Lone survivor listed in critical condition after Carlsbad blast
In Carlsbad New Mexico the sole remaining survivor of the August pipeline explosion that killed 11 is still in critical condition with burns covering about twenty percent of her body. Susan Herrmann Loomis writes Italian Farmhouse Cookbook to explore country cuisine. Postal Service posts first yearly loss since 1994 with fiscal year nearing end. An elephant rampages through a morning rush in a panic after rocks are thrown by commuters. Nine youths plead guilty for vandalizing a veterans park after viewing Saving Private Ryan and reading The Greatest Generation.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Ryan
Veterans Park
Ambulance driver fired for doughnut stop in Houston
In Houston, ambulance driver Larry A. Wesley was dismissed after alleged doughnut stop en route to a hospital with a 49 year old patient a boy with a leg injury. Fire Chief Lester Tyra ordered the firing following the July 10 incident.
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Houston
Larry A. Wesley
Lester Tyra
Wesley
Railway PSA brings lawmen and mayors to crossin scene
Sheriffs from Ector and Midland counties along with Odessa and Midland police chiefs and Petroplex mayors filmed a public service announcement at a railroad crossing on East Business 20. The effort aims to educate the public on rail crossing dangers after four fatal train incidents this year. Union Pacific supplied two locomotives for Tuesday’s shoot as journalists streamed the scene.
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Midland
Midland County
PSA
Bobby Burns
John Urby
Gary Painter
Odessa
Ector County
Bill Hext
James H. Jenkins
Reggie Yearwood
Ector
Petroplex
East Business 20
Kwes-Tv Channel 9
Kmid-Tv
Odessa American
Acci
Union Pacific Railroad
New Home Sales Rise Nationwide and Local Slump Persists
U S July reports show national new home sales up 14.7 percent amid job security. In Ector County, July residential sales fall from 5.9 million in 1999 to 4.84 million this year, while year to date totals rise to 34.89 million versus 29.42 million last year. 446 sales through July versus 462 last year. Gary Sims of Sims and Guess Realtors notes a dip may be followed by improvement.
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Washington
Odessa Board of Realtors
Ector County
Gary Sims
Sims
Guess Realtors
Gore embraces three debates with Gov. Bush
In Portland Maine the Gore campaign backs a plan for three nationally televised debates with Bush while Bush says he will pick venues and formats. A crossfire over debate rules and an Internet debate is noted as the two camps clash over how to stage the matchups.
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Portland
Maine
George W. Bush
al Gore
Bush
Gore
Texas
Agriculture secretary tours drought stricken farmland
U S Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman toured a drought hit North Texas farm promising federal aid to four more counties as a 60th day with no measurable rainfall set records. He noted 153 Texas counties already declared disaster areas and discussed low interest loans to aid farmers amid parched crops and drying reservoirs.
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BOYD
U.S. Agriculture
Dan Glickman
North
Glickman
Texas
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