Sex offense charges lead 39 grand jury indictments
A Odessa area man Wilhelm Schweitzer faced five sex offense counts with juveniles and bonds totaling 1.25 million. Indictments included rape of a child, attempted rape, indecency, and sexual abuse involving minors. Other indictments named Jerry Walker, Rudolpho Ochoa, James Campbell, and Rolando Garcia among 26 persons charged in open indictments, plus additional burglary and assault cases with varied bonds.
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Ector County
Ector County Grand Jury
Wilhelm Schweitzer
Route 5
C.V. Milburn
Joe Connally
Schweitzer
Grand
Jerry Thomas Walker
1460
South
Grant
Rudolpho Ochoa
North Muskingum
James Donald Campbell
Keystone
Odessa
Rolando Barrera Garcia
East Hillmont
Deregulation Calls Spur Livestock Carrier Protest in Wellington
A Wellington livestock carrier protested deregulation of the transportation industry, arguing the move would raise the number of independent truckers. The remark follows discussion of weekday and weekend airtime allocations and the odd-even system used around Houston Dallas and Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wellington
Texas
Oil price rise alters U S fuel bill and policy debate
The article notes a potential U S oil bill of 65 to 70 billion dollars next year if base prices rise to 20 dollars a barrel. It cites surcharges by OPEC members except Saudi Arabia and inflation worries, with Carter planning to press for deregulation and a 2 million barrel per day cut in global imports via a Tokyo summit plan discussed with Saudi and Kuwait officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Sttes
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Tokyo
Carter
United States
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Kuwait
Truckers Strike Across States Amid Gas Shortages
Truckers' protests and shortages ripple nationwide as Georgia Port Authority gates clear after a court order. Reports show panic buying, furloughed meat plant workers, scarce produce, and rising tensions with truckers targeted by violence while federal steps ease costs. Congressional hearings tackle deregulation plans for independents.
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Shell
Exxon
Sunoco
Greensboro
Hunt
Georgia Port Authority
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Carnegie
Four Odessa Lounges Ransacked In Roof-Entry Burglaries
Police report four Odessa lounges entered through roof vents during eight burglaries under investigation. Items stolen include 120 in change from Torch Club machines, a 2490 jukebox, fourty packs of cigarettes, 220 in change at Dotties Lounge, and undetermined change at Hide Away Lounge and Tugboat Tavern. Additional losses include a 40 pool cue, 10 in pennies, and a freezer contents haul worth about 600 from J E Pressly’s garage. A car from 1973 model year lost 141 in valuables. A lawn mower 100 and a 58 battery were also taken from local properties.
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Odessa
Torch Club
jKermit Highway
Dottie’s
Orth Hancock
West County Road
Tugboat Tavern
Permian Basin Sees Warm, Sunny Week Ahead
National Weather Service Midland reports warmer weather through Thursday with daytime highs in the mid-90s and near- to clear skies. Tuesday topped at 89, with tonight’s low expected in the upper 60s and a weekend of upper 90s by day and upper 60s to lower 70s by night. Record highs and lows noted from past decades.
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Permiah Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Midland region forecast sunny warm through Thursday
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport forecasts sunny weather today and Thursday with fair skies tonight. Expect a high of 95 today and tomorrow, low of 68 tonight, and a low of 64 tonight, with light southeast winds. Sunset tonight 8:59 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:45 a.m. Year to date precipitation 6.98 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Financier denies giving Estes attorney power
A Tyler financier testified that he did not sign a power of attorney granting Billie Sol Estes and an associate authority to sign leases, despite a handwriting expert affirming the signature. Prosecutors label the document forged to imply Billy Pyron backed Estes, with Pyron claiming he assisted Estes in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tyler
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Billy Pyron
Pyron
Sue Goolsby
Frankie Franck
U.S. Postal Service
G. Brockett Irwin
Death notices reach across Midland and surrounding regions
Obituary items list Leon E Reed 64 of Midland and Bert Wade Marquis 75 of Odessa among others. Funeral services set at Kelview Heights Baptist Odessa's Hubbard Kelly Chapel and LubbockFirst Baptist with interments at Resthaven Sunset Memorial Gardens and more. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Memorials requested to Liberty Baptist Wichita Falls.
