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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1998
Page
11
A cascade of death notices from Odessa and surrounding towns lists Frances Freeman Crane 83, Rueben Martinez 44, Luisa Molinar 83, Mourice Ida Springer 93, Vinita Weber 75, and Cornelia Harper 86. Each entry gives birthplaces, last residences, funeral details, and survivor lists including spouses, children, and grandchildren.
In El Paso jurors could not reach a verdict in the retrial of Miguel Angel Flores, who was 13 at his 1995 conviction for fatally shooting Lionel Bruno Jordan. The mistrial ends with a plan to reschedule in mid-December as Flores remains in custody.
Pedro Valle Hernandez a 28 year old television reporter was shot in the back of the neck while in his car in Zihuatanejo Guerrero state. Police say slaying tied to his reporting. robbery ruled out as motive. he recently exposed a local child prostitution ring. This is the second reporter killed in Guerrero this year.
Services for Paul James Wright 76 of Odessa will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Hubbard Kelly Chapel. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Wright died Thursday Oct 29 1998 at Medical Center Hospital. Born Oct 12 1922 in Iantha Missouri. Survived by Atsuko Wright wife John Wright son Pauline King daughter and four grandchildren. Funeral by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.
Leon Whisenhunt, 69, of Odessa Big Spring area died Thursday October 29 1998 in a local hospital. Private family services will be held later. He was born December 10 1928 in Electra Texas and served in the United States Air Force. Survivors include one son David and daughter-in-law Kathy Whisenhunt of Odessa, two daughters Linda and Darrell Adams of Odessa and Celia Whisenhunt of Denton, one sister Mary Mattox of Tawakanee, three brothers Danny Whisenhunt of Wills Point Clifton Whisenhunt of Canton and Jimmy Whisenhunt of Vernal Utah, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild and Toby Whisenhunt of Knox City as mother of his children. Memorials suggested to Leukemia Society of American Dallas Texas. Arrangements under Nalley-Pickle Welch Funeral Home.
Eight people arrested after a drug linked massacre in Tlapa de Comonfort Guerrero state killing Taurino Leal Sierra his wife and two children. Two other children and another man died while two more children were wounded in the highland assault. Investigators view the killings as a drug trafficking score settling. Neighbors note Taurino Leal Sierra had recently been released from prison for assault.
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