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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1998
Page
9
Laura Dennis riffs on extreme heat dulling drive and boosting grumpiness from road rage to melted shoes and fried sidewalk eggs. The columnist lampoons public figures and pop culture while noting El Niño memories and the irony of air conditioning debates.
Daytina Blair Halslander, 27, has been missing for two months from Greenwood. Relatives and Midland County sheriff's deputies held a news conference asking for the public's help. She was last seen April 4 at home with no vehicle, money, or clothes. Police noted one previous unsolved Midland County case and urged awareness with purple ribbons.
Former Midland resident Janelle Slaughter Booth left behind magazines school annuals newspapers books and 70 to 80 pages of journal entries dating back to the 1920s. Norman Briscoe Sr. and Diane Briscoe describe her as an amateur historian and have spent the past week organizing the trove in California.
Margaret Madrid rested comfortably in her cool home after an anonymous Odessan donated a window air conditioner. She slept previously in wet sheets to stay cool and received about 15 calls from people offering help after a local Odessa American story highlighted her situation.
ECISD board members will discuss magnet programs advanced academics and curriculum at the Radisson Hotel tonight and Saturday. Seventeen items are on the agenda for a 10 and a half hour session. The budget process and initial projections for the coming year will be a main topic. Chuck Hornung says the gathering is strictly for discussion.
Odessa Development Corp directors hear plans to market Schlemeyer Field to aviation firms. Runway upgrade worth about 4 million dollars under way to attract jets and Roadrunner Aviation plans a major maintenance operation. Of 1000 county acres, under half used. new incentive framework targets jobs and salaries, though not a rigid model. Ed Schmidt says public should know services available and that each deal will be evaluated on its own merit.
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