Mexican Americans expect indictments in Lozano jail death probe
About 200 Mexican-Americans gathered at St. Joseph’s Church to learn of a federal grand jury probe into the Jan. 22 death of Larry Ortega Lozano in Ector County Jail and to hear expectations of indictments. Organizers Ruben Sandoval and Ruben Bonilla pressed for civil rights indictments, criticized local officials, and noted 73 subpoenas issued for the Midland July 17 grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Ortega Lozano
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
South Dixie
Ector County
Ruben Sandoval
San Antonio
Lozano
Ruben Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
Austin
Bonilla
Ector
Sandoval
Justice Department
Washington
Carter
Texas
Midland
Federals
John Green
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Hearing date slated for Big Bend Airways
A Texas Aeronautics Commission examiner recommended denial of Big Bend Airways to serve Odessa Midland and Lubbock, citing undercapitalization. The TAC will consider the recommendation at a September meeting, with current debt at 11200 dollars and no firm investor commitments beyond co-owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Big Bend Airways
Odessa- Midland
Lubbock
TAC
Gwendolyn Webb
Odessa American
Big Bend
Patrick Perez
Terry R. B. Wright
Webb
Wright
Perez
Theft reports investigated across four incidents Friday night
Police investigated four thefts including a magnetic base drill press worth 1500 taken from Treanor Equipment Co on 815 West Murphy between June 23 and Friday. A ring valued 1200 was stolen from Nona Noble on 4630 Oakwood. Seven tie-down ropes worth 45 vanished from Loyd Van Cleve’s boat at 5112 Locust. A hubcap worth 31 disappeared from Phil Hopkins’s vehicle at 2550 West Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treanor Equipment Co
West Murphy
Nona Noble
Oakwood
Loyd Lawayne van Cleve
Vandalisms Reported Across City Including Property Damage
Six vandalisms are under investigation Friday night by city police. Eggs splattered on a car and a house at 2732 North Muskingum, owned by Doyle E Hudgens and linked to Jack Hudgens. Two rear tires deflated on Mitsue Migita Howell’s mother’s car at 1442 Innsbrook. A rock shattered two windows on a car at 900 East Eighth, valued $225, belonging to Charles Byron Lane of 2204 East 14th. A plate glass window valued $125 at B G Motor Co. 719 East Eighth was broken. A window on Ruben Vasquez Matta’s car at 1509 La Casa was reported broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hudgens
North Muskingum
Doyle E. Hudgens
Mitsue Migita Howell
Innsbrook
Charles Byron Lane
East 14Th
East Eighth
Bob Glenn Carter
Blossom
B. G. Motor Co
Ruben Vasquez Matta
la Casa
Weather forecast for Permian Basin weekend heat
The National Weather Service at Midland reports hot weekend weather with sunny skies. Saturday winds will be southerly 10 to 15 mph, with peak afternoon temperatures near 99 degrees and Sunday morning lows around 70 degrees following Friday’s high of 97 and low of 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
NWS
Midland forecast: hot, fair, southerly winds
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports fair skies with hot afternoons and warm nights through Sunday. Winds southerly 10 to 15 mph. Highs near 99, lows around 70. Sun sets 8:58 p.m., rises 6:50 a.m. Sunday. Year to date precipitation 4.18 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Hearing set for CRMWD Stacy dam permit
The Stacy dam and reservoir permit hearing on the Colorado River resumes Tuesday with Texas Water Commission chair Joe Carter expecting sessions to continue through July 21. Tentative dates span July 11 to 13 and July 19 to 21, as the Colorado River Municipal Water District seeks the permit for a dam 26 miles southeast of Ballinger, below the Concho Colorado river confluence, drawing support from residents in over 20 West Texas counties amid opposition from Central Texans led by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Stacy
Colorado River
Joe Carter
Texas Water Commission
Ballinger
Concho
Colorado
Potter County DA restricts Globe News access
Potter County District Attorney Tom Curtis restricted Amarillo Globe News reporters to office by appointment only after calling the paper an adversary. He framed the move as common sense and said it targets Globe News staff, not other media, following a libel threat tied to a county salary story. Also noted: a mass by Rev. Steven A. Leven for St Mary's parish in Fr Frey's absence with service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo, Texas
Potter County
Tom Curtis
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo Globe News
Curtis
Globe-News
Globe News
Steve Scott
Steven A. Leven
San Angelo
St. Mary’s
Francis Frey
Leven
Scott
Five injured in Odessa traffic accidents Friday
Five people were treated and released from Medical Center Hospital after separate Odessa traffic accidents on Friday. Injuries included a head laceration, neck injury, and leg and foot injuries among a 74 year old woman, a 36 year old man, a 27 year old woman, a 15 year old bicyclist, a 33 year old woman, and a 22 year old man. Police described the crashes at multiple intersections and noted a parking lot collision involving a bicyclist.
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Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Anna Owens Rountree
North Lincoln
North Tom Green
Rountree
David Nolan Lummus
Fort Worth
Tom Green
Dorothy I. Taute
West 14Th
South Grandview
Myrtle
University
North Grandview
Lillie Hickman Huston
Shafter
Frasier
Iris Wofford Adkins
Route 5
North Texas
East Fifth
Adkins
Texas
Fifth
James Bennett Pritchard
West Second
Jacquelyn P. Thompson
Hemphill
Coronado
Park Boulevard
Miss Thompson
Gene Travis McKandles
Route 3
Park
Death notices and funeral arrangements in multiple Texas towns
Deaths include T R Foster 77 of Odessa area with arrangements pending at Easterling Funeral Home. Bertha A Burkhardt 88 formerly Odessa San Antonio died in Clifton. service at St John Lutheran Church. Alice E Freeman 76 Denver City died in Yoakum County Hospital. service at First Baptist Denver City with many survivors listed. Jimmy G Osterhout 30 Andrews died in Austin. service at First Christian Church Andrews with extensive survivor list. Funeral homes: Singleton and Zizik Kearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Foster
Hilltop
Odessa
Pat Foster
West 42Nd
Easterling Funeral Home
San Antonio
Bertha Augusta Burkhardt
Clifton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
New Berlin
Harriet Austin
Zizik-Kearns Funeral Home
Denver City
Alice Elizabeth Freeman
Yoakum County
First Baptist Church
Denver City Memorial Park
Mills
Motley County
Martin Freeman
Matador
John W. Freeman
Jesse A. Freeman
Lubbock
Bernice Crow
Geraldine Payne
Seagraves
Ruby Elsthorpe
Georgie Lee
Tulsa
Johnny Grace
Singleton Funeral Home Here
Andrews
Jimmy Gale Osterhout
Austin
First Christian Church
Independence
Kan
Texas Department of Public Safety Academy
Nancy Osterhout
Stephanie Osterhout
Charles Richard Osterhout
Leo Osterhout
Susan Osterhout
Arlington
Danny Osterhout
Charles Lewis
Pauline Osterhout
el Dorado
The
Singleton Funeral Home
Love's Labour's Lost at Globe of the Great Southwest
A 2:30 PM matinee presents Love's Labour's Lost at Globe of the Great Southwest followed by a 2:30 PM showing Boy from the Hill Country at Permian Playhouse, offering back-to-back performances for afternoon theatergoers.
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Great Southwest
Hill Country
Permian Playhouse
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Ken Massengill
Charla Kay Scott
Tert
Gaines County
Clarisa Ann Fisher
West Texas
Lower Colorado River Authority
District Attorney's Office
Commissioner's Court
T.R. Foster
Bertha A. Burkhardt
Alice E. Freeman
Jimmy G. Osterhout
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