Fire damages car wash after LNG explosion in Odessa
An explosion and fire at the Aladdin Car Wash on West County Road in Odessa damaged the facility and prompted evacuation of about 20 children from Kiddie Kampus Day Care. A Pride Transportation Co. truck was cleaning LNG when it ignited, with no injuries. Damages exceed $50,000. one driver fined $28.50 for dumping flammable liquids. Firefighters used 44,000 gallons of water to contain the blaze and four trucks responded.
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Odessa
Aladdin
16Th
South West County Road
Kiddie Kampus
West County Road
South Odessa
Pride Transportation Co
West County
Roy Jack Cate Jr
Eastland
Cates
Mark Fletcher
Otis Moore
Wayne Coggins
George Fletcher Sr
Riggs Drive
R.M. Petit
East 35Th
Glenn Adams
East 57Th
West Clements
Jury returns verdict on Jim Jones deaths in Guyana case
The jury finds James Warren Jones died by his own action amid a trial in Georgetown over the Jonestown deaths. Prosecutors described Jones as controlling cult leaders with armed guards and orders to die with dignity. A public prosecutor and a defense attorney sparred over evidence as bodies awaited repatriation from a military morgue in Dover and death certificates were prepared for batches.
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Bacchus
Graham Rose
James Warren Jones
Leslie Mootoo
Jones
Georgetown
Jonestown
Graham
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
Guyanese
Emanuel Romao
U.S
Jim Jones
Christine Miller
Woman Detained After Razor Attempt Near Statehouse
Witnesses say a woman in a car swerved into the Statehouse area on West State Street, the vehicle halted by a marble pillar. She struggled and fended off a razor attempt, with Capt. Rosada noting she offered no explanation and appeared distressed. No charges filed yet, but homicide suspicion cited.
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Steve Rosada
Rosada
West State Street
Statehouse
Second theft charge filed on Odessa
A 24-year-old Odessa man, David Allen Smith of 500 South Grandview, was charged Friday with the felony theft of a photocopying machine, following an arrest Thursday night for stealing two watches from Alsobrook Jewelers valued at $600. He remains in city jail on $20,000 bonds for both theft charges, with the photocopying machine theft filed by Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles and the watches charge filed by Justice of the Peace Virgil Lumpee.
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Odessa
David Allen Smith
South Grandview
Smith
A.B. Dick Copy
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Otis Moore
Virgil Lumpee
Mary of Nazareth at Globe of the Great Southwest
A listing notes a showing tomorrow in Odessa at 2:30 P.M. of the film Mary of Nazareth at the Globe of the Great Southwest cinema.
Two Odessa men plead innocent to income tax indictments
In Midland Federal Court five Odessa and nearby men pleaded innocent to income tax related indictments returned Dec. 15 by the federal grand jury. Morris Reid Smith Jr. and Billy D. Cawthon joined Richard L. Enloe Thomas O. Flournoy and Byron F. Patterson in arraignments before U.S. Magistrate Jim Bobo. All five are free on bonds of 5000 each.
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Midland
Odessa
Federal District Court
U.S
Jim Bobo
Morris Reid Smith Jr
Billy D. Cawthon
Snyder
Richard L. Enloe
Tye
Thomas O. Flournoy
Flournoy
Odessa Officer Injured In Motorcycle Car Crash
A 37 year old Odessa police officer, J D Wingrove, was listed in stable condition after his motorcycle collided with a 1973 model car at Seventh and Hancock at 2 17 p m. The crash threw him over the car’s hood into a second vehicle’s right front bumper. The second driver was Doris Rickard, 30, of 4000 North Golden. The incident also left four others treated and released from Medical Center Hospital for injuries in three separate accidents.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
J.D. Wingrove
Seventh
Hancock
Petra Veltz
West 38Th
Wingrove
Doris Rickard
North Golden
Stacy Marlane Tomar
Lamont
Melisa Renee Howard
Glenwood
East Eighth
Meadow
Miss Tomar
Andela Jacquez Winfield
Miss Howard
Clarence Edgar Means
Boulder
North Jackson
East Fourth
Means
Aft
Christmas Gifts Stolen In Double Odessa Burglaries
Odessa police and Ector County deputies investigated two burglaries Friday night. May Ball Brown reported a 20 gauge shotgun a tackle box with 50 dollars and Christmas gifts taken from her East 37th street home. Items included a woman’s watch clothing and a pencil sharpener worth a combined 174. The Brass Rail Club reported beer and food worth 60 taken after a door hasp was forced. Also a police motorcycle collision at Seventh and Hancock injured Officer J D Wingrove who remained in stable condition with a broken right leg.
