Health department rules on tobacco settlement funds
Texas health officials told TDH that counties and hospital districts must spend 1999 tobacco settlement payments on healthcare items to maximize 2000 disbursements. Agencies must report eligible expenditures by March end. totals set per agency determine future checks in April.
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Texas Department of Health
Board of Health
State Health Department
Joe Walton
Bureau of State Health Data and Policy Analysis
The
TDH
Andrews County
Gary Gaston
Tobacco Settlement Committee
Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust
Punting Around DARWIN WEIGEL ODESSA AMERICAN
Darwin Weigel, a notable figure, is mentioned in connection with Odessa American items. The brief note hints at local sports or community activity tied to Weigel during the period, signaling an item of local interest in the Odessa newspaper.
Hog Heaven Opens Day Two at Ector County Show
Judging of the Ector County Junior Stock Show continues this morning in the Coliseum Barn E. Farmers, 4-H and FFA participants display hogs as judges evaluate pen-trained entries for awards and prizes.
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Ector County
Ector County Coliseum
World record baby born five months after twin stillbirth
Mindy Rosenthal of Silver Spring welcomed Benjamin Rosenthal by C section on January 3 after the first twin died August 3. Doctors at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital credited a shoelace-thickness stitch for arresting labor and enabling a delayed birth, a rare outcome with less than one percent chance. A Cincinnati case later reported 152 days in November.
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Rockville
Benjamin Rosenthal
Mindy Rosenthal
Silver Spring
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Sheri Hamersley
Hamersley
Rosenthal
Cincinnati
Cuban mothers march for Elian Gonzalez return at US mission
Tens of thousands of Cuban mothers led by visibly pregnant women marched along Havana’s Malecon to the U S Interests Section demanding the repatriation of six year old Elian Gonzalez to his father Juan Miguel Gonzalez. The protest echoed December demonstrations as Cuba presses for Elian’s return before a Friday deadline set by U S authorities amid the immigration dispute.
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U.S. Interests Section
Havana
Cuba
Elian Gonzalez
INS
Yamilo Fraga
Fidel Castro
Malecon
Castro
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Immigration and
Oil climbs to nine year high as OPEC extends cuts
Oil prices surged five percent to a nine year high above 28 a barrel with Brent near 28.10 as U S markets react to OPEC signals extending production cuts beyond March The gains were aided by frigid Northeast weather and futures for crude gasoline heating oil and natural gas rose Analysts in New York noted the move followed OPECs Vienna meeting where the monitoring committee urged extending cuts and market expectations remained strong for further gains
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OPEC
Sana Sea Sa
Mons
United States
Iraq
Chris Stavros
York Mercantile
Avehan
Vienna
Gates eyes new era as Microsoft chief software architect
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates shifts from CEO to chief software architect to focus on innovation. Ballmer takes over daily leadership while Gates plans to return to tinkering in the garage, a move framed amid decades of software growth and rival patent debates.
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Redmond
Wash
Bill Gates
Microsoft
Windows
Gates
Steve Ballmer
Harvard
Paul Allen
Apple
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