Nine burglaries probe as losses total 1740 dollars
Police and the Ector County sheriff's office investigated nine burglary reports Friday with a total loss of 1740 dollars. Victims included Olga Larren of 1519 South Crane and Blas Rangel at the same address, plus several others across Odessa with items ranging from jewelry and TVs to tools and firearms. Minor break ins also occurred at Fairmart Furniture and Hood Junior High School with no items missing.
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Ector County Sheriff's Office
Olga D. Larren
South Crane
Blas P. Rangel
Ector
West Fourth
Nine Cars Damaged in Eleven Vandalisms Reported
Police and deputies investigated eleven vandalism incidents Friday, reporting damages totaling over 850 dollars. Victims include Roger Harris, Lovela Martinez, Sylvester Rubil, Tammy Ray, Edwin Martin, Lawrence Behler, Bill Whitfield, Timothy McDaniel, Huckeba’s Used Cars staff, University Small Animal Clinic, and Ricky Ray, with windows and tires damaged at residences, on a car lot, and at a clinic and mobile home.
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Ector County
Roger Harris
Gardendale
East 38Th
East 42Nd
Lovela Martinez
Sylvester Rubil
West Third
South Sam Houston
Tammy J. Ray
Brittany
Edwin Sidney Martin
Golder
West 12Th
Lawrence Behler
North Golder
Bill Whitfield
Castle
Timothy J. McDaniel
North Sam Houston
Huckeba
North Muskingum
University Small Animal Clinic & Hospital
Parkway
Ricky Ray
Spartan
Odessa man charged in child reported incident
Paul Edward Neal 27 a carpenter from Route 4 in Ector County was charged with a reported incident of a child and two counts of indecency with a child in addition to a prior sexual mistreatment charge. Investigated by D A investigator Jerry Davis the case cites incidents involving three girls aged 7 and 9 in a west Odessa mobile home park between late November and early December. Bond set at 25 000 per charge totaling 100 000.
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Ector County
Paul Edward Neal
Jerry Davis
Davis
Neal
Ector County Children’s Service
Odessa
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Auto thefts and theft reports fill Odessa police inquiries
Five thefts were investigated including a 1978 model car valued at 7200 dollars taken from Joe B. White Rental. Linda Wallace reported a stolen purse from her parked car. A 7-Eleven employee observed a man remove items from a safe and $75 later missing. Two beer cases valued at 13 dollars were stolen from a delivery truck. A Quik Stop customer left without paying 11.11 dollars for gasoline. Fires in trash containers and grass were reported in several Odessa fire calls on Thursday and Tuesday, with multiple locations named and times listed.
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Joe B. White Rental & Leasing Inc
East Eighth
Linda Wallace
North Milburn
South Tom Green
10Th and
Dixie
John McCasland
Walnut
Kermit Highway
South Grant
Cold front to cool Permian Basin this weekend
National Weather Service Midland reports a cold front moving in from the Panhandle will drop temperatures from the low 60s to the mid 30s tonight with Saturday low 40s. Expect mainly cloudy skies, a slight chance of showers tonight through Sunday, and winds shifting from southwest to north as the Basin cools.
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Permian
National Weather Service
Midland
Panhandle
Texas
Weather Service
West
South Texas
East Texas
Midland Region Forecast From National Weather Service
Cloudy through Saturday and colder with a slight chance of showers tonight and Saturday. Winds southwest at 10 to 15 mph today, shifting to northerly tonight. Probability of precipitation 20 percent today and tonight. High today 62, low tonight 3. High tomorrow 42. Overnight low 45. Sun sets today at 5 53 p.m. Rises Saturday at 7 49 a.m. Year to date precipitation 17.09 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Trial transcript hints at Davis not fearing murder plot
In a Fort Worth murder conspiracy trial, Davis denies involvement and says he had no reason to kill Kid Son. He disputes an FBI tape segment with McCrory in which they discuss killing multiple people, claiming no one would be killed and questioning motives.
