West Texas police academy approved at Odessa College
The first pre service peace officer academy for West Texas was approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education and will start September 1 at Odessa College. The program offers an associate degree in law enforcement upon completion and requires a year of service or continued study for certification.
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West Texas
Odessa College
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Standards and Educa
Tion Sanders
Austin Academy Evaluation Division
Commission
Bill Cooksey
DC Law Enforcement Criminal Investigation
Cooksey
Midland
Bobby Austin
Austin
Geis
Set
Sidney Lyle
Ogesse
Andrews Boys Suffer Severe Burns In Clubhouse Fire
Two Andrews boys were hospitalized in critical condition after a charcoal starter ignited in a small clubhouse they built. Charles Reardon, 12, suffered burns over 81 percent of his body and Chris Aike, 10, burns over 65 percent. They were admitted to Lubbock General Hospital at 7 30 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Lubbock General Hospital
Charles Reardon
Chris Aike
Lubbock Hospital
Odessan injured in car motorcycle crash on Grandview Ave
A 23 year old Odessa man, Sammy Joe Porter of 3812 Henderson Ave, is listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital after a 3:25 PM collision with a northbound 1980 Oldsmobile driven by Frank Murrey Estes of Lubbock in the 2500 block of North Grandview Avenue. Estes was turning into a private driveway and was uninjured.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Grandview Avenue
Sammy Joe Porter
Henderson Ave
South
Frank Murrey Estes
Lubbock
Estes
Porter
Correction: Buyers Must Place Escrow in Transactions
A Sunday Odessa American business item corrects a misstatement: John Santoro of John Santoro & Associates of Midland did not require sellers to place money or property in escrow. The rule applies to business buyers who must place something of value in escrow as a show of good faith during deal proceedings.
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Odessa American
John Santoro
John Santoro & Associates
Midland
Hanging attempt fails at Ector County Jail
An Ector County Jail inmate was found hanging by a sheet from bars in his cell and listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital. Deputy Daryl Gilbert discovered Richard Scott Klinkenberg shortly before 5 a.m. in the jail’s southeast section.
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Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Richard Scott Klinkenberg
Daryl Gilbert
Incident report cites suicide attempt at local jail
Police say Klinkenberg was arrested on theft charges Sunday and transferred to jail on a $500 bond. Sheriffs officials report the incident as a death by own action, with no further investigation planned.
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Bob Brookshire
Sheriffs Department
Medical Center board set to OK long range expansion plan
The Medical Center Hospital board was to adopt an 88 page long range expansion plan after unanimous committee endorsement. The plan outlines timetables through 1987, cost estimates of 53 000 to 55 000, and steps to expand services, recruit doctors and nurses, and pursue a hospital based home care program. It also recommends a name change to reflect regional scope and addresses financing challenges and affiliation with Texas Tech.
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Medical Center Hospital
Sam Glenney
Ector County
Odessa
Morell
Glenney
Texas Tech
Two Odessa Men Held on Theft at Holiday Inn
Police hold Ricardo Mata and Samuel Garcia Macias in county jail on 1500 bond each after theft at Odessa Holiday Inn Saturday. They were arraigned before Municipal Court Judge Otis Moore. San Angeloan Thomas Kiser Sr. said three fans and three fixtures were taken. value not listed.
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Odessa
Odessa Holiday Inn
Ricardo K. Mata
Laredo Sr
Samuel Garcia Macias
Zacatecas St
San
Police arrest man after store scuffle at Gibsons
A 39 year old Odessa man was arrested Monday after a scuffle with Gibsons security guard Daniel Haddad at 2525 N Grandview Ave. The man reportedly grabbed two cartons of cigarettes valued at 14.78 before 2 p.m. Haddad followed him outside and the man swung at him. Haddad struck the man, who was treated at Medical Center Hospital for a cut under his left eye. Cigarettes were recovered. No charges filed by early today.
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Odessa
Gibson’s
Grandview Ave
Daniel Haddad
Haddad
Medical Center Hospital
Man Held After Accident in Midland
A 17-year-old Midland youth, Lonnie Vic Williamson, is jailed on involuntary manslaughter charges after a two car crash Sunday at Midkiff Road and Andrews Highway killed 6 month old Heather Lynn Pickens and critically injured her mother Diana Kim Pickens. Williamson, who was not hurt, faced a $20,000 bond set by Peace Justice Robert Pine.
