Blood sellers cross border to El Paso plasma bank
About 450 Mexicans cross daily to sell blood at El Paso Plasma Corp. They earn ten dollars per pint after 90 minutes donation, far above Juarez's three dollar fifty eight cent average. INS raids interrupt work, driving panic as donors lack documentation.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
el Paso Plasma Corp
Juarez
Mexico
Jacqueline Bennett
U.S
de la Fuerza
Oscar Varela
Juarez General Hospital
West
Texas
Plasma Corp
International Bridge
Rapes Reported In Odessa In Separate Incidents
Police logged two rape cases in Odessa. In the first, a woman visiting a friend was assaulted by two men who forced her to the floor and raped her after one struck her with a handgun. The second involved a knife-wielding intruder awakening a woman in bed, raping her, and stealing about $20 from a purse found outside the window. Both descriptions note attacker heights and builds.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Odessan Arrested in Heroin Possession Case
Police report a 27 year old man was arrested Sunday at a Magnolia Avenue home after officers observed him conceal nine containers of heroin valued at 20 dollars each. Bond not set by noon today. The man was accompanied by Lt. Rusty Baker on the scene.
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Police Department
Rusty Baker
Escaped inmate found after jail roof escape
Charles Patrick Freezer, 21, a trusty serving criminal trespass, unlocked a door to the jail roof and escaped from the new third floor addition. Deputies traced his location to 2119A W Fourth St and arrested him Sunday evening. Mary Lou Alvarez, 26, was jailed for hindering his apprehension. another woman faced hindering charges and awaited arraignment.
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Ector County
Charles Patrick Freezer
Freezer
Kloss
Fourth St
Mary Lou Alvarez
Pleasant Ave
Alvarez
Bonner Wins Old-timers Event at Diamond L Rodeo
Willie Bonner, 55, ropes a calf in 5.0 seconds to win the old-timers’ event at Saturday’s Diamond L Ranch rodeo in Houston. The arena, a 36 year showcase for Black cowboys, is slated for demolition to clear space for a housing project.
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Willie Bonner
Houston
Auto wreck victim still hospitalized
Two men remained in Medical Center Hospital's intensive care unit after a three car collision Friday. Michael Carl Diaz 28 of 1824 E 43rd St was listed in critical condition and Norman D Vankew 48 of Midland was listed in stable condition. Diaz drove a 1982 Datsun east on 42nd Street at Parkway Boulevard when he made a U turn and collided with Wanda Ingram 27 of 6548 Opal Drive driving a westbound 1976 Dodge. Ingram was not injured.
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Medical Center Hospital
Michael Carl Diaz
E. 43Rd St
Norman D. Vankew
Midland
Diaz
42Nd Street
Parkway Boulevard
Wanda Ingram
Opal
Vankew
Ingram
Two Lamesa Residents Die In Highway Crash
Two Lamesa residents, Jackie Ausbern aged 32 and Rhonda Parks McGregory aged 22, were killed when a Chevrolet pickup struck their Suzuki motorcycle 14 miles south of Lamesa on U S Highway 87 Sunday night. Mario Baltazar of Lamesa, driving the pickup, was uninjured.
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Lamesa
Here
Jackie Ausbern
Rhonda Parks McGregory
Dawson County
Glen White
Department of Public Safety
Mario Baltazar
Ausbern
McGregory
Baltazar
Pilot error blamed for fatal private plane crash near Hobbs
Investigators ruled pilot error caused a private plane to collide with three irrigation towers and crash onto a county road 19 miles west of Seminole. The single engine Piper, taking off from Lea County Airport, killed Richard T. Long 39 Bill Weldy 26 and Gonzalo Huerta 41 all Hobbs residents. The craft, unable to catch fire, suffered major damage with wings found miles from the fuselage.
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Seminole
Here
Lea County
Hobbs
N.M
Texas-New Mexico
Department of Public Safety
David Wells
Austin
Richard T. Long
Bill W. Weldy
Gonzalo Huerta
Burglary Reported at Odessa Utility Shed
David Charles Clinge of 818 West 34th Street reports a burglary of his utility shed with a tool box 72 pairs of gloves baby clothes drill saw and timing meter valued at 552 taken between 4 30 p m Friday and 3 30 p m Saturday. Lock pried off. Officers Leo Pigg and David Warren.
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David Charles Clinge
W. 34Th St
Leo Pigg
David Warren
Reba Duff dies. funeral services set in Seminole
Reba Duff 60 of Albuquerque died Sunday in Tulsa. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church Seminole with Rev. Ward. burial Gaines County Memorial Cemetery. She lived in Albuquerque since 1949. survived by daughter Dianne Leach and two sons Arthur James and Ted Edward. many relatives. Memorials planned later in Albuquerque.
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Seminole
Reba Brown Duff
Albuquerque
N.M
First Baptist Church
P.R. Ward
Gaines County Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Duff
City of Faith Hospital
Tulsa
Oklo
Farmington
Seagraves
Hoffman Street Baptist Church
The
Opera Guild
New Mexico State Garden Club
Dianne Leach
Arthur James
Ted Edward
Midland
Lora McAlpin
Bryan
Billie Cagle
Lubbock
Mildred Miller
Rockville
Claton Brown
Mesa, Ariz
Glen Brown
Mary Keith
Ralls
Floyd Haddock
Keith
Memorial Hospital
Robert Nolan
Crosby County
Andrews
Lillie Beatrice McAuley
Andrews Church of Christ
Dwight Whitsett
Andrews Cemetery
Meredith Mayse
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Mr. Mayse
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Louise Hale
Medical Center Hospital
Sweetwater
Chester Spence
Higginbotham Funeral
Rising Star
Mr. Spence
Thelma I. Swindle
New Mexico
Yorkum Funeral Home
Purcell
Deerings Nursing Home
Paris
Tex
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By Randall Hackley
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Bennett
INS
Frontier Clinic
United States
Javier de la Fuerza
Food and Drug Administration
Magnolia Avenue
Reba Duff
Arthur L. Duff Sr
A.L
36Th St
Nathanael Pugh
Preacher
Comanche County
Aline Milligan
Lovington
Shorty Hall Trucking
First United Pentecostal Church
Disabled American Veterans No. 197
Davie C. Glover
Dublin
Kenneth Woolsey
Hasse and
Naomi Wilson
Fort Worth
Lillie McAuley
Drumright
Okla
James Arthur McAuley
New Wilson
McAuley
Pampa
Church of Christ and
American Legion Auxiliary
Ruby Jean McCary
Cisco
Joy Ross
Brownwood
Jim A. McAuley
Dallas
Robert McAuley
Buffalo
N.Y
Gertrude McCown
San Jose
Calif
Oscar
Filomena Trevino
Dennis Funeral Home
McCamey
Hubbard-Kelly
Home
L.V. Helberg
Tom G. Walker
Coleman
Helberg
Thelma Swindle
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