Explosive accident injures two Ref Chem workers at Shell refinery
Dwight Walker and Robert Joe Gonzales, both Ref Chem Corp. employees, were injured Friday afternoon when hydrochloric acid inside a caustic treater exploded at Shell Refinery on South Grandview Avenue. Walker was stably hospitalized with facial and body burns. Gonzales was in critical condition with extensive burns. Officials cited a pressure build up and unknown cause, with possible internal investigation forthcoming.
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W. 19Th St
Medical Center Hospital
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S. Washington Ave
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Ref Chem Corp
S. Grandview Ave
Charge reduced in Odessa stabbing case
Ted Marquez Dutchover, 23, had an attempted murder charge reduced to aggravated assault after a Friday court hearing. The 33 year old victim, Fernando Ballez Ruiz, 702 E Monahans Sr., was stabbed about 1 30 a m outside the Other Place on Andrews Highway and remained in stable condition at Medical Center Hospital. Dutchover, parolee from a 1982 criminal mischief conviction, stayed in City Jail pending a parole revocation hearing.
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Ted Marquez
Dutchover
Dwayne St
Otis Moore
Dawn Bohula
Fernando Ballez Ruiz
E. Monahans Sr
Andrews Highway
Ruiz
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Department of Corrections
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Arrest Warrant Issued in Odessa for Rickey Carey
Judge Tryon Lewis issued an arrest warrant for 28 year old Rickey Carey after he failed to appear for a scheduled guilty plea on May 19 related charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault. Carey is tied to a May 18 1984 stabbing of Bryce Alden Frasier at 1317 N Torn Green Ave one block from his home.
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Tryon Lewis
161St District Court
Rickey Carey
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Lewis
Ector County
Bryce Alden Frasier
Torn Green Ave
Police group head wins suit in libel case
Ronald DeLord, head of the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas, was awarded 900000 in a libel suit by a state district court jury in Austin. The verdict found a letter from officials of the National Association of Government Employees to union members libeled DeLord. The 1983 suit arose from a dispute over dues claimed by the national union.
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National Union
Texas Group
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