Justice Department declines federal probe in Santos Rodriguez death
The Justice Department announced no federal civil rights case against former Dallas officer Darrell Cain for the 1973 slaying of 12 year old Santos Rodriguez, who was shot in a patrol car after an $8 service station robbery, while Cain serves a state murder sentence. The decision followed an exhaustive civil rights division review and cited prompt state prosecution and the lapse since the crime.
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Washington
Justice Department
Dallas
Darrell Cain
Santos Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Austin
Texas
Bob Krueger
U.S. Senate
Krueger
Jimmy Carter
Griffin Bell
Terence Adamson
Cain
Roy Arnold
Civil Rights Division
Drew S. Days
Adamson
Canberra
Australia
Law Council of Australia
Jody Powell
Bonn
West Germany
Carter
Bell
Houston
Supreme Court
Basin weather on a treadmill in the Permian Basin
National Weather Service forecasters in Midland report no change in the weekend outlook after a light rain at month start. Expect fair skies on Friday through Sunday with hot afternoons near 99 degrees, southerly to southeasterly winds around 10 to 15 mph, and a low near 70 Sunday morning. No rain in sight.
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Permian
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
NWS
Houston teachers challenge Area Urban League report
Three white HISD teachers challenged the Urban League study on school staffing and the alleged disparity between black and white or integrated schools. They questioned experience definitions, motives, and the methodology, citing about 5,000 inner city teachers and disputing unattributed quotes in the report.
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Houston Teachers Challenge Area Urban League Report
Houston
Houston Independent
Houston Area Urban League
Judy Barkley
Nancy McTeer
Icy Thomas
McTeer
Inner City
Urban League
Barkley
MS. Thomas
Thomas
HISD
Department tests Komondor dogs to guard sheep from coyotes
The Agriculture Department will spend 33000 dollars on a one year study at Colorado State University to see if Komondors can deter coyotes protecting western sheep. Researchers led by Philip N. Lehner will assess temperament and coyote reactions, with breeders supplying dogs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hungary
Department
U.S
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Philip N. Lehner
Lynn Yarris
Berkley
Calif
Yarris
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
FALN links deepen as Morales captive in New York hospital
Police tie Morales to the Puerto Rican FALN network after a pipe bomb injures him and a Queens hideout is found. Authorities say Torres and his wife Marie Beltran Torres rented the apartment and that the group seeks independence while blaming multinational corporations for oppression. The note threatens more actions and cites the 1898 U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico.
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United States
Queens
Morales
Torres
Marie Haydee Beltran Torres
FALN
William Morales
New York City
Fraunces Tavern
Wall Street
Mobil Oil
New York
Chicago
Seven vandalisms reported to city police in Odessa
City police investigated seven vandalism incidents Friday night. Gresham Industrial Supply Co. suffered two broken windows worth 300 dollars total. Raney Safe and Lock Co. reported a 300 dollar window damaged by a rock. Eggs were thrown on a pickup, and a car hood and trunk were damaged at a residence on Patton. A tire was cut on a car at a West Second residence. A pellet gun shot damaged a car window at a West Blackstone residence. Two windows were shot out at a Blackstone residence. Tires were stabbed on a car at a West 12th residence.
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Odessa
W. F. Gresham
East 52Nd
Gresham Industrial Supply Co
East Second
Raney Safe & Lock Co
West Second
Billy D. Austin
Patton
Susan Anderson
Adelia L. Martinez
Blackstone
Kathleen Anne Irwin
Moses B. Soto
West 12Th
San Antonio Grocery Robbery With $75,000 Staged Heist
Three gunmen robbed an independent San Antonio grocery store in a 1930s style heist seizing $75,000 the owner kept to cash paychecks for customers. They herded shoppers into a walk in cooler, fired a shot to force opening the safe, then fled in a car driven by a fourth bandit. No injuries reported.
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San Antonio, Texas
Midland forecast fair skies with hot afternoons
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports fair skies and hot afternoons through Sunday. Southerly winds 0 to 15 mph with our high today at 99 and low tonight 70. tomorrow's high 99 and overnight low 72. Sun sets today at 8 56 p m and rises Sunday at 6 54 a m. Year to date precipitation 4 18 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Smog Throttles Los Angeles as Restrictions Tighten
Frightening air pollution spreads across the Los Angeles area with hospitals reporting more breathing problems. Officials forecast continued high smog into Saturday and urge industries to cut back and motorists to drive only when necessary. Authorities warn of possible second stage alerts across the San Gabriel Valley and Fontana areas.
