Mental Exam Plea Decision in Corpus Christi Case
Assistant District Attorney Mike Hinton said the state paused a motion for an early psychiatric exam of Henley. If incompetence is found, a sanity trial would be sought. insanity verdict would send him to Rusk State Hospital until competence is proven. Henley appeared in jail attire. his mother and grandmother attended, speaking of visits. Pathologists identified three more victims bringing total dead to 12. Dallas police probed a homosexual procurement ring possibly tied to Dean Gorll. Additional indictments against Henley and Brooks were anticipated.
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Henley
Vance
Rusk State Hospital
Mary Henley
Christine Weed
Hinton
Melcher
Dallas
Dean Gorll
Tinton
Brooks
Corll
Nixon defends denials on White House Watergate role
Chief Executive says he pressed to know facts and trusted Justice Department and FBI probes. He dismisses claims of White House knowledge or involvement, noting no cover-up until Dean testified on Sept. 15 following the Watergate indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Nixon
White House
Justice Department
FBI
John W. Dean III
Watergate
Dean
Heat and storms sweep Texas from Palacios to Lafayette
Storm Campens Area line from Palacios to near Houston and Beaumont and to Lafayette, La. Storms raged over the Gulf of Mexico 200 miles south and southeast of Galveston. Steamy heat gripped the rest of the state with 100 degrees at Abilene and Childress and 101 at San Angelo. Readings near dawn ranged 81 at Galveston to 66 at Dalhart. Thunder showers dumped rain at up to one inch per hour across West and North Texas and along the coast, with a rainfall belt from Stanton through Fort Stockton, Midland, Big Spring, Tohoka, Lamesa, Dickens, Lubbock, Guthrie and Seminole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palacios
Houston
Beaumont
Lafayette
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Abilene and
Childress
San Angelo
Dalhart
Panhandle
North Texas
Stanton
Fort Stockton
Midland
Big Spring
Tohoka
Lamesa
Dickens
Lubbock
Guthrie
Seminole
Vandalism Complaints Under Probe In Onessa Area
Police investigated four vandalism reports from Monday. A vehicle window at the Ector County Coliseum suffered $73 in damage Wednesday night while Billy Meiser was at the rodeo. Ronny Price reported a pellet hit his rear window, and Mrs. Joe Ray had similar damage. Terry Huff reported two brick planters knocked over at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onessa
Ector County Coliseum
Billy W. Meiser
Palo Verde
Ronny R. Price
Walnut
Joe A. Ray
East 31St
Terry Huff
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce to Hold Meetings Offsite
The chamber board will hold future monthly meetings in the Reddy building at Texas Electric Service Co due to construction at the chamber offices. The current conference room will be halved to create a smaller room for committee meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Reddy
Texas Electric Service Co
Baez and Harris divorce after five years of marriage
Folk singer Joan Baez and husband David Harris divorce after five years of marriage. They had been separated for some time. Custody of their three year old son Gabriel awarded to both parents jointly by the San Mateo County Superior Court. No alimony or child support involved. In Boston, Paul Dudley White reportedly fair after minor stroke at 87. In Italy Pope Paul VI walked to Mass for Feast of the Assumption and urged enduring souls and charity works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assaaliated
Redwood City
Calif
Joan Baez
David Harris
Miss Baez
Harris
Gabriel
San Mateo County
Boston
Paul Dudley White
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General
White
Former Lawman Free On Bonds In Theft Charges
Former Kermit police patrolman Jerry Register, 25, is free on two $3,000 bonds on felony theft charges filed after he allegedly stole $120 from a Mexican national and $70 from another on July 28. He resigned last week, and was arrested Tuesday in Hobbs New Mexico, then brought to Kermit and released after posting bonds.
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ponMel
Stair
Kermit Police
Jerry Register
Register
Kermit Police Department
Justice of the Peace C.0
Jones
Melvin Bartley
Hobbs
N.M
Kermit
Damages Asked In 2 Lawsuits In District Court
Two damage suits were on file Thursday in District Court. Buster S. Hahn doing business as Vacuum Cleaner City seeks 60 000 dollars from Emmitt Power doing business as the Kirby Co. Hahn claims 50 000 dollars for remarks and 10 000 dollars for alleged damages. Frank R. Rodriquez of Odessa sues Patricia Medlock of Odessa for injuries from a car crash at Pool Road and South Grant on Nov 4 1972. Rodriquez seeks an unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster S. Hahn
Vacuum Cleaner City
Emmitt Power
the Kirby Co
Hahn
Frank R. Rodriquez
Odessa
Patricia Medlock
Pool Road
South Grant
Rodriquez
Prison Term Handed In Murder Case At Odessa
Johnny Carlton Dawson aged 25 received a five year term in 70th District Court after being found guilty of murder without malice in the Jan 15 1973 stabbing death of Vernon Wayne Archer at the Texas Girl Bar. A nine jury convicted him. prosecutors were Dennis Cadra and Don E. Williams. defense was Bob Maloney. Larry Rains seeks 1000 in damages from The First National Bank of Odessa for alleged wrongful auto repossession. A separate 31.59% damage suit by Rains against Credit Aane Sales seeks hail and fire damages while he serves in the U S Army at Ft Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Carlton Dawson
Dawson
Vernon Wayne Archer
Archer
West Second
Dennis Cadra
Don E. Williams
Bob Maloney
Dallas
Larry Rains
Odessa
70Th District Court
First National Bank of
Rains
Ector County
Larry W. Rains
Credit Aane Sales
U.S. Army
Ft. Hood
New Professor Gets UTPB Post
Dr. Leonard N. Neufeldt 35 named associate professor and acting chairman of literature at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He previously taught at Universitaet Erlangen Nurnberg in Germany under a Fulbright and was on the University of Washington faculty from 1966 to 1972. He holds degrees from Waterloo University College and the University of Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard N. Neufeldt
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Universitaet Erlangen- Nurembert
Germany
University of Washington
Neufeldt
Waterloo University College
Univerity of Winne
House Burns To The Ground In Odessa Fire
A vacant one room frame house at 317 East Ann in Odessa burned to the ground in a fire call at 10 19 a m Thursday. Seven firemen responded. The owner was Manuel Polasco. Fire Capt James Null said the house was in flames on arrival with no involvement of the nearby larger house. Cause undetermined. the structure had been vacant two years. Firemen returned at 11 28 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Go International Inc
East US
East Ann
Manuel Polasco
James Null
Null
Services Set For Victim Of Gun Mishap
Funeral services are planned for 14 year old Mark Bristol in Midland after a hunting accident near Santa Fe New Mexico. He died at a Santa Fe hospital from a shotgun discharge when a gun fell to the ground. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Bristol moved to Midland from Houston in 1968 and attended San Jacinto Junior High. He was survived by his parents three siblings and grandparents with memorials to Midland YMCA or Camp Friendship at First Christian Church.