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Midland
Lonnie Vic Williamson
Robert Pine
Earl Luckey
Luckey
Williamson
Midkiff Road
Andrews Highway
Heather Lynn Pickens
Diana Kim Pickens
Beating leaves Odessa man in stable condition
A 26-year-old Odessa man was listed in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital after two acquaintances beat him with a tire jack early today. William Ellsworth reported the attack began around 12 50 a m when the men let him into his house, returned minutes later and struck him again. He suffered a broken nose, broken left leg, back fractures and cuts to his hands and legs. No arrests had been made and police were unsure of motive.
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Morell
Odessa
MCH
Medicare
Pickens
Medical Center Hospital
Williamson
William Ellsworth
E. 42Nd St
Ellsworth
Death notices for Lerow Holloman and others across Texas
Services for Lerow Holloman 60 of Odessa at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with J Robert Hawkins H G Wardlaw and Lewis Hedges officiating. Veterans of Foreign Wars graveside service in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Holloman died Monday at Medical Center Hospital born Sept 18 1922 in Fort Smith Ark married Dorothy Clark Sept 29 1945 in Blossom. He was an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and VA volunteer. survived by wife three sons a daughter mother two brothers and sisters. Other notices list Saewte Wright 92 at Lawrence Puentret Hore, Bart Fuller 55 in Kingsland, Earnest Ray Jones 79 in Kermit, Anthony Lula Garrett 18 in Oklahoma City, J W Beard Jr 24 in San Diego and more, with respective funeral details and survivors.
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Lerow Holloman
Sunset Blvd
Hubbard Kelly
Blossom
Holloman
Army Air Corps
Veterans Administration Volunteer Service
V.F.W. Post
First Presbyterian Church
Delbert L. Holloman
Gary Dean Holloman
Odessa
Ronnie Gene Holloman
Stormford
Susan Annette Holloman
Ollie Holloman
Anson
Saewte Wright
Pam
Lawrence Puentret Hore
Rew
Deck
Hamlin
Clifton Wright
Granite Shoals
J.D Wright
Willie Wright
Vera Pay Campbell
Lubbock
Gladys Barmsey
Semeaboro
Mack Copeland
Coleman
Rendchildren
Pamdchildren
J.W. Beard Jr
San Diego
Calif
Sherwood Baptist Church
Leonard Hartley
Lubbock Naval Reserve
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Beard
Balboa Naval Hospital
Annisacion ‘‘Stony’’ Beard
Joshua Glenn Beard
Sonya Denise Beard
Ann Smart
Montgomery City
Pete Beard
Matagorda
Joe Beard
John Beard
Rockport
J.W. Beard Sr
Clara Doris Beard
Portland
Glenn Pike
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Police Academy
Rhonda Norman
Statt Writer
Rdan
Aike
Odessan
Medical Center Board
By Robin Lichtenstein
Municipal Court
Otis Moore
Man Stable
Leroy Holloman
Paris
Texas
Wiedred Holloman
Gladewater
Cecelia Howard
Megr@sville, N.C
Wilma Selita
Garland
Taeictiidr
Janie Wright
Garton Fuller
Kingsland
G Arton
Bart” Truman Fuller
Blue Land
Waldrope
Edwin Thayer
Taheland Hills Memorial Park
Burnet
Fuller
Audie Murphy Veterans M Capital
San Antonio
Morrison
Ark
Helen Carolee
Woodward
Seagraves
Oil Supply Co
Mary Brown
Blue Lake
Cissy Ogan
Abilene
Shirley Grace
Houston
Earnest Jones
Kermit
Earnest Ray Jones
Cooper Funeral Home Chapel
A.A. Ferris
Kermit Cemetery
Mr. Jones
Memorial Hospital
Sulphur Bluff
Bertha Lee Edson
Jones
Billy Ray Jones
Lillian Broughton
Frannie Swain
Velvie Morris
Saltillo
Anthony Garrett
Oklahoma City
Anthony Lula Garrett
Faith Memorial Baptist Church
M.A. Curry
Garrett
Oklahoma Childrens Hospital
Faith Memorial Church
Oklahoma Progressive Baptist Convention
Garland Taylor
Earl Garrett Jr
Dallas
Eva Garrett Daniels
The
Republic of Panama
Reva Garrett
Tyrea Taylor
Garlynn Taylor
Lashandra Garrett
Evette Garrett
Rolfe Funeral Home
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