Teenage visitors from 23 countries join Fort Worth party
Brett Teague, 17, and Hans van Weering, 17, both of Fort Worth and Groningen respectively, dove into a pool at Norman Brown's home 4661 Orchid Lane during a party honoring 43 youths from 23 countries. The event is part of a four week state tour sponsored by Dallas Fort Worth and Odessa Lions clubs, with visitors staying in the Permian Basin this week.
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Brett Teague
Fort Worth
Hans. van Weering
Groningen
Netherlands
Norman Brown
Orchid Lane
Permian Basin
Dallas
Odessa
Lions Clubs
Senators push final budget bid amid deficit clash
Senate negotiators weigh a 340 billion dollar deficit reduction package aimed at trimming next year's shortfall by over 60 billion. The plan includes inflation adjustments to taxes and benefits every two years, a five dollar a barrel oil import fee, and easing domestic cuts to bridge Senate and House budgets. White House and opposing leaders quickly criticized the bid.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Dole
OPEC Cuts Oil Prices After Weeklong Summit
OPEC ministers in Geneva approved a small price reduction across certain crude grades amid tense talks. Heavy crude fell 50 cents to 26 a barrel and medium crude 20 cents to 27.20, while top-grade crude stayed at 28. The move, not expected to alter immediate consumer prices, came after a 10-3 vote and discord over lower-grade discounts.
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Geneva
Switzerland
OPEC
Mana Saeed Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Belkacem Nabi
Oteiba
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Iran
Algeria
Libya
Telerate Energy Service
Police kill four in rioting near Johannesburg
Police said they shot dead four blacks during rioting near Johannesburg as detentions under the five day state of emergency rose to 792. A mob in an East Rand township stoned an army patrol. police fired to disperse, killing two men and two women and wounding 16 others.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
P.W. Botha
France
U.N. Security Council
Pretoria
East Rand
Delta Drilling curtailing Basin activity in Odessa office closure
Delta Drilling will close its 36 year Odessa district office causing about 150 oil field jobs to be eliminated next month. The Tyler based company cites crude price uncertainty and strong competition as factors behind DeltaUS plan to pull out of the Permian Basin. Most rigs will be stacked at the Odessa yard with only one operating from 900 W University. The move comes as Sohio Petroleum plans voluntary separations and ARCO reports a second quarter loss, with Sohio offering a separation program to more than 400 eligible workers and a completion target by late October.
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Delta Drilling Co
Odessa
Tyler
Linda Kerr
Delta Drilling
Deltaus
Permian
Kerr
Delta
West Texas
Sohio Petroleum Co
Arco Oil and Gas Co
Sohio
San Francisco
Denver
Ken Showalter
Houston
Ken Heathman
900
W. University Blvd
Heathman
Showalter
Hugh Gray
Midland
Gasoline price war hits Odessa with 97 cent fuels
In Odessa, Kent Oil Inc. and Stop-n-Go outlets cut regular gasoline to 97 cents a gallon citing fierce local competition. Kent said costs stay high due to EPA lead level rules, while distributors lower prices to meet rivals. West Odessa stations led the drop and other area stores followed.
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Odessa
Bill Kent
Kent Oil Inc
Midland
Kent
W. University Blvd
Kent Oil
West Odessa
Environmental Protection Agency
Moss Road
West University Boulevard
West University
Gail Adcock
Glenn Boenisch
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