Week of rains eases drought in area and local deaths
News notes a week of rainfall reducing drought conditions while listing obituaries. Nato Garza, 43, dies at Medical Center Hospital with services pending. Arlema Hale Wilkinson, 45, dies at home with burial pending. Justice of the Peace rules natural causes. Antonio Ibarr, infant, dies after illness at Women's and Children's Hospital with graveside service held in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors named for each.
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NATO Garza
West
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
John S. Davis rites set in Post for Brownwood resident
John S. Davis 66 of Brownwood died Saturday at Audie Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital San Antonio after a short illness. Born May 8 1912 in Johnson County he lived in Brownwood since 1973 formerly of Post. Funeral services 2 pm today at First Baptist Church Post burial Terrace Cemetery Justice Mason Funeral Home arranging. Survived by two brothers and three sisters and Paul Davis of Odessa.
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Brownwood
John S. Davis
Paul Davis
Odessa
First Baptist Church
Post
Terrace Cemetery
Justice Mason
Altoona
Herbert C. Suckling
Replogle Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Suckling
Odessan
H.C. Suckling Jr
Buckling
Hollidaysburg
Esther Ruth Burker
Cumberland
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Monahans
Claud Clayton Harkey
Immanuel Baptist Church
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Harkey
Medical Center Hospital
Crockett County
Bessie
Alpine
Parker Drilling
Susan Ingram
el Paso
Mary McNutt
Jim. Harkey
I.D. Harkey
Jimmy Harkey
CE. McIntire
Fort Stockton
Mary Ann Young
West 23Rd
Killingsworth Funeral Home
Ranger
Evergreen Cemetery
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Crane
Ruby Dell Snyder
Roscoe
Ellis Funeral Home
Don Snyder
Cayanosa
Lynna Dell Gaston
Midland
Robert Wright
Luther Ray Wright
Morgan Wright
Foy Dalley
Edythe Pier
Phoenix
Ariz
Bertha Smith
Amarillo
Hobbs
N.M
Elizabeth Frost
Branon Funeral Home
O'Donnell
Dawson County
Bill Frost
Seminole
Robert Frost
Ann Dunlap
Velma Frank
Corsicana
Levelland
Jackie Silk Gardener
Andrews
George C. Price
City of Levelland
Gardener
Kirby
James David Gardener
Jimmy Darin
Lubbock
Danny Wayne
Offutt Air Force Base
Danny Lynn Gardener
Rufus Sisk
Ricky Sisk
Lovington
Tommie Singleton
Longview
Elizabeth E
Hinds
Mubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Sunday Medical Center Hospital
Winters
Silas
Miss
Primitive Baptist Church
Lauderdale
N.C. Hinds
Big Spring
Gussie Pierce
Nalley Pickel
Rosewood Chapel
Big Springs
Trinity Cemetery
Stanton
Stanton's
Robert F. Pierce
Lonnie D. Pierce
Lufkin
Jesse Steward
Whitney
Clinton Eastman
Sterling City
Linda Osborn
Unusual extended rain eases drought in West Texas area
Weather officials in Midland report seven days of steady light rain totaling 11.61 inches year to date with September rainfall at 4.32 inches. Officials expect wet conditions to continue about 24 hours before gradual drying, noting the drought may be broken. Rainfall varied across Odessa area stations from .40 to .67 inches, with regional totals and forecasts indicating lingering unsettled weather and mild temperatures. In other news, obituaries announce services for Herbert C. Suckling of Altoona and Ranger coach Richard D. Henderson, plus Monahans resident Claud Clayton Harkey, all noted with brief biographical details.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa
Central Fire Station
Golder and
University
Dobbs and Murphy
Brentwood
38Th and
Dixie
8Th Street
Santa Rosa
Texas Electric Service Co
South Dixie
Permian Basin
Monahans
Midland East
Spraberry
Deaths and funeral notices from West Texas area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Elizabeth Duckett Mary Ann Young Ruby Dell Snyder Elizabeth Frost Jackie Silk Gardener and Elizabeth Hinds span Odessa Hobbs Crane Levelland Big Spring Stanton with ages birthplaces burial plans and survivor lists including sons daughters siblings and grandchildren across multiple Texas communities.
Working women balance life with Blayney's jobs and TV career
The piece profiles a 34 year old hostess at Blayney's Restaurant earning three dollars an hour plus tips, plus a second career as a television host Ellen Frank in Pittsburgh. It details her sacrifices, family support, and plans to finish her PhD while managing heavy work and study loads.
