Counties Seek Joint Jail Project in Odessa Area
Ector and Midland counties agreed to pursue a new jail jointly with the Odessa site chosen five miles east of the industrial complex. Capacity around 200 inmates and Midland would oversee jail administration. A tentative cost split was discussed with Ector likely paying a larger share. The plan includes a stockade style facility with tents for six months and temporary barracks for 22 inmates each, aiming for completion of permanent buildings soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Bird
Ector
Midland County
City of Odessa
Dallas Smith
Ector County
Bob Brookshire
Brookshire
Midland
Bill Adders
Charlie Welch
Plastic heart implants aim to extend lifespans this summer
Chicago Sun-Times reports that by summer's end the first long term plastic heart may be implanted in a patient in Salt Lake City. Key is biocompatible plastics allowing body tolerance and sustained function, with engineers citing over 100 biomaterials aiding medical devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wolinsky
Chicago Sun-Times
Thomas Kessler
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Kessler
Jeffrey Rovell
Howmedica Inc
New York
Artificial heart material choice hinges on clot resistance
A University of Utah team won a plastics industry prize for polyurethane used in an artificial heart. Other candidates such as Teflon caused blood clots and some plastics wore brittle under long use, risking stroke as the heart beats 47 million times yearly.
Tornado suspected after roof torn off barn west of Odessa
An apparent tornado struck eight miles west of Odessa on Friday night, ripping a steel roof from a small cinder block building used to store hay for four quarter horses. The building measured roughly 45 by 30 feet, with the roof found 250 yards away. Residents reported heavy winds, rain and hail, and nearby campers escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Russell Cranson
Cranson
Bruce Ward
Ward
Arafat Wazzan Agree to Move PLO Guerrillas in Beirut
PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Lebanese Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan reached a Friday agreement to disarm about 8,000 guerrillas trapped by Israeli forces in west Beirut and move them to an undisclosed Arab state. Israel offered no immediate comment as jets dropped flares and smoke canisters, while civilians were urged to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Shafik Wazzan
West Beirut
Israel
Lebanon
Lebanon Pact Details Call For PLO Battalions in Lebanon
A broadcast reports a Lebanon PLO settlement plan allowing two 250-man battalions to remain in Lebanon, one in a northern area and one in the Bekaa Valley, until Israeli and Syrian forces exit. It also urges Israel to pull its invasion force back several kilometers from Beirut as guerrillas depart the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Israel
Beirut
Floating nuke approved for offshore reactors by NRC board
A three member NRC licensing panel unanimously approved construction licenses for offshore floating nuclear reactors to be built by Offshore Power Systems a Westinghouse unit. Up to eight plants were planned for coastal sites by 1999 though no immediate orders exist due to prior cancellations and licensing delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC Apppeal
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Murray
Licensing Board
Offshore Power Systems
Jacksonville
Fla
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
NRC
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