Curb costs sting homeowners over street assessments
City plans eight block curb and gutter project on 31st Street between Dixie Boulevard and Tom Green Avenue drawing mixed reactions from residents. Public hearing set for September 27 could levy about 600 dollars per landowner. City Engineer Gordon Mayer says project necessary. some neighbors question benefit and affordability.
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31St Street
Dixie Boulevard
Tom Green Avenue
Gordon Mayer
University Boulevard
Mayer
Nordessa Evans
Eisenhower Road
Moral issues seldom used to drop case
Anthony Foster recalls defending a murder case in Ector County where a rape survivor, a popular 18 year old, was abducted and attacked by parolees. The article discusses indigent defense, rotating assignments, and ethical constraints on lawyers, highlighting Judge Lumpee and Green's clash over moral considerations in defense. It also notes reactions from local attorneys about taking on such cases and includes an Odessa ice company worker vignette.
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Anthony Foster
Foster
Ector County
Dumas
Virgil Lumpee
Lumpee
John Green
Green
Kenneth Venne
Venne
Odessa
Warren Heagy
U.S. Supreme Court
Ector County Bar Association
Andrews
Bert Smith
Michael Eugene Sharp
Slow economy drives divorces in Ector County study
The 70th Judicial District judge and local lawyers say money woes and social mobility fuel high divorce rates in Ector County. About 117 divorces per month this year, with 6.3 percent of men and 8.1 percent of women divorced in 1980 census data. Counseling helps when voluntary, but court-ordered sessions often fail.
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Ector County
Joe Connally
70Th Judicial District
Odessa
Richard Alvarado
Connally
Alvarado
Ector
U.S
Condit
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Evans
Geri Parker
Center Ave
Tim Madigan
Smith
Jerry Brown
Brown
First Street
By David Woodruff
Nacogdoches
Reeves
Travis
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