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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2000
Page
1
Odessa hosts a proving ground for young horses as the Texas 2000 Style Futurity Derby and 4-D Barrel Racing competition continues through Sunday. Fire activity in Montana forces closure of more than 6 million acres as wildfires burn across 300 thousand acres. Reverend Jesse Jackson receives the Medal of Freedom.
A U S federal appeals court overturned a lower court on Lilly's Prozac patent, paving the way for Barr Barratt to introduce a generic fluoxetine by August 2001 after possible six month child testing extension. Lilly stock fell sharply on the news as the company faces loss of roughly a quarter of its sales. An unrelated note mentions Chris Livingston skateboarding at the Vans Warped Tour 2000 in El Paso the tour’s final stop.
U S intelligence indicates China may accelerate its nuclear buildup if Washington proceeds with a national missile defense. The National Intelligence Estimate weighs how Beijing might respond to interceptors, tracking radars, and battle management systems aimed at defending all 50 states.
Dallas AP Texas Board of Criminal Justice backs fiscal 2002 03 budgets including a 544 million bond program for three maximum security units adding 8 550 beds and 86 million for improvements to existing facilities. An extra 1 500 beds could be freed with 17 4 million for 1 000 beds in intermediate facilities and expanded electronic monitoring.
Arlington driver Julian Samuels says a West I 30 tire blowout caused a rollover. Bridgestone Firestone recalls 6.5 million Wilderness AT tires from Decatur plant as government probes hundreds of crashes and at least 46 deaths. tire origin in the pictured Ford Explorer is unknown.
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc announces a recall of 6.5 million tires linked to nearly 300 incidents in which tires shredded. The plan begins with 11 Southern states and will trade tires for new ones over three stages, amid consumer alarm and government scrutiny.
Southern Texas sees little moisture with Permian Basin expected to stay dry through the weekend and into next week. Highs near 90s with lows in the 60s to low 70s. some showers possible farther west near the Guadalupe Davis and Delaware mountains. Heat advisory remains in effect for North Texas.
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