Rain Forecast and City Weather Update
The National Weather Service reports a 50 percent chance of rain today and tonight with a 20 percent chance Thursday. Rain gauges show scattered totals from .04 to .74 inches across Odessa and surrounding stations. Flooding and power outages were reported in Amarillo as heavy Panhandle rains continued, with notable totals at Reese AFB and Lubbock.
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Tesco
Midland East
Odessa
Dobbs
South Murphy
Permian Basin
Golder and University
38Th and
Dixie
Central Fire Station
South Dixie
Odessa American
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Panhandle
Amarillo
Kermit
Guthrie
Texas
Reese Air Force Base
Shallowater
Lubbock
Smithsonian honors cast of All in the Family figures
O’Connor could not attend the ceremony due to high blood pressure but phoned in to say the Smithsonian admission is a great thrill. Ms Stapleton praised the event as better than wax. Lear’s assistant noted replicas of the originals with frayed threads will appear in future episodes.
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Smithsonian
Ms. Stapleton
O'Connor
White House
The
Norman
National Museum
Lear
Carter address in Atlantic City highlights steel job losses
President Carter spoke to about 12 000 attendees at the steelworkers convention in Atlantic City as 50 000 to 100 000 steel jobs vanished due to plant closings and curtailments. He pledged labor law reform as a top priority and urged wage and price guidelines amid inflation concerns raised by AFL CIO chief Meany. Carter later unveiled a new $50 million National Aviation Facilities Ex perimental Center project and campaigned for Bill Bradley and William Hughes, while meeting dissident Grigorenko.
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Carter
Atlantic City Convention Center
Camp David
Congress
Anwar Sadat
Menachem
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Atlantic City
National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center
Bill Bradley
New York Knicks
Senate
William Hughes
D-N.j
Tulsa voter profile stresses roots in groceries and youth support
Legislator candidate Taylor, once 1977 Tulsa University history and political science student of the year and Claremore Junior College student senate former president, frames experiences as paying bills and meeting needs. He appeals to area students and downplays age while highlighting community ties and broad support across schools.
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Tulsa University
Claremore Junior College
Abilene Contests Canvasss After July 10 Result
McBeath cites liquor license applications backed by county clerk certificates showing the city was wet after the July 20 canvass. Mathews’ order blocks licenses, prompting a supreme court appeal. A suit challenging the July 10 canvass is filed in Abilene with no hearing set.
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Mathews
McBeath
Supreme Court
Abilene
GOP Tax Cut Campaign Blitz Heads Westward
Republican leaders will tour from New York to Los Angeles through Friday to promote tax cut proposals and GOP candidates. Former President Ford and former Governor Reagan join a wide coalition of officials for news conferences rallies and a state fair to push tax initiatives in Congress with a focus on electoral gains.
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New York
Los Angeles
Gerald R. Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Midday Midland forecast from National Weather Service
The Midland Regional Airport forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today and tonight, tapering to 20 percent Thursday. Expect cooler conditions through Thursday with southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph tonight shifting to northeast. High near 80, low in upper 50s. Overnight low 67. Yesterday high 88. Precipitation in last 24 hours .09 inches, year to date 8.43 inches. Sun sets 7:48 pm, rises 7:36 am Thursday.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Two Odessa men charged with heroin possession
Two Odessa men were jailed in lieu of bonds totaling 100000 after separate Tuesday arrests tied to a shared investigation. Emilio Lopez Flores, 37, and Jose Angel Marruro Fierro, 44, faced heroin possession charges, with Flores held on 50000 bond and Fierro on 50000.
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Odessa
Emilio Lopez Flores
West Ada
Jose Angel Marruro Fierro
Wilson
Flores
Fierro
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Harold Sligar
Otis Moore
Two Odessa crashes injure three city residents
Three people were treated at Medical Center Hospital after two traffic crashes in Odessa on Tuesday. Thelma Pistole, 53, sustained facial chest and limb injuries in an 11 34 p m wreck at Eighth and Dixie after her car stopped in the eastbound lane. Passengers Willie Mae Payne, 72, suffered chin chest and rib injuries. Sharon Wells 24, was westbound on Eighth when her car collided with Pistole’s and knocked her vehicle into Mansanales 34. Motorcyclist Keith Finley 25, was treated for a back injury after a dirt pile incident behind his residence.
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Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Thelma Payne Pistole
East Everglade
Eighth
Dixie
Willie Mae Payne
Fort Stockton
Brentwood
Sharon Lee Wells
Oakwood
Pistole
Death notices for Anderson Jackson Payne and Babb veterans
Obituary items list Kenneth L. Anderson of Odessa with service in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home chapel and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Also details for Nealy M. Jackson of Junction, Clinton Wiley Payne of Seagraves, and Fred Babb of Post, including birthdates, marriages, church affiliations, survivors, and burial plans in local cemeteries.
