn Northeast
Democratic Party
Wanda Swafford
Glyn Day
Vella Connally
George David Smith
Gary Watkins
Jay Gibson
Bob Watson
John Commander
Barbara Acreman
Dorothy Fowler
Mildred Puckett
Manuel Valles
Lanita Connally
Mike Holmes
Ken Yeilding
Joe Connally
Judy Day
John Shiney
Slim rain chances linger in Permian Basin forecast
National Weather Service Midland area reports partly cloudy skies through Saturday with a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon and evening showers or storms. Winds turn southerly to southerly 10 to 20 mph, then 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs near 90s, lows in the 60s, record highs and lows noted. Flash flood watch remains for South and Southwest Texas with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely in the southern half of the state.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa
Weather Forecast From Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies through Saturday with a slight chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph this afternoon, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Rain chance 2 percent today through Saturday. High today in the 90s, low tonight mid 60s, high tomorrow near 90. Overnight low around 70. Sunset 7:55 p.m., sunrise Saturday 7:33 a.m. Year to date precipitation 8.34 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Local Theatre and Show Lineup Highlighted
At 8 PM Pun, girl at Permian Playhouse followed by 7 30 P M Odessa Brand New Opree at Globe of the Great Southwest and 2 PM Ice Capades at Ector County Coliseum with multiple performances listed for the day.
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Permian Playhouse
Odessa
Brand New Opree
Globe of the Great Southwest
Ice Capades
Ector County Coliseum
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Ice
Paul Tittle Jr
Leon's Center
Maria Mora Nunez
Nicaragua
Spain
Intercontinental Hotel
Somoza
Lucy E. Weaver
Winnie Smart
Antonio Ojinaga
Rosa Mauldin
Breckenridge
Rosa Collie Mauldin
George McBride
Midland
Melton
Maden
E. Fuson
Andrews
Maden Etta Fuson
Calvary Baptist Church
Singleton Funeral Home
Fuson
Permian General Hospital
Scott County
Ark
Lamesa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
James B Fuson
Loyd Fuson
Ernest Fuson
Lorene V. Scott
Ervin Beauford
Dorothy L. Barlow
Roswell
N.M
Dorothy Louise Barlow
Charlotte Myers
South Park
Ingrams Funeral Home
Florala
Ala
Aubrey Barlow
Bloomburg
E.O. Clark
Kermit
Cooper
Kermit Cemetery
Clark
University of Texas Hospital
Galveston
Church of Christ
Faye Williams
Myra Tucker
Harley Clark
Yuma
Ariz
Jasper Clark
Wolfforth
Gladys Box
Martha Wilson
Dorothy Young
Lubbock
Edna Wilson
Stanford
Phebe Grey
Muleshoe
Ector Democrats
Texas
Texas Hill Country
Laredo
Palacios
College Station
Junction
Rio Grande
del Rio
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