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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1998
Page
8
A heat advisory covers central and north Texas through Wednesday with temperatures in the mid 90s and highs near 100. Tonight remains hot with lows in the mid to upper 70s and fair to mostly clear skies.
Weather bulletin for New Mexico cities Las Cruces and Carlsbad shows daytime highs around 92 to 94 degrees. The forecast calls for hot conditions with light winds and dry air.
In Odessa growth dominated 1981 with building permits surpassing 100 million and a housing shortage labeled critical. Crime rose with population, schools restructured under Ector County ISD, and 435 Ector students moved to Odessa and Permian high schools. Nationally Reagan’s assassination attempt and subsequent events reshaped politics.
The West Texas Narcotics Enforcement Task Force meeting shifted from a closed Ward County courthouse session to the Colonial Inn Best Western in Monahans. Gov. Bush’s office said the 1 p.m. gathering would be public, with more than 30 officials invited to discuss the new DPS-led task force replacing the Permian Basin Drug Task Force and concerns from sheriffs and police chiefs about funding and transparency.
NTSB investigator Arnold Scott said a 66 year old El Paso resident, Charles E. Haywood, died in a single engine Cessna 182 crash near Jal Airport on Saturday. The crash, about a quarter mile from the field, burned the bodies beyond recognition. Autopsies scheduled in Albuquerque. Investigation will take at least six months with no engine fault found yet.
District clerk triggered a panic button as a disturbance unfolded, prompting bailiff Chris Cole to respond. Judge Lewis then sentenced Llanez to six months in jail for contempt, with uncertainty whether jail begins before or after a prior prison term. Court records show a May conviction for possession of cocaine over four grams.
Houston City Councilman Joe Roach proposes the Houston Heat Relief Act to end mandatory neckties and pantyhose for workers through July, August, and September. The tongue in cheek measure targets heat tired workers and bans dress code requirements in the Bayou City.
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