Scientists split views on human cloning ethics
Odessa physicians and a Texas Tech professor discuss the prospects and perils of cloning humans. They warn of ethical problems and unknown outcomes while weighing potential benefits in gene therapy and fertility research.
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Henderson
Martinez
Odessa
John Morrow
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Morrow
Ee Atte Heasa Steel Poreytas Waded
Ge Pomre
Hollywood
David Libson
Libson
Plan to outlaw human cloning faces split over scope
Rep Vernon Ehlers and Sen Kit Bond draft a ban that would allow some lab experiments while Sen Feinstein backs a 10 year public and private funding ban. Armey says the bill aims to curb cloning without halting all embryo research amid religious groups calling cloning immoral.
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Vernon Ehlers
R-Mich
Kit Bond
R-Mo
Armey
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Chicago
Richard Seed
Clinton
Christian Coalition
Family Research Council
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Gary Bauer
Driver injured in chemical spill on I 20 Midland
James Penley, 45, suffered minor injuries when his trailer truck with chemical drums toppled on the south service road of Interstate 20 at Midkiff Road in Midland. About a dozen drums of flammable and corrosive alkybenzene sulfonic and methanol spilled. Reef Chemical crews handled cleanup with Midland Fire Department on standby. Penley cited for failure to control speed.
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Midland
Reef Chemicals
James Penley
Midkiff Road
Midland Police Department
Reef Chemical
Midland Fire Department
Penley
Odessa Man Held in Jail for Aggravated Assault
A 37-year-old Odessa man remained in Ector County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Bradley Mollohan of 2525 E Second St was held in lieu of a $10,000 bond. A 52-year-old Odessa woman faced a hatchet threat at 4:20 p.m. in the 2500 block.
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Odessa
Ector County
Bradley Mollohan
Second St
Odessa girl sexually assaulted on West Odessa street
A 15 year old Odessa girl was reportedly assaulted between 3 10 and 4 p m Wednesday in West Odessa. The suspect Jose Rojero age 705 Venida is being held on two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of escape with bail set at 8 000 total.
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Odessa
West Odessa
Ector County
Jose Rojero
Police of a Building Reported Theft at University Store
Police reported a theft at 1347 University Port involving more than $3,650 stolen from the business between 12:30 and 6 a.m. Thursday. The incident remains under investigation and officers reviewed surveillance footage for leads.
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University
Lawmakers seek order against tobacco lawsuit
Texas lawmakers ask the Texas Supreme Court to require Attorney General Morales to place the 15.3 billion settlement funds into the general fund for legislative allocation. They argue spending state money is a legislative duty, not AG authority, as 1.2 billion targets health initiatives. A separate challenge aims at 2.3 billion in attorneys fees paid by the industry.
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Morales
Ratliff
Junell
Senate
House
David Folsom
Folsom OK
Ken Armbrister
Victoria
Eddie Lucio
Brownsville
Paul Cowen
Lucio
People’s
Armbrister
Gardendale Woman Dies in Odessa Car Crash
A Gardendale woman, Bessie Estrada, 50, died Thursday after a two vehicle crash at West Loop 338 and 83rd Street in Odessa. Angel Guebara, 1997 Dodge pickup driver from Midland, was cited with minor injuries and the incident remains under investigation.
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Gardendale
83Rd Street
Odessa
Bessie Estrada
Angel Guebara
Midland
Midland Texas Department of Public Safety
Guebara
West Loop 338
Estrada
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County Seeks Nonpartisan District Judge Election Plan
Judges retention and nonpartisan district judge elections discussed as a priority. The bill remained pending at session end. Watkins Cliff, a private attorney and former representative, urged high standards for a fair, impartial judge in Ector County who is in touch with community needs.
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Watkins
Ector County
Cliff
Conference to Motivate Local Youths At UT Permian Basin
About 200 eighth graders and parents will attend the 10th annual Yes I Can Si Se Puede conference at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The event, sponsored by UTPB ECISD MASC and Alpha Kappa Alpha, aims to push students toward high school completion and college attendance through goal setting sessions and college life insights.
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Vickie Gomez
UTPB
Ector County Independent School District
Gomez
Connie Williamson
Nimitz Junior High
Linda Quiroz
MASC
Odessa College
Greg White
Midland
People Pride
Odessa
JoAnn Samora-Mata
Houston
Trial hears Jimenez remarks as jury laughter ends with questions
Jurors and audience reacted as Jimenez defended his beliefs about God and death by own action during the trial. Bland pressed him on whether he thought he could fool heaven, while witnesses described his deep low spirits in the weeks before the incident. The case was moving toward a conclusion in Judge Jay Gibson's 70th District Court.
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Jimenez
Bland
Jay Gibson
Mexican gunmen kill El Paso man and shoot Juarez officer
In Ciudad Juarez a traffic stop led to a volley of gunfire as officers pursued suspects linked to an earlier fatal shooting of an El Paso man. Officer Jorge Frias Orosco was killed by a .45 caliber attack, while his partner escaped unscathed. Jorge Lopez Molinar said the slain officer may have been targeted by gunmen fleeing after the earlier El Paso killing.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Juarez
Jorge Frias Orosco
Frias
Centro Medico Hospital
Jorge Lopez Molinar
Francisco Alberto Alanis Talamantes
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