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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1986
Page
10
Bicyclists travel north out of Midland along Texas 349 heading to the Pantex nuclear weapons plant, with the group advancing this morning under clear skies. The route passes through rural areas toward the facility, where security and safety measures are in place.
Railroad Commission Chairman Jim Nugent warns rising crude oil imports threaten stability and warns OPEC could tighten supply. He cites imports climbing from 4.2 to 6.5 million barrels per day and calls for federal action, tax incentives, and a national policy to sustain domestic oil.
Police Beat notes three burglaries totaling $13,625. Joe Melton at 8730 Dublin Ave. lost six rifles between 2 and 8 am Sunday. Orville Prather at 3739 Boulder Ave. reported a microwave, two TVs, binoculars, a radio and two rifles taken between Thursday 1 pm and Sunday 9 pm. Wayne Hawkins reported two air conditioners, a Motorola transmitter and a battery pack stolen from Industrial Communications at 2535 N. Jackson Ave. Total value $10,900.
Lea County grand jury ruled that Sheriff Robert Barbaree will retain custody of the Ann Tidwell murder investigation, despite Mary Pratt's accusations of incompetence. Pratt says her mother was killed Aug 27, 1984, in Hobbs, and questions the department's ability to solve the case as the two-year anniversary nears. The report was released after a court clerk dispute, with jurors urging the case remain a sheriff's-office priority and not transferred to another agency.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Odessa and surrounding towns detail services scheduled for Amanda Reni Bryant Mae Dell Champion Walton Boyles Linda Sarah Loden Silvestra Salcido Robert H. Smith Lorene Youngblood Fletcher Freeman and Medrith Nugent Harris. Entries note ages birthplaces dates hospitals and survivors with funeral homes and burial locations in a period style death notices page.
Funeral services for Juan Danas Berlanga age 41 of 807 E 18th St are set for 11 am Thursday in Acuna Mexico with burial at Panteon De Dolores. Berlanga died Saturday in a traffic accident. Born March 3 1945 in Saltillo Mexico he married Rosa Silva and leaves two sons Alejandro and Jesse two daughters Juana and Francisca all of Nuevo Leon and four brothers Candelario Alejo Florentino Berlanga of Nuevo Leon.
Funeral services for Benita Valenzuela Carrasco 61 are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Martin de Porras Catholic Church with Rev. John Waldron officiating. A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at the church preceding burial in Odessa.
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