October sales tax boost leads Ector area growth
Ector County cities led regional sales tax gains with Odessa posting a December rebate of 761889 up 7.15 percent year over year. Goldsmith surged 62.22 percent from 4685.88 in December 1996 to 7601.15 this year amid statewide growth, while Midland rebates fell 13.09 percent to 924249.57 though year to date rose 8.73 percent. Texas Comptroller notes statewide 1997 rebates at 164.7 million to 1087 cities and 118 counties, up 6.8 percent from 1996 with 2.1 billion total for calendar year 1997.
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Ector County
Odessa
Goldsmith
James Zentner
Midland
Texas State Comptroller’s Office
John Sharp
Texas
Andrews
San Angelo
Big Spring
Debra Simpson
Predators hunted women from a van in California case
Pleasanton police link two suspects to abducting and murdering Vanessa Samson, a 22 year old clerical worker. Her bound body was found Dec. 4 near a Sierra Nevada road by Lake Tahoe with a six foot black weapon nearby, as authorities describe a "murder and abduction chamber" in a gutted Dodge Caravan.
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Pleasanton
Calif
Vanessa Lei Samson
Sierra Nevada
Bill Eastman
Samson
Lake Tahoe
Floods claim 8 lives in weekend deluge
Eight people died as weekend storms drenched North West and Central Texas with heavy rain and snow. Killeen flash floods caused four weather related traffic deaths and forced dozens of evacuations along Nolan Creek. High water rescues were reported across central and eastern Texas as creeks and rivers rose to flood stage. Police found two bodies in Harker Heights.
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Dallas
Texas
Killeen
Nolan Creek
Poll finds more Americans believe in God and miracles
A Pew Research poll shows 71 percent of Americans never doubt God's existence, up from 60 percent in 1987, and 61 percent believe miracles come from God, up 14 points. Fifty three percent say prayer is important to daily life, reflecting cultural interest in spirituality.
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Washington
Pew Research Center
Clinton spreads Christmas cheer in Bosnia visit
President Clinton flew from Washington to Bosnia with Hillary and Chelsea to meet Bosnia's joint presidency and address troops in Sarajevo before visiting Tuzla. He aims to extend U S military presence beyond June 1998 to anchor NATO peacekeeping, while stressing a finite duration. The trip included Dole and other Republicans as White House aides defended the policy on national talk shows.
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Sarajevo
Clinton
Tuzla
Washington
Bosnia
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Andrews Air Force Base
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chelsea
Gis
Balkans
Bob Dole
Elizabeth
American Red Cross
NATO
William Cohen
CBS
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