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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2015
Page
1
Texas Department of Transportation brings a vintage style interactive trailer to Gar dendale for the Texas Thunder festival on August 21 to warn about impaired driving. The campaign runs Aug 21 to Sept 7 with added law enforcement and cites 2014 alcohol related deaths and injuries.
Ector County commissioners aim to cut about 3 million from next year’s budget while weighing larger spending than slashed after a five hour session with eight department heads. They restored requests from District Attorney Bobby Bland and expect more workshops before final adoption on September 14. The current tax rate is 29.7296 cents per $100 valuation as Redford warns of revenue loss and insists on a rollback rate to guide forecasts.
Mario Mancilla, a construction superintendent, works in strong sun on Eighth Street, drinking about 10 bottles of water daily and changing shirts to keep moving. He says the heat is manageable after prior experience in tougher settings. Odessa Fire/Rescue saw dehydration calls rise from four between Oct 2014 and Mar 2015 to ten from Apr to Jul this year, signaling growing heat risk.
The Odessa American recalls 1956 with a duststorm that shattered downtown windows and caused poor visibility leading to a fatal crash near Penwell. A jail break at Ector County Jail saw six inmates escape only to be recaptured within a day. A record 21,012 residents paid poll taxes for the July primaries.
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