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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1986
Page
10
Mark Carrasco aged 14 and Chris DeLaCruz aged 15, sons of local families in northeast Odessa, take a break from bike riding Saturday to observe gathering storm clouds as they loiter near their streets.
Lisa Riggs 17, Irving High School senior, returned home from a Moscow circus trip after an asthma attack led to hospitalization in the Soviet Union. She arrived at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in a wheelchair with her father, carrying a rose, and was later examined at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas where doctors released her in good condition.
County commissioners weighed drawbacks of a Thursday Judas Priest concert at the Ector County Coliseum after complaints labeled pornographic by a precinct official. The panel took no action and the session covered off site rentals, jail staffing, a dishwasher for the jail kitchen, and civil repairs to the Ector libraries.
Odessa police logged three burglaries with items taken and values including a 1099 television set and speakers total 1099 at Park Boulevard. a microwave oven, color TV and turntable valued 1425. and a color TV sofa bed weights lamps and more totaling 4015 from A American Storage. Ector County Sheriff noted unauthorized use of a 1972 Chevy Camaro valued 1300 taken from Andrews Highway.
Staff reports say 21 year old Robert Mesa of 401% E Spruce Ave Midland remained in critical condition at Midland Memorial Hospital with head injuries after a motorcycle crash late Saturday. The 1976 Harley Davidson struck a curb near FM 868 and Midland Drive about 11 10 p m and Mesa was thrown from the bike not wearing a helmet according to police reports.
Slick wet roads caused three fatalities across the region. Garry Strickland 42 of Tulsa died when his 1978 Peterbilt overturned on I-20 near Stanton after losing control in the wet. Tammy Sue Marshall 16 of Big Spring died when a 1983 pickup rolled after hitting a water puddle. Two year old Paul Cardenas Jr. of Midland was run over by a backing Mazda near County Road 115.
Odessa firefighters battled a blaze at the Texan Apartments on 801 N Alleghaney Ave about 1 a.m. Sunday. Eleven firefighters used 500 gallons of water to extinguish the fire, with heavy damage to an upstairs unit and smoke and water damage to three others. the building was unoccupied, and arson is being considered by Odessa Fire Marshal Rick Cates.
A two-alarm fire heavily damaged the Ministries for Life Bookstore in Austin on a Saturday night. Investigators said arson may have been used to cover a possible break-in, destroying about a third of the building and much of its inventory of Bibles and religious texts. The owner’s wife expressed disbelief and concern over motives.
Obituaries list Gertrude Garrett Baze 83 of Odessa, Tennie Oree Boling 78 of Kermit, Willie Bearthil Boshell Sr. 74 of Midland, Cindy Sue Davis 21 of Odessa, David Ray Loyd 59 of Lubbock, and Emma C. Wilson 89 of Kermit. Services set in Commerce Kermit Midland Odessa Lubbock and Fort Stockton areas with burial in Shiloh Kermit Sunset Gardens and other local cemeteries. Survivors include numerous children grandchildren and great grandchildren. notes on birthplaces and marriages. dates of death and service details where available.
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