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Midland
Mark Bristol
Santa Fe
N.M
First Christian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Young Bristol
Ray Bristol
William Osterman
Bristol
Dallas
Houston
San Jacinto Junior High School
Gary Bristol
Bryan Bristol
Sheryl Bristol
W.G. Burgess
Goldie Bristol
Alpine
Midland Ymca
The
James H. Pogue
Tulia
James Howard Pogue
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill
Wallace Funeral Home
Pogue
Yantis
Lenora Hutto
Joyce Neeley
Andrews
American Cancer Society
Sweetwater
J. J. S. Smith
Simmons Memorial Hospital
Westside Baptist
Merkel
Cate Spencer
Coke County
Lella Ruth Wilkins
Fort Worth
Mobil Oil Co
Westside Baptist Church
Louise Graves
Fort Stockton
C. R. Smith
Pecos
Emmett
Irene Fay) Wynn
Glenn Funeral Home
Rolla
Ozelia M. Dulin
Kermit
Joe
Ozelia Marie) Dulin
Memorial Hospital
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Kermit Cemetery
Dulin
Cornish
Oklo
Joe M. Dulin
Lovington
Mentone
Bill Dulin
Abilene
Fred Dulin
Harold Dulin
Sacramento
Calif
Tommy Dulin
Stephenville
Virginia Reynolds
Clarkburg
Eugene Grittman
Eugene John Grittman
Fort Stockton Memorial Hospital
Church of Christ
East Hill
Annabelle Grittman
Clifton Grittman
Adron Griffith
Arlie Lynch
Michigan
Leonard Akins
Brady
Fund Started For Odessan McPherson Kidney Fund Established
A fund is set up at First National Bank for Mrs Eddie Wanda McPherson 9407 Palm Odessa. At 33 she has been a kidney patient three years and rejects a transplant from June. She undergoes tests at Parkland Hospital Dallas and has two sons Kenneth and Bill at Odessa High School. Donations via Bob Switzer trust officer at First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Wanda) McPherson
First National Bank
McPherson
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Kenneth
Bill
Odessa High School
Bob Switzer
Wanda McPherson
Odessa Tomorrow Events for Day Ahead
A schedule for Odessa includes 7 AM breakfast at Sands Restaurant by Optimists, 10 AM Ector County Commissioners in the commissioners' courtroom, 12 PM Eastside Rotary at Inn of the Golden West Coachroom, 12 PM Odessa Optimists at Sands Restaurant, 6 PM Veterans of World War I at Hi-Spot Youth Center, 8 PM American Junior Rodeo Association world championship at Ector County Coliseum, and 8:38 PM Mary Mary at Permian Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Coliseum
Lee Anne Hutto
del Rio
Lisa Jo Mann
Hobbs, N.M
Wanda Blackburn
Melrose
N.M
Chils Pearson
Eunice, N.M
Pam Gage
Monahans
Grant Ave
NOON
Eastside Rotary
Inn of the Golden West Coachroom
10Th and
MacArthur
American Junior Rodeo Association
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Mike Hinton
Wally Jay Simoneaux
Jeffrey Allen Konen
Raymond Stanley Blackburn
Baton Rouge
Inouye
AJBA
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul VI
William Edward Olive
West 24Th
U.S. 8
Texas Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
Otis Moore
Lawrence Scogins
Medical Center Hospital
A.D. West
Pueblo
Colo
Associated Press
Madrid
Alchurd D. West
West
Albuquerque
University of Colorado
New York
Washington
J.J. Smith
Jerry L. Shira Andrews
Jerry Lynn Shira
New York City
Grace Baptist Church
Andrews Cemetery
Shira
Bernice Shira
Brooklyn City Park
Show Magazine
Andrews High School
University of Texas At Austin
Roy M. Serviss
Cimmaron
Kan
Evans
Serviss
Clifford L. Serviss
McKnight
Breakfast Optimists
Sands Restaurant
Ector County Commissioners, Commissioners
Odessa Optimists
Mary, Mary
Permian Playhouse
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