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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1985
Page
14
A 19 year old Dallas woman faces a possible 2 to 10 year term and up to $5000 fine for delivering oregano cigarettes to undercover officers outside a Deep Purple concert. Prosecutors say the law treats phony drugs as real.
12-year-old Brian Heathman from Odessa travels to Washington D C after winning a regional Odessa spelling contest. He faces 162 rivals for a $1000 prize with plans to study, borrow a dictionary, and perhaps buy a computer if victorious.
A district judge issued an arrest warrant for Richard Dwaine Walton 32 of Odessa after he failed to appear for a plea on an indictment from December 5 1984. Walton was free on a personal recognizance bond when the failure to appear prompted the warrant. The case arose as Walton faced an attempted murder charge in a separate shooting incident on August 27 1984 on Boles Road. Deputies stopped a car matching a suspect description near Red X Truck Terminal and arrested the driver.
Three men arrested for burglary of an automobile were released on bonds. Stacy J. Headrick, 17, posted a personal recognizance bond after surrendering to deputies. Jerry Michaelis, 17, posted 1,500 dollars and Jose Santa Cruz, 21, posted 750 dollars. A separate incident led to two men detained in a different location, with bonds set by authorities. A neighbor’s burglary and two men found with a car battery nearby are noted in police reports.
Obituaries list Roy Lee Cupp 80 of Longview with services at Winnsboro First National Funeral Home and burial at Oak Grove Cemetery near Winnsboro. He was born 1905 in Mart and survived by two sons five daughters and six brothers. Also listed is Leonard Rosary Manley Jr 77 of Odessa died after a lengthy illness with services in Tulsa and burial Calvary Cemetery. He owned Mansco Inc and held a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Tulsa. memorials preferred to Hospice of Odessa or the American Cancer Society.
Funeral services for Barbara Lee Bundick aged 50 of Odessa are set for 4 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Bundick, a homemaker, died Thursday at Medical Center Hospital after living in Odessa 25 years. Survived by husband Johnny Bundick, two sons, two daughters, a sister and seven grandchildren.
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