Six more die from Texas gas blast near Odessa
Six people perished from a Tuesday night gas explosion near Chaparral and Bighorn drives ten miles west of Odessa. Santiago Gutierrez died in Lubbock General Hospital burn unit from 70 percent body burns after being moved from Medical Center Hospital. Manuel Chavez, foreman for Major Electric Co., also died. Chavez and Gutierrez were among two men operating a truck mounted auger that pierced a high pressure gas line, triggering the blast and fire that killed five others and destroyed two mobile homes. Gutierrez's wife Maria and three children were found dead in one trailer. Three more fire victims remained hospitalized.
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Lubbock
Santiago Gutierrez
E. 53Rd St
Luibbock General Hospital
Terri Wood
Gutierrez
Wood
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County Sheriff’s Department
Chaparral
Bighorn Drives
Odessa
Maria
Elizabeth
Christina
Celeste
U.S. Navy
Manuel Chavez
S. Alleghaney Ave
Major Electric Co
Chavez
Moses Mancha
Burns family updates after Lubbock fire incident
Gloria Pena 39 of Route 6 Box 1390 A was hospitalized in serious condition at Lubbock General's burn unit with third and second degree burns covering 30 percent of her body and was transferred Tuesday night. Her husband Alvaro Sr. 44 and son George 10 were listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center with burns. Another son Alvaro Jr. 13 was treated at Medical Center for burns and released Tuesday night.
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Gloria Pena
Lubbock General
Lubbock
Pena
Alvaro Sr
George
Burns
Alvaro Jr
Medical Center
Harrelson Given Two Life Terms In Wood Killing
In San Antonio AP reports Charles V. Harrelson jailed for two consecutive life terms plus five years for murder and murder conspiracy in the Wood case. Jamiel Chagra and his wife Elizabeth receive 20 and 30 year style sentences for related crimes incl conspiracy to murder and tax offenses. Jo Ann Harrelson slated for sentencing as well.
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San Antonio
Charles V. Harrelson
U.S
John H. Wood Jr
Jamiel
Jimmy
Chagra
Harrelson
Wood
Elizabeth
Jo Ann
William S. Sessions
United States
Gestapo
Sessions
Mari
Happiness Is Not A Blankety Blank Form In Happy Texas
Happy Texas school officials faced pages of evaluation forms to justify a $354 federal vocational aid grant. The superintendent and two committees logged extensive hours on a half inch thick report, sent to the Texas Education Agency and Representative Kent Hance. Hance warned it shows the burden of federal bureaucracy on teachers and administrators.
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Associated Press
Washington
Happy
Texas
Harley R. McCasland
Happy Independent
Texas Panhandle
McCasland
Texas Education Agency
Kent Hance
Hance
House
Wholesale prices edge up 0.1 percent in February
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent rise in the February Producer Price Index for finished goods, offset by declines in energy and fuel oil costs. Food prices climb 0.6 percent with fish up 8.8 percent and beef and veal up 1.3 percent. gasoline and natural gas movements also noted.
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Shington
Szlid
Labor Department
Department
OPEC
Donald Ratajcczak
Georgia State University
Atlanta
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