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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1986
Page
2
Washington reports May unemployment at 7.3 percent with 210,000 more jobless, total near 8.6 million. Growth in service jobs counters auto and oil layoffs. construction hiring stalls as office and hotel projects slow. Experts warn 7 percent+ jobless not sustainable. Reagan administration notes 200,000 new service jobs.
Carman a 40 year old Air Control Board employee says TM slowed his heart rate to 40 beats a minute and improved his eyesight. Instructor Richard Austin from Austin notes rising American practice and TM’s non religious nature. He invites inquiry into lessons at the Odessa Holiday Inn Centre.
TM meditation is said to cut metabolic rate by 16 to 20 percent and dissolve daily stresses to improve thinking, focus, and social relations. Austin claims it halts aging effects and reduces stress related illnesses, with a $390 seven step course and four days of group sessions. Midland doctor Khandelwal is curious but cautious, planning to wait and see.
Walsh will compete in the Republican runoff for attorney general while M D Anderson Jr and Grady T Yarbrough vie for commissioner of the general land office and Milton Fox and John Thomas Henderson battle in the Republican runoff for railroad commissioner. Today's runoff contenders seek spots on the November general election ballots as Ector County Democrats vote at seven polling places and Republicans at four malls. Democratic boxes are at Westside Baptist Church West University Boulevard Flamingo Road Ector County Coliseum 42nd Street and Andrews Highway Nimitz Junior High Maple Avenue and Parkway Boulevard Alamo Elementary 801 E 23rd St Blackshear Elementary 301 S Dixie Blvd Salinas Community Building 600 W Clements St and Zavala Elementary Pine Avenue.
The Odessa American clarifies voting sites for Republicans Precinct 1 at the Ector County Coliseum and Precinct 2 at Nimitz Junior High, correcting a Friday map error. In Midland County a Republican runoff pits C Wallace Wally Craig against Guy McCrary for Precinct 2 commissioner. Other West Texas counties also schedule local runoffs alongside statewide races.
Chief financial officer Russ Kyler told the Board of Managers the hospital paid 5.9 million to cover patients bad debts and charitable cases this year and nearly exhausted surplus funds due to declining Odessa area revenues. TEA reports only 2 percent of Ector County ISD staff failed the Texas Examination of Current Administrators and Teachers.
IA TEA statistics released Wednesday show 436 of the 1,073 districts including 11 in West Texas with 100 percent passing rates while the statewide TECAT passing rate is 96.7 percent. TEA notes higher failure rates among graduates of predominantly black colleges and the governor's Select Committee on Higher Education plans a Friday meeting in Austin with task force members and the UT Permian Basin development board.
The National Weather Service at Midland reports highs in the mid 90s with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight. Winds from the southeast at 10 to 15 mph. Sunday brings clear skies and mid 90s, while Friday featured scattered showers and thunderstorms across Gulf moisture. Heat and scattered storms continue statewide with flash flood watch in southern North Texas.
The Odessa American lists address change submission to P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 and presents daily and Sunday home delivery rates with subscription prices and taxes. It also provides a delivery problems phone number and mentions mail subscriptions include second class postage costs.
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