Cullen Davis to spend New Year's Day in jail
Cullen Davis denied an FBI informant showed him a photo of a blood stained body of Judge Eidson to prove the judge was dead. He claimed he did not view meetings with accuser David McCrory as damning while prosecutors read his taped statements.
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Houston
Cullen Davis
FBI
Fort Worth
Davis
David McCrory
Joe Eidson
Eidson
Harris County
W.A
Pete”’ Moore
Phil Burleson
Burleson
Moore
Tony Wilson
McCrory
Wilson
Burglars Take Equipment In Odessa Night Thefts
Odessa police investigate three burglaries Friday night with $2 744 in stereo gear and records taken from Donald White of 321 South Hudson. Lynn Fudge reports loss from a car in the North Dixie apartments including radio scanner camera and bowling items. Clay Walker states a .22 rifle with scope was stolen from a pickup at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Donald Wayne White
South
Hudson
Lynn Fudge
North Dixie No. 10
Citizens Band
Clay S. Walker
McKnight
Winter storm spans central Plains and Great Lakes region
A fast moving winter storm from south central Canada plunges central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley temperatures near freezing. Minnesota sees near 20 degree drop in one hour while northern Plains and upper Great Lakes endure heavy snow with up to eleven inches.
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Canada
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Upper
Great Lakes
Plains
Oklahoma
Indiana
Rockies
Northern Plains
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Northwest
West Coast
Key West
Fla
Butte
Mont
Mississippi River
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Missouri
Great Lakes Region
Iran Faces Massive Protests Amid Oil Strike and Martial Law Uncertainty
Iran sees large anti shah demonstrations with clashes and a protester reportedly killed. In Mashhad three wounded as Tehran blocks rail lines and fuel shortages deepen. Khomaini calls for oil workers to strike. Abadan refinery reportedly still running amid mixed oil production data. Western oil firm offers flights to Athens for employees and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Mashhad
Khomaini
Oil Service Co
Athens
Greece
Iran
Charges stated in child's death in Odessa
A 22-year-old Clayton County New Mexico man faced involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of seven month old Samuel Archuleta. The infant died from head injuries at Medical Center Hospital ICU after being admitted December 24 following alleged motel injuries on West Second. The suspect, questioned by Odessa police and DA investigator Jerry Davis, had moved to Odessa two weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Friday in an Odessa cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
N.M
Odessa
Jerry Davis
Samuel Archuleta
Medical Center Hospital
Davis
West Second
Rain or snow possible for Permian Basin
A cold front from the Panhandle may bring rain or snow to the Permian Basin today and Sunday. Forecasters predict cloudy, cold conditions with a 20 to 30 percent chance of precipitation. Northeast winds at 10 to 15 mph. Friday’s high 66, low 45. records 77 and 16 unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa
Weather Service
Weather forecast for Midland region
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport calls for cloudy and cold conditions through Sunday with a 20 percent chance of light rain today and a 30 percent chance Sunday. Northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph, highs mid 40s today, mid 30s tomorrow, and lows in the 20s. Year to date precipitation 17.09 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Vandalisms Reported Across Odessa Including Tire and Door Damage
Four auto tires worth 420 were punctured on a 1974 Engine Service and Supply Co. vehicle at William Jackson Shepherds home. A motel room screen door was broken and a small tree knocked down by a room renter. An antenna valued at 3 on Don Renshaws 1968 car was broken off at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
William Jackson Shepherd
North Whitaker
Engine Service and Supply Co
North Grant
Highway 80
West Second
Don Renshaw
North
Everglade
Gertrude C Pinner services Sunday
Services for Mrs. Gertrude C. Pinner 90 of 809 North Dotsy an Odessa resident for over 40 years will be at 4 p m Sunday at First Assembly of God Church Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home She died Friday at Baptist Memorial Geriatrics Hospital San Angelo after a 20 month illness Born December 23 1888 in Arkansas she married Clyde E Pinner in February 1913 in Jonesboro Ark She came to Odessa in 1937 from Wink She was a member of First Assembly of God Church Survivors include three sons C J Pinner and W G Pinner both of Baytown and J D Pinner of Odessa two daughters Mrs Wilma Jones of Sonora and Evelyn Cherry of Lake Buchanan one brother Emory Johnson of Lifeville Ark one sister Vera Price of Wilmington Calif four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude C. Pinner
North Dotsy
Odessa
First Assembly of God Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
George Edward Bledsoe
Carver
Shiloh Baptist Church
Easterling Funeral Home
Bledsoe
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Marlin
Ida May
Horace Bledsoe
Garland Bledsoe
Quincy Bledsoe
North Carolina
Helen Pruitt
Matthew
Aquilla
el Paso
James
California
Pauline Johnson
Alma Randall
Priscilla Broadus
Lillie Bledsoe
Services Planned for Trina Lynn Taylor of Stanton
Funeral services for 6-year-old Trina Lynn Taylor of Stanton will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church with burial at Evergreen Cemetery under Gilbreath Funeral Home. She died Friday at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa after a long illness born March 10, 1972 in Plainview. Survivors include her parents Walter and Mrs. Taylor, a sister Kim, grandparents Lovell White, Thomas Taylor, Rosie Trisler, and Arthur Taylor, with memorials requested to the Texas Crippled Children Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Trina Lynn Taylor
