Murder Mystery Play Draws Local Actor With WKRP Flair
Ken Brodnax writes about his role as reporter Harold Knowes in Friends of the Ector County Library fifth annual Murder Mystery and Dinner at the Radisson ballroom. doors open 6 30 pm dinner at 7 pm, audience tries to guess the culprit while complexities of role casting are explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Ector County Library
Walter Matthau
Casey
Ruidoso
N.M
Matthau
Ruidoso Downs
Radisson Hotel
Harold Knowes
Fourth Estate
Peter
Pete
Sputnik
Robin Williams
Dustin Hoffman
Flip Wilson
Harold
Kanews
Broad-No
Les Nesman
WKRP
Hershey Barr
Herb
Les
Beets execution refused. Texas seeks appeals court
US District Judge James Nowlin denied Betty Lou Beets a temporary restraining order stopping the lethal injection set after 6 p.m. Beets’ lawyers vow to seek review in the 5th Circuit, then possibly the Supreme Court. A separate civil-rights suit against state officials was dismissed as Beets faces execution for the 1983 murder-for-insurance scheme.
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5Th US
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Court
5Th Circuit
Beets
Texas
Supreme Court
Nowlin
Texas Board of Pardons and Pareles
Gary Johnson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
State Senate
Margulies
Jimmy Don Beets
Bree Buchanan
Texas Council On Family Violence
Odessa eight liner parlor 777 faces legality questions
Raid sweep may have missed a Seventh Street gambling hall. The operator Pre-Paid Solutions at 701 E Seventh claims exemption under Texas law, saying play is free with a $1 phone card and prizes are non cash. County and state officials dispute legality, with no clear letter record or AG determination yet.
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Odessa
E. Seventh St
Stacy Wilson
Ector
Tracey Bright
Bright
Attorney General’s
Andrea Horton
Horton
Wilson
Dan Morales
ClearSource to build service center on 5.2 acres near GE plant
ClearSource buys 5.2 acres beside the General Electric plant in Odessa Industrial Development Corp Park for a fiber optic service center. The deal, signed by Ray Perez and Drew Crutcher, awaits deed recording and is expected to create at least 80 jobs with an average salary above 40 000 per year, plus over 24 million dollars in investment. City councils have approved 15 year franchise agreements, and ClearSource currently serves Waco.
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ClearSource
Odessa
Ray Perez
General Electric
Perez
Ector County
Ector County Abstract
Mike Withrow
Tots' Barney book recalled for adult massage image
About 300 copies of a Barney children book were printed on paper recycled from European massage literature and an R rated image can appear in the inner pages beneath a music keypad. Lyrick Studios says Publications International Ltd offers replacements. A bare breasted massage image has appeared in some copies, with text in Scandinavian or German.
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Dallas
Barney Books
Richardson
Lyrick Studios
Barney Books and Videos
Publications International Ltd
Lyrick
Kelly Lane
Rabid wildlife prompts vaccine drop in Terrell County
The Texas Department of Health will drop vaccines around Terrell County to curb a four month rabies outbreak tied to attacks by rabid gray foxes near Sander son. Wildlife Services will fund 20 000 vaccine balls dropped by helicopter as residents express fear and demand action.
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Rio Grande
Presidio County
Texas Department of Health
Sanderson
Doug McBride
Health Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wildlife Services
Sybilla Baker
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Wes Bolton
Mark Sterkel
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