Solicitation trial begins for Odessa man in assassination plot
Opening testimony starts in the capital murder solicitation case against O B King 73 of Odessa charged with attempting to hire an undercover Ector County deputy as an assassin. If convicted he faces life in prison. King allegedly arranged a killing for 8000 dollars with an informant and 5000 promised to the deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Joe Connally
244Th Judicial District Court
O.B. King
E. Murphy St
King
Midland
Weddel
Pennsylvania
Memorial funds set up for Midland crash victims
Trust accounts established for Hailey Monette, Logan Monette, and Jeff Shull after a Beechcraft King Air 100 crash near Midland Regional Airport killed eight, six of them KOSA-TV Odessa staff. Funds organized at Interfirst Bank Odessa and Citizens Savings Bank Sac City. donations directed to specific purposes including education and a journalism scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Regional
Hailey and Logan
Monette
Stephens
Shull
Midland
Dotty
Hailey
Logan
Annette
James
Jeffrey
Julie
George Shull
Sac City
Larry Melton
Interfirst Bank
Permian High School
P.O
Odessa
Evelyn Lafrentz
Interfirst
Murderer Thomas Barefoot Given Stay of Execution
Texas Death Row inmate Thomas Andy Barefoot, 37, who faced execution for the 1978 killing of a Central Texas policeman, was granted a federal stay by U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton of Odessa. The stay cited pending U S Supreme Court death penalty cases as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Thomas Andy Barefoot
Barefoot
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Odessa
U.S. Supreme Court
Steve Rogers
Burglary and Theft Reported on December 1
Police reports list three incidents. John A. Alderman of 3720 Tanglewood Lane reports $50,000 in $100 bills stolen from a safe between midnight Tuesday and 9 p.m. Wednesday with Officer B. Yancey handling. Preston R. Blair at 1502 W. Third St. reports guitar, stereo equipment, and belt buckle worth $1,810 taken between 1 and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officer Jan Merson investigated. Tommy Lee Brown of 143 Quail Run reports welding track valued at $10,000 and welding tools worth $398.50 stolen between 2 and 7 a.m. Wednesday. Officer B. E. Fraiser responding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Alderman
Tanglewood Lane
B. Yancey
Preston R. Blair
Third St
Jan Merson
Tommy Lee Brown
Quail Run
B.E. Fraiser
Death notices and services for area residents
Deaths and funeral notices compiled from Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home listings include Clyde Beauchamp 85 of 1408 N Adams Ave Odessa with services at 10 am Friday and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Christina Linna McGinley infant of Midland with services in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pauline Mead 50 of Midland with services at 2 pm Friday. Maudie Bartz Odessa resident with pending services. Emma Adaline Snider 74 Jal with 3 pm Friday services at Fifth Street Baptist Church and burial in Jal Cooper Cemetery. P R Black 87 of Odessa with 4 pm services and Odessa Cemetery burial. Theo H Blue 75 Crane with 2 pm Friday services at First Baptist Crane and burial in Crane County Cemetery. many survivors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beauchamp
N. Adams Ave
Hubbard-Kelly
Sonny Contrares
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Beauchamp
Medical Center Hospital
Prescott, Ark
Gracie
Sally’”’ Pride
Lovington
N.M
Odessa
Christina Linna McGinley
Michael McGinley
Midland
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Trevor McGinley
Pauline Mead
Love Buckman
Mead
Smackover
Ark
Farr’s
Church of Christ
Audie Lou Mead
Rocky Rodlin Mead
Maudie Bartz
Deerings
Jal
Emma Adaline Snider
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Terry Cunningham
Cooper Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Kermit
Brady
P.R. Black
Charles Jones
Crane
Theo H. Blue
First Baptist Church
Stanley Wilson
NTSB Ends Preliminary Probe Of Midland Crash Wreckage
NTSB air safety inspector Warren Wandel announced the preliminary investigation into Saturday's Midland Regional Airport crash is complete. He said basic air frame wreckage will be released to the charter company and insurer while engines, propellers, and other components go to Dallas Phoenix and Wichita for further testing. The Beechcraft King Air 100, leased by KOSA TV, carried eight dead crew to regional games. The probe could last up to six months with examination of engines, propellers, and potential mechanical or pilot error factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
National Transportation Safety Board
Warren Wandel
NTSB
Wandel
Air Research
Phoenix, Ariz
Washington, D.C
Odessa teen charged in rape at elementary stadium
A 19 year old Odessa man Dale Estes Witherspoon was charged today with aggravated sexual assault a first degree felony. He was arraigned and held on a 2500 dollar bond. The assault occurred around 720 p m Tuesday near Magnet Elementary at Blackshear 501 S Dixie Blvd as the victim was walking in the 800 block of Washington Lane. Witherspoon was arrested while the woman reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Dale Estes Witherspoon
Otis Moore
Washington Lane
Magnet Elementary
Blackshear
S. Dixie Blvd
Witherspoon
Wabash Avenue
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Ray Beaty
Brentwood
Kosa-Tv
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Christina McGinley
Abe Grenvik
Pittsburgh, Pa
Edward E. McGinley
Pittsburgh
West Nursing Home
Emma Snider
Black
Mason County
Mr. Black
The
Jack Black
Jerry Ray Black
Lubbock
A.J. Black
Della Davis
Martha Ennefer
Elvilla Casebeer
Milsap
Crane County Cemetery
Richard W. Box
Mr. Blue
Crane Memorial Hospital
van Zandt County
Tolva Rabo
Sayre
Oklo
Theo H. Blue Drilling Company
International Order of Odd Fellows and
Rebekah Lodge
Mary Jo Heard
Patsy Acuff
Sandra Smylie
Andrews
Carolyn Rempsher
del Rio
Theo Blue
Houston
Ray Blue
Bobby Blue
Giddings
Charles Blue
Dan Blue
Jerry Blue
Mike Blue
Pauline O’neal
Woodsboro
Nadine St. Clair
San Francisco
Calif
Ewell Dean Kennelley
Monahans
N.D. Blue
Amarillo
Dallas
Lucky Finch
Wichita
Texas Western Aviation
Texas Western
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