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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1983
Page
15
Dennis Laird of Dayton releases his rope and splashes into the waters of Boykin Springs near Jasper. The old swimming hole is remembered by many old timers, but not so many urban youngsters.
Johnny Charles King 30 of Wickett died at Medical Center Hospital Odessa after a 2:30 a.m. motorcycle crash on 15th Street Monahans. He was not wearing a helmet and suffered massive abdominal injuries after his Harley Davidson went off pavement into a guardrail and barreled 230 feet into a ditch. The Geosource well service employee was discovered near 4 a.m. by his wife.
The San Antonio Fire Department ordered twelve thousand dollars worth of anti germ suits for paramedics to reduce AIDS exposure. Acting Chief Curtis Franz said the sixty suits at two hundred dollars each include masks gowns and rubber gloves. He noted there is little known about AIDS and emphasized protecting responders who first deal with the sick.
Ernest D. O Neil, veteran Bolivian education reform adviser and former professor at UT Austin, is appointed education chairman at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin effective August. He replaces Don Miller, as Clarence Kron steps down to return to teaching.
The Skelton capital murder trial in McKim's 161st Judicial District Court added 60 Ector County residents to the jury pool after an insufficient initial list. By Thursday nine jurors had been seated from 49 questioned, including Michelle Moon, 22, with trial expected to continue into next week and begin testimony around June 27 related to the death of Joe Lee Neal in an April 1982 truck bomb explosion.
Odessa officials consider an ordinance to provide free water and sewer for the Ector County Coliseum and forgive a $32,016.32 debt accrued since September 1976. City leaders debate whether promoters should pay the bill through rentals, while supporters say keeping shows boosts tourism and sales tax revenue.
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