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Odessa
Ector County Sheriff's Department
May Ball Brown
East 37Th
Brass Rail Club
West County Road
Deaths McCamey and Alpine: Fambrough and Pando obituaries
McCamey and Alpine obituary notices report Sylvia Fambrough 73 of McCamey dying after a long illness. Funeral services are set at First United Methodist Church and graveside rites at Sonora Cemetery with survivors including a daughter, two sons, sisters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Leonard Pando 68 of Alpine died after an illness. rosary and Catholic funeral services are noted with burial at Holy Angel Cemetery. Survivors include wife Manuela, a daughter, sisters, a brother, and other relatives.
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E.D. Leach
McCamey
Leslie B. Fambrough
Odessa
Thomas Robert Fambrough
Burleson
Sadie Archer
Sonora
Emily Maddox
Harper
Alpine Leonard Pando
Alpine
Big Bend Memorial Hospital
Keeslin Funeral Home
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
Holy Angel Cemetery
Terlingua
Pando
Manuela
Frank Ramos
Andrea Aranda
Portales
N.M
Juana Aranda
Hobbs
Manuela Cabaero
Carlos Pando
Lovington
Vandalisms Hit Homes. Motor Home Window Shattered
Odessa Vernon Glover reported his motor home at 308 West Ada had its rear window broken by an unknown object Friday night while parked at his residence. Damage valued at 250 dollars. Mrs. Thomas R. Zeigler of 4120 Hazelwood said words were written with black shoe polish at her residence and sidewalk, with 130 dollars in damage.
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Odessa
Vernon Glover
West Ada
Thomas R. Zeigler
Hazelwood
Midland Area Weather Forecast From NWS
The National Weather Service forecasts fair conditions at Midland Regional Airport through Sunday. A warm day will give way to a colder night and Sunday with highs near 65 today and about 50 Sunday. Winds southwest 10 to 20 mph. Christmas outlook remains fair and warmer with similar temperatures. Overnight low 25. Precipitation year to date 17.09 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Three Auto Thefts With Hit And Run Under Investigation
Odessa police and Ector County Sheriff's Department investigated Friday night three auto thefts. A 1969 car owned by Benny Briones was taken from 2823 Santa Rosa and involved in a hit‑and‑run that damaged a 1971 car, a 1974 pickup, and a 1970 car. A 1959 pickup owned by Billy Rodger Weaver was reported stolen from 616 North Belmont. A 1974 car from Don & Curtis Auto Sales was also stolen from 501 East Third. In a separate theft, Consuselo Zarauskas reported her purse taken at Winwood Mall by a man in a passing car. The suspect was described as black, about 19 or 20, wearing a yellow and red plaid shirt.
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Odessa
Ector County
Briones
Billy Rodger Weaver
North Belmont
Don & Curtis Auto Sales
East Third
Consuselo Zarauskas
Springdale
Winwood Mall
42Nd
Grandview
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Bob Johnson
Paul Tittle Jr
Cawthon
Enloe
Jackson
John William Wolfe
Vera Coleman Thompson
North Milburn
South Crane
Thompson
Lorenzo Fernandez
West May
Fernandez
Sylvia Fambrough
Leonardo Pando
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