Odessa College Board Drops Challenge to Mineral Property Decline
Odessa College trustees spent 90 minutes arguing over a 6 percent drop in Ector County ad valorem property appraisals and chose not to file an appeal. Mineral values fell about 18 percent, with concerns raised about future mineral revenue and impacts on OC and peer colleges in the region.
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Ector County
Jim Goodwin
Goodwin
Midland County
Andrews County
Gary Johnson
Ector
Vance Gipson
Johnson
Odessa College
South Plains College
Howard College
Court upholds verdict in Aztec gas well explosion case
The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed a $12 million jury award to three Aztec workers injured in a 1990 gas well blowout. Parker & Parsley Petroleum was 90 percent liable, Evergreen Resources 9 percent, with the remainder assigned to a supervisor. The appellate ruling rejected reductions for pretrial settlements.
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Santa FE
State Court of Appeals
Mark Komer
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bernalillo County District Court
David Cupps
Jeffrey Hinger
George Valencia
Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co
Midland
Evergreen Resources Inc
Denver
Parker & Parsley
Court of Appeals
Megan Clark
Associated Press
Superman star Christopher Reeve paralyzed in riding accident
Christopher Reeve is paralyzed and cannot breathe on his own after a neck fracture in a horse riding accident in Culpeper. University of Virginia doctors say the damage to his spinal cord is extensive and may require surgery to stabilize his upper spine. his prognosis remains uncertain.
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Charlottesville
Christopher Reeve
John A. Jane
University of Virginia
Lisa Kasteler
Los Angeles
Reeve
University of Virginia Medical Center
Culpeper
Clinton to act on possible Bosnia ground forces deployment
President Clinton said he was ready to permit temporary U S ground forces in Bosnia to aid U N peacekeepers if needed. Republican leaders, led by Bob Dole, said approval from Congress would be required and criticized the move as poor foreign policy. Clinton cited NATO obligations and the capture of U N personnel by Bosnian Serbs as reasons to act.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Clinton
Bosnia
U.N
Congress
U.S
Senate
Bob Dole
Air Force Academy
NATO
United Nations
Interpreter seeks custody of deaf teen in Wilmington
Sonya Kinney, 15, a deaf teen, pleads with a judge to live permanently with her interpreter Joanie Hughes after reporting abuse by her stepfather. Her parents are divorced. The interpreter seeks permanent custody as the custody hearing continues after Sonya moved in with her father Norman Kinney in January.
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Wilmington
N.C
Sonya Kinney
Sonya
Joanie Hughes
Hughes
Norman Kinney
Plane crash into Wichita Falls apartment kills two
A USAF T-38 trainer from Sheppard AFB crashed into Amber Falls Crossing apartments injuring 20 and killing Joseph Robert Wolfe 77 and Edelmira Corbett Wolfe 83. The two pilots ejected and were not seriously hurt. The crash damaged one 120 unit building amid smoke and debris near two schools and a daycare. Investigations are underway.
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Wichita Falls
Air Force
Ames
Sheppard Air Force Base
Renee Stephens
Itnesses
Amber Falls Crossing
Joseph Robert Wolfe
Edelmira Corbett Wolfe
Bill Orcutt
Wichita Falls General Hospital
Kim Cragar
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Valerie Saenz
Betty Ramirez
Carver Early Education Center
The
Odessa
Darwin Weige
Saenz
Becky Gomez
Grant Schneidman
Gladstone
Dial
O.A
Ken Brodnax
U.S. Air Force
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