Lamesa wins state prison site while ties to Trans-Pecos bid falter
Texas Board of Criminal Justice awarded Lamesa a 1000 bed minimum security prison unit. Trans-Pecos Development Commission failed to place a bid. The commission spans Reeves Ward and Pecos counties. Members proposed a site near Cayanosa with a 5.5 million package. Monahans leaders voiced disillusionment saying merits did not matter and politics influenced the process.
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Austin
Lamesa
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
West Texas
Trans
Forga
Monahans
Richard Hoyer
Hoyer
Tricounty Commission
Basin boom drives Texas oil rush in Austin Chalk
In central Texas the Austin Chalk formation spurs a drilling boom with horizontal methods boosting output. District 1 of the Railroad Commission reports 69 rigs active this week, up from seven last year, as operators like Oryx Energy push ahead with leases and plans across Frio and La Salle counties and beyond.
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Austin
Texas
Frio
la Salle
Ike Kerridge
Baker Hughes
Houston
Texas Railroad Commission
District 1
Kerridge
Oryx Energy
Sas
O'Keefe
Clayton W. Williams Jr. Inc. of
Sailplane Nationals Air Title Clash At Eagle's Nest
Glider pilots tow the line at the national Schweizer 1 26 sailplane championship this week at Eagle's Nest Port. Competition runs through July 19 as a solo type of aircraft features in the Pamga event.
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Eagie’s Nest
Odessa
AIDS Growing Health Threat Among Women
Chicago report cites AIDS rising among women ages 15 to 44 with deaths climbing from 18 in 1980 to 1430 in 1988. Black women in New York and New Jersey faced AIDS as leading death cause in 1987 with New Jersey 40.7 per 100000 and New York 29.5 per 100000. Researchers warn long-term taxpayer costs and risk from injection drug use.
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Chicago
New York State
New Jersey
Centers
New York
Susan Y. Chu
CDC
Reed
Gorbachev Wins Re election as Soviet Party Leader
Delegates at the 28th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party re elect Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary amid sizable anti Gorbachev sentiment. The vote totals show 3 41 to 1 116 in favor while Teimurazov received 501 votes to 4 026. The term length remains unfixed and the secretary is chosen by a congress rather than the central committee.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Communist Party
Gorbachev
Teimurazov
Central Committee
Wil Mate & Hander
Soteneeres
POS Ie
Talks falter on farm subsidy plan at Texas summit
Houston AP: Summit leaders failed to resolve a billions of dollars farm subsidy dispute with US and European ministers clashing over across the board language. Aides were sent back to bargaining as officials warned a final communique may not commit nations to uniform subsidies. President spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said cultural language was the remaining ambiguity.
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Houston
Pres
Marlin Fitzwater
United States
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