Rattlesnake Roundup Bites Report Underscore Risks
At the national Rattlesnake Lacking Championship in Taylor four competitors were bitten over the weekend. Betty Bounds in serious condition at Temple hospital after a hand bite. Allan Strahan recalled prior venom injuries. Two others suffered superficial scratches. Mike Herzog also hospitalized in Temple with a deep bite. The event features a team contest where one handles ten rattlesnakes into a bag, risking further bites.
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Terriple
Allan Strahan
Heart of Texas Snake Handlers Club
Strahan
Mason
Betty Bounds
Lancaster
Jackie Bibby
Miss Bounds
Sacking Arena
Temple
Mike Herzog
Heart of Texas Club
Letter by Kahl offered to authorities in Wisconsin
Shawano County authorities were told a letter allegedly written by Gordon Kahl, wanted in the North Dakota marshal shootings, would be available by 9 am at James P. Wickstrom's Tigerton home. Wickstrom claimed Kahl fired in self defense. he offered the letter to prevent government pursuit and promised more details at a news conference.
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Shawano
Wis
Wisconsin
Posse Comitatus
Gordon Kahl
North Dakota
Jim Knope
Shawano County
James P. Wickstrom
Wickstrom
Tigerton
Knope
Kahl
Medina
N.D
Yuri
Crane
U.S. District Court
Midland
Odessa
Yori
Texas
Crane County
Raymond Weatherby
Weatherby
Tigerton Dells
Ernest Moser
Moser
Police Beat Odessa: Vandalism and Theft Reports
Joseph Lujan reported four tires punctured at Ruthies Lounge on 15th Street and West County Road between 3 and 6 p.m. Saturday. Officer Marcus Fiel investigated. Jay Mahmadi reported rifle and stereo stolen from a residence at 3843 Penbrook Ave No 181, total value 1185 dollars.
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Odessa
Joseph Lujan
Ruthie
15Th Street
West County Road
Marcus Fiel
Jay Mahmadi
Penbrook Ave
Texas Tech president to speak at Hispanic Night event
Laura F. Cavazos president of Texas Tech University will address attendees at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Devonian Room during Hispanic Night at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Organizacion Hispana sponsors start with 7 p.m. food and entertainment. Cavazos is TTU alumnus first to become president, earned degrees at TTU and Iowa State, and has served since 1980 after leading Tufts medical school.
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Laura F. Cavazos
Texas Tech University
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Organizacion Hispana
Cavazos
Texas Tech
Tufts University
Boston
School of Medicine
Del Anderson Skis With Skateboard And Dog On Sidewalk
Del Anderson age 12 makes do with a skateboard and his dog Sassquash for fun on the sidewalk in front of his home at 4008 Springdale Drive.
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del Anderson
Sassquash
Springdale Drive
Midland man killed in head on collision near Garden City
A Midland man, James Beckett, 47, died at the scene when his tractor-trailer struck a car and overturned about 12 miles east of Garden City early Sunday. The car’s driver, George Ramirez, Route 4 Box 13Y Midland, was listed in stable condition at Malone Hogan Hospital in Big Spring.
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Garden City
Midland
Here
Department of Public Safety
James Beckett
Glasscock County
J.E. Wooten
Beckett
George Ramirez
Route 4
Box 13Y
Malone Hogan Hospital
Big Spring
Ed Forman
Wilson
Inmate escapees flee Stringtown prison and jail breakout
Authorities search for eight escapees from Stringtown medium security prison and a county jail teen. Five inmates recaptured in Oklahoma and Texas. one man broke from Midwest City jail in a dramatic escape. Four escapees were serving life for murder. others faced violent crimes.
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Associated Press
Stringtown
Oklahoma
Texas
Midwest City
Fannin County
Russell Buchner
State Corrections Department
Buchner
Leon Strange
Oklahoma County
James E. Lewis
Beaver County
Marion Holland
Tulsa County
Danny Lee Stokes
Services for Elizabeth Smith in Hubbard-Kelly funeral notices
Multiple obituary snippets list services for Elizabeth Smith 86 of 2601 Nolan St. and Emory Lynn Boles with dates, plus Crystal Lee Moreno infant service at Rosehill Cemetery and Nancy Ellen O’Neill service at Saint John’s Episcopal Church. Details include birth years, addresses, survivors, and funeral homes.
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Elizabeth Smith
Nolan St
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Crystal Lee Moreno
Simms St
Rosehill Cemetery
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Odessa
Nancy Ellen O'Neill
San Fernando Drive
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
Donald Hungerford Wis
Emory Lynn Boles
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Taylor
Bibby
The
Iowa State University
Kurt Clemmensen
Tony Roland Wilson
Freedom
Forman
Tishomingo
Billy Wiseman
Johnson County
Lee Cargill
Marty Ardizzone
Canadian County
Crystal Moreno
Gloria Moreno
Sally Gutierrez
Salvador Gonzales
Don Sanchez
Irving
Esther Gonzales
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Hospital
O’neill
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church of
Emory Boles
Boles
Medical Center Hospital
Fluvanna
Jewell Pryor
Austin
First Baptist Church
Gerald Mann
Richard
Cactus Jack
Pryor
Kerry Pryor
Paul Pryor
Don Pryor
Dayne Pryor
Howell C. Jones
Milpitas
Calif
Mary Lee Cauble
Gracie Aderhold
Helen Harding
John Allison
James Howard Allison
San Angelo
Guy Allison
Abilene
Nancy O'Neill
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