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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 2013
Page
1
Odessa American and Salvation Army urge local support for the Empty Stocking Fund aiming at 150000 this year. Donors include a Sunday school class and several Odessa doctors with gifts helping needy families enjoy meals and children’s presents. Drive ends before Christmas with details on Page 2A and how to contribute.
National focus falls on Odessa and Midland as nightly hotel rates near 300 dollars amid booming oil economy. An upcoming easing of building activity could add rooms. economist Karl Ingham cites Midland Odessa Regional Economic Index. October hotel tax collections show a year over year dip, while hoteliers note changing demand.
Oncor crews repaired a major feeder line that broke Tuesday afternoon leaving parts of downtown Odessa without power. Spokeswoman Sue Mercer said the outage occurred when a crossbar holding the line split and the line fell onto a streetlight.
A broken pole caused a mid day power outage in downtown Odessa around 12 40 p m shutting down businesses traffic lights and forcing the Ector County Courthouse to close for the day Judge Susan Redford said Oncor expected power to resume around 4 p m Thursday and Oncor spokeswoman Sue Mercer noted the outage occurred when a crossbar failed.
Senator Ted Cruz met with Odessa Chamber of Commerce leaders for over an hour to hear local concerns. He framed economic growth and job creation as Texas priorities and noted consistency with issues raised statewide. Cruz, a Texas Republican, highlighted restoring growth as key from day one in the U.S. Senate.
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