Big Bend hospital to open detox unit in six months
Big Bend Regional Medical Center will open a four bed detox unit within six months under a pact with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The agreement ends a 1995 probe into alleged Controlled Substances Act violations and requires community outreach and education programs. Hospital leaders say the detox unit, staff, and consultants from Basin Detox will bolster security and serve the border region while offsetting fines with community service.
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Alpine
Big Bend Regional Medical Center
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Pete Gallego
Gallego
Don Edd Green
Green
Basin Detox
Big Bend
Mixed Fourth of July activity on revelers and roadsides
City reports show most downtown revelers were orderly with only 2 000 pounds of trash. Roadsides across Ector County suffered significant litter, especially Andrews Highway near Airport. Fire crews handled fireworks and 49 grass fires amid 124 fireworks complaints and 79 police reports. 52 citations issued.
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Grandview Avenue
East Loop
Scott Anderson
Parks and Recreation Department
Anderson
Ector County
Oneen
Public
Odessa
Peek
Clover House to open facility for women on Jackson Street
Clover House will open a new transitional treatment center for women at 300 N. Jackson St by July 31. The former office site will serve graduates of the Substance Abuse Felony Punishment program, providing 30 to 90 days of transition plus a year of after care, with required employment and 12 step participation.
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Joe Bell
Clover House
N. Jackson
Jackson Street
N. Jackson St
SAFP
Odessa officer calls low murder rate real fortunate
Metro Homicide Detective Sgt. Larry Bartlett, wary of jinxing trend, says Odessa has seen only two homicide investigations this year and one may be self inflicted. He notes randomness in killings, citing 1996 and 1997 cases, with two 1997 deaths in May and June and a December homicide. Two teens, Albert Zavala Jr. and Darrell Tyrone Caufield, were indicted for the Jan 6 Woods case.
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Metro
Larry Bartlett
Odessa
Bartlett
Metro Homicide
Abel Romain
Ruben Hernandez
Cesar Fabela
Barry Woods
Hobbs, N.M
Industrial Avenue
Albert Zavala Jr
Darrell Tyrone Caufield
Woods
Texas July Fourth weekend traffic deaths top fifty
DPS reports at least 50 people killed in Texas traffic crashes over the July Fourth holiday weekend. Victims included two pedestrians and two helmetless motorcyclists. at least three crashes involve suspected drunken driving. The 78 hour period began Thursday evening and ended Sunday night.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Mike Cox
Cox
1960 in Odessa recalls JFK victory and regional growth
The 1960 Odessa year in review highlights John F Kennedy defeating Richard Nixon by 118 550 votes amid a year of global tension and notable events. Odessa reports a deadly July 28 accident near West 27th Street and FM 1936, major local bond approvals for schools and infrastructure, Plastic plant investments by Rexall Drug and El Paso Natural Gas, and a record Permian Basin Oil Show with 174 000 attendees and 500 exhibits.
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Liz Taylor
Burt Lancaster
Alfred Hitchcock
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
Sahara
Artesia
N.M
Odessa
West 27Th Street
Rexall Drug
el Paso Natural Gas
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Big Bend Hospital
Mark Sterkel
Bonifay
Gary Peek
OPD
Eregees
France
Water US
JFK
Odessa American
Ridder Publications
R.C. Hoiles
W.L. DeBolt
Freedom Communications Inc
By Kim Smith
Sverdlovsk
Soviet Union
Nikita Krushchev
United Nations
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