Mookie Ball sells for 93 500 at New York auction
Actor Charlie Sheen bid by telephone to buy the famous baseball that skidded past Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series, enabling the Mets to beat the Red Sox. Signed by Mookie Wilson, the item drew a presale estimate of 8 000 to 10 000 amid other memorabilia including Cobb, Maris, and Seaver items.
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Mookie Ball
New York
Charlie Sheen
Bill Buckner
New York Mets
Boston Red Sox
Mookie
Mookie Wilson
Mets
Buckner
Boston
Wilson
Ty Cobb
Roger Maris
EPA fines tied to salt water discharges in New Mexico playas
EPA orders halt to discharges from early 1991 through June as investigations link produced water to harm of playa invertebrates and waterfowl. Harry Spannaus of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association defends operators saying permits were in place and notices should have been given. Ed Hall of Santa Fe Energy Resources cites compliance and faces a $125,000 fine. Ken Brown of Clean Water Action Project stresses producer and waste manager accountability. Laguna Quatro playas near Hobbs, part of Nash Draw, are hydrologically connected and support wildlife essential to migratory birds.
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New Mexico
Bruce King
Ashington
Spannaus
Ed Hall
Santa Fe Energy Resources
Midland
EPA
David Bary
Laguna Quatro
Nash Draw
Hobbs
Playas
Karen Lister
Taz Ohnhaus
Oil royalty payments listed across states by several companies
Summarizes a compilation of royalty payments totaling various amounts to multiple entities in New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Colorado and Wyoming. Notable recipients include Amoco Production Phillips Petroleum Texaco Ultramar Yates Energy Enron Marathon Oil Hallwood Petroleum and more with payments ranging from 30 000 to 125 000 dollars in Hobbs Jal Midland Fort Worth and other cities.
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New Mexico
Amoco
Hobbs
Graham Royalty
Lanexco Inc
Jal
Mewbourne Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Loco Hills
Texaco Exploration & Production
Ultramar Oil & Gas
Yates Energy Corp
Roswell
Yates Petroleum
Artesia
Texas
Amax Oil & Gas
Big Lake
Bass Enterprises
Midland
Bettis-Boyle-Stovall
Graham
BHP Petroleum Co
Bridge Oil Co. Andrews
BTA Oil Producers
Collins and Ware
Coquina Oil
Houston
Enron
Fortson Oil Co
Fort Worth
Harkin Exploration
Marathon Oil Co
Merit Energy
Dallas
Nearburg Producing Co
Omar Operating
Oxy U.S.A. Inc
Pogo Petroleum
Oklahoma R.B. Operating Co
Odessa
R.C. Bennett
Robert Enfield Hibbert
Santa Fe Energy Resources
Sendero Petroleum
Southwest Royalties
Oklahoma
Birc Creek Resources
Tulsa
Hudson Petroleum
Oklahoma City
Slyvite Corp
Colorado
Hallwood Petroleum
Denver
Mallon Oil Co
Wyoming
Pacific Enterprises
Casper
Rankin ISD allows shorts during hot periods
Rankin Independent School District permits students to wear shorts the first and last six weeks of the year or twelve weeks under district policy as stated by Superintendent Leonard Kent. Board decisions were announced after Monday’s meeting. Parents pressing for McCamey policy change plan to address the Rankin board at the August 13 session.
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Rankin Independent
Williams
Leonard Kent
Rankin Schools
Kent
McCamey
Leading index signals economy may slip below 7 percent
Prognosticators project the rate dipping under 7 percent by year end. Economist Paul Boltz of T Rowe Price cautions a noticeable drop before November could unsettle consumers. In June six of eleven indicators fell or slowed, while four showed gains, including factory orders and raw material prices.
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Paul Boltz
T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore
Lawmakers push reform but stop short of federal child support agency
A congressional panel urges modernizing state based child support enforcement and cross state cooperation. It proposes penalties for nonpayment crossing state lines and favors state systems over a new federal agency, while dissenting member Geraldine Jensen argues for a IRS like national agency. House approves and sends the measure to the Senate with Hyde criticizing the absence of a national system.
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Geraldine Jensen
Toledo
Ohio
IRS
House
Senate
Rep
Henry Hyde
R-Ill
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Federal Bureau of Land Management
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Ken Brown
Clean Water Action Project
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Merican
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UPS
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Og Basin
Home Delivery
Cail
Neill
L’jean King
Standard & Poor’s
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Margaret Campbell Haynes
Washington
Congress
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Commission
Aity
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Southwest
P.S.M.L
Permian Mall
Gandys
Geng
Gandy
Gandy's Dairy
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