Two Californians Injured in Sanderson Highway Crash
Mario Ortiz and Pedro Pablo Martinez, both from Pico Rivera, Calif., were treated for minor injuries after their 1986 Nissan pickup, towing a 1985 Volkswagen Golf, rolled on U S Highway 90 sixteen miles east of Sanderson. A tire blowout caused the crash. bystanders freed the men, who were wearing seatbelts. The accident occurred around 1 30 p m. Ortiz and Martinez were en route to Guatemala. They were transported to Pecos County Memorial Hospital in Fort Stockton. Bond disputes and other local jail reports followed in the Odessa area.
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State Department of Public Safety
Mario Ortiz
Pedro Pablo Martinez
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Fort Stockton
Ortiz
Martinez
Pico Rivera
Calif
Guatemala
U.S
Expulsions Escalate in Chamula North of San Cristobal
Conflict spreads through Chamula, a Tzotzil Maya stronghold near San Cristobal, driving thousands from homes. Protestants blamed for division, church tensions rise as local leaders recall 1974 expulsions sparked by disputed election results and a shift in local church alignment.
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Chamula
Mexico
San Juan Chamula
Enrique Gomez Patishtan
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Gomez Cayaso
Gaspar Morqueco
Catholic Church
Petition seeks overhaul of Texas child welfare system
Child advocates plan to deliver a 5000 signature petition to Governor Richards urging public accountability by the Texas child welfare system after a Garland study into the death of 2 year old Donny Martin. Prosecutor trial today for Robert Rose Jr. on a May death charge. State agency said the Garland toddler was not at risk.
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Ann Richards
Texas Child Welfare System
Garland
Donny Martin
Robert Rose Jr
Donny
Children’s Protective Services
Jan Hurley
Deaths in Odessa area include Wall, Butler, English, Cassity
Multiple obituaries list services in Odessa and surrounding towns. Jake Wall of Seminole, 55, died after an accidental fall. services today at Gospel Mennonite Church with burial in Gaines County Cemetery. Robert Jay Butler, 91, Odessa, car salesman, graveside at Ector County Cemetery with Washington Church of Christ members. Lucille R English, 82, Odessa, died at Terrace West Nursing Home. services at Sunset Memorial Gardens with English officiating. E. Monroe Cassity, 73, Odessa, veteran and Scout alumnus, graveside service at Ector County Cemetery. Ruby Ann Holdman, 84, Sundown, dies. graveside service at Mount Evergreen Cemetery in Pecos. Norman Dale Turner, 47, Snyder, gas well contractor, graveside service at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Paul Revere Beebe, 81, Kermit, plant superintendent for El Paso Natural Gas. services at Eastside Church of Christ with burial in Kermit Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, and grandchildren across Texas, Oklahoma, and Canada. Funeral homes Hubbard Kelly, Bell Cypert Seale, Cooper and others are handling arrangements.
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Mexico
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Tina Theissen
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Abram Wall
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Roger Pool
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Odessa
Ector County
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Butler
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Carlsbad
N.M
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San Diego
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Encinitas
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Sunset Memorial Gardens
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E. Monroe Cassity
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Lovington
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San Antonio
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Alan Green
Kermit Cemetery
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Hardeman County
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South Bend
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Graham
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Midwest City
Okla
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Live Oak
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Hurst
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Life Letters for Odessa American Obituaries
The Odessa American invites Life Letters memorials for readers who died within the last 90 days. Submissions are limited to 150 words and must include funeral home, writer’s daytime phone, deceased name, age, and date of death. Mail to Life Letters Odessa 79760 or fax 334-8641.
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Life Letters
P.O
Odessa
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