County mulls 3.5 cent tax hike for next year
Ector County Commissioners will consider a 3.5 cent property tax increase as mineral values drop by 25 percent. County Judge Jim Jordan said the 1995 96 budget aims for 20.4 million with a net rise of 975000, funded by higher taxes and targeted spending in corrections maintenance and insurance.
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Ector County Commissioners Court
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Jordan
Commissioners
Tom Pace
Pace
New Main Street Odessa director eyes quarterly festivals
Mitch Fields, the new director of Main Street Odessa, aims to revitalize downtown and make the city a regional draw for social and cultural activities. He plans quarterly festivals, leveraging Heritage Holiday events and the Street Dance, and says festivals will attract outside visitors and boost city revenue through sales and hotel taxes. First Night New Year’s Countdown on New Year’s Eve is already in the works.
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Main Street
Odessa
Fields
Main Street Odessa
Big Bend
Guadalupe Mountains
Peole
Ields
Chamber of Commerce
Grant Avenue
Odessa Poet Architect Returns to West Texas Roots
Odessa welcomes Mitch Fields a former Texas Tech architecture student who after three years in Pennsylvania returned to West Texas to help Main Street Odessa. He collaborated with Terry Witherspoon on downtown Odessa master plan ideas and coordinated class projects that produced innovative housing concepts for Main Street.
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Odessa
West Texas
Mitch Fields
East
Fields
Upstate
New York
Texas Tech University
California
Pennsylvania
Texas Tech
Terry Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Lubbock
Allentown
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Pennsys
Heat wave toll tops 360 in Midwest and East
Temperatures fell to the 80s and 90s easing a weeklong heat wave blamed for at least 360 deaths. In Chicago 179 people were confirmed dead from heat related causes as crews and neighbors recovered bodies in overheated apartments. Governor Edgar declared Cook County a disaster area and federal aid was sought.
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Chicago
Cook County
Edmund Donoghue
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Kenosha County
Wis
Missouri
St. Louis
Plains
Illinois
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Richard M. Daley
Edgar
Donoghue
Records mishap exposes townwide embarrassment in West Virginia
Debra Thomas and dozens of former students discover old school records dumped in a trash bin outside Minden Elementary School near Rock Lick revealing probation, low IQ, and welfare details. Residents faced gossip and harassment as attorney G Ernest Skaggs plans a Fayette County School Board suit. Ace Rafting allegedly dumped the files during cleanup.
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Debra Thomas
Thomas
Minden
Rock Lick
G. Ernest Skaggs
Fayette County
Ace Rafting
Crosswords Fun and Games in Local Paper
Crossword fans and puzzle lovers read this week’s Fun and Games section with crosswords, word games, and a TV log noting shows, schedules, and suggested clues for weekend readers.
Presbyterian office gives Carpenter new mission
Retired Big Spring journalist Mary Carpenter heads the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States after being elected moderator at the Cincinnati conference. She plans to refocus efforts on domestic and international missions, including rebuilding in Rwanda and promoting reconciliation among Koreas, China, Taiwan, and Catholic Presbyterians in Northern Ireland.
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Mary Carpenter
Cabinees
United States
Presbyterian Church of the
U.S.A
Carpenter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rwanda
North Korea
South Korea
China
Taiwan
Northern Ireland
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