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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1985

Page

10

Ex store manager sues Ardan and polygraph firm

Randy McGuire former Odessa Ardan store manager sues Ardan Inc Akins and Morris Polygraph Service Inc in Dallas for 2 million. He alleges termination based on a October 5 1984 polygraph exam and claims agents damaged his reputation by conveying his alleged theft to potential employers. The suit seeks punitive damages and cites diminished future earnings. Akins denies conducting the test.

Odessa Ardan Inc Polygraph 244Th District Court Randy McGuire Odessa Ardan Ardan Corporation Charles Akins and Akins Morris Polygraph Service Inc Dallas McGuire Thedessa Ardan Eighth St Ardan, Inc Ardan Charles Akins

Pilot and passenger escape unhurt after forced landing

A Cessna 152 suffered engine trouble and made a forced landing on a caliche road south of Andrews. The pilot James R. Jones Jr. of Tell and passenger Vance West of Childress were not injured. The nose gear collapsed and the plane flipped. it originated in Monahans en route to Childress.

Andrews Caliche U.S. 385 James R. Jones Jr Tell Vance West Childress Alex Schaffer Air Monahans

Police Beat Odessa Theft and Burglary Reports

The Odessa Police log lists a March 4 theft where Don R. Wright reported a 1983 Ford LTD stolen with 35000 in S H Green Stamps two shotguns a pistol and credit cards worth 42040 taken between 10 30 p m Saturday and 9 a m Sunday. A burglary at 938 N Meadow St Apt D reported a VCR AM FM cassette player a 21 inch color TV a microwave oven a .22 cal pistol and cash totaling 2520 taken between 10 a m and 2 30 p m Monday. A separate burglary at 5212 Conley Ave noted 939 in golf equipment stolen about 9 30 p m Saturday.

Don R. Wright E. 52Nd St Ford Ltd S&h T. Gettings John C. Turner Meadow St Apt. D M. Hancock Mary Harrison Conley Ave S. Nobles

Deaths and services for multiple Odessa area residents

Obituaries list rites and burial plans for James Willis Stafford 55 of Odessa and Myrtle M. Fitzgerald 89 of Bangs plus Robert Eugene Knott 77 of Odessa and William Babe Lee 64 of Forsan. Also notes Alonso Montano 48 at Martinez Funeral Home with services pending. details include birthplaces, marriages, survivors, and funeral locations.

James Willis Stafford Bunche Ave Bethlehem Baptist Church J.M. Jeffery Rose Hill Cemetery Martinez Funeral Home Stafford Medical Center Hospital Wills Point Florence Bonner Stafford Dallas King Solomon Baptist Church Permian Basin District Brotherhood Association Victory Magnavox Thomas Stafford Long Beach Calif Tony Stafford Richard Allen Stafford Ricky Willis Stafford Odessa Irene Higgens Charlotte Williams Midland Henry Coleman Vivian Meadows Alderwood Wash Vera Faye Thompson Bangs Myrtle M. Fitzgerald First Baptist Church Eddie Freeman Bangs Cemetery Davis-Morris Funeral Home Brownwood Fitzgerald Brownwood Regional Hospital Brazos County S.W. “Woody” Fitzgerald Big Spring Robert Eugene Knott Lancaster Ave Sanders Funeral Lubbock Tom Mosley Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home City of Lubbock Knott Bradford Tenn Nalley- Pickle and Welch Funeral Home Mr. Lee Veterans Hospital Rotan Doris Palmer Lovington N.M Dena Sharp Rhonda Burton Forsan Glenda Powell Snyder Evelyn McLeod Louis Palmer Dorothy Beatty Betty Kinchloe Mary Isbel Doris Hammil C.A. Lee Jr Tulsa William ‘‘Babe'’ Lee Mount Olive Memorial Park Alonso Montano N. Robinson

Dodson Named Deputy Chief Heads Odessa Detective Division

Odessa appoints Captain James W. Dodson as deputy police chief to lead the detective division. He declined to forecast changes, saying any moves depend on staff consultation. Dodson, 33, previously ran Internal Affairs and Narcotics, and notes this experience to inform detective work.

Odessa James W. Dodson Dodson John McAhon McAhon Tony Suttle Marvin Crumrine Jim Hallman Rusty Baker Bob Clanton Floyd L. Garrett K.R. Jones Wendell Walker

Hirsch Seeks Re Election To Odessa District 4 Council

Odessa council hopeful Melissa Hirsch announces bid to return to the District 4 seat. She cites ongoing water reuse study and the Monahans Draw Linear Park effort, revealing prior civic roles and a 1983 election as her base. Opponents include Cathlene Martell and Dan Jamier son, with election set for April 6.

Melissa Hirsch Hirsch Monahans Monahans Draw Washington Ave Odessa St. Mary's University San Antonio Fort Worth Midland Midland High School Austin College Sherman Presidential Museum Rape Crisis Center Planned Parenthood Permian Basin Texas Women's Political Caucus Ector County Bar Association Our New Beginnings Board of Midland-Odessa Symphony Association Cathlene Martell Odessa College Dan Jamierson

Odessa man found dead in car trunk with two gunshot wounds

Deputies investigate the killing of 30 year old Rafael Angulo Gabilondo found in the open trunk of a 1977 Ford Thunderbird on a Texaco lease near I 20 and FM 866 about 8:30 a.m. Monday. Autopsy pending. Intruder abduction suspected. nothing taken from the victim.

Ector County Odessa Rafael Angulo Gabilondo Washington Ave Texaco Interstate 20 FM 866 Mike Mitchell Gabilondo Mitchell Justice of the Peace Virgil Lumpee

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Polygraph Company Monte Whaley Mikey Williams San Jacinto Park West County Road West 22Nd Street Marlin Kellye Williams Route 4 James Stafford Myrtle Fitzgerald Robert Knott William Lee John Minor Gary Rowe Rowe Minor
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