Medicare reform forum explores private plan options in Texas
West Texans attend a Medicare reform town hall led by U S Rep Larry Combest at Permian High School. He cites a potential voucher style path to private plans with Medicare benefits and warns of looming trust fund insolvency while addressing waste and fraud blamed by the GAO at 44 billion dollars annually.
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U.S
Larry Combest
Combest
Permian High School
Congress
Midland
Physicians
Medicare
Conoco and Venezuela map $1.7 billion oil venture alliance
Conoco Inc. and Maraven signed agreements in Caracas to develop synthetic crude from Orinoco heavy oil and Orimulsion fuel for world markets. The 35-year, 1.5 billion barrel project covers 55,000 acres in the Zuata region with heavy oil routed to a coast upgrading plant.
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Conoco Inc
Venezuela
Iran
U.S
Caracas
Conoco
DuPont Co
Maraven
Petroleos of
Orinoco
Onoco
Bob Irelan
Midland
Irelan
Alli
Zuata
Orinoco Oil Belt
Venezuelan
Economy hints at recession possibilities
A surge of fresh data signals a sharper slowdown in the US economy. Factory orders dropped 1.9 percent in April for the third straight month, the steepest decline since July, while manufacturing stalled in May per a district survey. Personal income and spending rose 0.3 percent, with disposable income down, and credit demand shifting as banks' lending officers report weaker consumer demand but stronger business credit.
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Washington
Commerce Department
National Association of Purchasing Management
Federal Reserve
Odessa City Council Plans Weekend Strategy Retreat
Odessa City Council meets this weekend in a informal retreat to review last year goals and discuss long term priorities. Topics include affordable housing park upgrades I 27 corridor Midland Odessa partnership business attraction and district concerns.
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Odessa
Jerry McGuire
San Angelo
James Goates
Goates
District
Jo Ann Davenport
I. Ch
Midland
Davenport
John McCarroll
Erna
McCarroll
Judge strips chapel of church designation in Texarkana case
U S District Judge David Folsom ruled a jail chapel near a proposed adult club is not a church and cannot shield the business from zoning rules. The Executive Club planned an opening at Union Station on the Texas Arkansas line with Hooters Inc. facing a restraining order minutes before opening. A Aug 1 trial date was set to decide damages.
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Texarkana
Union Station
Arkansas State Line
U.S
David Folsom
Hooters Inc
Texas
Hooters of America Inc
Exas
Arkansas
Gary Adams
Diana Goleman
Adams
Bowie County Correctional Center
Folsom
Online acquaintance lures teen into leaving home
In Maple Valley Washington a 15 year old boy Daniel Montpelts disappeared after meeting a man calling himself Damien Star in an AOL chat room. The man obtained Daniel's address and phone number and sent bus tickets and cash before the teen skipped class and vanished.
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Maple Valley
Wash
Ruth
Bill Montpes
America Online
Montgomery
Daniel
Damien Star
Star
Seattle
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Conoco-Maraven
Brittany Warner
Ashley Rodriguez
Shazel Corral
Burnet Elementary School
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DRI McGraw Hill
Lexington, Mass
Sai Robert Dederick
Northern Trust Co
Chicago
Mayee
Labor Department
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Sonja Merrick
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