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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1986
Page
1
A compact guide listing sections such as Arts, Bridge, Business, Classifieds, Comics, and features like Crossword Dear Abby Entertainment Horoscope Jumble Obituaries Opinion and Sports. Includes Television Log references and page cues for 16A 1 58 108 9 118.
Violent storms moved north from San Antonio flooding highways and prompting flash flood warnings. National Weather Service issued watches for North Central Texas and the Hill Country while 6 inches drenched San Antonio. Reports of flooding varied, with Pecos and Terrell counties noting few problems as rancher Jerry Puckett planned an aerial survey.
Comptroller Bob Bullock reports May sales tax income fell 4.4 percent from 1985, the first yearly drop this year. Ector County rebates lag statewide, with Odessa and Goldsmith down 6.4 percent first quarter and 8 percent in March. Bullock warns oil downturn ripples through the Texas economy.
Texas Education Agency data reveals graduates from predominantly black colleges had higher failure risk on TECAT, while 11 West Texas districts posted 100 percent pass rates. ECISD and Midland ISD posted 98 and 98.2 percent passing, statewide 96.7 percent with 202,084 educators tested. TECAT alma mater data covers about 169,000 individuals.
Contaminated groundwater near the 410 EF Hillmont Road plant prompts changes at Ector Flying Service headquarters north of Odessa. Secretary Patsy May reports nauseating odors from a neighboring chemical blending plant and persistent symptoms at work. Cleanup crews continue at the abandoned facility 50 feet west of her hangar. In 1984 a Texas Water Commission probe found contaminated soil and groundwater about 20 feet underground, with benzene, toluene, and xylene detected near the plant. Baker Performance Chemicals Inc. confirms former Magna Corp. practices of storing waste in underground tanks.
Odessa apartment manager Rae White reports mixed occupancy with citywide rents showing churn as residents move out before leases end. She cites her 4 year old complex at 96 percent filled though many complexes sit below 80 percent, contrasting with Chamber surveys peaking near 99 percent in 1982 and 1995. White notes about 2,000 units built before 1985 and a manager with 123 vacancies and 45 notices, signaling a potential exodus.
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