Texas Weather At A Glance Tonight And Saturday Forecast
Fair to pleasant tonight with low 70s and southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday sunny and warm with highs in the mid 90s and southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Showers and thundershowers were noted along the coast pre dawn with clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere across Texas. Pre dawn temps ranged from 63 at Wichita Falls to 80 at Galveston.
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Heckler Blood Donation Aims to Ease AIDS Fear Shortage
Health secretary Margaret Heckler donated a pint of blood to reassure the public that blood donation is safe amid a national shortage driven by AIDS fears. The Red Cross noted donations were down 16.4 percent the week of June 13 and urban spot shortages reached 30 percent below last year. An adjacent report from Roan Mountain, Tennessee, covers ongoing search efforts for eight year old Michael Eugene Ray who disappeared at a mountain campsite near the Tennessee North Carolina line.
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Cuban detainees to get hearings in Atlanta
U S District Judge Marvin Shoob ordered 1 057 Cuban refugees at the Atlanta federal penitentiary to have parole hearings within 60 days. The court ruled the detainees have limited constitutional rights and the government must show they pose a threat to block release. Some have been held for three years.
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Odessa America Daily Sunday Mail Subscriptions Rates
Subscriptions for daily and Sunday editions are listed with second class postage costs and delivery inquiries. Contact number 337-7314 is provided for delivery problems and subscription questions.
Water Contention Over Treated Effluent Impacts Local Farms
Cattleman Averitt defends using treated effluent for irrigation claiming it benefits cattle and livelihoods. Opponents including Casstevens and Arick describe vegetation loss, flooded fields, and foul smelling, salty water affecting wells. Odessa Utilities and officials note limits on Averitt’s discharge while residents report recurring winter inundations and corroded soil and crops.
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Lucille Arick
Odessa Utilities
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Mongolia protests Chinese expulsions in Mongolia
Mongolia lodged a formal protest with China over reports from Beijing that ethnic Chinese in Mongolia are being expelled or forcibly resettled. The move follows suspicions that hundreds of the 7 000 ethnic Chinese in Mongolia face displacement in the Soviet satellite state, sandwiched between two feuding powers.
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Mongolian protest note to China over forced relocations
Tass reported Mongolia's Foreign Ministry filed a protest note with the Chinese Embassy in Ulan Bator. The note rejects Chinese claims of forcible evictions and cites Mongolian law requiring able-bodied residents to engage in socially useful labor, with some Chinese workers sent to state farms in northern Mongolia.
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Skelton on trial for bombing death of Neal in Texas
Testimony portrays Skelton as a once generous businessman who became obsessed with competition and threats to kill. The killing occurred when a bomb wired to Neal's pickup exploded in a shopping center lot near his family home, amid calls for the death penalty.
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Indictment records seek erasure amid Winn case and related suits
A Thursday hearing examined Barnes petition filed May 24 asking Connally to order erasure of all records from Winn's indictment and a state civil suit. The state dropped both actions May 13 for Winn to retire. Hudson faces two indictments for misusing funds and misconduct. she pleads not guilty. A separate Austin civil suit seeks $204,383 in unremitted motor vehicle fees plus $46,993 in interest. An Austin restraint keeps records intact until a July 15 hearing.
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