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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1999
Page
1
An Odessa couple maintains a large outdoor Christmas display, weathering thefts over the years as they continue to share the season’s spirit with neighbors and visitors.
Odessa will convert Tom Green Avenue to a two way street from University Boulevard to 29th Street starting December 29. Double yellow lines and signs will guide drivers as city officials urge caution during the transition. The change is part of the 1996 master traffic plan with over $500,000 spent downtown and in outlying areas.
Santa Claus, identified as Patrick Rice of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, pushes through fresh powder that has fallen in the Colorado ski town over the past ten days, highlighting ongoing snowy conditions.
A tour bus returning from a ski trip skidded on slushy Colorado Highway 50 near Canon City, rolling down an embankment and killing three people while injuring dozens including eight in critical condition. The bus carried 57 people from Houston and was affiliated with Windwood and Bethel churches. About 48 patients sought treatment at St. Thomas More Hospital as responders worked to piece together the sequence of events.
Medical Center Hospital administrator J Michael Stephans will not seek renewal past July 1 2000. He helped create the Ector County Hospital District with its own tax and a one cent sales tax to fund operations. Board members describe his tenure as transformative though some misgivings about contract terms remain. Stephans cited personal timing and declined further comment. The board plans to begin the replacement process next week with a committee to hire a successor.
Keith Williams of McDonald Observatory notes a rare convergence of full moon, winter solstice, and lunar perigee on Wednesday. Sky and Telescope calls it among the brightest moons of the century, with about 14 percent more brightness, though the eye may not easily detect the difference.
Researchers report a genetically engineered drug could replace inhaled and oral steroids in asthma therapy. In NEJM, about 25 percent of patients on inhaled steroids stopped using them after rhuMAb-E25, and one-third on oral steroids quit as well. Lead researcher Dr. Henry Milgrom of National Jewish Medical Center calls it a breakthrough.
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