Thousands queue for Firestone tire recall replacements
Thousands waited hours at tire stores as Bridgestone/Firestone recalled 6.5 million radial ATX and Wilderness AT tires, mainly on Ford Explorers and light trucks. Goodyear boosted production to meet demand while states debate expansion beyond four initially targeted states.
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Lea County fights saddle theft with stamping at fair
Lea County Sheriff Keith Rice announces stamp and photo ID program to deter tack theft. Saddles valued at 600 to 2000 dollars will be stamped with initials and brands and owners will file forms and have photos taken. The stamping runs 4 to 7 p.m. today and Saturday at the Jake One Rodeo Arena parking lot.
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Sheriff seeks help in search for murder suspect
Pecos County deputies ask for public aid locating Fabian Douglas Castaneda, a suspect in the fatal March 1999 shooting of Javier Tellez Jr. Castaneda, a 19 or 20 year old Caynosа resident, fled after failing to appear for his July murder trial, with a fugitive warrant issued July 10 and bond set at 100,000 dollars.
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Midland sales tax rebates rise slightly in year to date
The comptroller allocates the extra quarter cent to a separate group as Midland reports a 2.74 percent, $308,200 year-to-date rise in sales tax revenue for the fiscal year. Across the Permian Basin rebates are mixed with Rankin posting a 68.8 percent jump from 2,822 in August 1999.
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Permian Basin Tax Rebates Show Mixed Results Across Towns
Across the Permian Basin rebates varied with ten towns seeing decreases while several posted notable gains. Highlights include Midland at 1,615,783 with a 30.47 percent increase and Odessa at 1,280,219 up 0.73 percent, contrasted by Alpine and Fort Stockton showing declines of 12.19 and 3.40 percent respectively.
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Stanton
District board quarrel grips El Paso Times readers
A heated El Paso district board meeting featured shouting and calls to resign as factions clash over Vargas and leadership. Officials voted 4-2 to appoint Chief Financial Officer Carol Walters as interim superintendent amid a year-long power struggle and protests by parents and supporters.
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Maria Robledo
Carol Walters
Anthony Trujillo
Carlos Sandoval
Nelson
Investigation treats infant death as homicide case
Police say the investigation into the infant’s death has been treated as a homicide from the night the baby arrived at the hospital. An independent pathologist was enlisted to review medical records, as authorities pursue all possible angles.
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Officials seek medical review in Crawford death case
The Odessa case involves a child whose injuries may indicate homicide or multiple injuries. Former county medical examiner Dr. Sparks Veasey is asked to review copies of autopsy materials, while no suspects are named and Crimestoppers 333 TIPS is urged for information.
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Sparks Veasey
Veasey
Ector County
Houston
Crawford
Police blotter of injuries and crimes reported locally
Summary of injury accidents and felony criminal activities reported to the police. Information gathered from local sheriffs or police reports. Addresses of victims and crime scenes are rounded to the nearest hundred block.
Various Odessa Crime and Incident Reports Summary
Police logged injuries to a child from a window pane in the 600 block of 52nd Street after an 11 08 p m strike. A 16 year old Odessa boy was arrested and found with marijuana. A separate report found four children left alone by an adult watcher on Hancock Avenue with no harm. A shotgun and tools were stolen from a block Hancock Avenue scene valued at 1400. An Odessa woman reported assault and attempted entry on Oakwood Drive near 4600 block. An 89 year old man sustained bruising with undetermined cause. A 20 year old Odessan reported CD cases and 250 heavy metal CDs stolen from East 42nd Street residence. A recovery unit valued 1500 was taken from a company vehicle on West University. A 31 year old Odessa man reported his 1988 Pontiac Firebird stolen from 19th Street residence.
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Oakwood Drive
West Eighth Street
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Wasity Blvd
19Th Street
Freedom Communications expands with 10 state daily papers
A Texas based VP with roots at 1B newspapers notes Freedom Communications now runs daily papers in Texas Florida North Carolina Illinois Missouri Mississippi Arizona California Indiana Ohio and Colorado. The network surpasses one million in circulation and includes TV stations magazines and online ventures. Further details are at wwwifreedom.com
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Arlington Daily News
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Freedom Communications
Officials pursue privacy compliant way to identify birth mother
Wilkerson described the situation as a nightmare while Jennings said he aims to avoid privacy violations as he seeks to eliminate potential birth mothers. He cited removing a Brownfield woman yesterday and now examining a woman in Amarillo. The infant's body was sent to the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.
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Brownfield
Amarillo
Lubbock County
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