Dynamite destroyed by Odessa deputies bomb squad
About 300 pounds of unstable dynamite found near a vacant house on East Ridge Road and in a caliche pit east of Odessa Country Club were neutralized and burned by the Ector County Sheriff's Department bomb squad. Five cases were treated with acetone after a 15 year old reported the discovery. The dynamite, left by an unidentified company, leaked nitroglycerin and could have ignited easily. ODESSA POLICE reports note several burglaries and a broken window at Harold's Electronics and other thefts including a Rolex watch, a TV, skis, and cash from local addresses.
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Ector County
Calvin Eastwood
Dunbar Drive
Odessa
Kloss
Robbery at Pizza Inn in Odessa prompts police probe
Odessa police investigate an aggravated robbery at Pizza Inn on Andrews Highway early Sunday. Employee Cesar Raul Jacob says a knife was placed to his neck as he counted money in a back room and the robber demanded the cash before fleeing in an unknown direction.
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Odessa
Andrews Highway
Cesar Raul Jacob
Rusty Baker
Jacob
Child Stable After Fall From Moving Pickup
A 2-year-old Odessa girl was upgraded from guarded to stable in a hospital after falling from the bed of a moving pickup traveling about 30 mph on East Murphy Street. The mother, Adelina Marquez, 23, was cited for not using a child restraint.
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Odessa
Leandra Marquez
East
Murphy Street
Adelina Marquez
S. Sam Houston Ave
Scroggs
Odessa school board weighs five year plan impact on reading
The Ector County Independent School District faces reading shortfalls with ninth graders at 79 percent mastering basic skills in 1984-85, down from 88 percent, due to population mobility, reform time reallocations, and magnet school emphasis. The board meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. to discuss the five year priorities plan.
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Ector County School Board
Odessa
Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
N. Sam Houston Ave
Wayne Milligan
Milligan
Former Midland Bank Chief Sentenced for Embezzlement Flight
Former Midland Metro Bank president Eddie Thomas, 42, is to begin a 25 year federal prison term after a May 16 sentence in which a Midland jury found him guilty on 14 counts for embezzling about 550 000 dollars and falsifying bank records. He led the bank from 1978 until regulators closed it in 1983 near Midland Regional Airport.
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EL Paso
Midland Metro Bank
John Edward
Eddie’’ Thomas
la Tuna
Ef] Paso
Odessa
John Smith
Thomas
Midland U.S
Lucius Bunton
Midland
Metro Bank
Midland Regional Airport
Odessa firm allegedly violated waste laws, state says
The state seeks injunctive relief in 244th District Court against National Chromium Corp. NCC, at 2626 Steven Read, for alleged hazardous chromium waste releases and more than 2,700 regulatory violations. The petition accuses discharges to soil and water and failure to install groundwater monitoring, threatening public health and the environment.
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Odessa
244Th Judicial District Court
Attorney General’s Office
National Chromium Corp
Steven Read
NCC
William H. Masterson
Texas Ecologists, Inc
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Gene Kloss
Harold F. Moore
Harold’s Electronics
L.E. Zyla
Stephen Smith
Eisenhower Ave
G. Dwelley
Lee Ann Koenig
Custer Ave
R. Jones
Robert F. Adams
D. Morris
Pizza Inn
Robert Scroggs
Warehouse Foods
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