Big Spring pair charged in kidnapping incident
FBI agents and local police arrest Ruel Metcalf 19 and Teresa Turner 18 in Big Spring on aggravated kidnapping charges tied to the 1974 attempted abduction of Mrs. Pendleton, wife of Midland bank president. James Timothy Young, 19, now in Rome, Italy, is also charged and sought for extradition. Both Metcalf and Turner are held on $100,000 bond in Midland County jail after arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Harr
Big Spring
Ruel Metcalf
Teresa Lavonne Daniell Metcalf Turner
FBI
James Timothy Young
Rome
Italy
Metcalf
Turner
Midland County
Justice of the Peace
Bobby West
Bring Young
United States
Robert Pine
Midland
Pine
Robert Pendleton
Midland Commercial Bank
Tapes Ordered Not Destroyed In Sickles Suspension Case
Judge imposes restraining order against tape destruction from the November hearing on policeman Bruce Sickles suspension. The officer seeks a temporary injunction and preservation of tapes for a Wright Court hearing while alleging improper charges and insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Sickles
Robert Wright
137Th District Court
Wright
Sickles
City of
Lubbock
J.T. Alley
Alley
Navy
Texas Tech University
Four Face Charges In Drug Nab
Four residents were charged with possession of heroin after police executed a search at 613 Avenue B on Thursday morning. About $3,000 worth of heroin was recovered from a Christmas stocking. Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy set bond at $5,000 for Gilbert Rivas Maria Rivas Antonio Linan and Beatrice Rodriguez. The arrests followed a dawn raid at the residence in the 606 block of Avenue B. Juvenile daughters were taken to the police department and released to their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Gilbert Gilbert Rivas
Maria Rivas
Antonio Linan
Beatrice Rodriguez
Avenue B
Gary Satterfield
Jerry O'Haver
Fulton Berry
Lloyd Brown
Michael Overland
Aubrey Stark
William Britt
Satterfield
Berry
Jail Abuse Suit Date Scheduled
A $1.7 million Lubbock County jail abuse and maladministration class action is tentatively set for trial in US District Court on January 10. Judge Halbert O. Woodward expects readiness after a prior jury trial the week before, involving about 500 current and former inmates led by Edward Lee West Gilbert M. Ramarey and Henry H. Stiehl. The suit names Sheriff Choe Blanchard and county commissioners, with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards later added as a defendant as new stricter county jail regulations near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock County
Dist
Halbert O. Woodward
Woodward
Ful
Edward Lee West
Gilbert M. Ramarey
Henry 8. Stiehl
CH. “Choe” Blanchard
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
TCUS
Texas
Three Vie For Top NAACP Leadership
Dr FL Loving president of the Lubbock NAACP faces A Gene Gaines and David Lowell in a bid for reelection. The monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Mie Simmons Community Center will decide the top post with Richard Dockery of Dallas as election officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FL. Loving
Lubbock
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mie Simmons
26Th Street
Quirt Avenue
Gene Gaines
David Lowell
Loving
Richard Dockery
Dallas
Gaines
Floyd Perry
Emory Davis
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Civil Service Conmission
Tom Burtis
Lowell
Bain Furn. & Appl
Broadway
Tnm&o Coaches, Inc
13Th Street
Easy Core
eLie
Levines
Perma Press
Bank Americard
Layaway Y Monterey Center
Flint
Idalou Road
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