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Midland
Leon E. Reed
Kelview Heights Baptist Church
Highland Park
Iowa Park
Ellis Funeral Home
Colorado City
Reed
Las Cruces
N.M
Kelview Heights
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Dorcas
Jerry Reed
Wichita Falls
James Tedford
E.J. Reed
el Paso
Lenora Ragsdale
Burkburnett
Earlene Frields
Winona Gribble
Guymon
Okla
Bert Wade Marquis
North Lincoln
Hubbard -Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Marquis
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Hillsboro
Phillips Petroleum Co
Lola B. Avants
Lela
Plainsfield
Howard Marrs
Bedford
Charlie Marquis
Glen Rose
Winn Marquis
Borger
Ralph Marquis
Shamrock
George Wright
Roy Turner
Lubbock First
Hobbs
Glenn Strange
Griffin Funeral Home
Corsicana
Strange
Lubbock’s
Methodist Hospital
Cactus Drilling Co
Maude Miller
Illinois
Glenn
Butch”’ Strange
Silver City
Dale Strange
Graham
D.V. Marcum
Hoy Marcum
First Baptist Church
Roscoe
McCoy Funeral Home
Marcum
Harris Hospital
Fort Worth
Roaring Springs
Mary Margaret Dement
Snyder
Dorothy Allison
Monahans
Rotan
Abilene
Tim Marcum
Ranger
Jim Marcum
Dallas
Leonard
Sandy) Peters
Stromer Marcum
Fritch
Coy Marcum
San Diego
Cal
Charles Lutz
Charles Allingham Lutz
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Lutz
Vista Plaza
Austin
Fred Turner Estates
Vernon
Margorie McKean
Nixon
Charles Arthur Lutz
Houston
Billie Jean Strahan
John A. Pliska
Resthaven Memorial Park
Pliska
U.S. Navy
Midland Volunteer Fire Department
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
James F. Pliska
Rose Caruth
Dorthy MacNeill
Mary Beth Pliska
Ouida LaVerna Clark
East 35Th
Sherwood Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Clark
Seminole
J.W. Clark
Lompoc
Calif
Matter of record county court and district court notices
Marriage licenses issued include Sammy Dean Wright and Connie Rae Allison Desmond Allen Stanford and Geraldine Adams Griffis John Standiey Bradley and Bianca Estela Smith Ernest Nathern Aley and Teri Elaine Cocks Edward Don Wilson and Mary Kathryn Golden Marcus Blaine Miller and Jeana Merlene Ross. District court docket lists divorce suits filed such as Danny M Latham versus Vena K Latham Maria Lupe Berdoza versus Jose Luis Berdoza Landus Jones versus Joyce Laverne Jones Chester Marvin Morris versus Glenda Lee Morris Robert C Crawford versus Mary Jack Crawford Adela Mata versus Tomas J Mata Rodger L Melton versus Tamara Eriene Melton Christine Lenn Brem versus Joe Lytt Brem. Medical Center Hospital reports patients admitted June 26 including Dorothy Armstrong Clyde Benjamin James Lawson Arthur Rimer Betty Dement Lavada Huapt Timothy Beckham Lela Perkins Bert Marquis Jeffery Long Nezie Walden Lois Gladden Charles Prieskorn James Roberts Katie Pace Esteven Garcia Chester Collins Kamaso Gonzales Raymond Buie Sherry Overman Tommie Choate Ernest Wallace Bobbie Martin Mary Choate. Discharged patients on June 26 include Sue Gillit Hattie Wilson Blanche Sims Wiley Bowers Franklin Wise Ricla Shults Inez Smith Jerome Groves James Whitmire John Nobles Ben Jackson Harry Lindenberg Jr Elizabeth Jones Rose Folwell Hershal Wells Kimberly Trowbridge Efigenia Baeza. Births on June 26 recorded for Mr and Mrs Marlin Williams Route 4 boy Mr and Mrs Dennis Good Route 2 boy Mr and Airs Armando Hernandez 1701 West 13th boy.
