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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
2
The record lists names in criminal cases against Vicki Elaine Whitley and others, plus patient admissions at CARDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL on Aug 3. It also details city traffic accidents at multiple locations with involved ages and injuries, including several minor damages and en route incidents.
Midland Building Inspector John Wilkes resigned claiming pressure to overlook code enforcement. Assistant City Manager Fred Poe cited an accumulation of dated items as the reason, noting no successor has been chosen. Wilkes said he faces offers elsewhere and defended enforcing the building code as written.
Four fire alarms were answered Thursday night and early Friday by Odessa firemen. The heaviest damage came from a car fire that destroyed the interior of a vehicle owned by Sally Guerrero at 1449 South Alleghancy. The other three alarms were grass fires at a vacant lot behind 3008 Bonham and at corners Fairmont and Montclair and an area one mile north of University on FM 866.
Tim Parker aged 19, son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Parker of 1703 West Crescent, maintains a 4.0 average as a freshman at West Point and is fourth in the general merit at the academy while stationed at Camp Buckner New York. George L Tatum 52 of 4403 Angus Road treated after in job injury his right little finger amputated after catching it in a valve at work.
The government report shows wholesale prices rising at a 5.2 percent seasonally adjusted rate over six months, driven by farm products and processed foods in May and June and a sharp July rise. July gains included 3.2 percent for farm products and 3.3 percent for meats and dairy. Employment data show 83.4 million employed, unemployment down 250,000 to 5.1 million, with white unemployment at 5 percent and non-white at 9.9 percent.
The judge instructions and prosecutor testimony focus on whether Bremer acted with control and intent during a May 15 rally shooting at a Laurel shopping center. Bremer pleads insanity. nine counts remain, with potential 2 to 15 year sentences per assault with intent to murder and handgun charges.
Rothblatt considers dismissal on technical grounds or medical discharge for his client as a secret documents case nears trial. A motion to bar the documents from evidence remains pending before Judge Advocate Col. Joe Peck. Perkins, held without bond at the air base stockade, faced with classified aerospace defense files at Tyndall. The base guards a Gulf coast testing range 10 miles southeast of Panama City.
Midland teenager Debbie Wolfe 18 was stabbed in the parking lot of the Midland County Public Library about 10 a.m. Friday and is in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital. Kenneth Farris 20 of Midland was charged with assault with intent to murder and jailed. bond not set at noon. Officers said the motive was unknown and a pocket knife was seized.
Midland College expects nearly 1200 students this fall as the institution begins its fourth year. Dr Al G Langford credits new instructors and courses, including Descriptive Astronomy taught by John Hicks and Physical Geology taught by Gene, for the anticipated jump.
A local Odessan was injured in a car mishap as details of the incident surface. The report notes college course offerings including Introduction to Mass Communication by Don Sanders and Fire Administrations by Melwn Goodwin. A Postal Science course is planned as a unique U S college curriculum addition with pre registration for Fall 1972 underway at 1801 W Wall. Regular registration will be held August 29 at Lee High School from 6 to .
School schedules set class for A to L at 7 30 p m and M to Z from 7 30 to 9 p m on the first day Tuesday Sept 5. An Odessa man Isaac Acosta Valdez 1206 South Washington was treated and released after a one car crash at Magnolia and Muskingum. He sustained a chin laceration after veering off Muskingum striking two signs then into a utility pole.
Two people were charged with driving while intoxicated after highway patrol officers arrested them. Nelson Jones Jr., 47, of Pueblo Colorado, was taken into custody after a one car crash at Pearl and Meadows and remained in Ector County jail on a $500 bond. Alfred Raymond Criswell, 53, of Andrews, was released on $500 bond after arrest at 42nd and the Andrews Highway. Both cases were filed with Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles.
Two burglaries were under investigation Friday in Artesia New Mexico as police said items such as a color television and portable radio were taken after prying open a rear door. Emory Bowens, 53, of Dallas, was killed when his car left the South Central Expressway, rolled into a drainage ditch, and came to rest upside down in South Dallas.
Eight men from Odessa were delivered to the Texas Department of Corrections at Huntsville to begin prison terms. The group includes James Lee Flint Pottsboro and Bernard Lee Coughlin 18 3001 East 21st Ricky Joe McWilliams Zollie Edward Long Richard Craig Bartlett Lubbock Jesus Manuel Matta 308 East Olive E J Windell Guthrie 221 Orchard and Steve Norris 817 West 13th. Sentences range from two to six years with multiple concurrent terms for various drug theft and burglary convictions.
Funeral services were held in St Josephs Church Fort Stockton for Gerardo Diaz Fuentes 30. Burial in Catholic Cemetery directed by Fort Stockton Funeral Home. He died after a 1 a.m. auto crash four miles east of Fort Stockton. Survivors include wife mother father a brother a sister and son. Other notices list Sir Walter Raleigh Solomon John B Mitchell Mrs William Hatch Ruby Estelle Miffleton Maudie White John Raulston and a driving while intoxicated charge against Henry Barnett.
Midland detective L. W. Moseley resigned after nine years with the police department to join the Central Texas Alcohol Safety Project in Killeen. His resignation, effective July 31, aims to reduce drinking and driving in central Texas.
Six thefts occupied Odessa police Friday morning. Forty record albums vanished from Elizabeth Piller at 3611 Pershing. Columbus Medlock at 912 Snyder reported four hubcaps stolen. A half-tank of gasoline was taken from D. C. Rowell at 2712 North Adams. Bicycle thefts were reported by G Anna Hayes 2304 East 16th Beverly Stark 2713 Madera and Arvel Kidd 1502 West 24th.
Five vandalism incidents were investigated Friday by city and county lawmen. Two cars had black paint poured on their hoods. Victims included W. K. Dean and Jerry Davis both of Dawn addresses. Properties on Wedgewood suffered broken windows and a nearby pickup tire was punctured at Cecil Qualls’ El Paso address.
Gene Austell, 23, was sentenced to 99 years for the March 1 armed bank robbery of Security State Bank of McCamey. Guadalupe Antonio Florez, 31, received a term of five to 15 years as an accomplice. Austell held bank president Derwood Langston’s wife hostage as $20,000 was taken. they then wrecked the Langston car used as the getaway vehicle. The pair were jailed in Upton County.
Tonight in Odessa the Globe Theater presents School For Wives at 8 30 P M while Permian Playhouse offers You're A Good Man Charlie Brown at 6 30 P M A Summer Happening Dance runs 12 30 A M at Exhibition Hall A Ector County Coliseum with The Roexgardin as the entertainment
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