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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1999
Page
10
Fleming leads an orchestra with a vast repertoire from Bach to the Beatles on BBC Radio. She speaks of the adrenaline of live broadcast and the universal reach of music, recalling a moving moment when a Bolshoi Ballet dancer chose the violin over ballet and praised her performance.
US Representative Henry Bonilla is expected to attend a reception for TRIO Upward Bound funding. Jenkins notes the event highlights the program's role in helping families in Alpine pursue higher education, citing Bonilla as the first in his family to graduate college.
The United Blood Service of the Permian Basin opens at 8 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at 11 am on Tuesday and Thursday. It closes at 5 pm with some hours until 8:30 pm. Donors receive a T-shirt. Calendar and contact 915-561-5539 for info.
Linda and Don Perry praise the city for securing a larger Honeysuckle Street house through a Community Development Department program. Marrero notes the department helps about five families yearly, likening residents to a Good Samaritan.
Pippins said detectives probe if Riley had aid while a fugitive. Riley is jailed without bond on a federal fugitive charge and a Midland County probation violation. Bond was set at $30,000 in the assault cases.
A Odessa blotter reports multiple assaults, threats with a gun, a beer bottle attack, a shotgun incident, and a baseball bat assault near South Crane Avenue and University Boulevard. Robberies include a 1982 Cadillac Deville stolen on West 10th Street. Suspects described as Hispanic males aged 16 to 23 fled toward local streets. one man, Jose Angel Hernandez, 31, remains jailed on robbery and evading arrest charges with a $52,000 bond.
A federal judge paused a change of venue in a $30 million civil rights suit against Lubbock, sending the Hampton University women’s basketball case toward further选 scrutiny in a Western District setting. The ruling places Patricia Bibbs, Ezell Bibbs, and Vanetta Kelso under Judge Sam Cummings for potential trial location, with defenses seeking Lubbock or other Western District sites and plaintiffs fearing bias in Lubbock. The incident occurred on Nov 16 when Lubbock officers detained the group outside a WalMart. Kelso, pregnant, alleges threats during detainment, while all charges were later dropped.
Gov. George W. Bush vetoed 31 bills and two concurrent resolutions from the 1999 Texas legislative session. Senator Rodney Ellis criticized the move while noting the vetoed criminal defense reform would have created public defender offices or contracted services to aid poor defendants. Bush argued the measure would add bureaucracy, slow court work, and risk public safety by delaying lawyer appointments beyond 20 days. Dallas County Judge Vickers L. Cunningham Sr welcomed the veto saying reforms should be debated openly.
A 16 year old, Bradley Ross Walker, was located in Texas after a traffic stop for a seat belt violation. Police issued a warrant for Walker in the shooting death of his father Ross Herman Walker, 50, in Tuscaloosa, while his pregnant girlfriend Jayme Lowery was listed as a missing person.
Dale Ellis age 73 a founder of the Odessa Family YMCA and the Lions Club died Sunday in Augusta Georgia. A retired State Farm agent he lived in Odessa from 1957 to 1968 and served on the Odessa Chamber of Commerce sports committee. He is survived by his wife Jean Houghton Woodruff daughter Debra Jean Ellis and a son David Ellis plus three grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church with burial at Westover Memorial Park Mausoleum.
A controversial documentary on slain Tejano star Selena was pulled before the closing night screening at CineFestival in San Antonio. Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo said she was not ready and denied pressure from Abraham Quintanilla. The film, Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena, had premiered earlier to praise at the Other American Film Festival.
Dror Haim Goldberg, 20, sought in the November 27 fatal stabbing of Manuela Silverio in a southwest Houston wig shop, was detained in Frankfurt by German authorities after being indicted for murder. His family’s attorney says Goldberg traveled on his own passport and believes he intended to return home, with his case soon headed toward Houston. The victim’s daughter demands accountability as authorities pursue charges.
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