Odessa Man Killed in Hit and Run on I 20 East of Odessa
A 19 year old Odessa man Luis Carrillo was struck on Interstate 20 near the Ector Midland county line between 2 am and 4 am. He died at the scene and an autopsy is pending an inquest. Authorities withheld ruling pending results.
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Odessa
Here
Ector
Midland County
Department of Public Safety
Luis Carrillo
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
Ector County Independent School District
Odessa College
Barrett Stadium
ECISD
Bob Clark
Odessa Classroom Teachers Association
Ector County
Grover Martinez Rowland
Rowland
Medical Center Hospital
Virgil Lumpee
Southside Park
Midland
Edwin J. England
Robert Pine
England
Lou Blanscott
Travis
Travis England
Edwin England
Wayne Gideon
Ward
New Hospital
Questions linger on James Earl Ray escape at Brushy Mountain
The Associated Press reports continuing questions about James Earl Ray’s jail escape from Brushy Mountain Prison. Investigators seek how seven convicts slid under an electric wire near the wall, why guards failed to detect the breakout, and how an escape ladder was used.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Brushy Mountain, Tenn
James Earl Ray
First Lady Rosalynn Carter reports on Latin America trip
First Lady Rosalynn Carter will brief Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and may testify to congressional committees about her two week Latin America tour. After a seven nation swing she rests and discusses the trip with Vance before his trip to a Caribbean OAS meeting.
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Washington
Rosalynn Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Latin America
Vance
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Grenada
White House
Frank Moore
Carter
Congressional Foreign Relations Committee
Caracas
Venezuela
Andrews Air Force Base
Amy
Jimmy
Recife
Brazil
Prion
Pettigrew to break bureaucracy in Carter plan
President Carter tasks Richard Pettigrew with reorganizing government to make it manageable. Pettigrew aims to build a public constituency for reform through hearings conferences and citizen input at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D.C.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Richard Pettigrew
Pettigrew
Florida House
Ray Captured After 54 Hour Manhunt at Brushy Mountain
James Earl Ray, the MLK assassin, was found by bloodhound pair Sandy and Little Red five miles from Brushy Mountain State Prison after a 54 hour escape from custody. He offered no resistance, saying I feel good as he was taken to the administration building. Two other escapees remained at large, while authorities praised the capture as a milestone in Tennessee's largest manhunt.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Brushy Mountain Tenn
James Earl Ray
Sandy
Little Red
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Sammy Joe Chapman
Champman
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Douglas Shelton
Donald Caylor
Joel Plummer
Larry Hacker
Hamilton
Ohio
Earl Hill Jr
Erwin
Tenn
David Lee Powell
Chicago
Plummer
Ray Blanton
Blanton
U.S
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Pecos Enterprise
Monahans — Ward Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Ward Commissioners Court
Hospital Affiliates International
HAI
Grant
Pemian Basin Regional Planning Commission
City of
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
PBRPC
Dallas
Washington, D.C
Allied Chemical Corp
Halliburton Co
Red Cross
The
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Tennessee
C. Murray Henderson
Henderson
Jerry Ward
Sandra Chandler
Ralph
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