Police seek hit and run information on fatal 1982 crash
Police appeal for details on a fatal hit and run in the 2500 block of North Grandview Avenue on September 11, 1982. Bicycle rider David Rempkowski, 21, was struck from behind about 11:35 p.m. and died at Medical Center Hospital. Investigators seek a medium blue late 1970s Ford pickup with possible right front damage seen near the scene.
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Grandview Avenue
David Rempkowski
Rempkowski
Medical Center Hospital
Bicycle rider rempowsk i hit and run case information urged
Investigators say Rempkowski was riding a silver Sears 26 inch 10 speed bicycle and had visited an east side nightclub the night of his death. A reward offers up to $1 000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the driver, with Crime Stoppers number 333 TIPS guaranteeing caller anonymity.
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Rempkowski
Ozone balloons land after six hour high altitude flight
Two large ozone testing balloons launched from the National Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine Texas landed in West Texas after a 12 hour flight. Spokeswoman Bettie Furman said data was very pleasing as teams study ozone decay linked to fluorocarbons. Balloons carried 28.51 and 39.6 million cubic feet of helium.
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Palestine, Texas
National Scientific Balloon Facility
West
Texas
Bettie Furman
Salt Flat
el Paso
Pecos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chemical Manufacturers Association
European Common Market
Midland Man Held In Death At Workman's Club Crash
A 24 year old Midland man Willie Joe Brown faces a murder charge after a late Saturday crash killed Homer R. Taylor and injured Chester Gatewood and H J Holloway who were seated on a couch behind the Workman's Club at 1108 E Illinois Ave. Gatewood and Holloway were in stable condition with a fractured pelvis and a broken hip respectively.
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Midland
Willie Joe Brown
Charlie Sprayberry
Earl Luckey
Brown
Homer R. Taylor
Chester Gatewood
H.J. Holloway
Midland Memorial Hospital
Gatewood
Holloway
Workman’s Club
Illinois Ave
Luckey
Ex-Odessan deputy dies after wreck and self inflicted wound
Vaughn Maddox 30 former Ector County Sheriff deputy drove his patrol car into an oncoming vehicle on US 385 near Dimmitt and then shot himself in the heart. Two people in the other car, Robert Young Jr and Michael Stephenson, were hospitalized in critical condition. Young's wife Jean treated for minor injuries. Maddox had been under burglary investigation in Dim mitt and had recent ties to Plainview Dumas and Dimmitt police departments.
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Dimmitt
Ector County
UTPB Expands Student Housing With 20 Mobile Homes
University of Texas at the Permian Basin adds 20 mobile homes to the campus bringing total housing to over 100 students. Units from Parachute Colorado originally owned by Exxon were purchased for 125 per month rent. Cost per unit including shipping totals 16250 with Exxon having paid 38000 each.
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
UTPB
Rosamaria Mendez
Parachute
Colo
Colorado
Odessa
Watts
The
University
Odessa YMCA aims to raise 500000 for expansions
Odessa Family YMCA staff, led by campaign director Lou Meyers, launched a drive in early June to raise 500000 for expansion and renovations at 3001 E University Blvd. Positive prospects cited include roof, pool, parking, energy upgrades, locker rooms, childcare transport vehicle, and Westside youth facilities. Contributions are tiered from 1000 to 10000 and promises cover three years.
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Odessa Family Ymca
Lou Meyers
Meyers
E. University Blvd
DOPEC ring leaders jailed in Texas New Mexico and Louisiana
Charles Gilbert Davis of Amarillo received 15 years in federal prison plus a concurrent 10 year term for the DOPEC meth ring. Michael Nelson Oberski of Wimberley got 12 years plus a concurrent 10 year term. Two of Davis’s sons pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting meth manufacture and distribution. The operation spanned Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.
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San Antonio
DOPEC
Charles Gilbert Davis
Amarillo
Michael Nelson Oberski
Wimberley
Davis
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Medical Center offers cancer classes
Cancer victims invited to an eight session course titled I Can Cope starting June 28 at Medical Center Hospital. Free weekly 7 p.m. Tuesdays sponsored by MCH Education Department and the American Cancer Society. Sessions feature Dr Greg Garrett and Odessa oncologist Robert Kirby, dentist Paul Lively, Rev Charles McIntyre, sociologist John Fenner, physical therapist Cindy Groenke, and others. Certificates awarded at final session. Call 333-7111 extension 338 for details.
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Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Education Department
American Cancer Society
Jane Fletcher
Fletcher
Greg Garrett
Odessa
Phantom students blamed for staffing at St Philip's College
San Antonio police and prosecutors probe misappropriation in the college restaurant management program. District Attorney Sam Millsap cites phantom students kept to justify instructors, with thousands of dollars possibly involved. Federal agencies opened their own inquiries into veteran benefits and work-study funds.
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San Antonio
St. Philip’s College
Sam Millsap
Millsap
U.S. Department of Education
Veterans Administration
Boy Scouts raise 51 million in two year drive
IRVING AP A two year fundraising drive by the Boy Scouts of America raised 51 million dollars, exceeding the 49 million goal set in 1981. Norman E. Swails said funds came from more than 200 donors and will support facilities including Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and the 100-acre island near Key West, with the national headquarters moving to Irving in 1979.
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Irving
Boy Scouts of America
Norman E. Swails
Boy Scouts
Swails
BSA
Philmont
New Mexico
Key West
Fla
New Brunswick
N.J
Burglary Reports Across Odessa Residents
Doris Lee Raser, 3882 Kenwood Drive, says a watch worth 900 vanished from her home between 11 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. Monday. David Russell Drennan, 9100 Andrews Highway No 1012, reports a watch worth 900 missing from his residence between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Donna Kay Reese, 1412 E. Everglade Ave., reports jewelry valued 1400 missing between 8:30 a.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday. Bridget Laws reports microwave oven, coffee maker and cassette tape player totaling 740 and a color TV missing from 501 E Murphy St. Sunday.
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Doris Lee Raser
Kenwood Drive
D. Frederick
David Russell Drennan
Andrews Highway No. 1012
L.E. Zyla
Donna Kay Reese
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Plainview
Dumas
Don Franklin
Exxon Oil Corp
William A. Watts
Struc
Tures
Exxon
Andy Phillips
Johnny Redfern
YMCA
Rhonda Norman
Ymca Board
West Odessa
Westsideland
Meyer
Big Gifts Committee
Medical Center
Robert Kirby
Paul Lively
Charles
McIntyre
St. John’s Parish
John Fenner
She
Cindy Groenke
Funeral Home
Social Security Administration
Police
Boys Scouts’ Drive
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