Farmers approve $74 million boll weevil eradication plan
In five South Plains counties cotton growers vote 1309 to 347 to fund a $74 million boll weevil eradication program covering 875000 acres. Farmers pay 12 per irrigated acre and 6 per dryland with chemical spraying starting next fall and several years of treatments.
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Lubbock
Andrews
Gaines
Yoakum
Terry
Lynn
Don Parrish
Plains
Parrish
Texas Bull Weevil Eradication Foundation
Texas
Robert Duncan
Rubbock
Chemical spread may have caused 7 wrecks
Amarillo authorities say magnesium chloride sprayed on I 40 and I 27 interchanges to prevent snow buildup may have made roads slicker leading to seven crashes. Six hospitalizations reported with injuries including a pregnant driver rescued from a flipped car and five others with minor injuries.
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Amarillo
Texas Department of Transportation
Interstate 40
Interstate 27
Txdot
Tonya Detten
Odessa BLOTTER Injury, burglary and DWI reports
A Odessa area blotter item lists several incidents. Burglary at a residence involved thefts valued at 750 with $18 window damage between midnight and 9 am Thursday. Another 18-year-old Odessa man reported thefts totaling 750 from the 5000 block of Tanglewood Lane between 2 and 9:45 pm Wednesday. A 51-year-old Odessa man said a window was broken, water hose inserted, transmission fluid spilled, with 15000 in damage between 10 pm Wednesday and 6 am Thursday. A 33-year-old Odessa man remained in Ector County Jail on a felony DWI charge. bond set at 5000.
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Odessa
Tanglewood Lane
Ector County
David Neal Wright
Pleasant Ave
Oil and Gas Rig Counts Decline Across Weeks
The weekly rig count shows declines with U S totals moving from 25 to 42 and Westig down six to 58. Texas measures 219 this week versus 224 last week, while overall counts include 152 and 489 in other segments from Baxe-Maghes Amereur Dene: Simggen.
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U.S. Ng
Westig
Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle theft report
Odessa Police report shows a 1997 Chevrolet 1500 pickup stolen from General Fleet Brokers at 6101 E. Highway 80 around 8 a.m. December 8. The incident involves unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and ongoing investigation.
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Odessa
General Fleet Brokers
Price Correction Notice for Zenith 27 Inch Console
The Morris Caffy ad in Friday December 18 1998 Odessa American listed the Zenith 27 inch Console model A27A74R for 399 dollars. This price is incorrect and an apology is issued for any inconvenience caused.
Odessa police recover missing holiday decorations
A neighbor recovering from knee surgery was surprised to learn the Santa figures and other decorations stolen years earlier had been found and were in the Odessa Police Department. The owner identified them and plans to reinstall them soon, praising the police and noting a drop in such thefts.
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Ing
Odessa
Thompson
Santa and Company
Ron Hughes
Vandals Remove Nameplate From James Byrd Jr Grave
Police say a metal nameplate was stolen from the grave of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, likely by a souvenir hunter. The theft, noticed by family members over a month ago, prompted an offense report with slim chances of catch. Byrd’s dragging death last year sparked national outrage and reexamination of race relations as three white men face capital murder charges.
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Jasper (Ap
James Byrd Jr
Jasper
Stanley Christopher
Christopher
Byrd
Jesse Jackson
East
Texas
DIY Holiday Yard Displays Grow With Ybarra Family
Ybarra built large PVC candy canes and a green figure for seasonal yard displays after seeing costly merchandise. The family now includes four children six grandchildren and a seventh on the way as they expand to multiple blocks including Ventura Drive Beechwood Avenue West 25th Street Fairlane Lane Brittany Conet Drive Santa Rita 52nd Street Tom Esmond Street North Tom Green Street Country Club area and nearby roads. To suggest a home for featuring call 333-7740.
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Anna Ybarra
Ventura
Conet Drive
Santa Rita
Beechwood
52Nd Street
North Tom
Fountain Lane
Jbs Parkway
Tom Green Street
Country Club
Deering Drive
Richwood Road
Red Cross office locations and board roster shared
Rounsaville notes the Red Cross aids from major disasters to single family fires. Odessa office is on Grant Avenue at Second Street in the Martin Luther King Center, Midland office at 2316 Elizabeth Ave. Southwest Texas board members include David Garcia as chairman and Dr Jerry Lee Jones as treasurer among other directors.
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Rounsaville
The
Red Cross
Odessa
American Red Cross
Texas
Grant Avenue
Second Street
Martin Luther King Center
Midland
Elizabeth Ave
American Red Cross of Southwest Texas Board of Directors
David Garcia
Anne Acreman
M.D
Don White
Renee Earls
Jerry Lee Jones
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Baxe-Maghes Amereur
Simggen
United States
West
of Petroleum and Natural
Frontier Galleries
West Wall
Midland Jewelerstane
Rolex Official
Rolex Jeweler
Hughes
Ybarra
Beechwood Avenue
West 25Th
Fairlane Avenue
Lane
Brittany
Esmond Street
Pete Almanza
John Brown
Leyton Brown
Mike Butler
Ray Fagen
Cathy Herzog
Dale Little
James Jenkins
Les Moore
Donna Northcutt
Dr. R.P Sarva
Theron Scott
Bill Shipman
Jim Rodriguez
Sony Careless Telephone
Sony
Sony Watchman
Brightview
Aldiahi
Ea Ele Oyeze i
Sonyy
AV Gu
McRogli
Electronics
WAC
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