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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1983
Page
14
Crime Stoppers notes the December 2, 1983 burglary at 923 E. 16th St Odessa. Entry occurred through a rear door between 6 30 a.m. and 7 p.m. The thief or thieves took stereo components including a Kenwood cassette tape player tuner amplifier and turntable from the living room cabinet.
Crime Stoppers reports a $1000 cash reward is available this week for information leading to an arrest and felony grand jury indictment in the case. Anonymity is guaranteed by police. callers may reach 333-8477.
The Texas Highway Commission approved three Missouri Pacific Railroad highway crossings in the Odessa Midland area at Kelly Avenue in Odessa Eisenhower Street west of Midland and Midkiff Road in Midland. Signals and gates should be installed by mid 1984 with about 260000 dollars total cost. Federal funds cover 90 percent with 5 percent from the state and 5 percent from the local city.
A brutal cold snap caused more than 160 wrecks and a fatality on Dallas area roads as record lows lingered. Lone Star Gas rationed fuel for power plants, a 16 inch main failed in Fort Worth cutting gas to homes, and 23 major injuries were reported. Del Rio logged 23 degrees as the coldest air mass moves south. a Fort Worth weather official described the anomaly while authorities delayed a Lucas hearing due to a jail transfer issue.
A westbound 1981 Ford Futura collided with an eastbound 1981 Ford pickup driven by Kenneth Ray Hodges age 42 of 302 N Kelly Ave. Hodges was listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital with unspecified injuries.
Odessa police report two auto thefts and a burglary on Sunday night into Monday morning. Alan Copeland, 1703 East 56th Street, 1983 Chevrolet valued at 7500 taken around 11 45 p m. Daniel Broussard, 1702 West 24th Street, 1984 Chevrolet Blazer valued at 16800 taken between 3 30 p m Sunday and 2 17 a m Monday. Ruth Neel, Ruthie’s Lounge 1415 West County Road, television and beer valued at 325 and 500 in quarters taken between 2 and 10 a m. Officer A Woods and Officer F W Garcia Jr. assisted.
A 38 year old Odessa man was listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital after a gasoline explosion at his northside home. Robert Earl of 8834 Dublin Ave burned faces and hands when he poured gasoline into his car carburetor. a backfire caused the blast, according to Fire Marshal Wayne Coggins.
At 7:30 a.m. on Monday Abilene’s Texas Employment Commission office swelled with TI workers furloughed Friday. About 500 employees receive 25 percent of weekly pay for eight weeks, keeping seniority for six months. The layoff stems from moving home computer and consumer products work to Lubbock.
Deaths include Hester Faye Payne 78 of 216 Tool St with funeral at First Assembly of God Church officiated by Rev M D Williams burial Sunset Memorial Gardens Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survivors include husband three sons two daughters 20 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren.
Police said a knife wielding man broke into a southeast Odessa house at about 2 50 am and assaulted a 56 year old woman in her bedroom. The suspect, described as a black man, forced her to be quiet and attacked her with a knife and unknown object before fleeing through a living room window.
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