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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1990
Page
12
Burton Moore, 20, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to breaking into a home and eating a can of green beans. He received a $500 fine, $139 court costs, and 50 cents restitution to the homeowner, with a prior criminal record noted.
Samuel Craig Solomon, 32, of Houston, pleaded guilty to stabbing and strangling his 25 year old wife Lisa in front of their 3 year old son. He received a 40 year prison term and will not be eligible for parole before 2000 due to use of a deadly weapon. The plea spared Solomon III from testifying. The child, now 4, is in maternal grandparents care and receiving psychiatric care.
Carter notes federal exam findings by the Office of Thrift Supervision for AmWest operations amid a consolidation and declines in the West Texas oil patch, with OTC officials declining comment on the move.
Caprock Federal Savings, under conservatorship since August 1 1989, closed its AmWest branch amid broader federal bailout publicity. Teresa McAsi of the Dallas RTC said depositors have shown no panic and Caprock officials could not be reached for comment.
Jurors in El Paso hear government tapes and informant testimony in a 17 count drug conspiracy trial involving Sydney Dudley 50 Kirk 27 Kenneth 49 of El Paso and John Bonner and John Quitoni of Florida. Donald Eugene Dudley 39 is missing after Spokane arrest on marijuana possession charges.
Foster urges rubella Hib shots and other vaccines for school readiness. She notes many parents delay due to fear or expense, but $5 per visit is affordable and arrangements exist for those who cannot pay.
A Christmas Day 1989 letter to President Bush describes fear for Skelton's release. Cowherd of South Dakota says she knows the parties involved as the state warns the risk of escape or failure to appear remains high. Ector County approves over $2000 for district attorney prosecution expenses.
Salvage crews continue removing sludge near Houston Point while Galveston Bay teams cut through a crippled barge to tow it to a scrap yard. Coast Guard officials expect cleanup in northern Galveston Bay to finish by Friday with reduced salvage staff from Thursday.
Virginia Bribiesca, sister of Diane Lumbrera, claims authorities would lie to convict her sibling. Lumbrera, 32, faces a Kansas trial in September for smothering her 4-year-old son and was indicted in Texas on three counts of capital murder in the deaths of daughters Joanna, Melissa, and Melinda between 1976 and 1982. Grand juries are also examining the deaths of two sons and a niece who were in Lumbrera's care.
CL Landfill project draws local residents' support with no feedback against it. Lee, cement bureau processing chief, said the permit application is under review and may take eight months, with a public hearing only if area residents request it. The process involves engineers geologists and hydrologists. Dr. Robert Bernstein is a commissioner.
The Health Department would decide the final permit, marking the first privately operated landfill in Ector County. Landfills account for 15 to 10 percent of Texas sites and may grow as operations prove profitable. The proposed facility would handle about 1,458 tons daily, aiming to become a major state facility once approved. Odessa officials see regional benefits.
In a May 1989 public hearing the Odessa Commissioners Court struck five rural roads from a 43 street name change plan after about 80 residents attended. North Dodd Street and West Todd Street became North Webber Avenue, South Hackberry Avenue to South Asteria Avenue, West Larkspur Court to West Saturn Street, and North Lyman Avenue to North Jarry Lee Avenue. Frontier Road and West Frontier Road tests noted as largely residential and business sites. The court also amended the employee benefits policy to curb automobile allowance abuse, allowing exceptions for county workers with approval.
In the Wednesday session the Commissioners Court approved the Enhanced 911 Communication District budget of 331,412 for 1990-91, down from last year’s 356,412, with a 4.6 percent assessment on Ector County phone bills. Also approved a 1,800 amendment for an assistant district attorney related to a U.S. case appeal and Mary Stewart and Associates to prepare a list of task items.
Services for Rose B. Dodd 91 of Denver City Texas are set for Friday at Seventh Street Church of Christ with burial in Gaines County Memorial Park Seminole. Five sons a daughter and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren survive. Also listed are Eleanor Stevic 96 of Marshallville Ohio and Perry Newton Brown of Odessa with church services and burial details.
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