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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1983
Page
15
Dr. Courand Rothe, director of the Metropolitan Health District, oversees biologist Sue Curry as she checks typhoid tests on Trinity University students. Nine cases are confirmed but the infection source remains unfound.
Fire investigators say vagrants seeking shelter likely started a Thursday night blaze at a warehouse on West First Street. No injuries occurred. the warehouse owned by Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center stored old equipment and sustained heavy fire and smoke damage with empty wine bottles found in the crawlspace.
A free seminar titled Rape Prevention and Self Protection is set for 7 p.m. Monday in Room 186 of the Occupational Technical Building at Midland College. Nan Gordon, director of the Midland Rape Crisis Center, will lead the program and attendees should pre register by calling 684-7851 ext 264 or 243.
Ruth Howard reports six refrigerators and a dishwasher valued at 1350 stolen from a vacant apartment between Sunday 2 pm and Thursday 8 45 am. Joe Brooks White reports an AM FM radio cassette player worth 525 stolen from an unlocked 1984 Mercury Cougar at Joe White Lincoln Mercury between Wednesday evening and Thursday noon. Jerry Thorpe reports a video game and videos valued at 890 stolen around 2 pm Thursday. Joe Kenneth Williams Jr reports 500 damage from white spray paint on a car door between 6 pm Wednesday and 11 pm. G H Miller reports two backhoes valued at 40000 each taken in past five weeks. Lana Thomas reports a color TV clock and two mobile home tires stolen between 10 am and 10 45 am Thursday. Deputy W Palmer.
Rios testified he could not tell what the argue about, contradicting earlier police statements that Canava took Boyle's wallet after the shooting. He denied seeing the robbery, prompting defense attorney Richard Keen to seek dismissal of the capital murder charge in the case seeking the max penalty.
The court maintained Canava in Ector County Jail on a $100,000 bond after Keen argued no felonious killing was shown without Rios' testimony. Lumpee overruled, allowing continued detention pending trial.
In Barstow three people died when a car and a Missouri Pacific train collided before 8 am. A baby was among the victims, with few details available from DPS and a sheriff's deputy.
About 50 High Plains farmers urged the Texas Forest Service to resume a discontinued program for production and sale of trees for farm windbreaks. Forest Service officials said the program is under review and must be economically feasible before it can restart. Associate director Jimmy Hull expressed optimism but noted cost must be considered.
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