Brandy Baker 13 Faces Leukemia Battle With Transplant
Brandy Baker a 13 year old girl with a rare leukemia begins chemotherapy tonight and will undergo a bone marrow transplant after five days. Her mother Susian Baker says the family cannot cover the post transplant stay in Dallas expected to last three to six weeks with total costs around 45000 dollars though insurance will cover about 90 percent. A trust fund has been set up at MBank by the Evening Lions Club to accept donations as they seek help for medical expenses.
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Brandy Baker
Susian Baker
14Th St
Brandy
Bakers
Dallas
Baker
Joseph Fay
Mbank
Evening Lions Club
Night wait for cheap mortgage draws Odessa families
Odessa residents line up outside Investors Home Mortgage Corp to access 9 percent fixed 30 year mortgages backed by the Texas Housing Agency. Buyers seek homes priced up to 72000 dollars with the goal of saving thousands in interest while waiting for bond money worth 1.61 million to fund the program.
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Lynne Randall
Investors Home Mortgage Corp
Odessa
E. 52Nd Street
Richard Randall
Avenue A
Randalls
Texas Housing Agency
Kathy Phillips
Phillips
Randall
Kenny Rogers
Larry Benson
Benson
McEvoy Oilfield Equipment Co
Avenue B
Rogers
Colby
Kim
Oil tax would bolster Permian Basin economy says investor
Odessa investor Charles Perry of Perry Management Inc argues a $5 tax on daily U S imported crude and a $10 tax on refined products would boost domestic exploration and help balance the federal budget. Critics warn the tax raises fuel prices and increases federal control of the oil industry.
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Permian
Odessa
Charles Perry
Perry Management Inc
Senate
United States
Perry
Waylon Griffin
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Griffin
Gary Gantner
R.E.G. Engineering Co
Cocaine Smuggling Up 50 Percent Across Texas Border
U S Customs predicts a 50 percent rise in cocaine smuggling into Texas this year, pushing regional totals from 6 250 pounds in 1984 to 9 750 in 1985. Sen Lloyd Bentsen notes Texas will not reach Florida's level and quips about a Texas Vice.
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Washington
U.S. Customs Services
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Florida
Bentsen
Richard W. Miller
Congressional and
Public Affairs
Customs
Southwest
United States invites Soviet observers to Nevada test
In a bold move the United States offered the Soviet Union observers at an underground nuclear test in Nevada. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the invitation is unconditional, intended to advance stalled Geneva talks, and that the date of the next test is unknown. No immediate Soviet response was reported.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Nevada
White House
Larry Speakes
U.S
Geneva
Speakes
Moscow
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