Walter Taylor
First United Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Plainview
Stanton Elementary
Kim Taylor
Lovell White
Thomas Taylor
Sweetwater
Arthur Taylor
Rosie Trisler
Texas Crippled Children Association
Firemen Answer Two False Alarms in Odessa
Odessa firemen responded to two calls Friday afternoon and night. A mobile home fire report at 6:06 p.m. proved to be smoke from a car using carburetor cleaner, misidentified as a residence. A trash container fire at 1:15 p.m. near 1700 West 25th was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
West 25Th
Former Odessan dies in wreck at Marshall
A 23 year old former Odessan, George Clabourn Palmour Jr, died Friday night at Marshall Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle car crash on State Highway 43. Palmour, born August 26 1955 in Odessa, was a Marshall resident and supermarket employee. Survivors include his mother Mrs Pete Alcala and sister Arlene VanHemert. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Marshall
Marshall Memorial Hospital
George Clabourn Palmour Jr
Pete Alcala
Catalina
Odessa
Palmour
Harrison County
Robert Wood
Easterling Funeral Home
Arlene VanHemert
Rains and Talley Funeral Home
Midland girl struck by car at mobile home park
A four year old girl from Midland County was admitted to Odessa's Women's and Children's Hospital after being struck by a car at Airline Mobile Home Park east of Midland Regional Airport. Kelley Wadreck suffered a broken arm leg and jaw. The 18 year old driver Jack Dennis Morris said he did not see the child in time to stop. no charges are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland County
Odessa
Women’s and Children's Hospital
Midland Regional Airport
Kelley Wadreck
Larry Wadreck
Route 5
Department of Public Safety
Robert Petty
Petty
Jack Dennis Morris
West
U.S. 80
DPS
Sand Hills Show And Rodeo Open In Ector County Coliseum
The 1979 Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show and championship rodeo begin at 8 a.m. at the Ector County Coliseum. Youth horse show, under Bill Mitchell, features about 60 youngsters across up to 10 classes, with Ray Wittie supervising. Judges and committees include John May and C A Mitchell among others. Six rodeo performances start at 8 p.m. with a record 461 riders entered.
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Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum
Bill Mitchell
Kermit
Evelyn Krajear
Ray Wittie
Sand Hills Association
John May
Fort Stockton
Flake Tompkins
Midland
Buster Cole
Goldsmith
C. A. Mitchell
Button Estes
Chris Scharbauer
Tompkins
FFA
el Paso
Odessa
Jay Poynor
Coliseum
Harry Wold
Fowler, Colo
Grand jury to probe fatal Roby bus wreck in January
A 32nd District Court grand jury in Roby will hear evidence in mid January on a truck school bus crash that killed five McCaulley students. Eleven civil suits target Snyder driver William Dixon and Cardinal Surveys Co. Odessa. District Attorney Frank Ginzel says the session will review the case with Judge Weldon Kirk presiding. No charges yet. Dixon critically injured and released from Hendrick Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roby
District Court
McCaulley
Snyder
Cardinal Surveys Co
Odessa
William Dixon
Cardinal
Frank Ginzel
Mitchell
Fisher
Nolan
Frida
Weldon Kirk
Goldsmith Man Shot by Accident While Hunting
A 19-year-old Goldsmith man, Ricky Ray Kelley, remained in satisfactory condition Friday night at Medical Center Hospital after a .22 rifle accident while hunting about one and a half miles north of Goldsmith. Kelley told deputies he was walking with the cocked rifle when it fired at 10:55 a.m. local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
Medical Center Hospital
Ricky Ray Kelley
Ector County
Three Vehicle Wreck Injures Odessa Man and Monahans Woman
A 27 year old Odessa man Carl James Dyer was hospitalized with back and stomach injuries after a three vehicle collision on West County Road near 19th Street Friday at 3 40 p m. Vi L Smith a Monahans resident was treated and released for back injuries as a passenger in Ramonez G Vasquez s vehicle. Police reported Vasquez stopped for Bessie F West backing into the roadway and Dyer s car northbound collided with Vasquez s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Monahans
Carl James Dyer
North Lauderdale
West County Road
19Th Street
Vi L. Smith
Auto parts top theft losses across four incidents
Police and sheriff's deputies investigated four thefts Friday night. At Permian Basin Salvage Pool two carburetors worth 70 dollars and other parts totaling 310 were stolen from three vehicles. An apartment, a porch, and a cafe office also reported small items taken including a television set, clothing, a macrame owl, a planter, a checkbook and checks. In Carmel California, retired Army Brig Gen Charles Kilburn, who led the 1st Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge, died at 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Odessa
Ector County
Permian Basin Salvage Pool
East 63Rd
Albert Hinojosa
West Shell No. 5
Don Renshaw
North Everglade
Labor Cafe
North Grant
A.M. Sand Hills Registered Quarter Horse Show
The event takes place at Zetor County Coliseum and fairgrounds featuring registered quarter horses. Local exhibitors compete in standardized classes with awards and showmanship contests. Organizers emphasize breed performance and community progression in the annual horsemanship event.
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Sand Hills
Zetor County Coliseum
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George E. Bledsoe
Odessan
Grand Jury
Dixon
Hendrick Medical Center
Abilene
John Maner
Lubbock, Texas
Norma Wilkerson Sanders
Katherine Louise Wilkerson
Rita
Maner
McCaulley High School
U.S. 180
Bert Smith
Temple Dickson
Dief
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