Remodeling delays Lea County grand jury in Lovington New Mexico
A $1.3 million Lea County Courthouse remodeling in Lovington delays a grand jury session planned to weigh insurance fraud charges against an unidentified elected official. Prosecutors say they are ready to present after a five month probe but privacy concerns and courthouse space force a postponement until renovations finish by May 31. The jury was set for June 4 with 12 members to be drawn from 100 subpoenas mailed to candidates.
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Lovington
N.M
Lea County
Sun District
Thomas Rutlege
Leon Faris
Faris
Jarnigan
Alex Valdez
Grand Jury
Public backs chain ban on magazines in 7-Eleven stores
Public reaction to Southland Corp decision to remove adult magazines from its 4,500 company operated stores is overwhelmingly favorable. Allen Liles says about 15,000 letters and calls have been received with 92 percent supporting the move after a shareholder meeting. Louis Benno praises the stance, noting Playboy's Bunny clubs closing. A new customer survey indicated waning support for selling adult magazines, prompting the May implementation.
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Dallas
Southland Corp
Southland
Allen Liles
Penthouse
Playboy
Forum
Louis Benno
John Thompson
Liles
Deaths of Newby Clinton Simpson in Abilene
Graveside services for Newby Clinton Simpson 74 of Abilene were held at Elmwood Memorial Park. He died April 26 at Humana Hospital Abilene. Born October 29 1911 in Brownwood he married Pauline Birdwell July 2 1936 in Odessa. He attended Desdemona schools and Texas A&M, retiring as Gulf Oil vice president of productions in 1973. Survivors include his wife two daughters a son in law three sisters three nephews and a niece five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Abilene
Newby Clinton Simpson
Elmwood Memorial Park
Lawrence Funeral Home
Simpson
Humana Hospital
Brownwood
Pauline Birdwell
Odessa
Mr. Simpson
Desdemona
Texas A&m University
Gulf Oil Co
Services for Mable Hawthorne at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home
Services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home for Mable Hawthorne 66 of 2503 Custer Ave with Rev. Paul Weymouth officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Hawthorne died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital. Born October 4, 1919 in Streetman, she married W A Hawthorne November 2 1938 in Corsicana and moved to Odessa in 196 from Snyder. She was a homemaker.
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Mable Hawthorne
Custer Ave
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Paul Weymouth
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Firefighters Contain Blaze At Duplex On Graham Avenue
Debbie Gross 25 discovers fire at her Graham Avenue duplex as Odessa firefighters respond to the scene today. Connie Congre 29 and Bernice Congre 45 assist as a Fire Department official cites a faulty air conditioner as the likely cause.
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Debbie Gross
Graham Ave
Connie Congre
Bernice Congre
Gross
Odessa
Baytown services for Nathali Frady held in Eastland
Nathali B Frady 72 of Baytown died April 30 at Baytown Humana Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Edwards Funeral Home Eastland with burial in Eastland Cemetery. She was born April 6 1914 in De Leon married John Floyd in June 1933 in Loving New Mexico moved to Eastland in 1968 from Odessa and later to Baytown. She worked with her husband in Frady Brothers Bar-B-Que in Odessa and was a Methodist. Survived by husband a son Ron Frady Baytown a daughter Kaden Mahan Deer Park a brother Roy Baines San Antonio and five grandsons.
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Baytown
Nathali B. Frady
Edwards Funeral Home
Eastland
Lawmen dispute Lucas report raises questions on confessions
Austin AP officials say Mattox yearlong probe shows dozens of phony Lucas confessions led to closed cases and freed murderers. Lucas, on Texas Death Row, recanted most claims, saying confessions proved law enforcement inept while authorities insist no evidence shows deliberate deception.
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Austin
Jim Mattox
Henry Lee Lucas
Mattox
Lucas
Jim Adams
Department of Public Safety
Adams
School board to weigh fees over desegregation suit
ECISD board to meet in executive session Friday to decide on paying legal fees for CRUCIALs suit challenging the districts desegregation plan. Odessa attorney Jack Tidwell represents the district in litigation tied to 1982 federal orders and appeals. The meeting also includes selecting a delegate and alternate for a Texas Association of School Boards convention in September.
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Ector County School Board
Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
N. Sam
Houston Ave
Odessa
Jack Tidwell
ECISD
Committee For
Crucial
Tidwell
U.S
Fred Shannon
Ector High
Blackshell
John Waicron
Crucias
Lloyd McKee
Texas Association School Board
San Antonio
Fire and police chiefs weigh impact of staffing cuts
Hiring Assistant Fire Chief James Wiggs argued the four-man Fire Department shortage should not mean reduced protection. Police Chief Alan Stewart noted operating with 14 fewer officers can force one patrolman to cover two districts per shift. He couldn’t say if temporary cuts become permanent.
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James Wiggs
Alan Stewart
City budget seeks savings through staffing shifts
Coco notes salaries total about 21 million of the 47.02 million annual budget. By avoiding new hires in some departments and reassigning staff within others, city administrators may save about 1 million annually, Hall said. No one is being pressured to retire or switch jobs, he emphasized.
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Coco
Hall
Odessa post office reports envelopes arriving today
Odessa's downtown post office observed envelopes arriving for the first time today. An official noted a trickle now and expected a larger number tomorrow. Education Commissioner William Kirby estimated up to 10,000 teachers statewide, about 5 percent, may fail the 75 passing grade on the reading and writing exam.
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Odessa
William Kirby
ECISD Seeks Waivers After Competency Test Failures
ECISD officials say teachers failing the first competency test and again failing on June 28 could have their teaching certificates canceled. Superintendent Bill Holm says the district will seek one-year waivers for any teachers who fail the test.
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ECISD
Bill Holrm
Teacher Hernandez Quits To Run For Commissioner
Hernandez resigned from his federally funded alternative education post under the Job Training Partnership Act. Donna Harrison of the Midland planning commission said the move came after executive director Ernie Crawford noted no leave of absence was arranged. A future return to teaching would depend on an open position.
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Hernandez
Texas
State Department of Community Affairs
Donna Harrison
JTPA
Planning Commission
Midland
Harrison
Ernie Crawford
Commissioners Court
Regional Planning Commission
School director hire sparks conflict of interest debate
Rutter as director bears hiring duties and Hernandez accuses Willie Taylor of planning commission of letting him return to the school. Hernandez says he trained Rutter in early April and plans to open a private ESL and GED prep school at 122 S. Crane Ave this month.
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Rutter
Harrison
Hernandez
Willie Taylor
JTPA
The
Planning Commission
Taylor
S. Crane Ave
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W. Gilbert Bryan
5Th District Court
Attorney’s Office
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Valdez
Public Backs Chain
Newby Simpson
Home Blaze
Nathali Frady
Retta Patterson
Monahans
Retta Ernestine Patterson
Tucson
Ariz
Monahans Cemetery
Allen Speed
Wison-Niller Funeral Home of
Monahan
Stewart
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