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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1986
Page
11
Real estate investor David M. Cummings was freed his stepson Jason Flintoft 18 and longtime housekeeper Jovita Rangel 48 after a 16 hour kidnapping ordeal in Houston. Nine men were arrested, most of the $300000 ransom recovered, and aggravated kidnapping charges planned.
U S District Judge Halbert O Woodward delayed ruling in a suit by four Texas farmers against the Farmers Home Administration after a two day hearing. The judge gave attorneys until June 23 to file briefs and FmHA until June 30 to reply. The plaintiffs allege delays beyond 60 day loan determinations and 15 day funding obligations under the 1985 farm bill.
A Father's Day gathering in Wood County ended in multiple injuries when a 28 year old man opened fire and used knives. Ruth Johnson Beasley 62 and Linda Beasley Berkindine 37 died. Paul Beasley Sr. ? in critical condition with gunshot and neck injuries. Two others were wounded, and Chad Beasley 9 suffered a broken leg while escaping. The gunman was in custody without bond and not cooperating.
Beverly and Gerald Ready win custody of Ashley, ending a three year legal battle with Patti and Jim Hughes. A 10-2 jury decision spared the Readys from termination of parental rights after the Hugheses were ordered to return the child, who has been with the Readys since December.
Indicted ex-convict Bill Robinson leads Corrections Concepts Inc in pushing three Texas counties Liberty Hill and Coryell to approve community based prisons for state inmates. Plans call for a 500 inmate minimum security facility financed by investors with state reimbursing housing costs. Critics doubt credibility and legality while supporters claim cost savings and local jobs.
Odessa police lieutenant Walter Tony Suttle 36 faces trial at 10 a.m. July 11 in Howard County Court. Judge Milton Kirby will preside with Tim Yeats prosecuting. Suttle, on paid administrative leave since May 5, was arrested May 3 on an Interstate 20 service road in Big Spring after allegedly refusing a breath test. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Conviction could bring up to 2000-dollar fine and up to two years in jail plus license suspension.
Dallas AP reports residents urged Terrace House management to force Mark Thatcher to relocate due to terrorist threats after the Libya bombing. Former Sen. John Tower condemned the move, saying it nails Texans as cowardly on TV. Officials said they would investigate and were unaware of Thatcher’s status.
A Midland woman described as 50 to 60 years old died from smoke inhalation in a residence fire on Gulf Avenue around 8:45 a.m. The body was pronounced at the scene by Justice of the Peace Robert Pine at about 9:15 a.m. An autopsy was ordered. identity withheld.
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