Upton County sheriff booted again in court reversal
Sheriff Glenn Willeford was removed again after a district court judge reversed an earlier ruling temporarily suspending him amid felony indictment charges. Acting Sheriff Danny Brown said four fired employees and one resigning chief deputy were allowed to return to duty. Town residents and Mary Turner’s family relieved as the case proceeds.
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Rankin — Upton County
Glenn Willeford
Willeford
el Paso
William E. Moody
Abuse ruling on child injuries stirs Angesen appeal
District Attorney Eric Augesen criticized a judge's decision to place Guadalupe Dominguez in seven years probation and counseling after she pleaded no contest to felony injury to a child in a case involving an abused Odessa girl. Her husband Genoveve Dominguez faces a pending misdemeanor charge.
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Odessa
Eric Augesen
Joe Connally
Guadalupe Dominguez
Genoveve Dominguez
Supreme Court bid for book ban in Scopes II case in Tennessee
Seven families vow to take their battle to the Supreme Court after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that awarded more than 50,000 dollars for religious rights violations. The panel voided the case against Hawkins County schools over required readings including The Wizard of Oz and The Diary of Anne Frank.
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Nashville, Tenn
Scopes II
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert L. Mozert
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Appeals Court
U.S
Thomas G. Hull
Hawkins County
Hull
Greenville
Vicki Frost
Rogersville
Anne Frank
Frost
6Th Circuit
Oil futures slip to fresh lows as OPEC outputs questioned
New York AP report notes oil futures tumble to the lowest since spring with WTI October at 18.60 a barrel, down 30 cents from Friday. Gasoline and heating oil also fell. analysts cite OPEC overproduction and a Cyprus survey alleging quota cheating as market jitters persist.
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New York
Organization Ofetroleum
Persian Gulf
Lowe
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas Intermediate
Septermbe
Nalysts
OPEC
Middle East Economy Survey
Nicosia
Cyprus
Imember Organization
Oth
West Texas drought ends as Kent Hance joins Texas Railroad Commission
Kent Hance, a Lubbock resident and former congressman, accepts Gov Bill Clements invitation to join the Texas Railroad Commission ending a long West Texas drought from representation on the body. Odessa oilmen praise the appointment as beneficial for the petroleum industry and national attention.
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West Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Lubbock
Kent Hance
Bill Clements
Oil, Gas and Transportation Regulatory Body
Odessa
Ed Ryan
Falcon Oil & Gas Co
R.A. Coleman
Alps Oil Co
Midland
Larry Oldham
Parallel Petroleum Corp
Hance
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Turner
J.W. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Angesen
Elaine Easley
Supreme Court
Margaret Mead
Isaac Asimov
Hans Christian Andersen
Michael Farris
Washington, D.C
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ABC
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