Poor 1986 Gaines County cotton crop forecast amid heavy June rains
Gaines County faces a bleak 1986 cotton outlook with forecasts of up to a 33 percent drop from 1985. Officials cite heavy June rains and hail, delayed planting, imports, and weak export policy as factors. In 1985 Gaines led Texas with 181,200 bales. Cameron and Lubbock followed. Kenneth Blount calls the crop “one of the sorriest.” We may see 100,000 or more bales.
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Gaines County
Texas
Cameron County
Lubbock County
Texas Department of Agriculture
Kenneth Blount
Production Credit Association
Seminole
Odessa
Blount
Oil tax bill helps industry but oil patch needs price rebound
The tax bill agreed by House and Senate leaders favors independent oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin. PBPA officials say the industry’s lobbying may ease with passage likely, while Charles Perry cautions recovery depends on oil prices near $20 per barrel for a couple of years. Tax consultants expect busy two years, then a slowdown, but oil investment remains unlikely without price recovery.
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U.S. House
Senate
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
PBPA
Harry Spannaus
Charles Perry
House Senate Conference Committee
Bob Packwood
Rep
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Perry
Troy Chesnut
Odessa
Chesnut
Odessa vendors clash with county over roadside signs
Odesson backs vendor aid as Constance Phillips vows to mobilize signatures to challenge county action on roadside vending. July vote cited state law against using right of way. sheriff and judge defer enforcement while planners assess traffic hazards and trespass risk.
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Constance Phillips
Ector County
Phillips
Gary Garrison
Charles Emerson
Odessa
Texas Department of Highways and Transportation
Jan Fisher
Fisher
Bob Brookshire
Law Firm Hired to Represent Ector County in Whistleblower Suit
An Odessa firm agreed to aid Ector County in a Texas Whistle-Blower Act suit against a former employee with Austin court proceedings. Officials questioned a possible conflict as Shafer’s firm could withdraw if needed. The county judge supported the terms.
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Odessa
Ector County
Austin
W.O. Shafer
Shafer
Jan Fisher
Tana Stewart Perry
Richard Buck
Odessa American
Perry
Buck
Newpaper
Why a set of earplugs could come in hand in line
A humorous riff on tabloids and gendered headlines. It notes readers buy scandal sheets for jokes and marks how both sexes are teased by sensational covers. It lists imagined male fadeouts and one woman oriented teaser about things a woman should never tell her husband.
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Elvis
Rock Hudson
Family notes and plans drift through a quirky ledger
A list captures household concerns from watering grass and braces to lectures on birds and the bees and an extended stay by a mother. It hints at Nova Scotia camping and a budget strain while a partner contemplates leaving him amid tabloid reads.
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Nova Scotia
Wickett woman charged in husband’s death
57-year-old Wickett resident Bobbie Smith was jailed on a murder charge after her husband Essie Dale Smith was shot to death in his Wickett home. The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. Monday, deputies found a nine shot revolver at the scene, and Smith was arraigned before Justice of the Peace J.R. Wooten with a $5,000 bond.
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Monahans
Wickett
Ward
Ed Wootton
Bobbie Smith
Justice of the Peace
J.R. Wooten
Essie Dale Smith
Wootton
Wooten
Ward County
Smith
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Odesson
Junior
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Robbie Smith
Ward County Memorial Hospital
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