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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
2
Texas lawmen hear details of a new penal code that separates crimes by degree and class. State Rep. John Hoestenbach outlines Class C misdemeanors up to 200 dollars fine, Class A misdemeanors with jail and fines, and felonies in three degrees with terms from two to ninety-nine years.
Dr Juris Terauds aged 35 head instructor of track and soccer at the University of Maryland will become assistant professor of education and health at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin on June 15 He holds a PhD from Maryland a cum laude MA from California State College Los Angeles and an BS from the University of Dubuque all in physical education and health.
Odessa city officials voted to seek council action to remove 13 residential structures. Properties include 1323 South Alleghadney and four at 424 West Mable, with readvertisement planned for 1039-57 East Murphy. Edgar Lloyd Hurst, 49, faced a DWI charge and was released on $500 bond after arrest near West County Road.
About 150 vocational home economics leaders are expected to attend a two day in service education conference in Odessa. The Texas Education Agency will direct the event with speakers from Texas Tech and Pioneer Natural Gas among others. Coffee hosts and presiders from Colorado City El Paso and Midland will welcome participants.
A Texas Highway Department contract for highway construction in the Odessa area was awarded to Jones Brothers Uni and Paving Contractors Inc for 605 319 dollars. The project covers 316 miles of ramps and pavement from the Howard County line to the Ector County line, extending near the Texas 38 and Texas 349 overpasses. Work is expected to take about 90 days.
A five year term of probation was revoked Tuesday in 161st District Court for Robert Lenford Jr 25 205 Fitch. The revocation followed failure to pay court costs probation fees and restitution after a guilty plea to a July 30 1970 break in at Pete's Drive In 1201 Electric The hearing featured attorney Michael McLeaish for Lenford and Assistant District Attorneys Dennis Cadra and Don E Williams for the state.
Owen Gandy of 7401 Diana heard a popping early Wednesday outside his home. He found a four by five inch hole in the side of his pickup and said something went through the truck, though a nearby search found no obvious cause. Local authorities or witnesses were not identified in the account.
A 17 year old girl, Shor Blaine Robinyon, received facial cuts and was treated at a medical center after a two car crash on Andrews Highway and 23rd. Billie Franklin Gratin, 47, of 700 North Hancock, was the other driver. Police and sheriff investigators had few leads just after the incident, with a window shattered by a mysterious impact.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin info-mobile TM will tour Midland at Village Shopping Center from Thursday through Saturday with a 2 pm ceremony. City officials including Mayor Ernest Angelo and Chamber of Commerce representatives were to welcome the vehicle alongside Midland College and MISD. Donna Yeary and Bill Ervin, UT Permian Basin students, staff the unit with university officials.
Marriage licenses issued Danny Clyde Holledy and Sherry Lynn McNeal. Criminal case Wade Woods unauthorized use of a credit card. Appeals from Municipal Court Edward Windsor Farmer Virginia Perry Willis Dane Petty Kenneth Leonard Ramsey covera Eugene Colley Monte Ocean cief. District Court divorce filings Juanita Christine Christian William Donald Christian Susan Irene Holmes Charles Wombe Holmes P C Thompson O M Thompson. Civil actions Perryco Inc vs Atlantic Richfield Consult lease Dorothy P Baker Charles Vincent Serting damages.
Warne Biochemicals Inc selects Carlsbad New Mexico for a waste breakdown plant with pollution control work turning waste into methane products for international sale. Plant aims 100 to 120 workers in three years, with eventual payroll up to 250. construction bids due June 21 at 2 p.m. and completion planned for fall.
Graveside services for Charles Jerome Nabours infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Nabours of 1814 North Alleghancy will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The premature birth occurred Monday at Medical Center Hospital and the infant died early Tuesday. Survivors include three brothers Dennis Hurley Lee Hurley and Larry Hurley all at home paternal grandparents C L Nabours of Breckenridge and Mrs Lydia A Harris of Temple maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs A L Harris of Temple. Other notices list Mrs Lydia Bible Canyon and Mrs Georgia Epperson with funeral details and survivors. Registration for Odessa College summer sessions rose to 906.
James Hawkins age 28 of 1403 South Lee faces a murder charge from a Friday shooting death of Jose Gonzales 31 of 111 East Myrtle. He was also charged Wednesday with carrying a prohibited weapon tied to the Shangri La Lounge on 305 South Grant where Gonzales was found in an alley. Bond totals 50,000 with separate recognizances. Hawkins moved to Ector County jail after transfer from Odessa city jail.
Jack Rodgers, Odessa College president since 1960, moved to drop the dual posts of academic dean and dean of instruction after a board action. Speegle, long-time dean, faced questions as the reorganization followed a controversial proposal to trim top admin roles. The board, meeting in closed session, tabled the issue and scheduled a special session due to expected absences for the June 26 meeting. Rodgers’ career spans from Goldsmith Elementary principal to OC vice president, later becoming president. Speegle joined OC in 1971 after roles at South Campus Tarrant County Junior College and San Antonio College.
Third Space Battery delivers 3 000 watts to Skylab power, enabling a full experiment schedule on the 28 day flight. Schweickart briefs the crew on assembly techniques and a two hour work window. Conrad’s heart irregularities prompt a ground medical review and a private talk about exercise tests.
Sloan testified that Mitchell moved spending control after May and that Magruder began authorizing funds in Mitchells name. Mitchell, then at the Justice Department, later claimed no campaign duties after March 1, 1972. The committee explored large Nixon campaign sums before the Watergate break-in.
A committee refused to raise the debt ceiling to 45 billion dollars, delaying the government’s ability to borrow. The decision leaves the national debt at about 456 billion, complicating the Department’s ability to fund operations and keep programs running.
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