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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1990
Page
2
Odessa entrepreneur John Skruck took ownership of the Red Slipper on Andrews Highway the same day as a raid that shut down six sexually oriented businesses. A U S District Judge Lucius Bunton granted 30 days relief from a county ordinance while licensing steps were completed.
A Midland chemist and a state health department chemist say nitrate readings from tests on nearly 40 wells in Midland and Ector counties are misleading. An Ector resident reported a chloride reporting error by a railroad agent, while Sahara Motel won a temporary injunction to end prostitution on the premises without closing the motel or posting bond.
Ninfa Castillo and Jose Castillo pleaded to waive arraignment on misdemeanor charges related to their daughter's death after an Ector County grand jury indicted them for perjury moving a corpse and false report. Each is free on 35000 bond as 31 year old Donald Bleckier also waived arraignment on moving the body.
Relics tied to a 9th and 10th century Quedlinburg hoard linked to Meador's alleged theft surface in East German history. Veterans and neighbors recount media frenzy after the 1945 Quedlinburg occupation and a 1949 Army inquiry, while locals debate the sensational discovery and its impact on a Texas legacy.
Floods from Thursday night storms swept across central and eastern Ohio northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. In Shadyside Ohio River tributaries turned into dangerous torrents washing away five houses along Wegee Creek and flooding basements with six feet of debris. Officials reported multiple buildings damaged including a tavern. two patrons were found safe while others remained unaccounted. National Guardsmen planned to continue creek searches through the night as weather offices noted the storm had diminished by Friday.
A 9 year old girl in Shadyside Ohio survived seven hours in a flash flood by clinging to logs after being swept from her home into the Ohio River. She drifted seven miles to shore near dawn thanking faith and will to live while her friend Kerrie Trigg remained missing.
Tears and prayers marked a disaster in Shadyside Belmont County as flash floods from Pipe and Wegee creeks engulfed trailer homes. Herman Adams mourned his daughter and two grandchildren carried away by surging water. A disaster center at Je School gathered residents seeking word on missing relatives amid a steady flow of visitors.
Extended Texas forecast reports cloudy conditions with isolated late day and evening thunderstorms across Permian Basin and South Plains. Temperatures range from mid-60s to upper 90s with highs near 100 in Pecos and Concho valleys and upper 90s in Hill Country. Overnight lows mostly in the 70s to 80s.
Reading highs reach 101 with a low of 75 as the sun sets at 8 56 p m and rises again at 6 43 a m on Sunday. June precipitation totals are trace with year to date 4 56 inches. The record high for Friday was 106 degrees in 1960 and today’s average low was 48 degrees in 198.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with a 20 percent chance of evening showers tonight. Winds from the south at 10 to 20 mph. Temperatures in the low 70s tonight and mid to upper 90s today, with coastal highs reaching upper 80s. The NWS notes possible thunder showers Sunday and highs in the mid 90s to 100.
Partly cloudy central mountains and east with a few thunderstorms near northern mountains and east plains. Breezy west and north afternoon. Highs 70 to 85, near 100 in southeast. Tonight fair skies, lows 30s to 40s in mountains and 60s to lower 70s southeast. Oklahoma mostly sunny and warm with scattered thunderstorms Panhandle and northwest. Tonight and Sunday fair and warm with lows in the 70s.
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