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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1985
Page
10
Crime Stoppers requests information on the March 27 robbery of the Kent Kwik store at 601 West County Road. A Hispanic man entered wielding an 8 inch metal rod, threatened a clerk, and stole unknown cash from a safe before grabbing a knife from a display case. Description incomplete.
Police describe a man in his mid 20s about 5 feet 6 inches tall 120 pounds with short dark hair. He wears blue jeans a denim jacket a white and red cap and brown boots. Crime Stoppers will pay 1000 cash this week for information leading to arrest and indictment. Anonymous callers may call 333-8477 in Odessa or 694-8477 in Midland.
Rickey W. Carey, 27, of 1221 E. Gist St., stayed in Ector County Jail on a 10,000 bond after a Sunday arrest at 2830 Kermit Highway. He faces charges for the May burglary of the Larry Hardin residence at 4216 Wayside Ave, with over 3,000 in items taken between May 24 and June 2. Frank Alders, 23, of 402 N. Adams Ave., jailed on a 10,000 bond after a Sunday arrest at Second Street and Graham Avenue on a May 2 burglary warrant for the 2104 Tripp Ave residence. a microwave from that break was recovered. Municipal Judge J E Weatherly set bonds for Carey and Alders on Monday.
An Ector County woman seeks damages in a wrongful death suit filed in the 70th District Court against Dr Stephen Driscoll after her 22 year old husband Robert C Gardenhire died following an injection for back pain. The petition accuses excessive Marcaine, failure to warn, and inadequate monitoring.
Obituary notices list Luther W. Lancaster 92 of Odessa died Monday in Bowie with graveside services scheduled at 11 a.m. Wednesday officiated by Rev. Crutchfield. Survivors include a son Wesley and two daughters with seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Owen-Brumley Funeral Home Bowie in charge. Monahans services for Johnnie Frances Tatum 89 with burial in Monahans Cemetery. She moved to Monahans in 1961 and was a Baptist housewife. Additional birth and birth-related notices record births at Medical Center Hospital and Women's & Children's Hospital with multiple families named.
The Texas Department of Water Resources will study two chromium suspected groundwater sites in Odessa area. IT Corp will drill wells and assess contamination with a public meeting planned within six months. The 18 to 24 month study could lead to a cleanup design after findings.
In Midland County a security guard died at the private horse racetrack after a fight that began around 8:30 p.m. Two other guards were hospitalized with gunshot and stab wounds. Deputy Newsom said a pistol and shotgun were used and no arrests were reported. Belis, 25, from Odessa, died at the scene.
Health officials said low turnout ends AIDS antibody testing in Ector County and Midland after May to June runs. Only two residents in Ector County and nine in Midland participated, forcing the programs to close unless response surges. Funds totaling about 13 000 dollars funded through the Texas Department of Health expire with the test.
Joe Stevens VanNatta reported items including a beeper phone a pocket knife a billfold and currency stolen from Neal's Health and Fitness at 1557 Parkway Blvd around 8 p.m. Monday. Teresa Maria Brown reported currency checks and money orders stolen from Sunset Apartments office between Thursday and Monday. Luann Wyatt reported currency and checks valued at 1700 stolen from Garage Bay Conoco at 3827 N Dixie Blvd between 9 30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday.
Odessan William Joseph Seaman, 22, of 4340 Grandview Ave Apt 1108, was charged with aggravated robbery in the early Sunday holdup of Pizza Inn at 2120 Andrews Highway. Bond set at $15,000 by Municipal Judge J. E. Weatherly after a Pizza Inn employee Cesar Raul Jacob, 16, described a man entering at 1:05 a.m. and threatening him with a knife. About $840 was reported stolen.
Washington AP reports that the so called Mexican trampoline has amplified cocaine seizures along the Texas Mexico border by 4 800 percent in one year. Customs Service records show a 2 percent rise in seizures in 1964 compared with 1963.
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