Stabbed Odessa man victim of theft at hospital
A 31 year old Odessa man Dar rell Earl Stiles was stabbed in the back after a dispute over clothes stolen from a laundromat on 36th Street and Dixie Avenue. He later reported his wallet stolen from Medical Center Hospital emergency room where he received treatment for the knife wounds. The assailant remains unidentified.
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Odessa
Darrell Earl Stiles
Medical Center Hospital
Stiles
36Th Street
Dixie Avenue
Brazos Street
Raccoon Kills Rare Whooping Crane Tex in Baraboo Pen
Tex a 15 year old rare whooping crane bred at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo Wisconsin was killed by a raccoon that breached an eight foot nylon mesh. The bird had danced with founder George Archibald to induce egg laying and produced Gee Whiz the first captive born chick. Archibald said the genetic line continues and expressed hope for future whoopers despite the loss.
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Baraboo
Wis
Tex
George Archibald
International Crane Foundation Center
Archibald
Crane Center
Scott Freeman
Freeman
Gee Whiz
San Antonio Zoo
Texas
Crane Foundation
Johnny Carson
California
Carson
George Gee
Burglary and theft reports in Odessa and Ector County
On June 24 Odessa police logged multiple crimes. Joe Clark reported a burglary at Trail's End Book Store with the door smashed and several handguns and jewelry taken. Donald Ray Chancellor reported theft of items valued over $1,000 from his home after forced entry. Alice Marie Belew reported theft of an evaporative cooler and a motor from behind her home. Benito Rojo Jr reported theft of over $950 of assorted valuables after front door pried open. Ector County Sheriff logged Chuck Thomas reporting the theft of a fur coat jewelry and $100 in silver coins from his Quartz Road home.
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Joe Clark
Trail’s End
E. 8Th St
R. McCoy
Donald Ray Chancellor
Meadows No. 8
C. Burns
R.M. Bowenz
Alice Marie Belew
E. 51St St
P. Gonzales
J. Molinary
Benito Rojo Jr
Lassater St
J. Pence
Chuck Thomas
Pleasant Farms
Odessa College names two new vice presidents
Odessa College promotes Bernhard T W Senate to vice president of instructional administration and Miles A Eckert to vice president of student development. The moves create the college's first vice president roles in 35 years as trustees plan a summer review of administrative organization. Senate is a longtime Odessa College administrator with a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Eckert, a 1968 tenure, holds doctorates from East Texas State University and bachelor and master degrees from North Texas State University.
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Bernhard T.W. Senate
Miles A. Eckert
Mike Furman
Sedate
Owego, N.Y
Odessa College
Houston College
Baylor
University of Texas At Austin
Eckert
Fluvanna
North Texas State University
East Texas State
Pecos Man In Critical Condition After Texas 17 Crash
A 28 year old Pecos man Jose Hinojas was listed in critical condition at Odessa Medical Center Hospital after his car rolled over on Texas 17 south of Pecos. He was in the intensive care unit with head and internal injuries and fractures according to a Department of Public Safety spokesman.
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Pecos
Odessa
Medical Center
Texas 17
Department of Public Safety
Jose Hinojas
Woman fends off assailant after flat tire incident
West Odessa woman fights off an attacker who followed her from the scene of a tire repair to her Redondo Street home. Deputies describe a Hispanic male in his 20s driving a red and white Ford pickup, 5 feet 5 inches, husky build, wearing a shirt and cut-off shorts. He demanded money after changing the tire and fled when the woman resisted assault. The investigation continues.
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West Odessa
Ector County
Redondo Street
Sherrif
Gene Kloss
Auto attack arrest in Odessa on attempted murder charge
A 45 year old Odessa man, Robert Lee Washington, was jailed on a $2,000 bond for attempted murder after firing a shotgun at Donnie Williams and pursuing him by car and on foot. Deputies said the attack stemmed from a domestic dispute. Williams escaped injury. Also noted, Colorado River Municipal Water District reported May revenues of $893,037, five month total $4.2 million, with expenses $2.35 million, $511,407 under budget.
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Odessa
Ector County
Robert Lee Washington
S. Liddy St
Donnie Williams
Persimmon Ave
Washington
Williams
Andrews Highway
Sheriff’s Department
Colorado River
West Texas
Death notices for Ricky Ned Paris Minnie Cummins Betty Poitevint and R G Barry Jr
Death notices list services for Ricky Ned Paris 34 at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with cremation in Dallas. Minnie Mae Cummins 80 of Odessa received services and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. born May 13 1902 in Montgomery County Arkansas. survived by two sons two sisters four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Betty Dorene Poitevint 56 of Odessa had services at Easterling Wilson Funeral Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery Pecos. born June 28 1925 in Illinois. moved to Odessa in 1972. survived by one son Carl and three grandchildren. R G Barry Jr 65 of Grandview and Odessa area had services at Highland Methodist Church and burial in Grandview Cemetery. born December 22 1916 in Norton Kansas. worked for Gulf Oil Corp 46 years. survived by wife Mary Nell Norton Barry and one son one brother and a grandson. Arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
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Ricky Ned Paris
Yukon Rd
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Preston E. Beeks
Greenfield Acres Baptist Church
Dallas
Minnie Mae Cummins
8Th St
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Melvin Mathis
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Cummins
Deerings West Nursing Home
Montgomery County
Ark
H.P. Cummins
Methodist Church
John D. Cum
Betty Dorene Poitevint
20Th St
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
James L. Christensen
Evergreen Cemetery
Pecos
R.G. Barry Jr
Brentwood Dr
Highland Methodist Church
Mark Dorff
Don Forseman
Methodist
Grandview
Barry
Goldsmith
Norton
Kaw
Mary Nell Norton
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Electric burn victim in critical condition after Odessa incident
David Gay, 22, of Stephenville, is listed in critical condition at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston after electrical burns suffered Thursday morning near Odessa. He was wiring lines for Blackwell Electric Inc. when a grounded drill allowed live voltage to pass through his body.
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David Gay
Stephenville
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Odessa
Gay
Blackwell Electric Inc
Gemini Pl
Gerald Gotcher
Texas Electric Co
Gotcher
Don Blackwell
Blackwell Electric
Blackwell
Blackwell, Inc
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Nolan Sr
John Fairlamb
Edge
Fort Worth
Fairlamb
Raccoon
Ector Sheriff
Senate
Water District
Betty Dorene
Poitevint
American Diabetic Association
Carl Poitevint
Michael Ray Barry
Sherman
Porter Barry
Kermit
Paris
Texas Electric
Hillmont Road
West Loop 338
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