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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1998
Page
7
The columnist argues discrimination persists despite progress for women and minorities. Economic bias shapes access to housing and goods, while personal prejudices affect daily life. The piece notes wardrobe and footwear burdens, workplace predation, and the need for empathy, ending with a plug for Ken Brodnax’s column and contact.
Ector County Commissioners postponed for two weeks a decision to auction county drug detection dogs valued at 5,000 to 6,000 dollars. Commissioner Mike Patton urged the pause while a West Texas narcotics task force is planned, noting counties may form their own units or governors may reinstate the DPS task force. Patton indicated the county likely will not join either proposal.
Laborers near Pecos harvest more than 1 000 acres of cantaloupes this season. Shipped over 200 000 40 pound boxes, with 600 acres left to pick. Early ripening, alfaline soil, and 24 hour market delivery help Pecos melons stand out.
A 19 year old Odessa man Christopher Llanez upset at six year prison term for cocaine on probation tacked on six more months after attempting to flee the courtroom Monday. Ector County Probation Officer John Parker described Llanez running toward the doors before a relative blocked him and a guard tackled him.
In 1981 stock and bond prices fell while unemployment rose to 8.4 percent and housing slowed. Odessa continued reveling in the oil boom, ranked 12th among 237 most expensive places to live by the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.
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