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Identifier
20138657
Description
Police Chief Jess Cariker of Odessa seating at his desk holding a police book of rules and the Bible. Cariker is a Baptist lay minister. He keeps a Bible in his office. He grew up in East Texas. Since he came to Odessa, he has set up a traffic department, made a basement storage area into a school and detail room and developed a first-rate identification bureau. He believes Odessa's crime rate is as low as any city in the nation.
Archival Date
1953-07
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-903
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Bibles; Police; Law enforcement
Names
Cariker, Jess
Subjects
Bibles; Police; Law enforcement