Local column recounts misprints and ongoing Terry County case notes
A nation of editorial missteps and a buzz of activity surrounds Terry County the writer reports. Investigators pursue the Shawn Bradley disappearance with new leads and a pathologist's report pending. District Attorney Dw ayne Pruitt provides cautious updates as evidence is confirmed. A Vandivere kidnapping murder case shows progress with a suspect in local custody and another detained in Minnesota. A court appearance is set for Monday See Paper n Ink Page 18.
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Terry County
Shawn Bradley
Dwayne Pruitt
Minnesota
Pruitt
Miranda
Texas
Salvador Miranda
Vandivere
Sheriff's Department
FBI arrests suspect on Minnesota farm
FBI and local officials arrest Eraclio Otero Miranda on a Minnesota farm as part of an aggravated kidnapping and theft case. Miranda pleads not guilty to both charges connected to the disappearance of Darry Vandivere and the theft of Vandivere’s pickup truck. Local authorities had pursued the indictment linking him to the crime.
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Terry County
Eraclio Otero-Miranda
Miranda
Darry Vandivere
Vandivere
Union ISD schedules Monday meet
The Union School Board will meet in regular session at 9 p.m. Monday in the school boardroom. Agenda includes goals for the 1986 87 year, executive session on teacher contracts and a salary increase for principal Glenn Cunningham, along with monthly reports, discipline plan amendments, and UIL policy discussion.
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Union School Board
UISD
Glenn Cunningham
UIL
Wellman School Board Sets Regular Session Agenda
Wellman trustees meet in regular session at 8 in the boardroom to review the school budget including teachers salaries and bus drivers pay, evaluate a TEA monitoring report and a Title IX report, consider policy changes, and hear a delinquent tax collection and a monthly report from Superintendent Raymond Lusk.
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Wellman’s School Board
Texas Education Agency
Raymond Lusk
Brownfield approves 1985 86 audit and group life plan
Brownfield City Council approved the 1985 86 audit presented by Kerry Musick of Love Hayes and Schaffner. They also accepted Thames Insurance Agency Great Western Life bid to insure city employees dependents and retirees at 174377.04 with limits 25000 for managers and 15000 for heads. multiple bids reviewed. An information item noted Brownfield Business Association seeks gazebo on county courthouse lawn, requiring county approval and fire code compliance before council action.
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Brownfield
Kerry Musick
Love, Hayes and Schaffner Cpa
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Thames Insurance Agency
Great Western Life Insurance Company
Fletcher
Bill McGo
Brownfield Business Association
Terry County
BBA
City Board of Adjustment
Brownfield Chamber reviews musical success and finances
The Brownfield Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday approving reports on a Sesquicentennial musical produced at Brownfield Middle School. Tickets totaled 1,183 for five shows as receipts reached 3,477 while June deposits were 6,736.03 against May 31 balances and June disbursements leaving 5,097.54.
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Brownfield
Chamber
Brownfield Middle School
Slack
Terry County Grand Jury Summer Docket At Courthouse
The Terry County Grand Jury will convene at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the courthouse with eight defendants on the summer docket. Vera Phergson Phillips faces attempted murder, Jimmy Dale Hines indecency with a child, Ricardo Manuel Gutierrez burglary of a motor vehicle, Donny Jones felony theft between 750 and 20 000, Francisco Sotelo burglary of a habitation, Jackie Winters criminal mischief, Preston Phillips and Angel L Ortiz also charged.
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Terry County Grand Jury
Ricardo Manuel Gutierrez
Donny Jones
Francisco Sotelo
Jackie Winters
Preston Phillips
Angel L. Ortiz
Meadow Plans Annual Musical and Sesquicentennial Parade
Meadow announces its 15th annual Meadow Musical on July 12 in Downtown Meadow. The day includes a 11 a.m. Sesquicentennial Parade with a hamburger noon meal, a 5 p.m. city barbeque at $5.50 per person in the city park, then a musical program of country and western, bluegrass, and gospel groups playing until midnight.
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Meadow
Downtown
Brownfield Urges Weed Cleanup From Property Owners Citywide
The City of Brownfield asks all property owners and occupants to help control a growing weed problem. Violators face 10 days notice, fines up to 200 per day, and possible liens. Residents are urged to use dumpsters for debris and stack non dumped items by alleys for city pickup. Call City Hall for details.
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Brownfield
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