Grand jury returns 24 indictments in Ector County session
The September term grand jury impaneled by Judge R L McKim returned 24 indictments, five against two 17 year olds for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Bonds ranged from 2,000 to 40,000 with multiple defendants charged for robberies on July 30 1978 and other offenses including burglary theft criminal mischief and involuntary manslaughter.
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Ector County Grand Jury
R.L. McKim
McKim
Benny Mata Bitolas
Bitolas
Clifford Dale Otis
John Ruiz
C.E. Wampler
Jerry Vannziani
Garvin
Otis and Wampler
Odessa
Robert Lee Acton
Acton
James Alex Rabon
Don Starks
Richard George Wilson
Judy Ann Carman
Wilson
Charles Samuel Poindexter
Ella Murphy
David Allen Brooks
Gwen Williams
James L. Carrasco
Steven Lewis Crane
Carrasco
Crane
Timothy Boyd Allgood
Jerry Ellis Reedy
Allgood
Ronald Ray Lewis
Roy Dale Lewis
Lewis
Rex Allen Mathis Jr
Margaret Ann Rayburn
Mathis
Frank Perez Mendosa
Alberto Jose Hinojos
Mendosa
Hinojos
Kendall Scott Mifflin
Alex Diexson
Larry Dean Kimbrell
Peggy Hemphill
Kimbrell
Permian Area Forecast Sees Showers Tonight and Friday
National Weather Service Midland reports scattered showers and possible heavy downpours this afternoon through Friday across the Permian Area. Rain chances are 30 percent today, 40 percent tonight, easing to 20 percent Friday with southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph today and 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs mid 80s, overnight lows mid 60s, record highs and lows noted from 1948 and 1957.
Kennedy Assassination Film Cited In Hearings Questions
Pathologists hearings review evidence from Abraham Zapruder film showing Kennedy hand to throat, Jacqueline Kennedy reaching him, Connally collapsing, and Kennedy’s skull wound. Groden raises questions about grassy knoll shots, a figure behind a wall, umbrella man, a doorway rifle-like object, and other photos.
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Groden
Abraham Zapruder
Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
John P. Connally
Texas
Grassy Knoll
School Book Depository
Crawford and wife face confiscation as Soviet trial ends
Crawford faces potential eight year term as his seamstress wife Ludmila receives five years suspended and three years probation for aiding him. Walla Solovyova, 23, a currency store cashier, gets four years in a labor camp with property confiscation after admitting currency sales to the Kiselevs. Soviet lawyer Popov calls evidence insufficient while Judge Mironov declares guilt proved. Crawford expresses disappointment at not being acquitted as jury selection for two Russians in Newark is postponed to Sept 27 amid Gromyko’s US visit.
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Ludmila
wAlla Solovyova
Kiselevs
Ctawford
Leonid M. Popov
Crawford
Lev Mironov
Virginia Olbrish
U.S
United States
Newark
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Campaign money shifts favor incumbents in Congress
A study shows corporate PACs and unions pour funds into campaigns, boosting Democratic incumbents and leaving challengers and Republicans with smaller shares. Major donors include National Conservative PAC, Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, and large unions like AFL-CIO COPE and UAW programs, with totals ranging from hundreds of thousands to over two million dollars.
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House of Representatives
Wertheimer
National Conservative Political Action Committee
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
American Medical (Association
Mid Midland forecast shows showers, mild and cloudy
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon through Friday with cloudy mild conditions. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph today, 5 to 10 mph tonight. rain chances 30 percent today, 40 tonight, 20 Friday. highs near 80s, lows mid 60s to 60s, seasonal. Sunrise and sunset noted. precipitation totals small at 0.0 inches in last 24 hours and 8.07 inches year to date.
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National Weather Service
Midland
Weather Service
Midland Regional
Estes faces $39.7 million tax debt ruling in Texas
In Abilene, a federal judge confirms Billie Sol Estes owes the government $39.7 million in income taxes, with a 1962 bankruptcy and 1963 conviction shading the case. The ruling enables seizure of any Estes assets as a grand jury probes his business activities amid renewed investigations.
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Abilene, Texas
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Leo Brewster
Estes
Patsy
Claude Brown
Brewster
Odessa girl injured in West 16th collision
A 12 year old Odessa girl, Janie Jacobo of Route 2, was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital after injuries to her head and left arm from an Odessa traffic accident Wednesday afternoon. She rode with 16 year old Trene Esperanza Jacobo, Route 2, in a car that collided with Doreen Lucas Hensley, 33, of 1322 West 19th, at North Lincoln and West 16th at 3 40 p m.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Janie Jacobo
North Lincoln
West 16Th
Trene Esperanza Jacobo
Miss Jacobo
Lincoln
Doreen Lucas Hensley
West 19Th
Obituary notices from Pecos to Midland listed for week
Multiple brief death notices and funeral arrangements across Pecos Coleman Midland and Brownfield list individuals aged from 54 to 83. Names include Joe G Bunch, Francis Lamar Davis, Lee Fulton, Sammie Lee Stewardson, Virgil Remelius and Manuel Salazar Jr with ages, birthplaces, dates, and burial or service details. Survivors noted vary and services pending or scheduled.
