Odessa police accept pay raise offer avoids ballot
Odessa police officers and firefighters will get an 18 percent starting pay raise with a 6 percent across the board hike for all city workers, effective Oct 1 and Apr 1 respectively. The PPOA notes concerns over police ranks, while firefighters accept council implementation of the plan. City taxes may rise 1 to 3 cents per $100 valuation.
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Odessa
Professional Police Officers Association
Gary Rowe
PPCA
Richard Morton
Police Association
Rowe
Ppoass
Odessa Fire Fighters Association
Morton
Large 30 by 60 flag repaired at car dealer shop
Morrison of House of Seat Covers repairs a 30 foot by 60 foot flag used at Freedom Pontiac Buick GMC on 42nd Street. The tear is not weather worn and may have occurred during deployment. Legion official says flags not to be trampled can be exceptions to rules when repaired. The dealership rotates flags to reduce wear and keeps a $1,700 flag protected during handling.
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Ruth Aven
Betsy Ross
Morrison
42Nd St
George Price
Odessa American Legion
Price
Cory Thompson
Freedom
Pontiac
Buick
GMC
Thompson
Paul Zoeller
Odessa
Mario Zubiate
House of Seat
Tata Gy
Zubiate
Bush defends Iraq war and intel as "darn good"
President Bush in the Oval Office with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan defended the decision to invade Iraq and said the intelligence used was "darn good" even as parts come into question. He noted ongoing reviews of documents and Iraqi interviews while CIA chief Tenet accepts responsibility for not removing the uranium claim from the State of the Union.
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Washington
Bush
United States
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Oval Office
Kofi Annan
Oil firms shut Gulf platforms as Claudette nears Texas
In the western Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storm Claudette prompts evacuations and shutdowns. Shell evacuated 10 workers and shut in 50 000 bpd oil and 150 mmcf/d gas. ChevronTexaco remobilized workers but kept 1 400 evacuated, with 150 000 bpd oil and 350 mmcf/d gas shut in. ExxonMobil Marathon Oil Anadarko and Unocal also cut operations with varying evacuation totals.
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Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Claudette
Texas
Shell Oil Co
Stephanie Johnson
Shell
ChevronTexaco
Eastern
Gulf
ExxonMobil Corp
Marathon Oil Corp
Anadarko Petroleum Corp
Unocal Corp
Unocal
Galveston
Public interest in stocks revives after market rally
In New York a renewed public fascination with stocks emerges as markets climb since 2000. The season 2003 rally mirrors in pop culture with Sex and the City and Carrie Bradshaw ringing the NYSE bell. Scottrade reports record June trading and a sharp rise in daily transactions.
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New York
Heather Dell
Manhattan
Dell
Carrie Bradshaw
Sarah Jessica Parker
New York Stock Exchange
Parker
Wall Street
Carrie
Scottrade
Rodger Riney
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