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Jack Strickland
Pat Burleson
Davis
Kidson
Fort Worth
Eidson
Richard
Haynes
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Judge Eidson
Plane crash survivors recount emergency landing
Survivors describe a harrowing crash after the flight experienced a gear problem. Passengers including Gabriella Peponik and Rosina Peponik are listed among the United daughters and others. Richard Harrison, Steven Heltzel, and Amy Conner recount the moment and the crew’s emergency briefing as they awaited a controlled landing. The ages and hometowns of several victims were not immediately available.
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Gabriella
Rosina
Jasna Peponik
Anna Peponik
Raymond C. Waetjen
Gwen Griffith
Richard Harrison
Portland
Tulsa
Okla
Steven Heltzel
Heltzel
Amy Conner
Holden Village
Wash
United pilot Malburn McBroon injured in landing gear incident
A United Air Lines pilot, Malburn McBroon of Loveland Colorado, was hospitalized in good condition after a Portland area incident in which a faulty nose gear light and landing gear issue were reported. He had circled the airport for about 30 minutes discussing the problem with maintenance staff in San Francisco prior to the incident.
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Malburn McBroon
Loveland
Colo
Gresham Community Hospital
McBroon
United
United Air Lines
Portland
UAL
San Francisco
Keith Phildius
Abilene
Janice Stewart
Colorado City
Harmon
Union Oil Co
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Deaths noted in Texas area obituaries and services
Obituaries from Bronte Seminole Andrews Iraan and surrounding towns list services for Aubrey Bagwell Thurman Sims Barbara Flowers William Foster Alice Lewis J.C Reed Winfred Pitts Alwina Schwarz Samuel Archuleta W T Chandler and others. Details include birthplaces, veterans status, burial sites, funeral homes, survivors, and memorial requests where noted.
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WINK
Nell Bisang
First Baptist Church
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral
Zane Nutt
Andrews
Wade Hoggard
Crane
Barbara Bisang
Lubbock
Bobby Tigert
Lone Star
Jerry Tigert
Houston
J.P. Vissering
Jim Berry
Naples
R.gc. Hicks
FE Paso
Woody Hoskins
Canyon City
Calif
Thurman M. Sims
Seminole
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Sims
Memorial Hospital
McClellan County
Scurry County
Gaines County
Ella Mae Hawkins
Lovington
N.M
Melvin Sims
Preston
Alfred Sims
Denver City
Johnny
Darlene) West
Levelland
Christine Murphy
Marybelle Allen
Rosa Rae Welch
Helen Ludlam
Eufaula
Ala
L.H. Sims
Hobbs
Aubrey Sims
Sacramento
J.P. Sims
Friona
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
County Court marriage licenses issued in Ector County
Listing shows multiple couples granted licenses including Gordon McGuire with Terry Turney and Jesus Montes with Maria Perez Valdez along with others. A district court section lists divorce suit ties among numerous parties, followed by a long discharge and birth notices and local events at Ector County Coliseum.
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Gordon McGuire
Terry Lynn Turney
Jesus Badillo Montes
Maria del Rosario Perez Valdez
James Edwin Holman
Mary Catherine Donbravs
Darel Lester Robbins
Kay Ann Garner
Abel Baeza
Velma Carrasco
Ricky Legrea Young
Melissa Lynn Jenkins
Phillip Dale Smart
Charlotte Kay Ballard
John Jackson Ledbetter
Paula Olene Hines
Randy Lee Elrod
Edna Sue Braswell
Walter Thomas Smiey Jr
Belinda Sue Rose
