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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1998
Page
1
Los Angeles AP reports Titanic sails into home video with 20 million copies shipped, aiming to top Jurassic Park sales. Retailers take losses to boost demand while Reel.com sells at 9.99 dollars, processing 150,000 orders as online shoppers rush in.
Diana's sons Prince William and Prince Harry spent Sunday with their father Prince Charles at Balmoral on the eve of the anniversary of her death. The royal family held private prayers at Crathie Church as flowers lined Kensington Palace and admirers gathered worldwide to remember the Princess of Wales.
Ector County Commissioners Court will consider approving the 1998-99 budget and tax rate at a 10 a.m. special meeting in the Courthouse Annex. Commissioner Mike Patton says a last minute proposal to avoid a tax increase may be offered, and he plans to meet privately with each commissioner before the session. The court previously raised the ad valorem rate from 45 to 47.5 cents to help cover a 1.5 million shortfall.
The looming closure of Freeport McMoRan Sulphur’s Frasche mine and its water line in Culberson County jeopardizes irrigation for Doug Miller and other ranchers across five spans of the Trans-Pecos. Without the pipeline, windmills and distant rainfall may not sustain herds, forcing costly shifts to new water sources.
In Moscow a tentative deal to form a new government under Boris Yeltsin faltered as the Communist Party refused to accept the plan. The shock move came hours after behind the scenes bargaining aimed at fast parliamentary approval for Yeltsin’s prime minister designate Viktor Chernomyrdin. President Clinton’s Moscow visit loomed as Monday’s vote neared.
A Dallas area AP report notes more than one third of adults admit littering in the past three months and 16 percent say they were reformed litterers in the past three years. Younger, single people who smoke, eat fast food often, enjoy nightlife, and are never married are likeliest to litter. A photo shows White Rock Lake shore cluttered by litter.
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