Estes fraud trial begins for paroled con man Billie Sol Estes
Federal charges against Billie Sol Estes and two former associates M L Copenhaver and Raymond K Horton open with jury selection in U S District Court. Indictments allege 38 steam cleaners financed on paper, with dummy corporations defrauding four leasing companies of over $589 000 and mail and interstate commerce violations. Also named are Estes secretary Sue Goolsby with asset concealment and forgery counts. Prosecutors face defense motions over severance and alleged prosecutorial misconduct while Estes contests the legality of the plea agreement tied to IRS asset concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Robert Hill
Estes
M. L. Copenhaver
Raymond K. Horton
Sue Goolsby
Wayne tribute marks public mourning as flags fly at half staff
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ordered flags on county buildings lowered to half staff. The Olympic torch at the Los Angeles Coliseum was lit to burn until Wayne's funeral, which his office said would be private for family only. Bob Hope lauded Wayne as a major American figure who promoted its values. Herbert Steinberg recalled Wayne choosing a photo for the congressional gold medal, noting a Stagecoach image as emblematic. Donations were urged to the John Wayne Cancer Fund at UCLA Medical Center.
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Los Angeles
America
Hope
Herbert Steinberg
MCA
Wayne
Congress
Bureau of Engraving
Duke
Steinberg
John Ford
Monument Valley
John Wayne Cancer Fund
Ucla Medical Center
Calif
HealthCare subsidy plan caps doctor charges for patients
Carter's payroll would be eligible for federal subsidies to help pay the cost of insuring employees. HealthCare would set a fee schedule for all services provided by physicians and no doctor could charge a Health Care patient more than what the plan allows.
City sues Heller over gasoline price gouging
The city filed suit against Heller last week seeking triple damages for overcharges. Gulf Oil Corp. condemned his pricing policy while noting it once attempted eviction over a rent dispute. Heller argues his $1,000 monthly rent supports high prices, but Gulf Oil's James Walker disputes the justification.
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Heller
Gulf Oil Corp
James Walker
Walker
Odessaman's Theft Trial Continues In Odessa District Court
Testimony moved forward in the 16st District Court jury trial of David Allen Smith of 500 South Grandview on a felony theft charge. The case concerns the December 8, 1978, theft of photocopying machines from two Odessa businesses with Judge R L McKim presiding. Dennis Cadra prosecutes. Max Christenson represents the defense. The 12 jurors named include C M Brockman Wanda Tucker Trezzie Patty Kurt Cunningham Bobby Brown Robert Schneider Walter Robertson Barbara Shaver Eldon Waters Sandra Singleterry Margaret Rimer and Robert Benjamin.
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David Allen Smith
South Grandview
R.L. McKim
Dennis Cadra
Smith
Max Christenson
C.M. Brockman
Wanda Tucker
Trezzie Patty
Kurt Cunningham
Bobby Brown
Robert Schneider
Walter Robertson
Barbara Shaver
Eldon Waters
Sandra Singleterry
Margaret Rimer
Robert Benjamin
Memphis
Bowman L. Smith
Odessa
Crane
First Baptist Church
Odessa High School
Bowman L. Smith JR
Raymond Bennett Smith
Barbara Elaine Leeton
Midland
Elizabeth Tucker
Dorothy Hebers
Ben King
Orlando
Fla
Margaret King
Marriage Licenses and Divorce Suits Across County and District Courts
County court issued marriage licenses for eight couples including Phillip Wayne Linn and Kisandra LaHoma Koonce and Jimmy Dean Glover with Sheron Ruth Nelson. District court records list divorce filings such as Deborgh Langord versus Frank Langord and Jo Ann Lance versus Edward Lance. Medical center and Women and Children Hospital notes report numerous admissions and births, plus memorial service announcements for Thomas Myers and Elaine K. Smith with autopsy pending.
