Odessa City Council weighs budget with no tax hike plan
Odessa officials discussed keeping taxes flat while funding recycling expansion and staffing. The 1995-96 plan totals 76.659 million in revenue and 74.578 million in expenditures, with no tax increase and minimal reserve use. Proposals include adding a public information officer, a community service coordinator, and a data entry clerk, plus eliminating 12 Solid Waste jobs amid a Charter Waste disposal contract.
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Odessa
Police and Fire
Parks and Recreation
Jerry McGuire
McGuire
Lorraine Perryman
Awny
Don Vanadore
Grady Smith
John McCarroll
Perryman
Jo Ann Davenport
Dis
Trict 4
Bob Slider
Javier Joven
Goates
Solid
Charter Waste Management Inc
Major Odessa heroin seizure tops regional bust records
Ector County Sheriff's deputies seized 2 pounds 6 ounces of black tar heroin hidden in a false radiator compartment of a 1967 Ford pickup on West Second Street Odessa. The 80 percent purity haul valued at about 6.6 million dollars led to two Mexican suspects, Ulises Sanchez Mazzoco 18 and Pedro Fisher Flores 48, charged with aggravated delivery. Authorities say the case links to Michoacan distribution networks and a Michoacan candy store export license.
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Ector County
West Second Street
Odessa
Billy Clark
Jack Brewer
Petroplex
Brewer
Permian Basin
Donaldson
Clark
Sheriff's Office
Mexico
Mark Donaldson
Witness admits seeing car similar to Simpson's Bronco
Los Angeles AP report states defense witness Robert Heidstra acknowledged a white Jeep like vehicle sped from the condo area after the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman killings. Heidstra denied hearing one of two angry voices saying it was OJ. The court session featured a judge warning lawyers of sanctions for personal attacks.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Christopher Darden
Robert Heidstra
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Heidstra
Lancelto
Clinton says students may pray in school guidelines issued
President Clinton ordered school prayer guidelines to be distributed to all 15,000 districts before classes resume, asserting that Americans should not have to hide faith. He insisted the First Amendment does not require students to abandon religion at the schoolhouse door while opposing organized prayer.
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Washington
Clinton
Education Department
James Madison High School
Virginia
Richard Riley
Heat wave chills Texas as Odessa Midland stays cooler
Temperatures topped 100 across Texas with dangerous heat. Darren Boruff of Dallas reports brisk ice demand at Arctic Ice House while Odessa Midland records a peak near 97 degrees, 3 degrees cooler than other counties. National Weather Service notes lingering heat and cautions persist.
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Darren Boruff
Texas
Boruff
Arctic Ice House
Dallas
Odessa-Midland
Eddie Brite
National Weather Service
Official says ousted chairman remains on Red Cross board
Kris McLean executive director of the Permian Basin Chapter of the American Red Cross says Gene Collins remains a board member in good standing while a Monday closed meeting will address personnel issues. The board last month removed Collins as chairman and cut ties with WesTAC though officials say the actions are unrelated.
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Red Cross
Gene Collins
Kris McLean
Permian Basin
The
American Red Cross
McLean
Collins
West Texas Aids Consortium
Westac
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Michoacan
Sam Magee
Ken Brodnax
Red Cross Board
Sarah Westbrook
Kristie Hayward
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