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Los Angeles
James Birakos
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Kaiser Medical Foundation
Jim McBride
Fontana
Birakos
Los Angeles Basin
Arizona
Nevada
Obituary notices from Odessa Pecos Seminole and San Angelo
Deaths are announced for Pedro Antonio Gonzales infant son of Sisto Gonzales at 823 East 14th. Services at Odessa Cemetery under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Carl Everett Byler 72 of Pecos died at Reeves County Memorial Hospital. Burial at Mount Evergreen Cemetery after services at Pecos Funeral Home. L E Brown 81 of Seminole dies, services at Singleton Funeral Home and burial in Seminole Cemetery. James C Martin Jr 62 of San Angelo dies at Shannon Hospital. services pending. Wanda Faye McClellan 52 of De Leon dies of apparent heart attack. services at De Leon Church of Christ. burial Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Survivors listed for each with spouses, children, and relatives.
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Pedro Antonio Gonzales
Sisto Gonzales
East 14Th
Women's and Children's Hospital
Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Isidro Antonio Gonzales
Epifania 0. Duarte
Pecos
Carl Everett Byler
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Blackwell
Okla
Esther Lou Brown
Lubbock
Frankie Sue Nelson
Lewisville
Earl Byler
Grove
L.E. Brown
Singleton
Seminole
Brown
Andrews Memorial Care Center
Summit
Miss
Oklahoma
Rered Oil Company
Delbert
Bonnie Warren
Laura Pence
Port Arthur
Hazel Busby
Bogue Chitto
Carrie Johnston
Grace Greene
Linda Warren
San Angelo
James C. Martin Jr
Crusher Accessories Inc
Shannon Hospital
Martin
Edwards
Beth Achen
J. Tom Martin
Houston
Paul D. Martin
Clay Martin
San Angela
Nancy Baars
Faye Johnston
Forest
DE Leon
Wanda Faye McClellan
de Leon Church of Christ
Gardens of Memory
Nowlin Funeral Home
McClellan
C.H. Harding
H.H. Harding
Gloria Harris
Midland
S.F. Harding
Wink
Soviet office worker sentenced to death in espionage case
Soviet court convicted Anatoly Filatov, a 38 year old office worker, of espionage and sentenced him to death by firing squad. The secret five day trial offered no execution date. Officials tied the timing to Anatoly Shcharansky’s 13 year hard labor verdict and cited hostile Western actions.
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Moscow
Anatoly Filatov
Filatov
Shcharansky
Carter
Kremlin
Tass
Copper wire thefts tally four incidents in city
Copper wiring valued at 600 dollars was stolen from a pickup bed in one of four thefts being investigated Friday night by city police. An auto lot reported two hubcaps and two chrome rings worth 97 dollars missing from a vehicle. Moses Soto reported a tire and wheel stolen from a pickup at his residence. A resident said 10 gallons of gasoline worth 5 dollars were siphoned from a pickup near home.
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Roland Gary Lambright
North Eastland
Superior Auto Sales
Dale
Moses B. Soto
West 12Th
Collie G. McWhorter
West Fourth
Radar Detectors Stolen In Two Odessa Burglaries
Odessa police investigate two burglaries in which radar detectors valued at 505 total were stolen from residences. Arthur Vestal reports a 400 detector taken from his vehicle after a vent window was pried. Walter Jones reports a 105 detector stolen from his pickup after another vent window was pried.
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Odessa
Arthur Alford Vestal
Redbud
Walter Jones
Cimarron
Tomorrow in Odessa Showings At The Permian Playhouse
Tomorrow in Odessa two events are listed at 2 30 P M Boy from the Hill Country at the Permian Playhouse and 7 30 P M Odessa Composite Squadron meets at the Civil Air Patrol building Schelemeyer Field.
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Hill Country
Permian Playhouse
Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Schelemeyer Field
Dallas geophysicist Clarence Karcher dies at 84
Dr. Clarence Karcher, a Dallas geophysicist who pioneered reflection seismography and helped found Geophysical Service Inc, died Thursday at a Dallas hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was 84. Karcher developed sound-wave oil exploration methods, earning the 1976 Anthony Lucas Gold Medal. Survived by son Paul Karcher of Midland, daughter Colleen Stone of Palo Alto, and sister Claudine Hobbs of Dallas. Funeral set for Highland Park Presbyterian Church with burial in Hennessey, Oklahoma.
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Dallas
Clarence Karcher
Karcher
Geophysical Service Inc
Newark
Texas Intruments
Claudine Hobbs
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hennessey
Okla
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Science and Education Administration
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Puerto Rico
San Antonio
Lasmog
Pedro Gonzales
Carl E. Byler
James C. Martin
Wanda F. McClellan
Anatoly
House of Saul
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