Nine compete for Miss Pan American titles in Odessa
Nine Mexican American Odessa girls compete Saturday and Sunday for Miss Pan American as Mexican Independence Day festivities unfold. A parade runs from Pool and Dixie to Pan American Ballroom at 2215 East Murphy, with a festival of foods games and dancing. The pageant begins at 5 p.m. Saturday and scholarship prizes total 250 150 and 100 dollars for top placements. Sponsored by Ector Lions Club American GI Forum and Mexican American Scholarship Committee, with Pan American hosting the events. Competitors include Carmen Mata Debbie Dutchover Aida Garcia Sky Molinar Martha Porras Nadine Pineda Rosemary Sosa Sandra Salinas and Rosie Moreno.
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Odessa
Pool and
Dixie
East Murphy
Ector Lions Club
American GI Forum
Carmen Mata
West
Miss Luna's
Debbie Dutchover
Geneva
Odessa Basin Lions Club
Aida Garcia
South Sam Houston
Sky Molinar
Drury Lane
Susi
Martha Porras
Five Fenton kids dazzle Ice Capades family act
The Fenton siblings Robin 15 Jack 14 Lisa 12 Todd 12 and Steve 20 perform nightly acrobatic skating in Ice Capades. They practice three hours daily, rehearse with a mat on ice, and travel across the United States and to Japan enjoying audience applause and travel experiences while their mother oversees discipline backstage.
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Fenton
Ice Capades
Fentons
Steve Fenton
Steve
Robin
Jack
Lisa
Todd
Joan Fenton
Odessa
Petroleum Museum
United States
Hawaii
Japan
Nicaraguan conflict widens as Somoza hold on Leon tightens
Decades of Somoza rule face renewed pressure as rebels seize Leon and battles spread to Esteli and Chinandega. U S diplomats report Somoza agrees to help evacuate Americans in danger while mediation calls grow louder. The Broad Opposition Front backs a general strike. Sandinistas lead the rebel push. Venezuelan and Panamanian support signals regional backing for Costa Rica tensions. The Red Cross reports at least 500 killed with uncertain split among sides.
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Somoza
Leon
U.S
Mauricio Solari
Esteli
Chinandega
Chambers of Commerce
Nicaraguan Development Institute
The
Red Cross
Injured Pair From Odessa Traffic Crash Treated
A 69 year old Odessa woman Mrs Dixie Blair Parker and a man Jackie Don Bilbrew were treated for injuries after a traffic crash Friday afternoon at East Highway 80 and East Loop 338. Parker suffered injuries to her left shoulder head and right foot and ankle while Bilbrew had injuries to his head and right arm. The pickup truck was driven by Randy Lee Gaurard and collided with Parker at the exit ramp as he traveled westbound on Highway 80 and Parker traveled southbound on the East Loop 338 exit ramp.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Dixie Blair Parker
Chimney Hollow
East Highway 80
East Loop
Jackie Don Bilbrew
Pleasant
Randy Lee Gaurard
Fort Worth
Gaurard
Parker
Tools stolen from pickups raise city police probe
Boxes of tools valued at 570 dollars were taken from the beds of three pickup trucks in two thefts under investigation Friday night by city police. J M Thornton reported a 300 dollar tool box taken from his bed on his residence street. Ben Chisholm reported a 270 dollar tool box stolen from his pickup at his residence. Wayne Cave reported a 230 dollar set missing from his truck. Separate bicycle thefts were reported by Catalina Dominguez and Dino Hernandez from residences on West Ada and West Lindberg.
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J M. Thornton
Ben Chisholm
Chisum
Wayne Cave
Penbrook
Catalina Dominguez
West Ada
Dino Hernandez
West Lindberg
Ector County Schools Plow Ahead On Bilingual Plan Shift
Ector County Independent School District will compress a three year bilingual education expansion into one year to meet federal HEW demands. After a Friday meeting with HEW officials, Superintendent Bill Holm announced steps to adjust identification methods and align with a new state plan, with a Sept 30 deadline and potential loss of about $1 million if not compliant. The district, already under Voting Rights Act scrutiny since 1976, aims to extend bilingual classes from kindergarten through third grade to include sixth through eighth grades while awaiting state plan adoption.
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Cynthia Biggers
Ector County
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bill Holm
Ector County Independent School
HEW
Supreme Court
Holm
Ted Crim
Texas Board of Education
Jim Littlejohn
Dallas
Rainy weekend forecast for Permian Basin
The National Weather Service at Midland reports partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of rain in the Permian Basin this weekend. Highs reach about 95 today and 92 Sunday. lows around 68 Sunday morning. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph.
Weather forecast for Midland Regional Airport area
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport issues a forecast through Sunday with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. There is a 20 percent chance of rain Saturday. southerly winds at 10 to 20 mph. High today 95, low tonight 68, high tomorrow 92, overnight low 70. Sunsets at 7:54 pm, sunrise Sunday at 7:34 am. Year to date precipitation 8.34 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland
NWS
Midland Regional
Blind Ice Capades Matinee Seen by Local Insight Group
A group of about 68 blind spectators from Odessa, Midland, and West Texas attend an Ice Capades matinee at Ector County Coliseum as guests of the Permian Basin Telephone Pioneers and the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. Narration will be provided by Marko Gillham and two Odessa announcers, using headphones to describe acts for the visually impaired audience. The program aims to extend to future shows with regular narration.
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Ector County
Permian Basin
Telephone Pioneers Club
Odessa
Marko Gillham
Telephone Company
San Antonio
Gillham
Permian Basin Telephone Pioneers
Burglaries Probed After Vehicle Break-ins Reported
City police investigate three burglaries Friday night. Don Hallman reports a 30-30 rifle and a bag with twelve 12 gauge shotgun shells worth 230 dollars stolen from his vehicle at 2735 East Eighth. Annie Shafer says a citizens band radio vanished from her Beechwood residence. Benardio Russell notes an entry through a rear window with nothing missing.
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Don Hallman
East Eighth
Annie Ruth Shafer
Beechwood
Citizens Band
Benardio Russell
Walnut
Vandals cut tires at Teas Motor Co car lot
Police investigated two vandalism incidents Friday night. An employee reported 15 tires on 13 vehicles at Teas Motor Co. were cut causing 310 dollars in damage. A resident, Nicholas Grillo, said his bedroom wall at 814 Bernice was damaged by an apparent vehicle strike with about 300 dollars in damage.
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Teas Motor Co
South Muskingum
Nicholas Grillo
Bernice
Fire small blaze hits mobile home near Mockingbird
Odessa firemen answered a Friday afternoon call reporting fire at the mobile home residence of William C Payne at 7206 Mockingbird. Firemen said the blaze began from an electrical short wiring over a door and caused minor damage to the over door area.
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Odessa
William C Payne
Deaths Arrangements for Sylvia Martin
Arrangements for Sylvia Martin 77 who died at an Odessa nursing home Friday night after a brief illness were pending at Fosterling Funeral Home. She was born June 22 1899 in Missouri and is survived by a daughter Mrs Robert Morris 3731 Scarlet.
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Sylvia Martin
Odessa
Fosterling
Missouri
Robert Morris
Odessa CAP Meeting At Schlemever Field
Tomorrow at 7 30 P M the Odessa Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol will gather at the building on Schlemever Field Odessa for the scheduled briefing and activities.
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Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Schlemever Field
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