Deposit transfer sparks conflict over city depository deal
Denver City officials moved 243000 from Yoakum County State Bank to First National Bank amid allegations of conflict of interest. Mayor Leon Gooch and two city officials own FNB stock, as do City Attorney Vernon Townes and City Secretary Ralph Townes. YCSB demands audit. opinions differ on legality while bids were revised and penalties incurred from early withdrawal.
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Dennis ST. Germaine
Denver City
Yoakum County State Bank
First National Bank
YCSB
Leon Gooch
FNB
Vernon Townes
Ralph Townes
Lubbock
Jim Milam
Ronald Simpson
Sim
Simpson
Texas
Gooch
County lawyer drops Suit against minister
Ector County attorney Steve Groh said he will drop charges against Rev. Donald Culley who educates his children at home. The decision, made after consulting the attendance officer, does not set a countywide precedent and remains a case by case matter. Culley, a church pastor and mobile-home resident in Odessa, moved from Dayton Ohio to serve as a missionary.
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Ector County
Steve Groh
Donald Culley
Ector County Independent School District
Max J. Wilson
Groh
Culley
Floyd Fisher
Garland
Culleys
Charles Gee
Ector County School Board
Fisher
Gee
Ector County Court
Brakes put on school bus speed directive
Ector County schools rescind a memo allowing buses to travel 60 mph to a Big Spring football game after a discussion with Transportation Director Mike Ferrell and the superintendent. State law limits buses to 50 mph. Ferrell admitted poor judgment and stated he knew better after issuing the memo.
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Ector County
Bill Holm
Mike Ferrell
Holm
Ferrell
Woman rescues five toddlers from trailer fire
Mary Novak, 22, aunt and babysitter, dashed into a smoke filled bedroom to save Becky Musquiz and four other children from a fast burning two bedroom trailer at 5916 A Kermit Ave. The fire destroyed the structure around 2 p.m. and claimed the family cat and dog. Novak kept the kids on the porch as she fought the blaze with a garden hose, unsure of the cause.
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Becky Musquiz
Mary Novak
Becky
Kermit Ave
Novak
Levi
Steve
Debra Murray
American Commercial College
John and
Marie Novak
Intergalactic memo on Earth rodeo encounter near Odessa Texas
Agent report from RZU-356 to the Ruling Council of Pluto details a scouting mission to Earth. Landing near Odessa in Texas, the agent disguised as a human and observed a rodeo as the major local event.
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Rzu-356
Ruling Council
Planet
Pluto
Earth
Odessa
Texas
Rodeo Spectacle Described With Horses Calves and Bronc Riding
A first person account details a rodeo style event with humans aboard horses in a grand entry and arena, bronc riding with wild horses, and calf chases using a lasso. The piece notes the goal of staying atop horses, calves escaping, and eventual tying of calf legs as judged outcomes.
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UCSB
NOV
Laura Stone
Abundant Life Baptist Church
Ector
Keely Emerine
Lance and
Steve Murry
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Odema
Max Faulkner
Pisa
Ken Brodnax
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