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Blayney’s
Ms. Ashley
Virgin Islands
Ashley
Ellen Frank
Kdka-Tv
Pittsburgh
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Suspected mole in CIA leak case ties to Kampiles
The article discusses a suspected Soviet mole amid a Kamiles case, noting William Kampiles, 23, charged with stealing and selling top secret manuals of U S surveillance satellites. Ledeen, linked to Kissinger, questions Russia’s possible use of a mole to misdirect investigators.
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White House
Ledeen
New York ‘Magazine
Washington Quarterly
E Henry Kissinger
sState
William Kamipiles
CIA
Soviet Union
United States
Weather Forecast From Midland Regional Airport
Intermittent rain today and tonight with mostly cloudy conditions and rain chances 90 percent today 80 percent tonight 40 percent Tuesday. Winds 5 to 10 mph. Highs in the lower 70s today to mid 70s tomorrow. Overnight low around 60s to 60s. Precipitation last 24 hours 0.63 inches year to date 11.61 inches. Sun sets 7:42 p.m. rises 7:39 a.m. Tuesday.
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Pecos County
Texas
Pecos River
Guadalupe Pass
South Texas
Dallas-Waco-San Antonio
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Ruth Etting dies at 80 former film star of Follies
Ruth Etting, 80, formerly of Ziegfeld's Follies and radio singer since 1922, died in Colorado Springs after a long illness. She appeared in 1927's Ziegfeld's Follies and starred in films such as Whoopee Simple Simon Roman Scandals and Gift of Gab. Her life movie Love Me or Leave Me starred Doris Day and James Cagney. Survivors include stepson John Alderman and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ruth Etting
Ziegfeld
Miss Etting
David City
Neb
St. Francis Hospital
Gab
Doris Day
James Cagney
Myrl Alderman
Alderman
Miss Eting
George Hester dies longtime Southwestern professor
Georgetown Texas AP George C Hester 84 longtime Southwestern University professor and former Roosevelt advisor died Saturday in an Austin hospital Funeral is Monday in Georgetown He taught political science and Texas history from 1926 to 1965 served in the Texas Legislature 1933 was advisor to Roosevelt Senate Finance Committee economic counselor for the US Chamber of Commerce 1938 40 and to the Texas Association of Commerce 1948 60 He was Georgetown mayor 1946 48 and chaired the Governor's Commission on Constitutional Revision 1957 61 He authored State and Local Government in Texas 1960 ll survivors include wife and sister Eula Mae Cleveland Houston
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Ranger
Richard D. Henderson
Evergreen Cemetery
Midland
Charles H. Kimbro
Abilene
Henderson
Ranger Junior College
College Board of Regents
Georgetown
Texas
George C. Hester
Southwestern University
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hester
Austin
Southwestern
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
U.S Chamber of Commerce
Texas Association of Commerce
Governor's Commission
Tower-Hester
John Tower
Eula Mae Cleveland
Houston
Odessa Tomorrow Event Schedule Summary
Tomorrow in Odessa events include Early-bird Toastmasters at Sambo's Restaurant at 6 30 A M. Jaycees Branding Iron, Hi Noon Optimists Sands Restaurant and Grandview Lions Bonanza Steakhouse hold noon meetings. Evening includes Overeaters Anonymous and Football Filmnight at St Paul Presbyterian at 7 30 P M. Also Odessa A M Club Coors Distributing Hospitality Room East Highway 80 and American Legion Post 430 at Legion Hall with Fighth and Pueblo.
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Odessa A&m
Coors Distributing Co
East Highway 80
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Arlema Wilkinson
Arlema
Monty) Hale Wilkinson
South Jackson
Justice of the
Harold Suigar
Wilkinson
Pawnee
Okla
Church of God
Antonio Ibarr
Antonio G. Ibarr
Route 2
Odessa Cemetery
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Griselda
Marlynn Ibarr
Jesus Ibarr
Hernandez
Mexico
Mark Swindler
Paul Tittle Jr
Herbert Suckling
Odessa American
Kermit
R.D. Henderson
Claud Harkey
Elizabeth Duckett
Terry
Ruby D. Snyder
Jackie Gardener
Hubbard-Kelly
Duckett
Mississippi
Milton Ray Goodwin
Dan Sackett
Barbara Stephens
Albuquerque N. M
Sue Ann Sheen
Elizabeth E. Hinds
Ms. Frank
Kampiles
George Hester
Sambo's
Jaycees
Sands Restaurant
Grandview Lions
Bonanza Steakhouse
Overeaters Anonymous
St. Paul Presbyterian Church
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Fighth and Pueblo
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