Odessa Youth Baseball Aid Sparks Council Debate
Joel Rhodes, 12, urged Odessa City Council to approve 8200 in scholarships for Little League at Floyd Gwin Park to aid low income families. The council funded 65000 for field lighting, while about 1800 city youths rely on scholarships or installments through OYBA. Concerns arise that lights funding may squeeze aid, as parents demand universal play access and critics flag poverty factors.
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Joel Rhodes
Odessa
Floyd Gwin Park
Rhodes
Marlins
Eddie Rhodes
Floyd Gwin Little League
Joel
Odessa Youth Baseball Association
Mike Langford
OYBA
Floyd Gwin League
Kathy Rhodes
League
Javiét Joven
OPEC raises ceiling as Iraq to boost output soon
In Vienna OPEC agreed to lift its daily production ceiling to 25.033 million barrels, dropping Gabon from the group. Iraq plans to resume exports at about 800,000 barrels daily, potentially easing price pressure but faces a bleak outlook as supplies return. Analysts warn prices may fall when Iraqi oil comes online while demand remains uncertain.
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Vienna
Austria
Iraq
Pumpak
OPEC
Gabon
London
New York
Leo Drollas
Center For Global Energy Studies
Caereinas
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
Amer Mohammed Rasheed
U.N
Rasheed
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Dole seeks civil GOP platform on abortion clash
President Clinton praised Bob Dole for sticking to an anti abortion platform while urging a declaration of tolerance for differing views. The move aims to ease GOP tensions by avoiding a convention fight and broadening the party’s civility in the abortion debate.
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Washington
Bob Dole
Dole
GOP
Clinton
Pat Buchanan
Storms ease drought with rain across Texas farms
Storms brought relief to farmers and ranchers across Odessa and West Odessa with hail from golf ball to three quarters of an inch and up to four inches of rain in North and Central Texas. In Central Texas moisture arrived allowing growers to finish corn and hay crops while some fields already near yield loss may not recover.
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Odessa
National Weather Service
Midland
West Odessa
John Pendergrast
Ector
Pecos
Culberson
Pendergast
Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
Doug Andrews
McLennan County Agricultural Extension
Andrews
First lady kicks off Democrats 96 convention in Dallas
In Dallas Hillary Clinton praised the Democrats as a pro family party while Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock condemned Republican extremists. He urged Democrats to reject extremism and defend the American dream. Bullock also attacked Rush Limbaugh as a disgrace to the country as 10,000 delegates opened the Texas party convention.
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Dallas
Hillary Clinton
Democratic Party
Bob Bullock
Texas
Democrats
Bullock
Rush Limbaugh
Clintons
Remote controls spread from TV to every room
Orlando expert Charles O Meara points to his 23 remotes as proof of wireless control broadening from Zenith’s TV on/off origins to car alarms lights and drapes. Consumer group cites 388 to 400 million remotes in use, about four per household, as remotes become a symbol of couch bound convenience.
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Orlando
Fla
Charles O’meara
O’meara
Absolute Sound
Winter Park
O'Meara
America
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
Zenith Electronics Corp
Linda Matter
O’ Meara
Ida Cook
Soci
University of Central Florida
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