Former Odessa plant worker recalls Ameripol Synpol closure
Lustgarden, 53, who worked 32 years at Ameripol Synpol Odessa, laments six weeks pay and unemployment as the plant shutters. He reflects on a tight-knit workforce, the loss of high end jobs, and questions why the facility was closed while plans for defense storage potential linger.
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Lustgarden
Ameripol Synool
Lithia
Americol Synpol
Odessa
Americal Synod
Greg Lynch
Port Neches
Lynch
George
Neil McDonald
Chamber
McDonald
Union Pacific Railroad
Keith Banke
Staubach Group
Akron
Ohio
Ameripol Synpol
Banke
General Tire and Rubber Co
General Tire
Continental AG
Hanover
Germany
Continental
Ameripolgen
US greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2001 by 1.2 percent
The Energy Department reported a 1.2 percent drop in U S greenhouse gas emissions for 2001 with carbon dioxide emissions down 1.1 percent. The Energy Information Administration cites slower economic growth lower manufacturing output and reduced electricity demand as factors behind the decline.
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Washington
United States
Energy Department
The
Energy Information Administration
Frists new post to aid Bush on health agenda
Observers say Bill Frist the likely next Senate majority leader would fit President Bush’s plan to push health care high in the next session. A surgeon turned lawmaker Frist brings inside health care experience and White House backing.
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Frist
Bush
Washington
Bill Frist
Senate
Chip Kahn
Federation of American Hospitals
R-Tenn
Trent Lott
White House
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Jim and Vada Penn
Odessa couple Jim C Penn and Vada Ruth Hibdon Penn observed their 50th wedding anniversary on December 21 with family at home. They wed December 21, 1952 in Jourdanton Texas after meeting in 1951 in Devine. The pair, longtime Odessa residents, have four children Cecil Michael Douglas and Mark and eight grandchildren. Jim served in the US Army Air Forces during Korea, later in the Air Force Reserve. Each retired from their respective public and private roles. They belong to Asbury United Methodist Church and have resided in Odessa for 38 years.
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Jim
Vada Penn
Odessa
Vada Ruth Hibdon
Jim C. Penn
Devine
Texas
Jourdanton
Cecil Penn
Arlington
Michael Penn
Douglas Penn
Waco
Mark Penn
Jim Penn
U.S. Army Air Force
Air Force Reserve
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East Texas
Lynch and
Brighton
Boutligue
Men’‘s Shoes
Town & Country
University
Penn
Pauwevans
Carpets
N. Grant
Metro
Geoffrey Bean
Gadinger Crystal Hurricanes
Colebrook Water
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