Schools and business team up to train future workers
Companies from Boeing to Sears and GM are investing in high schools to teach reading and math, fund labs, and place students into programs that promise internships and potential jobs. Programs include Boeing’s two-summer tech prep, GM’s campus training, and Sears tuition reimbursement, seeking long term hires and better skilled graduates.
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Barbara Scott
Boeing Co
Wichita
Kun
Ao Pedia
Boeing
Charles Jett
First Chicago Nbc Corp
Europe
Asia
Phyllis Schlafly
Eagle Forum Foundation
Indiana
Business Modernization Technology
Shell Oil Co
Chicago
Citibank
Apple Computer Inc
American Express Co
Carson City
Neva General Motors Corp
Roger Teshner
San Francisco
San Leandro
Texas Restaurant Association
T.G.I. Friday's
Dallas
Texas
Laurie Burkhart
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Omaha
Neb
Brad Burrell
Sears
Irving
Sabre
Irving High
McCormick
American Airlines
American
Dallas/Fort Worth International
Clarion Hotel
Plano Senior High School
Clarion
Kathy Mederos
Plano
Sarah
North Texas sets 80-degree streak low record in heat wave
In Dallas Fort Worth the 82 degree Sunday low marks a new record for days with no 80 degree nights. The heat wave has killed at least 93 Texans since June 1 and caused 1.5 billion dollars in agricultural damage while 21 straight days of triple digit highs persist. Water mains ruptured in Fort Worth raising conservation concerns as authorities plan lifting of outdoor watering ban. Forecasters warn of no rain next week as high pressure further suppresses cloud formation.
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Dallas
Southwest
Texas
Charles Gaylor
Texans
National
Fort Worth
Water Department
Mary Gugliuzza
Michael Mack
Divers seek to identify sunken vessel as French explorer's ship
Texas Historical Commission divers conclude their second week of dives on a not yet confirmed wreck off Pass Cavallo Texas. They suspect the l Aimable La Salles supply ship or possibly the French cargo vessel Superbe. If confirmed the project could cost about 12 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas Historical Commission
la Salle
Commission
l'Aimable
Pass Cavallo
Gulf of Mexico
Matagorda Bay
Veracruz
Mexico
Florida
Jim Bruseth
Historical Commission
Houston Chronicle
New World
Texas
Mississippi River
Illinois
Mississippi
Louis XIV of
France
Belle and
Anansi Tricks Chameleon for Cloak and Loss
In a sunlit tale, Chameleon refuses to sell a beautiful cloak even as Anansi offers wealth. Anansi trades grain for the cloak but the bargain collapses as the grain vanishes into a hidden hole. The vines wilt, the cloak rots, and Anansi is left with nothing while the crowd laughs at his folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chameleon
Anansi
Abercrombie catalog linked to college drinking antics sparks backlash
The catalog features drink recipes such as Woo Woo and Brain Hemorrhage with photos of muscled models and party stories. Nunnallee seeks removal and an apology, while the firm issues warnings and pledges to include underage drinking content in future issues. Fogel defends the catalog as chronicling the college experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abercrombie
Nunnallee
Fogel
Odessa man held on cocaine and assault charges in jail
Police records list multiple injury accidents and felonies. Bobby Jack Hargrove Jr of 710 Avenue G faces cocaine possession resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a public servant with bond set at 37500. James Richard Peebles of 802 East Fifth Street is jailed on felony DWI with no bond noted.
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Odessa
Ector County
Bobby Jack Hargrove Jr
Avenue G
James Richard Peebles
Fifth Street
Fatal rollover near Andrews claims teen life
A 16 year old Andrews youth, Juan Jose Rondan, died after being ejected from a 1996 Chevrolet when it rolled four and a half times on Texas Highway 115 just east of Andrews. Passenger David Shaw, 20, of Odessa, sustains minor injuries. Carla Cleaver, 15, of Long Beach California, is in stable condition. two other teens from Andrews, Johnny Mayes and Raymundo Zamora Jr., are treated and released.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Juan Jose Rondan
Rondan
DPS
David Shaw
Odessa
Shaw
Permian General Hospital
Andrews
Carla Cleaver
Long Beach
Calif
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
Midland
Johnny Mayes
Raymundo Zamora Jr
Odessa man reports vehicle theft from Murphy and Del Rio
A 42 year old Odessa man reported that someone took his 1995 Geo Prism at 3 15 a m from the intersection of Murphy Street and Del Rio Drive Saturday.
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Odessa
Murphy Street
del Rio Drive
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Texas Sun
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Water Wonderland
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Moran
Sun
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