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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2000
Page
1
Brison Barriga five Zeke and Alicia Barriga discuss how Santa enters homes without chimneys using a key. They plan gifts for their parents a ring for mom and shoes for dad. They volunteer by taking food to church to feed needy families and name candy as their favorite Christmas treat. Santa’s naughty nice list is confirmed as real.
After a month of negotiations, no final settlement exists between Waste Control Specialists and Envirocare of Texas with Envirocare Utah in a billion-dollar antitrust suit filed in 1997. An accord was reached before an Andrews jury but terms remain private and no public comment is offered. Officials cite a confidentiality clause guiding the talks.
Former Mafia underboss Salvatore Gravano nicknamed Sammy the Bull is indicted on five narcotics counts and one money laundering count for allegedly running a major Ecstasy operation in Arizona. The December 13 indictments add to earlier counts against Gravano and associates. trial set for next year.
Civil Air Patrol volunteers found Odessan C. W. Speedy Pruett and his Beech Sundowner Musketeer four days after disappearance. The wreckage lay in a Rolla ravine near 2324 Juliet, with one person on board confirmed deceased. Pruett, 48, had taken off from Spirit of St. Louis Airport heading to Odessa.
Governor Rick Perry, flanked by an aide, speaks with AP PHOTO about pride in past cooperation in Texas and expectations for future leadership across America.
President-elect George W. Bush ends six years as Texas governor with an emotional farewell. He cites higher honor in serving Texas and vows continued work for the state even as he moves toward the presidency amid a packed Texas Senate chamber audience.
Rick Perry, West Texas rancher and former Aggie yell leader, is sworn in as the 47th governor of Texas. He rises from lieutenant governor to complete the final two years of Bush’s term, with Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips administering the oath in a crowded Senate chamber. An Honor Guard from Texas A&M stands watch as Perry thanks supporters.
A confidential settlement was reached Thursday morning between Huntsman Polymers Corp and the Odessa-Huntsman Litigation Group, formed in June 1999 to challenge Huntsman over nuisance flare ups and chemical releases. About 4,000 Odessans were members. no lawsuit was filed. The NAACP and LULAC offices aided local attorneys.
Reeves County commissioners plan a second 1,000 bed expansion to the federal Reeves County Detention Center. The new $50 million project would follow a $40 million build completed earlier this month that added five buildings and about 400 jobs. If approved, financing and design steps would proceed, with rent from the Bureau of Prisons funding county employee raises. The court meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Reeves County Courthouse.
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