Mailbag notes on morals, Valentine quirks and odd gifts
Laura Dennis reviews mail and press releases, mocking a Citizens Commission on Human Rights booklet linking morality declines to psychiatry. She highlights Valentine Day promotions including toilet paper roses and customized toilet paper, plus a humane manatee gift card offer.
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Siewar
Wes
Melanie Maxcey
Melanie
Dennis
Spayar
Eagles
Ubng Carpet de Eer Geez
Textbook theft costs Odessa family double trouble
An Odessa grandfather refuses to pay $60 for two textbooks stolen from his grandson Dustin Powell, a seventh grader. The locker break in before Christmas also took a calculator and pens, with a book bag later found in another student’s locker. District officials planned to issue replacements today but he remains firm.
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Isaunnpeutra
Henry Joe
Powell
Dustin
Odessa American
Sharp says Permian Basin drives Texas oil tax receipts
Statewide oil severance taxes totaled 376 million dollars in fiscal 1996 ended August 31, with Permian Basin producers contributing the lion’s share. Sharp notes the rise follows higher energy prices and increased Texas oil and gas activity, benefiting schools and the economy statewide.
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Permian Basin
Texas
Sharp
Rexene center dedication honors CEO
Rexene officials renamed the Odessa Technical Center Lavon Anderson Technical Center in an emotional ceremony. About 150 attended as Andy Smith unveiled a bronze plaque honoring Rexene CEO Anderson who lived in Odessa 18 years before moving to Dallas in 1989. Smith praised Anderson as a real gentleman and key asset to the company.
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Rexene Corporation
Odessa
Anderson
Dr. Anderson
Smith
Lavon Anderson
Rexene
Cisneros to lead Univision in new private sector role
Henry Cisneros, former San Antonio mayor and HUD secretary, will become president and chief operating officer of Univision. He plans to serve four years in public service previously and will earn more under a multiyear Univision contract. He defends his career shift as public information and entertainment service to the Spanish speaking community.
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Dallas
San Antonio
U.S
Henry Cisneros
Univision
Associated Press
Cisneros
Clinton
HUD
Counse
FBI
New York
Linares Gets Opportunity to Clear Name at Hearing
The ex director of the Texas Lottery, Linares, faces sworn testimony at a February hearing addressing her ties to Mike Moeller and claims from reports about Moeller using a cousin’s New Mexico address for GTECH work. Linares’s lawyers accuse the Lottery Commission of denying witnesses to clear her name.
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Mike Moeller
Gtech Corp
Moeller
New Mexico
GTECH
Ben
J. David Smith
New Jersey
Buck Wood
Charles Soechting
Lottery Commission
Lottery
Nora
Cata Jaeger
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