Missing Braniff executive Beckwith sought in East Texas
Edson Emerson Beckwith 51 of Dallas, a Braniff former executive, vanished after a Thursday meeting in Omaha Texas. Authorities found only gloves possibly bearing blood or mud along Interstate 30 and a car recovered in Brashear. Search efforts continue with no sign of foul play.
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Sulphur Springs
East Texas
Braniff
Edson Emerson Beckwith
Dallas
Texas
Lloyd Johnston
Interstate 30
Jane Beckwith
Beckwith
Omaha
Brashear
Caddo Mills
Johnston
District teachers paid well above state base but faces shortage worry
School officials say entry level pay is 16 110, about 5 000 above state base, with nine districts paying more on average than Ector County. Assistant superintendent Don Williams says district pays to recruit and retain experienced staff despite potential shortages. Cameron Elementary librarian Brookshier and sixth grade teacher Lee argue that pay is still too low for long careers and some teachers take after school jobs to supplement income.
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Ector County
Don Williams
Brookshier
Teachers consider leaving amid discipline and burnout concerns
Brookshier and two other teachers say burnout stems from discipline problems and low parent interest. They note teachers juggle second jobs as retail workers or real estate agents. Lee recalls worsening discipline about 15 years ago. Henderson cites 24 percent considering leaving due to such issues.
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Henderson
Grocery theft at Odessa store over a jalapeno
A 21 year old Odessa man Raul Parra was charged with theft after a jalapeno valued at 2 cents disappeared from Everybody's Supermarket on Grant Avenue. Store staff reported the pepper missing at about 8 30 p.m. Parra allegedly took the pepper, placing it in his pocket and was detained by store security before being jailed and later released on a 200 dollar bond.
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Odessa
Raul Parra
Everybody’s
S. Grant Ave
Parra
Airport manager role seeks experience in grant prep and monitoring
The judge urged a manager with experience to supervise grant application preparation for an airport expansion and track status of those applications. Out of town applicants must cover travel. moving and interview expenses may be paid by the county. Applicants include Michael C. Moon of Laredo, Orson Guenthner of Odessa, Andrew H. Creglow of Rhinelander, and Wejay S. Bundara Jr. of Pearland.
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Watkins
Michael C. Moon
Laredo
Laredo International
Notable aviation personnel and aerospace roles listed regionally
A compiled register names individuals with aviation, defense and engineering ties across Texas and nearby states. Included are John Schussler of Temple Aviation, Fred Besco of Brewster Field Holdrege Nebraska, retired Army colonel John Gibler of St Petersburg, instrument tech Jimmy Carroll Abilene, Pride Refining expert Sky Harshman Odessa, and Boeing design Reeders among others. The list also notes roles at Oil Transport Co. and TOTCO Distribution Center, plus airfield management experience and purchasing/expediting, safety, and aircraft systems design.
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Houston
John Schussler
Temple
Temple Aviation, Inc
Fred Besco
Holdrege
Neb
Brewster Field
John K. Gibler
St. Petersburg
Fla
Jimmy Lee Carroll
Abilene
Pride Refining
G.S
Sky
William Hollan Wood II
Odessa
Ector County Road & Bridge Department
Russell W. Harvey
Freeland, Wash
Boeing Commercial Airplane Co
Neighbors Step Up with Crime Watch, But Gaps Remain
City and county residents join neighborhood crime watches to deter theft, yet about half of blocks do not fully follow the program tips. Lyle notes residents still believe they won’t be victimized, stressing quick home identification and visible security measures. He advises locking doors and windows as the top deterrent, citing burglars favor unlocked entry points.
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Lyle
Driver moves body after fatal Grand Hotel fall
In Houston AP reports a 67 year old woman Iva Newton Altgelt of San Antonio died after plunging from the 12th floor of the Grand Hotel. A motorist moved the body to a sidewalk and then drove away. Witnesses and homicide detective David Preece describe the act as possibly humanitarian or cold.
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Houston
Grand Hotel
Iva Newton Altgelt
San Antonio
Homicide
David Preece
Ex-governor Briscoe pursues Tower seat in 1984 bid
Former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe, ousted from the top office, hints at a 1984 U.S. Senate run while campaigning for Bill Sims in San Angelo. He says he will decide next year and praises Mark White, predicts high turnout could help White win the gubernatorial race.
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San Angelo
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
U.S. Senate
Briscoe
Bill Sims
Texas Senate
U.S
John Tower
Mark White
Mark
Masterbilt
Midland
Industrial Avenue
Inturio
Governor’s
Regents
Coordinating Board
University of Texas System
Texas Legislature
Jury to consider mistrial motion in Brown trial
In Galveston AP report the second trial of prison inmate Eroy Brown begins with a motion to review whether Judge Henry Dalehite erred in declaring a mistrial during the first capital murder trial over the April 4 1981 drowning death of Ellis Unit warden Wallace Pack. Brown, serving 12 years for aggravated robbery, also faces a charge in the shooting death of Billy Max Moore and claims Pack was killed in self defense. Jury selection had not yet produced any jurors.
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Galveston
Eroy Brown
Brown
Wallace Pack
Ellis
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Henry Dalehite
Darrell B. Hester
Dalehite
Pack
Moore
Billy Max Moore
Ellis Unit
Two jailed in baby's suffocation case in Amarillo
In Amarillo Texas police detained a 19 year old woman and her 23 year old live in boyfriend after the suffocation death of her 2 month old child. Lt. Jimmy Boydston said the infant may have suffocated accidentally while the pair tried to quiet him. Neither suspect commented.
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Amarillo
Texas
Jimmy Boydston
Boydston
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Cameron
Lee
Sassy
Jesse
Brannon
Wichita Falls
Wejay S
Arnold Louis Pitman
Totco Distribution Center
Gerilynn Campbell-Bates
Air Force
William Thomas Sanders
Gardendale
Drilco Industrial
David L. Gray
Oime Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Tower
White
John Hill
Ralph
Brosen Associates
Mockingbird Lane
Joye
Gary Porter
Dalhart Windberg
Mark Pettit
West Texas
Bill
U.T.P.E
Jon Ford
Bill Clements
Donald Rippey
U.T.P.B
Jackson, Odessa, Tex
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