Texas Tech approves Odessa medical school branch plan
Texas Tech University regents authorize a 2.5 million dollar preliminary construction project for the Odessa Regional Academic Health Center on six donated acres west of Medical Center Hospital. The 20,000 square foot facility is slated to begin in May 1984 and wrap up by March 1985, with reduced main campus capacity and unfinished offices to allow early operation. The center will house auditorium, office space, four conference rooms, and a 5,000 square foot library linked to MEDLINE, offering degrees in medicine nursing and allied health in Odessa.
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Texas Tech University Board of Regents
Tech
Lubbock
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa Regional
Ted Hartman
Odessa
Medical Center
Medline
National Library of Medicine
Washington, D.C
Sam Richards
Tech hikes funding for cattle feed experiment
A Texas Tech beef cattle nutrition program gains increased funding to build a new feedlot and a state of the art feedmill. University leaders say the project aims to position Tech among the nation’s top programs, with bids overrunning the budget prompting a $200,000 increase. The feedmill contract goes to Mericon International of Dallas as construction eyes a total of about $2.57 million.
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Texas Tech University
West Texas
Carl
Regents
Mericon International
Dallas
Amarillo
University
New Deal
Tech
Curl
El Paso Co plans Odessa chemical sale amid BN bid
El Paso Co may not be affected by Burlington Northern Inc proposal to buy the remaining 52 percent of El Paso Co common stock. EPPC executives are seeking a buyer for the Odessa chemical operations while the Odessa hydrocarbons unit is not for sale. BN would merge with El Paso Co under the bid, paying cash and new BN preferred stock valued at 12 dollars per share.
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Odessa Chemical
el Paso Products Co
Burlington Northern Inc
el Paso
Burlington Northern
el Paso Co
EPPC
Odessa
Virgil Waggoner
Houston
Waggoner
Products Company
Ing
Richard Bressler
New York Stock Exchange
Allan Boyce
Traffic deaths drop in Ector County in first half 1983
Keely Emerine reports a sharp decline in Ector County traffic fatalities for January to June 1983, down to 11 from 31 in 1982, attributed to new traffic signals and a slower economy reducing drunken driving. statewide patterns show similar decreases with enhanced patrols and enforcement.
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Midland Department of Public Safety
Ector County
DPS
Keith Morris
Ector
Odessa
Texas
U.S
Long Road Across the Plains Tests a Family’s Treasures
A mother in a decades-long home sells most keepsakes and moves 1350 miles to West Texas. The narrator describes cluttered safekeeping habits, storage battles, and the emotional strain of downsizing while contemplating drastic disposal choices. The cross-country move reveals the toll of a “throw-away” society on memory and family heirlooms.
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Texas
Odessa
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