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Phillip Wayne Linn
Kisandra LaHoma Koonce
Jimmy Dean Glover
Sheron Ruth Nelson
Frank Phillip Waldrum
Victoria Ramiez Reynosa
Gary Stephen Herr
Sharon Wells
John Cay Self
Yrobin Alesia Gulley
Thomas Jackson Stovall II
Keren Edgar
Ricky Allen Nutt
Sherry Diane Cain
Ignacio Israel Valasco
Esteile Ramirez
Deborgh Irene Langord
Frank Charles Langord
Jo Ann Lance
Edward Gans Lance
Ofelle H. Flores
Nicholas B. Flores
Seine Ellien Hicks
Ronald Gradly Hicks
Marvin L. Standefer Jr
Karen Annette Standefer
Jerry W. Holsworth
Sharon Kay Holsworth
Robin Janice Tubbs
Robert Niel Tubbs
Odessan Is Sentenced in Burglary Case
Alan Lavern Mifflin of 908 North McKinney received seven years in prison for burglary of a habitation. A 12 member jury found Mifflin guilty after a 40 minute deliberation over the Feb. 27 apartment burglary in his complex. Tony Chavez prosecuted. Michael McLeaish represented Mifflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Lavern Mifflin
North McKinney
Gene Ater
McKinney
Thomas Martin
Mary Price
Woodrow Hensen
William Triplett
Terrie Swindall
Barney Alsebrook
Ruth Aultman
Waltrauth Suggs
Billie Haston
Oma Bullard
Billy Prichard
Jesse Dobbs
Tony Chavez
Mifflin
Odessa
Michael McLeaish
Air conditioners cause two blazes in city
Two fires started by electrical shorts damaged air conditioners Tuesday. At 12:16 p.m. Mrs. Herbert Cox’s residence on Carver 207 and at 3:06 p.m. Pam Bagley’s home on West 32nd 608 were affected. A grass fire in the 6300 block of Stevenson was extinguished at 4:33 p.m. A 9:20 a.m. Wednesday crash at East Loop 338 and Highway 80 briefly halted traffic. Mary Earlene Brown 55 and husband William Douglas Brown 61 of Midland treated and released. officer description notes collision between Brown’s and John Henry Coleman’s vehicles. The 53-year-old Coleman Ilves at 1013 Pueblo No. 4,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cox
Carver
Pam Bagley
West 32Nd
Stevenson
East Loop 338
Highway 80
Mary Earlene Brown
Midland
William Douglas Brown
Medical Center
Obituary notices from Midland area deaths flood the day
Death notices list Ruby Estell Taylor 70 in Midland with funeral services at Ellis Funeral Home and graveside in Winnesboro Hopewell Cemetery. Also noted are deaths of Willie Fisher 86 of Lubbock, Robert Neal Lauderback 71 Crane City Councilman, Joylyn Tillotson 31 of Odessa, Hubert Jackson 86 of Odessa, Sue Bowen 66 of Kermit, Floyd A Wier 57 of Odessa, with survivors, service locations, and burial details across Texas towns.
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Lubbock
Thomas Myers
W.B. Hickman
Midland
Sanders Funeral Home
Myers
Methodist
Ventura
Presidio
Margarita
Joe Espinoza
Abel Espinoza
Ventura Espinoza Jr
Zeke Espinoza
Cornelio Ray Espinoza
Odessa
Sylvia Escobedo
Fort Davis
Ruby Estell Taylor
Ellis Funeral Home
Hopewell
Winnesboro
Taylor
Millsap
Oklahoma
First Christian Church
Bill Wells
J.L. Guiles
Arlington
Oscar Guiles
Oklahoma City
Okla
J.D. Prentice
Zapata
Phyllis Cogburn
Willie Fisher
Frances Rutherford
Leonard Fisher
Methodist Hospital
Arlington Funeral Home
Eastland
Lon Fisher
First Baptist Church of
CRANE
Robert Neal Lauderback
Crake City
Joylyn Tillotson
Phoenix
Ariz
A.L. Moore and Sons Funeral Home
Sue Bowen
Kermit
First United Methodist Church
Kermit Cemtery
Cooper Funeral Home
Bowen
Electra
Midkiff
Andy Bowen
Joe Wayne Brookins
Bren Holland
Monahans
Woodrow Smith
Huntsville
Ark
Doc Smith
Ira Smith
Iowa Park
Ledford Smith
Roy Smith
Wichita Falls
George Smith
Bowie
Jodie Shelly
Cliffie Holbrook
Lorene Barnett
Floyd A. Wier
Floyd Andrew Wier
Lyndale
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Wier
Lampasas
Betty Jean Kennedy
Mexia
Kilgore
Grace Baptist Church
Raleigh Lynn Wier
Johnnie Dudley Wier
Albertine Turner
Fairfield
Cool nights keep Permian Basin in record low streak
The National Weather Service at Midland reports a second consecutive record low with 57 degrees early today, surpassing 58 degrees from 1947. Tuesday also marked a record low of 55 degrees, one degree below the 1957 June 12 record. Forecasters expect highs in the 90s through the week with dry, fair conditions and tonight’s low in the mid-60s.
