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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1983
Page
15
A female clerk at a East Odessa 7-Eleven was abducted at gunpoint and raped in West Odessa. The victim, in her early 20s, called from a liquor store on East 42nd Street. Police described the suspect as a slim white man about 5 feet 10 inches tall driving a blue gray Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
David Lee Palmer of Midland was indicted July 27 by a Midland County grand jury for an incident on June 1 involving a 6 year old girl. He is free on a $10,000 bond after release from county jail on July 16. Authorities provided few details and the case had not yet been scheduled for trial by late Wednesday.
A 60-year-old Midland man, Henry Dir Rice, was indicted July 27 by a Midland County grand jury on one count of murder in the April 17 shooting death of Foy Johnson at his South Weatherford Street home. Rice, of 1901 E. Front St., is free on a $25,000 bond and has a prior 1953 conviction for assault with intent to commit manslaughter in Sweetwater County.
A vacant house was destroyed by an early morning fire with no injuries reported. Fire officials said the home at West 67th Street and North Ranch Road belonged to Roland Cobb, who was on vacation. The fire began around 2:20 a.m. and the cause remains undetermined.
The FBI says it wants to question 44 year old Peter White of Montreal in the unsolved attempted murder of former Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr in San Antonio. White was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Massachusetts and is not a Kerr suspect but may know people investigators want to question. Kerr was targeted in 1978 as prosecutor in the Wood case, in which Charles Harrelson was convicted of the triggerman.
The 18 member select committee on public education led by H. Ross Perot discussed using computers as tutors to improve reading writing and listening skills. Principals criticized bilingual schooling while Mortimer Adler urged coaching basics and a two year work oriented after high school program before college. Governor White plans to use the committee recommendations in a possible special session.
Hinson notes TEA rule now requires districts to educate special education students through their 21st birthday, affecting few ECISD students. Changes include PE teacher qualifications, clearer autistic definitions, and ongoing Carver Center improvements with new living skills, folders home weekly, parent fees, and updated job descriptions. Bus time for students shortened to 45 minutes to an hour, with aligned hours to regular students.
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