Secretary suit shifts venue from Abilene to Midland
A former Odessa city secretary’s federal lawsuit against Odessa has moved from Abilene to Midland to be closer to witnesses. The suit, filed May by Tena Walker then 60, alleges age discrimination and free speech retaliation, seeks reinstatement and 67000 in wages plus punitive damages. The city denied all counts and this change was ordered for convenience. Odessa attorney Richard Bonner leads the defense.
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Odessa
Abilene
Midland
Joel Roberts
Tena Walker
U.S. District Court
Walker
Orginal
Abilene Division
Northern District of Texas
Roberts
Amarillo
John Judge
Plaintff
Clerk robbed at knife point in Odessa store
Odessa police sought a man in his early 20s who brandished a lock blade knife at clerk Glenda K. Herridge 23 in the Kent Kwik at 601 West County Road 3:35 a.m. He fled south on foot with an undetermined cash amount. Suspect described as about 23, black, 5 11, 140 pounds, wearing black shirt and jeans. In Midland two men, 29 and 43, were jailed on heroin possession after deputies served a search warrant on Lee Street and seized numerous papers believed to be heroin.
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Odessa
Kent Kwik
West County Road
Glenda K. Herridge
Midland
Midland County
Lee Street
Justice of the Peace
Keith Jobe
Correction on Odessa address for escapee Johnson
The Odessa address listed for Jesse Willard Johnson, 45, in a Sunday Odessa American report was incorrect. Johnson, who escaped Saturday from a halfway house, told deputies he is from Starks, Louisiana, and remains jailed on an assault charge with warrants from three states. Authorities note papers in a vehicle listed a Cimarron Avenue address in Odessa.
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Odessa American
Odessa
Jesse Willard Johnson
Starks
Upton County
David Saunders
Saunders
Johnson
Cimarron Avenue
Burglary reports in police beat list several thefts
Juan Mendoza reports a television radio cassette player and boots stolen from 2405 Kermit Highway No 12 between Aug 2 and Aug 6 30 p.m. Sunday. Joni K Wood reports a gold ring stolen between 10 a.m. Thursday and noon Sunday. Tarter Coleman reports thefts from Beau ty Barber Shop 603 Fitch Ave including a television refrigerator hair clippers valued 775. Lem F Walters reports three shotguns four rifles taken between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Deput y D Bright.
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Juan Mendoza
Kermit Highway No. 12
D. Deards
Joni K. Wood
Shafter St
T. Davis
Tarter Coleman
Coleman
Fitch Ave
Lem F. Walters
West County Road
D. Bright
Immigration sanctions loom as amnesty drive continues
A nationwide INS program to curb illegal hires takes effect Sept 1, with penalties for employers hiring undocumented workers after Nov 6, 1986. The sanctions push aliens to apply for amnesty, trigger firings, and prompt crowds at INS centers as bosses demand work authorization. In Houston, chaos followed an Aug 18 rush.
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Dallas
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Richard Rios
Houston
INS Center
Houston Center
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Shawn Corzine
Dan and
Glynder Corzine
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