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Jeanne Preston
North Dixie
West Fifth
North Washington
Tom Flynn
North Lee
North Elliott
Bobby Lance
North Benefield
Fairmart Furniture
Hood Junior High School
Tom Green
Huber
Carver
Madera
West 25Th
South Alleghaney
Miss Conner
Roswell
Harrison
Marguerite Jackson
Milford
Mass
Henry Germond
Lake Oswego
Vannessa Capps
Chuck
Vannessa) Capps
Parkview Hospital
Newnie W. Ellis
Capps
Paducah
Oklahoma City
Sheridan
Ind
Chuck Capp
Michael Bickerstaff
Fort Campbell
Walter Bickerstaff
Jay Lee Bickerstaff
Charles A. Capps Jr
Joyce Ann Bickerstaff
Teresa Jean Harmon
W.W. Carroll
Bruce Lively
Needles
Sandra A. Duree
Phyllis Taylor
Pat Brockman
Broken Arrow
J.E. Lively
Walter G. King
Kermit
Walter Guy King
Bellview Baptist Church
Cooper Funeral Chapel
King
Big Spring
Mabel Meadows
Henry Stuart
Prescott, Ark
Sarah King
Melvin King
S.K. Rees
Louise Porter
George Medley
Ford
Doyle
R.F. Bailey Sr
Navasota
R.F. Bailey Jr
Lindley-Robertson
Oakland Cemetery
Bailey
Washington County
Aubrey Bagwell
Bronte
Aubrey David Bagwell
Ricci Beavers
Big Lake
First United Methodist Church
Hayrick Cemetery
Shaffer
Thurman
M. Sims
Barbara A. Flowers
Barbara Adele Flowers
Andrews Cemetery
Donaldsonville
George Southern
Delphene Caroll
Gilbert
Cecelia Carver
Elaine Carver
Annette Free
Hoyt Delphene Wilson
Hubbard
Darlene Warren
Lessie Ledvinra
Butternut
Wis
Frank Wilson
White Castle
Jerry Wilson
Garland
William Foster
Lee Street
Church of Christ
Fairview
Jackson Funeral Home
Foster
Oakwood
Dillie B. Foster
Frankie Suggs
Odele Foster
Buffalo
N.Y
Alice Lewis
Iraan
Alice G. Lewis
Sheffield
Sheppard Funeral Home
Howard Lage
Eagle Pass
Tom Holmes Sheffield
Erwin Schuster
Murray Lewis
Thrall
J.C. Reed
Harvey Funeral Home
Ardmore
Ringling Memorial
Ringling
Ellis Funeral Home
Reed
Grady
Indian Territory
Maudie May King
Nocona
Asbury Methodist Church
Frank Cooper
Walter Cooper
Gertie Lyles
Polly Fikes
San Antonio
Base Reed
Howard Reed
Luke Reed
Winfred Pitts
Winfred C. Pitts
Ellis Funeral
Resthaven Memorial Park
Pitts
Wellington
Midland Fire Department
Dianna
W.C. Pitts Jr
C.E. Pitts
Elvis Pitts
Alwina Schwarz
Snyder
Lorraine
Ed Stahl
Salem Lutheran Church
Roscoe
Lone Wolf
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Samuel Archuleta
Vivian Villarreal
East 13Th
Odessa Cemetery
Easterling Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Clayton
Marlene Villarreal
Felicia Villarreal
Juanita Martinez
Muleshoe
Margaret Archuleta
W.T. Chandler
W.T
Bill) Chandler
Chandler
Midland Memorial Hospital
van Zandt County
Sweetwater
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Belview Baptist Church
Midland Masonic Lodge No
Knights Templars
York Rites
Stella
Clyde Chandler
Claude Chandler
San Diego
Billie Jean Clapton
Merritt Island
Fla
Mauvine McClintock
Fontanna
Ruby Bell
District Court
John A. Aaller
Rita A. Miller
Julia G. Mayberry
John DeLoyd Mayberry
Manuel Olivas
Kenneth Starkey
Kathryn Elth
Grover Sanders
Johnnie Medders
Gary Davis
Walter Unnum
Kyle Hinesty
Elizabeth Brown
Laquite Dunlap
Mabel Ryan
Ivan Lewis
Michael Alfigon
Ondus Searls
Mary Thornton
Brilda Beeze
Vivien Smith
Christy Stark
Rochelle Margus
M. Louise He
Edna Brown
Mary Midgett
Leora Hester
Bob Ward
Raipn Snow
Margaret Jackson
Donald Camppel
Rodney Mowerd
Ores Erwin
Delmas Aguilere
Clare
Jack J. Corbell Jr
Monahens
Gene Borfolussi
Route 1
Nolan Blount
Pecos
Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum and Fairgrounds
Ector County Coliseum
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