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Kenneth L. Anderson
Eisenhower
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Anderson
Medical Center Hospital
Lometa
Odessa
Frances Bazzoon
Hobbs
N.M
Diamond Oil Well Drilling Co
West County Road
U.S. Army
Junction
Nealy M. Jackson
Aubrey Fife
Jackson
Kimble Hospital
Mason
Kimble County
Miami
Ariz
Tina Barker
Christian Church
Seagraves
Clinton Wiley Payne
First Baptist Church
Seagraves Cemetery
Connally Funeral Home
Fred Babb
First United Methodist Church
Terrace Cemetery
Hadrian Funeral Home
Trustees weigh 31 percent health insurance hike in district
Ector County ISD board tabled a 31 percent rate increase for employee health coverage amid plans to seek bids for cheaper quotes. The meeting also approved a large personnel report with resignations and hires, including 11 elementary and nine secondary teachers, plus nurses and a diagnostician.
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Ector County Independent
American National Insurance Co
Gene Eddings
American National
Paul Thornton
Travis
Nimitz Junior
Odessa High School
Austin
Crockett Junior High
Permian High School
Thornton
Texas towns share nearly 800 thousand in sales tax rebates
The Texas Comptroller sent September rebates totaling 70.1 million to cities including Odessa 789 083 Midland 512 732 Crane 13376 Kermit 36386 Alpine 24231 and others. Houston Dallas San Antonio receive large yearly totals as rebates push city revenues higher.
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Odessa
Texas
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Midland
Crane
Kermit
Alpine
Balmorhea
Big Lake
Denver City
Fort Stockton
Marfa
Monahans
Pecos
Rankin
Seagraves
Seminole
Toyah
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Texas county treasurers gather for 30th CTAT conference
Up to 200 Texas county treasurers arrive in Odessa for the County Treasurers Association of Texas annual conference hosted by Ector County Treasurer Walta Sullivan. The event honors W.B. Gurley, known as the Father of CTAT, with sessions through Thursday and Friday and speakers Mark White and John Hill at noon luncheons.
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Texas
Odessa
County Treasurers’ Association
Inn of the Golden West
Ector County
Walta (Vickie) Sullivan
Tarrant County
W.B
Bill’’ Gurley
CTAT
Association
Mark White
John Hill
County Court records and district court filings
Marriage licenses issued Enrique Carrasco and Mary Dominguez. Divorce suits filed: Nichols v Nichols, Schwartz v Schwartz, Acosta v Acosta, Gordon v Gordon, Toliver v Toliver. Medical Center Hospital admits Sept 19 list of patients and discharges. Women’s and Children’s Hospital births Sept 19 with parent names and residences.
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Enrique Cecilia Carrasco
Mary Lynn Dominguez
Darla Ann Nichols
Lesley Charles Nichols
Shirley Loretta Schwartz
Donald Ray Schwartz
Dora Elia Acosta
Armando G Acosta
Sybil Dianne Gordon
Basil LaRodney Gordon
Artie Toliver
Charlie
Dawn Mauldin
Vivian Pryor
Trucilla Tiner
Charles Aikman
June Walden
Hazel Parker
Jennifer Marsh
Ethel Gebel
Mae Bagby
Thelma O’bryant
Harve Caldwell
Harold Skaggs
Lulu Berry
Faye Boyd
Elizabeth Hinds
Jasper Green
Theda Warrick
Wille Clark
Kenneth Cooper
Geneva Nichols
Julia Cox
Isadora Carranzi
Maria Catano
Nord
Irene Rutledge
Lloyd Lance
Robert Monk
Women's
Children's Hospital
Odessa clubs schedule for tomorrow
At 6 30 A M Kiwanis Odessa University Hospitality aan Ladge noon Downtown Lions Inn of the Golden West Ballroom noon Chaparral Toastmasters Underwoods Cafeteria noon Sandhills American Business Club Bonanza Steakhouse 6 30 P M Evening Lions Sands Restaurant.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
Lions Club
Inn of the Golden West
Underwoods Cafeteria
NOON
Sandhills American Business Club
Bonanza Steakhouse
Evening Lions Club
Sands Restaurant
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Bhen
Midlana Regional
Texas Electric Co
Sprayberry Ayitching
Lake Thomas
Spence Resevoir
Gulf Coast
Thad Eddins
Andrews Highway
Fifth and
North Dixie
Bobby Moore
J. D. Wingrove
Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Galveston
Mark Swindler
Archie
Corporations
Pyotr Grigorenko
Grigorenko
Taylor
GOP
Bill Brock
Finley
Kenneth Anderson
Clinton Payne
Nealy Jackson
Payne
Methodist Hospital
Brownfield
Comanche County
Iva McKenzie
Comanche
Payne Was
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Dylan Payne
Fain Payne
June Dozier
Vincent
Cecil Payne
Opal Rogers
San Angelo
Ruth Holman
O'Donnell
Tressie Senkirik
Irving
Treva Woodward
Belle Glade
Fla
Babb
Dallas County
Garza County
Rebecca Shepherd
Post
James Babb
Ronald Babb
Charlie Don Carson
Phil W. Mendenhall
Larry Galindo
South Broughton
Ladge
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