Judge suppresses Lucas confession in 1983 El Paso slaying case
In El Paso a state district judge ruled Henry Lee Lucas’s 1983 ax slaying confession inadmissible, along with related interviews and grand jury notes, citing involuntary extraction. Lucas, 50, is indicted on capital murder in Librada Apodaca’s death. he has long recanted the confessions.
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EL Paso
Henry Lee Lucas
Brunson Moore
Lucas
Waco
McLennan
Librada Apodaca
Killer gets 50 years for in law murder in Plainview
TALSA-Don W. Terrell was convicted of murder for shooting his father in law, Hale County Commissioner Ronald Morris, at the Precinct 1 county maintenance building in Plainview on March 13. The jury took about four hours to reach a verdict and two hours twenty minutes to decide punishment. Terrell received a 50 year sentence. In Lubbock, U.S. District Judge Halbert O. Woodward announced he will assume senior status next month, continuing on the bench in the Northern District of Texas divisions until a successor is appointed.
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Houston
Derrick Edward Hicks
Worthing Senior High School
Jon Hughes
Dorothy Mae Hicks
TALSA
Don W. Terrell
Hale County
Ronald Morris
Terrell
Marvin Marshall
Morris
Plainview
Lubbock
U.S
Halbert O. Woodward
San Angelo
Abilene
Northern District of
Texas
Woodward
Northern District
Abilene Bank Closed. Lueders Sinks Under Loans
The Farmers State Bank of Lueders north of Abilene was closed at 3 p.m. Friday and will reopen Monday under Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Merkel. FDIC said deposits total about $9 million, marking the 26th Texas bank failure of the year. State official blamed a concentration of low quality loans and board inattention to lending.
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Austin
Farmers State Bank of
Lueders
Abilene
Larry Chilton
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Merkel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bill Olcheski
Chilton
Lueders Bank
Texas
Susan Thorpe Named Budgeting and Research Manager
Harrison notes Susan Thorpe, formerly administrative assistant, has taken on budgeting and research duties. Thorpe's six month trial term begins with evaluation to follow. Harrison says no other candidates were considered and she has shown initiative across multiple areas.
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Harrison
Thorpe
Susan
Jolt soda gains national buzz in cola wars arc
Rochester bottler’s son explains Jolt’s rise from a regional dream to national attention sparked by Dr David Jacobson’s label. The 13A drink targets older and younger crowds, with stores reporting brisk shelves as rivals Coke and Pepsi face renewed challenges.
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Rapp
Rochester
Doctors argue over publicity for artificial heart patients
Surgeons at the Texas Heart Institute implanted a Jarvik-70 into a dying 48 year old man on Oct 13 as a bridge to transplantation. The operation was kept largely private, drawing debate over public disclosure and use of public funds in medical research while noting prior Feb 3 implant and patient outcomes.
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Pittsburgh
Texas
John Watson
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Devices and Technology
Texas Heart Institute
Houston
Harris Kent
Ell Paso
O. Howard Frazier
Denton A. Cooley
Ruidoso couple nabbed in cross state abduction case
Harold W. Rairdon and Bobbie Sue Rairdon were arrested in El Paso on fugitive warrants for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated robbery tied to the Carlsbad teen case and a Texas abduction of a college student. They were held without bond.
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EL Paso
Ruidoso
Carlsbad
Texas
Harold W. Rairdon
Bobbie Sue Rairdon
Ed Camacho
Camacho
Rairdons
University of Texas At el Paso
Rairdon
Deaths Services for H C Harvey Alexander
Death notices list H C Harvey Alexander 54 of 3641 Redbud Ave. with services at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home at 2 p.m. officiated by Rev William Simpson. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Alexander died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital born July 14 1932 in Sweetwater Oklahoma. Memorials suggested to American Heart Association. Survivors include wife Kathleen Kathy Denton of Odessa and three sons three daughters two brothers a stepmother a stepsister and six grandchildren.
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Redbud Ave
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
William Simpson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Alexander
Medical Center Hospital
Sweetwater
Oklo
Kathleen
Kathy’’ Denton
Odessa
Jerry Alexander
Chandler
Ariz
Carl Alexander
Eastland
Randy Alexander
Cindy McGee
Rachel Morris
Michelle
Missie’’ Alexander
David Alexander
Micky Alexander
Erick
Okla
Edith Alexander
Bill Loyd
Jewell Tomason
Stockton
Calif
Margie Towie
Oklahoma
Bobbie Lovett
Houston
Ruby Black
Ada
Dottie Thomasey
Erick, Okla
Mary Brinkley
Gracie Sheppard
Little Rock
Ark
American Heart Association
Rose Hill
Valenzuela
Ojinaga
Mexico
Midessa Industrial Vinyl Co
Yolanda Ronquillo
Porfirio Ronquillo
Jose Luis Ronquillo
Javier Ronquillo
Bertha Valenzuela
Aracely Enriquez
Mr. Jones
Arlington Memorial Hospital
Arlington
Tank Valley
Marguerite Wright
Graham
Amoco Oil Co
First United Methodist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Graham Lions Club
Seabees
Joe B. Jones
Farmers Branch
Shirley Brooks
Bedford
Marshelen Jones
Richardson
Zula Bryan
Heard
Kaufman
Irene Evelyn Slaughter
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