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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1986
Page
13
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A three member Review Panel says staff shortages at Rusk San Antonio Austin and Wichita Falls mental hospitals force cross unit transfers creating unfamiliar care situations. The panel urges redistributing surplus workers and excludes therapy technicians and LVNs from staffing ratio calculations while warning against layoffs and budget-driven cuts.
An early Monday derailment of a Santa Fe freight train near Tulia caused sulfuric acid to spill into a creek bed. Crews quickly dammed the leak using earthen dikes, and no evacuations were required despite high winds and workers on strike.
Convicted killer Johnny Paul Penry, awaiting execution for the 1979 Livingston rape and slaying, was granted a federal stay by U.S. District Judge William M. Steger. He had been moved near the Texas death chamber and expressed relief as the order halted the planned lethal injection. Penry turned 30 on Monday.
In Odessa a three vehicle crash on 42nd Street left Steven Young and Lawrence Evans injured. Gilberto Quiroz fleeing in aBronco collided with David Burke’s pickup, sending it into two eastbound cars. White and Burke were treated and released. Evans and Young remain in hospital in stable condition.
Deputy Gene Pittman, 42, was treated for smoke inhalation after patrolling a fast moving grass fire in Lea County. The blaze covered about 25 square miles, burned for over four hours, and endangered livestock though no injuries to cattle were reported. Fire units from six agencies assisted as Civil Air Patrol monitored the fire path.
In Houston a 32 year old associate pastor Eric Anderson was shot dead in his downtown church office. Neal Wayne Higginbotham 29 was arrested after a neighbor spoke with him following a phone call. Higginbotham held without bond. In Waco five postal workers were arrested on federal drug distribution charges. Named are Vernon R. Clark 38 Joe D. Rosas Jr. 29 Drury L. Singleton Jr. 29 Fred L. Smith 40 and Rudy Torres 30. In El Paso a 23 month old boy Andrew Paselk died after a 4 year old accidentally put a van in gear and backed over him. The incident occurred in the parents driveway. The 4 year old’s name was not released. The child died during surgery at Vista Hills Medical Center.
The bruised body of 18 year old Suzanne Denise Harrison was found at a roadside park in Upshur County near Hawkins after being strangled and sexually assaulted. Shorts and panties belonging to Gina Lee Turner were found at a separate picnic area. Turner, Harrison, and Bryan Boone were abducted at gunpoint near Lake Hawkins on Sunday. Harrison's body was dumped at Barnwell Mountain Park five miles north of Gilmer.
Volunteers completed repairs on seven homes including Sally Wright’s at 200 S. Tom Green Ave. A new ceiling and back door were installed after burglars struck Wright’s home twice. May Workfest, led by Dale Wilson of InterFirst Bank Odessa, plans annual events aiding the handicapped elderly and poor.
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