Nineteen Voting Locations Set for City Bond Election
Nineteen voting sites designated for the citys 11.7 million bond election. Polls open Saturday at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. at locations including Floyd Gwin Auditorium Pease Elementary Burleson Elementary Sam Houston Burnet Elementary Nimitz Junior High Ross Elementary John Ireland State Department of Highways District Office Bowie Junior High Fannin Alamo Dowling Bonham Lamar Blackshear Ector and Cameron Elementary sites.
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Floyd Gwin
Pease
Burleson
Sam Houston
Burnet
Nimitz
Ross
John Ireland
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation District
Bowie
Fannin
Alamo
Dowling
Bonham Junior High
Gonzales
Lamar
Blackshear Junior High
Ector High
Cameron Elementa
Deaths and Services Pending Autopsy at Local Hospital
Sam Baumguardner of 1515 North Golder was pronounced dead on arrival at Medical Center Hospital Wednesday night. Justice of the Peace Jimmy Harris withheld ruling pending autopsy results as Easterling Funeral Home handles services. Jamie Berry, two weeks old, died at 10 30 am in the hospital emergency room. Justice of the Peace remains to determine cause as Easterling Funeral Home arranges services. Henry Victory of 517 Patterson died at home Wednesday with inquest ruling of death from natural causes. Easterling Funeral Home pending services.
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Joe G. Bunch
Rosewood
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Bunch
Lou
Abilene
Manuel Salazar Jr
Lillian Sheffield
Midland
Elmwood Memorial Park
Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home
Sam Baumguardner
North Golder
Medical Center Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
Baumguardner
Easterling Funeral Home
Jamie Berry
James S. Berry
West Fifth
Henry Victory
Patterson
Manuel Valles
Victory
Abilene Banker Leroy Langston Dies at 58
Leroy Langston Sr. longtime Citizens National Bank executive vice president and civic leader died at Hendrick Medical Center after a two year cancer battle. Born Aug 9 1920 in Snyder he moved to Abilene in 1938 and joined the bank in 1940 apart from 39 months in World War II. Services set for 10 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Abilene. Survived by wife Ruby Fay two sons Leroy Jr and Randy and daughter Mrs Terry Knight.
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Brownfield
Lee Fulton
W.A. Fulton
Henry Thomas
Hobbs
N.M
First United Methodist Church
Perry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Fulton
Health Sciences Center
Lubbock
Freestone County
Terry County
Gomez
West Texas State University
Texas Tech University
Terry
Johnson's Gin
Johnson
Ethel Moore
Brownfield Masonic Lodge
Brownfield Lodge
Lubbock Scottish Rite
Amarillo Shrine
Abilene
Langston
Ruby Fay
Leroy Jr
Randy
Terry Knight
Odessans head to Texas GOP state convention in Dallas
Seventeen Odessa delegates and alternates will travel to Dallas for the Texas State Republican Convention at the Dallas Convention Center. Voting delegates include Dubb Duff Dave Shannon JoAnn Steel Carolyn Andrighetti Bill Elms William E Howard Elton Faught Ed McConaha George Schlemeyer Carolyn Powers and Tryon Lewis. Alternates planning to attend are Michael A Berry Jimmy Herman Evely Hershy Bill Hicks Keith Brister and Tom Hirsch. Many will attend preconvention workshops Friday.
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Odessa
Dallas
Dallas Convention Center
Dubb Duff
Dave Shannon
JoAnn Steel
Carolyn Andrighetti
Bill Elms
William E. Howard
Elton Faught
Ed McConaha
George Schlemeyer
Carolyn Powers
Tryon Lewis
Michael A. Berry
Jimmy Herman
Evely Hershy
Bill Hicks
Keith Brister
Tom Hirsch
Texas approves first auto rate hike in two years
In Austin the State Insurance Board approved the first automobile insurance rate increase in two years. An industry spokesman said a 5.2 percent average rise may delay further hikes next year. David Irons of the Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office called the outlook guardedly optimistic as premiums rise. Texans will pay about 35 million dollars more annually for private passenger insurance and 27 million more for commercial coverage.
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Austin
Texas
David Irons
Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office
State Insurance Board
Odessa Woman Free on Bond After Cocaine Arrest
Lynn McElmurry of 2707 Pagewood, Odessa, was charged with possession of an ounce of cocaine and released on $5,000 bond after Midland police seized an air freight package from Austin containing the suspected cocaine at Midland Regional Airport. Officers executed a search warrant Tuesday evening and arrested her at 6 14 p.m.
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Midland
Odessa
Lynn McElmurry
Pagewood
Midland Regional
Austin
Breakfast Optimists Meet at Furr's Pie Kitchen
Odessa tomorrow at 7 AM breakfast gathering of Optimists at Furr's Pie Kitchen. At noon Odessa Optimists also meet at Furr's Pie Kitchen and Eastside Rotary assembles at Inn of the Golden West.
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Furr's Pie Kitchen
Odessa Optimists
Furr
Eastside Rotary
Inn of the Golden West
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Fullerton
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Coleman
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O.M. (Salone) Nicks
Fort Stockton
Stewardson Cemetery
Coleman County
Walker Funeral Home
Miss Stewardson
Overall Morris Memorial Hospital
A.L. Stewardson
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Dupe
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Cupo
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Memphis
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