City considers stricter topless bar laws in three ordinances
A city task force recommends three laws to confine topless bars to designated zones, require special permits, and ban all nude dancing. If approved by the City Council and Planning Commission in June and July, the rules would limit adult businesses to light or heavy commercial and industrial zones, cut available land from 30 percent to 7.9 percent, and prohibit near residences schools churches or public buildings within 800 feet, with sign restrictions.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Bob Slider
Ector County
Nesses
Marwan Khoury
Loop 338
Second Street
West County Road
Grant Avenue
Grandview Avenue
Dixie Boulevard
Andrews Highway
Coliseum
Slider
South Odessa
Gene Collins
Khoury
Proposal could cut gauging by pay phone charges
A pay phone billing dispute on Staten Island and Linden sparked a broader FCC plan. The FCC believes long distance prices often exceed the big three firms by 15 percent or more and would require rate disclosures on voice messages before calls connect. Public comment would precede a possible August vote.
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Washington
Joseph Coiro
New York
Staten Island
Linden
N.J
Coiro
Cairo
New York Telephone Co
Cleartel Communications
Associated
At&t
MCI
Sprint
FCC
Unusual festivals celebrate small town culture this weekend
Toyah hosts Indian culture and stamps celebrations while Iraan honors cartoonist V T Hamlin creator of Alley Oop and Wink salutes Roy Orbison. Berta Begay notes the festival aims to give small towns recognition with stamps postmark and related memorabilia displayed for sale.
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Toyah
Iraan
V.T. Hamlin
Berta Begay
U.S
Begay
Medicare solvency in doubt as fund may run dry in 2001
AP report notes Medicare hospital fund could be insolvent in 2001, a year earlier than before, as trustees urge changes. Clinton voices a plan to extend the trust fund by 10 years with bipartisan support. Rubin and Shalala outline $116 billion in savings and policy steps to shore up finances.
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Washington
Medicare
Clinton
Capitol Hill
House
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Labor
Robert Reich
Rubin
Shalala
GOP
Norwest Buys Texas Bancorporation With Nine Branches
Norwest Corp acquires Texas Bancorporation which operates nine Texas Bank branches in Odessa and the Austin area. Closing expected between Nov 30 and Dec 31. Browning says Norwest mirrors Texas Bancorporation on strategy, focusing on retail and small-business lending, and will keep all staff.
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Norwest Corp
Texas Bancorporation
Texas Bank
Odessa
Austin
Richard
Buzz” Browning
Norwest
Browning
United States
Falwell Warns Christians Amid World Events in Odessa
The Rev. Jerry Falwell spoke at Temple Baptist Church in Odessa urging Christians to beware of global happenings. He rejected partisan politics while warning of a Third Millennium role for the Church. Thorpe noted Falwell’s long Odessa ties and historic rise from Lynchburg to Liberty University.
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Falwell
Jerry Falwell
Odessa
Temple Baptist Church
Church of the Living God
Jerry Thorpe
Texas
Lynchburg
Thorpe
Donald Duck Bottling Company
Thomas Road
Liberty University
Liberty Baptist College
Darwin Weigel
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