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Sammy Dean Wright
Connie Rae Allison
Desmond Allen Stanford
Geraldine Adams Griffis
John Standiey Bradley
Bianca Estela Smith
Ernest Nathern Aley
Teri Elaine Cocks
Edward Don Wilson
Mary Kathryn Golden
Marcus Blaine Miller
Jeana Merlene Ross
Danny M. Latham
Vena K Latham
Maria Lupe Berdoza
Jose Luis Berdoza
Landus Jones
Joyce Laverne Jones
Chester Marvin Morris
Glenda Lee Morris
Robert C Crawford
Mary Jack Crawford
Adela Mata
Tomas J. Mata
Rodger L. Melton
Tamara Eriene Melton
Christine Lenn Brem
Joe Lytt Brem
Sue Gillit
Hattie Wilson
Blanche Sims
Wiley Bowers
Franklin Wise
Ricla Shults
Inez Smith
Jerome Groves
James Whitmire
John Nobles
Ben Jackson
Harry Lindenberg Jr
Elizabeth Jones
Rose Folwell
Hershal Wells
Kimberly Trowbridge
Efigenia Baeza
Ector District Attorney named to state advisory board
Ector County District Attorney John Green was appointed by Gov. Bill Clements to the Criminal Justice Division Advisory Board for a one year term ending March 12, 1980. He is the only Permian Basin appointee. Clara Pope Willoughby of San Angelo was also named to the panel.
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Clements
Clara Pope Willoughby
San Angelo
Odessa Club Schedule Shows Morning Breakfast and Noon Meetings
Tomorrow in Odessa the Kiwanis Club hosts a 6 30 A M meeting at the Hospitality Lodge while a Noon gathering for the Grandview Lie Club is set at the Inn of the Golden West. A Noon meeting is also listed for Westside Optimust Plaza Cafeteria.
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Kiwanis Club of
Odessa University
NOON
Grandview Lie Club
Inn of the Golden West
Westside
Optimust Plaza
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South Grant
Garcia
Robert Dewayne Freeman
Cecil D. Collier
Collier
Jackie Lynn Taylor
Raymond Gonzales
Roger Neal Buck
Brentwood
Worsham Pryor
Jose Luis Garcia Montez
South Alleghancy
Willfido Barriga
Casimiro Ramirez Trejo
Fall
Ella Barrington
Trejo
Adolph Joseph Martinez
Jim Bougham
Martinez
Robert Arnold Berry
Brian Crawford
Adolfo Liones Garcia
South Jackson
Richard Fuentes Castillo
Gulf
Horace Douglas Cameron Jr
East Second
Willie Ray Courtney
Crane
North Hancock
Steven Morales
John Thomas Britt
Billy Don Scott
Robin Lee Cox
Mike Kelly
Mike Scheer
First National Bank of Midland
Bond
Craig James Byron
al Curtis
Alfred Barrera
Carl Joe Williams Jr
West 20Th
Joseph Carter Eiben
1300 Parkway
Marvin Gene Dune
West Fourth
AAA
Beaumont
Reagan McAlister
Tex-Pack Express
San Antonio
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Midland- Odessa
Waco
Hoadley
Nebraska
Washington
Tennessee
Green Bay
Manitiwoc
Camden
S.C
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Hide Away
J.E. Pressly
Lauderdale
Larry Neal Autry
Kenwood
Clyde Marcos Hill
East Sixth
McComas Truck and Trailer
Estes Attorney
John Pliska
Bert Marquis
W.P. Newman
J.E. Sligar
Lubbock
Ira Sligar
Asbury United Methodist Church
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Sligar
Methodist
Wallingdon
Irma Brewer
Candido B. Duran
Sonora
Ortilo Duran
Ozona
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Kerbow Funeral Home
Duran
Hudspeth
Consuelo Perez
Flavio Duran
Candido Duran Jr
Diana Santibanez
Palo Pinto
Anna Castro
Martha Garza
Tonie Duran
Juanita Mata
Mike Duran
Luciana Virgen
Maria Arredondo
John E. Campbell Ballinger
John E. Campbell
Ballinger
Grace Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Rains Seale Funeral Home
Campbell
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
Florence Boles
Winters
Roy Campbell
Douglas Campbell
Jack Campbell
Lloyd Campbell
Salem
Ore
J.E. Campbell
Marshall Campbell
Floy
Mildred) King
Miles
Chester
Neema Joan) McCampbell
Charlie Campbell
Lockburg
Ark
Tommy Campbell
Roger Campbell
R.Q. Campbell
Blanche King
Roswell
Mary Peterson
Garland
Vada Peterson
Plainview
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Marlin Williams
Dennis Good
Armando Hernandez
1701 West 13Th
Ector DA
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