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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 2000
Page
1
A playful exchange features Taylor Wright and Michele Wright from Odessa answering holiday questions. They explain reindeer fly by magic, name Rudolph as favorite, share Winnie the Pooh as a story, and note going to bed early for Christmas.
Local Odessa family faces hardship due to rising bills. The Empty Stocking Fund by the Odessa American and the Salvation Army aims to raise 40000 for food clothing and toys for Odessa families. The drive began on Thanksgiving and runs through December 20 with matching gifts and contributor lists published.
President-elect Bush spoke by phone with congressional leaders from both parties and planned a goodwill tour of Washington early next week. He received congratulatory calls from world leaders including Tony Blair and leaders from Canada, Mexico, Spain, Egypt and Israel, and invited Sen. John Breaux to Austin to discuss a potential Cabinet role as part of bipartisan outreach. Medicare reform is noted among agenda items, Breaux previously chaired a Medicare panel, and Bush aims to heal the nation and unify the party factions.
Envirocare of Texas declines to comment on reports it may close Monahans and Andrews operations after a billion-dollar antitrust settlement with Waste Control Specialists. WCS operates a dump and an above ground storage site in Andrews County and handles hazardous, low level radioactive, and mixed wastes.
Officials announce a 2 million reward for the arrest of a Mexican kingpin who has risen to the top among borderland cocaine runners. A wide sweep leads to at least 57 arrests on both sides of the border, targeting Oziel Cardenas Guillen's suspected underlings in cocaine and marijuana trafficking and money laundering. Cardenas Guillen, 33, built power from remnants of orphaned cartels in Matamoros and Ciudad Juarez, as authorities detail.
The Marshall area faced a prolonged power outage as an ice storm knocked down trees and lines. About 130,000 AEP customers in East Texas lost power, many in Marshall and Longview, with temperatures below freezing and Red Cross shelters filled. By Thursday midday roughly 24,000 customers were restored, while tens of thousands remained without power for days.
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