Burglary Clues Sought in Odessa Kimbrough Theft
Crime Stoppers seeks information on a break in at Kimbrough Super Service 1023 N Grant Ave. Sometime after 10 p.m. June 27 a storage building was entered by cutting padlocks and stealing three Uniroyal tires a U S military carbine bayonet and a red toolbox. A $1,000 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and indictment. Anonymous tips to Odessa 333 8477 or Midland 694 8477.
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Kimbrough Super Service
N. Grant Ave
U.S
Odessa
Midland
Odessa American finalist in AP Public Service Awards
The Odessa American is named a finalist in the AP Managing Editors Association Public Service Awards. Ten finalists in each circulation category were selected from 114 entries for newspapers over 90,000 and 39 entries for smaller papers. The American’s H2S series spurred hearings on safety laws.
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New York
Odessa American
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
APME
Cincinnati
Two arrested in drug raid in Upton County Texas
Sheriff says early Monday raid at a Rankin McCamey area ranch seized equipment for meth manufacture and over 50 weapons. Suspects Steve Bruton 19 and Denise Sterling Hall 33 held on conspiracy to manufacture amphetamines with $150000 bonds. Deputies found marijuana and chemicals used in drug production during the operation.
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Rankin
Upton County
Glenn Willeford
Rankin and
McCamey
Steve Bruton
Denise Sterling Hall
Willeford
Justice of the Peace Moody
Bruton
Hall
El Paso Judge vows cleaner language after hearing
El Paso County Judge Pat O'Rourke promises to choose words carefully after a two hour hearing. A peace justice dismissed a disorderly conduct complaint by private security guard Johnnie Dopson, 27, who alleged O'Rourke used profanity two months earlier.
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EL Paso
Pat O’rourke
O’ Rourke
Johnnie Dopson
Dopson
Obituary roundup for multiple Texas deaths in Odessa and Andrews
Death notices list Bobby Baxter Thompson of San Francisco and Claude Moses Tucker of Andrews with service details and survivors. Also noted are Virgil Cummins of Odessa with birth and WWII veteran status, Charles R Ayers of Richardson former Odessa agent, Bill Hedrick of Odessa longtime Wood Oil executive and minister, and Lucy Richardson of Andrews with pending services. Memorials and burial plans follow each obituary.
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Bobby Baxter Thompson
San Francisco
Neptune Society Columbarium
Thompson
Odessa
Mr. Thompson
Permian High School
SMU
Bank of America
Andrews
Claude Moses Tucker
Singleton Funeral Home
H.A. Hanks
Andrews Cemetery
Mr. Tucker
Permian General Hospital
Tunas
Esta Clara Barnes
Creek County
Okla
Tucker
Oklahoma City
Dillard Tucker
Yukon
Jake Tucker
Granbury
Rene Arthur
Clifton Tucker
Dilton
Freddie Tucker
Edna Rodgers
Richardson
Charles R
Chuck”’ Ayers
Restland Funeral Home Chapel
Restland Cemetery
Dallas
Ayers
Dallas Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Ayers
Big Spring
Edith Wiesner
Berlin
Germany
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Michael Ayers
Austin
Mark Ayers
Hedrick
Wood Oil Co
Sunset Heights Church of Christ
Churches of Christ
Lucy Richardson
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
State executes third man in a week
In Huntsville, Texas, convicted rapist Chester Lee Wicker was executed by injection, the third inmate put to death in a week. He abducted and attempted to rape and then choked and buried alive a Gulf Coast woman, Suzanne Knuth, 22, after her car broke down in Beaumont. Wicker, who would have turned 38 the next day, offered a brief final moment to his mother as he faced the lethal sentence.
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Huntsville
Chester Lee Wicker
Texas
Wicker
Gulf Coast
Judith Lamblion
Salt Lake City
Jim Mattox
Mattox
Lamblion
American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court
Suzanne Knuth
Knuth
Beaumont
Police Beat Odessa and Sheriff Reports August Theft Incidents
Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle reported by Sonya Kaye Jones for a 1982 Chevrolet Camera valued at 8500 taken from 805 N Grandview Ave about 11 p.m. Sunday. Criminal mischief involves a shattered rear window and dents on a 1980 Chevrolet pickup at 1231 S Crane Ave about midnight Sunday. Burglary reported by James H Meek of 2341 Bainbridge Dr for jewelry and a video recorder totaling 850 taken between 11 p.m. Sunday and 4:30 a.m. Monday. Occurred at 2341 Bainbridge Dr. George Ray McGill reported a generator, ladder, cutting torch and golf clubs totaling 2100 from a storage building at 302 Oak Ave between Aug 18 and 8 a.m Monday. Gracey Laudate reported a microwave oven, two televisions, a lawn mower and jewelry totaling 4900 taken from a house at Pondview and Park around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Deputy M Harrison indicated incidents in the Aug 26 burglaries.
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Sonya Kaye Jones
N. Grandview Ave
T. Gettings
Jesus Montoya
James H. Meek
Bainbridge Drive
George Ray McGill
Oak Ave
A. Jones
Gracey Laudate
Pondview and Park
M. Harrison
Accidents Involving Moore and Schulze In Odessa
Odessa police report an evening collision on East 42nd Street injuring Stephanie Moore age 2 who was in critical condition at Medical Center Hospital. The child, driver Sharon Kay Moore and Cynthia Ann Schulze involved in the crash were not all injured.
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Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Hedrick
Medical Center Hospital
Noble, Il
Mary Jenkins
St. Charles
Odessa
Denny Lewis
East 42Nd Street
Stephanie Moore
Benefield Ave
Sharon Kay Moore
Moore
Cynthia Ann Schulze
Grandview Ave
Schulze
Sharon Moore
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Justice of the Peace
Joy Moody
Judge
Bobby Thompson
Martin
Barbara Thompson
Steven Paul Thompson
Claude Tucker
Virgil Cummins
Virgil Harrison Cummins
Patton Drive
Frank W. Wilson
Joe Wood
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Mr. Cummins
Margaret Quay Laws
Honey Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Odd Fellows
Laura Melton
Richard Cummins
Charles Ayers
Sharon Weir
Terre Turner
Lea Ann Ferguson
Kristi Ayers
Kelli Ayers
Beatrice Folmar
Raymond Folmar
Bill Ayers
Colorado
Virginia Spann
Katy
Bill Hedrick
W. 26Th St
Crescent Park Church of Christ
Robert McDonald
William L. Hedrick
Hermosa Beach
Calif
Linda Wester
Bob Hedrick
Findlay
Ohio
Beulah Wright
Mountain View
Bess Ahrens
Mesa
Ariz
Bertha Holmes
Santa Barbara
Bernita Baldwin
la Canada
State
Texas Department of Corrections
Sarah Grisham
S. Crane Ave
G. Horrell
A.m
M.R. Ector
Bostick
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