Hargesheimer pleads guilty to hospital embezzlement
Michael Hargesheimer, 35, former chief financial officer at Medical Center Hospital, pleaded guilty days before his trial. He admitted stealing nearly $50,000 by staging a fake debt-collection agency and submitting falsified invoices, then repaid the sum plus interest. He faces a possible two to 20 year prison term, with a jury determining mercy or punishment after restating his restitution.
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Medical Center Hospital
Michael Hargesheimer
Hargesheimer
Dallas
161St
Ector County
Bike tour to aid MS research across West Texas
The MS Bike Tour runs from Midland to Snyder this weekend with 120 cyclists for a 150 mile ride to raise funds for MS research. Proceeds support the National MS Society in honoring its 10 year fundraiser milestone benefiting 750 families across 49 counties.
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Midland
Snyder
West Texas
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS Society
Texas Department of Public Safety
Shawn Melson
Melson
Big Spring
National
West
Texas
Odessa council approves $1 million for UTPB park improvements
The Odessa City Council unanimously approved using $1 million from a $5.1 million bond to finish park improvements at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin site. Plans include playgrounds, lighting, restrooms, parking, a bridge to UTPB, irrigation, and a 6,000 foot sidewalk network with steel poles replacing wooden ones.
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Odessa
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Steve Patton
Patton
Mary Kaye Moore
UTPB
District 5
Javier Joven
MCH to pay 86000 for Medicare violations
Medical Center Hospital will pay 86000 to settle civil Medicare overbilling claims tied to out patient lab tests in late 1997. Hospital attorney Jim O Leary said the payment avoids costly civil trial while denying wrongdoing. He noted the settlement came after federal probes into Medicare compliance nationwide.
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Texas
O’leary
Robber target hits Odessa convenience stores early Tuesday
Two Odessa convenience store clerks were robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday with a suspect matching a prior pattern. The Town and Country on West Yukon Road and the Friend's on West County Road were held up around 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. respectively. Police describe the attacker as wearing black pantyhose over the face and knowing store routines. Authorities say a similar suspect robbed a 42nd Street Friend’s in July and a Midland store last week.
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Odessa
Town and Country
West Yukon Road
West County Road
Ector County
Billy Clark
42Nd Street
Midland
Clark
Sheriff's Office
Ector
Year of upheaval 1968 in the United States and Odessa summary
The year 1968 brought major national turmoil and landmark events. Tet attacks, King and Kennedy assassinations, and riots defined the era. Odessa faced federal desegregation actions, higher education shifts, and a Supreme Court ruling on rail construction. Apollo 8 orbited the moon as Cold War tensions persisted. Detective crime case Miguel Ybarra was charged in January.
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Bobby Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Kennedy
California
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
United States
America
Odessa
Odessa College
State Coordinating Board of Higher Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Permian Basin
Miguel Ybarra
Colorado Oil
Nixon
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W.L. DeBolt
Freedom Communications Inc
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U.S
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Lyndon Johnson
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