Later in the year, using resources from a voter-approved economic development fund, the Odessa Development Corporation convinced a Spokane telecommunications supplier to open a facility on the west side of town. The plant was expected to create 51 permanent full time jobs within five years. Also, a new oilfield parts manufacturing company began moving its plant from Kansas to Odessa, while one of the biggest ostrich raising companies in the nation bought a 400-acre hatchery and slaughterhouse in southeast Ector County. On Dec. 11, 9.75 inches of snow were recorded at Midland International Airport, the largest recorded snowfall in Midland-Odessa history. As much as a foot of snow was reported in some area towns.
Information is drawn from news accounts, archives and other historical records.
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