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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1990
Page
13
Police say Jimmy Charles Weir arrested in Alaska is actually Charles Thurman Sinclair of Hobbs New Mexico. Sinclair 44 and his wife Debbie are wanted for allegedly embezzling $30,000 while running a Hobbs sporting goods and gun store.
Will Hadden of Odessa questioned if a constable could live on 150 dollars monthly while Jack Crider weighed pay based on performance. Testimony covered Hill and Stringer duties, patrolling, illegal dumping tickets, and expanding constable roles. Stringer described assisting warrants and arrests, with sheriff Brookshire noting 5 000 to 6 000 warrants to serve and Stringer claiming over 10,000 unexecuted documents. The trial resumes next morning.
In Austin the watermaster proposed charges for the Rio Grande basin from Cave Gill Dam to the Gulf, excluding Pecos and Devils rivers. Base charge $50 per assessment, $25 reinstatement, various per acre foot rates for municipal use, storage, salt water source, hydroelectric use, and secondary use. Targeted revenue $670,224 for fiscal 1991. location Room 118, Stephen F. Austin Building. contact John Hinojosa IV at (512) 986-5481.
The Permian Basin Council hosts a free youth seminar on media influence and abuse tonight from 7 to 9 at the Midland Center, 105 North Main Street. Pre registration advisable. call Lori Becker at 232-172.
A 20 year old Odessa woman told police she was threatened with a gun by an acquaintance Saturday night at Dixie Boulevard and Snyder Street around 8 p.m. The incident, ruled as aggravated assault by Odessa Police Department, left her uninjured. Officers located a weapon later unclear if recovered.
Odessa police reports say Gonzalo Cervantes, 31, was stabbed in the back and Herman L. Green, 34, hit with pliers during separate assaults between 1 and 2 a.m. near Eighth Street and Dixie Boulevard and near a relative’s house. Both were treated at Medical Center Hospital and released. Other entries note thefts and burglaries in Odessa from Aug. 15 to Aug. 22, including Cashway Lumber Home Center, Rent-A-Center, and residences, with items valued from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
In the Wednesday Odessa American edition a charging item listed a wrong address. The correct address is Delmar Drive in Mid-.
The Energy Department's revised environmental report shows peak construction needs rising to 3,893 workers in the mid 1990s, up from 3,819 in 1988. The project cost is now about $8 billion with the 54 mile tunnel and facilities planned in Ellis County south of Dallas. Officials expect a final cost estimate by September 7.
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