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National Weather Service
Midland
Mercury
Permian
Midland NWS Forecast At Airport Hereafter
Fair and warm through Thursday with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Today’s high 92 and tonight’s low 65. Tomorrow’s high 95 with overnight low 57. Yesterday’s high 85. Sun sets 8 55 p.m. Rises Thursday 6 42 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.75 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Vandals Damage Odesson Home and Other Property
A rental house at 1106 North Alleghaney suffered 1173 in damage including floors doors locks tub and cabinets. Tires were vandalized on a company vehicle at 829 Oxford and on a car at 725 Oxford. A pulling unit at R H Well Service had two broken windows and a speedometer glass was broken on a motorcycle. A 16 foot boat windshield was shattered.
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Louis Austin
North Alleghaney
Hara’ Band Ind
West 81St
Oxford
B.K. Collum
R&h Well Service
North Mankins
Carolyn Siler
East 5H
Bill J. LaGrone
North
Tom Green
Odessa man charged after $300 TV theft at local store
A 39-year-old Odessa man, Alberto Castelo Lujan, was arrested at 5:25 p.m. in the 700 block of Drury after taking a $300 television from G C Murphy Co. store on North Grant. He posted a $5,000 bond and the charge was filed with Municipal Court Judge Otis Moore.
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Odessa
Alberto Castelo Lujan
Drury
John Disler
G.C. Murphy Co
North Grant
Lujan
Otis Moore
Inchon Landing general dies at age 86 in Texas
Lt Gen Edward Mallory Almond, who commanded X Corps during the Korean War and led the Inchon Landing, died Monday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Graveside services were set for Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Almond, 86, served 1946 51 and earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart in World War I.
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San Antonio
Inchon
North Korea
Almond
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
United Nations
France
Music store burglaries raise theft at Duke's Music City
Police and sheriff's deputies investigated three burglaries on Wednesday. At Duke's Music City in Whitaker Street a back door was broken to steal seven guitars four drum sets two mandolins a violin and other gear valued at 5107. At Odessa Transmission on Andrews Highway a box of tools worth 1500 disappeared with no sign of entry. A residence at 2001 Alleghaney reported a 12 gauge shotgun and case valued at 4% missing with no forced entry indicated.
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Duke's
Music City
Whitaker
Odessa Transmission
Andrews Highway
W.T. Reynolds
Alleghaney
Odessa Club Talks Tomorrow Schedule at Three Venues
Tomorrow in Odessa Kiwanis Club meets at 6 30 A M at the Hospitality Lodge on campus. At noon Grandview Lions Club gathers at the Inn of the Golden West. Also at noon West Side Optimists Club convenes at the Western Plaza Cafeteria for lunch and discussion.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
Grandview Lions Club
Inn of the Golden West
West Side Optimists Club
Western Plaz
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Don Trull
Irwin
Trull
IRS
U.S. Parole Commission
Michael Belenky
Beacon Hill
Carter
Odessaman
Harrison Moore Jr
Cheries McCandress
James McDonough
Margie Veatch
Eulema Conn
Souded Jiminez
Rodbye Martin
Dorothy Skinner
Wesley Dunlap
Helen Pettit
William Fowler
Adsie Cook
Virginia Brown
Joseph Lewis
Warry Sherop
Edward Ramer
Rodney Burns
Charles Meyer
Robert Garcia
William Rush
R.L. Hayter
Roberta Horton
Jerry Miller
Bessie Carter
Fern Alexander
Mildred Stingier
Joe Greer
Wynn Brown
Bob Dyer
Christin Ramsey-Palmer
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Felipe Sotelo
Monehans
Tommy Selmon
North Graham
Gaylord N. Russell
John Ke
Elaine K. Smith
Woodhaven
East Chapel Forest Hill
Tenn
Forest Hill Cemetery
Medical Center Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Charles Gee Jr
Ventura Espinoza
Paul G. Tittle Jr
Ruby E. Taylor
Robert N. Lauderback
Dilley
Mary Elizabeth Caldwell
Lauderback
Oddfellow Lodge No. 169
Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Hurlety
Houston
W.H. Appell Sr
George West
Bill Dudley
Austin
J.H. Flerguson Jr
Lake Charles
James
Hubert Jackson
Amburgey
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Jackson
Tennessee
Vernon
Helen Lee
Hobbs
N.M
Permian Basin
Odesson
Music Store
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